The Only Girl He Couldn't Get [F][I][V][E] Retreat

Retreat

"Honestly man, can't this wait until tomorrow? I just want to go and lay down." Trey asked Matt over the phone. It was almost nine and while that may not seem very late, Trey was feeling very sleep-deprived, having been unable to sleep for more than 5 hours the last week or so.

"No! It can't wait! You need to get over here, right now! Bring some clothes and stay the night if you want, but get your lazy ass over here right now!" Matt said, desperately trying to stress the importance of the matter without having to say 'Natalie Bates is going to be my stepsister.'

Trey sighed and nodded his head, even if Matt couldn't see him.

"Alright, I'll be there in 15 minutes. This better be bloody important, man."

-x-

Natalie sat in her new room and looked around in amazement.

It was much larger than her room in her mum's old house, and a little bit bigger than the one at her dad's place. It was also a lot...plainer? Girly? Boring? Yellow?

Whatever it was, it just wasn't her style.

Natalie rested her head against her pillows and sighed, staring up at her plain white ceiling.

Matt Langdon is my new stepbrother. This is way too weird. Oh man, wait until Katie finds out about this. She'll probably be over here 24/7 just to look at him.

The faint sound of a doorbell could be heard and Natalie frowned.

Who would be coming over here at this time of night?

Shrugging, Natalie crawled over to her still full duffel bag that sat at the end of her bed. She looked at the large bag filled with her clothes and unzipped it, quickly pushing it off the seat and onto the floor where bundles of clothing fell out.

Natalie shook all the clothes out of the bag and carelessly tossed it aside, rummaging around in the large pile for her pyjamas. Finally, she found them, conveniently at the bottom of the pile.

What? It's hot in summer. What do you expect a person to sleep in?

Natalie changed in to her pyjamas, making sure that the door connecting her and Matt's rooms was closed, as was her bedroom door.

She tossed her dirty clothes onto her bed just as she heard footsteps pass her door and a soft knock on Matt's. Natalie knew of Matt's reputation and hoped that he wasn't having some random girl over.

Natalie looked down at the pile of clothes and sighed. She was going to have to clean that up.

She walked over to one of the many boxes in the corner of her room, each filled with her belongings from her mum's place. She located the one labelled 'stereo' and ripped it open, carefully removing the sound system and setting it up as fast as she could. Once finished, she tore open the box labelled 'CDs,' grabbing a random mixed CD.

Natalie placed it in the stereo and hit the play button, turning the volume up loud. Her mother and Steve's room was on the other side of the house; they wouldn't hear it.

Natalie opened the door to her walk in robe and grabbed a bunch of coat hangers, dancing and singing her way back to the bed as Bon Jovi's 'It's my life' came on.

Natalie continued her singing and dancing as she picked up random items of clothing and put them on hangers and throwing them on her bed. She was so absorbed in her activities that she didn't notice a door open and two boys walk into her room.

Still dancing around, Natalie accidentally dropped a coat hanger under her bed. Had she looked over he shoulder as she bent down to retrieve it, Natalie would have caught the two boys in her room with their heads tilted, checking out her ass.

Luckily for them she didn't.

She grabbed the coat hanger and stood back up, reaching over to collect the clothes off her bed and grab some more hangers from her closet. When Natalie turned around, her arms laden with clothing, she halted at the sight of the two boys in her room and dropped the clothing.

Matt smirked as he looked Natalie up and down. Trey wore a similar expression, but had the decency to keep his eyes on Natalie's face.

"Well, I guess coming over here was worth my time." Trey said. Natalie could feel her face growing hot and knew she was blushing horribly.

Trey smiled as Natalie bit the right corner of her bottom lip and tugged at the hem of her black tank; she was obviously uncomfortable.

"Heh, uh...hi. Did you want something?" Natalie stammered. She felt naked wearing only her small pyjamas in front of the two boys. She really didn't like people seeing her body and usually tried her best to keep most of herself covered, but she wasn't going to sleep in a pair of track pants and a jumper when it was 32 degrees celcius.

"We were just coming to say hi. We'll go." Trey said, having to practically drag Matt from Natalie's room and back into his own.

As Matt's door closed, Natalie let out the breath she was holding in and quickly scooped up her dropped clothing, taking deep breaths to calm herself.

She hung up the clothes in the wardrobe and walked back over to the seat at the end of her bed and sat down, giving a nervous chuckle.

"Oh god, Matt Langdon and Trey Barker just saw me dancing around practically half naked."

-x-

"They saw what?!" Bo shrieked. It was Monday morning and everyone had just been released from assembly. Natalie was recounting Saturday night's events to Bo, Sam and Katie.

"Oh gosh, that must have been embarrassing." Samantha said. That's what Natalie loved about Sam. She never overreacted about anything and was always so soft spoken.

"How the hell did you get yourself in that situation, woman?" Katie asked. She found the whole thing incredibly amusing, and especially loved that Natalie would be living with Matt Langdon, giving her an endless amount of time to see him naked, or at the very least shirtless.

"Wait, what do you mean by 'practically half naked?!'" Bo asked. He seemed a little pissed by the whole event, but that's to be expected. Natalie was like a sister to him, and he wanted to look out for her.

"I was wearing my pyjamas; a black tank and a pair of small grey shorts. Not something I feel comfortable in around the two most wanted guys in the school." Natalie said, shuddering slightly at the memory.

They reached their table and each took a seat, Sam climbing up onto the table like normal. Bo was sitting close next to Natalie, glancing over to where Matt and Trey sometimes sat, as if he was just waiting for them to pop up any moment.

"So?" Katie asked.

"So what?" Natalie replied.

"So explain what happened!" she said. Natalie shrugged.

"There's not that much to explain. I was dancing around and putting some clothes on hangers and I didn't hear the door open. I had no idea they were in the room until I turned around and saw them, causing me to drop all my clothing and freeze. Although I'm glad Trey was nice enough to pull Matt out of the room; I felt so uncomfortable standing in front of them."

"Why? If I looked like you I'd be showing myself off. You're bloody gorgeous, Nat!" Katie said.

Natalie shifted uncomfortably in her seat. She didn't like people complimenting her; she never knew whether they were being sincere and she had no idea how to reply. Samantha must have noticed Natalie's sudden mood change because she quickly brought up another topic.

"So what do you think of your stepfather, Nat? It's weird to think you're going to be related to Matt Langdon." She said.

"Yeah, it's a bit strange, but Steve's great. He's absolutely perfect for mum, much better than dad ever was." Natalie said.

"That's great! See, all that worrying about how bad he was going to be was for nothing." Sam said.

"Yeah, I was just afraid I would end up with a male version of Lorna."

The group all cringed at the mention of Natalie's stepmother; nobody liked her.

"You know what's going to suck?" Natalie asked and everyone shook their heads. "I still have those little 'study sessions' with Trey Wednesday and Thursday. I don't think I'll be able to look him in the eye. I was avoiding him the whole time he was at the house."

"You could always deny the whole thing ever happened and pretend to be disgusted at the perverted fantasies Matt and Trey can think of." Katie suggested.

"Yeah, I'm sure that'll work, Kat."

-x-

"Dude, she's almost your sister. I can't believe you were checking her out!" Trey laughed.

"We're not related yet, therefore I did nothing wrong. Besides, you were checking her out too!" Matt defended from the bench he was laying on; pointing his finger in the direction he thought Trey was sitting. Their friends were laughing at the two boys. Stacey and Kirri had invited themselves to the group and were thoroughly annoyed that they were being ignored.

"I'm allowed to check her out! She's not my almost stepsister, and at least I did it in a subtle way Mr. Openly-stare-at-her-boobs-while-she's-wondering-what-the-hell-we're-doing-in-her-bedroom-when-she's-barely-clothed. I had to drag you out man." Trey said from his spot on the ground.

"Oh you're just defending her because you're in love with the girl." Matt said, smirking when his best friend remained silent. "So you are in love with her then?"

Everyone waited for Trey's response, Stacey and Kirri now very interested in the conversation.

Trey smiled to himself as he thought about Natalie.

"Yeah. Yeah, I think I am."
Matt laughed and clapped animatedly.

"I knew it! Trey and Natalie sitting in a tree, doing what they shouldn't be." Matt chanted.

Trey ignored his friend; the smile on his face seemed to be stuck there, not even changing when Stacey and Kirri huffed and stormed off, cursing Natalie under their breath.

"So buddy-old-pal, you're in love with my soon-to-be stepsister eh? This could be fun." Matt said, hanging his head over the edge of the table to where Trey was seated.

Trey continued smiling and looked up at his friend.

"Fun?"

"Oh yeah. Now that I know you're not just doing all this for kicks, I'm going to hook the two of you up. You seem to be doing a shitty job of it on your own." Matt said.

"Gee, thanks man." Trey said.

"Oh hush, you know I'm right. Maybe with 'Matt Langdon; Matchmaker Extraordinaire' on your side, things might look up."

"Matchmaker Extraordinaire? You sure you're straight man?" Trey asked.

"Laugh all you want, but I guarantee; I'll make more progress with Natalie in one month than you've done in three years, which really won't be hard considering..." Matt trailed off and Trey laughed.

"Alright man, you've got a month to win me the girl of my dreams." Trey said.

"All in a days work mate. All in a days work."