We Are Endgame

Aldo/Melanie

Melanie's POV

After the potluck everyone heads out early. Melanie waits for her sister and her brother in law to get a quick ride home. In the air is some awkward tension with Aldo sitting at one of the tables. It was ignored until now because they were busy with the competition. Truth be told with that and her mom in the hospital. Life was going upside down. She stepped outside into the rain for a breath of fresh air, she really needed to catch her breath.

I am sitting on a bench under a tree when I hear someone calling my name, running in the rain trying to reach me.

"Melanie. Mel, are you okay?" He shouts

I quickly turn around and see my boyfriend running towards me

I try and stay hidden under the tree but he spots me, so I have no choice but to respond.

"Whats up? Shouldn't you be inside with everyone else? Where its warm and dry? I ask

"I just wanted to check on you. You just seemed totally out of it. Like distant, anytime someone would try to speak to you, you'd just shrug or respond blandly. I'm worried about you" Aldo speaks

"Alot has just happened and I didn't want to bother people with my problems. Especially when we just had a triumphant win. I didn't want to ruin it" I respond.

He speaks sincerely "That win has come and will always be there. We are a team. Your family is there and I'm your boyfriend. Your problems are ours to, and nothing you say will ruin anything. I want you to be happy. Please talk to me Melanie!

I appreciated his effort and the fact that he cared. I don't know if I should tell him now, or just keep it inside. I make my decision and respond accordingly

"With all of this I have spent my time practicing, singing, and dancing. The constant rehearsing, and then going to New York. Out of all I neglected the person I loved the most. I feel like a terrible daughter. My mom is in the hospital and I have barely seen her once in the last couple of weeks" It takes everything I have to not cry on the spot.

"Your not a terrible daughter, you were just busy and there is always time to make that up" he responds

"Is there? I mean my mom has cancer. Who knows if she has a year, a month or even a minute left. And where will I have been? Glee club singing those stupid songs that aren't what I need right now. Or at school with you, or staying with Finn and Rachel. I've made it all about me and neglected the person who has there for me whole life. Hell my own sister didn't know I existed until this year and I've been there for her more than for my mom who was actually there for me. This time I yell and start to cry a little

Aldo starts to see her begin to unravel as the rain continues to pour on them. But before he can try and even hug her. Melanie notices and starts to run away. Out of the parking lot, where ever her feet can take her fast enough

Before she had knew she had ran 6 miles and landed herself right in front of the hospital. The rain decreased to a light sprinkle and she makes her way soaking wet in the hospital to visit her mom. All the nurses stare at her but she just walks and takes the elevators all the way to her moms room. She enters and stands at her bed. She is asleep but It looks like she is getting progressively worse. Her face is thinning and looking jaundice. And she just grabs her hand and lays her head down and starts to finally break down.

30 minutes pass by before she is waken up by a hand rubbing her back and another pair of hands trying to get her to sit up. None other then her sister and Finn. Not ready to go but to cold and tired to fight.

Next thing she knows is she layered in blankets in her bed before knocking out