Unexpected

Date?

Melody sipped at her cup of tea, staring over the rim to glance at Alex every once in a while. Whenever the two made eye contact, she automatically flicked her eyes away to avoid any awkwardness as well as stopping her cheeks glowing a bright embarrasing red. The silence had begun to grow uncomfortable so Alex decided it would be best to break it.

"So what have you been up to Mel? The last time we spoke you had just finished performing in West Side Story" He looked up from his coffee and smiled.

"Umm not much really, I've been so busy with Cats that I've not had much of a life recently. New Years was the last time I went out, Fran threw a party so it was nice to see some of the old friends again" Melody wasn't lying, her social life had pretty much diminished after she graduated from RADA but on the odd occasion she'd spend time with Fran and her friends from the productions as well as taking some weekends to visit her mother. Alex looked concerend at her lack of nights out.

"You'll wear yourself out if you don't take breaks you know" His eyebrows met as he frowned at Melody.

"I know, but I'm doing what I love and when I get offered a role, I can't ever turn it down! I want to live my life right and not regret anything I've ever done." She knew she was a sucker for saying yes to anything or anyone, Melody was too nice to say "no" it wasn't in her nature to hurt people or dissapoint them for that matter.

"You sound like Tom" He mumbled under his breath with a slight hint of frustration, It was quiet but just loud enough for Melody to hear it, just hearing Tom's name made her ears prick up.

"He's always saying things like that in his interviews, it makes chicks fall for him every time... I really don't see what the big deal about him is" Melody shrugged her shoulder and sensed a hint of jealousy in Alex's voice. Tom had done extremely well in his career and had been the cause of many women swooning over him and rasing the ladies expectations of men significantly higher than before.

"Say Mel, how is Tom?" Melody's heart felt as though it had imploded on itself when Alex asked her the question, tears began to well up in her eyes but she blinked them back to hide it from Alex. He'd known that Tom was Melody's best friend and that the two were inseparable when they were together. However, for Melody, a simply innocent question to Alex felt like she'd been punched in the gut and left alone to die.

"I.. I.. haven't seen or spoken Tom since 2007 Alex" The tears she'd tried desperately to hold back, began to flow from her eyes and roll down her cheek. Alex hadn't noticed until she wiped her face with her sleeve. Seeing her do that, he immediately grabbed onto her free hand and squeezed it gently, moving his chari around the table so that he was closer to her. Alex pulled Melody into him and hugged her tightly.

"How come?" He said into her hair, stroking it softly out of her face.

"Well, for the first two years after graduating from RADA, we spent pretty much every weekend together between his jobs. They were only small projects so he was able to visit me often. Then he got asked to play a part in a film called "Unrelated", I mean it wasn't a big thing when it came out and even now, not many people have heard of it. As well as that he'd also been in the "Suburban Shootout" series, so as soon as he got back from the film, he was whisked away to film some more episodes. He suddenly became too busy to see me and well... we just grew apart. Our careers pulled us in different directions and we've both been so busy that, neither of us have had the time to catch up. I missed him for about a year, maybe two, but I got caught up in various productions and I began to forget about him. Obviously I made sure to watch all the films that he was in over the last six years, just like I do with you Alex, but seeing him playing various characters, isn't like real life.. he's not the Tom I remember." Melody's tears were flowing freely now and she couldn't care less what she looked like. This was the first time she'd openly talked about Tom with anyone and it felt really good to get it off her chest. What she failed to mention though was that the last thing he'd said to her was that he would always put her first and make sure he made time to see her. So now all Melody could think of whenever Tom's name was mentioned was that he was the kind of person who made promises that he would never intend to keep. After the days of waiting turned into weeks and then months and into a year. Melody gave up waiting, it was obvious she wasn't worth Tom Hiddleston's time anymore.

After Melody and Alex had finished their drinks, Alex drove Melody back to her apartment and wouldn't leave until she was feeling better. It didn't take too long as her tiredness had caught up on her and she really needed to get some rest. As he left, Alex planted a soft kiss onto Melody's cheek and told her to keep in touch. She nodded and closed the door. While making her way over to her bedroom her phone buzzed, Melody pickied it up from the table and read the message.

I'm always here if you want to chat. I'll never give up on you Mel.

Alex xx

A smile crept onto Melody's face as she read, a funny feeling in her stomach started to appear. Alex had always made sure that he kept in contact with her once they'd left RADA, although they were never very close, they seemed to get friendlier with each other after they gradutated. They would text each other often and met up once or twice. As Melody layed in bed, she chuckled to herself at how her day had panned out. It was really nice of Alex to take her out for a drink and drive her home. She could get used to that.

"What the hell are you thinking Mel! Alex is just a friend who was looking out for you... right? But he bought me the coffee and kissed my cheek before he left and my god the amount of eye contact was crazy.... wait! Did I just go on a date with Alex?" Melody sat up in bed questioning her thoughts. Before she went to sleep, Melody decided to reply to Alex's message.

Thanks Alex, for everything. It was lovely to see you again, thank you for listening to me. Glad to hear you won't give up :)

Mel x

When the message finally sent, Melody turned out her light and pulled the covers up to her shoulders, trying her hardest to get everything off her mind. Especially Tom Hiddleston.