The feelings that I felt for you…
I thought they were true…
The feelings that you felt for me..
I knew could never be..
No longer will I be told this lie..
I am saying goodbye..

I stayed in Leonardo's room the entire day that day, not bothering once to get up to get some food. My stomach ached all day, pleading with me to eat, but I wouldn't let it. I didn't want to go down there and see him. The lying bastard! How could he treat me so wonderful and then turn around and be all happy with someone else! I shouldn't have kid myself. I knew that Lea was probably only saying such things about Don liking me to only make me feel better. I was beginning to think that when he had kissed me weeks ago was only a ploy to get me back with them, away from Saki. How could I ever match up with April? She was clearly his type and he seemed so happy around her. I mean even if she MAY be with someone, for all I know, I could still see the way he acted around her that showed he still had feelings for her. He seemed so happy around her. I felt so dumb for even liking him. I knew he was only trying to be nice to me to be a good person, but I shouldn't have taken this thing too far. I felt like there was no place for me here now.

I was so frustrated because I wanted to leave, but I felt like I couldn't! How could I get out with all of them there? Lea had came into the room several occasions to speak to me, but I didn't want to talk to her. I knew what she said, but how could her words go against what I saw. I saw it with my two own eyes! I didn't want to her words of sympathy to cheer me up. Every time she came in, I hid my face in the pillow and yelled at her to go away. I didn't want to deal with this! Not now! Still Lea persisted to where I got to the point where I screamed at her. I didn't want to hear any more lies! The only thing I wanted to do now was to get away from here but I felt so trapped.

Later on that evening, I heard my cell phone ring go off. I scrambled over to the phone and picked it up to look at the number. My vision was blurry because I didn't eat anything all day and the lack of food was causing me to become dizzy. I held my head as I looked at the number. It was a number that I didn't recognize so I decided not to answer it fearing it would be my parents and I didn't want to deal with them either. I looked at the screen and a sound indicated that there was a message. I pushed the voice mail button and listened. It was from Tina.

She was worried about me and wanted to talk to me. She seemed kind of upset about me which really bothered me. I mean they were still my friends no matter who they were with. I knew I had to call her back and find a place to meet her to see what was going on. But I also knew that I couldn't bring it up to Lea or the others. They wouldn't approve because I would be putting myself back into that Purple Dragons' position. Also if I went out to tell them about it then it meant I would have to deal with Don and I really didn't want to see him. Just the thought of him made me start to cry. I looked down at the cell phone again to see that it was pretty earlier in the morning. I had stayed in Leonardo's room for practically 24 hours with no food, but it didn't feel that long because I must have slept for most of the entire day. I got up and put on my black jeans, figuring it would be pretty cool outside because it was early in the morning. I slipped on my pink short sleeve top and tiptoed quietly towards the main entrance of Leo's room. I noticed that Lea wasn't there so I was curious on where she was. As I walked quietly down into the main area, I WASN'T surprised to see her snuggled up with Leonardo on the couch. Seeing them together, reminded me of the night that I spent with Don. The only thing was that Leo LOVED her. I knew how much he cared for her. I let out a small growl to myself and then walked quietly towards the elevator. Unfortunately I should have known that Leo would wake up by me. Fortunately for me, I came up with an idea in my head just in case I would have to deal with him. "Where are you going?" He asked as he leaned up some looking at me, I could see he was still cradling Lea to make sure he wouldn't hurt her as he sat up to look at me.

"I don't have any reception and I need to make a phone call," I said as I looked at him.

"This early in the morning?" He asked, his eyebrow ridge raised at me.

"It may have been my parents and I need to make sure," I said back at him, holding his gaze.

"Alright," He said as he motioned for me to continue. I nodded and smiled at him warmly as a thank you, taking notice that Lea had awaken, but I quickly left to go to the warehouse before she could say anything. Thank goodness I always looked so innocent and true that I could get away with stuff.

As soon as I got to the warehouse, I didn't stop to make the phone call. I looked back at the elevator, but then sighed and turned around. "Who needs him," I grumbled. I put my cell phone keypad on lock and then shoved it in my pocket. I walked out of the warehouse and then broke off in a sprint, running as hard as I could to gain some distance from the warehouse and myself, making sure that there was no way that they could find me.

Once I felt like I was far away enough, I stopped to catch my breath and turned the corner to walk towards East Manhattan. I stopped and leaned my back against the wall of a building and pushed in the number that had called me earlier. The phone rang at least 3 times before it picked up. I got a hold of Tina and told her to meet me at the South Side Street Port around 7am. That would give me enough time to get down there.

On the way there I stopped by a small café to pick up some food for breakfast and the other meals that I missed the previous day. After I scarfed down my food, I made my way to where I would meet Tina. She was already there, waiting for me. She had on black jeans as well with a long sleeve jacket that had tribal red flames on the front. Her hair was pulled back in a ponytail and the ends were dyed in a firery red color. "Melinda!" She exclaimed as she ran up and hugged me tightly.

I smiled some as she hugged me. Boy did I EVER need a hug. I hugged her back and sighed to myself. The comforting feeling of her hugging me already made me feel better. "Where have you been?" She asked as she finally released me.

"Just hanging with some friends," I quickly said.

"I haven't seen you in so long, I had no clue what had happened to you!"

"So what's going on?" I asked, trying to change the subject.

Tina looked at me and sighed. "It's Amanda. She's not doing too well. She really needs you right now…"

I looked at her confused, I saw the sadness in her eyes. "What are you talking about? What's wrong with her?"

"Melinda, she tried to commit suicide a few days ago. She's going through some tough times. She left her family. You know she's grown attach to you. She really needs you."

"Well where is she?" I asked.

"At the club, she's been staying there overnight for the past 2 nights. I have been trying to stay with her as much as I can. She's getting better I think. You want to go visit?"

I hesitated some. I knew that the club is where most of the Purple Dragons hung out yet, which meant Hun. I wasn't too sure how serious it would be. "Alright, let's go." I said as I motioned for her to walk first. I was just about to follow her when I heard my ring tone sound. I looked down at the number and knew it was Lea's number. I groaned. Tina looked at me and I knew she was waiting for me to answer it so I did. "Hello?"

"Mel! Where are you at! Where did you go!" Lea said over on the other end, her voice was filled with fear.

"I'm fine. I just had to meet up with someone, I'll be back," I quickly said, trying to make the conversation short.

"Where ARE you at?" She asked again.

"Look, I'LL call you back!" I said again, more sternly as I hit the disconnect button and put the phone back in my pocket. I didn't want to deal with this right now. I noticed that Tina was still looking at me.

"Mel, who was that?"

"No one…" I stuttered.

"Are you with those freaks?" She asked, her eyes wide. I knew she could look through me. I remained silent. "I can't believe you…" She said as she stepped back.

I growled sharply. "Listen! I WAS stupid ok! I'm not going back so don't worry about it! Now let's go find Amanda." I said as I stormed off in front of her. I was fuming so down deep inside. "You can have her, Don. I don't want you!" I said to myself as I walked.