It's Our Melody

Chapter 17: Broken Hearts and Whiskey Lullabies

Chris looked confused as he sat in front of CJ at the bar. "What's up? You look like really serious." Chris joked trying to lighten the mood that was now heavy and choking. I was upstairs almost asleep but could still hear them talking. "You like her don't you." CJ bluntly asked which almost made me say something but I stayed quiet listening carefully. Chris just looked at CJ not saying a word. "I knew it." He laughed getting up grabbing a Pepsi out of the fridge. "Dude don't do that you scared the shit out of me, I thought you were about to kick my ass." He laughed still nervous. CJ tossed a can of soda to Chris. "Oh believe me I will if you hurt my sis." He laughed more looking at Chris. "You ask her out yet?" He asked propping himself against the counter. "No...she doesn't like me, cmon it's obvious. She wants Munro." He frowned looking down. "Dude, you really gotta smarten up if you're gonna keep up. If she didn't like you she wouldn't even talk to you let alone let you be affection or even joke with you like she does." CJ sat in front of Chris sliding him pizza. "Eat and then go talk to her when she gets up, I'm gonna call Munro and let him know she's here so he doesn't worry okay?" CJ walked into the living room calling Lucy and Munro. "Yeah she's sleeping she was a little sick when we got back but she should feel better once she wakes up and eats." CJ was talking to Munro but I don't know what all he said. "Yeah.....alright.......okay...alright bye." He hung up and walked back into the kitchen where CJ hadn't moved a bit. "Dude!" He yelled smacking Chris over the head. "Snap out of it and stop over thinking it, you are just like Melody." He laughed pouring a shot for himself. "Munro was tripping out ready to drive out there to find her himself.....earth to Chris, paging Chris." He laughed throwing the soda can at him smacking Chris in the head. "Shit sorry." Chris jumped shaking his head looking upstairs to find me easing down the stairs in my pajamas. "You guys are noisy..." I squeaked coughing slightly. "Did we wake you?" Chris looked at me worried. "No you didn't but hearing a can ting off your head was quite funny." I smiled straining my voice. "Oh ha ha." Chris laughed sarcastically as he threw the can back at CJ making him drop his pizza. "HEY!" He yelled picking the pizza up off the floor. "Bro, not cool." CJ laughed before eating the pizza anyway. "Gross." I smiled sitting on the counter. "You okay?" CJ asked feeling my head. "You're all red and feel warm." I looked at him yawning slightly. "I'm okay, probably just a little fever." I slipped off the counter running to the bathroom just as the smell off the pizza made me sick. I threw up and spit once I was finished and sank in front of the toilet flushing it. It was getting late and the boys had headed to bed and I slipped quietly into the kitchen looking through cabinets. "C'mon find something..." I sighed looking under the counter finding a full bottle of whiskey. "Bingo." I sighed opening it sitting in the floor with the bottle debating on drinking it as the thoughts of Dustin came over me again. As they did I took a swig out of the bottle closing my eyes. "Just go away." I whispered to myself tearing up drinking more of the whiskey trying to erase what memory I had of him. Before I knew it half the bottle was gone and I stumbled intoxicated upstairs to my room tripping dropping the bottle as it slid under the bed. "Shit." I mumbled crawling under the bed grabbing the bottle and smacking my head trying to get out from under it. I finally got out from under the bed in my drunken state sliding the bottle under the nightstand and grabbed my bag off the table climbing into bed with it looking through my photos. They were photos of my family or at least what I had left. I came across one of CJ and I when we were younger before he ran away. We were skating together. I sighed closing my eyes thinking about that day falling asleep dreaming about the day he left. "I'm just going out for a skateboard okay?" Chris smiled at me hugging me close to him. "You better come back soon, then we can skate the rest of the day." I smiled at him as he grabbed his bag. "Promise you'll come back soon?" I asked him and his smile faded as he teared up. "I promise Mel.....I'll come back." He ran out the door leaving me there to wait. And I did...but time ticked on, little did I know he wasn't going to come back. He had left me. I fell deep into sleep holding the photo of us in my hand and before I knew it, morning came. I was hungover and felt just awful but walked downstairs. "Morning." CJ smiled hugging me. "I'm gonna go get a shower and get dressed okay?" I looked at him trying to stay as steady as possible. "Yeah sure thing, I want you to meet someone today if it's okay? My girlfriend is coming over later today and I want her to meet you." He smiled looking at me as I walked back upstairs. "Sure bub." I walked into the bathroom turning on my music and slipping into the tub. I thought about a lot of stuff when I was alone. Without You by My Darkest Days started playing and I thought about him. I sighed starting to cry again thinking about Munro. Everything we had gone through together, he was always there for me....he kept Dustin from me, protected me when I couldn't protect myself. I let the tears run down my cheeks thinking about when he would always come after me when I ran away from him. He'd hug me and kiss my head and make everything better. I was scared of losing him, and I jumped as Chris knocked on the door. "You fall asleep in the tub?" He laughed as he opened the door. "No I'm okay..." I had the enclosed shower part closed as he sat on the counter listening to the song. "Pretty brutal song choice." He smiled slightly. "It means a lot to me.....it stands for 3 major people in my life...my brother....Munro....and well...you." I blushed draining the water grabbing the towel off the side of the shower covering myself up before stepping out. I turned off my ipod before the song finished and tucked the towel around my chest. "Me?" He asked. "Shoo I need to get dressed." I said trying to avoid answering him. He pushed the door closed standing in front of it. "Why me?" He persisted as I looked down. "If you don't answer I'll be forced to do something drastic." He smirked looking at me. "You touch me and I will break your arm." I looked at him smirking back at. "Okay okay whatever you say." He laughed walking out of the bathroom as I closed the door locking it this time. I got dressed in some baggy Tripp jeans and my A7X hoodie, dried my hair and flat ironed it throwing on some eyeliner. "Better." I smiled looking myself over and turned off the light walking out shoving my ipod into my pocket. Chris was sitting in the kitchen with CJ who was all dressed up waiting for his girlfriend to get here. I sat next to Chris who wrapped his arm around my waist hugging me slightly. "Well don't you look cute together." CJ smarted off at us as I blushed throwing a fork at him. "She's trying to kill me!" He ducked barely dodging the fork I threw. Chris laughed messing up my hair. "You do look good." He smiled at me making me blush worse. Suddenly the door busted open. "Baby!" An unfamiliar voice yelled as a bright pink haired girl ran into CJ hugging him. "Hey." He smiled hugging her. "Guys, this is Nikki." CJ smiled. "His girlfriend." She smirked looking at me. "His sister." I smarted back at her giving her a glare. Chris laughed and CJ hugged Nikki. I got up brushing past her and she wreaked of sex and liquor. I laughed to myself walking out back to the pool lighting a cigarette. "Great my brother is with a whore." I smirked taking a drag off of a Newport as Chris came out back sitting next to me. "She's a little...um...out there isn't she." He smiled at me trying to be nice. "She's a slut." I bluntly said as Chris busted out laughing. "She is...my brother deserves better." I sighed ashing my cigarette taking another hit off of it handing it to Chris. "Thanks." He smiled taking a drag off of it looking at me. "Mel can I ask you something?" He looked at me sounding a little serious. "Yeah..." I hesitated waiting for the response. "How do you feel about like....dating...." He looked at me and I blushed bright. "Uh..you mean in general?" I asked. "Yeah.." He looked out at the water avoiding eye contact with me. "Well.....I've only dated a few times, once was with Aiden and he's the last person I was with, but he's still my best friend. Why do you ask?" I looked at him trying to get to the point. He sighed and took another hit off the lit cig handing it back to me. "I like you Mel...it's obvious...and I wanna know how you feel towards me..." He was blushing pretty badly and I smiled slightly looking at him. "I like you to." I smiled walking back inside after putting out my cig. Chris smiled to himself laughing slightly walking back inside. Nikki was sitting at the bar drinking with CJ and I walked up to him hugging him tight. "I love you bub." He smiled hugging me back. "What was that for?" He smiled looking at me. "For finally coming back." I smiled and he messed up my hair kissing my head. "Love you too Mel." I walked back upstairs going through my bag. "CHRIS!" I yelled and I heard him running upstairs to my room. "What? What did I do?" He looked around panicked. "Nothing, I was going to ask if you wanted to go shopping with me...I need new clothes since my house was burned down..." I asked blushing from embarrassment. "Sure I'll take you, I need some new skinnies anyhow." He laughed walking out of the room to find his hoodie. I walked downstairs and hugged CJ letting him know we were going out for a while. "Alright Mel, you've got my cell if you run into trouble." CJ smiled patting my head. "She'll be ok, I'll kick some ass if anyone messes with her." Chris laughed sliding down the stairs. "Alright you two get out of here and have fun. I'll be here when you get home." CJ smiled at me as we walked out of the house. This was truly home wasn't it. I finally had a home...with people who loved me and cared about me. We drove to the mall and headed inside looking around for some shops to check out. "What about Spencer's?" Chris asked pointing to the right. "Perfect." I smiled walking beside Chris towards Spencer's and he slid his hand into mind and I almost gasped with surprise, but I smiled slightly and tightened my clasp on his hand. What was I doing? I wasn't thinking like usual, I was going with my heart. Chris knew it too, we had chemistry and we walked into Spencer's with a bunch of people smiling at us. "Chris!" I yelled dragging him over to some shirts that were up on the wall. I spotted a shirt with big letters across the chest and matching skinnies under it. "Worst nightmare huh?" Chris laughed looking at me. "Yes." I smiled grabbing it off the stand and the skinnies under it. "You seriously wear a 0?" Chris asked following me around the store. "Yeah, I know I'm tiny." He laughed hugging my waist from behind. "I think you're beautiful." He smiled as I looked in shock. "Chris.." He let go and rubbing my shoulder. "Go crazy in here, I'm buying." I walked over to some undies and found some I liked quite a bit. "Bite me?" Chris smiled as I looked at them. "Yeah? I actually enjoy biting..." I was embarrassed yet again. "That is actually really sexy." He smirked. "You should show me those undies sometime." He joked as I smacked his arm. "Chris!" I ran through the store tossing everything on the counter. "Now where?" He asked walking out of Spencer's with me. "You choose, Hot topic or Rue 21?" I asked him looking up at him, he was really tall compared to me. "Rue 21 then we'll hit up Hot topic and then I'll buy you some lunch and take you to a movie." I smiled looking at him. "Something I want to do though..." I smirked evilly and ran off from his sight into a piercing/tattoo shop ready to do something drastic. "Melody!!!" Chris yelled chasing after me. "What?" I yelled poking my head out of the store as he ran into me. "Holy crap!" He yelled tripping falling backward. "That looks painful." I laughed holding out a hand to help him up. "Ugh it is." I smiled holding out my hand to him pulling him to his feet. "Why did you come in here?" Chris questioned me. "I actually wanna get my lip pierced..." I hesitated looking at him. "But I gotta fool the piercer into thinking I'm eighteen." He looked at me shocked. "Mel I don't think that's a good idea, and CJ would kill me for letting you do that." He whispered trying not to get caught. "To bad I want it done so stay here and be a buzz kill if you wanna." I smirked and walked into the shop sliding down my hood making my move on the piercer. Soon I officially was in a chair awaiting my piercing. "You ready?" The piercer asked clamping my lip. I nodded and he shoved the needle through which wasn't as painful as I thought it would be. I smiled checking out my labret on the right side and smiled huge hugging the piercer handing him the money and took off again dragging Chris along with me. "Mel slow down, don't over do it, you just had surgery. Please calm down." Chris begged grabbing my hoodie. "Stop....please." I looked back at him and stopped moving but I felt sick again. "I...I..." I collapsed holding my stomach tight and pulled my knees to my chest in agony. Chris screamed for help and for someone to call an ambulance as he knelt down beside me dropping everything. "Please! Someone call 9-11!!" Chris was frantic and soon I was being hauled off back to the hospital with Chris by my side gripping my hand tight. My only comfort right then....was him.