Here's a long awaited chapter of Wild Young Hearts.
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Melody was relieved to be waking up in her own bed, in her own home. The blonde hoped that the comforting surroundings would ease the pain of Patrick's apparent deception. She was dreading what her brother would say when he found out. He had tried to warn her off, but she had ignored his warnings and now she was heartbroken. Melody sighed and threw back the bedding as she sat up and rubbed her eyes. The blonde headed downstairs to make herself some coffee.
She switched on the kitchen radio as she passed it and immediately wondered why she had done so. The first song that she heard was vaguely familiar, with lyrics about a cheating man and his heartbroken lover. Melody shook her head and poured some steaming hot coffee into a mug. Setting the mug on the kitchen table, the blonde walked over and opened the blinds to let some light into the room.
"Hello?" Came the familiar voice of her brother.
"In here Shannon." Melody alerted him to her presence.
"Did you only just wake up?" the blonde man asked as he spied her unkempt appearance.
"Yeah. So why are you so jolly this morning?" Melody frowned slightly.
"Because, we're going to hang out by the lake." Shannon shrugged.
"You and Jesse?" Melody raised a brow.
"And a few other guys." He shrugged.
"I don't really feel like going anywhere right now." The blonde woman sighed.
"Well, I won't take no for an answer." Shannon folded his arms.
"And if I still refuse to go?" she raised a brow.
"Then me and Jesse will drag you there." Shannon replied with a smirk.
"Give me half an hour." Melody sighed and held up her hands in submission.
"I'll be out front, beeping the horn!" Shannon yelled as he left the house.
Melody couldn't help but smile as she sipped her coffee. Sometimes her brother knew just how to cheer her up…
True to his word, Shannon Moore was beeping the car horn in front of his sister's house just half an hour later. Jesse sat in the passenger seat wearing shades and quietly chuckling to himself as his tag team partner impatiently waited for Melody to emerge from her house. The young blonde woman appeared and deliberately slowed her pace as she headed towards her brother's car. Shannon was moving the car before she had a chance to sit down and close the car door.
"Are you trying to kill me?" Melody asked her brother.
"No, just trying to make you move faster." Shannon replied.
"How fast can you go in a hearse?" Jesse asked quietly as he stared out of the car window.
Thanks to Shannon's driving, the trio arrived at the lake before anybody else did. Jesse took some food and drinks from the trunk of Shannon's car, while Melody took a blanket and sat against a tree overlooking the lake. She had spent quite a lot of time here in her teenage years. If only things were as simple as they had seemed back then. The sound of more car engines meant that the others had arrived, although Melody didn't bother to look back and see who was there. She flinched as someone tapped her shoulder.
"It's been a while." Smiled a tall man with light brown hair and brown eyes.
"Yes, it has Steve." Melody nodded and offered a smile to her former boyfriend.
"I catch some of your matches every now and then. Looking good." Steve nodded as he took a seat beside her.
"Thanks. How's your business going?" the blonde asked him.
"Just celebrated three years. I'm up for an award too." Steve flashed his pearly white teeth.
"Congratulations." Melody brushed some blonde hair behind her ear.
"I haven't won yet!" he chuckled.
"So, is there someone special in your life?" Melody asked him.
"Not right now," Steve shook his head. "You?"
"It's complicated." She answered truthfully.
"Sounds interesting." Steve raised a brow.
"You really wanna know?" Melody raised a brow back at him. He nodded.
A while later, Shannon was swinging over the lake by a tree branch. His sister had just finished filling Steve in on her complicated romance and everything in between. He nodded slowly and let out a long breath. Steve knew first-hand how protective Shannon could be towards his sister. Many nights had been spent mastering the technique of scaling a drainpipe in silence in order to reach Melody's bedroom window.
"So, what do you think?" the young blonde woman asked.
"Well, I think if I was you, I'd date this other guy to make the other realise what he's missing." Steve replied.
"Do I tell Patrick that I know he kissed Taylor?" Melody asked.
"No, not right now. Unless this Dee girl already told him." Steve explained.
"Thanks." Melody sighed.
"I like that we can still be friends." Steve shrugged.
Later that evening, everyone had headed home. Jesse was driving the Moore siblings back home. Shannon turned around from the passenger seat and eyed his sister suspiciously in the back seat. Melody raised a brow as she stared back at him, almost knowing what he was going to say next. The two of them might as well have been twins. The way they could sense each other's actions was quite amusing to other people.
"You and Steve seemed close today." Shannon's mouth curved into a smirk.
"Did you invite him deliberately?" Melody gasped.
"Did you two get a chance to talk?" Shannon ignored her question and replaced it with one of his.
"We had a really good talk. It was nice to catch up." Melody replied honestly.
"I'm pleased." Shannon nodded and continued to smirk.
"It's not like we're getting married or anything." The blonde woman sighed.
"Not yet!" Shannon waved a finger at her before turning back around in his seat.
Meanwhile, the Guns and Dee were sitting in a diner and considering what might have angered Melody enough to ignore them in the car park. The young brunette woman was determined to play innocent and deny any knowledge of why the Knockout had left without a goodbye. Patrick frowned as he stirred a coffee that had long since gone cold. Josh nibbled at crumbs from his plate in between using napkins to practice origami. Dee stayed quiet until Patrick raised his head to stare at her.
"And you're sure that she didn't say anything to you?" his eyes narrowed.
"I spoke to her before the match and she was fine. I didn't speak to her again after that." Dee sighed as she repeated herself once more.
"I would have thought that she'd want to say goodbye to you. Maybe she went looking for you." Josh suggested to his tag team partner.
"Maybe I should ask if anyone saw her." Patrick shrugged.
"Weren't you in the locker room?" Josh frowned confusedly.
"She must have tried there." Dee shrugged.
"Where would you be if not in the locker room?" Josh asked his friend.
"Just around, I guess." He shrugged.
Dee watched on as something occurred to Patrick. He remembered exactly where he was. Something about his expression made Dee suspect that he now knew why Melody had left without a goodbye. He knew…
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Will Melody take Steve's advice?
Will Patrick try to get her back?
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