Melanie's POV

It was Tuesday afternoon when I got a call on my cell.

"Hello?"

"Melanie? It's Ian."

"Hey Ian." His voice was music to my ears.

"So, I was thinking about tomorrow night. How about I come by your house and pick you up?"

"Uh, yeah, sure." I replied and gave him my address.

"I'll pick you up around six, is that okay?"

"Perfect." I smiled.

"By the way, it's a semi-formal restaurant." Shoot. I thought. I needed to buy a new dress. After all, this was the Ian Hecox.

"Thanks for telling me. Bye, Ian." I wanted to hang up quickly so I could go to the mall and pick out a dress.

"I'll see you tomorrow at six." He said and I hung up.

I threw my phone on my bed and ran to tell Andrew that I was going to the mall.

"Hey, Andrew!" I yelled, slowing down as I walked into his room.

"What do you want?" He asked, annoyed.

"I'm going to the mall."

"Oh, let me come with you."

"What?" Why would he want to come with me? I've tried to do some sibling bonding before but he never cooperated.

"I want to go with you."

"Well, come on then. We're leaving in five minutes." If he was going to come with me then we were going to leave when I wanted to.

"Ugh! Why do we have to leave so early?"

"Because I need to hurry. I want to have plenty of time to look around."

"Fine." He scrambled to get ready.

I grabbed my phone and wallet and threw them into my purse. I slid into the driver's seat of my car and waited for Andrew, not so patiently.

He came into the garage right when I was about to leave. I watched as he sat next to me and I backed out of the garage once he was in.

It took about fifteen minutes to get to the mall. Once there, I headed straight to Macy's to look for a dress. Surprisingly, I found Andrew following me. I stopped and turned towards Andrew. What was the point in following me?

"Andrew." I looked him in the eyes.

"Yes?"

"Why are you following me?"

"Well." He looked around, not wanting to answer me. "The other day you got to meet Ian Hecox. So. . ." His words trailed off.

"So, what?" I really had no idea where he was going with this.

"Well I want to meet celebrities too!" He whined. It was a little too loud and caused people to look. We were in Macy's so I dragged him to a more secluded area of the store to stop people from staring.

"I don't really care anymore about your reasons for following me, but as long as you're here, you're going to help me pick out a dress." I told him sternly. Just because he was 20 and I was 18 doesn't mean that I won't make him listen to me.

We walked around Macy's for half an hour and I found five dresses I wanted to try on. I forced Andrew to sit outside the fitting room and give me his opinion.

I tried on the first four dresses and had no luck. Finally, when I put on the last dress I thought it looked acceptable. I went out to get Andrew's opinion and was shocked by his reaction. He just sat there blinking at me with his jaw dropped.

"What?" I asked, confused.

"N-nothing." He stuttered, looking down at his shoes.

"No, tell me. I need to know if this looks okay!" I was frustrated with him now.

"It just. . . Looks really good." He blushed. This was weird. This was really weird.

"Um, thanks." That was all I could muster. I went back into the fitting room and put my other clothes back on. I went to check out with an embarassed Andrew following close behind.

We were both shopping for the day, after spending two hours at the mall. We headed to the car without a word. The ride home was dead silent, too. I hope things didn't stay this awkward between us.

When I got home I took a nice, long, relaxing shower and thought about what the hell was going on with Andrew. He was always weird, but never this weird. I thought.

After the shower I got ready for bed and tucked myself in. I felt too excited about tomorrow to be tired so I tossed and turned for an hour or so until finally drifting off to sleep.

I thought I had woken up but found myself in a dream. The sun was shining brightly, causing me to shield my eyes. I felt sand sift between my toes as I wiggled them around and heard waves crashing nearby. I squinted my eyes and spun around to check out my surroundings. I found Ian lying in a hammock that hung between two palm trees.

I walked over to Ian not knowing what else to do and found him asleep. I debated whether or not I should wake him and chose not to. His face was too angelic to disturb.

Stepping away from Ian I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned to see Andrew standing before me. He grabbed my hand and led me further away from Ian.

"Where are we?" I asked.

"A place where all your troubles can melt away." He said with a peaceful smile on his face. I didn't really know what he was talking about but decided to just go with it. It was just a dream after all.

All of a sudden, Andrew stopped me and faced me. Before I knew what was happening, he lifted my chin towards him and kissed me. I blushed and didn't push him away. What was wrong with me?! This was my brother!

Finally, I came to my senses and started running in the other direction. Of course, right when I wanted to run the most, my legs felt like lead and I only moved millimeters at a time.

Andrew called out to me saying: "Stop! You don't understand!"

I looked at him confused and kept running. Then I woke up. I had no idea what this meant but there was no one I could talk to about it. I definitely couldn't talk to Andrew about it. Ian and I hadn't known each other for too long and I didn't want to freak him out. I guess I could talk to Elise about it. She was one of my good friends from high school. Although, I hadn't talked to her since school was let out this summer. Oh well, I need someone to talk to. I need them a lot.