OK.. so.. yeah.. well, this is one of my Valentine's Day fics, only this one is kinda just a ficlet. AaaSoC is so not mine, and therefore neither are the characters. Simple enough? Ok, this is a just a random type 'what if' fic, happening sometime while Amber is over at Melanie's. Are they gonna be OOC? Probably. Valentine's day, regardless of what day it really was in the actual comic? You got it. Sorry -_-

OK, let's begin. First Person POV, changing between Amber and Melanie.


~~~~AMBER

"You wanted to see how pretty it was up here," Melanie was explaining to me, but I wasn't completely noticing it. Instead, my attention was on the stars, which were really really pretty.

All of the sudden, a shooting star flicked across the sky. Make a wish, I thought, but aloud I said, "Wow! A shooting star. I didn't know they had them in England."

I don't see many shooting stars. When I was a little kid I always thought they were only around where I lived. Childish innocence, if you may.

"Are you ok?" I asked Melanie. She was kind of breathing heavily, or something. Her eyes looked sad.

"I'm fine. . " she said, almost glaring at me. I didn't think she was fine. I didn't know what to say though. 

"Can I help?" I asked tentatively. The wind blew her hair across her face dramatically. Perhaps too dramatically, as when she opened her mouth to speak, her hair blew right into her mouth and she choked on it for a moment.

After that was over, though, she turned to me. "No."

I didn't say anything at first. I don't know why she seems to be so weird towards me. I would like to be her friend. She's very nice. She's also a very pretty girl. Her long blonde hair is shiny, and soft I'm sure. Her eyes are so sad. Blue and sad, like there is always tears in them.

It makes me want to just hug her. I'm kind of a screwed up person, but with growing up with my brother, I've gotten the impression that guys are pretty stupid. I like girls. Mind you . . I mean, I'm learning there are better boys, but still.

"Why are you so upset at me?" I ask yet another question, hoping that the sadness in her blue eyes will not turn into anger at me. This Valentine's day, I'd like to have her at least agree to be my friend. Then next year, who knows?

"Will you leave me alone, it's bad enough -" She pauses, and groans, seemingly having almost blurted out something she doesn't want to.

~~~MELANIE

Great. I can't even shut myself up. I look at Amber. She is staring back at me through innocent, hazel green eyes. Why am I so screwed up? "He has a freaking shrine to you, and what does he have for me? Nothing, that's what," I say, glaring at her. 

Her eyes widen with a tad of fright almost, and I feel instantly sorry for some reason, like I don't want to make her feel bad. I groan. What is wrong with me?

"I'm sorry," she says ever so softly. I sigh. "If it makes you feel any better, I don't like Nev. Just as a friend, I promise."

I sigh again. "Thank you . . ." I say, "But . . . I just want to know if he likes me! He's so obsessed with you, does he even know I'm alive??"

Amber stares at me yet again, and then leans in towards me and -

~~~AMBER

I hug her, tentatively at first, and when she doesn't pull away, I hug her closer. I smile. "It's ok. . . so many guys just are like that. They need to grow up some. And when they do, you'll be fine. For now . . ." I trail off, suddenly realizing I'm still hugging her.

I go to move away, but she puts her arms around me and hugs me back.

"For now, I guess I'll have to understand, right?" She asks me, with almost something like a smile on her face.

Everything will be as it is, and for now, this is good enough for me.

"Yeah, something like that," I say, giving her a small kiss, carefully. She kisses me back, and I smile happily again. There's always a chance.

Of course, if now, I can just take Melanie's plan and push Nev off of this balcony.

What, I'm not an idiot. I knew what she planned to do all along.

Really.