Matt's POV: Not Interested

" Stop staring, its rude, didn't your mom ever give you manners?", Mikey says as he chugs a beer.

I pull my gaze away and focus on my beer, but not for long. While Mikey's busy chatting away on about how he believes he can make an army to go up against the army, something like that. I glance back and see she's still talking to that on kid. Her name happens to be Sophia, the girl I've been basically ogling for the last ten minutes. And she hasn't seen me, or even noticed me. She's just sitting there with her "friend" Joey, but nobody believes that they're just friends. What guy and girl are just "friends" these days? But that's what they tell everyone;that they're just friends nothing more and nothing less. I personally haven't spoken to her, but I've seen her around.  Well, that's not exactly true, I've seen her everywhere, she happens to be friends with everyone; everyone except me. Even, Mikey somehow knows her. Not that I'm bitchin that we aren't friends or something, because I've really only started to notice her yesterday when I heard her singing some song in the music hall.

" Dude, if your interested in her, just go up and talk to her. Sittin' here staring at her like an idiot, really won't do you any good.", Mikey pitches in.

I wave him off, and start getting up. It's late, and we gotta wake up around 6am so that we can start getting supplies in the town and stuff. So I start heading off to my cabin. Mikey seems content with just staying put where he is. As I walk  toward my cabin, I hear footsteps behind me. I look back and see that Joey kid. We just nod to each other. I look a head and see some chicks in front of my cabin.

" Hey, your Matt right?", Joey says now walking next to me. I nod, this is odd..." Don't act wierd, I'm Joey, which you probably already know..."...This conversation is just filled with awkwardness...

" That your cabin up there?"

" Uh..ya sure is. Although, just like you . I'm wondering why there's a group of girls standing outside like that."

" Ya, I was actually curious about that. But I'm more curious about somethin' else."

I suddenly think uh-oh...Where the hell is this honestly going to lead to.

" I saw you looking at Sophie earlier."

I shrug, " I look at a lot of people. So?"

He stops me, then looks around, and then is back to me. " Dude, you were watching her for about twenty minutes. Wasting that amount of time just watching someone is basically studying someone.". He pauses then continues, " Look, Sophie is very dear to me so...And well Matt you don't have the best reputation out there. So what I'm askin' is...are you interested in her?"

" Cuz, if your seriously interested than I think your gonna have to talk to her at some point. And as her best friend, i gotta warn you, ya just might not even have much of a chance..."

I decide before this conversation starts going towards marriage and shit, to end it. " Look...Joey right? I haven't even confirmed if I'm interested. Which I'm not, to clarify things. I've basically never even uttered two words to the chick, and now you're basically preparing me to go give her some speech.", I pat his shoulder as I say, " Don't worry, buddy. I won't step on your toes."

Before, he's even able to say something someone comes up from behind me. All I hear is, " Joey, hey do you have my cell still? Cuz, I don't know...I'd love to have it back.". I turn to see Sophia. Wow, this is probably the closest I've ever been to her. " Oh, nope don't think I do."

" Joey, check your back pocket please.", she says this as if she's irriated but anyone could see she was just messing around. He checks and laughs aloud. " Oh. Hm...sorry bout that...here ya go.". She takes the phone and starts checking her messages, and then looks up when she notices the awkwardness taking place. She looks up and seems to have just notice my presence. She punches Joey in the gut, and pretends to fall over, " Joey! Your making me look so rude!...Hi, I'm Sophia Tyler...", she smiles at me and I see her cheeks are rosy pink, which makes a good color on her cheeks. I start to say something when she cuts in again, " No need for introductions. I already know who you are. Your Matt right?"

I laugh, but I'm pretty shocked and surprise that she knows my name. " Uh ya, how'd you know?"

" You'd be surprise what I know and don't know.", she says this cool and collected. " Well, anyways love to stand here and chat..but I gotta go figure out what happened over there.", she points in the direction of my cabin.

" Wait, you know those girls over there?", I say.

She looks back and stops. " Ya, practically know everyone here. But I have a pretty good idea what's going on over there.".

I walk over to her, wanting to know what she knew that i didn't, especially when its in front of my place. " Ya? What's going on over there then?"

" Hm...wouldn't you just love to know?", she raises her eyebrow and then smiles coyly at me. But doesn't say anything else. I watch her head over to the group of girls, and she starts saying something to one of the girls. After about five minutes, the group dispenses and she's walking away consoling one of the girls from the group.

From behind me Joey comes up and says, " And you say your not interested..."