The Life Saver[a Ross Lynch fan fic]

Chapter 2

We began walking slowly towards the park down the street. There was an awkward silence between Ross and I. I suddenly felt horrible about what I did. Shame on me now. We arrived at the park and took a seat on the bench. "Let me see your arm please," Ross sweetly demanded.

I rolled up my sleeve to where the cut was. He took my arm and slowly rubbed on it. I bit my bottom lip to hold back the tears.

"Why do you keep doing this to yourself, Melodie? You know people here love you, right?" Ross asked in a worried tone of voice.

"Because I do, Ross. And besides, your the only one who cares anyways," I said. A tear streaked down my face. Ross pulled me in for a tight hug. Tears began to stream down my face like a water fall. I hope Ross doesn't mind his shirt being wet. He pulled away and put his hand on my cheek. "Mel, look at me," he whispered.

I slowly looked up into his eyes. I felt like it was just two of us, alone, nobody around us. He broke me out of my own little world when he asked,"Tell me why you are doing this. I want to help. Please tell me,"

I removed his hand from my face as I took a deep breath. I thought for a moment on how I was going to explain the stuff about school, my mom, my brother, but how I felt about Ross. Ross is my best friend and everything but I've alway had a thing for him. I looked down at my shoes, running my fingers through my rough curly hair. How can I say this? In an easy way though?

"Mel?" Ross asked breaking into my thoughts.

I looked up at him with my poofy red eyes. I whipped the one tear off from my face and took a deep breath,"Because of people at school, my mom not giving any care, James being an ass to me, and..." I froze. I can't say it.

"And what?" Ross wondered

"Never mind..." I said as I slowly stood up.

"Hey, where are you going?" Ross asked grabbing my arm.

"Home...." I whispered

"Um, no," Ross turned to face me,"you're coming home with me. You're not cutting again, today."

He took my hand and we began to walk back to his place. As we arrived back to his place, we walked in through the door to see everyone gathered around on the couch. "Whats going on here?" Ross asked with a confused look on his face.

"First, are you two dating?" Rocky asked.

"No, why?" I wondered.

"You two are holding hands...." Rydel pointed out.

Ross quickly pushed my hand away and walked over to the couch. I followed behind and sat next to him and Ryland. Everyone turned to face me. "Um, did I do something wrong? Or?" I began to worry.

"You didn't do anything, sweetie," Stormie explained,"But we have some bad news."

"Alright..." I began to worry. I was shaking, Ross began to rub my back calm me down.

"Your mother's gone." Mark said sadly.

"What do you mean by 'gone'?" A tear began to slide down my cheek.

"She passed away, sweet heart." Stormie said while walking out of the room.

Everyone left the room except for me and Ross. I was lying back on the couch thinking about my mom. How did she die? I was holding back my tears. Why was I worrying so much? She didn't care about me anyway. "Are you okay, Mel?" Ross asked as he sat up.

"Yeah, I'm good." I said quietly.

"Melodie..." Ross whispered.

"Yeah?" I looked over at him.

"Can....can I ask you something?" He stuttered.

"Um, alright," I sat up.

Uh, oh.

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{Ross' P.V.}

"Melodie..." I whispered.

"Yeah?" She looked over at me

"Can......can I ask you something?" I stuttered.

"Um, alright," she sat up.

How was I going to say this? I practiced doing this with Rydel for the past month while we were on tour. "Um.....," i began to get even more nervous when i looked into her eyes. What can I say?

"Ross?" Melodie gave me a confused look.

"Yeah?" I stopped for a moment.

"Are you okay? It's not like you to be this way." Melodie asked curiously.

"Yeah, I'm fine, it's just that...." I froze. Should I say it?

"Just that what?" She moved in closer to me.

"Its just that...I don't know how to say it...." I looked down to the ground.

"Is it that hard?" She looked at me and chuckled a little.

"Okay, here it goes..." I took a deep breath and took Melodie's smooth hand,"Melodie Consgrove, I am in...." I was cut off by the sound of her phone ringing.

"I'm so sorry, Ross. James wants me home right now," she quickly explained,"but thanks for everything. See you tomorrow?"

"Yes, of course. Don't cut yourself, kay?" I pulled her in for a hug.

"I promise," she mumbled into my chest. She pulled away and walked out the door. I looked down to the ground,"I love you..." I whispered even though she couldn't hear me.

[A/N: sorry I took so long to update. I was busy with school. FYI i'm hopin to give this to Ross on Tuesday. Yes, I'm seeing R5 on Tuesday with my 2 sisters and my good friend.

I will update later tonight Chapter 3&4 :)

~Ariel:)]