Ch35

**Matthew's Pov**

We got back to the condo from a long day at Magcon.

Delaney and Taylor weren't in there though...

I shrugged it off.

We all sat at the living room to talk about Magcon, and that's when I found it... an opened condom

wrapper.

"I knew it! I fucking knew it!" I yelled, and kicked the table.

"Matt, calm down! What happened?" Cam asked, and everyone looked at me.

I held up the wrapper.

They all looked at me in shock and sympathy.

Just then, none other than Taylor and Delaney walked through the door.

I didn't have any words.

I stared at her, and held up the wrapper.

**Lane's Pov**

They already knew, obviously.

Matt was just staring at me with the red, puffy eyes he gets when he cries.

I didn't say anything, and neither did he.

I ran downstairs into the basement, dragging Matt with me.

"What the hell is this? Tell me it's not yours." He said, pain evident in his face.

"Matt, come on, it's not a big deal." I said, even though it was.

"Delaney, I don't even know what to say to you." He looked at me with...hate.

"Say something!" I started to cry.

"Fine. We're done. I love you more than anything, Delaney, but we are no longer together." He stormed upstairs, and I heard the front door slam, he must've left.

Katy came running down the stairs.

"What the fuck happened?" She asked.

I tried to talk, but I couldn't.

My heart was being squeezed, and stabbed.

I can't take this. I'm such a screw up.

"Lane, calm down, it's ok, just tell

me what happened." She hugged me, and sat down next to me on my bed.

"I-I had s-s-sex with Taylor. I d-don't know why, I ha-d a couple dri-nks of Cham-champagne." I breathed shakily.

"Matt broke up with me." The tears poured out of my eyes like a hot waterfall down my cheeks.

"I'm gonna kill that bastard." Katy said, which made me giggle a bit.

"It's all my fault, Katy, he did the right thing. I don't deserve him, I never did." I sobbed.

"So what you had sex once with another guy, you told me he did sexual shit with that other chick." Katy said, and she had a point.

"But he only did that to get money for this." I held up my hand to show her the ring.

"Still, there are other ways to make money." She said.

Taylor came down the stairs.

"Can I talk to her for a minute? I'll be quick, I swear, wouldn't want to interrupt girl talk." He smiled.

"Go ahead." Katy said, and left me to Taylor.

"OH MY GOD WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?" I gasped, holding Taylor's jaw.

He had a huge bloody red mark.

"Please tell me you didn't do this to yourself, Taylor." I said.

"It wasn't me, but this isn't why I came down." He said.

"Tell me who did it." I said sternly, even though I had a pretty good idea of who did.

"Matthew.." He said.

"I knew it." I rolled my eyes.

"Laney, I'm here for you ok?" He said completely off topic.

"Ok?" I said, confused.

"I know Matt broke up with you." He said.

"How?" I asked.

"Because when I followed him outside, he said 'She's all yours' and hit me, then took off in his car." Tay said.

"He's a douche." I said.

"He's not." Taylor said.

"How come?" I started to get a little bit angry.

"Well, he didn't do anything wrong." Taylor said.

"He fucking hit you in the jaw!" I screamed.

"Wouldn't you get mad if another girl had sex with Matthew." He had a point.

"Well, yeah, but I wouldn't hit her and break up with him," I started to cry again, "I love him."

"Sure, you've got a point there. He's just really defensive over things that mean a lot to him, he's always been that way." Taylor said.

"If I meant a lot to him, why'd he throw it all way?" I asked, tears brimming.

"That's for him to answer." Taylor replied.

"You can leave now." I said, and he kissed my cheek, and bolted upstairs.

I laid down on my bed and just cried.

Soon, my pillows were absolutely soaked.

I got my phone and checked my social media.

First, I checked vine.

I could've cried at all the mean comments, but I cried at the Melaney comments, until I felt better.

I looked ratchet as hell, but I made a vine anyways.

"Hey guys, Matt and I broke up. I don't want to get into details but I love you all, and you needed to know, so please no more Melaney comments." I had to talk kinda fast, but I captioned it explaining what I said.

Then, I checked Instagram and looked at all my friends posts and stuff.

Twitter was next, and I went through all the sweet posts, and stuff.

I finished scrolling, and when I got to the top I refreshed it, and Matthew had posted something just then.

"I love you no matter what."

Was he talking to me?

I favorited it, and then I got a dm from someone....Mandy.

I was utterly freaked out, but I opened it.

"If you want Matthew to live, come find him. I'm at Baymont hotel."

What the fuck?

I started to freak out.

"G-Guys!" I screamed, and all of them

came down.

I showed them the tweet and Mandy's message.

"We better get Matthew." Shawn said.

"If she was gonna actually kill him, why would she tell us and give us the hotel she has him at?" I asked, like it was obvious.

"Good point, but what could she possibly want from us?" Nash said.

"How about we all go together, for backup." Jack J said.

We all agreed with him, and I got dressed, and we left.

"I'm so scared." I said.

"It's ok, Lane." Hayes said, as he hugged me.

We pulled up to the hotel, and ran inside.

"Is there a Mandy here?" I asked the lady at the front desk, frantically.

"She told me she was expecting you, yes. Room 316." The lady said.

Expecting me? I gulped

The boys and Katy followed me into the elevator to the third floor, and walked to the left to room 316.

I knocked on the door, and Mandy opened it.

"Hi, there! I see you brought friends." Her smile grew to a devilish stare.

She opened up the door, and pulled me inside, but slammed it behind me, and quickly locked it.

She cuffed my hands behind me, and told me to sit on the bed.

I did, and I saw Matt on the other side if the room...completely naked.

"Uhmmm..." I said.

"Matthew is my slave for the day. He does whatever I tell him to." She said.

"And you are going to be my slave, too!" She tapped my nose when she said 'you' and I tried to bite her.

"Now, now, don't bite your master." She said, and I BURST out laughing.

"What's so funny?" She asked me.

"You! You're a fucking moron!" I laughed, and so did Matt.

I was still mad at Matt, and he was probably still mad at me, but this was a bigger situation than a breakup.

"I almost killed him." She said while she opened a drawer, and picked up a handgun.

I shot Matt a look of terror.

"Come here, and kiss me, Matthew." She smiled.

"No!" He said.

She cocked the gun.

"Matt, just kiss her!" I said.

As he leaned in to kiss her, I kicked the gun out of her hand, than hit her in the neck with my cuffed wrists.

"Go!" I shouted to Matthew.

"Not without you!" He said, and grabbed me.

He unlocked the door, and we RAN.

Faster than ever.

The rest of the group was downstairs in the main lobby, on the phone with the police.

Eventually, the cops got there, and they arrested Mandy for kidnap, and stalking.

I guess they found a shrine and a ton of pictures of Matthew and I, which scared the living hell out of me.

Once we drove home, we all decided to have a movie night to relax a bit.

"Delaney, I think we need to talk." Matt said.

I followed him into our room in the basement, and we sat down across each other on the bed.

"I'm sorry for over reacting. I am the jealous type, obviously, and I got myself into a lot of trouble. I shouldn't have broke up with you, Delaney. You're the best thing that ever happened to me! We've only known each other for a matter of time, and I already love you, that says a lot. You probably think I'm a douchebag for hitting Taylor and all that, but I'm defensive, and I was mad in the heat of the moment. Taylor and I cleared all this up, but I only really care about you and I. Delaney, I need you with me. Please, take me back?" He asked.

"Matthew, of course. I'm sorry. I was just...my hormones were raging, I had a few drinks of champagne, and I jus-"

He cut me off with a passionate kiss.

I giggled, than told him something that was on my mind for a long time.

"I did it because our relationship was like a bowl of soup that was just broth, we needed to add some struggle, some spices, and this may sound cheesy, but it's a metaphor." I blushed.

"I love you." He said, and stared intently into my eyes.