I do not own Monsters University or Monster's Inc. I only own Melanie.

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Melanie was frozen after what Johnny just asked. She never thought he would find out about her being human. Her throat felt like someone was trying to crush it as she stared up at Johnny.

"Well, did you used to be a human?" Johnny asked again since she had not answered him yet.

Gathering her courage, she grabbed Johnny's arm and pulled him to a more secluded area on campus. "Look I don't know how you found out about this, but yes. I used to be a human. I walked into my closet one night, ended up here surrounded by monsters that I only believed to be figments of childhood imagination, get chased by monsters, and then end up in a lab explosion that changes me completely," she said looking straight at him. "I don't know who told you, but you cannot tell anyone. If you tell others that I used to be a human then there could be a riot or worse. I didn't ask for this, but I just want to finish my education and create a life for myself here," she finished and then she gave him time to process everything she just said.

Johnny's jaws threatened to fall open, but he kept his mouth tightly shut. He looked at Melanie and almost couldn't believe that everything was true. He wanted to say that everything was different now, but she was still breathtaking to him. He still wanted to get to know her, and maybe fix how they first treated each other.

"Well since you've told me about you and your secrets, it's only fair to talk to you about me," Johnny said and he got a strange look from her, and he could tell she was anxious. "My name is Johnny Worthington. I'm in the Roar Omega Roar sorority. I come from a long line of scarers, and I'm afraid to let down my family and our legacy. I'm a jerk because I'm afraid to let everyone see who I can really be. I've always had to be the guy who has it all together, but I worry about grades, my future, and more. What I'm trying to say is that I'm sorry for how I came across and how I treated you when we first met. I would like to start over," he said and he was trying to not fidget in front of Melanie, who was staring at him with a surprised look.

"You want to start over? Wait, so me having been a human and then turned into a monster doesn't bother you?" she questioned.

"It's crazy that that happened to you but nothing is going to change that. You said you wanted to start a new life and I think that is great. I just wondered if maybe you would give me a chance to be in your new life here. Friends, maybe more, who knows, but I just can't stop thinking about you," he said as he reached out and gently grabbed one of her hands.

She wasn't sure what to say for a few moments. She looked down at his hand holding her hand and looked back up to see that he actually looked sincere. "If I say yes to giving you a second chance, will you not tell anyone what you know?" she asked softly.

"I didn't bring all this up to use it as leverage. I really just want a fresh start," he replied as he gave a sigh.

Melanie gave a little sigh of her own before nodding. "Ok, a fresh start it is. Hi, I'm Melanie, it's nice to meet you" she introduced herself again. Giving him a new start would only hopefully be a positive thing instead of a negative.

Johnny couldn't believe his ears for a second, but then he gave her a big smile and shook their joined hands. "Hello Melanie, I'm Johnny, nice to meet you too," he said and then they released hands.

An awkward silence settled over the two of them, which was eventually broken by their laughter. They decided to go to the local coffee shop to be in a different atmosphere and just talk normally. The conversation actually was nice and fun for both of them.

By the end of the day, Melanie and Johnny were walking back toward her dorm building. Melanie still felt a little strange about how the whole day had gone, but she was happy.

"Thank you," Johnny said as the two of them stood in front of the dorm building.

Melanie stopped and looked up at him. She went to say something but he stopped her.

"I'm serious. Thank you for giving me a second chance. I don't know where our friendship will go, but I'm happy you're giving me a chance," he said and he leaned down to kiss her on the cheek. He smiled and said he would see her tomorrow before leaving.

Melanie put a hand up to her cheek before rushing into the building after seeing all the looks from nearby students. She needed time to process what had just happened. She missed Alex but she was thankful that she had the dorm room to herself so she could think about the great chat she had with Johnny and then the kiss on her cheek.

"Today has been weird," she muttered before just focusing on going to sleep.

The next day she had classes as usual, but then she had to start interviewing the teams competing in the scare games. Most of the teams were alright to interview, but some were downright annoying. Melanie was ready to shred something with her claws by the time she had to interview Roar Omega Roar.

"Melanie, good to see you," Johnny started to say before trailing off when he saw how haggard and tired she looked. "Bad day?" he asked as he welcomed her into the fraternity home.

"Worse than bad, please tell me your fraternity brothers won't act like idiotic, rude, annoying pigs the whole time," she said after sitting down in the living room area.

"I promise that they won't," he said before excusing himself to have a talk with his fraternity brothers before their interviews.