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Someone Special
Chapter Seven
When Melody opened her eyes she found herself laying in a bed. She was confused as to where she was and how she got there. She thought that at first maybe she was in a hospital bed but realized that she wasn't hooked up to anything. The second she opened her eyes she felt pain in her forehead. She felt at her head and felt the stitches that were there. Then the events from the previous day returned to her. She had hoped that it was just a bad dream. She remembered that Mark broke into her house and tried to rape and kill her again. The next thing she remembered she was laying on her couch looking up at the sky and realized that a tornado destroyed her home. She remembered having Dean stitching up her forehead and seeing Seth and Roman nearby. After that she didn't remember what happened. She closed her eyes and cried herself to sleep. The home she lived in wasn't really her home, it was just a place someone rented to her. She had no job, no friends, no family,now no home. Her whole life had fallen apart, she had no dreams anymore and wondered why she was still living. She turned over on her other side and realized that she wasn't alone in this bed she had been sleeping in and started to freak out. She looked under the covers and instantly relaxed... She was still wearing clothes, the only difference was she was wearing a different shirt than the one she remembered putting on the day before. She then realized that it was Roman beside her. She was embarrassed and slightly concerned as she thought to herself. The voices in her head kept arguing with her.
"I was sleeping next to Roman. He didn't try to take advantage of me while I was sleeping did he?... No... He wouldn't do that... How do you know he wouldn't, you hardly know him... I know him enough that he saved me twice now from Mark... How do you know that he didn't just save you from Mark so that he could have could have you to himself?...Stop thinking like that... Roman has been nothing but nice to you since the moment you met him... Don't you think that if he wanted to hurt you that he would have done it by now?"
Melody kept that last question in her head. He was in The Shield, he was an important character in WWE. If he tried anything with her the way Mark did then Roman would have been out of a job and in prison. Melody finally came to the conclusion that nothing happened and that she had wrongfully judged Roman because of Mark. Just because Mark was like that didn't mean that everyone was like that. She still wondered why Roman or the rest of The Shield wanted to help her. How was she different than any other fan? What made her so special? She quickly closed her eyes when she felt movement from the other side of the bed. She didn't know if he was awake yet or if she woke him up, but she closed her eyes and hoped that he didn't know she was awake yet. Roman turned to the other side now facing her. He opened his eyes and looked at her. He still thought she was asleep, but couldn't help but smile at her as he gently moved the hair out of her face. Melody changed her mind when she felt his gentle hand on her face. She loved this gentle touch, it was something she wasn't used to. It made her heart pound in her chest and made a small smile form on her lips as she opened her eyes to look at him. Roman smiled at her when he saw her brown eyes staring back at him. He was the first one to break the silence between them.
"Good morning."
Melody sat up and looked around.
"Good morning... Where are we and how did we get here?"
Roman's face turned serious as he knew that he would have to explain everything that happened.
"What all can you remember?"
"I remember... Mark... He tried to rape and kill me again... But I remember you... And the rest of The Shield coming to save me. I even saw a Triple Power Bomb, you handed me your shirt."
Roman had a small smile on his face, he loved the way she looked in his shirt. He listened as Melody continued.
"I remember something coming through a window... It knocked me out. The next thing I knew I felt rain coming in, stitches in my head, and you... holding my hand. That's all I remember. I think I ignored the pain and cried myself to sleep."
Melody felt tears returning.
"I... I lost everything... Didn't I?"
Roman nodded his head and brought her into a comforting hug.
"Why?... Why did all of this have to happen?"
"I don't know Melody... Sometimes things happen that you have no control over... But it's times like this that you find out who really cares about you. You find out who your friends really are."
Melody calmed down now and wanted to know what happened.
"What happened after I passed out the first time?"
"You passed out when this big tree branch hit you in the head... That's why you're stitched up. That was when all hell broke loose. That was when we realized that it was no ordinary storm. Seth yelled tornado and we all ducked down as the house fell apart around us. My main concern was to make sure that nothing else happened to you so I wrapped my arms around you as everything else fell on us."
"Oh my God! Are you and the guys ok?"
"We're ok now, but it hurt like hell when those bricks hit us in the back, even with our Shield gear on. But we're all three tough guys from WWE and it takes more than a pile of bricks to keep us down."
Melody smiled at this, but her smile quickly faded when something else came to her mind.
"What about Mark?"
"Well... Once I moved the bricks off of me I went to look for Dean and Seth. Once Dean got out he pointed over to where he thought Seth was. So we unpiled the bricks and we noticed broken pieces of table and blood then we realized that it was Mark. I guess he didn't move after we Triple Power Bombed him so when the house fell apart he was buried under a pile of bricks. He is an older guy and not as strong as us... So that Son of a Bitch died in the storm. After the tornado passed we had Dean stitch you up and we went to see if we still had a way of getting around. Our SUV was actually untouched by the storm. We're still in Orlando, there was a lot of damage done by the storm, but we couldn't just leave you with no place to stay for the night so we paid for three hotel rooms...so here we are."
It was like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders.
"I think he got what he deserved... He can't follow you around anymore... You're finally free."
Melody smiled at this and was about to say something else when her phone started to ring in her pocket. She took it out and looked at it as she wondered who would be calling her. She look at the name, then she looked at Roman.
"It's my mom."
Melody let it ring and Roman wondered why.
"Aren't you going to answer it?"
"No... Why should I? She came to the hospital to check on me, then when I try to tell her what happened she calls me a whore and tells me that she's embarrassed of me and that she's done with me... She walked out on me and now I'm supposed to believe that she's calling me because she cares about me all of a sudden and wants to check up on me? I don't believe that at all. Besides, if I answer this phone she'll just call me a whore again and that I was the mistake that ruined her life."
Her phone stopped ringing now. Roman could tell that she was hurt, but mostly heard anger in her voice.
"She's the only mom you got. I think that if she is calling wanting to talk to you that you should talk to her. I think you should call her back."
Melody was quiet. She didn't say a word.
"Maybe not right now, I can tell you're upset, and you have every right to be. You don't have to call her back... Maybe just calm down and think about it."
Roman got up out of bed and grabbed a change of clothes.
"I'll be back. I'm going to go change."
It was almost nine in the morning. While Roman was gone Melody tried to decide on whether or not to call her mom back. While she was lost in her thoughts, her phone buzzed again. She had a voicemail. If her mom left a voicemail, maybe she did have something important to say. Melody pressed the button and listened to her voicemail. She was surprised when it wasn't her mom's voice she heard, but her brother's voice instead.
"Melody... It's John. I know we haven't always gotten along very well, but after this storm I just wanted to check on you to see if you were ok. Mom and I rode by your house... It's completely destroyed. Mom doesn't want to admit it, but she's worried about you, that's why we rode by. I took mom's phone. She wasn't going to call. She thinks you're dead, she thinks you died in the storm and was carried away. I was thinking maybe you were in the hospital. Also about the last time we saw each other, I just really wanted to apologize for the way mom acted. You didn't deserve it. If you're ok please call me back. I'd really like to see you, and even though mom won't say it she'd like to see you too. I think she would at least like to know that you're ok... I love you Melody... And mom does too."
The voicemail ended there. Melody didn't realize that Roman had come back in the room, and she also didn't notice that she had tears going down her face. Roman came up to her and wrapped an arm around her.
"Are you ok Melody?"
Melody actually smiled and wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Yes I'm fine... If it's not too much trouble, do you think we could go see my brother and my mom?"
Roman smiled and hugged her.
"Sure... It's no trouble at all."
Melody smiled and hugged him back. Only now she realized that the guys would be leaving and the thought of them leaving made her sad. If there was one good thing that came out of all of this, it was that she now had three friends that she didn't have before. Roman noticed her mood change again.
"Is there something else on your mind?"
"Um no... It's just that this week has been so crazy. I guess one reason why I'm so emotional is because it was actually my brother that just called. He left me a voicemail... Here listen."
Roman listened to the voicemail and then smiled at her and wrapped an arm around her when it was over.
"So what are we waiting for?... Let's go see them."
This only made Melody smile more as they left the hotel room to meet up with the other Shield members. Roman loved seeing her happy. The only thing about it was, now if Melody sorts things out with her mom she won't need him anymore. This was the day The Shield had to leave. If they had to leave, at least now they could leave without having to worry about Mark killing her now that he was dead. Melody put the address in the GPS and about twenty minutes later they were pulling up into a driveway. Roman was driving while Dean and Seth were in the backseat. While they were on the road they talked a while, but now that they were here they had grown quiet. Once the car stopped Melody felt nervous and unsure about this.
"I'm just worried about one thing."
Roman looked at her.
"What's that?"
"John sounded like he wanted to see me in the message and he said mom did too... I'm just worried that now that I'm here...they'll push me away."
This time it was actually Seth that broke the silence
"Do you want one of us to come with you Sweetheart?"
Roman gave Seth a weird look in the mirror. Melody just shook her head no.
"No thanks, but can you guys promise me something?"
This time Roman answered.
"Anything."
"Will you guys still be here when I get done?"
They all knew that they had to be on a flight by noon, but they all agreed.
"Sure, we'll still be here."
"Ok."
Melody then gets out of the SUV and slowly walks up to the door. She came from a wealthy family, her mom was all fancy and proper. She was having second thoughts about knocking on the door. It was a fancy house, after not living there for two years, Melody felt like she didn't belong there, in fact she never felt like she belonged there. In the SUV Dean was making plans for if things went wrong.
"Hey... If things go wrong or something I say we TP the place before we go."
Seth gets a laugh out of this. Roman thought about it but decided against it.
"Come on Dean... Do you know how childish that sounds?"
"Sometimes I really hate rich neighborhoods like this... The people that live in these big houses always think they're better than everybody else. Come on Roman... It would be fun to TP some rich person's house. How come Melody didn't mention that she came from a rich family?"
"Her mom kicked her out. Melody must have never been one of those rich snobby kids growing up, she must of never had many friends. It really sucks though how her mom and brother live the good life without a care in the world while Melody has been risking her life trying to work out here on the streets paying rent."
"So... Are you sure you don't want to TP the house?"
Seth burst out laughing and it was getting harder for Roman to keep his cool. He only sent Dean a smirk.
"I'll think about it alright?"
As the guys wait in the SUV Melody finally gets the courage to knock on the door. She looked down at her feet as she heard footsteps coming closer to the door. She didn't look up to see who it was that answered the door, but was surprised when a pair of arms wrapped around her in a hug. The person was a few inches taller than her and she realized then that it was her brother, her mom was about the same size she was. She was shocked by this reaction, but hugged her brother back. The last time they saw each other was at the hospital, and before that it had been two years since they've seen each other. He had now grown taller than her, they didn't always get along so he had also grown in maturity.
"Oh my God... Melody, you're ok."
They were interrupted when they heard another voice and someone walking up to the door.
"John?... Who's at the door?... Melody?!"
Melody was quiet for a moment, then she spoke.
"Hi mom..."
Her mom didn't hug her the same way John did, but did at least invite her in.
"So... Are you just going to stand there letting my cool air out or are you going to come in?"
Melody didn't say anything, but she accepted the invitation in. Her mom closed the door and they all went to go sit down on a couch. Melody looked around and saw that the only thing that had changed since she moved out was that she noticed that there were more family pictures out, even ones of her and John as little kids when her mom was still married to her dad. Melody smiled at those memories and wondered where it all went wrong. Her mom and brother sat down and her mom started up a conversation.
"So... Why are you here?"
Melody could almost hear the hatefulness in her voice already.
"I wanted to come see you, and John."
John spoke up.
"I invited her here. I think it's time to face each other and solve our problems... Mom I know you won't tell her, but you were concerned about her."
"Yeah... I was Melody. We drove by your house and saw that everything was gone. I thought you died in the storm, and that it carried you away."
Melody still didn't completely believe what her mom was saying.
"Oh... So now you care about me?"
John was quiet, he didn't know what to say. Her mom was somewhat offended by her tone.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"All I'm saying is that you didn't seem to care about me two years ago when you kicked me out... Or a few days ago when I was in the hospital... If I remember correctly... All I've ever heard you call me is an embarrassment, or a whore or a mistake. Then you walked out on me."
Her mom was getting upset about this because she knew it was true.
"Get out!"
"No! I'm not backing down from you this time. I'm not leaving until I get answers."
John tried to play peace keeper.
"Hang on... We've all said hurtful things to each other in the past, but we're family. We should stick together no matter what."
"She's no daughter of mine... I raised you better, I thought you were going to go to college and make something out of your life, but you're just like your dad... You dropped out because you were afraid to move on. Instead of getting a real job you decided to whore around at a bar!"
"That's not what happened! Never once have I ever had sex with anyone I've met. In fact I've never had not one alcoholic beverage. I met a nice lady that would let me pay rent and the only reason I worked at a bar in the first place was so I could sing for people."
"You're not thinking realistic Melody... You think that singing at a bar is going to pay the bills. I never understood you Melody... Why didn't you go to college to become a doctor?"
"Because I never wanted to be a doctor! All I want to do with my life is something with music. It makes me happy mom!"
"That's your problem... You're more concerned about music and being happy than you are with reality. What music jobs are there out there besides working at a bar?"
"I could be a music teacher, or maybe even a music minister for a church."
"You have to have a degree for those things."
"I know... and I would really like to go back to college... All I need is a little bit of help."
"You always need help Melody and you'll always need help as long as you want a career in music. When are you going to wake up and realize that music will never get you anywhere?"
"Why do you have to be like that? Why do you have to go and crush my dream like that? Why do you have to go and crush John's dream? He wants to play football, but he can't because you won't let him. He's good, I've seen him, but you'll never be happy or love us unless we do what you want us to do. I don't want to live like that and John doesn't either. I don't think he wants to be a doctor either. Yes they are important, but don't you think we should do a job that makes us happy, even though we may struggle with it?"
"You sound just like your dad."
"At least dad supported what we wanted to do."
"Yeah well your dad isn't here now is he? He didn't love you, if he did he wouldn't have walked out on us. He decided that drinking was more important and that cheating on his wife was more important than raising you."
"He changed his ways... He found help for his drinking problem and wanted to fix everything... Like I'm trying to fix everything."
"I wasn't going to take him back and have him lie to us and cheat again."
"So because dad drank and cheated on you... Is that why you kicked me out and called me a whore when I started working at a bar? Is that why you hate me... Or is there another reason?"
Her mom didn't say anything. John was trying to keep things calm between them, but they kept raising their voices.
"It's been eight years... Dad died eight years ago and ever since then you've been nothing but hateful to me... Tell me why mom!...Why do you hate me?!"
"Because you're just like him! Every single word coming out of your mouth... It's just like him! I don't want you in this house because you're just like him! I will call the cops if you don't get out of my house! I want you out of my house... Now!"
Melody couldn't stand it anymore. She wasn't going to stay where she wasn't wanted. So much for her hopes of working everything out and moving back in. Melody ran out the door. John was going to follow her until her mom stopped him.
"If you follow her out that door, you can live with her out on the streets!"
John stopped right then and there. He loved his sister, but didn't think he could make it out on the streets. He wasn't sure if he would ever see her again or get to talk to her again. He turned to his mom with only one thing to say before he went to his room.
"You know... You can be a real Bitch sometimes!"
She was about to say something back to him but he had already went to his room and slammed the door. He really wished he could of had a cell phone so he could at least stay in touch with Melody.
Melody wasn't even in her mom's house for twenty minutes before the guys heard a door slam and saw Melody coming back out. Instead of heading back to the SUV like they thought she would they saw her running towards the road. They got out of the SUV the moment they saw her in tears leaving her mom's house. She saw a car coming down the road and she ran towards it. Dean actually caught on because he's seen something like this before. He only said one thing before he started running after her.
"Come on! We've got to stop her!"
She was way ahead of them and they were afraid that they weren't going to stop her in time. Dean had started running before anyone else. Just as Melody was at the sidewalk the car put on it's horn and hit the breaks. It would have hit her a moment later if Dean didn't grab her and pull her back away from the road. Dean was now holding Melody still as Seth and Roman caught up. The driver of the car got out concerned. Melody cried and screamed and struggled in Deans arms!
"No! Let me go!...I wanted to die!"
"Are you fucking crazy Melody?!"
Seth and Roman caught up. Now it was Roman's turn to be upset.
"What the hell was that?!"
Melody was now crying and not saying anything. The driver of the car now knew what happened and drove off. Dean still had Melody in his arms.
"She just tried to fucking commit suicide!"
Melody just sat there crying as she left The Shield members in shock. Mark was no longer a problem, but they couldn't leave Melody here now that she had just tried to commit suicide. If they left she would just try again. They had to figure something out and they had to do it fast.
(To be continued... Woah... What will happen next? Thanks for reading. Review.)
