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

Story Start

Johnny and Melanie were having fun getting to know each other. She didn't always appreciate how he and his fraternity brothers treated Oozma Kappa, but at least they didn't do anything too bad yet.

Roar Omega Roar had just won the competition at the library, and Melanie was heading to the fraternity house with Alex. She was going to meet Johnny there. She was excited to see and congratulate him. She wasn't able to talk to him earlier after the competition.

"Have fun with lover boy," Alex teased when they entered the house and the two friends went separate ways.

"Ha ha, see you later," Melanie shouted over the music to Alex before she walked over to Johnny, who grinned as soon as he saw her. "Congrats," she said as she reached Johnny and he pulled her close to him before giving her a kiss on the lips.

"Best congrats ever," he said as he pulled her to the side so they wouldn't be in the middle of the dance floor. "Oh look the guests of honor are here," he said and she looked over to see that the Oozma Kappa guys had just walked into the building. The music cut off and everyone stopped to stare at them. "Tonight is going to be fun," Johnny said and she gave him a confused look when she saw the mischievous look in his eyes.

"Johnny what do you have planned?" she asked as she went to move away from him, but he wouldn't release his arm from around her waist.

"Nothing, just a great party for everyone here," he said. "How about we go grab something to drink?" he asked even though he had already started walking with her towards the kitchen where drinks and pizza were.

Something wasn't sitting right with Melanie about Oozma Kappa being here. "Johnny, I know you don't like the Oozma Kappa guys, so why are they here? Did you really just invite them so they'll be included or is there more to this?" she asked as she refused to take one of the drinks.

Johnny gave a sigh and went to answer, but the music stopped in the other room. Johnny went to grab her hand but she had already walked out of the room to see what was going on in the main room. Her jaw dropped when she saw the Oozma Kappa guys covered in bright colored paints, flowers, and other cute things. A growl escaped her throat when everyone started laughing while one of the Roar Omega Roar guys took a picture.

She turned and looked at Johnny, who was also laughing. She growled and stormed up to him. "You know I thought you were different. All this time I spent with you and I was actually starting to fall for you, but this proves to me that you're just as arrogant and as petty as I thought you were when we first met. I'm not even angry. I'm just hurt and disappointed. Enjoy your party. We're done," she snarled at him before storming out of the fraternity house and flying back to her dorm.

Johnny tried many times to talk to Melanie after the party, but she wouldn't talk to him. She would only glare or growl at him whenever he approached. He had really messed up but it still bothered him that Oozma Kappa might actually win the Scare Games. He missed Melanie. He really missed her. She was the first girl who actually got to know the real him, but he had let his pride get the best of him.

Tonight was the night of the final Scare Games event, and he scanned the crowd for Melanie. His heart fell a little more when he spotted her in the stands on the Oozma Kappa side. She didn't look happy but she definitely wouldn't look at him.

Being defeated by Oozma Kappa was a hard pill to swallow when the only thing he could think of was Melanie telling him not to underestimate the underdog. After all of the chaos was over about Sullivan and Mike going to the human world, he tried to talk to her again, but she was no longer on campus.

He had asked the dean about the situation, and the dean had told him that when the Child Detection Agency had come to the school, they had taken Melanie out of the college. Johnny felt his heart drop into his stomach at the news. He tried to talk to Alex about where she was taken by the CDA, but Alex didn't know anything either.

He finished college and thankfully he had done well enough in the scare program to get a job at Monsters Inc. He was ready for a new chapter in his life, but he still missed the one girl who challenged him and made him want to be a better person. He knew that Mike and Sullivan worked here, and he was definitely going to apologize to them for being an arrogant jerk in college. He was lucky enough to apologize to them the first week he was working there.

"Hey Johnny, Johnny," Mike called from down a hallway that Johnny was walking in to go get ready for his scare shift.

"Hey Mike, what's going on?" Johnny asked when he saw how excited Mike was.

"You need to go to the front desk. They've hired a new worker that you need to see," Mike said and gave him a wink before making his way to the scare floor where Sullivan was waiting.

Johnny gave Mike's retreating back a curious look before he made his way to the lobby and the front desk. His heart threatened to stop when he saw familiar wings. "It can't be," he thought before gasping when the woman at the front desk turned around and he was face to face with Melanie. He wanted to rub his eyes to see if he was dreaming, but he resisted when she gave him a small smile and started to approach him.

"Long time no see," Melanie said when she stood in front of him. "I know you might not want to hear this, but I'm happy to see you again," she told him.

"I'm happy to see you again too, and if you're ok with it, would you like to get dinner tonight? I think we have some things to talk about," he said and felt his heart threatening to jump out of his chest.

"Dinner sounds nice. I'll see you after work," she said and that smile gave him hope that maybe he could have a second chance.

The End.