Disclaimer: I don't own the song in this chapter, it belongs to Roy Orbison...I think. or whoever owns his songs after he died. Please check out my A/N at the end of the chapter.

After school, Melody and Kathy were walking outside when they heard a car horn. They turned around and saw Soda waiting for them in the new car. The girls smiled and ran over to the car.

"This is your new ride?" Kathy wondered. The twins smiled and nodded.

"Damn girl." she said. Melody laughed and turned to her brother.

"What are you doing here?" she wondered. Soda shrugged.

"I had a break so I thought I would save you the trouble of having to walk to work." he said.

"Oh how thoughtful." Mel said, rolling her eyes. "Face it, Sodiepop...you just wanted another excuse to drive it, didn't you?"

"That too." Soda said. Melody laughed and said goodbye to Kathy before she got in the car. Steve was just coming out of the office when the twins pulled up.

"You and that damn car, Soda." he said, shaking his head.

"You're just jealous." Soda said, sticking his tongue out at his best friend. Melody rolled her eyes at how immature they could be sometimes.

"I'm gonna go get changed." she said, slinging her bag over her shoulder before disappearing inside the office. Before too long, Two-Bit and Dally came up the drive.

"How's it going guys?" Two-Bit wondered.

"Not much, Soda's fining any excuse to get out and drive." Steve laughed, earning himself a smack in the head from Soda.

"Man, I don't blame you, that's one tuff car." Two-Bit said. He looked at Dally then looked at the others. "I gotta talk to you both." he said. Soda and Steve nodded before they made their way towards the office.

"I don't know man, what if she comes out?" Soda wondered.

"So what?"

"If she sees him...she'll kill him." Steve said. Dally sighed to himself and wandered around the shop. He heard the office door opening and looked up, expecting to see one of the guys, but in fact saw Melody coming out while puling her hair back. She looked up at him and instantly, her smile faded.

"What are you doing here?" she asked. Dally shrugged.

"Waiting for Two-Bit." he said. Melody shrugged and walked into the shop. Dal stood there for a while, just watching her work, as he tried to figure out what to say to her.

"Listen, I..." he said finally.

"I would have thought that you had already said everything." Melody said, cutting him off. Dally sighed in frustration. It was clear that this wasn't going to be easy.

"Kid, I'm trying to talk to you." he said. Melody just continued working in the shop, trying to ignore the fact that he was there.

"Yeah, well I don't wanna talk to you." she said, pushing past him to grab a screwdriver from the bench behind him.

"I'm crazy about you, Kid." he said finally. Melody had to hide the shock. How could he be saying all of this now? He must be trying to mees with her again.

"Really? Well… you have a funny way of showing it. But don't worry…It will pass." she said lifting the hood of one of the cars. Dally walked over to her and slammed the hood shut.

"No it won't! I miss you. I miss what we had." he said. Melody looked at him. For once, her expression was undreadable.

"We had nothing, you said so yourself!" she said coldly, lifting the hood up once again.

"Forget what I said." Dally said. Mel turned around to face him.

"That's what you told me last time! Remember, when you broke my heart? But it's all bullshit. You don't know what love is." she said. The two were so involved in their arguement, that they didn't realize the other three were now outside and watching everything from a safe distance away.

"Mel, I…" Dally said, rubbing the back of his neck.

"You what? You love me? Well guess what …you don't love me Dallas, you never did you just love the idea of being with me. And your mood changes are giving me whiplash, so knock it off! First you wanna be with me. Then you break my heart and tell me it was all a lie. Now you're telling me you love me? Jesus Christ, Dal! That's not love. That's you needing to sort out what you want." She said. The guys winced at those words. Mel was pissed...and she sure as hell wasn't hiding it.

"Then I see you with whoever she was…" Mel said. Dally put his hand up in defence.

"I can explain that…" he said.

"I don't want to hear it! You had me…and you lost me. But I'm not gonna wait around for ever…I at least deserve that." Melody said.

"Kid, I l…" Dal stuttered.

"Save it." Melody said. She turned her attention back to the car for a moment before facing him again. "You know what? I honestly don't care if I ever see you again." she said. Dally sighed and turned away. It was then that the other three decided to make their presence known.

"Alright, well we better be going." Two-Bit said. He said goodbye to the others and raced off to join Dal. Steve went over to the gas pumps and Soda looked at his sister sadly before going inside. Before long, Mel and her brother swapped over. He came outside and worked on the cars while she went inside to do some paper work. After a few minutes she heard the radio on from Outside. The first couple of songs were fine, she even sang along. But one song finally got to her.

I was all right for a while
I could smile for a while
But I saw you last night
You held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say, "Hello"
Oh, you wished me well
You couldn't tell

"Soda, turn that shit off!" Mel yelled out. She tried to think of something else, and tune the music out. But nothing was working. And it was obvious that Soda couldn't hear her from out in the shop.


That I'd been crying over you
Crying over you
When you said, "So long"
Left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying
Crying, crying


It's hard to understand
But the touch of your hand
Can start me crying

Mel sunk down against the desk as she couldn't stop the tears falling from her eyes. No matter how hard she tried to convince herself...she wasn't over him, at all. Damn that Dallas Winston! Son of a bitch.


I thought that I was over you
But it's true, so true
I love you even more
Than I did before
But, darling, what can I do?
For you don't love me
And I'll always be crying over you
Crying over youes, now you're gone
And, from this moment on
I'll be crying, crying
Crying, crying
Yeah, crying, crying
Over you

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Soda came into the office looking for Mel. He couldn't find her anywhere. He was about to go and check outside when he looked by the desk and saw her.

"I thought I was over him." Mel cried. "But I'm still in love with that bastard." Soda got down onto the floor and held his twin in his arms.

"I love him so much Soda. I don't want to but I can't help it." Mel said, crying into his shoulder. "I tried to avoid him, but he's always gonna be around. I tried making him jealous but that just proved what a stubborn ass he is. I just...I can't help but still love that son of a bitch."

Soda pulled her closer to him and stroked her hair soothingly.

"I know, baby, I know."

"I don't know what to do, Soda." Mel said softly. "I never wanna see him again, but I know that's not possible."

"You can't avoid him forever, sweetie." Soda said.

"Shoot, don't I know it. But I'm sure as hell gonna try."

"You really think that'll work?" Sodapop asked skeptically.

"No, I know it won't. I doubt things can go back to the way they were."

"You never know." Soda said.

A/N: Yay! Another update... lol. Let me know what you thought of it. In the next chapter, I'm probably going to do the day of the dance. REVIEW and let me know if that's what you want me to do or if I should wait another chapter. Also, I have a poll running on what story I should start next when I finish one or two of the ones I have now. Please VOTE and let me know