Not a bad thing

Izzie’s POV
It’s been 6 days since Brian’s superhero party. I has also been my first week back at work. It felt really strange going back there. Don’t get me wrong, I really like my job, but so much had happened in the past two weeks. Lost a boyfriend, found my old best friend again, gained a new best friend, and stumbled into some really cool new other friends too. I also walked into someone that could possibly be a new love interest.

Ah well, who am I kidding? I fell for Matt, hard. That was me all right, I was getting head over heels fast. To be honest, Matt has gone out of his way to let me know he likes me. When we had left Brian’s on Sunday, he asked me if we could have a first date on Friday. Only his deep voice whispering that question to me, had me all week in the knees. Of course I agreed. We can’t fool each other by playing hard to get, that ship had sailed the moment he kissed me Saturday night.

When I had arrived at work on Monday, a box with one rose was waiting on my desk, it had a little note attached to it: “Dear Izzie, Please don’t think of me as a stalker, I asked Lynn where you work. I just wanted to wish you a great first day back. Only 4 more days of working, and on the 5th day... can’t hardly wait. Matt.” My heart had swollen the moment I read the note. My colleagues thought Eric had send me the flower, off course assuming wrong. They didn’t know that we had broke up. So I had some explaining to do when they saw that the note was signed by “Matt”. I tried not to tell them much, I first wanted to know what this was.

Every night, Matt had send me a message how my day had been, what was on my agenda for the next and he always ended with “4 days to go”, “3 days to go”, “2 days to go”, etc. Apparently, he was just as excited as I was to finally go on our date. The roses kept coming too. The second day I found the little box in the meeting room, where I had a very important appointment “Dear Izzie, I know you will kick ass today, but I just wanted to let you know that I’m thinking of you. Only 3 more days of working, and on the 4th day... I have big plans for us, can’t hardly wait. Matt.” On the third day he had it delivered to my house, as I told him, I would be working from there on that day “Dear Izzie, Something to dream away to in the comfort of your own house, don’t be too distracted, you have work to do! Only 2 more days of that, and on the 3rd day, you can dream as much as you want.. I will be too. Matt”. The 4th day was a day full of appointments with clients and as much as I loved him putting so much effort in this, I didn’t want to jeopardize my relationships with my clients. But he understood and had the rose delivered to my favourite coffee place. The barista smiled at me “Someone is trying to get in your pants, isn’t he?” I winked “And if he goes on like this, I will let him”. The note said “Dear Izzie, I agree, this is a little stalkerish, but I didn’t want to miss a day. Tomorrow, tomorrow, it’s almost there. Matt”.

It was finally “Tomorrow”. Some of my meetings of this afternoon were cancelled, so I decided to just take half a day of. I would need the time to get ready for my date. Matt’s rose was on my doorstep this morning and the note was really short this time “My dearest Izzie, be ready at 7, Matt”. The big difference this time was that the note wasn’t written in the elegant style of the florist, it was written in a handwriting that was barely readable, which I assumed was Matt’s. He had been here!

I’ve just finished my work and closed my laptop. Time to relax a little. It’s hard to relax while you are getting nervous like I was at this moment. I was trying hard not to freak out, but I was so damn nervous. I decided to make myself a cup of tea, but it fell out of my hands as soon as I picked it up. “Fucking hell!” I shouted. That was close to burning my legs. I grabbed my phone and called Lynn. She picked up after 2 rings “Babe, what’s up?” I haven’t talked to Lynn very much the past week, she had been at Brian’s all the time. I kind of stopped calling when I interrupted something on Tuesday. Lynn was panting and she was giggling. I didn’t want to get a clear image of what they were doing, so now I just messaged her before calling, or let her call me. “Not much, just nervous.” I heard her walk out of her office. “Do you want me to come over? I was planning to go to Brian’s after work, but I can take a few hours off and hang with you? Help you get ready?” I thought about that, but how was she going to explain herself to Brian then. I didn’t want him to know yet. “No, it’s fine, I just wanted to talk to you for a while, hear how you are” We talked a little, she asked me again if she needed to come over, but I didn’t want to bother her much. She’s finally happy. I can’t take that away. I tried to read a book, but that didn’t work. I decided to get my Friends dvd’s out, worked every time and I felt myself relax a little finally.

At 4, a knock on the door waked me from my nap. It was Lizzy. She hugged me, coming in. “Hey, how are you? Are you mentally ready for tonight, because I see you need to get dressed still” I walked towards my kitchen getting us something to drink. Lizzy noticed the roses “He did make an effort, huh?” I poured us a drink and handed it to her. “Yes, he did. But now I’m damn nervous.” “I know you are, I just spoke to Lynn, she understands why you told her not to come, but you need someone to calm you down” I smiled, Lynn knew me so well and it was nice to have Lizzy with me. She did calm me down a little. “I was looking forward to this date all week, and then this afternoon I just wondered, isn’t it too soon after Eric. Maybe I should be alone for a while. Matt is a rockstar, he dated far more beautiful women than me, he’s used to a certain standard in women and I’m not sure I live up to that expectation.” Lizzy looked at me “Have you seen how he’s looking at you? I’m surprised Brian didn’t notice, probably he was too busy winning Lynn over, but Matt is all over the place with liking you. I never seen him like this with any woman in the past few months. Don’t worry so much, you are beautiful, you hung out with Matt, he knows you’re not one of those slutty groupies, you will be fine!” I sighed. I really wanted to believe her, but I felt really insecure, what if he didn’t like me after all?

Lizzy stayed with me and helped me pick my dress. I chose a dress that was comfortable but cute, and combined it with matching bag and shoes. I put on my high heels, they made me feel confident and I wouldn’t be so small next to Matt. Lynn looked at me “He would be a fool letting this go. You look amazing.” She gave me a kiss on my cheek and headed for the door. “Have fun babe, you deserve it, let me know how it was? Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do!” She had the door in hand and winked at me. She opened the door and there was Matt. “Hi Mattie, I was just leaving. Have fun tonight” She gave Matt a quick hug before she walked to her car, turning around one more time to put her thumbs up to me. I chuckled, then looked at Matt. He stepped into the house, eyeing me, not saying anything. He had a nice jeans on, and a white dress shirt, it looked amazing combined with his tanned skin. A big smile graced his face, showing those adorable dimples of his. He stepped forward, softly kissing my cheek “You look beautiful Izzie”. I blushed. I felt his breath on my cheek and soon goose bumps covered my skin. His hand moved down my body, getting a hold of my hand “Come on, we have to go, I have reservations at 7.30”

Matt brought me to a nice restaurant at the beach, where he reserved a little corner for us. Our table had a bench almost all the way around, and our plates were seated next to each other. It was nice sitting next to him, but it made me shy too. He was so close, I was just scared to move in my seat. He had ordered a tasting for all three courses so we could try a lot of different things. The food was amazing and we never had an awkward silence. He asked about my family, my friends, my job and of course about my past with Brian. I told him that we had been friends like forever and that we drifted apart once I got to college and Brian got into the band. “So you’ve known Jimmy too?” Matt asked. “Yes, Jimmy and I were friends too. I never knew he died until I was at your concert. I feel guilty for not being there” I looked down at my hands. Matt took my hand in his, with his other hand he stroked my cheek, making me look up to him. He came close and softly kissed me. My heart almost jumped out of my chest, every nerve in my body was on edge. He let go of me way too soon. I whimpered a little. Matt laughed softly “Let’s order some desert, someone told me you love your deserts.” I looked at him and pouted a little “It’s just not fair, you have all this extra information on me and I only have to rely on what you tell me about yourself. You have to tell me something no one knows, and be honest!” He looked me in my eyes deeply and came closer “I might be falling for you Izzie, I haven’t felt like this in a long time”. He kissed me again, with a little more want this time, but still to calm to my liking. I heard someone cough at our table “Mr. Sanders, Miss, your desert” The waitress stood at our table, holding our desert, gawking at Matt. Didn’t she just acknowledge me sitting here? She seemed to totally forgot about me, the minute she looked at Matt. “Thank you” Matt smiled at her. She finally left.

“Is that happening a lot? Women just staring at you like that?” Matt chuckled, “do you want me to lie?” “Of course not!” Matt looked at me shocked, okay, I might have overreacted a little “No, just tell me, I really want to know” I tried to smile a little. He looked at me, a little embarrassed “Yes, that happens quite a lot, little less when we are in our hometown, because people seem to know us here. But there is still quite a big fanbase here.” I looked at him “I didn’t mean because of your fans. I meant because of your face” He looked at me surprised “They only stare because I’m the singer of Avenged. Nothing else” I shrugged “Whatever makes you sleep at night” Matt took a spoon of the tiramisu and fed me “This will make you stop your nit witted remarks” I moaned a little, this tiramisu was amazing. Matt smiled “That’s better”. We finished our desert silently and Matt asked for the cheque. As he helped me up, I said “You really don’t see all those women eyeing you?” He looked around “Why would I? I have the one I want right next to me. Come on, we’ll walk the beach a little” He smiled at me and grabbed my hand.

Notes

There you go, Matt finally took her out!
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