^_^ Melanie's POV ^_^

I hung up with Ian and glanced towards Elise. "Are you sure this is a good idea? I mean, Ian and I haven't really been on too many dates."

"Yeah, girl! It'll be fine!" She reassured me.

"Well, if you say so." I was still feeling reluctant about going on this double date. Elise had suggested it right before Anthony had called her and I wasn't sure. She told Anthony that I wanted to do it and I tried saying something but she put her hand over my mouth. It's not that I didn't like the idea, I did want to spend more time with Ian. I just wasn't sure if I was ready to go on a double date with another couple.

"Stop worrying!" She exclaimed, jumping off of the couch. "It's going to be super special awesome!" I gave her a strange look after that weird description.

I shrugged. "Whatever you say."

Ian's POV

*The Next Day*

It was late affernoon and I was getting ready to go on my date. I put on my dark blue shirt; when I wore it I always got plenty of compliments. I pulled on my best jeans and a pair of tennis shoes. I would be wearing bowling shoes most of the night so I didn't have to wear anything too fancy. I glanced at my watch and it was 4:45. I had to leave to pick up Melanie at 5.

I walked into Anthony's room to ask if I could borrow his cologne. When I opened the door I found he was also getting ready. He looked up when he saw the door open.

"Are you going somewhere tonight?" I asked.

"Yes, are you?"

"Yeah, I have a date."

"Oh." He said plainly. "Why did you come in here?"

I was confused for a second, I had forgotten my reason when I saw Anthony getting ready. "I was just wondering if I could borrow some cologne." He handed me a cyllindrical glass bottle and I took it, spraying some of its contents onto myself. I then handed it back to him and thanked him and walked back out of the room. I grabbed Melanie's gift and hoped I would have a chance to give it to her tonight as well as ask her to be my girlfriend.

It was time for me to go pick up Melanie so I dashed to the car and started it up. I placed Melanie's gift behind where she would sit, thinking it would be the best place to conceal it. I got to her house five minutes early so I waited four minutes until I proceeded to get out of my car. I rapped on her door and waited patiently for her to answer. An unfamiliar face appeared at the door.

"Is Melanie available?" I asked the unfamiliar person.

"Yeah, she'll be here in a moment." He looked over me and then a look of realization came on his face. "You're Ian Hecox, aren't you?!"

"In the flesh." I replied, flashing a smile at him.

"Oh my gosh! Can you sign my poster for me?!"

"Anything for a friend of Melanie's."

"Actually I'm her brother. Anyway, I'll go get my poster!"

Melanie's brother ran into the house while I stood outside. I went ahead and let myself in but stayed close to the door, not wanting to intrude. He ran back with a rather large poster in his hands. I smiled once I saw that it was the "Friendship Always Wins" poster. He guided me into the kitchen and placed to poster on the counter. He set a pen down next to the poster which I grabbed and quickly signed where he pointed to.

"Thank you so much!"

"No problem, uh." I didn't know his name.

"It's Andrew. Andrew Thompson." He said and went to another room. That was a little awkward. I thought and shrugged.

At this time Melanie was ready to leave. She came out looking sexy as ever. My breath caught when I laid my eyes upon her.

Somehow I managed a "You look nice." I wish I could've said more. She thanked me nonetheless. We said goodbye to her brother who had an interesting look in his eye. I couldn't quite decipher what it meant. I intertwined my fingers with Melanie's and we strode out of the house.

I opened the door for her, wanting to make sure she was more focused on her own seat as opposed to the back of the car. We drove to the bowling alley, chatting about various things. At the alley we went inside and Melanie looked around for her friend. I watched as she scanned the crowd of people. She was just so adorable! I saw her turn her eyes towards me and tried to look away but it was too late. She started blushing and said she spotted her friend. We walked over to the couple and the guy seemed familiar. Once I got a little closer I could tell who it was.

"Anthony? What are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same thing." Melanie and her friend just looked at the two of us awkwardly.

"I see you two know each other." Melanie stated.

"Yes we do. We live together." I replied. I thought for a moment before introducing Anthony to Melanie. In turn, Anthony introduced me to Melanie's friend, Elise.

We all went over to the counter after learning each other's names and paid for our lane and shoes.

"Have you ever bowled?" I asked Melanie.

"Actually, I was in my high school's league my freshman year but it's been a while."

"That's cool, I would have never guessed."

Melanie, Elise, Anthony, and I all picked out our bowling balls and set up our lane. Anthony was first and bowled a decent 7. Then went Elise with a 6. I was next and bowled an 8. I smiled for getting the highest score. Melanie was last but not least with a spare. For the rest of the game Melanie was getting spares left and right while the rest of us were average. At the end of the game we stared in awe at the scoreboard and saw that she scored a 187. The next game was no different. We all were put to shame by the scores Melanie was getting.

At the end of the night we were all tired and Melanie simply said with a smirk on her face: "Looks like I still got it." We all rolled our eyes and she laughed. We said our goodbyes to each other and I grabbed Melanie's hand and pulled her out of the alley in a hurry.

"What's the rush?" She asked as I opened the door for her.

I went around to the driver's side and sat in my seat. "I have a little surprise for you." I said reaching behind her seat to where I had put the present.

"Oooh, I love surprises!" She said eagerly.

I handed her the bag. "Open it." Gingerly, she took out the wrapping paper and looked at the bracelet. I helped her put it on her delicate wrist.

"What does 'Te Amo' mean?" I was prepared for this.

"It means 'I love you' in Spanish." I answered.

"Awww, I love you too." I glanced at her lips and she knew what I wanted. I leaned in to kiss her and felt her lips graze mine. I inched closer ever so slowly to deepen the kiss. It was heaven. It was more passionate than the last kiss. I could feel sparks and I felt like we had been like this forever and yet I still wanted to stop time at this moment and cherish it. Finally, we separated, gasping for air.

"Melanie Thompson, will you be my girlfriend?" I asked her.

"Of course I will, Ian Hecox." She smiled up at me.

Melanie pulled my face closer to hers and moved to my ear. "I love you." She whispered into my ear.

"I love you, too." I whispered back. I grabbed her hand and started the car. I held her hand all the way back to her house. We kissed and said "I love you" again at her house. I know we hadn't known each other that long but it felt like I had known her forever.