My Bloody Valentine
Dinner Kisses
Riley’s P.O.V
Dinner at the Sanders’ was going well so far, I vaguely remember being told that Mrs Sanders had another baby, a daughter called Amy, I’d never met her before, their mother wasn’t here, she was always nice to me, she would give me sweets when I played in the street, normally alone.
We had finished eating and were sat at the table making conversation, Amy, being only 14, was texting away on her phone and uninterested in everything else going on while the other four of us talked. Dad’s phone started ringing in his pocket, stopping all conversation.
“Richards,” He snapped into the phone, obviously slightly irritated that someone was calling and ruining his evening “Shit, really? Goddamn it, alright, I’ll be there within the hour,” He snapped his phone shut and looked at me apologetically “I’m sorry Riles, work called, something’s happened the next town over, which means I’ll probably be gone all night, are you going to be alright?”
Before I could answer, Matt spoke.
“Sure Charlie, she’ll probably stay here for a few more hours, and I can walk her home,” He said politely with a smile “Sound good?” He asked, turning to me, I nodded and told dad that it was alright and to be careful, he kissed my head, apologized to us all again and ran out of the door.
“Wanna… come upstairs?” Matt asked, scratching the back of his neck nervously.
“Sure,” I chuckled, standing and following him up to his bedroom.
His room was slightly messy, covered in Metallica and Pantera posters and obviously hadn’t been lived in for a while, we both sat on the edge of his bed awkwardly.
“Well, don’t I feel like a teenager again,” Matt chuckled nervously.
“Did you bring girls up here all the time? Is that what this is? You wanna get into my pants?!” I exclaimed in disgust, standing from the bed and staring at him, he tried to speak, but he couldn’t get the words out as he panicked, I burst out laughing “Dude, relax, I’m kidding, I always wanted to be in Matt Sander’s bedroom,” I admitted
“Matt Sanders or M Shadows?” He asked
“Hmm, well, both really, I guess I had a crush on you when I last came over when I was 15, I don’t remember much else, but you were much older than me and you had a girlfriend, I hated her, I always wanted to be her,” I laughed “And then I started listening to Avenged Sevenfold, to be honest I wanted to fuck every one of you but M Shadows was the one I wanted to do the most, even if it ended up being in his teenage bedroom,” He looked nervous and embarrassed until I put my hand over his which was resting on the mattress and he physically relaxed.
I saw a photo on his desk of him with his parents on the beach when he was much younger.
“Your mom is so pretty,” I complimented as I looked at it in my hand.
“Was,” He said, standing behind me and resting his hands on my hips.
“Was?”
“She died after giving birth to Amy, you didn’t know that?” He sounded rather shocked.
“No, I didn’t, Matt, I’m so sorry,” He smiled slightly, looking a little sadder than before, I pulled him into a hug “That must have been so tough,” He nodded and sniffed against my head which was buried in his chest and I knew he was crying a little “It’s alright you know, to cry about it,”
“Hey, shit happens, people die, it might have not been her time, but she left us with an exact replica sitting downstairs,” He said with a smile as he looked at another photo, which must have been recent, it was of him and Amy on Christmas morning opening presents.
I didn’t say anything else as I stared up into his amazing hazel eyes, the ones that have always made my heart melt and my knees weak, I felt that same pull from last night, and I knew I shouldn’t be getting caught up with boys, especially rock stars, that had danger written all over it, but I didn’t stop myself this time, he was staring into my eyes, showing an emotion I couldn’t name as I looked into his, I pulled his head slowly down to mine while pushing up onto my tip toes and pressed our lips gently together.
Dinner at the Sanders’ was going well so far, I vaguely remember being told that Mrs Sanders had another baby, a daughter called Amy, I’d never met her before, their mother wasn’t here, she was always nice to me, she would give me sweets when I played in the street, normally alone.
We had finished eating and were sat at the table making conversation, Amy, being only 14, was texting away on her phone and uninterested in everything else going on while the other four of us talked. Dad’s phone started ringing in his pocket, stopping all conversation.
“Richards,” He snapped into the phone, obviously slightly irritated that someone was calling and ruining his evening “Shit, really? Goddamn it, alright, I’ll be there within the hour,” He snapped his phone shut and looked at me apologetically “I’m sorry Riles, work called, something’s happened the next town over, which means I’ll probably be gone all night, are you going to be alright?”
Before I could answer, Matt spoke.
“Sure Charlie, she’ll probably stay here for a few more hours, and I can walk her home,” He said politely with a smile “Sound good?” He asked, turning to me, I nodded and told dad that it was alright and to be careful, he kissed my head, apologized to us all again and ran out of the door.
“Wanna… come upstairs?” Matt asked, scratching the back of his neck nervously.
“Sure,” I chuckled, standing and following him up to his bedroom.
His room was slightly messy, covered in Metallica and Pantera posters and obviously hadn’t been lived in for a while, we both sat on the edge of his bed awkwardly.
“Well, don’t I feel like a teenager again,” Matt chuckled nervously.
“Did you bring girls up here all the time? Is that what this is? You wanna get into my pants?!” I exclaimed in disgust, standing from the bed and staring at him, he tried to speak, but he couldn’t get the words out as he panicked, I burst out laughing “Dude, relax, I’m kidding, I always wanted to be in Matt Sander’s bedroom,” I admitted
“Matt Sanders or M Shadows?” He asked
“Hmm, well, both really, I guess I had a crush on you when I last came over when I was 15, I don’t remember much else, but you were much older than me and you had a girlfriend, I hated her, I always wanted to be her,” I laughed “And then I started listening to Avenged Sevenfold, to be honest I wanted to fuck every one of you but M Shadows was the one I wanted to do the most, even if it ended up being in his teenage bedroom,” He looked nervous and embarrassed until I put my hand over his which was resting on the mattress and he physically relaxed.
I saw a photo on his desk of him with his parents on the beach when he was much younger.
“Your mom is so pretty,” I complimented as I looked at it in my hand.
“Was,” He said, standing behind me and resting his hands on my hips.
“Was?”
“She died after giving birth to Amy, you didn’t know that?” He sounded rather shocked.
“No, I didn’t, Matt, I’m so sorry,” He smiled slightly, looking a little sadder than before, I pulled him into a hug “That must have been so tough,” He nodded and sniffed against my head which was buried in his chest and I knew he was crying a little “It’s alright you know, to cry about it,”
“Hey, shit happens, people die, it might have not been her time, but she left us with an exact replica sitting downstairs,” He said with a smile as he looked at another photo, which must have been recent, it was of him and Amy on Christmas morning opening presents.
I didn’t say anything else as I stared up into his amazing hazel eyes, the ones that have always made my heart melt and my knees weak, I felt that same pull from last night, and I knew I shouldn’t be getting caught up with boys, especially rock stars, that had danger written all over it, but I didn’t stop myself this time, he was staring into my eyes, showing an emotion I couldn’t name as I looked into his, I pulled his head slowly down to mine while pushing up onto my tip toes and pressed our lips gently together.
9/11/13