She quickly got dressed and headed outside to get some breakfast. She wished Meg was up but she had come back to the room late last night but not drunk so that was a relief.
The first person she bumped into was Nick.
"Good morning," he told her as he wrapped his arms around her and gave her a hug and a kiss. "I missed you."
Melissa laughed a little," You just saw me last night at the club and you already miss me?"
"Well, yea but now your here so I'm not lonely anymore."
"That's good," she said with a smile. "Care to join me for breakfast?"
"Of course," he told her.
Meg woke up a little later and just laid there in bed for a few minutes thinking. What was she thinking about? AJ of course.
She really liked him but she had no idea what he thought of her. So far their relationship had been just pretty flirty.
Well, you just wanted someone to hook up with and try to forget about Paul, she told herself, but now she wanted something more with AJ.
When should I tell him? Should I even tell him at all? I only have a few more days here anyway and then I probably won't ever see him again.
I'll tell him tonight she decided as she got up and went towards the bathroom to take a shower. Now all she had to do was think of what to say.
All through breakfast Melissa an Nick sat there talking about almost everything they could think of. Melissa felt so comfortable there with him. It was like they had known each other forever.
"You almost done?" he asked.
"Yea, but I have to run to the bathroom. I'll be right back okay?"
Yea, that's fine."
No sooner had Melissa left when Nick spotted Erin coming towards him. Oh no, he thought. What the hell does she want?"
"Hey," she said with a smile as she approached.
"Hi," he said back not in a friendly way either.
"Would you mind if I sat here?"
Nick didn't say anything just shrugged.
Erin sat down across from him and asked, "So, where is what's her face? Michelle?"
"Her name is Melissa and she just went to the bathroom for a few minutes."
"Oh yes, Melissa. How could I have made such a silly mistake." She stopped and giggled for a little bit.
"Did you actually want something Erin or did you just want to sit down and try to act all cute and flirt your ass off with me to try to get me back? Not to mention your outfit."
"What about my outfit? You don't like it?" she asked sadly as she looked down at her short black mini and white sports bra top.
Nick sighed. "Erin why are you here?"
"Well, you seem to be having a fun time getting over me," she remarked.
"What do you want me to do? Spend the whole trip crying over you? Remember I caught you in bed with another guy so this is all your fault not mine!" he told her angrily as he got from the table.
"Wait! Where are you going?"
"Away from you! It's not my fault that now even that guy Matt doesn't want you! I'll say you fucked up big time!"
"Fine go! Have fun with Melinda or whatever the hell her name is!"
"I assure you I will!"
Just then Melissa came out of the bathroom. "Did I miss something?" she asked noticing the tense looks on both Nick and Erin's faces.
"No, nothing at all. C'mon Melissa lets get going."
Melissa folowed him outside the resturant. "You look really tense."
"I don't want to talk about it!"
"Well, ok. If you want I can go."
"No it's ok. I really want to be with you right now."
"Ok in that case, I'll stay with you. Where are we going anyway?"
"I have to go tell AJ something then we can do whatever your heart desires."
"OK sounds great," Melissa said with a smile.
In a few minutes when they reached Nick's room, Melissa sat right down on the couch. The room was empty except for the two of them. AJ was nowhere to be found.
"I wonder where AJ went?" she asked out loud.
"I know. He left me a note saying that he got up and was going to get some breakfast then probably give your sister a call and hang out with her awhile," Nick explained as he sat next to her.
"Oh okay," Melissa responded a little nervously. Why anm I so nervous all of a sudden? she wondered.
"Are you okay?" Nick asked, seeming to read her mind.
"O yea. I'm fine."
He slid closer to her and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. He wondered if he should tell her exactly how he felt about her. Now seemed like an appropiate time.
"I think I'm falling for you," he told her as he looked into her eyes.
"I think I'm falling for you too," Melissa told him. "In fact I think- nevermind," she said quickly trying to forget what she almost said.
She must be thinking the same thing I'm thinking Nick thought. So I guess I'll just say it for her he decided as he looked her in the eye and said,"I think I'm falling in love with you."
She looked amazed that he said this. "I was just going to say the same thing."
"Well, I'm glad you feel the same way," he told her as he kissed her.
Melissa kissed back enthusiastically. She enjoyed kissing him because when she did she got this feeling that words could'nt even describe. It was a warm, fuzzy feeling but she also could almost feel an electric charge between their lips.
But, this time when Nick kissed her back it felt different somehow. Not bad different, just different.
Soon she began to notice Nick's kisses getting more and more urgent and that they were starting to wander down the side of her neck and lower. Then he picked her up and started carrying her towards the bed.
"Nick, please put me down!"
"Why? What's the matter?" he asked as he stood her on her feet again.
"I'm just not ready. I only met you two days ago and we only started a relationship yesterday. It's really too soon."
Reality came crashing down on Nick and he realized that he probably acted like a total jerk. He had no idea what had come over him. His fight with Erin earlier had put him a horrible mood and he just wanted to escape for a little while.
"I'm really sorry Melissa. I got carried away."
"It's okay," she told him but Nick couldn't help feeling that she sounded unconvinced.
"Are you mad?"
"No of course not. Look I think I'm going to go back to my room and relax for a little while. You can call me later or something ok? Bye," and then she was gone.
Nick could'nt help feeling pissed at himself. He could'nt believe he had let a little thing like his fight with Erin affect his mood like that. He really liked Melissa probably was even starting to love her and he already screwed things up. Sometimes he thought he had a real talent for fucking up.