Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters involved with Ghost Whisperer that appear in this story such as : Melinda, Jim, Andrea, and any future characters that are involved with the show. I do however own the character of Josh and the plotline.

Authors Note: This story does not follow the storyline of the show, just in case you got confused.

Author's Note 2: This is a new story that I wrote. I will still be posting for my other stories as well. Let me know what you think.

Chapter Fourteen-Video Games and Shopping Trips

Melinda woke up the next morning to sunlight streaming into the room from the window in the bedroom. She looked over where she thought Jim was but he wasn't there. He wasn't in the room at all but then Melinda listened and she heard him in the kitchen.

She looked over on the ground and grabbed the shirt that Jim had given her to wear the night before. She put it on quickly, and then quietly, she tiptoed to the bedroom door and silently opened it.

He was just wearing his boxers, standing in the kitchen cooking. His back was facing her when she saw him and so she snuck up behind him and slowly put her arms around him.

She leaned her head against his back. "Hey!" Jim said, turning around from what he was doing. Her head ended up against his chest.

"Hey, what are you doing?" she asked.

"Making breakfast...did you sleep okay Mel?" he asked, planting a kiss on the top of her head.

Melinda yawned and nodded, still against him. Melinda looked up at Jim and he appeared to have a sad look on his face. "What's wrong?" she asked suddenly.

"Oh, it's nothing..." he said slowly, now smiling.

"Tell me!" Melinda beseeched.

"Well, you were supposed to stay in bed because I was making you breakfast in bed...but you wrecked it," he said, adding an expression of mock sadness.

"Oh, I'm so sorry Jim," she replied sarcastically.

"You should be," he joked, moving to the side to avoid being hit by Melinda.

"Missed me," he teased and she laughed and was about to slap him again but he grabbed her by the waist, flipped her upside down and put her over his shoulder.

Melinda shrieked and then laughed as he carried her back to the bedroom.

He gently put her down on the edge of the bed and then lay down. Melinda glared at him and then jumped onto him.

Jim groaned when she landed on top of him. "God Mel, what was that for?" he asked smiling as she rolled off of him and lay down beside him.

"I was just getting you back for before."

"Well, I guess that's fair," he grinned.

Melinda rolled her eyes and smacked him.

Jim got up from the bed and then turned to face Melinda.

Melinda stood up on top of the bed and then put her arms around Jim.

Jim hugged her and kissed her forehead. "Okay, I'll be back in two minutes," Jim said, moving Melinda's arms from around his neck.

Melinda looked at him with a pouty face. "What?" Jim asked.

"Stay..." she pouted and then pulled on his arm and then he fell onto the bed.

Jim laughed and then pulled her by the ankles so that she fell beside him.

"Hey!" she protested. Jim chuckled and then stood up.

He motioned for her to wait and he came back two minutes later with breakfast.

They ate breakfast quickly and then showered and got dressed. Melinda had just gotten out of the bathroom, her wet hair hanging down on her back.

Melinda found Jim, who had showered previously, on the couch playing videogames. Melinda sat beside him and looked at the screen of his TV.

"What in the world is the point of this game?" Melinda asked. To her, all it looked like was Jim's character running around killing zombies.

"Well, mainly, the point is to run around and kill zombies," he said. So, she was right.

"Wow...sounds fun," she said sarcastically. Jim laughed at her sarcasm and then Melinda asked.

"So, what happens if I push this button?" she reached over and pushed a random button on the controller. Then on the screen, Jim's character threw a bomb and then exploded. Apparently it was too close to the bomb.

"Oops..." she cringed.

"Thanks Mel," Jim said sardonically, but then he laughed.

"Why does your person have bombs?" she asked.

"So that I can throw them at zombies," Jim explained in a matter of fact way, as if it should have been common sense.

"Wow, you know that you're a huge geek right?" she teased.

"I am not a geek!" he defended.

"Whatever you say..." she trailed off.

Jim glared at her then he handed her the controller. "You wanna try?" he asked.

Melinda bit her bottom lip. "No?" she said, it wasn't even that she didn't want to, but she didn't want Jim to laugh at her for being so terrible at the game.

"Please?" Jim begged, fakely.

"Fine, but only if you show me how and don't laugh!" she warned.

"Okay, deal," he said and he spent the next hour teaching Melinda how to play his zombie game.

During that time period, Melinda's character had died about twenty times and then after an hour, she was fed up with the game.

"Jim, oh my god, I just remembered." She said, not finishing.

"Remembered what?" he asked.

"My car...." she said and Jim closed his eyes and smacked himself in the head.

"Crap." He said. Right away, they got up off of the couch and then left the apartment to go and get the car.

Once it was all taken care of, Melinda convinced Jim to go shopping with her, since they were out of the apartment anyways. At first Jim didn't want to, he hated shopping. "Babe, do I have to?" he asked when they were in the parking lot of a huge mall.

"Hey, did I not play videogames with you?" She asked, fluttering her lashes at him, knowing perfectly well that he couldn't resist... Jim sighed; she always managed to convince him. She could get away with almost anything...almost.

"Fine, let's go." He said and she hugged him.

"I love you!" she said, hugging him, and then grabbed his hand and pulled him along with her.

They spent a few hours there and by then, Jim was tired.

"Jim, please, just one more store?" she begged.

"Mel, I'm tired..." he said, looking her in the eye, and then almost immediately regretted doing so. She fluttered her lashes at him once again.

"Please baby? Just one more...for me?" Oh, how he hated it that she was able to win him over once again.

"Alright, but just one more store Mel," he said and then she replied happily

"You're the best, come on." She pulled him along into the store. After all of the shopping, they went to a movie and then by the time the movie was over, it was dark outside.

It was about ten o'clock. Jim drove Melinda back to his apartment where her car was parked. They said goodbye in the parking lot.

"Have a good night Mel," Jim said, reaching down and kissing her. The kiss lingered on for several moments and then Melinda smiled as they pulled away from each other.

"You too, love you," she said as she turned to go to her car. She got into her car and then Jim kissed her goodbye from the car window again.

He waved as she drove away; not knowing that the next time he saw her, it would be very different than he thought it would be.

Melinda pulled into the parking lot of her and Andrea's apartment building and then she got out of the car and locked it.

She decided that since it was late, she'd just get her shopping stuff tomorrow.

As Melinda began to walk towards the front doors of the apartment, she thought she heard footsteps behind her.

She turned and saw nothing but she still got an eerie feeling from the empty dark parking lot.

She kept walking and then heard footsteps again. She turned and again saw nothing.

Okay, this was giving her the creeps; maybe it was just Andrea playing a trick on her. "Andrea?" she asked out into the darkness. No response.

As she was about to reach the door, she felt herself being roughly grabbed from behind and her mouth being covered. She felt something heavy hit her on the head and then that was when things started to go black and she passed out, fully unaware of her lifeless body being roughly dragged to a car and then violently being thrown into the backseat. The person closed the door and then got into the driver's seat and drove away.

Hope you liked it, and sorry for the delay luv you guys