Melanie takes a sip of the drink I ordered for her. She smiles slyly. I don't even remember what I ordered her, I've had too much to drink.
"D-d-do you llike itt" my words slur together.
"Yes" she laughs. She bites her lip hesitant of saying something. She stares down at her drink and swirls it with her the thin black straw.
"I-I-I think I should drive you home" she stutters
"I tthhhink ssso"
Melanie insists on paying, and carefully puts her arm around me to help me walk out of there.
"Ccccan I sstayy wwith yyou" I manage,
Her eyes shoot open and she stiffens "Yeah sure"
We drive in mostly silence, Mel hums a little. We arrive at her house. She helps me walk up to the stoop of her house.
With one hand, she shuffles through her keys until she finds hers and unlocks the door. She shuts it and throws the keys on a pastel table.
"Your hhhouse llllooks like a dollhouseee"
She chuckles and points to a green door "You can stay in there, my rooms up the on the right, pink door"
"Hhhey Mel"
"Yes Hals?"
"Ccall me Aaashleyy"
She smiles and shakes her head, before disappearing into the pink door.
