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digame_matt ([info]digame_matt) wrote in [info]thelast3years,
@ 2009-02-08 16:45:00

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Entry tags:jenna, matt, unfinished

Who: Matt & Jenna
What: the bus ride home
When: Sunday evening
Where: The bus
Rating: PG, PG-13, who knows?
Status: Thread | Incomplete


So they kissed. It didn't mean anything. Not at all. And the fact that he kissed her back was really only because he hadn't been kissed in so long and, well, Jenna was looking crazy hot that night. Hormones took over for reason and nothing made any sense. He hadn't talked to her since he texted her to let her know he'd made it home. Even then he felt weird about it. Did she mean to kiss him? And if she did, what the hell did that mean?

He couldn't think about it anymore, he couldn't dwell on it any longer or it'd make him nuts. She was drunk, he was momentarily blinded by lipgloss and a short skirt. He got up bright and early to help out at the deli for a little while before he had to head to Midtown to catch the bus at the hotel.

He was one of the first people to get on the bus and he put his earbuds on and turned his iPod on shuffle as he waited for the bus to fill up. Every time he said goodbye to his family, it hurt a little more. Only one more year and he wouldn't have to say goodbye to her anymore. He chewed the inside of his cheek, trying to take his mind off of the fact that he was going to be gone for another bunch of months. He looked up at the doorway to the bus and he saw Jenna. Immediately, he inwardly freaked out. Would they talk about it? Or pretend it didn't happen?

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[info]neverquit
2009-02-08 05:21 pm UTC (link)
The wine from lunch had ended up giving her a bad headache and now Jenna was rubbing at her temples as she boarded the bus. Almost immediately she spotted Matt with his earbuds in. Should she go up to him and say something? No, she'd decided that morning that she was going to ignore it unless he brought it up.

Plopping down in the seat next to him, she was going to act as if nothing had happened. "Please tell me you have advil or something? I have a killer headache." Smiling meekly at him, she shrugged.

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[info]digame_matt
2009-02-08 09:40 pm UTC (link)
The music pumping through his ears wasn't loud enough to block out what she was saying, but he still took them out of his ears, in case she wanted to talk. He didn't feel as awkward as he probably should have. He kissed his drunk best friend. It'd be different if she kissed him and he backed off, but no, he had to be an idiot and actually kiss her back, even if it was for a total of like 2 seconds.

"Yeah, I've got some in my backpack," he cleared his throat as he reached under his seat and unzipped his bag. "Here you go. Need water?" he asked, holding up the bottled water he had in there, too.

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[info]neverquit
2009-02-08 09:49 pm UTC (link)
Smiling gratefully at Matt, she sighed as she took the aspirin from him. "Yes, please. Thank you." Taking the water too, she took a deep sip. Handing it back, Jenna sat back and kept rubbing her head.

After the kiss with Garrett, her head was really starting to hurt. One of the people she would normally turn to was sitting right next to her, but what would he say if she said something. Should she even say something?

"Garrett kissed me."

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[info]digame_matt
2009-02-08 09:56 pm UTC (link)
He was putting the pills and water back in his bag when she said that Garrett had kissed her. Immediately he shot back up, shock on his face. "No way. Seriouly? When?"

It wasn't out of jealousy that he reacted that way, it was more disbelief. When did she hang out with Garrett? Why was he kissing her? What the hell was going on this weekend with everybody?

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[info]neverquit
2009-02-08 10:02 pm UTC (link)
Biting her lip, Jenna was thrilled that they could get past the kiss without talking about. Just going to back the way it always was was exactly what she needed. "Yes, seriously. Umm... about a half an hour ago?"

Pulling off her jacket, she turned to put it around the back of the chair. Crossing her legs towards him, she shifted to face him better. "We had a date... He saw that post I made about Michael and was hurt that I was supposedly cheating on him or something... So I suggested this reading thing as a date to make it up to him... And then as he dropped me off, he kissed me. I didn't kiss him back though."

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[info]digame_matt
2009-02-08 10:07 pm UTC (link)
"That's kinda...insane. But you two aren't even together. How can he feel like you're cheating on him. Haven't you only had, like, one date anyways?" So weird. Some of these guys were so weird. And he admitted to himself that he could put himself on the list for the time being.

"So you just stood there and he just...kissed you? After he didn't kiss you the last time?"

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[info]neverquit
2009-02-08 10:14 pm UTC (link)
Pulling her ponytail out, Jenna shook her hair out. "I know, but I wanted to make it up to him." Raising her eyebrows at him, she didn't know what to do or what to think. Nodding at first, she quickly shook her head no.

"We were sitting in the backseat of his car and saying our goodbyes. He leaned in and brushed his lips over mine. It took me a second, but I pulled back and said that this shouldn't happen... And well.. he did kiss my cheek last time. Maybe he thought it was okay to kiss me this time?"

Looking over her shoulder, she spotted Michael back a few rows. He was on the phone, which was fine with her. She had no idea what to do now. He'd said that she couldn't kiss Garrett... though she hadn't really kissed him.

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[info]digame_matt
2009-02-08 10:18 pm UTC (link)
"Oh," was all he could answer. That was what he should have done last night. "So now what? Are you gonna go out with him again?" he asked. He probably sounded concerned for all the wrong reasons. He didn't feel awkward about talking about this kind of stuff with her, but he was hoping she wasn't interpreting anything coming from him the wrong way.

"And what about Michael? Are you still gonna...whatever...with him?"

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[info]neverquit
2009-02-08 10:27 pm UTC (link)
"I don't know. He looked so hurt and maybe I gave him the wrong idea?" No, Jenna wasn't thinking that he might be jealous. Okay, maybe a tiny part of her would have liked it if he was, but right now she needed one of her best friends to talk to.

Biting her lip, she pressed her head and shoulder into the seat. "I think I should tell him about everything that happened this weekend. Though, I guess I don't really have to, right? That's the whole point of just doing the whole friends with benefits thing, right? I don't have to tell him about anything else... But Michael did say I couldn't kiss Garrett and I did.. Or well he kissed me."

Shaking her head, Jenna was so beyond confused. Three boys in a matter of thirty-six hours. If she wanted to get technical, she'd admit that it had been in a matter of twenty-four hours. "I think I'm done kissing. There are too many guys involved and too many feelings and I can't handle it. I don't know what to do."

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[info]digame_matt
2009-02-09 06:35 pm UTC (link)
"Michael and you aren't together, you don't have to tell him anything unless you want to. And even then, maybe it'd be better if you didn't. And he shouldn't be the judge of who you can and can't kiss," Matt talked in a low voice as more people filed on to the bus.

"Maybe not kissing would be a good idea, yeah," he laughed a little, "at least for a little while." He patted her head softly. "Just, you know, kiss someone, or let yourself be kissed, when its right...when you know it's the right time. As fun as kissing is...the consequences sometimes aren't what you want them to be."

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[info]neverquit
2009-02-09 06:51 pm UTC (link)
Sitting back so that her whole back pressed against the seat, Jenna rubbed her head again. This headache needed to go away now. "I think I'm just going to end it with Michael. If he asks, I'll tell him. I just wont be that forthcoming with the information."

Nodding, she looked back over at Matt and smiled softly. Moving her head to his shoulder, she rested it there. "It is a good idea and you're right. I hate that you're right, but you are. You usually are."

Sighing, she picked her head back up and looked at him. Matt would definitely make a great boyfriend to some girl someday. Any girl would be lucky to have him. "Kissing really is fun... especially when there's a spark or whatever." Blushing, she looked back down at her purse. Riffling through it, she was looking for her own iPod.

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[info]digame_matt
2009-02-09 08:24 pm UTC (link)
"Keep dinking the water," he suggested as she rubbed her temples. She rested her had agaist his shoulder and he sighed. Life, it seemed, would resume as normal. He looked down at his iPod as she talked about ending it with Michael. "I'm not always right," he pointed out. "Maybe, someday, he'll turn around and see you and know that he's a total idiot for not wanting to be your boyfriend."

He settled into the seat more and put one earbud in his ear. "The spark's the most important part of any kiss." Not that he'd had all that many. Two in fact. And Jenna was the second one. The first had been a girl he was friends with from the neighborhood who kissed him the night before he left for school. That was it. He thought about it, and he didn't really feel much with Jenna...physically, it felt great, but otherwise...no real big spark. Maybe a tiny one, but that's it.

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[info]neverquit
2009-02-09 08:33 pm UTC (link)
Taking the bottle of water again, she sipped on it again. Jenna finally found her iPod and smiled. Scrolling through her playlists, she settled on the sad classical songs. Putting one earbud in, she looked up at Matt. The kiss with him had produced a spark, but it was probably just out of shock and nothing more.

Matt was her male best friend. They were both music majors and could relate in a lot of ways. "Sparks don't happen with everyone... Like Garrett for instance... no spark there. Which I guess makes my decision about him an easy one."

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[info]digame_matt
2009-02-09 08:47 pm UTC (link)
"No spark, no action," Matt joked, chewing his lip as he inspected his playlist, hoping for some sort of song to jump out at him. He couldn't help but wonder after the past year of being obsessed with Chase if they'd even have a spark. He didn't like thinking that there wouldn't be.

Matt messed with his hair using his free arm and smiled at her. "We're cool, right?"

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[info]neverquit
2009-02-09 08:52 pm UTC (link)
Shaking her head, Jenna looked up at him with a smile. "Nope, no action." Settling on a song to begin the long bus ride home with, she hit it. Seeing Matt smile so carelessly when he asked about them, her heart lurched just a little.

Was she the only one who had even thought about that kiss for even a second? "Why wouldn't we be?"

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[info]digame_matt
2009-02-09 09:58 pm UTC (link)
"I just...you know, wanted to make sure things are all good..." he said, looking down at his iPod and swallowing hard. "Last night was...I mean, I'm sorry for overstepping boundaries, that wasn't cool of me. So...yeah." He shifted in his seat slightly but relaxed back.

He was so concerned with the fact that she would think he was a total skeezeball for kissing her back. Even if she wasn't plastered, she had alcohol in her system, which everyone knows impairs judgement slightly.

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[info]neverquit
2009-02-09 10:28 pm UTC (link)
Ah, so they were going to talk about it. "Oh..." Taking her earbud out of her ear, Jenna turned to face him again. "Matt... I kissed you, so you didn't overstep any boundary. I didn't even mean to kiss you... Well, no, I did. But I meant to kiss you on the cheek. I don't know how our lips ended up meeting, but they did. It's done and over with and I'd really kind of just like to forget all about it. I have enough issues that I don't want to add another one onto the list, okay?"

Okay, so she'd gotten that all out. She didn't think she could, but a lot could be done when you didn't look directly into the other persons eyes. Lord, she hoped they could just forget about this. Jenna really needed to start concentrating more on her schoolwork then on boys.

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[info]digame_matt
2009-02-09 10:38 pm UTC (link)
Oh no, he didn't want her freaking out. That was the last thing he wanted to have happen. "No, no, no, Jenna, don't worry about it! Not your fault, seriously...consider it totally forgotten, okay?" He wanted her to calm down, and it really wasn't her fault in the least.

"So we're cool, nothing happened, and everything is good..."

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[info]neverquit
2009-02-09 10:45 pm UTC (link)
Shaking her head, she sighed. "Nothing happened. Everything will be good once I can get my hands back onto my violin and my very organized room." Smiling weakly, Jenna put one of her earbuds back in. She really just needed to drown out the world with music right now.

Everything always felt better when she could listen to, if not play, music. With one last look at Matt, she smiled. "Thank you. Really."

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[info]digame_matt
2009-02-09 10:57 pm UTC (link)
"Cool." Even though 'nothing happened', Matt still felt like kind of a schmuc. But he couldn't let it bother him too much. He would talk to Forrest about it and all would be right with the world again. Hopefully.

"It's nothin', no worries," he said, nudging her slightly before turning his music on.

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