Mel and Joe sit on the couch, Mel flipping through channels and Joe sits on the couch staring into space.
Mel knows something was wrong-this was not like Joe. He never looked like this-sad, empty.
She got enough courage to stop biting her tounge.
"Joe, whats wrong?" Mel asks clearly, making Joe turn towards her. His brown eyes are bloodshot and everything about his face looks dim, and Mel can't help but frown.
"You don't know?" Joe barely mumbles, making her lean in closer. Mel then shakes her head, still frowning by Joe's sour expressions.
"No. Come on, Longo, what happened this time?" She wonders sarcastically. Joe stops his ongoing sulking and snickers. He turns to the blonde woman beside him. Mel turns down the television and Joe takes a deep breath.
"Burke, for starters, it's not a big deal. Okay. Ashlee broke up with me." Mel's mouth falls open but she quickly closes it. Joe glares at her, waiting for a response, but the only response Mel can give is to lay her hand on his shoulder.
"Oh, Joe..I'm sorry. But this doesn't really make sense. You guys were just so happy!" Joe smiles at her weakly and nods.
"I know. But she asked me why I didn't want to settle down and move in with her." Mel chuckles, and Joe can't help but laugh with her. She was making him feel good- like she always does.
"Longo, you guys were dating for like a week!" Joe turns towards her with his arms crossed, feeling like his self again. Mel could see it.
"A month, at least!" Joe yells, and Mel turns off the television.
"Yeah, whatever."
"But, for real," Joe states,"I told her I had feelings for someone else." Mel's stomach turned along with her head. Could that be...hope?
"Oh?" She says, very shaky. Joe smiles at her, deeply, and Mel can't help but lean in a little closer.
"Yeah." His voice turns to a whisper. "I wasn't really feeling it with her like I feel it with," He pauses and looks up at Mel, the thing he was avoiding. "someone else." Mel shakes and nods.
"O-oh..." Realizing how tense the situation had got, how tense Joe had got, they turned away, facing the telivision.
Joe thought about how Mel could change him like that, and Mel was thinking of whether or not he was thinking of her. Makes sense, right?
