Started my daily ficlets to make the
hiatus pass, then decided to keep going with a
2nd cycle, and then a
3rd,
4th,
5th,
6th,
7th,
8th,
9th,
10th and
11th cycle. Now cycle 12!
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"531 MILES"
Matt/Sasha (OC)
7th installment He didn’t often know Sasha to go on the cryptic side, but then she did get into a mystery or two every so often. After the fight that had silenced their relationship for a while though, they both seemed more prone to honesty than mystery. They had mended now, even though Matt still felt so very sorry for his assumptions.
One morning though, he had turned on his computer and found an e-mail from Sasha waiting on him. The title line read ‘531 miles!!!’ with three exclamation points. The message itself requested he’d video-call her as soon as he could, again punctuated with much exclamation. He laughed, and then frowned… 531 miles? He wasn’t sure what that meant. Even with just a few minutes of being awake he knew it couldn’t be anything to do with them… If there was one number he knew, it was the distance between them. Was she moving? That much closer? Further? She had him wondering, which he imagined was the intent. So he called.
“Hello, Matthew,” she smirked as she appeared on the screen, soon coming to laugh as she stared at him. “Did you just wake up?” he nodded as a yawn erupted from him and he covered his mouth until it passed. “Aww…” she went on laughing.
“What’s going on?” he asked, and she grinned, looking like previous excitement was returning to her as she sat up. “What’s 531 miles?” She held up a finger, then took on what could only described as the persona of a game show host.
“I will ask you two questions, of which I am very confident you know the answers. Right? First question: How many miles between you and me at this very moment, give or take,” she gestured.
“3709,” he laughed.
“Right!” she bowed her head. “Second question,” she leaned closer to the screen. “How many miles between you and me… this fall,” she finished and waited with a smile. At first he frowned, lost, and she nodded as though to encourage him. Then he blinked.
“531…” he spoke and she nodded firmly. He tried to think where that was, but there again his morning brain could not help.
“Bonus question,” she sat back. “Where did we meet?” Matt smiled just as much as he frowned in confusion. “Maybe I should back things up,” she smirked. I started this before our… fight. It was a long shot so I wasn’t going to say anything until I knew, but then, well…” she gestured. He nodded quietly. “I applied to an arts school in New York. I figured this was the one way we had to get to live in the same country sooner rather than… well, in two years. Never thought it would happen, but then this morning,” her voice trailed off as she reached for a sheet and held it up to the webcam. He couldn’t make out a whole lot, but the seal printed in the corner was unmistakable… so was the grin on her face once she pulled the letter out of the camera’s shot.
“You got it?” he laughed, excited.
“I did… I guess I’ve got you to thank for that,” she bowed her head. “For all of it…”
“This is great, I can’t believe… When are you going to…”
“Well, we’re still coming over the summer, and… well, this is where I need to ask something. We’re supposed to go back home two weeks before I’m supposed to head down to move into my dorm, so we were wondering if I could stay with you and your family for those two weeks?” she smiled.
“Well, I have to ask my mother, but I’m sure it’ll be fine,” he laughed. “This is amazing…”
“And in a few weeks, we’ll be within distance we can easily travel. 531 great miles…”
“Best number,” Matt nodded.
“Well it’ll do for now,” she smirked.
THE END
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Pairing: Matt/Sasha (OC)
Rating: G
Summary: Sasha has some exciting news for Matt and their future.
Spoilers: None really