Melanie waited in silence. She was sitting right in front of the door that Ryan had been living at for almost a year. She reached up and knocked on the door. She barely could do that. When she started thinking about just leaving then, a boy with curly dark brown hair opened the door. He looked a bit surprised.
"Uh...how can I help you?"
Melanie cleared her throat. "Is...is Ryan Atwood here?"
He looked startled. "Yeah, hold on, let me get him."
Melanie could here him yell up the stairs. "RYANNNNNN SOMEONE IS AT THE DOOR FOR YOU!"
Melanie cracked her knuckles, a stress reliever taught to her by Trey, but the only downside, it made everyone able to tell when she was nervous or upset.
Ryan opened the door. "Ye...?" He stared into her face. "Melanie?"
"Hey Ry..." She said.
He took a few steps toward her and pulled her into a deep hug. "My god..." he kept saying.
Melanie had to bite her lip to keep from crying. "How ya doin' Ryan? God I missed you."
"I'm doing great...what about you?" He asked.
"Uhhh..." she replied nervously, "not that good, actually. Trey's outta jail...Mom's got a new boyfriend, and she's still a drunk, oh Ry, I don't want to dump anything on you when your life is so good right now but Ryan, I just can't take it!" CRACK! Went another one of her knuckles.
Ryan looked at her. "Come in Mel, come in..."
And Melanie did so, and following Ryan, how could have ever known her life was about to take a turn for what seemed like the best?
I am soooooooooo sorry I could not update sooner! I was at camp for a week and had no internet connection! I am very excited that you guys like this story. Anyways if you have ideas I'm willing to listen and I have a question, do you want this to follow the 2nd season, or for me to just make up what happens? And to answer PrincessSparkel15's question: Ryan was 16 when he moved in, but this is placed in the 2nd season so he is now 17. Anyways, I'll update as soon as I can! Lauren/OneManShow