I woke up in an alley. Nobody was there and I was getting cold. I got up and started walking out. I saw the street appear in front of me but I didn't recognize it. It was an abandoned street except one little black figure getting bigger and closer. I started walking the other way and looked back. The figure was coming quicker so I started to run. It ran after me getting closer and closer. I felt it grab my arm and pull me down. I rolled on my back and stared at the figure towering over me.

"Sage." I whispered.

"I'm not gonna give up on getting revenge on you. And it's gonna hurt you were it'll hurt the most!" he said pointing behind him.

I looked closely at pitch black. I squinted harder and a black figure came to view rising up and down on the floor. I got on my knees and saw Nick laying on the floor. I stared back at Sage who was smirking.

"Gotcha good didn't I?" he smirked hitting me and making me fall.

I got up quick and ran to Nick. As I got closer I noticed his stomach was stained with red.

"Nick!" I cried getting closer.

Suddenly I felt a hand grab me.

"Melissa come on. Dad's here to pick us up." Estella said dragging me off to a plane.

"No! Estella Nick's hurt!" I yelled trying to make her let go.

"I know I'm excited too!" she said running to the plane.

As we got farther Nick slowly looked up at us and tried getting up. Suddenly he looked to his side. Sage was pointing a gun at him about to pull the trigger.

"Nick no!" I yelled finally stopping.

I got on my knees and closed my eyes. Sage finally pulled the trigger and at that moment I heard Nick's voice.

"Melissa!"

I opened my eyes slowly and saw Nick standing over me. He looked frightened and stared at me.

"Are you ok?" he asked pulling me up.

I hugged him tight and started crying. I felt him rub my back.

"It's ok. I'm here." he whispered into my ear.

I finally let go looking down.

"You ok now?" he asked wiping my tears.

I nodded and stared at him still scared half to death.

"Come on." he said pulling me up.

We went downstairs and I told him everything I had dreamt while he made some hot chocolate. He stopped when I told him he was bleeding and looked forward at the wall, picturing it. He went back to pouring the milk until he heard the word gun. He stared at the wall and put the milk down. He finally looked at me. He walked towards me with the cups in his hands and handed me one.

"I promise you that will never happen." he said sitting down beside me.

I stared down at my cup. He dropped in two little marshmallows and smiled at me. I smiled back then back down at the cup. Me eyes went back to the necklace. I saw his hands come down towards it and open it up. I held it up to myself and read it to myself. I love you. I looked back up at him and saw him smiling.

"I really do." he said taking a sip out of his cup.

I blushed a little and sipped the chocolate.

He gave out a little blush and drank his chocolate. I smiled and drank mine. As soon as we were finished we went back upstairs and got to bed. I turned my back to Nick and started falling asleep. Suddenly I heard a car door. I sat up and looked at Nick, who was still awake. He sat up and headed for the window. I followed him and peered through it. Sage's black car pulled up in front of my mom's house. I saw someone slowly come out of the car. It wasn't mom. I gasped quietly at the woman, who was wearing a red dress and high heels. They slowly walked into the house and all the lights turned on. I shook my head and stared at the shadows that were showing in mom's room. I looked back at Nick who was gone. I heard a door slam and saw Nick outside following his dad. I ran out of the room and ran towards Nick, not wanting him to be near Sage. I reached him and walked close beside him. He smiled down at me and put his arm around my waist. We walked into the house quietly and upstairs. We quietly went into the room where they were. It was dark but we knew what they were doing. Me and Nick gave each other looks and looked away.

Mr. Jonas gave out a little cough. Sage suddenly reached for an object and sat up turning the lamp on. He didn't look close enough and pointed the gun at me and Nick. He pulled the trigger quick but Nick pulled me down before we got hit.

"What are you doing here?!" he asked getting up.

Me and Nick sprang out and scared him. He pointed the gun at us from his fright. Nick grabbed me and held me tight. We squinted back at him to see what he was doing. The gun was doing and he was staring straight at Nick.

"You're lucky I didn't pull that trigger, boy." he said getting close to Nick.

As soon as he backed off I looked at the girl in the bed.

"Who's that?" I asked pointing.

"Who am I? Who are you, you little brat!" she said getting up.

"Oh so is this his house?" I asked walking towards her.

"Yeah." she said bobbing her blonde head at me.

"This is my mom's house. She's at the hospital right now." I said looking back at Sage. He stared at me in disgust then back at the blonde chick, who was walking out the door. Me and Nick walked out the door behind her along with Mr. Jonas. By this time it was already 7:00 in the morning. Me and Nick walked inside and saw Estella on the couch with Kevin and Frankie. I sat beside Estella while Nick walked over to Kevin and started talking to him.

"Where were you?" Estella asked finally looking at me.

"You don't wanna know." I said taking the control.

She stared at me and back at the TV.

"Where's Joe?" I asked looking around.

"He went to pick Tran up." she said grabbing the control from my hand and changing it to her show.

…………..

Later Tran and Joe got to the house and we all had breakfast. I walked back upstairs and looked through my stuff. I'd have to pack soon. In four days I'd be on a plane crying over Nick. I stared at my necklace and opened it up.

"I love you too, Nick." I whispered smiling.

"Really?" Nick smirked walking over to me.

I blushed and looked away, starting to put my stuff in my suitcase. He leaned in and kissed me on the cheek. I blushed even more and looked down. He chuckled and helped me pack everything up.

Nick's P.O.V.

I walked back downstairs and saw Joe and Kevin by the front door.

"Dude, come on." Joe said finally opening the door.

Kevin dragged me out and into the car. Kevin was driving, I was in the passenger and Joe was being a back seat driver.

"Where are we going?" I asked looking at Kevin who looked at Joe.

"Ok so when I went to pick Tran up, and I heard her telling her mom she wants a puppy. So why don't we all get them puppies?" Joe asked putting his arms up. Me and Kevin looked at each other.

"Why not?" Kevin said pulling into an animal shelter.

We got out of the car and opened the shelter door. It was an old place. Not much decoration.

"Hi how may I help you?" said a girl coming from the counter who looked the same age as Melissa.

"We'd like to get three dogs." I said looking at the guys who smiled.

"Alright well they're over here." she said walking to another door.

We followed her in and saw almost a million dogs.

"Luckily we trained them all so they're all great dogs." she said looking back at us.

I looked around and found a million dogs giving us the puppy eyes.

"This one's perfect for Estella." Kevin laughed pointing at a little chocolate lab who was being a little sassy.

The girl gave us a look, then forgot about it and looked back at the dogs.

"Tran is going to love this one! You know how she likes these." Joe said picking up a baby Shi Tzu.

Now the girl was getting a little curious. I looked around and none of the dogs looked right for Melissa, until I saw a little golden retriever who as staring right at me. All the other dogs had gone back to their days except for that one.

"Can I see that one please?" I asked pointing at it.

"Oh she's the sweetest of the bunch. She's never rude to any of them. I'm surprised she's never been adopted. She's been here since she was born."

I smiled back at Joe and Kevin who smiled.

"She's perfect for Melissa." I said petting the little puppy who looked the same age as Elvis.

"Ok are these people you're talking about Estella Molina, Tran Ha, and Melissa Molina?" she asked crossing her arms.

"Um. Yeah, you know them?" I asked looking up at her.

"I'm Estella and Melissa's cousin." she laughed.

I got up quick and Joe and Kevin walked over to greet her. We talked to her for a while and said our goodbyes finally heading for the car.

"Ok so here's some wrapping paper." Joe said handing some to each of us.

"We're gonna rap them up?" Kevin asked me.

I looked at Joe who was already starting.

"Don't you think they'll need to breath?" I asked.

"Oh yeah." Joe said poking two holes in the paper.

"How's that?"

I slapped him and took his wrapping paper away and signaled Kevin to start driving back home.

Melissa's P.O.V.

The boys had been gone all morning and most of the afternoon. Suddenly I heard the door and ran to it.

"Where have you guys been?" I asked hugging Nick.

"Oh just here and there." he said. "Go get the girls and tell them to go outside. We'll be waiting."

I ran back upstairs and got the girls and ran back down. I opened the door to the backyard and I was shocked. So were the girls. The first one to react was Tran.

"They're so cute!" she yelled.

"Estella come help me take care of your lab." Kevin said wiping shampoo all over it.

Estella smiled and walked over to help. I felt Nick grab my hand. I smiled and walked with him to the little tub with the golden retriever.

"She's never had an owner." Nick said looking at me.

I looked at him then at the puppy who was a little shocked to be there. Nick started looking around confused.

"Joe where's the other one?" he asked.

Joe walked behind a bush and gave Tran a very poorly wrapped present. Nick slapped his hand into his face and shook his head.

"Here you go!" Joe said.

She opened it and revealed the little Shi Tzu.

"Awh!! Thank you thank you thank you!" she yelled hugging Joe then the little puppy.

Tran and Joe started getting ready for the puppy's bath, and Estella and Kevin had finished. Me and Nick started giving mine a bath and she slowly calmed down. As soon as we were done, Nick pulled out a little light pink collar and put it on her. Estella's lab got an orange one and Tran's got a purple one. As soon as we were done, Nick whistled for Elvis. He ran out quick and stopped and looked at all the dogs. He quickly ran again with all the dogs running behind him. We laughed and went back inside, leaving the door open in case they wanted to come in. We watched a movie but in the middle of it I headed back upstairs. The puppy followed me up so I let her jump up on the bed with me. I laid my head on her stomach and we both started to fall asleep. We heard Joe yell from the bottom, but since it was a horror movie we ignored it and went back to sleep. I felt an arm go around my waist. I looked behind me and saw Nick lying beside me smiling at me. Nick and the puppy fell asleep quick, but I stayed awake. I was thinking about the day I have to leave. I felt Nick hold me tighter so I fell asleep. I kept thinking about it but the more I do that the quicker that day will come.

Me and the puppy woke up later an heard a lot of talking and yelling downstairs. I nudged Nick a little to wake him up but he didn't move. The puppy got back on the bed and barked right into his ear making him fall off. I gave a chuckle and got Nick back up.

"Boy you're a ball of sunshine aren't you?" Nick laughed playing with her.

I went back to sit beside Nick.

"Yeah. Sunshine." I said looking at Nick who smiled and looked at the puppy.

We both got up and walked downstairs to see what was going on. We saw Mrs. Ha staring at Tran's puppy.

"Please mom?" she asked picking up the pooch.

"I'm sorry Tran but no." she said starting to walk.

Nick walked down quick and walked over to Tran.

"Wait Mrs. Ha. These dogs might be from the shelter but they are very well trained." he said taking the dog from Tran and handing it to her mom.

"And how could you say no to that little face and your little daughter's face? If you say no to the dog it's fine but your daughter?" he asked pointing at Tran who caught up and started her face. Joe and Kevin joined her, while me and Estella jumped in followed by Nick, Frankie, and the other dogs. She stared at all of us then back at Tran's puppy.

"What's his name?" she asked looking at Tran.

Tran looked at everyone confused.

"Well it liked to play with the bubbles in the bubble bath we gave her." Joe said looking around at all of us.

"How's Bubbles?" Kevin asked looking at Tran's mom.

She stood there silent then gave out a little smile and looked back at the puppy.

"Welcome to the family Bubbles." she said hugging the little puppy who started shaking it's very small tail.

Tran freaked out and hugged her mom. She stayed over for dinner and got Tran ready to go. Before she left she gave us all hugs and Joe a very long one and a little kiss. I swear Joe looked like he was gonna faint but managed to get inside the house.

"Come on chocolate." Estella said walking back inside with the puppy behind her.

"Chocolate?" I asked staring.

"Yeah" she said walking back inside.

I laughed and walked back inside with Nick, with Elvis and Sunshine playing around behind us. We stayed up fell asleep at about 3:00. I forced them to since I was leaving in three more days til I have to leave, and I want to enjoy myself.