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Ch. 5 : Decisions

(A/N) : Wesley in MM .

~Melonie~

I pulled up in Marcus driveway & noticed an unfamiliar car .

"Who car is this ?" I asked myself .

I walked up to his door & knocked a couple times before Marcus answered .

"Hey , Mel ," he said hugging me .

"Hey ," I said kinda dry .

"What's wrong ?" He asked ..

"A lot ." I said sitting down on his couch .

He sat beside me & looked at me for a minute until he finally spoke . "Melonie , what's wrong ?"

I sat back & leaned on his shoulder & before I knew it , I had tears trickling down my face .

~Marcus~

Melonie started crying & I held her in my arms . After about 5 minutes she calmed down . I let her go & looked at her .

"Mel , talk to me . What happened ?"

"The guy .. Last night .. That you talked to , he's my brother . & this morning , he told my mom that we'd been hanging for some weeks . So she called me down & started fussing .. Basically , I've been forbidden to see you at all & I told her I was gonna see you anyway . She said if I see you , she's kicking me out the house ."

"Look , ma , I really like you & you know that , but I don't want to come between you & your family ," I told her .

"But you're not !" She cried out . "They don't know you like I know you . I know for a fact , Marcus , that if they knew Marcus rather than Phantom , they'd like you just as much as I do ."

"I believe it . But , Mel , do what your mom said . You know how I am about family so go ."

"But Marcus -" she started .

I cut her off by saying , "Melonie . Please ."

A tear fell from her eye & she got up nodding her head .

It hurt me seeing her walk out hurt , but I had to do what I had to do .

~Melonie~

I walked out to my car & got in . I started it & bawled crying .

I swea I'm moving out . Fuck them for taking my happiness . I'm getting an apartment & the only people that can come are Kayla & Marcus .

I stopped crying & pulled out his driveway . I made my way to Imperial Apartments .

I walked into the office where I was greeted by a nice looking white lady .

"Hello , my name Victoria Towns , how may I help you ?"

"Hello , I'm Melonie Washington , & I'm looking for a nice apartment ."

"Well , you've come to the right place . We have the nicest apartments around ."

"I've heard . Which is why you were my first pick ." This is how you gotta talk to white folk . Real proper & shii .

"Lucky for you , we have 3 apartments available ."

"Great ! Can we go look ?"

"Of course ," she said . She went into the back room & came out with a key ring . She walked to the door & said , "Right this way , Miss Washington ."

We walked up 2 flights of steps & walked into a small apartment . I instantly felt cramped .

"Alright . I know its a little small but it's comfortable ." She smiled .