Matthew could hear the tremulous surprise in her voice and see it written across her expression. It was in the way her eyes widened, the flush that crept up her neck and the way she nibbled on her bottom lip. She was surprised and she was unsure. Whether that had anything to do to him or was just because of the shit she had been through in the past, he wasn’t sure. Neither was he sure he should be doing this now. Obviously there was something between them. Something that made him hyperaware of her every move and hypersensitive to every touch. He let out a breath as he lips moved across his in a feather light, barely there, gesture. A sign, he thought, that she trusted him. He wished she didn’t. She was so innocent and naïve despite that big show she had put on in Wood’s office. She wasn’t the tough little thing she made herself out to be.<br/><br/>Still, his fingers crept upwards, t-shirt being hitched up with them and he caught her waist between his hands, holding on as he looked up and met Abby’s gaze. “This isn’t about what I want. And I think it’s been fairly evident since you waltzed into the principal’s office exactly what I want anyway.” Leaning upwards he pressed his lips against hers for just a second before settling back, his fingertips continuing to trace small, meaningless patterns against her skin. “I want you.”<br/><br/>He monitored her expression carefully as he lifted one hand and drew her back down against himself. It was clear that she was trying but he could read the tell-tale signs of hesitance behind her eyes. “You can say no if you don’t want to. After everything…I wouldn’t blame you.” He kissed her temple once, with surprising gentleness and then her jawline, smiling against her smooth skin. “Tell me to fuck off and I’ll go and sleep on the couch and you won’t hear a peep from me until morning.”<br/><br/>After a moment his mouth met Abby's again in a more demanding kiss. A kiss that deepened quickly, his hand sliding into her hair to cup the back of her head as his tongue teased hers and his free hand stroked gently over her side.