Chapter 5
Mel tossed and turned in her bed finally sitting up. She got out
the bed and walked to the door. Looking out glancing down the hall she saw that
Nick's door was closed. She crept out the door and down the steps to the
kitchen. She turned on the light and walked to the stove. Taking the tea pot
she walked to teh sink and filled it with water. She sat it back on the stove
and turned it on. Walking back to the table she sat down and waited. She sat at
the table playing with the table cloth and staring off into space. The tea pot
started to whistle and she stood up. Walking to the cabinet she took a cup and
poured some water into the cup. She took the tea bag and put it in th ecup. She
walked back over to the table and sat down moving the tea bag in and out of the
cup.
"I
though that was you" Mel turned to see Nick walk into the kitchen. She
turned back around and continued to play with her tea.
"want
some tea" she asked
"nah,
why you down here?" Nick asked taking a seat across from Mel at the table.
"just
thinking"
"bout
what"
"just
thinking"
"about
Max?"
"yeah"
Mel said in barely a whisper
"Mel
what happened"
"I
told you he cheated on me for the last time" as she brought the cup up to
her lips and blew before taking a sip.
"Mel
thats not what happened"
"Nick
I said that was all"Mel said as she sat her cup down
"Mel
you've changed it's like i don't know you anymore. what did he do to you. I
want my bestfrined back"
"Nick
I havent changed"
"yeah
you have, that little sparkle in your eyes is gone and that smile of yours not
that fake one you put off to everyone else but the real one" Mel looked
away from Nick and stared down in her cup. Nick grabbed Mels hand and she
looked at me.
"Mel
tell me what really happened" Mel took a deep breath as tear slipped down
her cheek. She wiped it away quickly.
"Mel
what happened?"
"he
treated m elike a piece of crap and it hurts because I accepted it. I knew that
he was cheating but I kept taking him back and hed do it again. I fell so
stupid" Mel said as more tears fell.
"hed
yell and tell me that I was worthless and i meant nothing to him and I let it
happen" Mel wiped her face with the back of her hands but seconds later
more tears came. Nick moved closer to Mel wrapping his arms around her.
"I'm
sorry you had to go through that"
"yeah
me too" Mel said wipeing her eyes.
"come
on lets get you to bed" Nick stood up and helped Mel. They walked out the
kitchen with Nick turning off the light. They walked up to Mels bedroom and
over to the bed.
"Nick"
"yeah"
"can
you stay with me tonight" Mel asked as she got in the bed.
"sure"
Nick walked over to the bed and got in. He layed down and Me layed her head on
his shoulder. Nick pulled the cover over them and kissed Mel on her forehead.
"Nick"Mel
whispered
"yeah"
"can
you sing to me?"
"what
song?"
"if
you knew what i knew" Nick started to sing and Mel closed her eyes slowly
falling into a peaceful sleep.
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