Chapter 15

Love Games

(Tylers' p.o.v)

So at this point I haven't done anything that Michael suggested. He tells me to make Jeremy wait it out until tomorrow but that was too hard. Especially after hearing his sleepy voice, mmmnhh. He sounded relieved and a little anxious when I asked if I could come over so that was a good sign. No one special, I won't let him forget it. But at least now I'll have some leverage if I ever screw up. Which knowing my arrogant ass, it'll probably be soon.

(p.o.v over)

Jeremy was happy Tyler had asked to come over. He figured now would be the best time to make it up to him. However way that'd be, he wasn't sure. As Jeremy was thinking about it, "little Jeremy" gave him a couple ideas. Which made him blush a little.

He had snapped out of his day dream when his phone had begun to ring. It wasn't Tylers' tone so Jeremy had wondered who it was.

Call From: Melissa

Hmm? He thought as his brows met together for a few seconds. He answered the phone to hear an upset Melissa on the other end. Upset would be an understatement. The poor girl was sobbing so hard he could barely hear what she was saying.

"My dad...he...he...got...", he heard her gulp fiercely, "shot."

She told him it happened when he was working. There was a bank robbery and he was one of the police officers that was killed by the robbers.

"The, uh...funeral's in a few days and I...we have to uh, fly down there. Jeremy my mom won't be home for hours and I- I don't want to be by myself. Can- can... I come over?"

"Oh god, Melissa I'm so sorry. Yeah, of course you can."

Jeremy figured she couldn't drive through all of the crying and offered if she wanted him to go there but she told him she was okay to drive and would be there soon.

After he hung up Jeremy started to feel tears well up from his eyes. The way she sounded broke his heart. He didn't even have to blink an eye when she asked if she could come over; he knew what it was like to lose a parent. He lost both, at once. He'd console her for as long as she needed.

Then he thought of Tyler. It'll be ok, they can come over, comfort Melissa, I'll just uh, deal with the thing with Tyler later. He sighed deeply and thought for sure that Tyler wouldn't mind Melissa being there. Well, there was the fact that he was jealous of her, but the poor girl was in tears, Tylers' got a heart, he'll understand.

Jeremy was in the kitchen when he heard a faint knock on the door. He put down what he was cooking and went over to the wooden door to let Melissa in. She was a wreck. Her face wasn't wet from tears but her eyes were still red and puffy from she was crying. Her petite hands were trembling together as Jeremy brought her in for a hug. He never could stand it when a girl cried. Especially when that girl was Melissa.

The two went over to the kitchen where Jeremy was cooking pasta and he lead the girl to sit at the bar in front of him and just let her have her silence. Finally she said something.

"Is that spaghetti? With, garlic bread?"

Slowly Jeremy turned to face her and gave her a smile, "Yea".

"It's my-"

"Favourite. I know." Jeremy watched as she looked and smelled at the food he had made. When she smiled his eyes had lit up and he was successful.

Melissa watched him as he threw spaghetti onto his plate and rubbed the bread into the sauce. She had only eaten a few bites. Claimed she wasn't hungry. But he understood. He couldn't eat for day when his parents had died. Finally Elena forced him to. Which he didn't appreciate, so he just let Melissa be.

After the two had cleaned up they went to the couch in the living room and Jeremy was wondering what had taken Tyler so long.

Melissa had cried several times while she and Jeremy talked. Every few seconds he'd hand her another tissue. By the time she was done her lap was full of them. Which had made her laugh softly because Jeremy practically emptied three boxes of tissue onto her within minutes.

"I'm sorry, it's just I haven't been able to do anything but crying. And I have to go to Ohio in a few days. The force is giving him an honorable funeral. Him and the others. My family is doing a seperate one after that. I don't know what it's going to be like. I've never gone to one. Probably cry my eyes out there too. And in- in front of all those- people." Melissa didn't like to cry in front of an audience. Well, except Jeremy.

He drew her in for another hug assuring her that whatever she needed, he be there for her. The pain in her eyes had gotten to him. That's when he realized how different she really was. The old Melissa never would have been so vulnerable in front of anyone, but she had changed. Softened. Plus, losing a parent is one of the hardest things to go through. Every tear she had shed was for a good reason.

The hug had lasted for a long time.

But what Jeremy hadn't realized was that he and Melissa weren't alone. Tyler had seen his boyfriend hug who he thought was nothing but a tramp after what was his.

A/n: Primavera15, thank you so much for your help! From what I'm planning to add, I need Melissa to be upset so I went with her dad passing.
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