Chapter 5

Melanie's POV

"I'm gonna go get some drinks, go find a spot to stand." I tell Wesley and he nods and kisses my forehead in a friendly way and I roll my eyes and walk over to where the drink coolers are.

"Are you from around here?" Some guy comes up to me and I smile at him, and shake my head.

"No, me and my friend came out here just to do whatever. We live in the city."

"Ah, city chick, I see.. Can I have your name?"

"Melanie, and yours?"

"My name's Mike."

"Well Mike, it was very nice to meet you but I need to get back to my friend before he starts getting worried." I say, and smile at him and start to walk off but he grabs my hand and pulls me back.

"Go get your friend and bring him over to my group of friends. You guys will have a way better time with more people and not just to yourselves. Trust me, I've been to plenty of these to know." He says, and I smile.

"Okay.. I'll be right back." I say after he shows me where his friends are.

As I get back to Wesley, he looks at me confused. "What was taking you so long?"

"I met a guy and he invited us to go hang out with him and his friends. Let's go."

"Okay.." He says, a bit unsure and I roll my eyes and drag him over to Mike and his friends and there's so many people.

"Hey Mike, this is my friend Wesley." I say, and they shake hands and Mike introduces us to his friends.

I go and talk with some of the girls in the group and they're all very nice.. and carefree. These are the people I need to be around. I knew that ever since I met Drew.

"Do you wanna dance?" Mike comes up to me and I smile and nod and he takes my hand and we dance to the songs playing. It's only 1 in the afternoon so there's no slow music shit and I laugh as Mike spins me around. An hour passes by and most of us are drunk including me and Mike, but not Wesley because he has to drive.

All of a sudden Mike leans down and kisses me and I gasp at first but then melt into the kiss, tangling my hands in his hair. He wraps his arms around my waist and I smile against his lips.

"Mel, let's go." I suddenly hear Wesley say and I pull away, and glare at him.

"Why?!" I whine and he glares back and I connect the dots. "Aww you're jealousss." I slur, and he takes my hand, pulling me away from Mike.

Wesley pulls us from our new friends and I pull my arm back.

"Mel, what's wrong with you?"

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you?! You're the one pulling me from our new friends just because your jealous!" I say, and grin at him.

"No, I'm not! I don't get jealous."

"Yes, you do.. We're friends, Wes. I don't know why me kissing another guy bothers you.

"Because you kiss me!"

"So!"

"Mel, let's go."

"No." I say, and turn around to walk back to our new friends.

"Oh no you don't." Wesley says, and comes up from behind me and picks me up, throwing me over his shoulder and I punch his back, trying to get him to let me down but obviously that's not going to happen.

"Fuck you, Wesley!" I yell as he puts me in the car and he gets in on the drivers side. I pout and cross my arms.

"Don't say that." He says, and cups both of my cheeks with his hands, making me look up at him.

"I was having fun."

"I know but we had to leave that place.. Surprisingly I saw my ex, and she's a bitch. I did not want to cause a scene."

"You're lying, you're jealous and you and I both know it."

"Maybe I am jealous-"

"I knew it!"

"Let me finish.. I might be jealous but I did actually see my ex and that's part of why we're leaving." He says, and lets go of my face before backing out of the parking spot we were in.

"So, are we gonna stay at a hotel tonight?"

"Obviously, we're not sleeping in the car."

"Right, that was a stupid question.." I mumble, and Wesley looks at me and grins and I smile back.

As we pull up to another hotel, I grab my bag and get out of the car, stumbling a bit as I am still drunk.

"Do you need help?" Wesley asks, and I laugh before grabbing his hand and he pulls me inside and we check in and head up to our hotel room.

I bite my lip and once we get the door closed, I wrap my arms around Wesley's neck and back him up against the wall and lean up to kiss him but he turns his head and I furrow my eyebrows, confused.

"Why do you always fucking stop when I want to do something with you?!" I yell, and stumble to the bed and I hear him sigh behind me.

"Melanie-"

"Fuck off, Wesley. I'm going to take a nap." I say, and plop on the bed and pass out as soon as I my head hits the pillow.

Wesley's POV

As I wait for Melanie to wake up, I think about if I should ask her to actually be my girlfriend or not.

We have such strong feelings for each other but I don't know if I want to break our friendship or not. It could either go great or break it and I'm not willing to ruin our friendship just because we decide to start dating.

"Fuck.." I mumble, frustrated and I check my phone and see 15 missed calls from Keaton.

"Hey Keats what's up?" I say, as I catch another call of his.

"What the hell, Wesley?! Where have you and Melanie been, we've been worried!"

"Uh.. We decided to take a road trip and do whatever.. We'll be back in a little less than a week."

"Okay, we thought something bad happened to you guys.. I've called a lot."

"Yeah, I saw that. Look, I got to go because Melanie is waking up."

"Waking up? It's 5 in the afternoon.."

"Yeah but she got drunk earlier and passed out once we got to the hotel."

"Okay.." Keaton said in a questioning tone and I rolled my eyes.

"Gotta go. Talk to you later, bro."

"Bye." He said and I hung up the phone.

A few minutes later Melanie woke up and I smiled once I saw those beautiful eyes.

"Good morning.." I say, and she looks at the time.

"It's 5 pm." She groans and I laugh.

"Yeah, I know. You passed out pretty hard."

"I have such a bad headache.." She rubs her forehead and I frown a bit.

"I'll go get you some Tylenol. I have some in my bag just in case." I said and got up to go get it. I got some water from the fridge and went to give it to her.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." I say, and kiss her forehead.

"The sun's setting!" She yells and I look at her, confused.

"What?"

"The sun is setting.. I always go and watch it set until it's dark. It's peaceful, come with me." She says, and we grab some blankets and get up and go sit out on the balcony outside. I sit down and she sits next to me and I wrap my arm around her shoulder, wrapping the blankets around us, and bring her closer to me as we watch the sunset.

"You know.. I always think about if Jace was still here..? It's stupid but it runs through my mind everyday. And would I have met you? And Keaton?" She rambles a few moments later and I rub her back.

"I don't know but Mel, Jace is in a better place now. He wants you to be happy and I know you're getting there."

"I know but, I just can't believe he did that stuff that you told me about behind my back.. My life feels like a whole fucking lie and I can't stand it. I've started wondering if he ever cheated on me..." She trails off, and I tilt her chin up to look at me.

"Your life is not a lie.. Just Jace's part of your life was. Well, some of it. I don't lie to you and neither doesn't anyone else. I'm really sorry about everything but I just thought that it would've been a good idea to tell you before anyone else could just randomly say it and you get hurt even worse."

"Good thing you did because it would've probably hurt me even more if someone else said it thinking I knew already.."

I cup both of her cheeks with my hands and rest my forehead against hers. "I have a question for you."

"Yes?"

"Uh.. Mel, will you be my girlfriend? I know you're still going through some stuff but we have such a strong connection and I just thought I'd ask you.."

"Er-, I.. Wesley, no. I can't. Not right now.." She trails off and I swear my heart shatters.

"What?" I spit out and I pull away from her, standing up and I started pacing back and forth.

"Wes, I'm so-"

"No, save it." I say, and walk back into the hotel room, and she follows.

"What are you doing?"

"Fuck!" I yell out of anger, and shove some stuff off of the desk.

"Wesley, stop!" She yells at me, and rushes over and I shove her off of me and walk towards the door.

"I'll be back later," I mumble, and leave before she can stop me. Why the fuck did she say no? I get that she's still going through stuff but I thought she was strong enough and could trust me already. As I get in the elevator, I keep pacing back and forth, thankful I'm the only one in the elevator at the moment.

As I get let into the lobby, I walk straight out and head outside, clenching my jaw. I was so fucking pissed off. I walk to the nearest bar which is about 5 minutes away from the hotel and I walk in and sit down and order a drink and look around. It's pretty crowded, but I'm not really looking to make friends tonight. The bartender gives me my drink and I take a big gulp and just sigh.

"Wes?" A familiar voice says and I groan. It was Chelsea, my ex.

"Yes?" I snap at her, as she sits down next to me.

"What are you doing here?"

"Chelsea, what are you doing here? I thought you were at that music festival." I say, and she smiles at me and I roll my eyes.

"Oh, you were there? Guess I didn't see you. You should've said hi."

"Yeah, I really should have." I say sarcastically and take another big sip of my drink.

"But seriously, why are you at a bar? You usually go to clubs, not bars that I remember."

"Yeah, well I've changed. I don't randomly hook up with girls every few days anymore." I say, and she puts a hand on mine.

"Wesley.. What ever is going on, I'm here for you just so you know." She says, and bites her lip and I guess the drink has kicked in already because I felt myself leaning in closer to her.

"Fuck it," I mumble and I press my lips to hers, resting my hands at her hips and she kisses back, tangling her hands in my hair and all I can picture is kissing Melanie instead of kissing Chelsea. Damn, what kind of drink did I order? Or is it just that I'm so fucking attracted to Melanie that she has me wrapped around her finger and I don't think she even realizes it.

A few shots and beers later, I'm totally wasted and I start stumbling around, almost falling over a few times. I find Chelsea again and I push her against the wall and kiss her roughly, pushing my hands under shirt. She gasps as I lead my hands up further and I take that as a chance to push my tongue into her mouth and we suck each other's faces for a good 3 minutes, me roaming my hands up and down her body. I see flashes of Melanie and our sweet kisses and I try and ignore it but it doesn't go away. I pull away and grab a shot and down it really quick to try and get her out of my thoughts but it doesn't work.

"Fuck." I mumble and back away from Chelsea. See, I'm already moving on to another girl just because Melanie 'broke my heart.' I'd be a terrible boyfriend to her. This is just so fucking stupid.

I eventually find my way to the hotel and make my way up to our room surprisingly, using my room key to open it. I shut the door and I see Melanie sitting on the bed and she glares at me as I walk in. I look down and stumble a bit, almost tripping but I catch myself and sit down on the bed and reach over to Melanie.

"Don't fucking touch me." She spats and I stand up.

"You have no right to be mad at me! You fucking rejected me!" I yell, pointing a finger at her and she gets up as well.

"Yes, I do! It's 2 am, and you're fucking wasted!" She yells, and I start laughing and walk over to the bed, kicking my shoes off.

"I'm not arguing with you, I'm going to bed." I say, laughing. I pull my shirt off and I lay down and I immediately pass out.

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When I wake up in the morning, the room is empty and I sit up fast, immediately getting an excruciating headache. "Fuck.."

"Oh, you're awake." Melanie says with no emotion, as she walks back in the room from the bathroom, and I don't remember anything that happened last night.

"What happened last night?" I groan, and slowly and carefully sit up all the way.

"Oh, you don't remember? Wes, you went and got wasted while I waited here worried sick but now I know that was a waste of time because you did what you did. You're taking me home today." She says, packing stuff up and I panic as everything comes back to me.

"You rejected me, though." I whisper but I know she heard me.

"Wes.."

"Why?"

"Because I'm not ready."

"Mel, I'm, just please. I won't betray you, I promise."

"No, Wesley. Just give me time." She chokes out and I lay back down, sighing.

"Melanie, I'm sorry for whatever I did but please just give me one chance. One chance to show you I'm a good boyfriend. Please." I say, standing up and walking over to her, literally begging now.

She sighs, and I look at her with desperate eyes.

"Fine. Yes, I'll be your girlfriend." She says, and I wrap my arms around her, giving her a tight hug and she laughs as I set her down, kissing her immediately, happy knowing I can do that whenever I want.

"Just one chance. Screw it up and I won't forgive you." She says, pulling away and I nod, smiling big and she laughs.

"You're so cute." She says, and I kiss her nose and notice her blushing.

"You won't regret it." I say, and kiss her forehead.

I knew I had one job and that was keeping her safe and always happy and little did we know how hard that'd be for the both of us.

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Hey, so hope y'all enjoy this chapter, I had fun writing it! This story is just getting started, I have plenty of stuff planned, good and bad😉 lmao I'll update soon, ilygsm.(: