Author's Note: I hope this is a bit more interesting than the last one.
Melody dressed in old clothes while tarp was laid over the wood floor. Melody, Alex, and Jack were doing all the painting because they wanted to keep it a surprise from Ian since Melody was so grateful. She was hoping he would love it. The plan was to paint waves on the already white walls and paint sand on the bottom of the wall. They started painting and talking; Alex and Melody were close now so they just talked about random stuff rather then deep stuff.
"I need to go to the bathroom," Jack announced.
"Thanks for sharing," Alex replied sarcastically as she left the room.
Melody looked at Alex as he helped paint waves on the walls. She dipped her brush in the blue and brushed some paint on the wall to make it look like the ocean. She and Alex countinued painting in silence until Melody decided it was too quiet. She found her iPod sitting on a table outside the door and turned her songs on shuffle. She swayed to the song 'Blackbird' and Alex watched her; he knew how much she loved music because, well, she had told him. Jack reentered and saw the two teens painting the ocean scene.
"Nice song choice," Jack commented helping finish the waves.
"Why thank you," Melody replied.
They listened to the soft music while they finished the waves. When they finished 'Wonderwall' by Oasis was playing and Melody was singing softly as Jack said, "Now we wait. We'll paint the whitecaps and sand tomorrow." Melody nodded and went to wash her hands. Alex followed and spoke, "You wanna go play a game or two of soccer with Tom, James, and I?" Melody had met James a few weeks ago and they often played soccer together.
Melody jogged downstairs to grab a pair of shorts and a tee shirt out of her dresser. She grabbed her blue and green Nike shorts and a blue top that matched. She grabbed one of her Under Armour sports bra and underwear and locked herself in Jack's room. She dressed and walked out of the room. She pulled some white socks on and tied her shoes. Alex was waiting for her dressed in his old soccer uniform; they dress like this because they were hardcore. They were cut-throat, and very much in competition. They walked over to James house to find that Tom was over so they played in James backyard.
"So, teams are Melody and I and Tom and James?" Alex asked making everyone nod.
"You wanna do bets?" Tom asked making them look unsure. Melody nodded slowly encouraging the others to agree.
"Alright, so I bet you we'll win and if we do you two have to kiss." Tom looked to James for approval and he nodded.
"And we bet you we'll win and if we do you two half to run around the block in just your underwear," Melody countered making Alex nod.
"First to ten wins! Let's go!" The four positioned the ball and continued into a game. Alex and Melody tried to block Tom and James but Tom was small and aerodynamic so he was fast and James was killer on defense. They were tied nine to nine and Melody and Alex were detirmined to win. Alex took Tom and Melody took James. James went for the goal but Melody blocked him making Tom run for the ball. Melody tried to block him but he made the goal. All four kids had been running non stop for about an hour so they collapsed on the ground.
"Alright you two! Kiss!" James told Alex and Melody.
"Uh... I'm alergic to kissing?" Alex tried.
"Alex, you are such a liar!" Tom teased him.
Alex leaned towards Melody and she pressed her lips to his. The kiss lasted for about ten seconds and they broke apart. Melody blushed looking down at her feet while Alex stared at James and Tom, "Satisfied?"
"Yes," they replied in unison.
"Um, Alex, we should go," Melody told him nudging his knee with hers.
"Yeah. See you guys later!" Alex told James and Tom as he and Melody walked back towards their house.
Melody glanced over at Alex, "You know you aren't to bad at that."
"Soccer?" Alex asked quietly.
"You are so oblivious! Kissing, you moron!" Melody replied elbowing him in the ribs playfully.
"Oh, that... You are too. This conversation is getting awkward really fast..." Alex muttered making Melody wince.
"Yeah..." Stupid James and Tom making them kiss. Melody stopped and grabbed Alex's arm, "Come on, Alex... Let's try going on a date. 'Cause I kinda like you..."
"I-I guess. Tomorrow night?" This was really awkward for them since they had to go have dinner together.
Melody nodded as they arrived at the house. This was going to be a long, awkward dinner. The two walked in the door and Jack called that it was time for dinner. They took their seats at the table and Jack served dinner. Dinner was simple; homemade veggitable pizza. They ate in silence until Ian asked how their game of soccer went.
"Uh..." Melody trailed off.
"Good," Alex replied smoothly.
"So, who won?" Ian asked.
"Tom and James," Alex replied.
"Hmmm," Ian murmured leaving them to their food.
Melody finished her food and took the plate into the kitchen and washed it. As everyone else finished she washed the remainder of the dishes and went to find pjs. She grabbed a blue tank top and multicolored pj pants and went upstairs to take a shower. She stood under the warm water letting it run over her body and relax her. She turned off the water and dried off. She pulled her hair into a ponytail and got dressed. While her room was being put together she was supposed to sleep in Alex's room. She sighed and set up a sleeping area in Alex's room.