I do not own Monsters University or Monster's Inc. I only own Melanie.
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Melanie sat in the living room a little anxiously as she wondered what all Johnny was saying to his fraternity brothers. She hoped he wasn't being over the top with a threat or something, but she was exhausted from dealing with all the other fraternities and sororities, who weren't so much fun to talk to about themselves and the competition. After Roar Omega Roar, she had to interview Oozma Kappa, but she would get to their interviews tomorrow. Tonight, she would be typing up all of the interviews from today.
"Melanie, are you ready?" Johnny's question snapped her out of her thoughts. He was standing in the doorway to the living room with his teammates and fraternity brothers behind him.
"Ready! Would you like to do the team interview first or the individual interviews for the teammates?" she said as she sat up straighter in her chair and readied her audio recorder.
Johnny looked at his fraternity brothers, who all looked excited to do the individual interviews first. "Individual interviews first if that's alright," he said and smiled when she nodded. He secretly hoped she would interview him last. Instead of saying anything of his hope to her, he just let his brothers speak up first.
After every one of Johnny's teammates had their interviews, it was Johnny's turn. Melanie felt her heart beat speed up as he sat down in the chair in front of her. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed the other guys leave the room.
"So how bad have the interviews really been today?" he asked as soon as he realized they were the only ones in the living room.
"The first few were tolerable, then they became annoying, and finally obnoxious," she answered with a tired sigh after she ran a hand down the arm of the chair.
"How were the interviews here?" he asked her as he watched her relax in the chair more.
"They were fine. Most of them were polite, which was a big change from the rest of the teams," she said truthfully and watched him sigh in relief.
"Good," he said and let himself relax too. "So shall we get this interview started?" he asked even though he could tell she just wanted to sleep soon.
The interview with Johnny actually turned out to be fun. He acted like how he acted yesterday, and she was enjoying getting to know the real Johnny. He had her laughing way too much during the interview, but at least she did not have to turn in the audio interviews as well as the typed-up versions. The team interview also went well, but it went by faster than the individual interviews.
"Let me walk you back to your dorm," Johnny said as he stood up and opened the front door for her before she could leave.
"You don't have to," she started to say, but she stopped at the hopeful look he gave her. "Ok thanks, I appreciate it," she said and let out a small laugh at how excited he looked as they left the fraternity house together.
"So do you have any other teams to interview?" he asked as they walked side by side to her dorm, but he was taking the long way around campus to get to her dorm.
Melanie put her pen behind her ear and gave a nod. "I still have to interview Oozma Kappa tomorrow," she answered and looked at him when he gave a snort. She raised an eyebrow at him when he looked ready to snort again. "Never underestimate the underdogs, Johnny," she told him and gave his arm a light shove. "They usually tend to surprise everyone," she thought as he just rolled his eyes and changed the subject.
Johnny gently grabbed her hand and stopped her from going inside when they finally arrived at her dorm. He just gave her a smile when she gave him a curious look. "In a few days is the first competition, and I have a proposition for you," he started and resisted the urge to fidget when she raised an eyebrow and motioned for him to continue. He took a deep breath before saying, "If Roar Omega Roar does well in the first competition, will you go on a date with me? A real date."
Melanie blinked at him owlishly for a minute before a soft smile graced her features when she saw he was nervous. "Johnny, you don't have to use the team's outcome in competitions to ask me out. So far, I like the real you, so yes I will go on a date with you, but not because of the competition. We could even go out tomorrow afternoon if you want to," she said and she could not stop the laugh that escaped at the sight of him with his jaw dropped in disbelief.
"You want to go tomorrow?" he stumbled to say before quickly trying to compose himself. "I mean, great, I'll pick you up tomorrow at 7," he said and kissed her cheek again. He then quickly turned around and started to walk away.
"Wait, where are we going?" she shouted.
"It's a surprise," he yelled back and just gave her a smile.
She stood there watching him walk away before shaking her head. She walked up to her dorm room, and decided to freak out about what to wear tomorrow. Now she needed to focus on typing up all the interviews she did today. A small smile stayed on her face the whole time she worked because she kept thinking about the kiss on her cheek from Johnny.
