The One and Only.

One More Time.

Melissa's POV
I woke up to an empty bed today. Matt had to go somewhere early today so I was alone. I decided to call my mom to see how they're doing.

It ringed a few times before she answered.
"Melissa! How are you honey?" mom asks me happiness audible in her voice.
"Hey mom. I'm fine how are you guys doing?" I ask smiling.
"You know the same. It's your father's birthday next week, you're coming right?" she asks me.
"I'm not sure mom. It's the hospital and all." I say a frown taking the place of my smile.
"Honey you've missed your father's birthday for the past three years. He is sad about it I can tell." she tells me sighing at the end.
"I know mom. It's...hard. You know coming back and just.....hard." I say and she sighs again.
"You know he is not here at the moment and I don't think he'll be back soon. Why don't you at least come for a week. We miss you." she says.

I mean if he's not there it won't be that hard, right? I really missed my parents too. Maybe it's time for me to go.

"Okay mom, I'll try my best." I say and I can imagine her smiling trough the phone.
"Great...oh I gotta go! Love you honey. Take care." she says and hangs up.

Maybe it really is time for me to go back. I call the hospital and tell my assistant that I will be gone for a week and she has to rearrange the appointments. After talking to her I pack my clothes and everythinng I'll need. After packing my bags I plop on the couch and watch some netflix.
After a few episodes of PLL my eyes feel heavy and I fall asleep.

I wake up to the wet feeling on my cheek. I open my eyes slowly to see Matt on top of me smiling at me.
"Heyy." I say smiling.
"Hey there. Sleep well?" he asks pecking my lips.
"Yeah. Oh uhm I need to tell you something." I say hesitantly.
"What's up baby?" he asks confused.
"Uhm..I..uhh...I'm going back to Canada for a week." I say finally getting the words out of my mouth.
"What." he says jumping up.
"Are you mad?" I ask trying to keep calm. He shouldn't be mad at me.
"Uhh duh! You haven't told me anything! Were you even planning on telling me or were you just gonna leave a note on the counter?!" he asks yelling at me.

Ohh that was not cool.

"What the hell Matt! You should be happy for me! I'm trying my best to forget the past you know! I finally have the guts to go back to where I grew up!" I say and run my hands trough my hair.
"If you don't trust me enough to tell me this before than I think that's it." he says looking down his muscles still tense.
"What do you mean Matt? It all happened today!" I yell furstrated.
"It's over Mell. It should be. I don't think I can go on like this." he says sitting on the couch.
"Well..if that's what I get for trying than fine. It's over! You won't see me again." I say and rush upstairs tears threatening to pour out any second. I pack everythinng I have and take them all downstairs.

I wear my shoes and head to the door to leave. I turn around one last time to see Matt still in the same posititon.

"Goodbye." I say and leave. That's it.

I get into my car and drive off to the hospital. I get to the head of my department to tell them I quit. I've told them that it was an emergancy and I had to move back and luckily they understood. We've signed a few papers for the procedure and I was off. Now I don't have a job or a boyfriend. I officially have no one.

I take my flight to this evening and head to the airport. Luckily there was a flight few hours later so I didn't have to wait too long. After two and a half hours of sitting at starbucks they finally announce my flight. I head to the gate and board to the plane. I left my car to Cameron so he can do whatever he wants actually.

I am going back to the place I grew up. I haven't told mom or dad anything to surprise them. I've talked with Peter and he said he will try to come but he was way too far away from Canada soo maybe he can't.

The plane takes off and I change into some sweats and a fluffy top for the flight in the restroom. I get comfortable in my seat and drift off to sleep almost immediately.

I woke up to the sound of the announcement. We were about to land so I got into the restroom and changed into something presentable. I wore a black sweatshirt and grey leggings with UGG's. I got out and placed the clothes I took off into my bag and sat down.

In a blink of an eye we've landed and they were leading us to the exit. I grabbed all my stuff and got off of the plane. I ordered an uber and it arrived almost immediately. When I finally reached home I just stood outside of it. I looked at it like I've never been here before. All of the memories flooding in my head making me slightly dizzy. I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned around. It was Manny.

"Manny!" I squealed and hugged him.
"Oh my god you've grown so much. I almost couldn't recognize you." he says smiling while pulling away.
"I'm glad you're back." he says.
"Yeah...uhm I should probably go see my parents. They don't know I'm here and it's almost noon so my mom should be home." I say and get a hold of my bags.
"Okay.. see you soon honey." he says waving and leaving.

To be honest all of the memories are making me tense because there are good and bad ones mixed up together. Like the young me running around here with him. Damn. This place is no good for me.

I take a deep breath and walk towards the door. I knock three times and wait for someone to answer it.

I hear a faint 'I'm coming.' and immediately recognized the owner of the voice as my mom.
A smile spread across my face as I heard footsteps getting closer every passing second.

Than suddenly the door opens to reveal my mom. Her eyes goes big when she sees me.

"Oh my god Melissa!" she says hugging me immediately.
"Hi mama." I say chuckling.
"What are you doing here?"
"I was wondering if I could get my room back." I say looking down.
"Honey you are always welcome in this house. This is your house too. It always will be." she says helping me in.

"Where's dad?" I ask looking around the house. Just as I remembered. Even the little hole on the floor just beneath the stairs was still there. It formed when I fell down with my luggages.

"He should be in the garden. Go say hi, I will bring your bags up to your room." my mom says and I nod in response.

I slowly get out to the garden and a flashback hits me. Shawn.

The song he played is still on my ears. Perfect.

I tear up but shake it off immediately when I spot my dad under a three. I get closer and touch his shoulder. He looks up and smiles so big when he sees me.

"There is my big girl!" he says hugging me.
"Hey dad. I've missed you." I say pulling back from the hug.
"Oh my babygirl is a grown woman now." he says tearing up.
"Dad come on I'm 21 now." I say chuckling a bit at his reaction.
"You know you will always be my babygirl." he says and gives me another quick hug.
"Come on let's head inside." he says and I nod my head.

We get inside and just spend time with each other. I missed my family. Eventhough Peter is not here at least I'm at somewhere warm.

"How's Matt doing?" my mom asks and the smile on my face disappears.
"Oh honey I'm so sorry." she says hugging me and a few tears escapes from my eyes.
"It's fine mom. He didn't really wanna deal with me." I say as I pull myself together.

"You know, I think imma go sleep. I love you." I say and head up to my room. I throw on something comfortable and lay down on my bed. I start crying due to the memories I have in this stupid room and fall asleep while crying.

One more time.