Melina woke up that night wrapped in Cody's loving and strong arms. She lifted her head slowly from his chest and blinked a couple of times getting the sleep out of her eyes. When her eyes had finally adjusted she realized she was still at Cody's place and when she looked at the clock she noticed it read four o'clock.
"Shit!" She whispered and shook Cody to get him to wake up, "Cody get up!"
She watched him mumble in his sleep and then suddenly his eyes opened.
"What's wrong?" He asked her still half asleep.
"It's four in the morning!" She yelled, "My parents are going to kill me!" Melina got up and put her shoes on and grabbed her purse. They must have fallen asleep while they were watching the movie that Cody had put it. Cody soon followed after her and drove her home as fast as he could. When they were just about to pull up to the house, Melina saw flashing lights. Why were the police cars outside of her house? And why were they questioning her parents?
Mr. and Mrs. Perez had been worried sick about their daughter for the past 6 hours. She hadn't come home at the time that she said she would and when they called her cell phone she didn't pick up. Her father had called the police to report her missing and the detective had arrived earlier and started to question each parent.
"Do you have a recent picture?" The detective asked as he took out a note pad.
Mrs. Perez handed over a picture of Melina with her two best friends. It was the most recent picture Melina had hung on her wall.
"Thank you, we will have the search team out looking for her shortly." Just as he said that, her parents saw the sports car they had bought for their daughter. Melina ran out of it and over to her parents.
Out of breath she tried to explain, "Mom, Dad I'm so sorry we were watching a movie in his living room and we fell asleep. It will never happen again." Cody had ran up and stood by Melina. He looked at her parents and could see the relief in their faces but only to be replaced by anger.
"Mr. Perez, I'm sorry, it's my fault. She fell asleep and she just looked so comfortable that I left her, and I guess I ended up falling asleep as well. I am so sorry. It will never happen again." Cody pleaded hoping that her parents would forgive him for the mistake.
"You're right, it wont happen again because you wont be seeing her anymore," Mr. Perez looked at his wife and then his daughter, "Get in the house right now young lady."
Melina looked at her father in shock, was he really going to band her from seeing Cody because they accidently fell asleep on the couch?
"But daddy," Melina argued, "It was just a mistake."
Mrs. Perez was the one to answer now, "A mistake that had your father and I worried sick. We thought you were missing Melina! We got the police involved."
Melina was on the verge of tears, "Mommy please, it won't happen again. Please."
"Listen to your father Melina, get in the house. Now!" The tears fell from her eyes as she ran inside the house and slammed the door. She watched the event that was occurring through the large window in her living room.
"Stay away from our daughter; I don't need you keeping her out to all hours at night." Mr. Perez explained to Cody as he shook his head. He was confused. It was just an accident and now her parents weren't going to let them see each other anymore.
"I'm sorry sir, I…I didn't mean for any of this to happen." He looked up and saw Melina through the window. He saw the tears that had stained her precious face and he wanted nothing more than to run up to her and hold her and tell her that it was going to be okay.
Mr. and Mrs. Perez walked into their house and watched their daughter crying on the couch.
She looked up and saw her parents, "How could you do that?" She yelled. She was furious that her parents just ruined the best thing that had happened in her life.
Her mother sat down next to her and touched her arm only to have it yanked away roughly. Melina wanted nothing to do with them at the moment.
"It's what's best for you," Her mother explained, "That boy was only going to break your heart in the long run."
"Stay away from him Melina, I don't want you going any where near that young man and if I find out that you do, you will be severely punished." Her father said as he sat on the couch and turned on the TV.
She knew her parents were strict but this had topped every other argument that she had ever had with them.
The tears kept spilling over her eye lids and she screamed, "I hate you!" as she ran upstairs and locked the door to her bedroom. She cried and cried into her pillow as she looked at a picture of Cody and herself. They were so happy, and now her parents had just ruined everything.
Cody had watched as her parents walked into the house. He could hear the yelling from behind the closed doors and the scream from his girlfriend that had broken his heart. He had heard the door slam and knew that it was over. He himself had wanted to cry, but he pulled himself together and walked home determined to find a way to get her back.
It was once again Monday morning and Candice had woken up from a deep sleep because her alarm clock went off. She hit the off button and got out of bed, she headed towards the bathroom and thought only 8 more months of this and then it's all over. She brushed her teeth and braided her hair in pig tails. She put on jeans and a pair of sneakers with a white tank top and a pink hoody. She walked downstairs and grabbed her books, keys and phone and headed off to school. When she arrived she was one of the first people there. She went to her locker and opened it; she checked her reflection in tiny mirror that was stationed towards the back. Just then she felt a tap on her shoulder, she turned around and came face to face with none other than Randy Orton. He smiled at her and she returned it. This was the first time that she had seen Randy since the incident and she felt a little awkward. She shuffled her books around in her arms and looked at Randy. There was something different about him.
"What has got you so happy this morning?" She asked curiously as the smile on Randy's face just grew bigger.
"Guess who I asked out, and guess who said yes!" He said excitedly.
Candice was hurt; he had asked another girl out? But, why? She thought to herself, "Oh yeah, because you're and idiot and played it off as you didn't like him."
"Who did you ask out?" She faked a smile and pretended to be happy for him.
"Maryse!" Randy practically yelled for the entire school to hear.
"Well congrats;" She faked another smile, "I'm happy for you." She closed her locker and began walking away.
Her mind was going in a million different directions. The one girl she could not stand was the girl that was going to go out with the one man she loved. It figured, it was just her luck. She never thought she would say this but she was jealous of the French blonde. She had once been friends with her, but they ended up going to different groups when they had hit high school. She didn't hate her, Maryse was actually pretty nice but now that she was going out with Randy, Candice envied her.
Randy watched as Candice yet again walked away from him. He was beginning to wonder what was wrong with the brunette. She never walked away from him and she had always been so excited to talk to him, but ever since the incident things had changed. It was like she didn't want to be around him. He was going to figure out what was wrong with her and why she was acting so strange.
Melina was sitting in the library when she saw Candice walk up to her. She sat down next to her and smiled.
"Hey Mel," Candice greeted, "How are you?"
When the question was asked, Melina immediately thought about Cody. She had cried the entire weekend and she was sure her eyes were still red and puffy.
"Horrible." She answered. Melina looked down trying to blink the tears away that were forming once again. She didn't want to break down in the middle of school.
Candice looked at her friend concerned, "Mel, sweetie, what's wrong?"
"My parents won't let me see Cody anymore." Melina answered as she buried her head in her hands.
Candice hugged her friend, "Why not?"
"We fell asleep on his couch Friday night, and when we woke up it was four in the morning. My parents freaked out and even called the police. I rushed home and then they banned me from seeing him even thought it was just a mistake." Melina had started crying again and Candice didn't know what to say so she just continued to hug her.
When Cody walked into school he didn't acknowledge anyone. He had one thing on his mind and that was to find the woman he cared about most. When he walked by Randy, he ignored him as he said hey. He looked every where for her and couldn't seem to find her. The last place he hadn't looked was the library, so he changed his course and headed off in that direction.
Maria was all smiles when she walked into school with Jeff that morning. He had offered to pick her up and she gladly accepted. They had spent the entire weekend together. She got to know him more and she also got to know Matt and Eve as well. Maria really liked Jeff, she could tell him anything and trust him that he wouldn't go around and tell everyone else. He was funny so she was always smiling and laughing and he knew how to have a good time. He was her best friend and she liked it that way.
"So where to?" Jeff asked as he put his arm around Maria's shoulder as they walked through the hall. To everyone else they looked like a couple, but the two of them did not see it.
"My locker and then the cafeteria, please." She smiled at him as they walked towards her locker. She quickly opened it and discarded the books that she no longer needed. She shut the locker and then once again walked with Jeff through the halls.
"You hungry?" Jeff looked at her as they entered the cafeteria and pulled out his wallet.
"Nope I'm good," she smiled at his gesture, "But Ill sit with you while you eat."
"Good, because I'm starving." He laughed as he payed for his sand which and then walked to a table with Maria.
"You are always hungry," Maria giggled, when ever she was with Jeff all he did was eat, "Ill be right back."
Jeff looked at her, "Where you going?"
"Bathroom." Maria simply stated.
"Can I come?" He winked at her playfully and she rolled her eyes and smiled.
"Ill be back in a minute." She got up from the table and walked into the quiet halls.
When she was just about to reach the bathroom she felt a sharp pain shoot through her wrist. She yelped and looked up to see her ex boyfriend standing in front of her with his hand gripped tightly around her slim wrist.
"What do you want?" Maria struggled to get free from him but he wouldn't let go. She started to scream but stopped when his other hand quickly shot up and grabbed her throat cutting off air supply that she desperately needed.
"I told you to stay away from him, didn't I?" Phil glared at her as he watched her writher in pain.
She gasped and pleaded, "Phil, let me go please."
"Why should I?" He growled as he pushed her up against the locker, making her hit her head, "You never listen to me."
Maria was scared. It was happening again. He looked at her and smiled. This bastard was getting sick joy from watching her struggle.
"Phil, please. Just let me go." She tried her hardest to get his hand off from around her neck but when she did, his grip only got tighter.
"You're an asshole." She spat at him only to receive a slap across the face that left her cheek burning.
"Is that what you think of me Maria?" He laughed, "That's not very nice." He pulled her toward him and just when he was about to kiss her full on the lips, the bell rang and kids started to spill into the hall ways. He dropped her and she ran in the other direction. She wanted to be as far away from him as possible. She walked outside and sat on the bleachers. No one was there yet and she wanted to be alone for a minute.
Jeff sat in the cafeteria, she said she would be right back and that had been 20 minutes ago. Now the bell had rung and he didn't know where she went. He sat back down at the table and watched as kids ran out of the building and into their cars. None of them were Maria. He waited a couple more minutes and felt his phone vibrate. He pulled it out of his front pocket and looked at the message.
Hey, come to the bleachers. I need to talk to you. Please hurry Jeffy.
XOXO Ria
He got up from his seat as quickly as possible and jogged towards the bleachers. He saw her sitting by herself and she was shivering. He walked up to her and she immediately hugged him and started to sob.
