Chapter 14:

Birthday Party:

Mel POV:

Mel and Matt walked into the Crashdown to see everyone. The Valenti's, Evans', Parkers, and of course their own families. "Happy Birthday!" They all said brightly.

This had better be the best damn birthday party ever or I swear someone is going to get smashed…stop it. This is a good thing Mel, just think once everyone's back at the hotel they'll be to tired to interrupt you and Matty. Mel grinned and smiled brightly at everyone after coming up with a good side to having been interrupted again.

"Hi Mel." Mel looked down and saw Kristine.

Mel smiled. "Hey."

"Look at my nails mommy let me paint them." She held up her hands to show Mel their new look. "They aren't the right color though, I wanted them to match my dress."

Mel grinned. She touched the fabric on Kristine's dress and waved her hand over the little girls nails and they changed. "That better?" She asked.

Kristine smiled brightly. "How'd you do that?" She asked excitedly.

"Magic." Mel smirked and stood as Kristine disappeared into the crowd to find Amy and show her what Mel had done.

Family and friends started coming up to Melinda and giving her hugs. Now I know why Matty doesn't like to celebrate. "Happy birthday Melinda." Diane and Phillips said embracing her in a hug together.

"Thanks." Then it was Amy, the Sheriff smiled and nodded at her in a friendly gesture while Maria, Liz, and Isabelle all gave her hugs and kisses on her cheek. Max gave his daughter and hug and Kyle and Michael each patted her shoulder. The Parkers came out of the back with a birthday cake that had sparklers on it. "No happy birthday song." Mel demanded.

"But you have to make a wish!" Kristine said.

Mel giggled. "Ok well come here." Kristine came over and Mel lifted her up. "Help me think of a wish." Mel said.

Kristine giggled like the little girl she was with a sweet smile. "It's your birthday silly."

Mel nodded. "I know." She indulged the little girl. "But I have everything I could possibly want I don't know what I want to wish for. Or I could pass my birthday wish to someone with a lot of wishes, do you have a lot of wishes?"

"Yes." Kristine said sweetly.

Mel smiled. "Ok then you make a wish for me and I'll help you blow out the candles. Deal?"

"Deal." Mr. and Mrs. Parker held up the cake to the two girls.

"One, two, three…" Mel said as they both blew out the birthday candles. The sparklers went out as did the eighteen candles. The adults went to cutting the cake while Mel set Kristine down and crouched to her level, very aware of Matt being right behind her at all times. "So want to tell me what you wished for?"

"I can't it wont come true." Kristine said softly.

Mel grinned. "Well that's the great thing since I gave you my wish you can share it with me and it'll still come true."

Kristine smiled brightly and leaned in to Mel's ear. "I wished I could meet E.T." She whispered quietly.

Mel giggled as she pulled away. "Why him?" She whispered softly.

"Cause he's an alien and I believe in aliens, mommy said they are real." She whispered back.

"I'll work on it ok?" Mel said. Kristine nodded and wandered off to get cake and ice cream.

Matt wrapped his arms around Mel's waist as she stood to her full height. "What'd she wish for?" He asked softly.

"If I tell you it wont come true." Mel joked.

"Oh come on…"

"She wants to meet E.T." Mel said turning to face him as her arms wrapped around his neck.

Matt grinned. "I think we can come up with something."

Mel giggled. "Well nothing to big, she is still a little girl and little girls…"

"Like to tell their friends about what happened. Gabbing, yes I know." Matt said jokingly. Mel gave him a playfully shocked looked and swatted his arm.

"Take that back right now." She laughed lightly.

Matt grinned. "And if I don't."

"We wont be finishing what we started." Mel whispered smirking at him as his face fell and hers turned into a look of triumph.

Matt smiled sweetly. "I take it back."

"You love birds get over here and get some cake!" They heard Michael call. They laughed to each other and then headed over to grab some cake. Along the way a waitress who had been cleaning up some stuff in the back bumped into Mel on her way out.

"Oh sorry." She said. Mel looked at her and smiled.

"It's ok. Are you new?"

"I just moved her last week and Mr. Parker was nice enough to hire me." She was a pretty girl about Mel's natural height, no heals, with dark blonde hair like Maria, a nice complexion and green eyes.

Mel smiled. "Well then we'll be working together. At least until summers over. I'm Mel and this is my boyfriend Matt." She introduced sticking out her hand to the teen girl.

"Jessica and it's nice to meet you, but I should go I would hate to ruin the party."

"Oh no stay, have some cake, can I call you Jess?" Mel smiled.

Jessica nodded. "Sure but I don't want to intrude. It's a family…"

"No really it's fine. Please stay. I'll be offended if you don't." Mel said jokingly.

"Ok sure." Jessica caved. "Let me just go set my things back in my locker."

Mel nodded. "Ok." Jessica headed back into the back and Mel turned to Matt.

"Making friends I see." He said happily. You're wearing off on me Matty.

"You bring it out in me." She smiled and he leaned down and met her in a soft kiss.

"Oh I'm interrupting." They heard and Mel and Matt turned to see Jessica.

Mel giggled. "No we can do that anytime. Let's get some cake and talk." Jessica nodded and they headed over to get some cake Matt in toe.

Matt POV:

Matt decided to let Mel and Jessica get to know each other and he was standing with his dad, Kyle, and Max in the corner watching everyone interact. "So why aren't you over there with Mel?" Michael asked.

"Cause she's making a friend." Matt answered taking another bite of his Tabasco covered cake.

Max looked over at her. "I think Mr. Parker just hired her today."

Matt shrugged. "I dunno but I'm just glad she's making a friend."

"I think maybe it's got something to do with your relationship." Max said. "Mel barely opens up to anyone."

"You, Michael, and Is use to stick together until that one faithful day here in this very place." Kyle said slightly joking.

Max chuckled. "Yeah, but Liz was worth it."

"Oh not that again Maxwell." Michael groaned. Max was watching Liz as she sat and laughed with Maria, Is, Diane, Amy, and Nancy. "Snap out of it already. She married you, you don't need to keep giving her the eyes."

"Eyes?" Matt asked.

Michael chuckled. "Max use to look at Liz with just this hopeless romantic look, we call it the eyes."

"Unlike you and Maria. On again, off again, I've had enough of this…but god I love her looks…" Max interjected laughing at his friend.

"Shut up Maxwell." Michael rolled his eyes jokingly.

Jim walked over with Kristine holding his hand. "What are you boys talking about?"

"Nothing." They all chorused.

"So Kristine someone told me you want to meet E.T." Matt said.

Kristine pouted. "She's not supposed to tell."

Matt chuckled and all the guys were looking at him like what on earth. "Well I can't introduce you to E.T., but…" He grabbed the bottle of ketchup and changed it into mustard.

"How'd you do that?" Kristine asked staring shocked at the bottle.

Matt chuckled. "Alien magic." He said softly.

"Wow, daddy daddy I'm related to an alien did you hear him?" The guys and Jim all chuckled and across the room Mel looked over and smiled at him.

Jim picked Kristine up. "I heard, but you can't tell anyone it's a secret."

"I'm good with secrets." Kristine said brightly.

"I know you are. I'm still looking for the toothbrush of yours that you hid last year." Jim said chuckling softly. It's kind of weird how much I like her and I barely know her. She may be my aunt but she's more like a little cousin or sister or something.

Mel POV:

Matty made her wish come true. Mel thought silently to herself as she turned back to Jessica. "So here I am. My father decided that I needed a change of scenery." She finished up her tale.

"So you lived in New York until just recently. That must've been exciting. Matt's mom went there once for a short time to be a singer, but it didn't work out."

"Not good enough?" Jessica said.

Mel took a sip of her soda. Yuck it tastes so gross, but she's sitting here and I can't put anything in it. Mel whined in her head. "No she's great, the company that wanted her, wanted to change everything she stood for. Her music isn't poppy or techno like they wanted. She's really great with guitar and she has an amazing voice."

Jessica nodded. "Well stuck up New Yorkers can be that way. Don't hold it against them, they just think they are the best. Sometimes they need a reality check. I know I did."

"So you say you got into some trouble, like what?" Mel asked taking another sip of the bland soda.

Jessica shrugged and bowed her head in shame. "I thought I was so cool, sneaking out to parties, and doing illegal things, but I was really wrong. I just followed the in crowd and it was quite possibly the stupidest thing I've ever done. I spent two months in Juvy for some stuff I'd rather not talk about."

Mel nodded. "That's cool. So starting fresh in Roswell, well there isn't much you can do in this town to get in trouble so I think you're safe." She kidded getting Jessica to laugh. "She laughs."

Jessica smiled. "I'm not completely shy, it's just when it comes to new people lately, I steer clear."

"I know what you mean. I don't make friends very easily, but I can tell that you and I are going to get along great." Mel said smiling brightly.

Jessica smiled to and then looked down at her watch. "I really should be getting home. It's getting late and my mom will be wondering where I am."

"Ok, I'd give you a ride, but me and Matt walked here from the hotel."

"Hotel? Your parents are letting you guys stay in a hotel together?"

Mel nodded. "Well they kind of have to since either way I could pay or them and we're really good kids anyways so…"

"Oh glad someone has parents who trust them."

"Yours will again soon enough. Don't worry I'm as good as they get and if you stick with me your parents will be trusting you again in no time." Mel giggled.

Jessica laughed lightly and stood. "Well thanks. So I'll see you on Monday?"

Mel nodded. "Yep. See you later." Jessica headed to the back to get her things while Mel went over to see her mom and the girls. "Hey!"

"Oh where's your friend?" Liz asked.

"Going home." She said softly.

They nodded. "So who's ready for presents?" Maria shouted like her normal bright self.

Mel giggled. "Sure why not." She said smiling. Mel felt the familiar presence of her boyfriend and turned around. "Hey there handsome." She said smiling as all the girls went off to the back room to bring out presents.

Matt grinned and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Hey yourself beautiful. So what's she like?"

"Like a normal person. I really think we're going to be good friends." Mel said happily as Matt lifted her up and kissed her lips gently and then set her back down on the ground.

"Good." He said thoughtfully. "Come on let's open these presents, mingle and get back to our room."

Mel giggled. "Someone's in a rush."

"No I want to kiss you till I can't breath, but I can't really do that here can I." Matt said smirking at her playfully.

Mel smiled impishly. "Well there's a bathroom we could use."

"And take the chance of someone interrupting again? I don't think so. So scoot." He turned her around to the table that her mother and friends were stacking the gifts on and he jokingly smacked her ass and pushed her in that direction.

"Hey!" Mel protested turning her head to smirk at him and then back again as her steps took a little longer as she slowed her pace.

Matt grinned and leaned into her ear from behind. "Go faster or I'll start tickling you."

"I'm not ticklish." Mel said softly with a grin of her own in place.

"Want to test that theory right now?" Matt whispered.

Mel sighed playfully and walked faster to the table and sat down and started to open presents from everyone.

Normal POV:

Mel walked into the hotel room and dropped the bag of stuff she had gently on the floor she heard the door shut and then Matt's jacket was dropped on the chair. "Who knew opening presents could be so exhausting…" Mel giggled removing her sweater and converse and flopping back on the bed.

Matt chuckled and leaned down over her. "Well how exhausted are you?" He asked smirking at her.

Mel giggled. "Not so exhausted that I don't want to finish what we started." She said seductively as her pointer finger of her right hand traced down Matt's torso to the rim of his jeans and linger there lightly running along it.

Matt looked at her seriously. "Are you sure?"

"Can I tell you something?" Mel asked softly looking into his eyes with a hidden shyness in those dark pupils of hers.

"Anything." Matt replied smiling dreamy eyed at her.

Mel bit her lip. "Do you…feel in that dream?"

Matt shook his head. "No, I don't feel in the new one, but I could in the old one." He answered.

Mel sighed. "I did and I don't want things to be that way, ever. This moment would be special and what we both want. That was urgency for a moment that those two might never feel again. It wasn't special."

"Have you dreamt the whole thing or something?" Matt asked softly seeing the sadness that appeared in her eyes.

Mel shook her head and her hand ran back up his torso and cupped his cheek. "No, but I could just feel what the dream me was feeling and Matty I don't ever want to feel like that. Like I can only have one moment with you like that. So to answer your question yes I want this more then I've ever wanted anything before."

Matt smiled genuinely down upon her delicate soft face. "I love you and I want us to be together, but only if you're absolutely certain. I don't want to rush things."

"I know Matty and it's not rushing. I feel like I could be with you forever and never let go. And it's not just this strange feeling I have all of a sudden since those flashes…"

"Feeling?" Matt asked slightly confused.

Mel nodded. "I've had this need to be as close to you as I can get since I had those flashes."

"So that's what that is." Matt muttered chuckling softly.

Mel giggled. "You too. Anyway I've been thinking about this for a couple days now and I thought to myself when you asked if I'd go anywhere to be with you that now was perfect. And I'm ready if you…" Mel couldn't finish her sentence as Matt's lips crushed against hers.

Mel moaned blissfully as they both scooted back further onto the mattress. "Mmm…I…love you." Matt muttered against her lips.

They broke away panting heavily for a moment, their chests rising and falling rapidly. "I love you too." She said softly as her hands went to the hem of his shirt and pulled it off over his head. Lucky for her he wasn't wearing his usual button up, that would've taken forever in her eyes. "Do you um…" Matt reached over to the nightstand and opened the door and then retrieved a little package. "I never knew they had those in there." She giggled.

Matt smirked at her. "Of course you didn't." He said sarcastically.

"Shut up and kiss me." Mel begged teasingly as Matt palmed the package and then removed Mel's black tank top for the second time that day. Matt leaned down taking in a gasp as his bare flesh brushed against the silk and lace of her bra and then the nakedness of the rest of her torso. Their lips met and held passionately as Mel's hands worked on Matt's belt, button and zipper.

As if knowing when was right Matt shimmied out of his pants as Mel pushed the sides down and then helped her out of her pants. They moved around till they were under the covers of their hotel bed and began kissing once again. "Mel?" Matt breathed breaking away gently from her lips.

"Yeah?"

"I um, haven't…"

Mel giggled breathlessly as her hands cupped Matt's neck softly. "Matt we've lived together all out lives and you have never had an all nighter." She joked with him provoking a smile from his shyness.

Matt chuckled softly. "True."

"Are trying to stall? Do you not want this?" Asked Mel quietly as her thumbs gently caressed his jaw line.

Matt looked up at her eyes in shock. "No that's not it at all…it's just that…I heard…I don't want to hurt you." He said lightly.

Mel smiled softly from the love for him deep within her heart. "Matty it'll only hurt for a few minutes, don't worry. Please I want this with you." She said sweetly.

"Are you sure?" Matt asked once again letting some of his worries come up again. Mel nodded. "Then who am I to deny what you want, what we want." He whispered leaning in to kiss her neck as his hand wrapped around her back and unclasped her bra. He felt Mel tense slightly. "I don't have to." He whispered in her ear.

Mel sighed contently. "I want you to. I want you to see me." The room was already dark, but there was just enough light that they could see each other and that was enough for them. His fingers gently led the straps down Mel's arms and pulled the garment off and he felt his breath catch in his throat seeing her almost naked.

"You really are beautiful." He said softly leaning in and kissing her as her hands gently engulfed in his hair.

Mel groaned as his lips broke away leaving hers moist in his wake and his head worked down her body, first to her clavicle, down over each breast giving them each small subtle but heat inducing attention and then he disappeared under the cover's kissing her abdomen as his hands gently took holding of either side of her panties and began to removed them.

When he reappeared Mel grinned at him. He smirked back as he felt her hands gently began to push his boxers off. He helped her finish removing them and they lay there together in silence for a moment taking in the severity of what they were doing.

Matt looked at Mel and saw her serene smile as her one hand lightly played with the hairs on the back of his neck, twisting around her finger slowly, repeated and the other lightly ran over his lower back he knew this was the right moment. They were comfortable with each other here and now and they were meant to be together, happy and this was just another thing that would make them both happy in their loving relationship.

"I love you Lindy." Matt whispered as he gently settled himself between her legs. Mel gave him the same serene smile and her eyes were full of love and lust for him that he couldn't ignore.

"I love you too Matty." She whispered just before he kissed her lips tenderly as he eased his way into her opening. Mel tensed and Matt paused and broke a hairs breath from her lips. "No it's ok keep going." She whispered. Matt nodded and returned to her lips as he continued on into her body. He had heard a soft tinge of pain in her voice, but pushed away not wanting to displease her in any way. This was their time and it no matter what was what they wanted.

Once fully embedded he took another break to let her body adjust to the feeling, because he felt her nails digging into his lower back. He pushed the pain from his mind and his lips broke from hers and went to the smooth flesh of her perfect neck. "Are you ok?" He whispered sucking on her neck.

Mel kissed his jaw lightly as he continued to work her neck. "I'm ok, keep going."

"You sure?" He said softly against her flesh. The vibrations from his voice were working into her skin and giving her goose bumps. She shivered gently and loosened the grip her nails had on his skin and gently ran her hand over the area taking away the half moons that had formed and the pain.

"I'm sure." She breathed softly. Matt pulled out and pushed his way back in slowly at first as they began to familiarize themselves with these actions having not experienced this before, but glad they were experiencing it together. Mel moaned gently after a while having Matt's hands all over her expose misting flesh. "Oh Matty…" She whispered gently as his one hand held the opposite side of her neck then he was sucking leaving the nice bruise, and the other gently massaged the flesh of her plump breast.

"Lindy you ok?" He groaned out feeling more sensations run through his body then he could keep track of and he could tell some weren't his own, some were Melinda's, but it was better then anything he could've hoped to experience with her.

"Magni…facent." She moaned between gasps of air as his lips broke from her neck. She wrapped both her arms around his torso as she felt her body began to melt into him, but yet it was also a feeling of floating. Matt met her lips in a kiss. "Faster." She muttered against his lips. As Matt continued kissing her he picked up his pace hoping he wasn't hurting her anymore and heard her whimper as they both broke away for oxygen.

But it wasn't a whimper of pain but of pleasure and he was glad he could please her. Both of Matt's hands now rest on either side of her neck as his lips hang just centimeters from hers. Feeling every breath every gasp of delight, as they held each other's gazes. While their hips continued to rapidly, now, meet and release.

Mel watched his eyes and felt more love rush through her then she had ever felt and knew it was rolling off Matt in waves. And then she felt her abdominal muscles tightening and something inside her began to tingle with anticipation. "I love you." They whispered at the same time.

It was like an exhilarated discharge for Melinda as soon as her muscles released and the tingling rushed through her whole body, feeling it straight to her toes. "Oh my god…" She groaned out.

"Shit." Matt whispered taking in heavy breaths of oxygen as he to felt his climax and his body exploding with joy and love, lust and euphoria. The fog that had clouded his eyes for those few moments cleared and he saw the elated yet serene smile on Mel's face that reached to her eyes that were glowing with joy. He slowed his actions not moving his eyes from hers and then came to a stop.

Mel sighed contently as her hands gently cupped either side of Matt's neck, like his were still. "Thank you." She whispered.

"What for?" Matt replied slightly confused.

Mel pulled him down to her lips for a light barely touching kiss on the lips and then proceed to hold him close and tight in her arms not letting him go. "For being gentle with me and for loving me." She said softly.

"I love you and take gentle care of you till the day I die Lindy bug." Matt whispered kissing her hard on the lips gently sucking her bottom lip into his mouth. Mel took his subtle hint and opened her mouth to him and allowed their tongues to meet and dance for a while before they were forced to break for air.

//Flash// Mel and Matt as kids hugging before everything went sour. 'I love you Matty.' Mel giggled like a little girl. 'Love you to Lindy.' Matt replied sweetly and all the adults awed at them. //End Flash//

Mel giggled when the flash was over and found Matt chuckled softly as his head rested on her shoulder. "I forgot how close we were before." Matt said softly.

Mel smiled truly happy at this moment. "I'll never forget again." She answered to him looking up at the ceiling as he laid soft butterfly kisses along her shoulder.

"Me either." He said gently breaking away. "Am I too heavy?" He asked grinning.

Mel laughed lightly and shook her head. "Never." She breathed.

"Well all that aside…" He rolled off her, removed the condom he wore and chucked it in the trash and then turned and lay in her arms. "I'm exhausted." He said kissing her cheek as he held her close to him. He body pressed against her and their legs entwined casually. Mel started laughing out loud. "What?"

Mel calmed herself. "I think we just scared Marty two for life." She giggled looking over at the nightstand that had her new fish swimming around its fishbowl.

Matt chuckled softly. "Good thing fish can't speak." He kidded.

"We are never going to hide this." Mel whispered her head turning to look at Matt. Matt pressed a chaste kiss to her lips.

"We're adults if they figure it out they figure it out. Who are they really to say anything? Both our parents were married before they were nineteen and had kids at like twenty."

Mel smiled. "Point taken. So no one is going to ruin this for us ever."

"Good. I was serious you know I'm exhausted."

"Hey Matty?"

"Lindy?"

"So am I better the my dream self?" She asked him jokingly.

Matt chuckled. "Dream you doesn't even compare, trust me."

"I do. Goodnight." Mel whispered.

"Night Lindy Bug. I love you."

"Love you too." She whispered as his breathing evened out and she could her soft snores escaping the crack between his lips. Mel was wide awake now, so she lay gently running her fingers through Matt's hair looking at his soft face while he sleep. After a long while she to dozed off into a long nights sleep.