"So what are you doing here Mel?" Eric asked, helping himself to a coffee.
"Just thinking." Melanie said. Eric looked at the sleeping bag that was out on the couch. He raised his eyebrow and gave Melanie a questionable look.
"Fine, if you MUST know, when you came in, to you're apartment," Melanie stopped, she really didn't want to tell Eric.
"Yeah yeah, Cory said y'all were making out or kissing or something." Eric said calmly, taking a sip of his coffee.
"ERIC! We were NOT making out!" Melanie said, jumping up to face Eric. "It was only one kiss! And I couldn't very well stay in the same room as Topanga was in and just sit there, pretending that nothing happened, that it meant nothing!" Melanie suddenly covered her mouth at what she last said.
"So, it DID mean something to you Mel!" Eric said. Melanie fell on the couch. "Oh Eric, it was wonderful, it was-" Melanie was interrupted by Eric.
"Mel, that's nice that you liked the kiss and all, but we don't need to go into details, after all, he is my brother. So getting back to, reality." Eric said as he let out a small chuckle.
"We have a predicament, and we need to fix it before anyone else gets hurt."
Melanie looked at Eric with a puzzled face. Eric was never EVER the sensible one, but now, he was a new person. Melanie leaned in and said, "What do you have in mind?"
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The next morning Melanie was ready to put her and Eric's plan into action. Here's what the plan was:
Melanie had to break up with Shawn. It was a must. She knew that she didn't like him any longer and there was no use in letting him stay. After that she needed to confront Topanga, alone. Melanie was extremely scared about this, she never really did like Topanga and to confront her and tell her that she kissed her fiancée, that was going to be difficult. Finally, she needed to talk to Cory. Cory needed to know that she liked him, and she liked the kiss. However, with all of that, Melanie had to tell Cory that they couldn't go out, just yet anyway.
Melanie took a deep breath and knocked on Cory and Shawn's room. She knew that Cory wasn't there; Eric told her that Cory was staying at his apartment.
Shawn answered the door groggily, stifling a yawn. "Hey sweetie." He said. Melanie cringed at the word. "Shawn, we need to talk."
Shawn knew the phrase too well; he used it on a lot of girls in the past. He let Melanie into the room.
"What's up?" he asked as he sat down on his bed. Melanie cautiously went and sat next to Shawn on the bed. "Shawn, I love you, I really do, but I just think, that maybe," Melanie trailed off.
"Ohh," Shawn said. "I know the phrase is soo cliché but its not you its me, really it is." Melanie pleaded with Shawn. He nodded solemnly and stood up. "I still hope that we can be friends."
"Yeah, frankly Melanie, I would like to be by myself if that's all right." Shawn said as he opened the door for her. Melanie sighed as she walked out of the room and Shawn gently closed the door.
'And that was supposed to be the easiest of the three to do!' Melanie thought to herself. 'Now I gotta go find Topanga.'
Melanie took a deep breath before she walked into her dorm. She found Angela and Topanga talking in low whispers, and Angela looked pretty pissed off as Topanga looked tired of the conversation.
"Uh, Angela?" Melanie said. "What?" Angela said in a snappy voice. She saw that it was Melanie and said, "Oh sorry, what is it Mel?"
"I was wondering if I could have a moment with Topanga, alone?" Melanie asked Angela.
"Sure." Angela said as she got up. Melanie didn't notice, but as Angela got up, she gave Topanga an evil look. Angela smiled at Melanie as she left the room.
"What do you want Melanie?" Topanga asked rudely. "What is your problem?" Melanie shot back. "What do you have against me, I have done nothing wro-" Melanie abruptly stopped what she was saying.
Melanie knew she had done something wrong, but she knew that Topanga had to find out about it some time. Melanie sighed and said, "Topanga, we didn't get off to the best start. Why is that? Why don't you like me?"
Topanga rolled her eyes and rolled on her stomach on her bed. "I don't know. Maybe I just don't want anyone new coming into my life and messing it up."
"Messing it up? What are you talking about? Everyone knows you are having an affair with Jack, so stop fooling yourself and especially Cory by pretending that you two are still in love!" Melanie yelled at Topanga. Melanie knew that her angry side would come out, it always did sooner or later.
Topanga was speechless but Melanie continued. "You lead Cory on and he doesn't deserve that. He doesn't deserve it one bit. We kissed last night and I felt something, but he thought it was wrong that he was kissing someone else when he was engaged. Topanga, you know how great Cory is. Don't make him suffer any longer."
It looked as if Topanga was contemplating this but then she looked up at Melanie with an evil glare. "YOU KISSED MY FIANCÉE?" Topanga yelled at Melanie angrily. This was not the type of response that Melanie was hoping for, but she dealt with it.
"Yes, I kissed Cory and I DID feel something. He is a wonderful person and doesn't deserve a two timer like you Topanga." Melanie calmly said.
"Get out. Get out right now! I HATE YOU, YOU BITCH!" Topanga cried with tears streaming down her face. She threw a pillow at Melanie and collapsed on her bed.
Melanie for the first time felt sorry for Topanga. She walked over and patted her on the back. "Personally, I don't think you hate me, but you hate how your life is taking you. But the only way its going to get better is for you to straighten it out. Talk to Cory, he will understand."
Topanga cried for a few more moments but finally said, "Yes, you are absolutely right. I am going to go talk to him right now." "Good for you. You want me to help you put on some make up to hide the tears and your puffy face?" Melanie asked sincerely.
"No, it will be fine." Topanga said. She flashed Melanie a smile and she walked out of the room.
'Phase two completed. Now all I have to do is wait for Topanga to talk to Cory, then I can talk to him.'
Melanie thought that she should give Topanga and Cory a chance to talk, so she started on her homework. Angela came back into the room and Melanie explained everything that happened. It was three hours later that Topanga came back, hand in hand with Cory.
Both had dopey smiles on their faces. Angela looked at Topanga curiously but Topanga didn't even glance at Angela. She instead was looking at Melanie. So was Cory. He finally spoke. "Topanga and I have an announcement to make. We talked long and hard about this and we feel it is the right thing to do. We are moving up the wedding and its going to be in two weeks!"
Angela's mouth dropped and Melanie just starred. "Well?" Topanga asked, "Aren't you happy for us?" She had a smug look on her face.
"Absolutely thrilled. I hope you two have a wonderful life together. Excuse me, I have to be somewhere else." Melanie whispered and ran out of the dorm holding her hands over her face, trying to stop the tears.
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A/N: Wow, I actually updated, I'm so happy! Now I got some ideas. Topanga is really evil isn't she? Lol. Well please review! LYL!
"Just thinking." Melanie said. Eric looked at the sleeping bag that was out on the couch. He raised his eyebrow and gave Melanie a questionable look.
"Fine, if you MUST know, when you came in, to you're apartment," Melanie stopped, she really didn't want to tell Eric.
"Yeah yeah, Cory said y'all were making out or kissing or something." Eric said calmly, taking a sip of his coffee.
"ERIC! We were NOT making out!" Melanie said, jumping up to face Eric. "It was only one kiss! And I couldn't very well stay in the same room as Topanga was in and just sit there, pretending that nothing happened, that it meant nothing!" Melanie suddenly covered her mouth at what she last said.
"So, it DID mean something to you Mel!" Eric said. Melanie fell on the couch. "Oh Eric, it was wonderful, it was-" Melanie was interrupted by Eric.
"Mel, that's nice that you liked the kiss and all, but we don't need to go into details, after all, he is my brother. So getting back to, reality." Eric said as he let out a small chuckle.
"We have a predicament, and we need to fix it before anyone else gets hurt."
Melanie looked at Eric with a puzzled face. Eric was never EVER the sensible one, but now, he was a new person. Melanie leaned in and said, "What do you have in mind?"
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The next morning Melanie was ready to put her and Eric's plan into action. Here's what the plan was:
Melanie had to break up with Shawn. It was a must. She knew that she didn't like him any longer and there was no use in letting him stay. After that she needed to confront Topanga, alone. Melanie was extremely scared about this, she never really did like Topanga and to confront her and tell her that she kissed her fiancée, that was going to be difficult. Finally, she needed to talk to Cory. Cory needed to know that she liked him, and she liked the kiss. However, with all of that, Melanie had to tell Cory that they couldn't go out, just yet anyway.
Melanie took a deep breath and knocked on Cory and Shawn's room. She knew that Cory wasn't there; Eric told her that Cory was staying at his apartment.
Shawn answered the door groggily, stifling a yawn. "Hey sweetie." He said. Melanie cringed at the word. "Shawn, we need to talk."
Shawn knew the phrase too well; he used it on a lot of girls in the past. He let Melanie into the room.
"What's up?" he asked as he sat down on his bed. Melanie cautiously went and sat next to Shawn on the bed. "Shawn, I love you, I really do, but I just think, that maybe," Melanie trailed off.
"Ohh," Shawn said. "I know the phrase is soo cliché but its not you its me, really it is." Melanie pleaded with Shawn. He nodded solemnly and stood up. "I still hope that we can be friends."
"Yeah, frankly Melanie, I would like to be by myself if that's all right." Shawn said as he opened the door for her. Melanie sighed as she walked out of the room and Shawn gently closed the door.
'And that was supposed to be the easiest of the three to do!' Melanie thought to herself. 'Now I gotta go find Topanga.'
Melanie took a deep breath before she walked into her dorm. She found Angela and Topanga talking in low whispers, and Angela looked pretty pissed off as Topanga looked tired of the conversation.
"Uh, Angela?" Melanie said. "What?" Angela said in a snappy voice. She saw that it was Melanie and said, "Oh sorry, what is it Mel?"
"I was wondering if I could have a moment with Topanga, alone?" Melanie asked Angela.
"Sure." Angela said as she got up. Melanie didn't notice, but as Angela got up, she gave Topanga an evil look. Angela smiled at Melanie as she left the room.
"What do you want Melanie?" Topanga asked rudely. "What is your problem?" Melanie shot back. "What do you have against me, I have done nothing wro-" Melanie abruptly stopped what she was saying.
Melanie knew she had done something wrong, but she knew that Topanga had to find out about it some time. Melanie sighed and said, "Topanga, we didn't get off to the best start. Why is that? Why don't you like me?"
Topanga rolled her eyes and rolled on her stomach on her bed. "I don't know. Maybe I just don't want anyone new coming into my life and messing it up."
"Messing it up? What are you talking about? Everyone knows you are having an affair with Jack, so stop fooling yourself and especially Cory by pretending that you two are still in love!" Melanie yelled at Topanga. Melanie knew that her angry side would come out, it always did sooner or later.
Topanga was speechless but Melanie continued. "You lead Cory on and he doesn't deserve that. He doesn't deserve it one bit. We kissed last night and I felt something, but he thought it was wrong that he was kissing someone else when he was engaged. Topanga, you know how great Cory is. Don't make him suffer any longer."
It looked as if Topanga was contemplating this but then she looked up at Melanie with an evil glare. "YOU KISSED MY FIANCÉE?" Topanga yelled at Melanie angrily. This was not the type of response that Melanie was hoping for, but she dealt with it.
"Yes, I kissed Cory and I DID feel something. He is a wonderful person and doesn't deserve a two timer like you Topanga." Melanie calmly said.
"Get out. Get out right now! I HATE YOU, YOU BITCH!" Topanga cried with tears streaming down her face. She threw a pillow at Melanie and collapsed on her bed.
Melanie for the first time felt sorry for Topanga. She walked over and patted her on the back. "Personally, I don't think you hate me, but you hate how your life is taking you. But the only way its going to get better is for you to straighten it out. Talk to Cory, he will understand."
Topanga cried for a few more moments but finally said, "Yes, you are absolutely right. I am going to go talk to him right now." "Good for you. You want me to help you put on some make up to hide the tears and your puffy face?" Melanie asked sincerely.
"No, it will be fine." Topanga said. She flashed Melanie a smile and she walked out of the room.
'Phase two completed. Now all I have to do is wait for Topanga to talk to Cory, then I can talk to him.'
Melanie thought that she should give Topanga and Cory a chance to talk, so she started on her homework. Angela came back into the room and Melanie explained everything that happened. It was three hours later that Topanga came back, hand in hand with Cory.
Both had dopey smiles on their faces. Angela looked at Topanga curiously but Topanga didn't even glance at Angela. She instead was looking at Melanie. So was Cory. He finally spoke. "Topanga and I have an announcement to make. We talked long and hard about this and we feel it is the right thing to do. We are moving up the wedding and its going to be in two weeks!"
Angela's mouth dropped and Melanie just starred. "Well?" Topanga asked, "Aren't you happy for us?" She had a smug look on her face.
"Absolutely thrilled. I hope you two have a wonderful life together. Excuse me, I have to be somewhere else." Melanie whispered and ran out of the dorm holding her hands over her face, trying to stop the tears.
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A/N: Wow, I actually updated, I'm so happy! Now I got some ideas. Topanga is really evil isn't she? Lol. Well please review! LYL!
