Chp 5
Melody's POV

I blinked my eyes open, the thin slither of light streaming onto my face through a crack in the curtains. I got up and rubbed my face. I brushed my hair and plaited it into a French plait.

I changed into my jeans, a long sleeve top with an owl on it and my warm socks. I looked at my ever so, make up less face in the mirror. I sighed and made my bed. I checked the time on my phone after opening my curtains. It was seven in the morning.

I opened the door and walked through to the kitchen. Annabeth sat there with a cup of coffee and the newspaper. She looked up and smiled at me. "Morning Mel." She said, and I returned a smile. "Morning." I said.

Annabeth was probably the most beautiful girl I had ever met. She didn't even have to try - she was just natural amazing. She was really kind, she didn't even think she was pretty, she was intelligent and loved to talk and she was always in a good mood. And her and her boyfriend were so adorable.

I wished, whenever I did get a boyfriend, I would be as loving and adorable as they are. I got out the yoghurt and my fruit salad that I had bought. I had to eat as much healthy stuff as possible to get back all my healthy cells in my body after chemotherapy ate away at my strength.

"Where's Percy?" I asked, getting a spoon. "He had to go as he had an early study group." She said. I nodded. I sat down and ate as she read. I don't think she or Amy of the guys knew I had had leukemia or any of that. Will got very protective over it when the subject came up as he thought it bothered me. I honestly didn't mind talking about it at all, but I hated when people gave sympathetic and pitying looks.

When I finished the delicious, sweet fruit I put it in the dish washer and turned to her. I had a thought as I looked at her. "Um, Ann? Do you mind if I ask you something?" I asked. She looked up and nodded with a smile, folding up the paper as she was done.

"Um, well I've always had a hectic time growing up so I never ever got to wear make up, and -" I hesitated. "I must sound so stupid." I said, chuckling as I covered my face in embarrassment. She laughed lightly and said, "You want me to show you?" I peeped through my hands and nodded.

She grinned. "Of course, I'd love to! I mean, I'm not one for much makeup but you wouldn't be either." She said. I was a little confused. "What do you mean?" I asked. "Well you're already beautiful. You don't need much make up at all." She said.

I blushed and she smiled. "Okay, get your shoes, jacket and phone. We,re going out." She said, jumping up. I felt all giddy with excitement. I had never been on an all girls shopping spree. I got on my high heel ankle length boots and pulled on my leather jacket. I put my phone in my pocket and met her at the front door. We left, and she showed me the way to the nearby mall.

We went into a store and she went straight to the makeup section. I raised my eyebrow as she just looked over everything and grabbed mascara, eyeliner and what not and put them in a basket. She soon pulled me along to the desk and the lady started ringing it up.

I pulled out my credit card but she took it and put it back in my pocket. "This is on me." She said. I tried to protest but she swiped her card and gave me a cheeky grin. I chuckled, shaking my head. She thanked the cashier and dragged me back to the apartment.

We kicked our shoes off at the front door and she emptied all the things into the table. She retrieved her mobile mirror in her room and put it down on the table. She separated all the things into sections of the different product.

"So, first of all I start with some face cream." She said, holding up a tube of moisturizer. She went on, explaining things as she applied the light day make up to my face. When she was done she picked up the mirror and showed me my reflection.

I grinned as I was amazed how pretty it made me look. "You like?" She asked in an Italian accent. I laughed and nodded vigorously. "Yes, thank you." I said, getting up and giving her a tight hug. She chuckled and squeezed me tight. I pulled back and she smiled warmly.

"Oh, and at the end of the day you can wipe it off with these wipes, and then I usually just take a warm face cloth and make sure my skin is clean." She said. I nodded and she put the stuff neatly into the little make up bag. She pushed it towards me and I smiled.

I went and put it neatly on the desk in my room. I saw it was already twelve. How did the time fly by so quickly? She took me out to lunch, us getting the usual take outs.

We took it back to her place and ate, chatting about the funny guy that had been dancing in the car park with his earphones in. We soon escaped to the couch and I started reading the book Annabeth had given me. It was really good, and I was really enjoying it.

Reading always seemed to make time go by triple as fast as usual - or maybe I was just a slow reader? Either way when I decided to take a break I realized I had been reading for two hours straight.

I got up and went to the kitchen and got a glass of apple juice. I suddenly realized Annabeth was standing by the wall looking at a sketch and that it was raining outside. We both looked to the front door as the door bell rang. She went forward and opened it.

The four guys stood in the doorway, Percy being at the front. "You love me, right?" He asked, giving her a kiss. She smiled and nodded. "Like, a super duper lot?" He asked. "What did you do?" Was her immediate response. I chuckled at their cuteness.

"Well, um, we went to the dry cleaner and on our way back to our place, it started raining and, uh, our clothes kind of got wet." He said, and we suddenly noticed the wet bags of clothes in their hands. "So can we maybe use your tumble dryer and have some coffee?" He asked.

She sighed with a smile and said, "Sure, Perseus." He grinned and wrapped an arm around her waist, lifting her up as he pressed his lips to hers and took a few steps forward into her apartment.

She laughed as he put her down and the guys came into the kitchen. Will came forward and gave me a hug. He pulled back and studied my face. He grinned. "Has Annabeth been girling you up?" He asked, noticing the slight makeup. I slapped his arm and he chuckled.

"Yes, we had a lovely morning." She said, returning to the wall after filling the kettle and switching it on. The guys all managed to stuff their clothes into the tumble dryer and switched it on. Percy went to Annabeth, resting his chin on her head as he studied her sketch on the wall. "What are you doing?" He asked, puzzled by the sketch.

"I'm studying this for mistakes." She said, narrowing her eyes at the sketch that was stuck up on the wall. "It looks perfect to me." He said.

"It isn't."

"It is! It always is." He said.

She pulled it off the wall and cleared the kitchen table before taking her special ruler and her pencil and aligning it with something. She made the tiniest of adjustments and Percy let out a groan, rolling his eyes. She chuckled at his response. "It wasn't right." She protested, a smile on her face.

She stuck it back up on the wall and returned, spooning in the measurements for the coffees. I swept my eyes over Tony. He was wearing jeans with a hoodie and vans. His auburn hair was windswept and his shining brown eyes studied soe thing on the table.

He took a few strides to the counter beside Annabeth and picked up a bottle of wine. He studied it and Annabeth glanced at what he was looking at. "Oh, my mom sent that to me thinking I was a fan of wine. Maybe Mel and I will find something to drink it over." She said, shrugging.

"It's really good for cooking with if you want to do a lovely bruised lamb shank with Pinot noir." He said, reading eagerly over it. "Oh dear, foodie is back." Will said, chuckling.

He cracked a grin and Annabeth got out the milk. "Well you are welcome to come over sometime and show me how to make it." She said, smiling at him. "That is if your boyfriend trusts me to share a room with you for a little while." He joked, smirking at Percy.

"You say that like I get jealous." Percy said, smiling slightly as he shook his head. She raised her eyebrow at him and said, "The other day when you took me for breakfast you asked the manager for a waitress instead of a waiter because the guy bothered you." She said.

Will, Kieran and I let out a short laugh as he blushed slightly. "But he could see we were together! I mean, we were siting together, alone, and I had my arm over the back of the booth over your shoulders and we both had hot chocolate! And then he still goes and hits on you and gives you his number." He said, making the guys laugh and me chuckle at how protective he was.

She smiled. "Well I forgot to mention he took me to lunch yesterday." She said and he gaped. She burst out laughing. "You're so gullible sometimes." She said, shaking her head with a grin as she had died everyone their coffee. We all retreated to the lounge and I felt my pulse quicken as Tony sat next to me on the two seater.

I was very aware of our knees touching and the way his dimples appeared when he flashed me a smile. They all chatted about university, and I only wished I could add to their stories. "So you said you were interested in going to university next year at the start of a new school year?" Kieran asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, I was hoping maybe Boston Uni as it's at home but maybe, if I'm lucky, I'll go to NYU like you guys." I said, smiling. They nodded. Will smiled to himself. We all chatted over coffee and soon enough Percy and Annabeth took the mugs to the kitchen and started unloading the now dry clothes.

Tony turned to me as Kieran and Will were chatting about soccer. "Hi." He said, grinning and making me chuckle. "Hi." I said, turning my body to face him. "I'm going to be alone tomorrow while all this lot go to the university for lectures and stuff. I thought as you and I are going to be alone, we can be alone together." He said.

He thought for a moment. "You can call it a date I guess." He said, grinning. I blushed deeply. "So you're asking me out?" I asked. He thought for a moment then grinned. "Yeah, pretty much." He said. I smiled. "I'd love to go out with you to wherever." I said. He smiled and said, "I'll pick you up at twelve."