Disclaimer, I don't own anything. Not even her powers. Her powers belong mostly to H2O Just Add Water. Though I tweaked the powers a LITTLE bit.
Melody P.O.V
I walked home from school today, but I didn't go home. I went straight to Jake's house. Edward would know so I didn't worry.
I was so close to his house that my heart lightened up from that agonizing Spanish class. I was so excited to see my best friend I ran so fast I felt like I was flying.
When I got to his house he was outside in his garage working on his car. I went in and saw him lying down asleep with a wrench in his hand. The floor wasn't very comfortable so I decided to wake him up. I walked over and sat next to him.
"Jake," I said as I brushed his hair with my hand. It was so long and soft and it smelled like Jake. "Jake, wake up. Jake, I'm making pancakes." That woke him up. He's such a guy.
Jake P.O.V. (I know it's supposed to be a diary/journal and all, but I want to show different points of views of the story. So put that in your juice box and suck it!)
I'm sitting with Melody under the stars. Then I look at her. She isn't Melody anymore. It's Bella in her place.
She looks so beautiful in the moonlight. I hear someone in the distance. They're screaming. It's a girl, and she's in trouble. I get up and run towards her.
I listen closer and it's Melody. Bella comes up from behind me and says,
"Come on Jake, let's watch the stars together." I knew I liked her, but my best friend is hurt and she's screaming,
"GET AWAY FROM ME! HELP, SOMEBODY HELP ME!" I had to help her.
"Bella, Melody's in trouble. I have to help her, I'll be right back." Without hearing her response I run into the woods to save my best friend. She's being attacked by her family. She's holding up a force field pretty well, but they're weakening her every time the run into it.
I had to let her know I was there to save her. "Melody!"
The bloodsuckers see me and run away. I run up to Melody.
"Melly, wake up, wake up." She opens her eyes slowly and her hazel eyes meet my dark brown ones. She looks so beautiful, just like Bella. Then she says to me.
"Jake, Jake wake up." I'm awake though, I just saved her.
Then she says something about pancakes and my eyes fly open. It was just a dream. I look at Melody sitting next to me.
She's fine, and I'm kind of relieved. In my dream she was a wreck. She was hurt and dying but now she's alive and smiling, looking beautiful as her hair flows down past her shoulders.
One flaw though, was that she looked like she was struggling to breath.
"Melody, are you okay? You don't look like you're breathing right." She smiles and says,
"Yeah I ran here. Not really good for my poor fragile lungs." Now I was worried. When she runs here she normally has an asthma attack.
"Do you have your inhaler?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Uh maybe you should use it."
"I'm fine Jake, really."
"Mel, I care about you, more than most people I know. Now please, for me?"
"Fine, but only for you, Jake." She got her inhaler out and took a puff. I know it sounded weird but I do care about her, a lot. She is my best friend. I just realized I was staring at her.
"Are you happy now, Jake?"
"Uh, yeah, I was just worried. You know, asthma's tricky."
"Yeah, I was just so excited to see you for some reason."
Melody's P.O.V.
I was excited to see him. I don't know why I told him that. I didn't like him like that, did I?
"Yeah I get like that sometimes. Like when I know you're in my kitchen making cookies or something."
"Really, I can make you that excited?"
"Well I can make you that excited, so." Wow, we made each other so happy. We really are the best of friends. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if we were more that friends.
Then I realized we were sitting very close to each other with my right hand on his shoulder and his left hand on my waist.
I looked up into his dark brown eyes and he looked down into my light hazel ones. We were leaning even closer to each other and I knew what was about to happen. Best friends become more. It was every girls dream.
At least it was until Billy came out and suggested we went down to the beach.
We sat in his car in an awkward silence until Jake decided to talk about what happened.
"Mels, I'm sorry it's just, I don't know what happened."
"It's cool Jake, I guess. Did you really want to kiss me?"
"I don't know."
"It's okay, you can say no. That's probably the answer. That's why nobody will go with me to prom."
"Melody Nicole, you aren't a freak or anything you title yourself to be. You- you're- I don't know what to say without it being weird."
"Just say what you were thinking back there."
"Well, I- is that Bella Swan?"
"What?"
"Bella, the girl we used to see during Christmas!"
"Oh yeah she's in my lunch period."
"She looks beautiful." Wait, what? Wasn't he about to kiss ME not beautiful Bella? Gosh even her name is beautiful. Her name literally translates from Italian to pretty.
"Well she's with my school friends lets go say hi." I got out of the car quick to go talk to Mike. I walked straight up to him and he didn't say hi. He didn't even look my way or anything. He was talking to Bella the beautiful, that's why.
Now I wasn't going to be Jessica and ask him to zip up a wet suit like she is now I'm just going to stand there until one of them says hi. Finally my knight in shining armor Eric greets me.
"Hey look who it is, none other than our beautiful Melody!" I was happy Eric called me beautiful but I wished it was Mike or Jake. We all knew Eric was kidding, but it made me slightly happy to know he at least acknowledged me.
"Oh gosh Mel, you were right next to me and I didn't even say hi or any thing!" Wow Mike looked great today. I've had a crush on him since freshman year.
"Oh, that's okay Mike. I'm not really noticed by people a lot." I wanted him to say something super sweet to me but, of course things aren't going my way.
"So Bella, you go way back with Mel, don't you?" And the attention is back to her, whatever. I'm getting away from this place.
Nobody noticed as I turned around and walked to the beach. I loved walking in the sand; it may be because I'm a mermaid. Though since I'm a full grown mermaid, since I turned thirteen (it's still a mystery to us,) I can get wet without shifting.
I like to think when I walk but I have to be careful, my big brother Edward can read my thoughts. Sometimes I forgot and he walked right up to Max, the cute boy in my homeroom, and said to him, "If you ever call my little sister ugly or fat again, I'll kill you." Yeah that's my big brother, but he'll probably just give him a good beating.
I hear people coming and I look over to them. It's Jake in his super cute parka and Bella in her beauty. Sure she's one of my best friends, but seeing her with Jake makes my chest hurt, literally, ouch. I'm going home. I miss Jazzy anyway.
I walk back to the parking lot and Angela is sitting in the van with Mike.
"Hey Mel, where are you going?" Mike asks
"Oh Doc wants me home for some strange reason."
"Really Mel, you know it's because your beloved JAKEYY!"
"Uh, no Mike. Really I gotta get going."
"Sure Mel, see ya around."
"Yeah later guys."
I walked back to the treaty line and Jasper was there to pick me up.
I couldn't stop thinking about Jacob even though I don't like him like that. We are married though. Well sort of.
FLASH BACKK
We were six years old and playing in my backyard. In the midst of eating Doritos Jake says, "Do you love me Melly?" Being only six I said,
"Yeah Jake, you're my best friend!"
"Well I love you too Melly! Let's get married!"
"How are we gonna get married when we're 6."
"Your sisters could help us!"
"Yeah! Alice could dress us up and Daddy could be the speaker guy!"
"Let's do this!"
"Wait, we need rings."
"Simple my dear buddy, here!" I handed him the washer we found earlier that day.
"Cool, but what about you?"
"We'll figure something out." We started looking around and Jake found the last yellow dandelion poking out of the grass and tied it around my finger.
"There, do you like it?"
"It's perfect! I love you Jakey!"
"I love you Melly! Let's go get Alice so we could get married!"
"Yay!" We ran into the house with our hands clasped together tightly. We entered the kitchen and I started yelling for Alice
She jumped the last few stairs and started looking at us worriedly
"Are you guys ok? Who's hurt? What happened?" I couldn't help but laugh at her frantic questions.
"We're fine Ali; we just need you to help us get married!"
"Why are you guys getting married? You're six years old!" Jake answered in the cutest way,
"Because Melly is my best friend and I love her!" My tiny face got terribly red as I giggled at my best friend's possessiveness.
"Ok, that would explain why Melody has a flower around her finger. So I'm guessing you need a dress and a suit."
"Yeah we need to be pretty sis!"
"Ok I can do that both of you upstairs in my room." We went into Alice's room filled with clothes and makeup and accessories and she started picking out a dress for me.
She took out my white Easter dress from last year that still fit me. For Jake she went to Emmett's room and got his old button down shirt he never wore but kept because Alice wanted to force it upon him one day and fitted it to Jacob.
She then called in Rosalie to do my hair and makeup while Alice did Jacob's shirt and hair.
When they were done we went into the backyard and Rosalie called out the rest of the family.
Soon everybody was standing out there while Carlisle read from some pages he got from online.
"You may kiss the bride" He said and Jacob kissed me on the cheek then we picked up dandelions that were puffy and blew them and the white seeds flew everywhere like fairy dust in the summer breeze.
I remember that day fondly. After a few hours of endless training in the basement with Emmet and Jasper I was really in the mood to go swimming. I drove back to Jake's house to see if he was home and sure enough he was. I guess Bella had better things to do than hangout with people.
I went up to his front door and knocked on it. After a few seconds and the sound of someone falling, the door opened to Jake's happy face. He greeted me by saying,
"You know, you're practically a part of the family, you can just walk in."
"I may have been raised by vampires, but I have some manners. Did you just trip over dust or something?"
"Kind of yeah… so what's up, other than my new found stupidity?"
"Oh Jake don't say that, it's not new found!"
"Ha-ha. Wow Mel, what would we do without your comedy?"
"Shrivel up and die from a life without laughter."
"I'm sure, but on another note, why have you come a knockin' on my door?"
"Oh just wanted to poke you and ask you if you wanted to go swimming."
"Sure let's go now. I miss seeing you with a tail."
"Wow you're such a perverted male teenager."
"What did I do?"
"Have you forgotten that when I am a mermaid I go all Ariel and wear barely anything on top?"
"Actually yes I have." I laughed at his fake innocence and poked him in the chest. "Hey, what was that for?"
"I told you I wanted to poke you."
"Touché, come in and sit while I go change."
"Mmkay, but don't blame me if you're fridge is empty."
"That sparked an idea in my under-used brain. Why don't we have a picnic?" He shouted from his room.
"Good idea, hurry up and help me find blanket and basket and stuff."
Jake P.O.V
I walked out of my room in a bathing suit and I stop to see Melody sitting at the kitchen counter making a list. She looks up at me upon my entrance.
"Half naked much?" she questioned.
"Yeah why does it bother you?"
"No not really, help me make a list. So far I've got two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Doritos, four cokes, and two apples."
"I think that's it but why apples?"
"They are fruity and delicious. Not to mention healthy. So there! Help me find a basket and a blanket."
"Okay basket in cabinet over there I'll get the blanket from the hall closet."
"Alright have fun Holmes." Ms. Sarcastic, she must hang out with me to much.
I got the blanket out of the hall closet and heard jumping in the kitchen. I knew she wouldn't be able to reach it, poor kid.
"Need some help?"
"No I got this. Ok no I don't."
"Here, I gotcha little one." I picked her up at her knees and she squealed in surprise.
"You could've just gotten it!"
"But this is more fun!"
"Very true, which side is it on."
"Because I definitely memorize where the baskets are in my house, just open both."
She got out the basket and I dropped her to carry her bridal style then set her down on the ground again.
"Ok do you want to help me make food?"
"Nah you play house wife and I'll watch."
"When you're first wife leaves you for being an arrogant brat I will not say I told you so because I am a saint, but I will remind you of this and you will realize I am always right."
"Ok fine but when you're first husband leaves you for some blonde I'll beat the crap out of him, just because you're my bud."
"Yeah yeah now get me the jelly slick." I tossed her the cold jar from the fridge and she caught it with ease.
"Nice catch chica."
"Thanks, you taught me how to catch anyway."
"Yeah I would say I'm like a big brother but you already have three."
"Yeah but they don't play fair. At least we can play tackle football and not worry about me being killed."
"Yeah I still don't like you playing with them."
"Why?"
"Because Mel, It's dangerous. You should stay here for a week and compare it to there to see which is safer."
"Actually, that's not a bad idea." She said while putting the food in the basket on top of the blanket she folded after I messed it all up. "I'll ask Carlisle about it later but for now let's go."
We walked to the beach in silence and we walked along the sand to a place where there weren't any people. She put the basket down and climbed on a giant cliff-like boulder and I began to worry. The first time I met her she was on a rock and she fell off and broke her arm.
"Mel, don't you're going to fall."
"Oh you worry too much, I'm fine!"
But she wasn't fine at all. She lost her balance and was about to fall as I ran over to her. I caught her just as she fell into my strong arms.
I realized I was holding her like a bride and she had her arms around my neck.
Melody P.O.V.
I fell off the boulder and before I could feel the pain from the impact of my body against the ground Jake had caught me.
"No fair, you jinxed me." He set me down on the ground and put his hands on my shoulders.
"You really have to be more careful, Mel, okay? I can't stand to see you hurt."
"Jake you are so protective; I guess that's how I've managed to stay alive for the past ten years I've known you."
"Yeah we do engage in some reckless activities now and then."
"Now and then? We went cliff diving yesterday!"
"OK fine but that's one day."
"Face it Jake, were Washington's Jackass'!" He laughed and took out the blanket from the basket and set it down on the sand. "You know, not to be an anti-social but, it's nice to be alone instead of around the couples making out, the kids kicking sand, and Quil and Embry being smart-alecs."
"Yeah, sometimes I feel like you're all I need."
"That's why we're best friends." We watched the sun peek at us through the clouds just barely and ate. After just sitting and digesting I spoke up.
"What about when we get married?"
"What, us get married?"
"I meant to other people smarty."
"Oh, I guess our monthly sleepovers wouldn't be an option but we could always hang out."
"Yeah, let's not talk about the future, it's bumming me out, let's go swim." I got up and walked to the water with Jake next to me. We stopped a few feet in front of the waves and ran in. When we got to a deeper part I dived into the water and transformed into a mermaid with ease. I am beast.
I surfaced the water as a mermaid and looked at Jake who was about three feet away from me.
"Wanna go to the rendezvous?" He asked. We called just a little island, I guess, of rocks that because we couldn't think of anything better.
"Where else?" I said with a smile. I dived over into the water and circled him with an amazing speed just to mess with him. We got there in about ten minutes time because he can't swim with awesome mermaid speed.
He pushed himself onto the flat rocks and pulled me up though I didn't need his help. We sat on the edge with his feet and my tail in the water. We watched as the sun was setting into the horizon. It sent a wave of colors across the sky and I stared in amazement.
It was getting darker so I took his hand and swam faster so we got back sooner. He lay on the sand and I pulled myself onto the shore. I shifted back to humanness and walked over to Jake then dried him so he wouldn't freeze.
We lay down on the blanket and watched the stars come out. We were lying awfully close together on the old tan sheet and he had his arm around my shoulders. I wanted badly to snuggle into the warmth of his body but my phone rang.
I sat up and read the caller ID and it was Jasper. I answered it and he sounded worried.
"Hey Mel, where the hell are you?"
"I'm at the beach with Jake."
"Ok well come home now Hun, Esme's worried."
"Oh I think you are too brother."
"Of course I am now come home."
"Sir, yes sir!" I said remembering how he used to be in the army. "I gotta go Jake, I'm sorry."
"It's alright my dad's probably wondering if I kidnapped you or something."
We got up, shook the sand off the blanket, and put it back in the basket. As we approached his house after walking the distance, Jake said to me,
"Melody, do you remember when we got 'married' when we were six?"
"Yeah that was pretty funny."
"Yeah I was thinking about that in F.C.S. we're learning about family and babies and its torture!"
"OK well I better jump in my car and get home. Bye Jake."
"Wait Mel," I stopped and looked at him. "Uh… don't I get a hug?"
"How could I forget? Oh I could've had a V8!" I laughed as I turned and hugged him and he squeezed me tight.
"Bye Mels, don't get into much trouble."
"No promises there Jake." I said as I got into my car. I waved to him as I started to drive away and he waved back then started back into his house.
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Ok I hope everybody liked that super long chapter. It was 11 pages. It is currently 1:14 AM so I will sleep. GOODNIGHT INTERNET! Haha. REVIEW OR I WON'T WRITE ANYMORE!
