I screamed and fell pretty hard onto the floor upon the voice I just heard. Cautiously, I looked up
"Mel?" I asked. Maybe I am dreaming. But why would I have Mel in my dream? And why would it be a dream and not a nightmare?
"Mel?" I asked again just to be sure
"For a boy, you sure get scared easily?" That was all she had to say
"Scared?" I puffed
"Who? Me? What scared? I am not scared"
"Yeah sure. You just rolled off the bed to the floor" she said emphasizing the 'rolled'
"Hey! You just popped up from nowhere" I said standing up
"I didn't just pop up from nowhere, I entered through the front door. Which tells me, why don't you lock the front door? You do know that not everybody is good, right?"
"I know, and beside, I think I can handle whoever enters my house for the wrong reason"
"I know. By rolling off the bed"
"Shut up" I said
Right
"Anyway, why are you here? How did you even know where I live? No way, are you stalking me?!"
"One," she started, using her hands to count, "to kill you. Two, I asked Alex and three. Am I crazy?"
"I see. But, why do you want to kill me?" I slowly asked
"Well, I might not kill you. If it is reasonable"
"If what is reasonable?" I asked cautiously. I am in no way doubting that Mel could kill me, if she wanted to
"Why I have forty-five, close to fifty, missed calls. And then the first thing I heard when I enter, is you shouting your name?" she said
"Uhm, because it's the number of calls you missed from me?"
"Exactly, why did you have to call me 48 times and disturb my peace?" she said as she was edging away from the door and moving closer to me
"Uhm, sorry?" I said moving back
"Sorry? You think that is going to solve that?" she pulled up her invisible sleeves
"Mel, calm down. I think talking, not violence, is going to solve this?"
"Talking? Oh, no. That wouldn't do. Do you know what I am going to do to you? I am _"
*Saved by the stomach
"It seems like you are hungry" I told her
"Let's go get you some food" I told her and dragged her away before she could react but,
"Let me go, you white baboon" she was protesting all the way
"Almost there" I told her
I took her to the table.
"Sit" I told her but she just gave me a pointed look
"Please sit" I corrected myself then she sat
"What would you like to eat?" I asked her
"I am not hungry"
" I have pancakes, waffles, perogies, nuggets, pizza, bread. Which one do you want" I ignored her
"I said I am not hungry, and besides that is not " she suddenly paused and gave me a look
"What? Is something wrong?" I asked her
"Is that all the food you have?" she asked
"Along with some fruits, ingredients. Yeah, pretty much. But, why?"
"When was the last time you cook?" she asked me
I thought about it
"Don't remember. Why are you asking?"
"Oh my goodness. So you have been eating only those?"
"Hey, they were also made by someone" I contested
"Yes, I know. But they are not really healthy. Especially to be your everyday food"
I shrugged
"I don't see the harm in them"
"Of course. I forgot for a moment that it was Jace who I am talking to"
"HEY!! Nothing is wrong with me" I complained
She chuckled
"Are you eating or not?"
"Do you have eggs?" she asked
"Who doesn't have eggs?"
"Just a question"
"Do you have eggs at home?" I asked her
"Of course I do"
"Then why were you asking?"
"It was just a question"
"Do people not have eggs?"
"I don't know"
"Do you know people like that?"
"I don't know"
"Who are th.."
"Jace! I am hungry"
"I thought you said you were not hungry"
"Goodbye"
"Bread and egg?" I asked her before she could go
"I would be glad if I could really get that" she stressed the really
"Just a minute" I said and went to work
I served it to her along with a glass of juice
"Thanks" she said before she started eating
"No p."
After she was done, I was about to just leave them but, she said that she would wash them herself. I didn't want that since she was a guest, so I just washed it without postponing
Tense. That was what it was. We both knew what we had to talked about but, neither of us were ready to be the ice breaker
"I'm sorry" I said
I could as well be the mature one. Mature my foot
"I'm sorry for shouting at you that day, Mel. Please trust me when I say that I didn't mean it. I just _" I hesitated
"Snapped" she finished for me
"Yeah" I agreed shamefully slightly bending my head
"If I ask you why, would you answer?"
"I don't know but _" I raised my head
"You would not snap again, right?" she asked
"No, not this time" I answered with a smile, I could tell she wanted to lift the mood. " I know you mean well but, I just can't"
"Can you at least tell me why you can't tell me?"
"Mel"
" Please?"
I signed but raised three fingers up, placing one down after the other
"One, you may not mean what you say. Two, it's may be dangerous for you Mel. Very dangerous. And three, I don't want to rely on someone. I may be hoping for me to be able to rely on you, Mel, but I don't want to. It would be painful when you are not there anymore"
She got up and walked over to me. I didn't know what she was going to do, so I looked at her in question. Instead, she just smiled and hugged me. I stiffened immediately; I was not used to this. I don't even remember the last time I was hugged and I don't mean the uncalled hugs from Alex - even though I still stiffened- but, the type of hug Mel was giving me. One of comfort
"I don't know what happened and I don't know when or how but, I will get you to open up."
"Mel" I called trying to disintegrate but, she didn't agree
"I will always be there, Jace. No matter what. I will show you that you can rely on me and that when you do, I won't leave" she told me
I signed and relaxed a bit on her
"But for now," she retreated, unfortunately, "I have to leave. I tend on going to work tomorrow and it's getting a bit late" she went to picked up her bag for the couch
Before she completely left, she turned to me and with a smile
"Bye. See you tomorrow, Jace" she said and left
I locked the door and immediately went to bed. In the middle of my thoughts flying everywhere, sleep knocked on my door and came but came in without permission
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It came again, the attacker, the loud grunts, the pains, and the eyes, hopeless and painful eyes, the explosives.....
9:00 am
Good
By the time I went to my car, it was 9:30. Thankfully, I guess I will get to work right on time. Since Mel said she was coming to work today, I had mixed feelings about going to work today. I didn't know how it was going to be in the office. Were we going to ignore what we said? Or were we going to continue? Annoyingly, I was just fretting anyhow
I got to work at exactly 10 one the dot with a reminder to proudly inform Jade. Jade had become my favorite person here - that is, apart from Mel. Maybe because our names were slightly similar, or just his personality, I just like him. One of the reasons was because of is playfulness. Because of my life, I really needed some kind of distractions and Jade was the ideal person even though I sometimes felt that I was just using him to distract myself . Although we were not the tell-your-life-to-the-other-person close, we were kinda close
When I got to the office, Mel was not there but, I knew she came because of her bag sitting on her chair. After some minutes, she came in
"Hey" she greeted
"Hey" I greeted her back, every form of fretfulness already vaporized
After awhile
"That's right" she suddenly said and looked at me
She dragged her chair from its rightful place to beside me while I just looked at her quizzically
"I found a way" she said
"A way to what?"
"We should get to know each other better. If we do that, you may feel more comfortable around me, and then, who knows" she shrugged at the end of the statement
"Mel?" I said pinching the bridge of my nose
"So I was thinking. Why don't we hang out, maybe go out for dinner and talk? We can even do something else you want"
"You don't give up, do you?"
"Nope, so when do you want to do it? As far as I have nothing to do then, anytime is possible"
I was about to respond but someone knocked on the door. Before either of us could say something, Sky came in
"Guys, we have a new case"