Alright so now that we have the problem in perspective, gathering both sides one question remains….

WHAT IS MEL GOING TO DO ABOUT IT! I mean she has to do something. If not for them then at least do something for us! I'm not sure we, the fandom, can take it much longer!

DISCLAIMER: The characters do not belong to me they belong to Stephanie Meyer's author of the wonderful book 'The Host' and the story was strongly influenced by the song 'If You See Him, If You See Her' by Reba and Brooks & Dunn

Chapter 5: They Have Problems

Mel's POV

"I just don't know what to do. You and I both know their perfect for each other. God knows they love each other more than they love themselves but they both refuse to take the first step forward." Mel said falling backwards onto Jared and her queen sized bed.

Jared was turning down the covers, "But they're both considering signing the divorce papers?"

"Yep." I held up a finger, "Ian thinks that this is what Wanda wants and that this will make her happy." I held up a finger on my other hand "And Wanda thinks that Ian wants the divorce because she wasn't a good wife; or something like that." I threw my arms up in frustration. "Why do they have to make this so difficult?"

"They're both thinking of the other but they don't see the whole picture." Jared said walking over to stand in front of me. He grabbed my hands and pulled me up, "Just remember honey, love always finds a way." He held me close.

I smiled at him while the fire burned where his body touched mine. He leaned down and began kissing me hard. My body was engulfed in flames, the flames burned hot as ever and I clutched at him for more. Ian and Wanda were momentarily driven from my mind.

When he pulled away I laughed, "That is true. We did."

He smiled, "Remember when you took that trip to Cali and I was alone for three days."

I remembered, "I came home and your clothes were cluttering up our room. There were dishes piled up a mile high and the front room was a pigsty."

He walked over to his side of the bed and laid down, "You walked in and threw a fit. Not to mention that vase that your mom gave us."

I chuckled, "I never liked it anyway." I slid into bed beside him and we faced each other lying on our side

Jared brushed his fingertips across my cheek, "You told me to get out. I thought you meant the room so I left the room."

"I fallowed you and told you to get out of the house." I frowned, "That was the biggest mistake that I'd ever made."

Jared gave me a kiss, "But it all worked out. I slept over at Ian and Wanda's then came home in the morning. You and I made up and worked together to clean the house." He chuckled, "And the make-up sex," He moaned, "Phenomenal."

I smiled. It had been quite and evening… and night.

He sighed, "I can tell you don't want to reminisce though. You wanna talk about your visits this week?"

I looked at him and I could feel that sadness leaking out of me as I thought about my visit with Wanda today. "I went over to Wanda's and I could tell she was upset. You know her, she pretended to be great. She was wearing sweats and one of Ian's shirts. When I walked in she was holding a duster and pretending to dust things. We went into the living room and I saw that there were pictures everywhere of her and Ian. She said she was making a scrapbook but I saw her push a tissue box behind the ottoman." Jared took my hand and intertwined our fingers. "It took me a minute to break threw but once I was threw her protective wall she broke down. I held her while she cried and she talked to me. She repeated like a million times that she still loved him. She said she didn't want a divorce and that she just wanted him to come back home. I told her to call and tell him that. She said she couldn't because Ian was so mad with her and he loved checking out other girls."

Jared hid a laugh behind a cough "She thought that?"

"I know right. But when I told her that that wasn't true she didn't believe me. I know that whatever I say is going to be brushed aside because she thinks that I'm saying it just because she's my sister."

Jared nodded, "That sucks."

"And you should have seen Ian last night. I swear he's a mess. He did the same thing as Wanda, "Oh I'm good." Which I knew was total bull shit. Once he got his four shots in him he opened up. I swear, he's gonna become an alcoholic if Wanda doesn't take him back. And if they get divorced he might just kill himself. Of course if this goes on much longer they'll probably both commit suicide."

"Want me to talk to him?" Jared asked.

I shrugged, "If you think it'd help. But if you talk to him at the bar don't get more than two drinks in you. I don't want you as drunk as he can get."

Jared kissed my nose, "I promise." We laid in silence for a while. "D'you think we should intervene?"

I looked at him, "You mean like make them sit in the same room till they work it out?"

Jared laughed, "That's one option. We could make recordings of what they say and play them for the other. We could send her flowers from Ian and send Ian a love note or something."

I was getting excited "I could go over to Wanda's and sneak her phone text Ian that she wants to talk and to come over now. You can be with him and have him buy her flowers "as a peace offering" then when he comes over we can give them a talk."

Jared smiled at me with his heart stopping smiled that he gave only to me, "Let's do it. We should do it soon."

"Tomorrow." I said sliding close.

"Tomorrow." He echoed closing any room between us and crushing his lips to mine.

I'd worry about Ian and Wanda tomorrow.

"I could really use a drink." I said about to get up, Wanda was so predictable.

"No, Mel this is my house and you are my guest I'll get it." She got up and walked into the kitchen.

I grabbed her phone; her home screen was one of their wedding pictures. It was the one where they'd been slow dancing at their reception, nose to nose foreheads pressed together and their hands together. This was further proof that what Jared and I were doing was right.

I typed in her password as she called from the kitchen "What do you want to drink Mel?"

"What do you have?" I called back typing in Ian's number into the contact slot.

"Milk, Juice, water, beer, sprite, Pepsi. I might have some tequila in the pantry if you want to go that drinking rout."

I hurried and typed the message:

Ian, we need to talk. Could you come over to the house now?

"What kind of juice do you have?" I called biding time to let Ian reply.

"Apple juice, cranberry juice, orange juice; I have this Pomegranate juice that is supposed to be really good for you."

"I'll just have some water." I said. "What kind of cups do you have?"

The phone vibrated in my hand and I looked at it.

On my way.

I smiled and put her phone down.

"Glass, Plastic or Paper." Wanda said poking her head into the room as I was bent over the phones.

I grabbed my phone to make up for the gesture, "Plastic is fine."

I looked at my phone and texted Jared:

Operation 'Ian and Wanda Make-up' is a-go. :)

I set my phone down; all I could do was wait.

.~.~.~.~

Jared's POV

Ian was just staring at his shoes as we walked. I had to save him at least four times. Cars and poles but mostly people. Mel should be texting him any time I dropped her off at least 20 minutes ago.

"Cheer up Ian. It's a glorious day. The birds are chirping, the sun is shining and it's your day off." I said in my best imitation of cheery.

"Yea. A great day." He said kicking a rock. "No offence man but I'm not really up for optimism."

The chorus of 'Stay with Me' By Sam Smith started playing and Ian took out his phone.

Finally! I said breathing a sigh of relief.

I watched Ian's face as he saw it was Wanda and read the text. His eyes lit up when he saw it was her and as his eyes went from one side of the screen and back again the slightest hint of a smile started to grow on his face. He started typing and put his phone back in his pocket. "Hey man. I gotta go. Wanda wants to talk. I'll talk to ya later."

Now I was glad that I had had us take a walk this way, I grabbed his arm as he turned "Ian, there's a flower shop two shops over and my cars another two shops down. You should get her some flowers as a sigh of peace and I can drive you."

He nodded. If he didn't let me drive he'd have to run all the way back to Kyles to get his truck. He turned the other way and I went to my car while Ian darted into the flower shop.

This is gonna work. I thought a smile coming to my face.

My phone vibrated in my pocket and I took it out, it was Mel.

Operation 'Ian and Wanda Make-up' is a-go. :)

I smiled and responded.

And going good. ;)

Wanda's POV

I looked over at Mel and she smiled at me. She was smiling all the time today, what the hell was wrong with her?

"Ya know Wanda," Mel said putting her barley touched cup of water on the coffee table, "I think you and Ian should talk. Ya know have him come over and then you can confess your undying love for him and he can return them and then you two can have incredible make-up sex and move on with life."

I glared at her, "Mel. We've talked about this." I put my glass of water, half empty, on the coffee table, "I can't tell him that, he's too happy where he's at. I saw him the other day at the mall with Aaron and Brant checking out girls. He loves it."

Mel glared back at me, "Oh please. Who could ever love checking out women with those two idiots when he has a wife that loves him?"

I looked down at my feet, "I almost went up to him once. I…. I almost went over and slapped him. I got so jealous that I didn't know how to handle it. I mean we aren't even divorced yet and he's looking to move on. I wanted to run over and loudly accuse him of cheating on me. Men and getting caught ya know. I wanted to make him feel as bad as I did." Mel put her hand on my knee in a comforting manner "But I also wanted to go buy a really skimpy dress and walk past him several time maybe get a guy to walk with me to make him jealous. But I couldn't. I knew how it felt now to see someone with someone else. Even though he never actually gave out his number or approached any of the girls I knew what it was like to see him interested in other women. I couldn't put that feeling on him."

Mel wrapped me in a hug and stroked my hair, "It's ok. It'll all work out in the end you'll see. You will be happy when it does. You and Ian can find a solution that fits both of you."

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Ian's POV

I walked into the flower shop and looked around. God. What flower says "I'm sorry I was a dick. Please let me come home." I looked around but I couldn't see anything.

"Can I help you?"

I turned around to see a tall blonde with a light pink apron on. If I wasn't married and madly in love with my wife I might have thought she was pretty. Maybe I'd have to mention this place to Aaron. "Hey. I need some flowers."

She smiled sweetly, "Well I'm glad that you weren't here for anything else because that's all we have."

I smiled. "I'm looking for flowers that says 'I'm sorry. Please let me come home.' They're for my wife."

She nodded, "How long have you been together?"

"It'll be five years in May. But we've been separated for two months."

She patted my shoulder, "Well let's get you some flowers for her." She turned around in a slow circle, "What kind of a girl is your wife?"

"Amazing."

She chuckled, "I'm sure she is. What I meant was is she a practical girl or is she a flashy romantic?"

I shrugged, "She's pretty down to earth, though she can be pretty romantic." I smiled at a memory of when Wanda had made me dinner and accidently burnt it. She'd cried and I'd kissed away her tears, we'd ordered out for pizza and had amazing sex.

"Alright. Do you have a price range?" I shook my head and she smiled, "Alright, I've got just the thing for you."

We walked over to the counter and she went into the back and brought out a bouquet of some really colorful flowers.

"Their called Carnations. Of course they aren't usually all these colors, these are dyed but they'll do the job I think."

"Perfect." I said possibly remembering the word 'carnations' in any of our conversations about flowers. "And she loves all the colors of the rainbow so she'll love those."

I paid for them and ran out and towards Jared's car. As Jared drove I started to get nervous, What if she wanted to talk about the divorce. I don't know if I could even say the word out loud to her without bursting into tears. My legs wouldn't stop moving and I kept checking on the clock.

"Man chill out. It'll be fine." Jared said looking at me.

"I'm just so nervous." I said trying to breathe, "I wasn't even this nervous when we were dating. I wasn't even this nervous on our wedding day. I swear I've never been this nervous EVER!"

"Well chill out or you'll make me get in an accident and I'm pretty sure you don't want to talk to her in the hospital." He frowned at me and looked from me to the road multiple times.

Finally after what seemed like forever we turned onto the road to my house. I took a deep breath as Jared pulled into the driveway right beside Mel's car.

Alright. Got them together. Now for the making up and the happily ever after. :D I'll do the 'Bonus' next. I guess it's not really a bonus it's more of the next chapter but I'd like to see how many people want to see them making up. Leave me a Review.