Chapter 1
Hi, my name is Melanie Jones and I'm just your normal fifteen year-old girl. Well, not so normal. I live in the hospital because I'm obviously sick, but no one knows what I have except a weak body. I've been hospitalized for 8 years straight, not being able to go outside. My parents stopped visiting 3 years ago, now I only see them once a month. And I don't talk to any one because I'm the oldest one here and I have no one to talk to except my nurse, Sarah, she's my only friend.
Since I'm stuck in this hospital all I do is read, write stories, draw, and play a little guitar, but I still get bored not being able to leave my room, let alone my bed. It was a quiet Sunday afternoon when Sarah gives me the news that the world famous Jonas Brothers were coming to give us a concert, just for us. Sarah was very excited, she's a fan, but I'm not, so I wasn't so thrilled.
"Aren't you excited?" Asked Sarah, as she walked into my room with a large smile on her face. I always envied her, she was always happy and in a good mood, not to mention that she's beautiful too. Long black hair and sparkling green eyes, she was fairly tall, I wanted to be like her. I wasn't so beautiful, I was tall but I had short messy blonde hair and pale blue eyes, and I wasn't always happy. I would always feel that I was alone, but Sarah was always there to make things better.
"Not really." I said, passing to the next page of the book I was reading.
"Come on, Mel! It's the Jonas Brothers, you have to admit they're cute, especially Kevin, he makes my heart melt." I completely ignored, still reading. "You are going to their concert, right?"
"No."
"You are. You should at least leave your room once in a while. It'll be fun."
"Fine, fine. If it will get you to shut up, then I'll go." I finally said and got back to my book.
"Yey!" She said and got back to work.
As night fell I stared out the window to finish watching the sunset. I've always wanted to go out and see the sunset from beginning to end, but I knew that was never going to happen. The next day everyone was excited about the concert today, especially all the nurses, I found it funny how they would put on their make-up and did their hair as they worked. I looked at the clocked and then up at the ceiling. The concert was at noon, I still had 10 more minutes of peace. A while later Sarah came with my wheel chair and she helped me get on, and I secretly brought my book with me. She parked right on front of the little stage to make sure I would enjoy myself. The time came and they came out, the Jonas Brothers. I had to admit they were cute, but they still didn't grab my attention, but once in a while I would glance up at them and noticed that one of them was interested in me. I completely ignored him and tried to keep reading my book. After their little concert I quickly rolled myself out of there, but Sarah stopped me.
"Sarah, what are you doing?" I asked.
"I'm taking you over to meet them."
"Absolutely not! I object!" She ignored my and rolled me over to where they were signing autographs and giving away free hugs.
"Hi, my name's Sarah." She said shaking hands with all of them. "And this is Mel"
"It's Melanie, not Mel." I corrected. One of them took out his hand to shake, but I ignored it and got back to my book.
"Melanie! That's rude. I'm sorry." She said only looking at Kevin.
"Don't worry about it, they can't all be fans." Said Joe, the lead singer and the middle one.
"Thank you for understanding and making it clear. I'm going back to my room." I said as I tried to push the wheel chair but it wouldn't move.
"You're not rolling anywhere young lady." Said Sarah.
"Then I'll walk." She put on a surprised look on her face. I got up slowly and I began to take my first step. When I was about to move to my second step I suddenly felt unbalanced and fell to the ground, but before that could happen one of the had grabbed me. It was the youngest one, Nick.
"You ok?" He asked, still holding me around my waist, it made me feel very uncomfortable.
"Yeah… Put me down." I ordered and he placed me back on my wheel chair. I didn't know why but my face felt extremely hot. I haven't had that feeling in a long time. It took me five seconds to come back from my train of thoughts and then roll back to my room without saying another word.
"What's wrong with her?" Said Joe.
"Well, you see… Melanie's been here longer than anyone, she just turned fifteen." Said Sarah.
"How long?" Asked Kevin.
"Eight years. She's the oldest and there's no one her age to talk to, she's not the happiest person either since her parents stopped visiting, she never leaves her room and I'm her only friend." Explained Sarah.
"What does she have?" Asked Nick.
"We don't know. She's just very weak, she can barely stand. You saw how she quickly fell." Sarah frowned and then her face lit up, she had an idea. "I have a question for you guys."
"What is it?" Asked Kevin.
"Are you guys busy for the next week?" She asked curiously.
"Not really. We decided to take this week off and take it slow." Said Kevin.
"Well, can I ask a favor from you guys?"
"Sure."
"Is it ok if just one of you can come here every day for the next week and try to befriend Mel? It would really mean a lot to me, she just…always looks so lonely, not being able to express her feelings to anyone." Said Sarah, sadly, looking down.
The three brothers stared at each other trying to find the right words to say. They all stayed silent for a while and then Joe spoke.
"That's quite a big favor, but we'll se what we can do"
"Really?!" Said Sarah in relief and she hugged each one of them. "Thank you so much!"
The next morning Sarah came into my room with a very large smile on her face. She also brought a bag, a large bag.
"What's all this?" I asked, putting my book down.
"This is to dress you up, you're expecting a visitor."
"I'm expecting no one." I assured her, getting back to my book.
"You are. Now let's go make you pretty. I'll help you take a bath." She said walking over to my bed and taking my book away.
"Hey!"
"Come." She ordered as if I was her dog.
I gave in and she gave me a bath, did my hair, and dressed me up. I've never felt more embarrassed and ridiculous in my entire life, since I've always worn pajamas.
"You look adorable and cute! Any guys would fall for you."
"Right…" I slowly sat down in the chair with Sarah's help, and once I was seated she left for the door. "Where are you going?"
"To look for your visitor, he should be here by now."
"What a minute. He?!!" She gave me a smile and then left. I sighed and was able to reach my book and start reading.
"Hi, Nick!" Sarah said and they shook hands. He gave her a smile. "I'm so happy that you agreed. You just have to do this for one week and if there's no improvement then you can go." She explained.
"Right. Where's her room?" He asked and Sarah showed him the way. I was reading peacefully when I herd a knock on the door. I lifted my head to see Nick Jonas standing at the door. I ignored him and got back my book. I noticed that he hadn't moved and I lifted my head again.
"You can come in." I finally said. He walked in and sat on the spare chair next to me. "I don't know what you're doing here or what you want, just leave me alone." I said and got back to my book. "Maybe I should be nicer; he did come through the trouble of coming here just for me so…" "So…which one are you?" I asked.
"What do you mean?"
"You're a Jonas Brother, right?" He nodded.
"Which one are you? Sensitive, romantic, funny? Which?"
"Oh, sorry. I'm Nick, the sensitive one. Kevin is the oldest and the romantic one. Joe, he's the second oldest, he's the funny one.
"Oh, well…Nice to meet you, I guess…"
"Same here…Uh…"
"I'm Melanie Jones."
"Will you accept shaking my hand this time?" He asked taking his hand out. I didn't say anything and shook his hand; a smile came across his face.
"So, what are you reading? You seem really interested in that book."
"It's about vampires and werewolves; I love those kinds of stories." I said with a smile, holding up the book.
"I like your smile." He said and suddenly stopped smiling as a blush ran across my face. "Sorry, I thought out loud." He scanned the room and saw my mountain of books, my walls covered with my drawings and poems, and my guitar.
"You play guitar?" I nodded as I kept on reading. "Cool. Do you write songs?"
"Sort of… I write poems and stories."
"Oh, well a poem can become a song." He said.
"Good to know…"I said and got back to my book.
"Can I read your poems?"
"They're kinda personal, but it's ok." I got up slowly, but he grabbed my wrist. "What?"
"I'll get them, where are they?"
"Don't worry about it, I need the exercise."
I started to walk and noticed tat he got up with me, still holding my wrist, making sure I wouldn't fall. I got my notebook with my poems and headed back to the chair with Nick still by my side. I suddenly lost all my energy and collapsed. He quickly caught me and placed me on my bed, he was about to run and get a nurse, but I stopped him.
"Don't… It's ok…This happens a lot." I said hold on to his sleeve tightly.
"Are you sure?" He asked taking my hand in his. I nodded, trying to smile to prove that I was fine. "You are a very strong girl, you know. You're pretty too, I feel like I've met you before."
"I… I don't think that's possible. I've been sick and weak all my life; I've never had any close friends." Those were my last words before I fell asleep.
That moment changed everything. I realized that in just 15 minutes I had fallen in love. But no matter how close we would be we'd still be far apart from each other…