To everyone who has reviewed +/or read, THANK YOU :D I haven't had much time with writing the last week or so till now, so here is Chapter 3! Enjoy

Sylvie was about finished with her book, but took her time in reading the last chapter. She was keenly aware of the warm hand covering her left knee. She didn't want to finish her book and get up, because she didn't want the hand to leave her leg. However, that point was slowly becoming moot as the setting sun was streaming bright orange colours into the living room and she knew she would have to get up soon.

"God, how long had they been sitting there reading?" Sylvie thought to herself.

On the opposite end of the couch, Matt too, didn't want the moment to end. His stomach gave him answer, as it growled loudly in the silent room. Sylvie raised an eyebrow and let out a giggle.

"Think something is trying to tell you it wants dinner."

Matt chuckled and removed his hand. Getting up from the couch and stretching, Matt turned towards her. "Well we have been sitting here for awhile reading. Shall we order in or cook?"

Sylvie immediately missed the warmth his hand provided and tucked in her legs under her bum. "It had been a hectic shift and I think we're both still tired. Shall we get pizza?"

"Think you read my mind Sylvie Brett." While Matt busied himself with the order, Sylvie settled back in the couch and finished off that last chapter. Closing the book, she looked up with a start and realised Matt had been observing her the whole time. His eyes had a far off look, and though it cute, Sylvie was starting to get creeped out.

"Um, Matt?" Sylvie leaned forward to touch his knee, immediately shaking him out of the trance.

"Uh-hm." He cleared his throat when he registered that he had been caught starting… again. "Pizza is 15 minutes out." His cheeks started to pink, and Matt turned away and got up from the couch to avoid further embarrassment. Sylvie had had enough. She was honestly getting tired of the games and aimlessly tiptoeing around each other. That week of fun was just that… fun. It clearly didn't help much considering Casey hadn't exactly confessed anything, apart from staring at her ass.

"But any red-blooded single straight male will stare at a girl's ass. Especially in yoga pants." Sylvie thought. It was time for her to figure out Matt's feelings in all this, because she needs to move on if there was nothing there.

"Hey Matt?" The man in question turned at her voice. "Can you tell me how I got into bed this morning?"

Matt's cheeks turned a shade closer to red at Sylvie's question. Of course he had carried her from his bunk at 51, to his car, and then into their apartment to her bed, but if he told her that, then he come off as a real weirdo and he didn't want any more embarrassment. "You uh, sleep-walked?" Matt internally cursed at the clear lie. He didn't know what was happening to him. Talking to Sylvie was reducing him to a bubbling sixteen year old idiot when he tried to ask his crush out to the junior prom. In the years since, it was clear he had gotten no better in front of somebody he likes. Sylvie's answering brow and hand on hip gave him the conclusion that she clearly didn't believe him.

"Yep, I wouldn't believe me either." Matt thought.

"Really Matt? I slept-walked?" Sylvie's pitch high towards the end. She was frustrated at him. Even if she couldn't figure out his side of things, she needed to get it into his thick skull that her feelings were definitely beyond friendship/roommates. "Matt you need to give me a straight answer. NOW. I have been patient, but you have been acting weird ALL DAY. Heck even yesterday! The brushed off comments about having too much on your plate and now this? What's going on with you? I-"

"WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ME IS I LIKE YOU AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT!"

Sylvie was cut off mid-rant at Matt's exclamation and her eyes widened to saucers. "You what?" She whispered, not believing her ears. Because everyone was right. Emily, Stella, heck Joe, had told her Matt reciprocated the same feelings but she never believed them. In front of her, Matt felt like all the air was sucked out of him and he deflated.

"I'm sorry it had to come out this way. I never meant or intended for it to go so out of hand. For crying out loud I was married to your best friend! I'm sorry, I understand if you want me to leave, I'll uh… just go." Matt attempt to side step Sylvie but was stopped when she placed a hand on his arm. He looked up to see her signature megawatt smile lighting her face.

"I like you too Matt, and I didn't know what to do about it either, so the last week was me trying to figure out if you had feelings for me."

Matt's answer to Sylvie's confession was to pull her into a kiss. Short, sweet and entirely too early to be over, Matt pulled away to rest his forehead against hers. "In answer to your question, which I think you should know by now, I carried you the car and then to bed, and tucked you in." Sylvie grinned at his sweetness and pulled him down for another kiss. Her hand was just about to slip in under his shirt when the door knocked and they both pulled away with a groan.

"We should talk first anyway. I can set the table while you go get the pizza." Matt nodded against her skin and stepped out of his embrace.

It wasn't until they were sitting at the table talking over their first slice of pizza when Matt registered the words Sylvie had said earlier. Putting down his slice, a look of confusion came over him.

"Sylvie, what exactly did you mean that the last week was you trying to figure out if I had feelings for you?"

This time, it was Sylvie's turn for embarrassment. She ducked her head. "I-uh, wanted, or more like needed to know… and Emily told me to just straight up ask you y'know. But I think that whole idea was just too daunting, especially because what I feel, is so much stronger than what I have ever felt before. I don't know if it's because these feelings were based off an already established friendship. But I didn't want to get my heart broken directly by you, if they were never reciprocated. So I thought trying to figure it out will be much better."

"And how did you 'try to figure it out'?" Matt used finger air quotes.

Sylvie's eyes widened. "Well, first I just tried to see what other people were telling me. You had been staring at me, or looking at me every so often. You'd try to sit next to me, or brush your hand up next to me. But they weren't really working so I took things to the next level."

She could see the gears in Matt's head turning and the light bulb go off when the realisation occurred to him. "Oh my god! You'd been purposely doing yoga and Pilates and god knows what else in front of me! And that one time your zipper got 'stuck' after a night out with the girls and you couldn't ask Foster for help because she had already 'gone to bed'."

Sylvie's apologetic look was Matt's confirmation. His smile turned to a smirk. "You're a naughty little minx aren't you? To think, I bought those pants when I didn't even really need to."

"Wait what?"

"Come on Sylvie. I can't believe you had no idea! Did you really think I needed to get yoga pants for Violet? I'm her uncle. I don't really think she'd accept that as a gift honestly, it'd be too… Creepy. Also her birthday had already passed. The fact that I went shopping with you already proved my feelings for you. I mean, I went shopping." Casey shuddered at the last word.

Sylvie laughed. "We're real idiots aren't we?"

"Yeah, but you're my idiot." Matt smiled and leaned over the table to give her a kiss. Sylvie stopped him with a hand on his chest.

"Yeah okay, before we go any further with this, I'll have you know that cheesy comments isn't something I do."

"Right got you. No cheesy comments. But I'm sure kissing is something you do?" Matt asked, a cheeky grin appearing on his face.

Sylvie huffed in mock annoyance. "You're lucky you're so cute Matt Casey." She proceeded to close the gap to give him another kiss.

Your thoughts? That one cheesy comment is completely true for me, because I hate it when my boyfriend gives me cheesy comments! I've lost a little bit of inspiration on this, so I'm actually going to end it there. If I get inspiration again, I will continue this, but for now, I hope you enjoyed it!

Please review! Much appreciated.

Genie