A Second Chance • A.F. {#wattys2018}

Chapter 5

Melody

Until I found the name I was searching for.

Elijah.

I clicked the name and held the phone to my ear waiting for a response. 2 minutes later and his sweet voice echoed through the phone...

M: Elijah?

E: Hey baby, you okay?

I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding and I heard a hint of worry in his voice.

E: Mel, babe, talk to me please, you're worrying me

M: could you come over? I don't think I can be alone right now...

E: of course, I'll be there in 5 minutes, I love you

M: I love you too

We hung up and I grabbed my blanket and wrapped it around the top half of my body and I trudged into my bedroom so that I could get changed.

After changing, I made my way to my small kitchen and put the kettle on, I grabbed two mugs and made Elijah a tea for when he got here.

Elijah and I had been dating for about 2 years now, he knew all about Andy, he knew how I felt about him, how he left without a reason, how broken I am, and even though he knew all of that, he still promised to stay and pick up the broken pieces that Andy Fowler had left me in...

Just as I threw the tea bags in the bin there was a knock at the door, I knew it was Elijah.

I opened the door to see him stood there with a huge grin on his face and bag that looked full to the brim, he walked in and placed his bag on the counter in the kitchen, I smiled and followed behind him.

"So, you're probably wondering what I have in this bag."

"Well I'm pretty intrigued, so I think you should show me"  Elijah always knew how to cheer me up when I felt like absolute shit.

He started pulling items out of the bag, this included things like chocolate bars, crisps, ice cream, bottles of coke, popcorn, strawberry laces, all the sugary stuff and finally he pulled out a bottle of wine.

"You sound like you've had an awful day, so I brought you a bottle of wine and there's a Chinese already on the way" he smiled down at me and I just hugged him, he placed the bottles down and wrapped his arms round my neck and kissed my head softly.

"You know I love you right" I mumbled softly into his check and I felt him smile and him hum under his breath.

Elijah was always smiling, no matter what, and that's what made me fall for him. His smile, his personality, his determination, his looks, just everything.

We stood in that position for a solid 5 minutes, since Andy's return my feelings have gotten pretty messed up, I love Elijah like crazy but seeing Andy ignited a fire I thought had died out completely...

My thoughts were interrupted by the Chinese at the door and I released my grip from Elijah so that he could pay for the food.

While he went to the door, I grabbed the wine and two glasses and made my way over to the sofa, I sat down and wrapped the blanket round me while Elijah went to go get the plates and cutlery.

"Babe!!" I shouted to him in the kitchen and chewed the inside my cheek while flicking through movies.

"Yeahhh??" his voice echoed out and I heard him put the remaining food in the fridge and saw him bring the food in.

"What film are we watching?" he sat down and placed my food on my lap, planting another kiss on my forehead.

"How about we watch Sinister one and two, and if you aren't tired after that, we can watch he Insidious trilogy?" I smiled at the idea, our first date was to the cinema to watch a horror, since they were my favourite type of genre, I wasn't your average girl that scared and refused to watch them, I loved them and that's how Elijah fell for me.

Andy

It was around 1:30am and I was smashed. Rye had returned a couple of hours ago and explained where he went and that he would never try to take her away from me.

Luke and Kyle filled me in on everything they thought was important, they told me that she still lived in the same small block of flats that we spend endless nights in and suddenly I had the urge to make my way over.

My drunk ass stumbled over to Luke and Kyle who were busy taking shots with Mikey and I dragged them away "dude, wha- what are you doinggg?" Luke dragged his words out as he leaned on me for support.

"I, I think we should take a walk to Mel's" I held my stomach as I felt the alcohol trying to force it's way back out, but I managed to keep it down.

I didn't give Luke and Kyle a chance to respond as I pulled them out of the club and towards Melody's...

We walked through the streets of Manchester having a laugh and stumbling around like complete fools, we reached Melody's apartment door "shhhhhhhh" I put my finger to my lip and the others laughed.

"You shh" Luke retorted, we sounded like a bunch of schoolgirls but I stopped that by banging on the door a little louder than I should've, I heard the shuffling of feet inside and the door swung open, revealing a tall guy with fluffy dark brown hair.

I stood there and just stared at the guy, unable to comprehend what was happening, but Kyle and Luke walked straight in, patting the guy on the back.

"You coming in or not?" he sounded annoyed but I just walked in anyway, he closed the door and walked into the kitchen.

"Elijah man, where's Melody?" Kyle asked kicking his shoes off and laying on the sofa.

"She's in bed asleep, you realise it's 2 am and she's had a long day?" he worded it as a question and stood against the sink, rubbing his eyes.

"We wanted her to come out with usssssss" Luke whined in annoyance and I just sat there looking around the small flat and my eyes landed on a photo of Melody and I, it was the night before I left, after that photo was taken I left her and never looked back until now.

"Well you two know where the blankets are, I suggest you all stay here tonight and see Mel in the morning when she's in the right state of mind" the boy, whose name I learned was Elijah, took his water and headed to what I'm assuming was Melody's room, and as I saw him disappear into the darkness my heart shattered.

Just the thought of someone else's arms wrapped around her made me want to throw up, but I shook away the thoughts and laid myself down, preparing for the morning...