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Mel

I was about to walk down the stairs and drink my guilt away. All the guilt and all the love for Joe. And then I'd probably make a string of bad decisions and probably sleep with Joe.

But, all this is kinda hard when you overhear Joe and your niece talking about you. I was about to walk in on their conversation and tell Lennox to go back to bed. And then Joe said something that literally stopped me in my tracks "You told me to tell her how I feel." I'm not sure what that means. Joe 'feels' for me, what the hell does that mean? Does that mean he likes me or… does that mean he has another Elena that's gonna walk through those doors and that I have to be prepared for the possibility of him not being my nanny anymore? God, I hate this. Why should everything be so crappy?

Crap, I'm getting a sneeze. No, don't sneeze, sneezing doesn't work when you are snooping. Sneeze. Crap. Crap. Crap. I'm pretty sure that they heard that, so there's no point in hiding now. But just in case they haven't heard the sneeze, I'll just walk down like nothing happened. And when I walked down the stairs they obviously stopped talking, c'mon who wouldn't?

"lennox, why aren't you in bed?" I said, but making sure that I was not too hard on her. She was the onlt one that I could ask about their conversation; not like I can Joe about what he 'feels' for me. "Sorry, Aunt Mel. Joe and I were just talking. I'll go back to bed right now."

And after she left the kitchen I asked Joe like the last few hours never happened.

"What's up with you? How come you're up so late?". He just smirked and asked me
"I could ask the same about you" "You know the routine, kids go to bed and I finish the all the wine in the house."

And he just smiled. And boy, do I love that smile. Every time I look at him, I just wanna kiss him and at other times I just wanna hold him and hug him. Ugh. When did you become 16, Mel?

"I couldn't sleep. I tried watching some television but there's nothing on but chick flicks. And I don't wanna die before…." And he stopped himself.
"Before what?" I asked curious.

Is this about telling me about how he feels? Maybe I can make him tell me.

"Nothing"
"C'mon, Longo. You can tell me. I'm not gonna judge you."
"Nothing. It's nothing"
"C'mon, Longo. Do you have a crush that you wanna talk about?" I teased him, so he would tell me. "What? No. God, don't you have other ideas in your head, burke?" he said, his face flustered.
"Oh, you like someone." I said, even though I was not completely sure that he liked someone, if it was me.
"Just leave it, Burke" he said, clearly pissed.
"C'mon…" I said nudging him to tell me.

And that's when he grabbed my waist and smashed his lips on mine. Guess I don't need wine to make a string of bad decisions.

He broke away and I'm pretty sure that my face said that I was confused as hell.

"Before that. I don't wanna die before I do that." he said.

"Shut up"I said with a smile on my face and pulled him back for a kiss.

This is the happiest I've ever been for a long time. We kissed at hospital, but I kinda died; also Joe just basically admitted that he likes me, to me. Oh my god, did I just... Joe doesn't have feelings for me, he never has. Wow, these pain killers must be stronger than I expected.

And it was not like he held back. He hoisted me up on the table. I put my arms on his neck and ran my fingers through his hair. And we were really kissing now. He ran his arms on my sides and didn't stop there. He hoisted me up on his hips and the kiss was longer and better than anything that I ever experienced.

I hugged him as tight as I could and thoughts raced through my mind.

I can't believe this is happening. Joe and I are kissing! Oh my god, is this what he 'feels' for me? And more importantly, are we gonna do it tonight? Like do IT. I never pictured this happening. And when I woke up this morning, I didn't expect to make out with my nanny. At least not sober.

And then they went too fast for me to read. But why do I care, I'm kissing Joe! And then he took me by surprise when he lifted me, actually hoisted me on his hips, and walked toward the stairs. Guess, I'm not gonna be talking to Lennox what they were talking about, because that involves me stopping this and what this is gonna be leading to.

I can't believe this is actually happening.

But when we reached stairs, he just pressed me on the wall and kept kissing me. We kept kissing, and then walked a couple of stairs upward, and reached the intersection. (Ps. When I say intersection I mean when the two flights of stairs meet)

I tugged at the bottom of his shirt and then he broke away from the kiss and took off his shirt. His perfect abs, this must be heaven. I ran my fingers over them and pulled Joe back for a kiss.

"I know I'm not supposed to be up so late, but I, whoa…" said Ryder and interrupted us when he came to the intersection. Perhaps, he didn't see that Joe and I were kissing. And we jumped apart, and I think that's when Joe actually realized that he didn't have his shirt on.

"Yes, Ryder" I asked calmly as if he didn't see his aunt and his nanny making out. "I'm sorry, Aunt Mel. I can get this in the morning" he said and was about to walk away. "No, it's fine. What do you want?" he wasn't gonna ruin my moment and not get what he wanted.

"Um, there's this trip tomorrow and I need you to sign this so that I can go. I thought I'd ask you tomorrow morning, but then Lennox told me you were up so I thought…"
"No, its fine, sweetie." I said. "Do you have a pen?"
"Yeah, here" he said giving me a pen. I signed it and when I turned back Joe was gone.

I guess I didn't realize this whole time when me and Ryder were talking Joe took his shirt from the floor and quietly walked away.

' This is gonna make things very very awkward tomorrow morning' I thought to myself and leaned back on the wall, exhausted.

And I'm sorry to end on kind of a cliffhanger, again. But Mel will admit her feelings for Joe. So keep reading, and be patient.

Guys, I swear that I'm not gonna make LENNOX AND RYDER interrupt them ever again. But it's awesome how Joe and Mel get together. Keep reading the chapters and find out!

PS. Tell me how the next chapter can go and put them in your reviews.