All of Matt's coldness disappeared in a second, it was like all Annie had said, and the way she looked right now, poured a bucket of ice cold water on him, it was like he woke up from a daze, just what was he doing acting like this and being like this to Annie, she did not deserve this at all.
"I'm sorry Annie, please don't' cry… if you cry, I will feel terrible, so please don't cry" said Matt as he pleaded with Annie, they had never fought like this before, never, ever, they always got along well with each other, they always smiled with each other, Matt did not know what came over him, he was acting like a jerk.
"I won't cry Matt, I won't" said Annie as she sniffed and she held back her tears, she could hear the remorseful tone in Matt's voice, he was back, her Matt was back, the nice, kind, sweet, considerate Matt was finally back.
"But tell me Matt, why are you so cold to me? What did I do?" asked Annie as she wanted to know, she wanted to know the real reason.
"You didn't do anything Annie, you didn't do anything, it's me I… I don't know what came over me…" said Matt as he looked down and he sighed, he was just horrible, over a little jealousy, he went too far, to the extent of being angry with her for over a week now, he was just petty and horrible.
"Is it because of Prince Oliver?" asked Annie as she remembered what Maddie said.
"No…" said Matt as he sounded hesitant.
"Tell me the truth Matt, is it because of him? Because Maddie said that you are jealous" said Annie.
"I…" said Matt as he looked down, he did not know what to say… the truth was that he was jealous, when he had no reason to be at all, he knew that there was nothing between Annie and Ollie, nothing at all, Annie did not like Ollie in that way, and he knew it, but that could not stop him from being jealous.
"Matt…" called Annie.
"Yes, I am jealous" said Matt as he sighed and he told the truth as Annie no longer felt hurt, she wanted to laugh… Matt was acting like a child… he was actually jealous, so Maddie was right.
"Oh Matt…" said Annie as she did not know what to say, she wanted to laugh right now, but she knew that would only make Matt feel even worse than he already felt.
"Why?" asked Annie as she wanted to know why, there was no reason to be jealous, no not at all, and to even be jealous of Ollie was just something else.
"You guys were spending too much time together… you always laugh when you are with him, and well, you stopped being with me and Maddie, he follows you everywhere" said Matt as he sighed and he kept his head down.
"Oh Matt, you shouldn't be jealous" said Annie.
"Prince Oliver is not a bad guy, not at all, he's nice, and If I laugh when I am with him, it's because he's telling me jokes, he's just my friend… the same as you" said Annie as Matt felt worse as he continued to look down, he was just silly.
"Matt…" said Annie as she walked to where Matt was standing.
"Matt, look at me" said Annie as she smiled and she raised Matt's head as she lifted his chin and he let her as he looked at her.
"You don't need to be jealous, not at all, there is nothing to be jealous about" said Annie as all her anger from him treating her badly had been washed away… Matt was just being cute and childish.
"Prince Oliver is just my friend, and you are my friend as well… in fact your one of my best friends" said Annie as she smiled and Matt felt his heart racing.
"I can't imagine my life without you, we've been through so much together, that you are more than my friend… you are like my big brother, you are always there to protect me, even if it means risking your own life" said Annie as she smiled.
"Remember when I first bumped into you at school?" asked Annie as she laughed.
"Yeah" said Matt as he laughed, he remembered that well.
"I wanted nothing to do with you, I just wanted to live my life, I had so much going on then, I just found out about Curtis and Azazel, and all this nonsense and craziness, but you… you wanted to be my friend… and I really value your friendship, it… no you, you mean to much to be Matt" said Annie as she smiled.
"Which is why it hurts me so much when you treat me so coldly" said Annie.
"I'm sorry…" said Matt.
"I know that you are Matt, I do, and I forgive you" said Annie as she smiled.
"Just please, don't act like that again" said Annie.
"If there is something bothering you, just tell me, talking is better than hiding and suffering when something is obviously wrong" said Annie.
"I promise Annie… believe me the last thing I want to do it hurt you, or make you cry" said Matt as he sighed.
"I know Matt, I do" said Annie as she looked into his eyes.
"Thank you Annie, thank you" said Matt.
"No, Matt, thank you, for always being here for me, no matter what" said Annie as she smiled and she hugged Matt which made him flinch, he did not expect that at all.
"I love you Matt" said Annie as she hugged him, she thought that maybe she needed to tell him, so that he would know just how much he meant to her.
"I love you too Annie" said Matt as he hugged her back, he loved her so much, maybe more than she loved him.
"So have we made up now?" asked Annie as she broke their hug.
"Of course, we have" said Matt as he smiled, he would never treat her coldly again, never, he only wanted to make her happy and not sad, not at all.
"Matt, seriously, you were jealous of Prince Oliver? I still cannot believe it" said Annie as now all the laughter that she had been holding back came out.
"I can't believe it myself, I really don't know what happened to me" said Matt as he laughed as well, now that he thought about it, it was immature for him to be jealous of Ollie of all people, Ollie was not someone to be jealous of.
"He's actually a very nice guy, once you get to know him, he might be annoying, but he means well" said Annie.
"Yes, I know, he's like an annoying little brother who follows you everywhere, believe me I know, I have many little brothers of my own" said Matt as he laughed.
"Of course, you are an expert" said Annie as she laughed.
"Just give him a chance, he really likes you" said Annie as she laughed.
"I can see that, if he was allowed to, he would bombard me with a million questions" said Matt as he laughed.
"Oh he's nice come on" said Annie as she laughed.
"I will fine, I will be nice to him" said Matt as he laughed.
"Thank you" said Annie as she smiled at him and Matt smiled at her.
"You know, Maddie really thinks that she's smooth" said Matt as he shook his head.
"I mean, I was surprised when she said that she wanted to go along with Curtis and Prince Oliver, because they are two people that she does not really get along with" said Annie as she laughed.
"But when she started being overdramatic, and she told us to have fun, I was sure that she planned this whole thing just for us to make up" said Annie as she laughed.
"Maddie is very… creative isn't she?" asked Matt as he shook his head.
"That she is, and she's also a very good friend, who doesn't want her other friends to keep fighting" said Annie as she smiled very happily.
"Maddie is sweet… tough, but sweet" said Matt as he smiled.
"And she must also be sneezing wherever she is" said Annie as she laughed and Matt laughed.
"I wonder when they will come back, it's getting late" said Annie as the sky was slowly turning dark.
"If they aren't back in 10 minutes, we can go and look for them" said Matt as he smiled.
"Okay then" said Annie as she smiled, she was very happy that she and Matt had finally made up, after so long, this was how things were supposed to be between them, just calm and relaxing, talking like friends do, and Matt felt the same, he wondered how he could have let jealously cloud his actions for so long, he would never let that happen ever again.