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~Family Portrait~
Ross: What do you mean 'let her go'? She's my daughter!
Chandler: (shakes his head) She might be your daughter physically......but right when you left that day, it's like you gave up full responsibility of her........you sort of let her go there too.
Ross: Chandler, do you hear what you're saying?! You're telling me that that girl, Melanie, is NOT my daughter even though I was there for her for-
Chandler: 12 years. But what about the next 20 or so? Where will you be Ross? (pauses) Raising another girl pretending that Melanie and the rest of your 'old' family never existed!!
Ross: That's not true......!
Chandler: Well, that's sort of what you've been doing for the past few years!!!
(Ross gets this look and Chandler keeps shaking his head)
Chandler: Please Ross, just listen to me. You tried......but just.....let her go.
(we fade to inside, where we see Melanie sitting on the floor behind the kitchen counter, and she has tears in her eyes. She heard the whole thing.)
~~
(we go into the bedroom that Maddy and Melanie are sharing, and we see Melanie lying on her stomach, her head in her arms, staring out the window. It's the next day, and it's late afternoon. Maddy is not there, and she's all alone. She's listening to her ear phones, but she doesn't really seem to be paying attention to the music playing. She looks really sad, and she's thinking really hard about something. Suddenly, the door behind her slowly opens, but she doesn't notice. We then see Ross pop his head in, he gets this sad look and walks in. He shuts the door softly, but she still hears. She turns around and this strange look appears on her face. Ross slowly walks up to her and sits down on the bed as she turns away again.)
Ross: Melanie? (silence) Please talk to me? Look, I know you hate me......and I know you have all the reasons to do so, but please just talk to me for one second!
Melanie: (turns her head to him and takes off one ear phone) Why should I talk to you? So you can make me feel bad about everything I said yesterday? So you can make me say sorry? Because I hope you know it's not MY fault I'm like this!
Ross: Melanie......I dont expect you to say sorry for what you said! I deserved all that.....okay? I just want to talk!
Melanie: (putting her ear phone back on) I have better things to do......
Ross: (getting upset) Like what?? Sit around on your ass and cry your eyes out?!
Melanie: Excuse me?! How dare you talk to me like that!
Ross: How dare YOU talk to me like that too!
Melanie: Look, you LEFT me! I wanted to come with you! I wanted to be your daughter forever and EVER! I would have been here with you right now, and not answering you like this!!
Ross: Melanie, you'll ALWAYS be my daughter!
Melanie: (covers her ears) Shut up!! No I wont!! I dont WANT to be your daughter!! I dont want to be YOUR daughter! I dont want to be MOMS daughter!! I just want to DIE!
Ross: (scared) No you dont! You dont mean that......
Melanie: (glaring at him) You know what......I dont deserve to have a father like you! (begins to cry) I am a good person!! (pause) Or at least I was.......
Ross: Mel, you are a nice person.......
Melanie: No I'm not! And it's all YOUR fault!! You ruined EVERYTHING! (screams) EVERYTHING!!!!!
Ross: (quietly) Honey, calm down.....
Melanie: (looks at him with this evil, menacing look) Honey? HONEY?!?!?! I AM NOT YOUR 'HONEY'!! I NEVER WAS!!!!!!!!!! I NEVER WAS!!!!!!!!!! TAKE THAT BACK!! TAKE THAT BACK!! NEVER! NEVER!!!!!!!!!!
Ross: (looks scared) Calm down.....calm down......
Melanie: I thought I had the best family!! But look what happened to us NOW! It's all RUINED! And it's all YOUR FAULT!! (points at him with that evil look) YOU RUINED EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!! (she starts to pound on the bed, sobbing)
Ross: Melanie!! MELANIE! (he tries to stop her from pounding the bed, but she always gets away, thrashing her arms in every direction)
(he suddenly gets hold of one of her arms, but she's still struggling, so to stop her, he pulls up the sleeve of her shirt, and suddenly she just stays still, and he stares down at her arm in shock. All over the lower part of her arm, near her wrist especially, are little jagged, zig-zagged cuts.)
Ross: melanie? What have you done...........?
Melanie: (barely a whisper) There dad......are you happy now? You know my secret......go tell it to the whole world.......but please, just leave me alone. You ruined everything......right when you left that night......the pieces that could actually have been put back together, all collapsed. You have another family now.....just waiting for you.....go to them.......and I'll go to my own; back home. It may still be broken.......and scarred forever.........but it's better than any of this. (she looks down at her arm) I've waited for you too long.......I've lied in bed every night for these past few years.....wishing that you would suddenly appear, and everything would be like it was before. I cried because I didn't have you...........but suddenly, I saw you again....and it was like my wish had come true......I had you again.......but then I thought; if I have him near me now, why am I still crying?
~To Be Continued~
I hoped you guys liked it! I'll be sure to continue very soon! Please review.....thanks for reading! BYE!
~Family Portrait~
Ross: What do you mean 'let her go'? She's my daughter!
Chandler: (shakes his head) She might be your daughter physically......but right when you left that day, it's like you gave up full responsibility of her........you sort of let her go there too.
Ross: Chandler, do you hear what you're saying?! You're telling me that that girl, Melanie, is NOT my daughter even though I was there for her for-
Chandler: 12 years. But what about the next 20 or so? Where will you be Ross? (pauses) Raising another girl pretending that Melanie and the rest of your 'old' family never existed!!
Ross: That's not true......!
Chandler: Well, that's sort of what you've been doing for the past few years!!!
(Ross gets this look and Chandler keeps shaking his head)
Chandler: Please Ross, just listen to me. You tried......but just.....let her go.
(we fade to inside, where we see Melanie sitting on the floor behind the kitchen counter, and she has tears in her eyes. She heard the whole thing.)
~~
(we go into the bedroom that Maddy and Melanie are sharing, and we see Melanie lying on her stomach, her head in her arms, staring out the window. It's the next day, and it's late afternoon. Maddy is not there, and she's all alone. She's listening to her ear phones, but she doesn't really seem to be paying attention to the music playing. She looks really sad, and she's thinking really hard about something. Suddenly, the door behind her slowly opens, but she doesn't notice. We then see Ross pop his head in, he gets this sad look and walks in. He shuts the door softly, but she still hears. She turns around and this strange look appears on her face. Ross slowly walks up to her and sits down on the bed as she turns away again.)
Ross: Melanie? (silence) Please talk to me? Look, I know you hate me......and I know you have all the reasons to do so, but please just talk to me for one second!
Melanie: (turns her head to him and takes off one ear phone) Why should I talk to you? So you can make me feel bad about everything I said yesterday? So you can make me say sorry? Because I hope you know it's not MY fault I'm like this!
Ross: Melanie......I dont expect you to say sorry for what you said! I deserved all that.....okay? I just want to talk!
Melanie: (putting her ear phone back on) I have better things to do......
Ross: (getting upset) Like what?? Sit around on your ass and cry your eyes out?!
Melanie: Excuse me?! How dare you talk to me like that!
Ross: How dare YOU talk to me like that too!
Melanie: Look, you LEFT me! I wanted to come with you! I wanted to be your daughter forever and EVER! I would have been here with you right now, and not answering you like this!!
Ross: Melanie, you'll ALWAYS be my daughter!
Melanie: (covers her ears) Shut up!! No I wont!! I dont WANT to be your daughter!! I dont want to be YOUR daughter! I dont want to be MOMS daughter!! I just want to DIE!
Ross: (scared) No you dont! You dont mean that......
Melanie: (glaring at him) You know what......I dont deserve to have a father like you! (begins to cry) I am a good person!! (pause) Or at least I was.......
Ross: Mel, you are a nice person.......
Melanie: No I'm not! And it's all YOUR fault!! You ruined EVERYTHING! (screams) EVERYTHING!!!!!
Ross: (quietly) Honey, calm down.....
Melanie: (looks at him with this evil, menacing look) Honey? HONEY?!?!?! I AM NOT YOUR 'HONEY'!! I NEVER WAS!!!!!!!!!! I NEVER WAS!!!!!!!!!! TAKE THAT BACK!! TAKE THAT BACK!! NEVER! NEVER!!!!!!!!!!
Ross: (looks scared) Calm down.....calm down......
Melanie: I thought I had the best family!! But look what happened to us NOW! It's all RUINED! And it's all YOUR FAULT!! (points at him with that evil look) YOU RUINED EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!! (she starts to pound on the bed, sobbing)
Ross: Melanie!! MELANIE! (he tries to stop her from pounding the bed, but she always gets away, thrashing her arms in every direction)
(he suddenly gets hold of one of her arms, but she's still struggling, so to stop her, he pulls up the sleeve of her shirt, and suddenly she just stays still, and he stares down at her arm in shock. All over the lower part of her arm, near her wrist especially, are little jagged, zig-zagged cuts.)
Ross: melanie? What have you done...........?
Melanie: (barely a whisper) There dad......are you happy now? You know my secret......go tell it to the whole world.......but please, just leave me alone. You ruined everything......right when you left that night......the pieces that could actually have been put back together, all collapsed. You have another family now.....just waiting for you.....go to them.......and I'll go to my own; back home. It may still be broken.......and scarred forever.........but it's better than any of this. (she looks down at her arm) I've waited for you too long.......I've lied in bed every night for these past few years.....wishing that you would suddenly appear, and everything would be like it was before. I cried because I didn't have you...........but suddenly, I saw you again....and it was like my wish had come true......I had you again.......but then I thought; if I have him near me now, why am I still crying?
~To Be Continued~
I hoped you guys liked it! I'll be sure to continue very soon! Please review.....thanks for reading! BYE!