"so don't make me hate you, i won't hesitate to
spit you out like old chewing gum, i love chewing gum." -poppy
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shy melodie frost never wanted anything to do with her town's game panic, but with senior year ending and her feeling stuck with her dru...
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melodie woke up the next day in panic. a terrible dream had made her sweat. she rolled over to look at the time. 10 am.
"tank get up," she called over to him, "you gotta take me home, i gotta get ready for work."
"five more minutes," he whined out.
melodie threw a pillow at him which made him sit straight up.
"c'mon, we really gotta go," melodie said standing up, walking to his bathroom to put on her shorts from yesterday.
when she walked back out he was lighting the cigarette in his mouth. he took a long drag before standing.
"let's go mouse," he tossed on a sweater and grabbed his keys.
the two teens hurried down the stairs and rushed out the door. tank unlocked his car and they both hopped in, driving to the trailer park where melodie lived. when they got there melodie looked around for her dad. he wasn't home.
"you'll wait and drive me to work?" she asked hopefully.
"sure mel," tank smiled.
melodie was quick to get inside. immediately turning off the tv as she walked by. it did make her feel better knowing her dad did come home last night.
she walked into the bathroom to brush her hair and teeth. she noticed how bad her eyes looked. all baggy and purple. she ignored it and decided to focus on her hair instead. after all that was done she sulked back into her room, grabbing her 'dot's diner' shirt and throwing it on. she grabbed a pair of black leggings and tugged them on quickly and grabbed her shoes. she made sure she had everything. phone and keys. she checked to make sure the front door was a locked a few times before hopping back into tank's car.
"took you long enough, jeez," tank rolled his eyes at her.
"sorry," melodie apologized with a small laugh.
"you okay to walk home tonight? rumor says that panic is starting tonight and i gotta be there," he said, not taking his eyes off the road.
melodie nodded her head, she knew he wanted to hang out with ray and tyler and laugh at all the people doing stupid things.
"promise you aren't doing panic?" she looked over at him.
"pinkie promise," he turned to her after he parked with his finger sticking out.
melodie smiled and locked her finger with his. if there was one thing she loved most about tank (she would never tell him this though), it was his ability to keep a promise.
"now. get out of my car," he glared at her playfully.
melodie just rolled her eyes and stepped out of the car. she waved to him as he pulled away and when he was gone she walked into the diner.
