if I let you go (3)

chapter eight

Bryan and the guys and the girls got on the van provided . Karen quickly left Melody and rushed to Bryan. Melody looked at her. Shane grabbed Melody's hand at the moment.

'Come on I'm not going to leave you alone.' Shane smiled. Melody smiled back but then she released her hand from his.

'Oops...sorry.' Shane apologized.

Melody soon got seated. Shane sat next to her. After all the others got seated, the van began to travel on the road. On the way, some people on the street saw the guys. They waved to the guys and almost all of them got a reply. Shane had just waved to a girl, he noticed that Melody was in silent.

'How's everything going?' He asked.

'Nothing's wrong. I'm fine.' Melody replied.

'Do you want music?'

'Yeah thanks.' Melody thought that Shane would play her a CD or something like that. But after a second, she found that she was wrong.

'Once we have it all of the taking, love was just me and you..' Shane was singing 'No No' besides her. Melody had a little funny laugh. She covered her mouth with her hand.

'Well it's just too funny...' Melody ended the laugh. Shane was happy to see her laugh. He continued to sing until they arrived at the hotel. Within no time, all of them (except Nicky) found themselves in the place where they planned to have supper. Dorothy took Shane's hand and asked Shane to go together with her.

'Have a good time Dorothy.' Melody laughed. She took out a book and started reading it on a couch.

'Hey that girl doesn't wanna eat?' Kian asked Karen.

'Yep She's eating less for months.'

'Why?' 'I don't know maybe it's something about Alexander.'

'She has a boyfriend?'

'Yes.' Kian stared at Melody for a while.

'Where you wanna go sweetie?' Shane asked Dorothy. 'Let's back to Melody?'

'Yes I want to talk to Peter.' Dorothy agreed.

Shane and Dorothy walked back to the eating guys and children. Shane saw Melody was reading. 'What about eat something and do everything after it?' He asked.

Melody looked up. 'No I'm not eating.' She answered.

'Please eat something, I'm sure you haven't eaten anything today.'

'How do you know?'

'You're telling me.'

'You win again...' Melody stood up and got something to eat.

'Good girl.' Shane said with a puppy dog look.

Kian walked to Karen. 'Hey now she's eating!'

Karen looked at her friend, looking surprise. 'Oh yeah, I wonder who told her to eat.'

'I know the answer.' Kian had a grin.

Suddenly hundred of reporters and interviewers blocked the front door of the hotel. Everybody looked at that direction. They saw Nicky, together with his girlfriend Georgina. The reporters took photos of them. And followed the couple into the hotel. Some of them were blocked by the guards. Some got in the hotel.

'It's gonna be the greatest news!' A reporter took a photo of Karen and Kian.

'Oh what have you done?' Karen said giving an evil look. 'If you put that onto your news, I'm surely gonna kill all of you!' She yelled to the reporters. Melody saw that. Shane saw that, too. Melody went miles away from Shane immediately. After lots of troubles, all the reporters were gone.

Shane walked to Melody again. 'You were afraid if they put your pictures onto the newspaper?'

'Yes.'

'You afraid your parents see it?'

'...Yes.' Melody looked down the floor.

'Hey lads!' Nicky came with Georgina. 'This is...you know...Shane. And this is...Oh what's your name?'

'This is Melody.' Shane introduced.

'Nice to meet you Melody.' Georgina smiled and shook her hands with Melody.

'Nice to meet you too.' Melody smiled back and she thought to herself.

'She's really a beautiful lady..'

Georgina and Melody started to talk, ignoring Nicky and Shane. Nicky pulled Shane to another corner, and met Kian.

'Shane I gotta tell you one thing.' Kian said to Shane. 'But please don't get mad after hearing that.'

'Anyway say it.' Nicky stated.

'What's that?' Shane asked.

'Karen told me that the girl has a boyfriend!' Kian lowered his voice, looking at Melody.

'You mean Melody?' Nicky asked for sure.

'Yep.' Kian nodded.

Shane pulled his head into his hands. 'I should've known that.' was all he could say.

Georgina went to Nicky. She glanced at Shane, she was about to say something but Nicky opened his mouth.

'Hey where's Melody?' he asked.

'Over there.' Georgina pointed to Melody.

'Go Shane.' Kian said, 'No matter she has a boyfriend or not.'

Nicky and Georgina looked at Kian, really surprised.

'What?...Am I wrong?' Kian said with an innocent look.

'But I think Kian is not wrong.' Bryan joined the conversation.

'Come on Shane.' Mark encouraged him.

'Thanks lads but I'm alright.' Shane forced a smile.

chapter nine