“Iz, what are you doing?” Izzie made a little jump, feeling caught.
“Nothing” She crawled back in the bed and buried her head under the comforter.
Matt peeked under, looking at her curiously “If it’s nothing, then why are you behaving guilty?” He couldn’t hide the smirk on his face. Izzie was behaving ridiculous and they both knew it. He put his hands on her sides and started to tickle her “You better tell me now or I will tickle you into it” he continued his assault.

“Stop! Stop!” Izzie screamed when she couldn’t take it anymore.
“Then tell me what’s going on”
The silence that followed was long, Izzie’s stubborn face amusing to Matt. When she finally whispered her answer Matt didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

“I locked the door” she said silently, avoiding his eyes “I don’t want you to go”
Matt held back the laugh that was trying to escape, cause he couldn’t bare to see the hurt that came over Izzie’s face. He couldn’t let it slip entirely though.
“You realize there is another door in your bedroom?”
“Yes”
“You also realize you left the key in there?”
“Yes” she replied angrily.
“You’re acting like a child” Matt looked at her full of endearment. He had fallen for this woman so quickly he was still dizzy. And here she was, being all childish but oh so cute. He could feel his heart swell.
“I don’t care. I don’t want you to go”

Matt pulled her close and kissed the top of her head. He felt her breath against his skin when she whispered the words again, but now the tears were falling too. He knew her well enough by now to know this act was just a way for her to fight the tears but apparently, she had lost.

Izzie and Matt had spent the last 2 weeks together. After their talk in the park, Izzie had called her boss and arranged for her to work from home. She wanted to spend time with Matt. It was constantly in the back of her head that the time he would be with her might as well be all the time they would be able to be together. There were no guaranties at all after that.

Their time together was amazing. Izzie knew this wasn’t just a fling. At least not for her, but she had no idea how it was for him and how this would even work if Matt by chance felt the same. Matt needed to resume his job and his life on the other side of the world, and she had everything here. Now Matt would leave in only a few hours and she didn’t even tell him yet that she had fallen in love with him.

“Iz, look at me” Matt shifted in the bed and made her look up to him “This isn’t over. I’m falling in love with you so fast my head is spinning. We need to find some way to get this to work. I really want us to work.”
Matt’s sweet words only made Izzie cry more. He kissed away the tears from her cheeks. He kissed away the tears that had reached her mouth. His comforting kiss calmed her down a little, but only because she pushed the thought of him leaving, to the back of her mind. She only choked up when she allowed them into her brain.

“I’m-“ Matt kissed her again before she could finish her sentence.
“No. I don’t want you to say anything yet. Think about what you are about to say. Consult your friends and your mom and brother and then open your email.”
Izzie was confused.
“You can’t tell me everyone won’t have an opinion after yesterday” Matt grinned.

The day before they invited Izzie’s friends for lunch and her mom and brother for coffee. They were all surprised of the man in Izzie’s house, but acted like it was the most normal thing in the world. Izzie knew Matt was right, they would sure have an opinion and she would hear it when they were alone. Not that she cared. Much.

It was only a matter of time before advice would flow in. Izzie wasn’t looking forward to it. It would only put attention to the fact that Matt was gone. Matt noticed the sadness pulling back over Izzie’s face.
“What? You don’t think they will like me?” He drew the wrong conclusion from the look on her face and now he was getting insecure. That big man with a uncertain look on his face made Izzie smile.
“Of course they will like you. Well my brother won’t, at least not at first. But I don’t worry about that. I don’t care. I know how I feel about you. They won’t change a thing about that. It’s just…”
“It’s just what?”
“You are leaving in a few hours. I don’t need the reminder of you not being here by them wanting to talk about you” She got that sad look on her face again, but Matt knew just how to cheer her up.

“Okay, Okay, you can open your email first. Do it now. ”

Izzie grabbed her phone from the nightstand and saw the new email she had, it was a forwarded from Matt’s email address. “What the-“
“It’s a ticket to Italy. You can come and see us perform next week. We have 2 days off after the show, so we can hang out, you can meet the guys”
“Matt, I can’t take days off of work again next week.”
“Yes, you can. I arranged everything. It’s only Friday and Monday and your boss agreed as long as you are available by phone in case of a real emergency. Please come and visit me next week?”

Of course there was only one answer she could give to that.

“Miss, please put your seat up, we are about to land” the friendly flight attendant got Izzie out of her head. There she was, on her flight to Italy, on her way to visit Matt. Her flight had been very comfortable. Matt bought her a first class ticket and she had been pampered ever since she’d came to the airport, but now she was really nervous. It had been two weeks since Matt had left their little happy bubble.

Matt had been right, everyone that had Matt during the time he spend with her had their opinion ready. The next day her mom came over for coffee. She told her she liked him, that he was very polite, but all those tattoos… she never could get used to that. Izzie had noticed something else with her mom too, but decided to ignore it. Her mom knew her better than she knew herself and she didn’t want to think that far ahead. Her mom was though.

Her friends pulled her into an emergency group skype session in which they forced her to tell every little detail about Matt, even the dirty ones. They were happy that she was happy, but they weren’t convinced he was a good guy, yet. Izzie realized that had nothing to do with Matt, but more with them being overly protective of her.

The thing that surprised her the most was her brother’s visit. In hindsight it shouldn’t have. He was always the one that jumped first before he thought and he only encouraged her to do the same this time. “You deserve the big love, sis, I can see in your eyes you believe this is it.” He had kissed the top of her head and hugged her closely. Izzie smiled through her happy tears when he spoke again “If he does decide to break your heart I will haunt him down and break him.” There he was again, the brother she knew so well.

Now she was in Italy, with all the information Matt had told her to gather before she said anything of importance. They talked all the time during the weeks they had been apart, but seeing him in real life again would be something completely different.

And then there was this little fact of meeting his friends. His friends that happened to be her favorite band too. She wasn’t sure who would take over when she met them. The shy fangirl or the supernervous whatever-she-was of Matt.

Her leg was bouncing up and down uncontrollably as she waited to get off the plane. She would be okay when she was with Matt again. Nothing else would matter when she was in his arms.

Anxious to see Matt she sped her way to the arrival hall. She only had her carry-on luggage, so she could walk right through. If she expected a teary, jump-in-arms, kiss each other like no tomorrow- welcome, she was being disappointed. She didn’t see Matt anywhere. She looked around again, looking closely for an undoubtedly heavily disguised popstar, but not finding any. She got a nauseating feeling in her stomach. She forced herself to remain calm, he would be here, he was just a little late. That could happen. He promised to pick her up. He would be here.

Then something caught her attention at the corner of her eye. A small group of men, hats, sunglasses, rushed through the doors. They looked around the hall until one pair of eyes locked with hers. He had taken his sunglasses off and she would recognize those eyes anywhere. Not only because she’d seen them on so many pictures, but because her friend couldn’t stop talking about those kind brown ones. A twinkle appeared in them when they recognized her and he motioned the other men to come with him.

If she hadn’t been this nervous she would have laughed at the sight that appeared before her when they reached her. Brian, a knowing smirk around his lips. Zack, curiously taking her up. Brooks, calmly putting his hand up to her to say ‘hi’ and Johnny, ready to make a joke.
His remark explained the absence of the man that was missing from this group and set all of them off into chaos.
“Shit, Matt is going to kill us for locking him into the van”
“But it will be worth it, look at her!” Brian pulled her into a hug and held her close.
“She IS beautiful, but if one of you assholes tells Matt I said that I will haunt you from the dead” Zack was next, holding her just as tight as Brian was, but with some kind of undertone she couldn’t decipher.
“Let her go Vengeance, she is taken and so are you. And I heard this one has morals” Brooks chuckled as he hugged her shortly.

Just when it was Johnny’s turn Izzie got distracted by the man that stormed in. He could best be compared with a raging bull. Brian chuckled and stepped aside, but poor Johnny hadn’t noticed Matt’s arrival yet. He got pulled away from Izzie roughly “I’m killing you. Every single one of you! With my bare hands! Fucking assholes! Stay away from my girlfriend!!!”
“Matt” Izzie said softly, but it was loud enough for Matt to hear her. He looked at her with wide eyes as if he just really saw her for the first time.
“Iz” he whispered as he put his hands around her face, bending down to kiss her. But Izzie stopped him
“Since when did you start calling me your girlfriend? I mean… shouldn’t we talk about that first?” she tried to keep a serious face, even when her heart was making jumps for joy. Matt’s sad face didn’t make it any easier either. The loud laughs that came from the spot where Brian and Zack were standing strengthened her though; it was fun to fool Matt a little.
“Oh I like her” she heard Brian say.

Matt pulled her away a few feet from the others. When she looked into his eyes she knew he wasn’t joking around anymore. The emotion lingering there couldn’t be given any other name than possessiveness. He looked at her like he owned her and Izzie was more than ready to give him everything he wanted.
“You are mine ever since I came and look for you. You are mine ever since I told you I fell in love with you. You are mine ever since you agreed to be with me. You are mine Izzie, let there be no question about that. And since you are mine, I get to call you my girlfriend.”

And then he kissed her. No. Consumed her. There was no telling where his body ended and hers began. His tongue invaded her mouth. His hands held her right where he wanted her. She wasn’t a big fan of men that behaved like women were property, but this thing Matt had going on was turning her on beyond believe. She weaved her fingers in his hair and held on tight. The world around them was long forgotten. Which was a dangerous thing.

“Eh Matt” Brian tried carefully.
“Shut the fuck up” Matt snapped at Brian, staying against Izzie’s lips. He didn’t want to put any more space between them than absolutely necessary.
“Yeah, yeah, I’m the bad guy. I just don’t want you to end up in jail because of inappropriate behavior. Don’t you think it’s better to take Izzie to the hotel?”

That seemed to snap them out of it, but if the others thought they could talk with Izzie and get to know her on the way to the hotel they were painfully mistaken. Matt and Izzie were only kissing and talking quietly to each other, not giving any notice to the men in the van with them.
“Matt-“ Johnny tried
“Nope”
“But we-“
“No”
“I didn’t know we had a teenager in our midst again” Johnny muttered “You’re behavior is ridiculous, you know that right?”
“Don’t care”

Izzie couldn’t get to the hotel fast enough. She had no eye at all for the beautiful landscapes around her. Places she had never been before. Everything she wanted was right there when she stared at the man in front of her. Everything in Matt’s eyes and kisses were promises for what to come and she couldn’t wait.

As soon as the van stopped, Matt grabbed her luggage in one hand and her waist in the other and dragged her towards the hotel.
“We don’t want to be interrupted”
“But-“
“No. I did my soundcheck real early this morning, we will be in time for the show, but until then I don’t want to see or hear any of your ugly faces“

Before she knew it she was pushed to the door inside of Matt’s room and only a few seconds later she was naked. She didn’t know how that exactly happened, but one thing was for sure. Matt was definitely in a hurry.
“Do we need to talk about the girlfriend thing?” Matt asked with a low voice as he kissed her neck. He kissed the bottom of her jaw, right up to her ear where he pulled her earlobe a little before he sucked the spot right underneath it. Izzie had a hard time finding her voice, but managed to answer him eventually
“No”
“Good”

Notes

I wanted to wait until certain persons commented on the last chapter :P But that is hardly fair to all others that were leaving lovely comments. And this chapter was sitting there, almost finished, ready to be read by all you guys.

So here it is, I hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think! Rate, subscribe and most importantly, leave some comments <3