Chapter 10… The Heart May Freeze or It Can burn

Shannon's POV

The past few weeks were horrible. Day after day the same damn thing! Wake up, school, over to the Hardy house, constant bickering with the girls, home before dark, sleep. Set myself into rinse and repeat mode.

As much as I hoped Kelci and Vanessa had taken the hint and left us alone, they apparently weren't that smart. Neither I nor Jeff could find an easy was to break up with them, considering Kelci was my cousin and Vanessa was her best friend. We needed to come up with a way to get rid of them soon because we couldn't deal with them any longer.

Today had a spark of heat in the air. We were at Jeff and Matt's house carrying the same old routine as always, but something had us all wound up.

"Maybe it's cabin fever" I believe this was a legitimate reason. We were all going stir crazy.

"Let's go outside then it's not too cold." Melissa spoke up. She was very quiet when the other girls were around. I think she felt like she was the cause for the fighting between couples, but she wasn't.

"Are you stupid? The cold is so not good for your skin" Kelci scoffed.

"Why are you always so rude to me? I have never even done anything to you! What is your problem?" Melissa gradually got louder.

I was definitely sure it was cabin fever now. Melissa was never like this.

"MY problem? Are you serious right now? My problem is the fact that I see the way you look at my boyfriend and…"

Melissa interrupted her. "The way I look at him? How do I look at him? Please do tell me?"

"Like he's a god damn freaking piece of meat, I mean come on now I am right here. I do have eyes I can see the way the two of you…"

This time Jeff interrupted her. "The way the two of us look at each other?"

"Oh please Jeff you know what I'm talking about. You want her; I can see it in your god damn eyes! And for the life of me I don't see why! And her well…"

This time it wasn't words interrupting Kelci, it was a nice right hook. Melissa punched the girl right in her fat mouth. I should've cared, she was my cousin and all, but I just laughed. In all honesty all of us laughed aside from Kelci and Vanessa.

"What the hell Shannon that was not funny!" Vanessa yelled at me.

"Yeah I know it wasn't," I laughed even harder, "It was freaking hilarious!"

"SHANNON!" both Kelci and Vanessa screamed at me.

"Oh get over it she had it coming for years now!" Jeff said to the two of them.

"Get out of my house the both of you! Kelci we are over! If you can't get around the fact that me and Melissa are friends then I definitely don't want you as a girlfriend or a friend either."

Kelci stood there mouth wide open in shock. Now it was my turn.

I focused my attention to Kelic, "The only reason I've been nice to you for so long was because you're my cousin, but I give up. You are so annoying and just down right a bitch."

"Sha…" I didn't even let Vanessa say one word.

"Vanessa you've obviously hung around Kelci too much because you have become just like her. We are over! I don't want to see either one of you, unless family demands it!" I spoke my peace and turned away.

I could hear that both girls were now crying. It sounds heartless, but I couldn't have cared less.

"You guys can leave any time now!" I heard Jeff say. A few seconds later the door slammed.

"You guys didn't have to… I mean I punched … I'm really sorry." We all looked at Melissa.

"Melis," Jeff began to speak, but the second he saw Melissa beginning to cry he ran over to her.

Jeff's POV

All it took was one single tear. To see I was partial cause to that tear my heart broke. I ran over to her and held her in my arms. Kelci's tears had almost fueled the fire inside of me because I knew aside from the pain from the punch she received her tears were fake. But Melissa, her pain made me feel cold inside.

"Babygirl it's ok." I whispered in her ear. Her tears stopped and her breathing calmed.

"I'm sorry," she looked into my eyes, "I never should have…"

"Melissa you did nothing wrong. Please don't apologize. All you did was quicken the process. I was going to break up with her soon enough" I smiled at her.

"Promise? No hard feelings?"

"I promise!" how could I ever have hard feelings against this girl?

"That was one hell of a right hook," Matt said, "where'd you learn that from?"

We were all laughing again.

Author's Note: Thanks to everyone who is reading and reviewing. Harley this Chapter was for you I know how much you hated those 2 girls! I will post another Chapter later today if you guys review! Thanks!! xoxo Melissa