Since I'm on vacation from my job (well, we're closing, so they had no choice but to give me one, which I'm getting paid for it) I decided to put this chapter in tonight.

Enjoy and happy reading!

Lots of love, hugs and kisses from your resident writer and friend, Nina!

Author's note: nothing new to add at this time, other than Melissa will make a shocking decision about her pregnancy. Can you handle it?

On a side note: I'm gonna need your help on who's gonna be Melissa's love interest at the end of this chapter.

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One and a half month later...

Melissa was feeling better, thanks to Amy and her friends.

Truthfully, she loved hanging out with Nathan and Melina especially more. In real life, Melina was a sweetheart who did care about other people and their feelings. Melissa could see why Nathan had married her. Comparing to the bitchy character she played on television, that was no contest.

"I can't believe this is happening to me!" Melissa exclaimed. She was sitting in Melina's locker room, reading a fashion magazine. She definitely needed to pick out something that will go with her figure now that's she pregnant.

"Well, believe it, honey. This is happening," Melina said, smiling. She was looking in her bag to find something to wear for dinner later on.

"Can you help me find some maternity clothes? I'm gonna need them since my belly's getting bigger," Melissa said.

"Sure, honey. How bout you, me, Amy, Trish, Gail, Lisa and Dawn go shopping in a little while. I need to update on my wardrobe and my lingerie, anyway," Melina said, grinning.

"Keeping Nathan happy in the bedroom, huh?" Melissa winked at her.

"Little girl, you're not supposed to know these things! How do you know what my husband and I do in the bedroom, anyway?" Melina exclaimed, then laughed.

"You're married, right?" Melissa giggled.

Melina snorted playfully. "What do you know about what we do in the bedroom?"

"What can I say? I'm almost 18 and I do know more about sex than some of my friends," Melissa admitted.

"Really?" Melina was surprised.

"I'm not gonna get into the details right now. But, I will say that sitting in sex education, listening to someone talking about how a man's penis entering a woman's vagina bored me to tears."

Melina rolled her eyes in annoyance, thinking about her high school days. Sitting in class day after day, listening to the same lectures made her fall asleep at times. She couldn't wait to get out of there.

"You're not the only one, Melissa. I had to go through them, too. I'm so glad my husband didn't have to go through that."

"Did you mention he went to a performing arts high school?" Melissa asked.

"Yes. That's how Boyz II Men was born. Nathan just needed something to do since the school was so small. Fortunately, it worked out for him," Melina said, smiling.

Melissa beamed. "I'm glad it did. Let me tell you, the first time I heard them on the radio, it was like they answered my prayers."

Melina went over and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "Honey, you don't have to worry about a thing now. We're gonna take good care of you."

Melissa kissed her cheek. "Thank you, Mel."

"We're both Mel." Both ladies giggled.

"I forgot," Melissa giggled again.

"All right, now. I got my credit cards. Let's shop til we drop!" Melina declared.

Melissa just smiled.

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Two hours later...

The mall...

"Melissa, did you get everything you needed from the store?" Amy asked as she sat her bags down on the bench.

Melissa nodded her head. "Melina and I went to this maternity store and they had what I needed. And they made sure the clothes I bought would fit me when my stomach gets bigger."

"Yes. We definitely had to make sure. Because she's so thin and tiny, we had to find the kind of clothes that would fit her well," Melina said as she took a seat next to Trish and Lisa at another bench.

"That's good," Dawn Marie chimed in. "So, what do you guys wanna do next?"

"I'm hungry," Melissa announced. Her stomach began to growl and the baby was telling her to eat something.

"Yeah, so am I. Why don't we go and get something to eat?" Trish said.

"First, why don't we put our things in the car? That way, we won't have to carry them," Lisa suggested.

Amy nodded her head. "Good idea, Lisa. Let's do this now."

After putting their purchases in the car, the ladies went to a nearby Italian restaurant and took their seats at a corner booth. After the waiter took their drinks orders, the ladies looked over the menu to see what they wanted.

"Girls?" Melissa broke the silence.

"What's wrong, Mel?" Melina asked softly.

"I made a decision about the baby," Melissa simply said.

"Which is?" Amy jumped in.

"I still don't know whether or not I should keep the baby, but I decided to have it. I don't believe in abortion," Melissa declared.

Amy placed her hand over hers gently. "Are you sure that's what you wanna do?"

"I know it's so sudden, but I have thought long and hard about this. By the time the baby's born, my decision on whether or not I should keep it will be revealed."

Melina smiled. "I'm glad you told us, honey. I didn't think you had enough strength to trust us."

Melissa beamed."I still have issues trusting people, thanks to my father, but you all had been so good to me that there was no need for me to keep hiding my insecurities from you."

"So, my tramp of a daughter decides to come out and play after all? And, it looks like she has some friends to play with. What a fucking joke," a deep male voice scorned.

Cold fear went inside her veins when she looked up and saw her father looming over them. His hazel eyes were ablaze and his veins looked they were about to pop out of his neck. He was really pissed and she could tell by the way he was looking at her. Amy and Trish bolted up from their seats and stood in front of the man who hurt his only child.

"What the fuck are you doing here? And how did you know where we was?" Amy snapped.

"Didn't my daughter tell you all that I was a cop? I keep tabs on people all the time; which leads to my next point. Melissa, honey, it's time for you to come home now!" Robert barked.

"I'm not coming home with you," Melissa simply said.

"Don't make me cause a scene here, Mel. Get your things and let's go. I don't have for this!" he barked again. He was about to grab her arm when Amy and Trish stopped him.

"You leave her alone you sick old bastard! She's not coming home with you; not after what you did to her. How can you sleep at night knowing you raped, beat and got your own daughter pregnant?" Amy screamed in his face.

"There won't be a baby. I'm taking Melissa home so she get an abortion. Then I'm gonna make sure she's going to college."

"She's not gonna get an abortion. She decided she's gonna have it. Who know? Maybe she'll keep it," Trish said, then smiled.

Robert lost it, then. He started going berserk. He managed to push past Amy and Trish and grabbed Melissa's arm. Then he dragged her out of the restaurant, which caused the ladies to follow him.

"Let me go! Help me!" Melissa screamed.

"Shut up, you little tramp!" Robert screamed before he raised his hand up and slapped her, knocking her down on the concrete ground. Just when he was about to inflict some more damage on his child, he was being tackled down by Nathan, Hunter, John, Randy, Andrew and Dave.

"Thought we were gonna let you hurt Melissa again, you asshole? We don't think so!" Hunter exclaimed.

A few minutes later, police squad cars surrounded the restaurant. Robert glared at Melissa as he was being led away in handcuffs.

"I can't believe he found me. I thought I was away from him," Melissa sobbed.

Nathan took her in his strong arms and just held her. "I'm gonna call a friend of mine and see if he can come and watch over Melissa at all times. We're not gonna take anymore chances."

Melina nodded her head in agreement. "I know what you mean, baby. I can't believe the bastard had the nerve to come here and cause a scene."

"We can't, either," Amy jumped in.

Everyone in the parking lot just stood there and looked at each other for a moment. They knew Robert Davenport wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.

And that's gonna be hard to deal with.

More drama in the next chapter. Stay tuned!

All right, this is where you come in. I need you to pick out a love interest for Melissa in a future chapter. Here are your choices:

Jeff Hardy

The Rock

Carlito

Jericho

Edge (if he's chosen, I'm gonna make him nice)

Christian (same as above)

Shelton Benjamin

Shawn Michaels (if he's chosen, I'm making him single with no kids)

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