A/N: Here comes the chapter of pure fluff. Melanie makes a friend, who she never thought she would actually ever like actually.

DISCLAIMER: Yu-Gi-Oh GX not mine. Melanie is mine. Brooke is property of Glacier Phoenix.

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Melanie sat in her favorite thinking spot, the beach. The waves gently lapped at her bare feet. She sighed, remembering how many times she and Syrus had shared dates in this exact same spot. And how that would never happen again. She would never again see his wild cyan hair, his innocent blue eyes, or those adorable glasses perched carefully on his nose.

"Hey, Melanie!" a voice called from the other end of the beach, pulling Mel out of her happy memories. She turned and gasped - Brooke and Chazz were running eagerly toward her.

"Hi." Brooke greeted her, sitting down. Mel recognized the black haired girl as Zane's preppy Obelisk girlfriend.

"Hey Obelisk-slackers," Mel said unenthusiastically. "What do you want?"

"We're just trying to be friendly." Brooke sounded offended. "We came to say that we're sorry about Syrus, but obviously I'm wasting my time here." She marched off angrily, calling "Slifer-slacker!" over her shoulder.

"I'm sorry." Chazz said apologetically, obviously having a little more patience with the angry Slifer. "I know what it's like to lose someone you love."

"Wow Chazz." Mel said sarcastically. "I didn't know you loved anyone other than yourself. Elaborate on this."

"My brothers and i used to be friends." Chazz explained, keeping a straight face and not reacting to Melanie's misplaced insults. "I could talk to them about anything. But then they got this whole 'world domination' thing into thier heads, and I have to be the best to earn thier respect. It wasn't always like that."

"That's too bad." Chazz' words had broken the hard shell that was holding the real Melanie in; the fiesty but quiet girl that Chazz remembered. "You know...you cant alk to me, though, Chazz."

"Are you sure you're okay though, Melanie? You look a little pale." Quietly, Chazz got behind Melanie and gave her a hug, resting his chin on top of her head. "I know that Syrus will come back. He loves you, and I'm sure if he knew what he did to you..."

This wiped away any signs of being pale. Melanie blushed deeply. "Chazz...I'm flattered." she stammered, pulling away. "But you know I love Syrus." Melanie turned and gave Chazz a kiss on the cheek. "But, thanks for coming. It means a lot to me that you care."

Chazz blushed. "Melanie, listen...I know I did have a little crush on you when we first met..."

"A LITTLE crush?" Melanie laughed for the first time, raising an eyebrow questioningly.

"A little crush." Chazz confirmed. "But I think I moved on."

"That's great!" Melanie said, trying to conceal the spear of sadness she felt. "Who?"

"Uh...it's this Obelisk. I don't think you'd know her." Chazz' pale face turned a bright scarlet.

"Try me." Mel pressed, smirking.

"Brooke." Chazz admitted, looking away.

'You do know she's not single?"

"...you've got to be kidding me."

"What about Mindy?" Melanie suggested helpfully.

"Mindy who?"

"The girl you went to the dance with." Melanie reminded him.

"I didn't know her name." Chazz laughed. "It was last minute, I couldn't find a date, and she was the leader of my fan club..." Chazz blushed a bright pink.

"So..." Mel concluded. "Basically, you wanted to look good in front of your friends by getting a date."

"What friends?"

"Those goons who follow you from class to class."

"I don't follow." Chazz looked blank.

"So Obelisks are as stupid as thier reputations say?" Melanie joked.

Chazz splashed Melanie with the salty ocean water around thier feet. "Hey," he laughed, "you're not very nice to me." He pretended to pout.

Melanie splashed him back. "Hey, it's not my fault you're stupid."

"I'm gonna get you for that!"

"You'll have to catch me first!" Melanie taunted, jumping into the freezing water and forcing Chazz to reluctantly follow.

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When the two students got out of the water, thier clothes were completely drenched and both were shivering. "It's getting late." Chazz pointed out (how observant is this guy?) "Wanna head down to the cafeteria for some dinner?"

"It's a date." Melanie replied, smiling.

"Friendly date, you slut." Chazz joked as he chased after Melanie back to the school. "You're not single. I know that Syrus isn' there, but that's no excuse to go running off with other guys."

"Why do you have to be so mean?" Mel rolled her eyes jokingly.

"You know I didn't mean it!" Chazz yelled as he caught up with Mel.

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So Chazz got Syrus off of Mel's mind, but how long will it last? Ooooh, the suspense is killing you, right? Well, you're gonna have to wait for the next chapter :P keep in mind I wrote this at 10 PM after singing the national anthem at a hockey game, so I was tired and sugar-high.