From All Ends

When we got home I saw my family sitting on the porch, I got out of the car as fast as I could, walked past them and into the house. I immediately went up to my room, changed into a pair of sweats and laid down, it wasn’t much longer that I heard heavy footsteps approaching my room, I had hoped it would be Matt because I didn’t want to see or talk to anyone else. Sure enough Matt slowly stepped inside my room and looked as if he didn’t know what he should do. I motioned him over and he sat on the edge of the bed. “I just want to lay here right now,” I told him, he nodded his head and made to lay down, “Make yourself comfortable; we might be here for a bit.” He stood up and changed into a pair of sweats as well before making his way under the covers. As soon as he seemed situated I started to scoot closer, he motioned me to stop and he took his shirt off and settled back down. I laid my head on his chest while he ran his fingers through my hair and kissed the top of my head. We said nothing and soon fell asleep. A while later I woke up to Matt moving, “Sorry babe, I didn’t mean to wake you.” “It’s alright; probably good to wake up.” “Your mom was up here, she said dinner was ready. Do you want to go down?” “No, I’d rather eat up here.” “Okay, let me go grab you some stuff.” With that he got out of the bed, threw his shirt on and made his way downstairs. Not too long later he came back with two plates and drinks. We ate and talked, got to know each other more; he asked me about my new house and I showed him a picture of the front; “You know that looks familiar.” “All the houses look familiar Matt.” “True, have you figured out where it is?” “PCH and Goldenwest “Figure it out; I’m right across from the dog beach.” From there we just continued to chat before falling asleep together. The next day I woke up and got out of bed without waking Matt, threw some jeans on and headed out to the barn, it was still early and I could see the mildew on the grass as I walked out.

Matt’s POV
The last few days have been crazy; happy I’m here to support Braelynn, I just don’t know what she wants for me to do. When I woke up I saw that she was gone, and that it was only 6am. I quickly showered and headed to the kitchen where I saw her mom. “Good morning Matt, coffee?” “Good morning, sure. Do you know where Brae went?” “Probably gone to see Riley; he’s her biggest support sometimes.” I was confused; who was Riley? Her mom showed me a picture she took of me and Brae sleeping yesterday. Her head on my chest, arm resting on my stomach with are fingers linked together, my hand in her hair, and my chin/lips resting on her head. “This picture makes me believe that you two belong together; you might be sleeping but the love radiates off the both of you. Head on out to the barn, her father said he saw her head out that way around 5.” I stood up and headed out, when I entered the barn the smell instantly hit me, it’s nothing that I am used to but if this is where I can find my girl I don’t care. I heard soft signing and headed in that direction. I saw Braelynn sitting on a half door that was between the barn and the field and a horse head on her lap. Once I stopped by the stall door the horse picked up its head and looked at me causing Brae to turn her head as well. “Hey Matt, come meet Riley.” That’s when I figured out who Riley was. “He’s beautiful isn’t he? He’s been my horse for so long and I hate leaving him; but this is where he belongs.” We sat in the barn and talked, she told me about the horses on the property, which were her families, and which ones were being boarded. After a while we were interrupted by her phone ringing. She looked at it puzzled but answered anyways. “Are you fucking kidding me? How the hell did that happen?”

Braelynn’s POV

I hung up the phone and was ready to pull my hair out, Matt grabbed me by the waist and made me look at him, “What happened? What’s wrong?” “The damn hospital; made a fucking lab error.” “What do you mean?” “They misread the blood tubes; mine apparently went with another person’s named Brianna.” “Okay?” “I’m not sick; they fucked up and didn’t know until this morning.” Matt calmed me down and we went to tell my mom who told everyone else. It’s great news but it hard to switch emotions so fast. I made the decision I would leave back to California on the 11th things were just too stressful now and I wanted to get home, Matt got a phone call from Larry saying he had an interview and meeting with the label on the 9th so he left the morning of the 8th. Wedding plans were almost done just a few more things but the dresses were at least picked out. I was able to celebrate my birthday with my parents, friends, Matt, and my brothers except for Luka who couldn’t make it home. On the 11th Luka picked me up from the airport much to Matt’s dismay. For the drive home I texted with Matt and talked to Luka; when we got to my house we ate dinner and started to unpack my stuff. Around 9pm Luka left to go to the club and I got ready for bed. “Where’s your house?” I saw from Brain, are you asking for yourself or for Matt?” I texted back, “Both.” “PCH and Goldenwest” “We know that, where?” “22nd goodnight.” The next morning I woke up and ran across the street to run on the beach for a little bit; afterward I went home and started organizing, I opened up windows and turned on some Chris Cagle, after a while I decided to find my way to the grocery store. I got a text from Matt asking what I was driving because he thinks he saw me. I ignored him and continued grocery shopping, on the way home I blasted Metallica and as I pulled in my drive way I knew why they were so curious where I lived. One of them, not sure who was my neighbor.

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