what happened. He'd join her for the walk if he could.

will just have to come see him in that case.

would enjoy that, he was getting a little annoyed with all of Francis' fussing.

can understand that all too well. She heads over to Matt's house, and let's herself in the front door. "Mattie?" she calls out.

jumped up a bit from his seat on the couch but got trapped by all the pillows and he fell back again. "In here!"

peeks into the room, and tries not to laugh at the scene. Oh, poor Matthew. "Need some help?"

frowned and pouted. "Yeah... Please, I really need help."

can't help but giggle a little, no matter how grumpy she still was. "Should I even ask why you have so many pillows?" she asks, stepping

closer to him and starting to readjust the pillows, taking a few away. There was no way he needed that many.

sighed and tried to get up again. "Francis... He's been fussing over me."

offers him her hand to help him up, but only if he wants it. "What did you do to yourself?"

takes her hand and pulls himself up, favouring his broken leg. "I... fell off a roof. What happened to you?"

watches him to make sure he doesn't hurt himself. Francis might kill her if he does. "I've just been really busy, Al's getting on my

nerves with this whole spies thing, and..." she trails off for a moment, then pouts. "I miss my boyfriend. It's all put me in a bad mood."

leaned against the edge of the couch as he listened before smiling widely. "Hold on, make yourself comfortable. I'm getting you a drink."

about arguing, but doesn't, and sits down. "If you say so."

smiles back at her. "I do say so, I can't join you because of the pain killers, but I can listen."

fidgets nervously, and smiles back at him. "Thanks Matt. You're the best. Do you need any help?"

shakes his head, he took his time going into the kitchen to get it before coming back with a bottle of water tucked under one arm and the_

bottle of rum under the other. A held out for her. "You're down, you need someone to listen or someone to let you drink."

takes the bottle from him, and attempts to change the subject, rather badly. "How did you fall off a roof?"

goes red as he sits down next to her and hands her the glass. "Um... I... just uh fell."

pours herself a glass, then sets the bottle aside for the time being. She tsks quietly at him. "You should be more careful!"

nods and sighs. "I should be..." He twists the top off his bottle of water. "So what happened to Iceland?"

shrugs, pausing to take a long drink before she replies. "He's on a trip. But I was so busy I didn't get to see him before he left."

leans over and pats her on the head. "I... kind of did the same thing to Francis. I went on a trip and didn't say good bye to him."

squirms a little when he pats her, but lets him. "Was he really upset?"

shakes his head. "No... I don't think so."

sighs out of relief. "Oh, well, that's good at least. I expected him to have been a drama queen about it."

smiles a bit. "He was... a bit, I felt really bad about it."

smiles a little too, leaning back against the couch, and taking another drink. "You two are doing really well, huh?"

looks over at her and smiles. "I guess so... we're engaged."

chokes.

blinks a few times and pats her on the back. "A-Are you okay?"

coughs, trying to regain her breath. "I-I'm fine, you're-- you're engaged!"

blushes and nods as he sipped at his water.

manages to breathe regularly again, then takes another drink and goes to refill her glass. "Oh, wow Matt. Wow."

watches her for a long moment. "I-Is... Is it a bad thing?"

shakes her head immediately, though she really isn't sure. "It's a good thing!"

doesn't believe her. "Really? You can be honest..."

pouts. "Oh, but Matt, that'll upset you!" she blurts out without really thinking.

shakes his head quickly. "No... it wont... please tell me."

chews on her lip. "I'm happy for you! I just....don't think it's a good idea!"

brushes his hand through his hair for a moment. "W-Why not?"

sulks a bit. "Because! Y-you guys really haven't been dating that long! And... What if something happens?"

nods a bit and moves closer to her, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "I... I'm not trying to take him away from you."

startles a little, but doesn't move away. She just sits there, holding her glass with both hands. "I didn't say that!"

looks down at his lap. "I know you didn't... I just... I know how much you like Francis."

frowns, and sets down her glass. "Well. Yeah. He raised me. But you two are in love."

nods. "We are but... I don't want to make things weird for you. He... he kind of raised me as well."

shrugs. "Things are always weird for me."

watches her. "They shouldn't be."

giggles. "I'm surrounded by really strange people. Things are always weird."

rolls his eyes and leans back into the couch. "Oh..."

beams, picking her glass back up and going back to drinking. She's already forgotten why she was upset.

glad she seemed happier now as he went back to drinking his water. "So why are Francis and I... not right?"

shakes her head. "I just....know how he is! I don't want you both to end up hurt. That's all."

nods and closes his eyes. "Yeah... we've had a fight or two... they don't last long though."

frowns at him. "I don't really see anything wrong with it then. It's not really any of my business."

looks over at him and shakes his head. "Sey... we don't... I don't have to marry him. I know I shouldn't."

completely confused. "If you know you shouldn't, then why are you doing it?"

fidgets with his water bottle. "Because I want too, I love him. I shouldn't do it, but I want to do it."

sighs. "Then do it."

smiles and leans over to hug her. "I wanted to make sure you were okay with it."

hugs him immediately. "I'm fine with it."

hugs her back and kisses her on the cheek. "Thank you."

keeps on hugging him. "I just want you both to be happy!"

holds onto her for a moment longer. "We will be and you'll come over lots and visit right?"

finally lets go of him, she's not ridiculously clingy. "Yeah! And you guys can come visit me!"

smiles and nods, sitting back. "Oh course! We'll come see you all the time."

beams, feeling a little better about the situation now. "Okay. You better."

pats her on the head. "I wouldn't dream of not coming to see you. You know Francis will still want you to stay over sometimes too."

pats him on the head in return. "Even with you two married?"

smiles. "Yeah, if someone else isn't there some times Francis would probably want to have sex every chance he gets."

pouts. "He'll want to do it even when I'm there!! He's a pervert, Mattie!"

frowns and gives up. "I-I know... but if your there I can convince him otherwise."

a little skeptical of that. "Maybe."

shakes his head. "He does... pretty much anything I ask him too."

a little surprised by that. "Huh? Really?"

nods. "Y-Yeah... It's kind of... scary."

blinks, trying to process that. "A little bit."

looks up at her, quite serious. "How do I fix it?"

shrugs. She has no idea how Francis' mind works. "Have you tried talking to him about it?"