"Um well..." She trails off. "I have a date with Will" She swallows.  

"Seriously? A date with Will?" I stop her. "I don't think you understand-" 

"What is wrong with you? Seriously if something is up then just tell me" She says look up at me, but I don't meet her gaze. 

"You can't go on a date with him" i shake my head. 

"Why? Why can't I go on a date with him??" She presses, biting her lip. 

"Just because he's bad news Melanie...you don't understand who this guy is" I huff as she rolls her eyes. 

"Oh I get it, so you think since we dated once that suddenly you hold some claim over me? That I can't be with anyone I want?" She raises her voice. 

"No it's not that-" I stop myself. "Look I just want you to be happy" I sigh, faking a smile and grabbing her shoulders. 

Yeah, happy with me...

"I promise I'm happy okay?" She smiles. "You know you should really lighten up, anger doesn't suit you" she laughs. "I'm glad you understand" she beams, pulling me into a tight embrace. I hold her closely, smiling to myself as the light scent of strawberries soothes me. 

Could I be happy like this?... I think to myself, and I know for certain I couldn't. But the way she is so happy with me like this...I couldn't ruin it. I couldn't tell her the three words I wanted too, even now since she's in love with someone else. 

I'm completely, madly in love with this girl...and I can't tell her.

"Just be careful Okay?" I say. Was it right to keep secret that Will is Savannah's step brother? I don't know how to tell her.

She loves him, don't ruin it Shawn.

I sigh as she giggles uncontrollably, "I promise" she smiles, walking right up to her front door.

"Love you" she smiles, making my heart beat faster.

"I love you too" I gush, meaning those words far more than she could comprehend.

"See you!" She smiles, shutting the door behind her quietly. I shove my hands into my pockets and smile uncontrollably to myself.

Love you, I repeat in my head. I know it was just a friendly I love you, but it still made my heart skip a beat.

{Melanie POV}

When I shut the door I smiled to myself, I was going on a date with Will.

Everything to me at least seemed to be falling into place, not only was I going on a date with a really hot guy, but also Shawn and I' s relationship seemed to be perfect as well.

Everything was perfect.

"Melanie!" My mom yelled.

Well, almost.

"Yeah mom?" I say following her voice.

"Where were you!" She yells as I reach her bedroom door.

"I was across the street at the Mendes'" I say as she scoffs.

"Oh, so your back with that Shawn now?" She rolls her eyes. "Don't fall in Love! It only hurts more in the end!" She screams, throwing things in the air and pressing her lips on a bottle of wine.

"Mom this isn't like you...why are you drinking?" I question as tears start to form in my eyes.

I never get to see my mother much, as I said earlier my parents are always gone and I really don't have much of a family. When my mother is home on the weekends she's always spirited and happy, I've never seen her this way.

My mother never drank, she says it's bad for you. I've never seen her angry and I've never seen her drink before. This is a whole new world to me.

"You wanna know why? Because your father is a cheater! A mistake! Why must I sit here and act like he's not sleeping with his 19 year old wife to be!" She says, as she starts to sob.

"He decided he didn't want to take care of a daughter that wasn't even his! And on top of that he wants a divorce!" She slurs.

Wait what?

"What do you mean he's not my dad?" I question, feeling fear behind those words.

"Mel, he's not your real father. Your real father lived in New York City..."

My heart stops, as well as my breath. The person I've known my entire life isn't my father. The person who always put me first, the person who always came when I needed him, the only person who deeply cared about me wasn't my father?

"I'm sorry Mel, but your real father died in a car accident when you were 3, and your step father was there and helped me pick up the pieces and eventually...I fell for him."

"I felt guilty because he was your father's best friend, and I feel like I didn't justify the situation. Now I feel like it's his wicked way of getting back at me" she hiccups.

I don't get it. I just find out I am losing my [step] father and now I find out that my real father died when I was little.

Why did she keep me in the dark?

"Why did you never tell Me?" I whisper. "I am your daughter goddammit! I deserve to know!" I snap.

"I'm telling you now. That's all that matters" she slurs."Now I'm telling you not to fall in love with that boy. No matter how nice a guy is you will still get hurt...no matter what he offers"

"What do you mean?" I question.

"When your father died I had no one to turn to. Your step father loved me for a long time, if I agreed to marry him he would give you a nice home and everything you ever wanted. Me being a widower and having nothing left I decided to marry him for you"

When she said that it couldn't be no clearer. Looking back now I saw how she was never truly happy with him. And why she was always so distant in my childhood.

She was never in love with him.

"Of course over time I fell for him, if I didn't it wouldn't hurt so much now" she sobs.

"I promise mom, everything will be okay" I say rubbing her back as she spalled out across the bed, chugging the wine.

"No it's not Melanie, your stepfather is kicking us out and we have to move back to Ohio." She sighs as my eyes grow wide.

"What?!"

//
Hope you liked it!
What happens next? Dun dun dun...
-ily xx