Chapter 17

Melanie's POV

The days have dragged on and Wesley only contacts me at night. The only thing he says is goodnight and he tells me he loves me but that's it. No phone calls. Just text messages.

All I can think about is what if he's getting depressed again? It sucks that by just one mistake, he can't get into the college of his dreams.

And, I keep blaming myself because I'm the one who caused him to get drunk that night. Which means it's my fault he can't get into NYU.

My phone begins to ring and I cross the room to pick it up and surprisingly Thomas is calling.

"Hello?"

"Hey, what are your plans for tonight?" He yells into the phone. It sounds really loud in the background.

"Nothing at all, to be honest."

"Okay, do you want to come hang out with me and Maggie? We're at a club right now."

"I don't know, Thomas.."

"Come on! It'll be fun!" He slurs into the phone and I giggle.

"You're drunk already?"

"Yeah, I guess.. Fuck, come on Melanie. Just for a bit."

"Okay, fine."

"Yeah! See you in a bit."

I hang up and set my phone to the side, and head to my closet to find something decent to wear.

I finally find a black skin tight dress that has no straps and hugs my curves, stopping half way on my thigh. I find some heels and put on some make up, deciding to keep my hair as it is.

I call a cab and when it gets here, surprisingly fast, I hop in and tell the driver where to go.

"Melanie!" I hear Thomas yell and I smile at him as he walks over to me, a beer in his hand. He hugs me, kissing my forehead sloppily before walking me over to where he was.

"This is Maggie." He points to a girl, and she comes up to us smiling wide.

"Hi, nice to meet you." She says, and I smile back.

"Nice to meet you too, I've heard so much about you." I yell over the music and she nods before walking to Thomas' side and wrapping an arm around his waist and he wraps an around her shoulders.

"Go get a drink, Mel! We'll be on the dance floor, okay?" Thomas yells and he walks off with Maggie without an answer.

I walk over to the bar and order a drink, paying for it as well. When I turn back around, I see Thomas and Maggie grinding on each other to the music and I smile at them two.

"Melanie?" I hear a voice from behind me and it sounds strangely familiar.

I turn around and there stands Jace's brother. He smiles wide at me once he sees me, enveloping me in a huge hug and I sigh at the familiar feeling, hugging him back tightly and resting my head on his chest.

"Hey Anderson." I say as we pull away and I smile up at him.

"How have you been?" He asks and I pull him over to the bar and we sit down on the stools.

"I've been good actually."

"How have you been coping with Jace's death?"

"Pretty well.. I'm actually dating someone."

"Oh really?" I nod. "Is he here?"

"No, I'm with a couple of friends tonight. I have no clue what Wesley is doing. He hasn't talked to me for a few days besides the usual texts, you know."

"Yeah, I know what you mean. Candi used to do the same thing."

"How are you and Candi doing?"

"Good, she's pregnant actually."

"Oh my God, that's great!"

"Yeah and we're planning on getting married in a couple months."

"Anderson, that's amazing. I'm happy for you."

"Thanks, Mel."

"No problem." I give him a genuine smile and he returns it.

"Mel, come and dance with us!" Thomas says, stumbling over with Maggie and they both start laughing.

"No, I'm good."

"Come on party pooper." Thomas whines and I laugh before saying bye to Anderson and let Thomas pull me off onto the dance floor with them.

Maggie and I take each side of Thomas, Maggie in the front of him and me in the back and we begin to grind our asses against him along to the music.

I grab another drink from someone walking around and I chug it down. Maggie and I switch sides and I feel that Thomas is already turned on. I make it worse and I hear him groan, taking my hips in his hands, making me do what he wants me to do.

When it gets around midnight we start to take shots and I'm completely wasted. Just as I'm about to go get another shot, a hand grabs my wrist and pulls me out of the crowd. I look back to Thomas and he's too busy with Maggie to even know that I've departed.

I giggle as I stumble outside with this random guy and he shoves me against the wall.

"Melanie, what the fuck were you doing in there?!" The guy asks, furious and I giggle even louder.

"W-wait, how d-do you know my n-name?" I stutter.

"Melanie." The guy says my name again and I try to focus on his face but I can't.

"I'm gonna take you to my place."

"No! My friends are in there!"

"You're coming with me Mel."

I dig my heels into the concrete to try to stop him but he turns around and tosses me over his shoulder. I pound my fists against his back but he won't let me down.

"Let me down you asshole!"

"Fine." He says and he puts me in the back seat of his car and shuts the door to get in the front.

I pass out in the back and the last thing I remember is the street lights passing by.

-

I wake up the next morning with a huge headache and somehow I got to Wesley's bed in his apartment.

"Wesley?" I call out, trying to sit up but a sharp pain shoots through my head and I wince, laying back down.

"Yeah?" He says, walking into the room and sitting down next to me.

"How did I get here?"

"You don't remember?"

"No..."

"You got really wasted last night and I had to take you home with me."

"But I was with Thomas and his girlfriend.. You weren't there."

"I know. I saw you dancing with them and I didn't want you to get more wasted than you already were. So, I pulled you out of there."

I nod and rest my head against the pillow more.

"Can you please get me some medicine? This headache is a bitch." I groan.

"Of course, babe. I'll be right back." He says and I give him a small smile and he kisses my forehead before walking out of the room.

When he gets back, I take the medicine and I rest my head in his lap.

"I've missed you." I whisper and he runs his fingers through my hair.

"I've missed you too, baby." He says and I look up at him.

"Is everything okay.. You know.. With the college and everything."

"It's fine, I guess. I'm still sort of upset about it but there's nothing I can do. I'm just gonna apply for different colleges and see where I end up."

I nod, and he leans down to kiss me softly and I kiss him back, cupping his cheeks. He kisses me with urgency as I tangle my fingers in his hair and our lips move in sync.

"Oh.." I gasp, as he leads his lips down my neck and to my chest, pressing his body against mine.

He brings his lips back to mine and we kiss with lust. He takes my bottom lip in between his teeth and pulls it back then let's it go.

"I need you." He moans against my lips and I nod, letting him pull my shirt off of me.

"Did you undress me last night?" I ask, giggling as he kisses down my neck.

"Yeah, why are you asking?" He mumbles against my neck.

"Because, I was wearing a dress last night and that was a shirt.. Your shirt."

"Yep." He says, and brings his lips back to mine as I giggle even more.

I push his shirt off of him and pull his pants down as well.

"I love you." I moan.

"I love you too, baby." He says and pulls off my underwear and his as well.

He kisses me harder and I tangle my fingers in his hair..

-

"I gotta to over to Keaton's to meet his new girl... Wanna come?" Wesley asks me as he pulls on his shirt.

"Yeah, sure. I have nothing else to do." I say and pull some skinny jeans on.

"You look so good in those jeans." He says, walking over to me and resting his hands on my hips.

"You look good in that stupid snapback you always wear." I say and laugh at his facial expression.

"Yeah yeah." He says and leans over to kiss me on the cheek. "Let's go."

I nod and put some shoes on, grabbing my phone on the way.

"Hey Wes." Keaton says, pulling him in for a hug as we walk into Keaton's apartment.

"Hey Mel." He says and I hug him as well, and we walk further into his apartment.

"So, this is my girlfriend Julie. Julie, this is my brother Wesley and his girlfriend Melanie." Keaton says, wrapping his arm around Julie's waist.

"It is so nice to meet you two, Keaton's told me so much about the both of you." She says, smiling wide.

"Well, Keaton here has never said anything about you until now so this is a nice surprise." Wesley says and I swat his arm, making Keaton and Julie laugh.

"Drew's here by the way." Keaton whispers and the tension in the room becomes apparent.

Keaton has no clue about what's gone on between Wesley, Drew and I so I guess that's why he invited him.

"Great." Wesley says, trying not to sound pissed off. I can see the look in his eyes and it's not pretty.

"Okay, let's go in the kitchen where he is..." Keaton says awkwardly and we follow Keaton and Julie to the kitchen.

When we get in the kitchen, we see Drew and Wesley immediately wraps an arm around my waist, pulling me closer and acting overprotective.

"Nice to see you two." Drew says sarcastically and smirks at us.

"Shut the fuck up, Drew." Wesley spats, moving towards him but I get in between them two.

"Stop it, Wes." I say, raising my hands to his chest to keep him back.

"Whoa, what's wrong with you two now?" Keaton says, obviously confused.

"This jackass has a thing for Melanie and he can't keep his fucking mouth shut."

"This is true?" Keaton asks, looking over to Drew.

"Yeah..." Drew mutters.

"What the fuck.. How?" Keaton asks.

"I don't know... I've liked her ever since I met her. Jace got in the way!"

"Don't you dare bring Jace into this!" I yell, turning around to face Drew.

"Okay, everyone just needs to calm the fuck down!" Keaton yells and I cross my arms.

"Is there anymore fucking secrets you want to put out there, Drew?" Wesley yells.

"Yeah, there is."

"What?"

"Oh, how I know that you trade fucking drugs for a living! Not everything passes by me Wesley!" Drew yells and the room gets instantly quiet.

"You fucking jackass!" Wesley yells and before anyone can even react, Wesley is on top of Drew, pinning him to the ground and punching his face repeatedly.

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Hey so I hope y'all like this chapter. (: please leave feedback! I'm gonna be out of town all of next week and I'm leaving Sunday until Friday so I probably won't update until the week after. I'll talk to y'all soon. (: