I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
Melanie's Point of View-
I woke up at 7 AM, which is usually Jack wakes up during the week due to school and I always got up to have breakfast with them. I stayed in my pajamas, didn't want to start getting showered or dressed or anything until closer to 11 AM when the date with Corey was and figured he will be here roughly a few minutes prior to 11 but I still had 3-4 hours so I didn't see the problem. I headed down the stairs pulling my hair up into a messy ponytail as I stopped at the bottom turning to face the living room seeing Jack sitting on Corey's lap as Kevin and Anita were sitting on the couch opposing Corey, each holding a cup of coffee and hearing Anita let out a laugh as Corey continued to talk. My mouth dropped as I turned to try to run up the stairs before Corey saw me in my pajamas that consisted of a spaghetti strap and fuzzy pants.
"Morning sleepy head." Kevin said right when I put my foot onto the first step as I turned putting on a fake half smile.
"Morning." I said as I walked down the two steps to get to the actual floor.
"There is still coffee brewed and breakfast may just have to be heated up." Anita said as I nodded, "It's time for me to take little Jack to school." Anita said as she stood up and I walked past them to head into the kitchen. I opened the one cupboard pulling a mug out from the cupboard setting it onto the counter as I reached over grabbing the pot of coffee that was still being heated from the burner.
"I hope you don't mind me coming over early, hadn't seen little Jack in months." Corey said as I glanced over at him.
"I don't mind, just wished that I had known so I wouldn't come walking down looking like a complete mess." I said softly as he chuckled.
"You aren't a complete mess, I have seen people look worse."
"Oh, that makes me feel so much better." I said with a soft chuckle as I went to the fridge grabbing the creamer.
"I hope it did, I know I look worse when I wake up from a good nights sleep...why don't you drink your cup of joe, get ready and we will go do breakfast?"
"Do breakfast and lunch out? Uh, that is a lot of money...I can just re-heat some of this food or have a bowl of cereal." I said as he nodded as I began making a plate of the food that Anita had cooked earlier I had presumed before heating it in the microwave for a half minute and putting finishing touches on it, like ketchup on my eggs and making toast to go with my eggs and bacon. I went to sit at the dining room table and Corey sat in a chair beside me as he leant onto the table with his forearms.
"So, what do you want to do today? I was thinking going to the mall, they have a food court, movie theater, an arcade and of course, stores and I know that all girls love to shop." Corey said with a smile.
"I do love to shop, but I can't buy anything. Make sure I don't spend a dime on something I don't need." I said as I pointed at him with my fork.
"I cross my heart..." Corey said as he lazily did the symbol for that with a smile, "It just means I can spend my dime on it or know what I can get you for your birthday or a holiday." Corey said as he reached over stealing a slice of my bacon.
"Hey!" I said in a fake offended tone and let out a soft chuckle as he smiled as he took a bite of the slice of bacon.
"What?" He asked in a fake confused manner with the bacon still in his mouth as he spoke.
"You stole my bacon, you can get your own man." I said as he smiled.
"But your plate is closer than the bacon plate." He said as I let out a groan as I walked over getting another plate putting some bacon on it and brought it over.
"Merry Christmas." I said non-enthusiastic about it as I set the plate down in front of him.
"Thanks...I can't get enough of this stuff even though it isn't good for my diet."
"You? On a diet? Aren't you skinny enough? You are also muscular, why are you even on a diet?"
"How else am I supposed to keep my figure?" Corey asked with a chuckle.
"Good point, any pointers on losing weight other than stop eating bacon?" I asked as I took a bite of my own bacon.
"A lot of determination, dedication and sweating...I can help you with getting a gym membership." Corey offered as he ate a piece of bacon.
"I may like that but don't have money to pay a monthly charge for a gym so I got to resort to at home work outs."
"You want a work out buddy? I can drive over, we can go for jogs and such? I got free weights I can bring over or hell you can come to my place daily and do a work out routine."
"Why do I feel like you will murder me in a work out?"
"I"m not that bad as a work out couch, I promise you."
"I'll think about it." I said as I poked at my eggs before eating at it.
"How did you end up working with Kevin?" Corey asked.
"Well, I was always walking in seeing if I could get work done, I never had money to pay for them so I would work for the tattoo to kind of pay the tab and I kind of wanted a reason out of my current place at that time and I seeked it out and that was the result. Things got worse and I became homeless so he opened up his home to me so here I am and ended up staying here." I spoke looking down at my plate not wanting to look at him.
"Hey, we all have our struggles and we have to do what we got to do in order to survive. It's a dog eat dog world out there." Corey said as he had no idea how true that statement was and how I was withholding information about the situation at hand but hoped that that the truth won't come out for a good length of time until I was comfortable and trusted him enough to tell him the truth if that time ever came.
"Yeah, we do..." I said as I took another bite of my eggs.
"So, did you get a lot of ink done then since you were always heading there?"
"Not as much as you have done I am presuming." I said sarcastically with a soft chuckle.
"I do have a lot and plan on getting more but I could visually see you don't have as much as me but you said you got some."
"I have like six..." I said confidently.
"Why are you slacking? Get going girl, you have to catch up to me." Corey said as I chuckled.
"I doubt I will ever get that many, I would run out of things I want to get tattooed on my body. How did you come up with all of those things? Don't they each have a meaning?"
"Obviously they all have a meaning if I got them inked on my body, that will be a long date that we will have for me to go through each and every one so that will come to a different day."
"If there will be a date after today." I muttered.
"What? You already don't want to go on this date?"
"No, I just meant...after today you may not want to go out with me again."
"Well I can't make that decision until after today, so don't cross any t's or dot any i's until afterwards, okay miss jumping ahead?" He asked as I blushed slightly and smirked.
"Okay." I said as I set my fork down, "I'm done...I'm going to go get ready so I'll be ready in like a half hour or so."
"Alright, no rush...I'll go with Kevin to drop Jack off at school and you should hopefully done by the time we get back." Corey said as he stood up simtaneously with me as I took my plate to the sink before I followed behind him out to the living room. I headed upstairs to my room, now that I saw what Corey was wearing I could kind of base my outfit off of what he was wearing. I picked out a simple pair of jeans that had rips along the legs purposefully, a black cami top with a white cardigan and a white kintted hat. I went to shower before I came back to my room getting dressed, blow drying my hair and doing all the daily rituals I would normally do to get ready for the day but this time I had done extra prep to make myself extra cute if that was possible for him. I did almost a full 180 view to make sure all the scars were being covered from my clothing so no questions were being asked about the scars or that they were visible period because I didn't want him seeimg it and running over to Kevin to ask questions behind my back. I transitioned my wallet into a wristlet wallet before I headed downstairs seeing Anita, Corey and Kevin on the couches laughing and chatting, it was nice seeing that he was friends with them as well and I felt like the third wheel because I was the odd one out because I wasn't that close to Corey and I looked to Corey as attractive and someone that I want to know more about him. I stepped off the last step as I walked further into the living room sitting on the arm of the couch where Corey sat looking over at Anita and Kevin.
"You look nice today Melanie." Anita said as I smirked.
"Thanks." I said as I pushed a strand of hair behind my ear as I glanced over to Corey feeling his hand plant onto my back gently rubbing it.
"She definitely does, well we should get going huh?" Corey asked as I nodded as I stood back up.
"I'll be back." I said.
"Your curfew is 10 PM." Kevin said.
"I have the shop to work tonight."
"Me too." Corey said sarcastically.
"Well, I'll see you both at the shop if not before then." Kevin said as I pulled the front door open and Corey grabbed the door behind me to hold it open for us to walk through. I stepped out and aside to let him step out in front of me to lead me to his car that he had parked in front of the house.