Yay! I know you all must LOVE me right now!! Heehee! Yep, I'm continuing!
YAY! Anyway, I KNOW Mel acted like a pathetic sissy, going back into his
arms......but HEY, he's her father....and even though he's been such a
JERK, again, he's her father. *sob* that's just the touching thing about
it!! Oh, I'm gonna cry!! Heeheeheehee!! Anyway, I dont know.....I'm in a
real good mood that's why I'm blabbing, but I'll shut up now! KAY?? SO you
just go on and read.....and then, drop me of a note of praise....I mean,
uh....just review!
[Notes 2 some people that reviewed---Hey Avi!!! I just wanted to thank you for your review.....and also for that stuff you said about moving and everything. I also moved from somewhere before this, but I was young and all. But I know it's gonna be harder now....and anyway, thanks for just saying that stuff! It helped me get over my depression. Hehe. THANKS GURL!! To PrincessWitch2010!! You again!! Hehe, two chapters in a row!! Thank you sooooo much for those ideas.....I'm not sure some of it will be in this chapter, but I think I'll be writing more......and it'll definitely get in there....well, we'll just wait and see. THANKS 2 YOU TOO!! To the people who told me to BRING BACK NICKY.....well, I'LL TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
~* Family Portrait *~
(* Melanie's POV *)
All in a few seconds, hundreds of different memories and emotions flooded over me, and I felt a fresh load of tears begin to pour down my face, and I kept sobbing I'm sorry, even though I wasn't so sure what I should have been so sorry about. But I loved him so much, and I wouldn't let him leave me ever again. He was my father.....as much as I had denied it, I knew it was true. I didn't really expect him to stay here and be with me forever.....he had a new family now, but I at least wanted to know that he still thought of me as his daughter. I shouldn't even care about any of this......he left me on my own, all alone. And when that thought came, I was more confused than ever.....
Are you aware of what you make me feel?
Right now I feel invisible to you
Like I'm not real
Didn't you feel me lock my arms around you
Why'd you turn away?
Here's what I have to say.
I was left to cry there....
Waiting outside there.....
Grinning with a lost stare.....
That's when I decided.......
(As Melanie kept sobbing, Ross slowly released his hold on her and made her stand a few inches away from him.)
Ross: Mel? Why are you doing this? I thought you didn't need me anymore? What happened to that theory?
Melanie: You don't have to be such an ass about it! Okay, you were right. I need a father......you're my father......but I just realised that. And I also just realised how stubborn....and......(sobs again) how stupid I have been!! (pause, cries) But suddenly, when I watched you leaving this house yet AGAIN, something in my head started flashing and saying...... 'Don't let him go this time.....' And I then realised that I've been so blind. I finally had you back by me.......and near me. And all I did was try to push you away again......
Ross: Mel, I think it's just natural. After everything that has happened......
(Melanie looked down and shivered since it's still pouring and they're soaked wet)
Melanie: But the thing is......even though I listened to that voice telling me to come out here.....there's something else inside of me telling me to just walk away and forget about the whole thing. Why should I care? Time will heal everything....and one day we might get back to normal. But I'm confused. I dont know which one to listen to.......
Why should I care?
Cause you weren't there.....
When I was scared
I was so alone
You need to listen
I'm starting to trip
I'm losing my grip
And I'm in this thing alone.
Melanie: We used to be so happy.......everyday I lie in my bed, with all these memories running through my head. But suddenly, the memories with you in them just stop. And it seems so weird, and so unexplainable in a dream. But when I wake up confused and alone.....I know why you weren't there hugging me and making me feel so loved so suddenly. It's because you weren't there. You left. And you disappeared from my dreams too. And that scared me the most. (she's still crying, but now it's harder to see her tears because the rain has grown harder. Ross just stares at her, also crying. Thunder rumbles close by and a flash of lightening illuminates their sad faces. Melanie shivers)
Ross: Lets go inside, Melanie.......you're freezing......
(they begin to walk to the front porch, where Rachel is still standing, watching them)
Melanie: (when she passes Rachel, whispers) Hey mom......
Rachel: (nods) Hey Mel......
(Melanie walks inside and when Ross walks up the front steps of the porch Rachel turns and begins to walk inside when Ross grabs her arm and she faces him)
Ross: Rachel? Please listen to me....right now. (Rachel just stares at him) I just want to tell you how much you still mean to me.......and I'm sorry for EVERYTHING....and well, I love you.
Rachel: (looks down. After a while she speaks, but doesn't look up) Ross, I know you don't mean it. Come on, you don't need someone like me anyway..........you have someone else now, anyway. You know you're just doing this because of Melanie.....
Ross: What does it take to make you realise that I'm so sorry.....and that I really love you?
Rachel: Can you give me back those years we've wasted?
(Ross looks down)
Rachel: I didn't think so.
(Rachel looks away from him and then down. She then turns around and walks into the house, leaving Ross standing there, looking after her.)
Am I just some chick you placed beside you?
To take somebody's place?
When you turn around....
Can you recognise my face?
You used to love me......
You used to hug me......
But that wasn't the case....
Everything wasn't okay.
(inside the house. Melanie is no where in site so she must have gone up to her room. We go into the kitchen where we see Rachel sitting by the table, face in her hands. Ross walks over to the door and stands in the doorway watching her)
Ross: Rachel? I know that I deserve to be hated......I am a terrible person.....but please, you HAVE to at least tell me one thing. Tell me that maybe one day everything will be okay.
Rachel: (takes her head out of her hands) Ross!! I already KNOW that everything is going to be okay!! I know that what ever the future brings will be good, but what I CANT tell you is if you're going to be in it. (pause) I'm not sure I even WANT you in it. (pause again) I dont hate you. And you're not a terrible person. I can see now, it wasn't only your fault......it was mine too. We both have our own faults.......and maybe you should think again and see if you would be able to forgive ME.
Ross: Well Rachel, I've already forgiven you. Because what's in the past stays in the past.....now there's the future to decide.
Why should I care?
Cause you weren't there.....
When I was scared
I was so alone
You need to listen
I'm starting to trip
I'm losing my grip
And I'm in this thing alone.
Ross: Please tell me you'll at least think about it? Because I thought so long about this too Rach......and this is my decision. And now, I want to know yours. I love you Rachel.....I love you so much.
Rachel: I loved you Ross........and fine. I'll think about it.
(Ross looks down)
Ross: Do you mind if I go check up on Mel?
Rachel: (quietly) Go ahead, she's yours too.
(Ross leaves the doorway and Rachel puts her head back in her hands, crying)
~~
(Mel's POV)
I lay on my bed, my back to the door, my head facing the window, where you could still see the rain pouring. I just lay there and thought about everything I had been through in my life.....and about everything that happened just a few minutes ago. It all seemed so weird. Why did I have to go through all this? I look down at my right arm which is stretched out beside me. I lift up the sleeve of my long sleeved T-shirt and stare at the jagged cuts across my whole arm. I hadn't been able to wear a short sleeved T-shirt for almost over 3 months because of these......and nobody ever found out about them......but he did. He was the one that HAD to find them. As I stared down at the cuts harder, tears began to fill up my now dry eyes. Why did I do this to myself? Why did I only realise it now, when I've practically already RUINED myself. When all these thoughts came rushing through my head......suddenly, an image of someone came to me. Someone I had almost forgotten about. Nicky. My own brother......it had been so long....and suddenly, I felt myself begin to cry again. For almost forgetting him....and for the thing inside of me that kept telling me that I had lost my own brother.
Crying out loud
I'm crying out loud
Crying out loud
I'm crying out loud
Open your eyes....
Open up wide.....
(suddenly the door behind her opens up and she closes her eyes tight, blocking out the sobs that were threatening to escape. Ross sticks his head in and slowly walks over to the side of her bed, staring at her back. He stands there for a while and then leans down and kisses her on the head. He then goes back to the same position he was in before, staring down at her. Then, right when he's about to turn and leave, he notices something on her bedside table. It's a picture frame. He picks it up and looks at it with a very sad look. After a while, he carefully puts it down and walks out of the door. We go to the picture frame, and we see it's the "family picture" it had been ripped up and now it was all taped together again. But the rips are REAL obvious. We then go to Mel's face, her eyes are still closed, but suddenly, one tear escaped and slowly slides down her cheek. We fade out with the song quietly playing......)
Why should I care?
Cause you weren't there.....
When I was scared
I was so alone
You need to listen
I'm starting to trip
I'm losing my grip
And I'm in this thing alone.
OKAY! There's the chapter!! I really, truly hope you liked it......! NO, LOVED it!! Hehe. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review......they mean the WORLD to me!! And they're the BEST! So please, be nice and review!! I might write more......I'm not sure. But I *THINK* that's an okay ending already....I dunno!! MAYBE!! Well, bye!!
[Notes 2 some people that reviewed---Hey Avi!!! I just wanted to thank you for your review.....and also for that stuff you said about moving and everything. I also moved from somewhere before this, but I was young and all. But I know it's gonna be harder now....and anyway, thanks for just saying that stuff! It helped me get over my depression. Hehe. THANKS GURL!! To PrincessWitch2010!! You again!! Hehe, two chapters in a row!! Thank you sooooo much for those ideas.....I'm not sure some of it will be in this chapter, but I think I'll be writing more......and it'll definitely get in there....well, we'll just wait and see. THANKS 2 YOU TOO!! To the people who told me to BRING BACK NICKY.....well, I'LL TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
~* Family Portrait *~
(* Melanie's POV *)
All in a few seconds, hundreds of different memories and emotions flooded over me, and I felt a fresh load of tears begin to pour down my face, and I kept sobbing I'm sorry, even though I wasn't so sure what I should have been so sorry about. But I loved him so much, and I wouldn't let him leave me ever again. He was my father.....as much as I had denied it, I knew it was true. I didn't really expect him to stay here and be with me forever.....he had a new family now, but I at least wanted to know that he still thought of me as his daughter. I shouldn't even care about any of this......he left me on my own, all alone. And when that thought came, I was more confused than ever.....
Are you aware of what you make me feel?
Right now I feel invisible to you
Like I'm not real
Didn't you feel me lock my arms around you
Why'd you turn away?
Here's what I have to say.
I was left to cry there....
Waiting outside there.....
Grinning with a lost stare.....
That's when I decided.......
(As Melanie kept sobbing, Ross slowly released his hold on her and made her stand a few inches away from him.)
Ross: Mel? Why are you doing this? I thought you didn't need me anymore? What happened to that theory?
Melanie: You don't have to be such an ass about it! Okay, you were right. I need a father......you're my father......but I just realised that. And I also just realised how stubborn....and......(sobs again) how stupid I have been!! (pause, cries) But suddenly, when I watched you leaving this house yet AGAIN, something in my head started flashing and saying...... 'Don't let him go this time.....' And I then realised that I've been so blind. I finally had you back by me.......and near me. And all I did was try to push you away again......
Ross: Mel, I think it's just natural. After everything that has happened......
(Melanie looked down and shivered since it's still pouring and they're soaked wet)
Melanie: But the thing is......even though I listened to that voice telling me to come out here.....there's something else inside of me telling me to just walk away and forget about the whole thing. Why should I care? Time will heal everything....and one day we might get back to normal. But I'm confused. I dont know which one to listen to.......
Why should I care?
Cause you weren't there.....
When I was scared
I was so alone
You need to listen
I'm starting to trip
I'm losing my grip
And I'm in this thing alone.
Melanie: We used to be so happy.......everyday I lie in my bed, with all these memories running through my head. But suddenly, the memories with you in them just stop. And it seems so weird, and so unexplainable in a dream. But when I wake up confused and alone.....I know why you weren't there hugging me and making me feel so loved so suddenly. It's because you weren't there. You left. And you disappeared from my dreams too. And that scared me the most. (she's still crying, but now it's harder to see her tears because the rain has grown harder. Ross just stares at her, also crying. Thunder rumbles close by and a flash of lightening illuminates their sad faces. Melanie shivers)
Ross: Lets go inside, Melanie.......you're freezing......
(they begin to walk to the front porch, where Rachel is still standing, watching them)
Melanie: (when she passes Rachel, whispers) Hey mom......
Rachel: (nods) Hey Mel......
(Melanie walks inside and when Ross walks up the front steps of the porch Rachel turns and begins to walk inside when Ross grabs her arm and she faces him)
Ross: Rachel? Please listen to me....right now. (Rachel just stares at him) I just want to tell you how much you still mean to me.......and I'm sorry for EVERYTHING....and well, I love you.
Rachel: (looks down. After a while she speaks, but doesn't look up) Ross, I know you don't mean it. Come on, you don't need someone like me anyway..........you have someone else now, anyway. You know you're just doing this because of Melanie.....
Ross: What does it take to make you realise that I'm so sorry.....and that I really love you?
Rachel: Can you give me back those years we've wasted?
(Ross looks down)
Rachel: I didn't think so.
(Rachel looks away from him and then down. She then turns around and walks into the house, leaving Ross standing there, looking after her.)
Am I just some chick you placed beside you?
To take somebody's place?
When you turn around....
Can you recognise my face?
You used to love me......
You used to hug me......
But that wasn't the case....
Everything wasn't okay.
(inside the house. Melanie is no where in site so she must have gone up to her room. We go into the kitchen where we see Rachel sitting by the table, face in her hands. Ross walks over to the door and stands in the doorway watching her)
Ross: Rachel? I know that I deserve to be hated......I am a terrible person.....but please, you HAVE to at least tell me one thing. Tell me that maybe one day everything will be okay.
Rachel: (takes her head out of her hands) Ross!! I already KNOW that everything is going to be okay!! I know that what ever the future brings will be good, but what I CANT tell you is if you're going to be in it. (pause) I'm not sure I even WANT you in it. (pause again) I dont hate you. And you're not a terrible person. I can see now, it wasn't only your fault......it was mine too. We both have our own faults.......and maybe you should think again and see if you would be able to forgive ME.
Ross: Well Rachel, I've already forgiven you. Because what's in the past stays in the past.....now there's the future to decide.
Why should I care?
Cause you weren't there.....
When I was scared
I was so alone
You need to listen
I'm starting to trip
I'm losing my grip
And I'm in this thing alone.
Ross: Please tell me you'll at least think about it? Because I thought so long about this too Rach......and this is my decision. And now, I want to know yours. I love you Rachel.....I love you so much.
Rachel: I loved you Ross........and fine. I'll think about it.
(Ross looks down)
Ross: Do you mind if I go check up on Mel?
Rachel: (quietly) Go ahead, she's yours too.
(Ross leaves the doorway and Rachel puts her head back in her hands, crying)
~~
(Mel's POV)
I lay on my bed, my back to the door, my head facing the window, where you could still see the rain pouring. I just lay there and thought about everything I had been through in my life.....and about everything that happened just a few minutes ago. It all seemed so weird. Why did I have to go through all this? I look down at my right arm which is stretched out beside me. I lift up the sleeve of my long sleeved T-shirt and stare at the jagged cuts across my whole arm. I hadn't been able to wear a short sleeved T-shirt for almost over 3 months because of these......and nobody ever found out about them......but he did. He was the one that HAD to find them. As I stared down at the cuts harder, tears began to fill up my now dry eyes. Why did I do this to myself? Why did I only realise it now, when I've practically already RUINED myself. When all these thoughts came rushing through my head......suddenly, an image of someone came to me. Someone I had almost forgotten about. Nicky. My own brother......it had been so long....and suddenly, I felt myself begin to cry again. For almost forgetting him....and for the thing inside of me that kept telling me that I had lost my own brother.
Crying out loud
I'm crying out loud
Crying out loud
I'm crying out loud
Open your eyes....
Open up wide.....
(suddenly the door behind her opens up and she closes her eyes tight, blocking out the sobs that were threatening to escape. Ross sticks his head in and slowly walks over to the side of her bed, staring at her back. He stands there for a while and then leans down and kisses her on the head. He then goes back to the same position he was in before, staring down at her. Then, right when he's about to turn and leave, he notices something on her bedside table. It's a picture frame. He picks it up and looks at it with a very sad look. After a while, he carefully puts it down and walks out of the door. We go to the picture frame, and we see it's the "family picture" it had been ripped up and now it was all taped together again. But the rips are REAL obvious. We then go to Mel's face, her eyes are still closed, but suddenly, one tear escaped and slowly slides down her cheek. We fade out with the song quietly playing......)
Why should I care?
Cause you weren't there.....
When I was scared
I was so alone
You need to listen
I'm starting to trip
I'm losing my grip
And I'm in this thing alone.
OKAY! There's the chapter!! I really, truly hope you liked it......! NO, LOVED it!! Hehe. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review......they mean the WORLD to me!! And they're the BEST! So please, be nice and review!! I might write more......I'm not sure. But I *THINK* that's an okay ending already....I dunno!! MAYBE!! Well, bye!!