Matthew P.O.V“Come on Matthew, let’s go outside. You and I need to let these two solve this themselves.” Said Mikey.Mikey walked outside the door and I stepped out with him; shutting the door behind me. We were not the only two in the hallway.“Explain. Now.” I said, emphasizing every word with seriousness.“When Sam and her family would take trips to Russia, Sam would go with them to the events they attended there; instead of staying in their vacation home in Russia. Since Igor and his family went to the same events, they ran into each other and became good friends. This is back when we were all kids. I mean a very long time ago; back to when Sam and I got along.” Mikey explained.I knew about the trip she used to take with her family when we were kids, but Sam hasn’

MATTHEW P.O.V“It’s not going to be like that forever.” I replied.It hurt to hear the sadness in her voice when she said that she felt alone. There’s a difference between being alone and feeling alone. To say which one is the worst, would be an easy answer; it would be the feeling alone part. Many people in my circle deal with it. People may think that rich people have it all, and that we’re always living ‘the good life’, but they’re wrong. We may live financially well, but as far as feelings go, most of us aren’t okay. Even in a crowd full of people, some of us still feel alone.My mother said that in order to be truly happy, we need to have love in our lives. Just the thought of the word made me want to vomit, whenever she would say that. I’d scoff and wave my hand dismissively, because

MATTHEW P.O.V“So, what did you do after you kissed her?” asked Mikey.Mikey came over to my house this morning, to talk about Ali and I. He didn’t know that I went to see Ali right after I left Sam’s hotel yesterday. So, when he came over, I told him everything and I regret every single second of it. Having to replay the memory and saying it out loud to Mikey, felt even worse; because it was a reminder of my mistake.  I was basically mortified at what I did with Ali last night. I wasn’t mortified by the fact that I kissed her. No, definitely not that; it was what I did after I kissed her. Mikey snapped his fingers in front of my face, interrupting my thoughts.“WHAT. DID. YOU. DO. MATTHEW?” he asked again, emphasizing every word.

Matthews P.O.V“A Date?” mouthed Mikey, as my eyes quickly shot to him.I wanted to face palm myself. I didn’t even mean to say it; it just slipped out. I don’t know why I said it, because the lack of control I’m showing; is far from the type of person I am. I am always cool, calm and collected. Right now, I sound like a bumbling fool. I looked down and felt embarrassed at how uncool I was being.“A Date?” Ali asked, repeating my question back to me.My mouth opened and closed. I did want to go on a date with Ali, ever since last night, when I realized that I was in love with her; but I didn’t want to ask her like this. I wanted to woo her the way a woman should be, when a man is trying to win her love. Besides, I don’t even know if she has any feelings for me. There was that one

Ali’s P.O.V[BEFORE MATTHEW ARRIVED FOR THEIR DATE]“Dillion, I’m home!” I shouted, as I entered my apartment and quickly headed towards the kitchen.When I entered the kitchen, I found Dillion at the kitchen island, currently in the middle of making himself a bologna sandwich for breakfast. He was almost finished making it, which was a relief, because it saved me time from making it for him, for breakfast. He looked up when he heard me coming into the kitchen.  “Your back already. Thank you for dropping Dina off to school,” Said Dillion as he smeared the mayo over the bread. “It was no big deal,” I waved my hand dismissively into the air. “I’ll pick