The next morning everyone woke up late, meaning Matt was too hungover to wake everyone up so the entire tour was running late. Taylor presumed that Matt was too busy to mention what happened the night before so dismissed it, but by Sunday evening she was getting pretty peeved.

After the Sunday show, everyone was sitting on the bus. Instead of an after-party it was decided that they would head straight for the next city. Taylor had explained to Alex what had happened on Friday night and he assured her that Matt was probably just swamped with work like he always was.

"Need any help?" Taylor asked, sitting next to Matt who was on his laptop as usual.

Rian was in his bunk Skype-ing with his girlfriend Cassie, Zack and Jack were playing Madden on the Xbox and Alex was waiting patiently for his turn.

"No I'm fine" Matt mumbled, not even looking up.

"You know I'm your assistant I'm here to assist you" Taylor chuckled

"Well why don't you go and relax, spend some time with Jack or something" he replied, again not looking up

"He's on Xbox" Taylor pointed out

"Alex then, I don't care, just go do something" this time he looked up

"Wow, You really don't want me around huh?" she said, pissed

"No Actually, Not right now, I'm busy" he shrugged, confused why she was taking it so personally, Matt was like this with everyone when he was working.

"Well that's not what you said Friday" She spat, storming off into the bathroom the other side of the bus.

Matt gave Alex a 'what did I do?' look.

"You're such a Jerk, Matt. If you don't want her around, don't fucking lead her on" he spat, following Taylor to the other side of the bus.

"Lead her on?" Matt whispered to himself, confused.

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It had taken 45 minutes for Alex to coax Taylor out of the bathroom, She had wiped her tears and tied her hair back before Joining Alex and Jack on the sofa to watch a movie. Zack had gone to bed long before, leaving Matt still sitting at his laptop, taking occasional glances at the group in the same room as him.

When Matt had finished his work for the night he didn't bother shutting down his laptop, He kind of wanted to stick around, not wanting to be on bad terms with Taylor. He'd never tell anyone but he did kind of have a soft spot for her and he felt really bad about upsetting her earlier.

When the credits of Home Alone rolled, Taylor wrapped Jack in a blanket and left him to sleep on the sofa, Alex kissed Taylor fondly on the forehead before saying goodnight, waving to Matt and heading to the bunks. Taylor went over to the kitchen area, making herself a mug of hot chocolate.

"Want one?" She asked, her voice still a little croaky from crying earlier.

"Sure" Matt nodded awkwardly, finally shutting down his laptop and walking over to the kitchen to help her.

As they sipped at their drinks, Matt was choosing his words carefully.

"I'm sorry about earlier, the last thing I wanted to do was upset you" He explained

"It's okay, I know how you get stressed" She shrugged

Matt nodded, not knowing what else to say.

"Can I ask you something?" he finally said

Taylor nodded, not daring to look up from her drink

"What happened Friday? The last thing I remember was when you gave me my necklace" he said, playing with the chain.

"It doesn't matter" She tried to smile "don't worry about it"

"It matters to me" Matt interrupted "Please, tell me"

"We just... kissed... it's no big deal, really" she tried to laugh it of but her true feelings shone straight through her fake smile.

"Wow" Matt whispered "How much did I drink?"

"Thanks" Taylor spat, glaring at Matt

"No" Matt said quickly, realizing what he had said "I didn't mean it like that"

Taylor gave him a look that said 'you've got 5 seconds to explain yourself'

"It's not that I wouldn't wanna kiss you, it's just I haven't kissed anyone in like 4 years, apart from Jack I mean" He explained

"Why?" Taylor asked, even though she felt like she was pushing him too much.

"My ex girlfriend, kind of um.. fucked me over. I never really trusted girls after that" he blushed

"So that's why you're a dick to me" Taylor laughed

"I guess" Matt shrugged "I don't mean it, it's kind of a defense thing I guess"

"On Friday, before we um.. well, you said you liked me.. a lot" Taylor forced out

"See, that's why I don't drink" Matt laughed, rubbing his forehead

"So, you were lying?" She asked, not really wanting to know the answer if it would upset her.

"No" Matt sighed "No Matter how drunk I get I'd never lie about something like that"

"Oh" Taylor said quietly, not sure where to go next

"What did you say?" Matt asked curiously "When I told you I liked you"

"I said I liked you too" Taylor replied, blushing

"and then what?" Matt pushed

"I didn't get chance to say anything else" Taylor breathe-laughed

"Oh" Matt blushed

"So what happens now?" Taylor asked

"Nothing can happen" He sighed "It's not good for work, it'd make everything harder"

"What if I quit?" Taylor chanced

"Then you wouldn't be allowed to stay on tour, and the distance would kill whatever chance we had anyway" Matt sighed

"So, Friends?" Taylor said, putting on a brave face

"The best" Matt replied, also faking a brave face.

Notes

aw. sob.