Bittersweet Tragedy // Melanie Martinez + Ashton Irwin :: au

Wait What

It was the court day.

Melanie was getting dressed to help her friend.

Ashton picked her, Calum, Luke, and Michael up in his jeep.

They all drove to the court where the problem would be addressed.

They sat there and saw Ariana walk in.

They waved and in return she gave them a small smile.

The smile told them "I'm okay"

Melanie new it meant "I'm dying"

No matter how bad she wanted to run to her friend and tell her it's gonna be alright.

She sat in her spot.

The judge marched to his chair and sat down.

They said all that stuff about the truth then Todd was called to the chair.

"Did you, Todd Taylor, rape Ariana Grande?" The judge asked.

"...no"

"That is a lie!"

Her mother yelled.

"You cannot sit there and tell me that you didn't do this to my baby!"

"Ma'am, Ma'am, please sit...no, no down."

The Guards took Ari's mom out of the room.

The session wasn't long.

The outcome wasn't very, okay.

Todd Taylor
10 Years
With bail
Date Rape
Ariana Grande

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How could he have such a small sentence.

Melanie thought to herself.

He did something so bad.

Why do bad things happen to good people?

How could anyone, judge or not, not take Ari's feelings into consideration?

It didn't occur to Melanie that there are people out there who's minds are so corrupt that they have a different function than her.

She saw the good in everyone.

Melanie knew now since dating Ashton that everyone had an inner dark side.

What she didn't know is that sometimes the bad can overcome the good.

Melanie new Todd Taylor was a bad person.

Melanie new he deserved a bigger sentence.

But there was nothing she could do about it.

- 3 months later

The gang had pretty much thought of Todd as a distant memory now.

Ari got back together with Michael.

They seem really happy.

Ashton and Melanie were still going strong.

Said a few "I love you's" here and there.

Calum had started dating this chick Aneska.

They think she's Russian but they don't really know.

Luke is just a single Apple.

Very sorry but Pringles come in packs so...

Melanie was throwing her first birthday party.

Okay it wasn't her fist but it was the first for anyone to actually attend.

All the others were basically pity parties.

😶

The party was two days away and surprisingly, she wasn't a mess.

She had graduated a month ago and it seems as if that changed her to become a strong independent young women.

Now here she was turning 19 years old and having a birthday party with her closest friends.

Is that a dream come true or what?

Not to most of us, but definitely to Mel.

When the party came she was frantically running round.

It seems as if all the problems had to happen, at the same time.

She couldn't tell if the snacks were enough.

Which they were

She couldn't tell if something had happened to one of them forcing them to not attend.

Nobody had a problem.

Their only problems were the ants in their pants.

They were so excited they hadn't been to a party in a while and it was gon be lit.

Try new that.

When her guest finally arrived they all sat in chairs around the dinner table singing happy birthday to Mel.

They look on her face was sweet and genuine.

Melanie was close to tears.

This has been the best year of her life.

Okay maybe not.

Let's take recap.

If you remember the first problem encountered this year was when Melanie cheated on Calum.

But in the end she got the guy, right.

And then she met Ari.

Then Ari got raped.

But they're all good now.

Uh oh.

They're all good now.

Something's wrong

They can't be all good now.

If all the other times started out good.

But hadn't had bad In A while.

Does that mean something or some one was going to mess up her birthday party?

Not on Melanie's watch.

It was at that moment when Melanie realize the only way to keep her friends was to protect them.

She made an oath to herself that she would not let anyone else come near her or her friends.

Nothing. Bad. Will. Happen.