I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.

A/N: I AM SORRY THIS CHAPTER IS KIND OF SHORT COMPARED TO THE LAST TWO I JUST POSTED BUT HOPEFULLY I CAN KEEPING TACKING AT THE NEXT CHAPTER OR TWO BUT TRYING TO CONFIGURE HOW I WANT THINGS TO WORK OUT RIGHT NOW. EVEN THOUGH I WRITE OUT STORYLINES OF HOW I WANT MY STORY'S WRITTEN, FOR SOME ODD REASON WHEN I BEGIN WRITING A STORY EVERYTHING GOES OUT THE WINDOW SO I AM ALWAYS SCRAMBLING OF WHAT THE F*** AM I GOING TO DO NOW?! SO YEAH...

Melanie's Point of View-

After we had finished eating we had went back on deck where he had pulled the anchor up before he took control of the wheel taking us back to deck where he anchored us again. He climbed off onto the wooden pier where he began tying rope to the boat and onto the deck itself to help hold the boat in its parking spot of sorts in the ocean as I began to pack and gather all of our things.

"I think I got everything." I yelled down to him and he raised his hands up.

"Toss it down and I'll catch them." He said as I tossed our bags down one at a time before I began to climb down and jumped off to land onto the wooden pier. "How was that?"

"I had a great time…" I said with a smile as he held my hand all the way back to his car putting our bags into the trunk before getting into the actual car. "Do you live far from here considering you have a boat or do you live where I live?"

"Eh, in between." He said with a chuckle as he began to drive us to his place, his place was huge just from looking at it from the outside. I know that Kevin's house was two stories but this, this was more than that and all I could do was to climb out of the car and stare at the house from behind the door in awe. 'What does he see in me? A rich man like him, with a broken homeless girl like me?' I thought to myself as the slam of the trunk door stole my attention, I slid out of the way shutting the door as I followed him up to the front door letting him unlock it.

"Is your Florida home just as big?" I asked.

"Nah, I only have an apartment in Florida. I did have a house for a while but I began renting it out."

"And now you are a renter, why not just keep the house for yourself?"

"Why do I need a four bedroom house in Florida when there is only one of me and I'm there only like three days a week?" Corey asked as I followed him into the house, I pushed the door shut and locked it behind me as I followed Corey like a lost puppy as I looked over every detail in the house, he certainly did have an unique taste in his art and way his house was decorated.

"True, but why not sell the house?" I asked.

"I can, but my renters didn't have the money at the time and they are just happy with renting at the moment so figured let me just play it out." He said with a shrug as he led me upstairs to a bedroom, "This will be your room for the time being." He said as I stepped into the room, it was furnished and mainly a maroon purple scheme which wasn't bad.

"Thanks…where is your room?" I asked curiously as I hooked my thumbs on my pockets.

"Right at the end of the hall, so I won't be too far away if you need anything in the middle of the night. Let me show you where your bathroom is." He said as he put my two bags barely on the inside of my room before I followed him to the bathroom that I would be using most of the time when I was upstairs. It seemed like it should be a master bedrooms bathroom due to the size but I wasn't complaining as he shut the light off and I followed him back downstairs.

"I meant to ask, is that a record player?" I asked pointing at the record player that had caught my eye when we first walked in earlier today.

"Yes it is, you have any records?"

"Nah, but I love that classic vinyl stuff. Which I had a player so I could buy some but since I don't own a player, it is kind of pointless to spend money on something I can't use." I said shrugging as I ran my finger over the edge of the player.

"Their collectibles so you can be a collector."

"True but really saving up for other bigger things than starting a collection right now." I said letting out a sigh.

"What might that be?" He asked curiously.

"Just…things…" I said shrugging, 'A car, an apartment to myself, maybe an one-way flight out of this forsaken town…' I listed in my head as he smirked.

"Well, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to….you want to see my collection?" He asked as I nodded as he led me to the book shelf that was filled with a mixture of VHS's, DVD's, Vinyl's and books. It was nice that I could bound with someone over this type of thing, by what I could judge of the vinyl's he had that we both have similar taste in music. After he showed me his collection, he gave me a tour of the rest of his house besides one room and I didn't question why but figured there was a reason behind why he didn't want to show that room to me. "Out here is my pool, I should be the one doing BBQ's since I have a nice pool." He said as I chuckled.

"Yes, yes you should." I said with a smile.

"Well, we should grab a quick bite before heading to work don't you think?" He asked as I let out a sigh knowing he was right as we went back inside as I watched him in the kitchen trying to remember where things were from what I could see of inside the cupboards he had opened. "So I was thinking, I'm gone for my other job three days a week and you have that living arrangement with Kevin if you want to house sit for me."

"Uh, great…sure." I said running a hand through my hair.

"For now, I promise I will take you to Florida when our relationship is stronger." He said as I nodded.

"Plus, I don't have the money to go right now so it would have to wait on that aspect as well." I said as I bit at my bottom lip as he glanced up at me, 'Yeah, that is why he won't take me…' I thought to myself as I was mentally smacking myself in the forehead.

"We'll find the perfect time to go then…" He said as I nodded, I was just thinking how a trip out of here will be great for me and it'll be time where I will be stress free of worrying about Alex finding me because he will be in a completely different state as me.

A/N: YES ANOTHER AUTHOR'S NOTE, I AM LOOKING FOR A BETA (SOMEONE TO READ MY CHAPTERS BEFORE POSTING) BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I REALLY NEED ONE WITH MY POOR GRAMMAR AND TO MAKE SURE THE WAY I AM WRITING OUT MY STORIES TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE CORRECT THROUGH AND THROUGH AND MAKES SENSE...IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT ME!