Matthew's P.O.V

I didn't understand what had just happened. One minute I was in the shower thinking about Tia and the next minute I was looking at Shawn and Tia smushed against each other.

Something about looking at them together gave me the jitters. It gave me the feeling of tingles and goosebumps all over my body.

At this moment, I was staring and Shawn and he was staring right back at me. Expect, my eyes were filled with rage while his were filled with pity.

Even though what Shawn had done had hurt me, I didn't want to hurt him, so I just walked away.

I walked into my room and just sat on my bed thinking and replaying the scene over in my head.

As I was deep in thought, I heard the squeaking of my room door. I didn't need to turn around to know that it was Shawn as I could see his tall figure in my peripheral vision.

"I can explain Matt." He says finally breaking the silence

“Go right ahead, bud." I say trying to sound sarcastic.

Right after I said that I felt the bed sink next to me as I turned to face Shawn, both of us now sitting cross-legged on my bed.

“I swear to god it was an accident bro. We both slipped with all that flour and fell on the ground. Tia tried to help me from falling, but she ended up slipping too." He says still having the look of pity in his eyes

"But when I walked in, y-you were you know." I say scratching my head feeling a little uncomfortable for some reason

"Kissing?" Shawn asked

"Yup." I said looking down at my pants now

"No Matt. We didn't kiss. It was barely even a peck. She fell on me and her lips just kinda you know, brushed past mine." He said his cheeks turning a dark shade of pink now

And that's when the jealousy struck in. I got up and punched a hole right through the wall.

Oh Shit.

I put my hand on my head and felt so frustrated at this moment. I relieved a huge sigh and closed my eyes for a moment.

I felt a hand on my shoulder and I immediately pushed it away.

"Stay away from Tia, Shawn. She's mine." I said turning around with rage burning my eyes.

"Look Matt. Your my best friend. I would never do anything to hurt you, sometimes feelings are just too hard to resist. And I hate to break it to you, but you and T are no longer together. So that doesn't make her yours or mine." He says still seeming as calm as possible

At this point, I felt the rim of eyes filling with tears. Shawn just pulled me in for a hug and I couldn't resist anymore. I just let the tears flow.

Tia’s P.O.V

I walked into my room feeling a bit shook. I wasn't sure whether I was happy about the "kiss" or not.

I just sat on my bed. Replaying the scene over and over again. What was happening?

I was a total mess. Literally.

I walked into my bathroom to see the total mess Shawn and me had made of each other. My black yoga pants had hand prints from the flour all over it, while my red baseball tee was basically white now. My face had some flour on it but mostly it was all on my hair.

As I stood in the washroom looking at the mess I was, I heard a loud bang,  which caused me to jump.

I didn't really know what it was so I decided to walk out my room. I saw no one in the kitchen but I could hear a faint voices coming from Matt's room.

I walked closer to hear, what sounded like crying.

My heart dropped right then.

It was Matthew. I already knew.

I peeked through the gap to see that Shawn was hugging Matt while he cried.

I didn't know what got into me but I walked right in. I probably shouldn't have done that, because I hate it when people come into my room without knocking buy I just had to.

When I walked in both Shawn and Matthew looked at me with complete shock for some reason. And next to them I saw a huge hole in the wall. But that wasn't my concern right now.

Matt wiped his tears right there and then, and Shawn brushed past me touching my hand before walking out the room.

Once Shawn had left I walked up to Matt and hugged him so tightly. I absolutely hated seeing my friends sad. Especially my best buds.

"Why are you crying Matt?" I asked him, grabbing his hand and making him sit on the edge of his bed

"I'm sorry Tia." He said looking down in embarrassment

"You didn't do anything wrong Matt." I said wiping his tears with my thumb

"Yes I did. I broke your heart. I broke it so hard. You didn't deserve that. It was all my fault. I miss you T. I miss you so much. I miss giving you unexpected hugs. I miss cuddling with you. I miss watching romantic movies with you. I miss taking you out. I miss calling you mine. I miss kissing you. I miss telling you how much I love you. I miss everything about you." He said breaking down into tears making tears rolling down my cheeks down. I was heart broken yet again. Not because he said all these beautiful things to me. But because I didn't think of him as more than a friend anymore.

"Matt listen to me." I said putting my fingers on his chin and lifting his head up so that I could see his eyes. "You were my first love. You always will be my first love. I love to so much. But I-I don't think of you as more than a friend." It hurt my heart to say that because I hated making someone sad. "Your my best friend Matt. You can always give me unexpected hugs, you can talk to me about anything. And you better not be embarrassed to cry in front of me." I said making him chuckle.

"I truly love you so much Matthew." I pulled him into a hug, both of us exhaling our sorrow

"Can I have one last kiss?" He asked pulling away from the hug and looking at my eyes

"Matt." I said a bit worried that he might get the wrong idea if I did

"Tia please. One last time." He said putting his finger on my cheek wiping away the last tear that rolled down

"Okay." I said.

He closed his eyes and leaned it. I just kissed him on the cheek and stood up. As soon as I did that he started laughing and stood up as well.

"I should have know you would have done." He said shaking his head

And that's when I did it.

I put my hands on his cheeks and pulled him down. My lips pressed his chapped lips while his arms now betraying my waist wrapping themselves around my neck, kissing me back.

I pulled back, simply smiled at him and left the room.

"Thank you." I head him yell while a real smile appeared on my face

Just as he said that Shawn walked up to me and asked "What just happened?"

And then I sat with him in the balcony and explained everything to him. Just as I was about to leave to take a shower he stopped to ask "Tia? Did you enjoy the kiss?"

I didn't answer, I just smiled at him and left. To keep him guessing.

But I think we all know that I didn't.

The only thing I didn't get was why he cared about that so much.

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