Sorry for the delay everyone. It was my first week of college. Fortunately I have Fridays off so I am able to write. So here it is. The song is by .

"You believe her because she says she won't betray you?"

"Wanda can't lie. She tried before but she's terrible at it. She meant what she said."

"So, you can ask her anything and she will answer truthfully? If she's lying you can tell?"

"Yes."

"So why haven't you asked yet?"

"Because it hasn't been the right time."

"What about right now?" He turned towards me before softly asking, "Is Melanie still in there?"

Chapter 10

Tell him! Tell him! Tell him! He's going to believe you. You have to tell him! I flinched from Melanie's screaming. What happens to me if I say yes? If Jared went through all this to get Ian to find Melanie than would he do anything to get her body back. They didn't know my secret and therefore wouldn't know how to take me out of this body. It's the one thing I've hidden from her. She still has no idea because she's too busy thinking about telling Jared she's here. If I say no, they'll know I'm lying.

Either way I answer, they'll still know you're here. I told her miserably.

Then why don't you answer.

"So?" Jared asked. I kept my head down refusing to look in his eyes knowing they would give it away.

Because if I do, I started slowly, I'll lose Ian.

How would you lose—oh. Jared is rather possessive. If he knows I'm here, Ian won't be able to touch you.

Exactly.

"Wanda!" Jared was becoming impatient.

"Leave her alone. Give her time." Ian came to my rescue as usual.

Wanda, I have a question. How do you feel about Ian? I mean, you just found out he's human, a different species. I know you cared about him before but how deep was it? Has it changed?

That's more than one question. But I'll answer. I—I think I love him. The fact that he isn't a soul hasn't changed anything. It doesn't matter anymore. I never would have believed that my partner would be a 

human. But it's too late to change how I feel. Though it no longer matters because I'm going to lose him.

Melanie was silent as she realized that there was no happy ending for me.

"Yes." I mumbled.

"What?"

"I said yes." I replied a bit louder. "Melanie is still in this body."

Jared and Ian looked shocked.

"Mel?"

"She hears you."

"How does it work?" Ian asked me.

"She's still in my head. She can hear what I hear, feel what I feel. She has no control over the body."

Jared's eyes held anger within them. Ian saw this and immediately went in front of me to shield me from him.

"Don't take it out on Wanda! She didn't choose to take Melanie's body from her. She didn't choose anything. It's not her fault!" He growled.

I looked over Ian's shoulder and saw Jared slowly calming down. There was silence for the next few moments.

"Where's Jamie?"

Ian looked at me with sympathy in his eyes. Both Melanie and I started to panic when we saw this.

Oh my god! What the hell happened to him? I thought Jared said that he was ok! Didn't he take care of him like he promised?

Ian must have seen my expression and quickly responded.

"It's not what you think. He's perfectly fine and is being well taken care of. It's just, well, I don't know if you can see him."

"What? Why not?"

"Well, he's with the other humans like us. And, um, they're kind of not as—accepting as I am."

"Oh." I couldn't see Jamie because I was the soul that took Melanie's body from her.

I need to see him! There has to be a way!



"Melanie and I need to see him to see if he's ok. Isn't there any way we can do that?"

"The thing is that there are certain people who would be furious to see you and would probably try to kill you."

"CoughKylecough."

"Shut up, Jared. But yeah. My stupid brother, Kyle, would be among those people who would hate you. It doesn't help that he has an anger problem." He told me grimly.

Yeah, but this Kyle hasn't met me yet. If I want to see Jamie, he sure as hell isn't going to stop me. Just pass over the controls when we come across him. I chuckled lightly at Melanie's sudden determination, but then frowned as I tried to ignore the images she put in my mind of her beating up a person who looked like Ian.

Jared and Ian looked at me curiously.

"Melanie said that Kyle hasn't met her yet and nothing would stop her from seeing Jamie. She told me to just give her control." I grimaced as I told them the rest. "Then she showed me images of her violently hitting him."

They both chuckled as well.

"That sounds like Mel. She's always been tough and nothing stands in her way."

"You know, Ian, I think we should go back. We've been gone too long and Jeb's going to be angry when we get back. We need to deal with his wrath. I don't know what we're going to say about Melanie and Wanda but Jamie needs to see her as well. Though I don't know how he will react."

Ian looked at me, his eyes unreadable.

"Wanda, if you go with us, you aren't coming back. Are you willing to leave your life behind to see Jamie?"

"I never had a real life before. I never even considered it a home until I met you. So I'm leaving nothing behind. Plus, I'll have both you and Jamie." Melanie cleared her voice. "And Melanie will have Jared and Jamie."

"So whenever you flinch or look like you're thinking hard, it's really Melanie talking to you?"

"Yes. She's quite opinionated." I said as I helped him pack the beach bag. "She hated you at first."

Jared laughed.

"She doesn't anymore? I mean I would understand because she loves Jared so much."



"Well, we sort of made peace with each other. We're friends. She realized how much I cared about you so she sort of buried herself whenever I was with you. She didn't really want to feel you kiss me or anything but stopped objecting."

"So if I do this," he said as he lowered his head to mine, "she won't object?"

"She might not, but I will." Jared snarled at Ian.

Ian looked up reluctantly after whispering in my ear, "Maybe later."

All of us went to Jared's car knowing that mine would no longer be needed. We went to get our things before setting off to go see our Jamie.