confrontation: brian style

mellisa's phone rang. she saw it was brian and answered. "hey," she said. "did lauren not deliver my message?" he asked. "what message?" mellisa asked. "that i was going to be at my apartment." "oh, no. she did tell me." mellisa pursed her lips. she truly wished she had gone to see brian instead of being with jerrett but she hadn't and she knew brian would make her pay for it. "oh. well, i know you didn't just sit at home when you the choice to come and be with me no matter how angry you were, so what'd you do?" "i stayed with jerrett," mellisa said honestly. she didn't want to make things any worse by lying. "what'd you do, mellisa?" he asked. mellisa didn't say anything. "dammit! you had sex with the asshole didn't you?" brian asked. "yeah," mellisa said softly. "shit! i can't believe that, mellisa. you should have came to my apartment. he's dating olivia for god's sakes. think before you just go and have sex with him." "i'm sorry!" mellisa said. she felt tears burning in her eyes. "god, what if you were her? i thought a lot better of you than to do that with him while he had a girlfriend," brian said. mellisa burst into tears, "i'm such a slut. i don't deserve you; i don't deserve jerrett. i deserve to be alone for the rest of my life as payback for all the people i've hurt. i didn't think, brian. at least not enough thought. trust me, i wish i could take it back." "mellisa, stop! stop acting like because you make one mistake you're the worst person in the world. we all make mistakes. don't do it again. he's dating olivia. you shouldn't kiss him, but you sure as hell shouldn't have sex with him. that poor girl," brian said. mellisa wiped her tears, "i might not be the worst person out there, but i'm still pretty bad. i don't know what happened to me. i would never do something like that. never. ugh!" mellisa said. "you did though. it kills me, mellisa. he doesn't give a shit about anybody. if you think you're any different, you're fooling yourself. he's going to hurt you and then i'm going to hurt him," brian said smiling towards the end. mellisa laughed, "i love you so much, brian. i'm so sorry i'm always hurting you. i wish i could take it back. can i see you tonight though?" she asked. "i'll come over to your place. i'll bring ice cream and root beer and we'll have root beer floats, okay?" brian said. mellisa nodded and then realized he couldn't see the gesture, "that's perfect." "i love you, mellisa. be good. i know that's hard for you, but just try it for once, okay?" mellisa laughed, "anything for you."