jerrett and mellisa

mellisa slid into the seat across from jerrett at the cafe. "sorry, i'm late." "no big deal," jerrett said. "i didn't order you anything. i didn't know what you'd want." just hearing that one sentence made mellisa said and she didn't even know why. it wasn't like he was supposed to know what she'd want. she didn't even know if she would have liked it had he ordered her something so she pushed the thought away. "that's fine," mellisa said. she called over a small, brunette waitress and gave her her order. "so, why'd you want to talk?" she finally asked, breaking the silence. "i just needed to talk about some stuff, that's all." "like?" "what about... you and brian?" jerrett said. "what about us?" "mellisa, you know exactly what i mean. what are you two?" jerrett asked. "friends." jerrett hit the table and mellisa jumped a little. "you're not just friends, mellisa. friends don't kiss; friends don't have sex." "i haven't had sex with him since we broke up," mellisa said defensively. "okay. the question still stands though," jerrett told her. "i don't know, honestly," mellisa finally said. she looked around for someone to focus on other than jerrett. "mellisa, what do you want?" jerrett asked. she turned her attention back to him, "what do you mean?" "answer the question, dammit." mellisa shrugged, "i don't know if i want to be dating anyone." "okay. that's fine. you just need to know that you're not going to play me. you're not going to kiss brian and turn around and kiss me. it's not going to happen. i don't know what brian thinks about it. i'm sure he doesn't exactly like the fact that you have no idea what you want. i just know what i want. i know that there are girls who want to date me." mellisa rolled her eyes. "seriously, mellisa- and maybe i want to date them too." that was when mellisa locked her hands together and put them in her lap. "i want you to be happy, jerrett. if you want to date someone, you don't have to ask my permission." "i'm not asking your permission. i'm telling you, though, that when i choose to date someone it's going to shock your system." "i think i'll be okay," mellisa told him laughing. "okay."