Ok, heres another chapter. Just in case I didn't mention it before, I don't own any of the characters in this or any story except Melanie. Just a romanitc evening between Brock and Melanie.

Chapter 10

Just the two of us

"Ok, candles…check. Roses…check." Brock said as he prepared their Valentines dinner. It was extremely late. Much too late for dinner, but Melanie was used to eating late. She was always the first one at the arena and the last one to leave. It was their first Valentines Day together and Brock wanted everything to be perfect. Brock rarely had a relationship for more than a year or so, with the exception of one…

There was a knocking at the door. Brock panicked. It was Melanie. She was 3 minutes early. Brock quickly placed the finishing touches on the table and wildly ran over to the door. He paused to smooth out his hopeless hair, and calmly opened the door.

"Hey." Brock said coolly. Melanie smiled.

"Hey you, what's up? What did you wanna talk about?" she asked. Brock shrugged.

"I uh…how's about you come in huh?" Brock said. Melanie cocked her head to the side and pushed the door open.

"Brock are you hiding…" Melanie began. Her voice trailed off as she entered the room.

Small red candles lighted the room as the scent of cinnamon reached Mel's nose. Melanie continued to walk through the room, staring at the sheer white curtains. She looked up at the sky. The moons glow illuminates her eyes as she became lost in her own thoughts. Oh my god.

She slowly tore her eyes away from the sky as Brock took Melanie by the hand and led her into the second room. It was just as beautiful as the first. A small table, set for two, was set up with two candles and several roses surrounding it. Melanie smiled softly as Brock wrapped his hands around her waist.

"Happy Valentines Day baby." Brock said quietly. Melanie covered her mouth with her hands. He gave her a small kiss on the lips.

"So what do you think?" He asked. Melanie was still speechless.

"I think its…amazing Brock, really." She said modestly. "You didn't have to do all of this just for a Hallmark holiday." Brock chuckled.

"I don't care what kind of holiday it is. Besides, I don't need a corporation to set aside a day for me to tell you how I feel. Because I love you." He said. Melanie embraced Brock.

"I wanna give you something." Melanie whispered. Brock released her as she pulled a gift out of her bag. Brock eagerly opened the box.

"Oh my…how did you know?" Brock asked as he pulled out an Elvis Presley bobble head. Melanie shrugged.

"Your mom told me you were a fan. They don't even make those anymore." Brock smiled and kissed Melanie passionately. He pulled away and the reached into his pocket and pulled out a black velvet box with a red ribbon tied around it.

"Brock? What's this?" Melanie asked. Brock laughed.

"Well, the concept of the box is so that you would open it and find out." He said smiling. Melanie carefully untied the ribbon and opened the box.

Melanie gasped. "Brock! This is…wow." Suddenly, she felt as if she couldn't breathe. Inside the box was a beautiful necklace with a heart at the end of it. There was an inscription inside the heart that read simply I love you. Melanie had to sit down.

"Brock, you really didn't have to get me this… you didn't have to do all of…" She couldn't finish. She was so moved. Melanie touched his cheek. It was warm and flushed as he was smiling. Brock took the necklace, unlatched the lock in the back and carefully placed it around her neck.

Perfect.

"Come on, let's eat." Brock said taking her by the hand and leading her to the table. A rose was on her seat. She carefully took it and sat down.

"I'm stuffed." Melanie said putting her fork down. Brock wiped his mouth and began clearing the table. Melanie placed her hand over the heart pendant that hung just below her neck. It was almost as if it belonged there, like a missing puzzle piece.

"So." Brock began. "We just finished dinner and we opened our presents and…" he made his way over to her seat. "We're alone. What do you wanna do?" Brock began lightly kissing her neck. Melanie smiled.

"Oh I don't know. How about watch the weather channel?" She said. Brock snickered. Melanie turned her head toward Brock. He stopped laughing.

"Wait…you're serious?" Brock asked. Melanie shrugged.

"They're following a tsunami in Brazil and a heat wave in Guatemala. I'm kinda interested." Brock pulled away.

"Oh. Well, err… I had something else in mind. But uh, if you want to do that." Melanie looked at Brock.

"Wait, Brock. You wanted to?" She asked. Brock nodded.

"Oh Brock. There's still a lot you don't know about me. I…I'm really prude." She explained. Brock nodded.

"Whatever Mel. I understand. Just…when the time is right." Brock began Melanie interrupted him, kissing him frantically. Brock spoke in between kisses.

"Wow…Mel. This is a side…of you I've…never seen before." He said. Melanie pulled Brock closer to her and threw him onto the bed. She got on top of him and began un buttoning his shirt. Just then, the phone rang. Melanie sighed.

"I should get that." She said quietly. Brock shook his head.

"No. No Mel. Bad Melanie. C'mon, focus!" He said eagerly. She groaned.

"What if it's important?"

"Nothing is more important than this." Brock said impatiently. Melanie got off Brock and picked up the phone.

"Whoa…slow down Prue! Yeah…yeah I can make it." Melanie said. A look of concern ran across her face. Brock sat up and realized that Melanie was going to leave.

"No, of course not. I don't mind." Melanie said. Brock began shaking his head, waving his arms around to protest. Melanie ignored him. "I'll be right there. Ok, bye." Brock collapsed onto the bed.

"I have to go. My sister is in trouble. I have to be with her." She said gathering her things and putting on her coat. She made her way towards the door when Brock sat up and met her there.

"I hope everything's ok." He said sympathetically. Melanie smiled and lightly kissed him.