She looked around, there was barely no light in room, and yet it felt so easy to see the boy in front of her, covered in bruises and wounds. "Are you sure you wanna talk right now? You look like you might use some sleep". Truth be told, even though he was a friend of his brother, he was in fact a stranger, a stranger laying in pain the white new sofa.
"It's fine" he paused as he had been doing since he opened his mouth for the first time due to pain he felt. And now, Nate had also woken up and was asking him how he felt.
The girl who was sat in the carpet stayed there, looking at those two, and she couldn't avoid noticing how worried Nathaniel looked. "I see you were the one who brought him here" she said after some time "I'm sorry Ella, we needed your mum's help, and I thought you were sleeping" he stopped but soon continued "You went out?" And that question seemed simply ridiculous to Matthew but he realised he should just listen to see where that conversation was going "I did" she simply said "My audition was postponed, so just relax" she stood up and stayed there, looking at him "I should have though" she whispered and she left them alone in the dark big room.
Matthew wasn't at all pleased that Nate had 'sent' the girl away, but he had just saved his life. So he didn't feel like arguing with him "Are you going to tell me what happened or what? This was just crazy Matt, this had never happened. Who even did this?" And he kept bombing him with questions "Stop" the boy in pain begged. "I will tell you, just relax" He said and then he saw the girl with a glass of water slowly walking closer to them, sitting on the same exact place she had been before "Can I stay?" She asked but her expression clearly showed she didn't care about the answer so Matt didn't even bother to answer.
"First of all, I asked to fight" he closed his eyes to avoid the disappointed face of his friend "I needed to let out all the feelings that were killing me and damn Nate I was the best only a few months ago" and now he was the one feeling disappointed with himself.
"Jarred, the little shit" And as the words left his mouth he felt anger again "It was him... But he has improved a lot...But he plays dirty, so dirty... And he used Amber against me" he said and now it was Nate who was angry.
"You still care" he said loud but then Stella reminded him that her family was asleep " You still care for her? After all she has done? You allow her to be one of your weaknesses?" He said low this time, yet it was easy to see how mad he was. "She has made our lives a living hell!".
"I know" were the only words that came out of Matthew's mouth. He swallowed down with effort and then he spoke again "I didn't exactly want to almost be beaten to dead you know" he stopped once again "I didn't exactly control it". Nate simply gestured something that neither Stella nor Matthew figured out what it was and then he stated he needed to use the toilet.
Stella wasn't really sure if she should speak or not, because after all he really was a stranger but curiosity got into her "Amber?" she murmured "Just the ex-girlfriend who fucked up my life and Nate's" he said without any pause, which was really weird considering his previous attempts to do it. "I've been trying to avoid her for the last year you know, now that she only comes to town once in a while, but that girl still messes with me, even when she is not here"
Nate's voice was heard even before he got near the sofa "You seriously have to get over her".
"Sorry you got caught in the middle of this Stella". But the girl smiled, a soft smile that went so well with her face "Your life is way too interesting". and even though it wasn't funny the boys ended up laughing, mostly because the girl was so innocent, so genuine.
"You still" the wounded boy started "haven't told me why you were crying" he said and she smiled, but this time it was a sad smile, one to cover her sadness "Not that I can compare my problem to yours... But I went to meet the boy I like, just to find him with my best friend".
He looked around, he saw his best friend, the person who he cared more in this world, the person who cared most for him. And he saw Stella, the innocent girl who cried over the boy she liked, who giggled after being told how fucked up he was. And he smiled, for the first time in a long time and although he was in pain, he felt like smiling.