Adam slowly woke up feeling a strong aching feeling behind his eyes, why was it that drinking always felt good until you woke up the next morning. Blinking and moving his tongue around trying to rid his mouth of dryness, Adam tried to stretch and soon realised that his arm was stuck under something. As he turned his head, his once half closed eyes opened up wide as he recognised Melody lying on her side, his arm under her neck and her bare back exposed to him. She had the sheet pulled up around her but he knew she was naked and as he slowly pulled his arm away and rolled out of bed, the fact he was also naked became evident.

Taking in the empty bottles and left over food as he walked into the bathroom retrieving some aspirin, Adam walked back into the room sipping water and thinking back to the night before.

The night before…

As Melody followed Adam through the hotel and onto the elevator, she watched as Adam selected his floor number and the doors closed. Turning to the right she looked at herself closely in the mirror and gasped at the sight of the black eyeliner and shadow streaking her face, digging into her pocket she located a tissue and quickly began wiping at her cheeks to try and remove the streaked make up.

"I think you might be making it worse." Melody turned to look at Adam as he pointed to his cheeks to signal what he was talking about. "Yeah, you're right. They don't mention won't withstand emotional breakdown on the label." Putting the tissue back in her pocket as the elevator dinged and they stepped off.

As she waited for Adam to get out his room key and open the door, she swung her arms back and forth and ran a hand through her hair. The whole situation, the whole night was feeling weird. She was walking into a random hotel room, with a random stranger about to eat a meal together and apparently talk. For all the mental preparation and planning she had went through prior to going out tonight, she had not envisioned it ending the way it was appearing too.

"So, what do you feel like?" Melody looked over at Adam as he held up the room service menu and sat down next to the phone. Walking over and taking the menu, she was surprised at how hungry she was and how everything sounded so good. "Um, just a cheeseburger please." She said handing the menu back and not knowing what to do next, stood in the middle of the room.

Adam watched Melody as she turned around looking at the room; he couldn't help but wonder what the hell he was doing. She was obviously in a bad situation, hell she had told him that just before in the car park. He didn't know why he cared, he didn't know why he hadn't just left her at the club; or out in the car park but he did know he was curious about the girl currently standing awkwardly in his hotel room. Calling and ordering their food, he moved off the bed and went over to the small bench against the far wall of the room. Pulling down two glasses and grabbing a bottle of whiskey out of the top of his bag, he poured out them both a drink; he walked over and handed it to Melody. "You can sit down, relax. Make yourself at home." Melody said a quick thanks as she took a big sip of the strong amber liquid, she shuddered a little at the burning sensation in her throat but chose to down the rest of the glass rather quickly. "I'm just going to use the bathroom." She said walking over and closing the door behind her. Leaning up against the door, Melody reasoned with herself to just relax, take the night as it was and worry about the rest later. He seemed like a nice enough guy, she was warm and about to eat a hot meal and that was enough for now.

Adam poured them both another drink, and sat back on the bed turning the TV on and getting comfortable. He looked up when he heard the bathroom door open; he noticed that Melody had removed what was left of her makeup. She looked fresh faced and as she walked across and picked up her glass again he thought she seemed a little more at ease.

"There was no saving it." She said to him, indicating to her face before sipping at her drink and moving to sit down on the lounge. "You look better without all that crap on your face anyway." Adam replied turning down the TV and turning more to look at Melody. "Can I ask how old you are? You look about 18?" Melody laughed and began playing with her hair. "I'm 23, but thanks for the compliment. How old are you?"

"Ha, you're practically a baby. I'm 34, 35 in a few months." Adam followed Melody's lead and finished off his drink. They returned to silence, the knock on the door almost echoed around the room. Adam pulled himself up off the bed and opened the door, pointing to the table as the room service trolley was rolled into the room. After tipping the young boy and closing the door he noticed Melody was circling the table and looking at all the food.

"Who is going to eat all of this?" she said, eyeing her cheeseburger amongst the piles of other food. Sitting down and pulling it towards her, Adam joined her at the table. "I'm a growing boy; I need to eat a lot. Plus you look like you could use more food than just a cheeseburger." Melody simply nodded and began eating her food. Adam poured them both more whiskey and began to eat.

"So, this situation you're in. Want to tell me more about it? I mean where is your family? I'm sure they wouldn't want you out doing this sort of thing." Adam said, noticing that his question had caused Melody to push her plate away. She moved the liquid in her glass around and around, and ran a hand through her hair.

"My parents are dead; they died when I was just a baby. I never knew them, my granddad raised me but he also passed away a few years ago. And this situation, it's not one I am happy to be in or chose for myself. When you have no choice, when you have nothing; it's just what it is." Melody sighed loudly as she took a large sip of her drink, feeling the alcohol beginning to have an effect.

Adam felt bad as he saw the sadness in her eyes as she talked about her family. "But you do have a choice. If this isn't what you want then why not change it?" He asked noticing that the bottle of whiskey was getting low. What he didn't notice was for the second time in the night, his words had caused Melody to almost shoot fire out of her eyes at him.

"Change it?" She said loudly. "Like it's that easy? When I have no money and, no place to go, my life was ripped away from me and now all I can do is barely keep my head afloat. You got to choose this great life you live; money, fancy hotels and then you look down on me because of what I have to do."

Melody was now standing up and leaning over at the table at him. "Now wait just a minute, at what point did I look down on you? And I worked my ass off to get here, and I plan and save because in this industry it could all be taken away from me in a second. So don't act like a bloody martyr just because you got dealt a bad hand of cards." Adam finished, noticing how his raised voice had made her pull away slightly. But it didn't seem to stall her as she began yelling back at him again. "You knew what I was doing from the moment you saw me, you looked down at me when you chose to act like offering me a ride home wasn't leading me on. Trying to look cool in front of your friends but when push comes to shove you offer me a cab ride home. My home is an old mattress on the floor in the corner of a bedroom; I fight for room to just take a breath. You know what I think; I think you did want this. The girls told me about you wrestlers, a different town every night, putting yourself through hell and winding up sore and alone, looking for just a bit of company; no matter the cost."

Adam was taken aback by her words; she reached for the whiskey bottle and took a mouthful right from the bottle. "So here I am, Adam. The easy part is done, you've made yourself look like a gentlemen. No matter the cost; right? Well tell me what you want and I'll tell you the cost." Melody pulled her arms out of her jacket and flung it back on the chair, she moved towards him as she began to pull at her skirt, trying to get it down over her hips.

Adam realised what she was doing and stepped over to her. "Melody, just stop." He said reaching out to stop her. "No, this is what I'm here to do." She said struggling against him. Adam held her arms firmly as she still struggled against him. "Let me go, just let me go." Melody said as she pulled and pulled. She felt tears pricking her eyes and hear her voice breaking as she pleaded with Adam.

Adam felt the tear drop on his arm and released Melody before pulling her into his arms as she continued to sob. He stood there holding her, rubbing her back as she cried. As she calmed down, Adam slowly released her and stepped back, wiping her tears with his hand.

"Your right, I don't understand the situation but you are here because I was worried about you. Because for some reason I couldn't just leave you, now I suggest that you go have a shower to make yourself feel better. You can stay here, on the lounge tonight and tomorrow I'll take you home. We can have a few more drinks and forget about all the bullshit."

Melody looked up at Adam, she didn't know why but what he was suggesting sounded good. She couldn't explain it either but the feeling of not wanting to leave was hers as well. Nodding and moving away from his arms, she silently walked into the bathroom and turned on the hot water.

Present….

Melody stirred and rolled over feeling cold and reaching around for her blanket, as her hand felt around she realised that she was not in her bed. Opening her eyes and squinting through the brightness, the realisation of where she was hit her not to mention the fact that she had zero clothes on. Sitting up and pulling the sheet with her, she locked eyes with Adam across the room as he sat staring at her.

"Morning" His deep voice vibrated across the room and she simply nodded to him. Reaching over for the abandoned t-shirt on the table by the bed she recalled Adam had lent it to her last night to wear after she'd gotten out of the shower. Slipping it over her head and letting go of the sheet she again felt Adam's eyes on her. He moved over from the table and came to sit down next to her on the bed, Melody couldn't stop her eyes from dropping down to look at his bare chest; there was some faint scratch marks and a large red mark on his shoulder.

Adam saw the blush creeping up on her cheeks and knew she was obviously recalling there antics from the night before. He was pulled out of his thoughts as he heard her sigh.

"I know you've got a flight to catch so, I'll just get my stuff together and head off. Okay?" Melody said pulling her hair up into a messy knot on the top of her head and moving to stand up.

Adam sat rubbing his temples as he watched her move around the room picking up her clothes, she shimmied on her skirt and moved to stand in front of him. "Well, I guess I will see you around." She said placing a hand on his shoulder and then quickly removing it again unsure of what to do.

Adam pulled her down so she was sitting next to him and putting his hand on her cheek and leaning in he kissed her softly.

Adam laughed as he watched Melody move around the room, singing along to some music video playing off the TV. The emotions from earlier in the night seemed to be forgotten, the more alcohol they had consumed. He moved across the room and tried to take the bottle of vodka out of her hand, but she ducked under her arms and spun around the room, laughing as the movement had made him dizzy and he stumbled slightly. He grabbed for her again this time successfully getting a hold of the bottle and he tipped it towards her mouth before taken a large mouthful. Realising Melody was now pressed against his chest he looked down into her eyes and soon felt her lips on his. He returned the kiss, wrapping his hand up in his her and together they moved towards the bed; not breaking the contact between them.

Melody pulled away from Adam, she offered him a small smile and then moved towards the door. "Bye Adam." She closed the door and made her way towards the elevator, as she stepped in she lent up against the wall and closed her eyes before looking down at his shirt she still had on. A small smile came and went as she wondered to herself if she would ever see him again.

A/N: Sorry for the delay in getting chapter 2 up, I've been battling the flu all week long. Hope you all like where the story is going. It feels good to be back on a roll with writing.