Chp 6
Wills POV

I towel dried my hair after my shower. I pulled on my jeans and a blue shirt and walked to the kitchen. I was home alone for a little whole as Tony was out somewhere, Kieran was out with a girl in his English lecture and Percy was at a lecture.

There was a knock at the door and I thought it was probably just the mail man. I went and opened the door with a smile. What I didn't expect was to see the girl I used to date when I was in high school.

"Jen-" I started with a confused look, but she took a step into my place and pressed her lips to mine. It took me by surprise, making me stumble back a little. I was compelled to kiss her back for some reason.

I cupped her face and pulled away. "Jen, what are you doing here?" I asked, confused. I paled as I thought of Kathy. "I didn't get it at first, I mean we broke up over text. And now I know why - was it because you were coming here?" She asked.

I looked into her green eyes, her brown hair framing her face. "Jen-" I started. "Okay, I'm sorry that I just barged in. I just - " She carried on. "I'm still in love with you Will." She said. I swallowed hard.

She still had my shirt fisted in her hands. I looked up as the front door was opened. Tony and my sister paused as they took in the seen. I realized I still had her face cupped in my one hand.

I cleared my throat and took her hands off my chest. I took her hand and grabbed my jacket. Tony and Mel moved to the side as I pulled Jen out the apartment and closed the door. She followed me as I pulled my jacket on. I went up the stairs and onto the roof of the building.

I went out and she closed the door behind her. I rubbed my eyes. "Jen - what made you suddenly want to run back here and do that?" I asked, looking at her. "Because I can't bring myself to date another guy as I'm still in love with you." She said.

"Do you not still feel the same?" She asked softly as she cupped my cheek. I took her hand and gently slid it off my face. "Jen, I really did have a good relationship with you - but I actually really like this other girl I met. We both have the same palms and I really want to see her." I said, thinking of Kathy.

She frowned. "But it was supposed to be you and me." She said, her eyes welling. "It's like the hours we spent together, late night phone calls, meals together, when we used to -" she stopped herself. "Why did you kiss me back then?"

"You were kissing me, I didn't have time to register it." I said. She shook her head and wiped at her face. "I cant believe after everything we've been through together, after we nearly slept together. I thought that was how you wanted to show me you loved me." She said.

"Hey, I was never ever going to." I said.

"Oh, am I not good enough? Is this other girl better? Prettier? Have bigger assets?" She asked, getting angry.

"No, because you don't sleep with someone to show you love them. I showed you so many ways of how I loved you. I'm sorry you thought I only wanted you for your body, but if you couldn't even see that I wanted just a normal relationship than what was the point? And your parents obviously didn't approve of you dating the guy with a messed up background that they had to get your brother and his friends to jump me." I said.

She frowned. "What?" She asked. "That was the last straw. Your brother sent the text himself. So I'm sorry if I didn't want to be part of an 'abusive' relationship." I said, shaking my head. She turned away from me, running her hand through her hair.

"So if you don't mind I want to go have breakfast." I said. I left her there. It was mean, I know, but I didn't want to be apart of that. I got back to the apartment and walked in on Tony and Mel laughing at something in the kitchen. "What was Jen doing here?" She asked.

I sighed, shaking my head. "It doesn't matter. Sorry about that." I said, getting some coffee. "What's going on here?" I asked. She smiled as Tony said, "I'm going to teach her to bake." He said. I realized that they spent time together a little more often. I wondered if they had something going on - but if they did, then I was happy that it was him and not some idiot.

"I'll leave you guys to it. I'm going to go out. I said. I wasn't even sure where, but I needed to be doing something. I kissed her cheek and slapped Tony on the arm. "See you later!" I called, before closing the door.

~ Melody's POV ~

I laughed as Tony sneezed due to our little flour fight. He chuckled and wiped his face clean. I looked at the cookie dough. You apparently had to knead it for a but, but it was a bit hard and kept sticking to my hands. "Uh, a little help please?" I asked, chuckling at the monstrosity I was creating.

He chuckled and I gasped softly as he came up behind me and put his arms over mine. "Hands." He said, and I out them out. He took some flour and sprinkled it on my hands. He put his hands over mine and pressed my hands together, gently rubbing my hands together.

His breath was hot on my neck as he showed me how to knead it and roll it into balls. Only problem - every word he said floated past my ear and far away. I wasn't concentrating on what he was saying, but more on how warm he was pressed to my back and how my hands fit into his.

"You get it?" He asked next to my ear. I looked up and gave a smile. "Yeah, thanks." I said. "Show me." He said, smirking. I chuckled, but loved the fact he didn't move away from me. I did as he had shown me and he chuckled. "You're a fast learner. Maybe I'll get you cooking by my side, my little assistant chef." He said.

I laughed and felt him move away to the oven. He took out the cake he had baked and put it on a wire rack. He went back to doing his fancy things, like mixing the icing for his cake and getting his decorations ready.

I rolled the dough into balls and he brought me a fork and a bowl and filled the bowl with flour. "Okay, so now all you're gonna do is put the fork in some flour and press down like this." He said, demonstrating.

I did so and smiled. He stole one of the balls and halved it. He held it up for me. "Try it." He said. I grinned and ate it. He ate the other half and groaned. "That's really good, missy." He said, and I smiled. I looked up at his eyes and he smiled. He wiped flour off my cheek with his thumb and I felt my pulse quicken. He smiled and dropped his hand from my face, going to where his cake was.

"So you excited for Christmas?" He asked. The twenty fifth was looming over in two weeks time. "Yeah, always loved Christmas." I said, smiling. He nodded. "You and Will going to Boston for Christmas?" He asked, and I nodded with a smile. "Yeah, and you? What you doing?"

He shrugged. "I don't know." He said, giving a little smile. "You don't have family to go enjoy the holidays with?" I asked, frowning. "Well my dad is somewhere doing work and stuff, but he's never home so I guess it would be me, the cooks and the house cleaner at his house." He said.

I thought about what he said. I hardly knew him, I guess, so I didn't understand what he said. I watched as he iced his cake so effortlessly, then placed the second layer on the top. He got a new nozzle and started icing it. He did it so swiftly and easily.

Concentration was evident on his face, and his eyes scanned the job. He smiled and turned to me forgetting about the dad thing he had said about his Christmas. "Bravo." I said clapping at his masterpiece. He laughed melodiously and started placing decorations on the top.

The timer beeped to tell us the cookies were done. He helped me get it out the oven. I looked at the time, and on time Percy came home. He was on the phone. When he saw the cake and cookies he paused. "Scratch that, you're coming here." He said.

He out his laptop bag and stuff down, present the phone between his ear and shoulder as he had no hands. "Because Tony and Mell have been cooking!" He said. He grinned and said, "See you soon, ciao." He hung up and put his phone down.

"This looks so divine!" He said, looking at the confectionary. We grinned. "Yip, Mel is a natural." The others soon arrived in dribs and drabs in the following ten minutes. Annabeth and Will happened to arrive at the same time. She gave me a smile and a big hug. "What has Tony dear been teaching you?" She asked, lookig at the cake and cookies.

"I've been learning how to actually bake something." I said, chuckling. Tony casually put an arm around my shoulders and said, "Shes my assistant. I want her." I felt my stomach do somersaults as he smelt so good. "Too bad, you're going to have to hand her over." Will said, smirking we from where he hung up his jacket.

"Never." He said, pulling me into his chest and making my heart go haywire. They all laughed and he loosened his grip on me, smiling down at me. He stepped around me and got a knife to cut his cake. We all stole pieces of cake and cookies and had it for lunch.

"Tony, what time does your lesson start?" Kieran said, frowning. "Two, why?" He asked. Will checked his watch. "It's five to two." He said. Tony practically fell off his chair. We laughed as he rushed around, grabbing his things. "Mel, do you have my phone?" He asked, looking for it. I glanced around and found it covered in flour.

"Uh, yeah." I said, picking it up and dusting it off. He chuckled and took it from me. "Don't finish my food!" He called walking to the front door. I let my heart sigh at the loss of him going out of sight.