life in madison.

mellisa smiled as jerrett slid into the booth across from her. "you said you wanted to talk," he said. "yes, i do." mellisa hesitated and said, "did you order?" "yeah. get to the point, mellisa." "okay," mellisa said taking a deep breath. "we've been dating for over a month now and i really do want to make this work, but i kind of feel like we're stuck in a... rut or something," mellisa said. jerrett nodded, "i agree." he sipped on his coke and looked back up at her. "so?" mellisa asked. jerrett shrugged, "what are you saying?" "do you still want this work?" mellisa asked him. she folded her hands together. jerrett nodded, "of course. mellisa, i feel like this is our last chance. i feel like we have the chance to make things right one last time. i say we give it our all." jerrett leaned forward and grabbed mellisa's hands in his own, "i love you, mellisa. i know this might not be the easiest relationship. i just think it deserves a chance though." mellisa nodded and smiled, "i was just making sure we were on the same page. i want to make this work too. we deserve a fair chance and i feel like this is the first time we've had one. all our other relationships have ended because one of us got scared. i'm not scared anymore." jerrett smiled, "i'm not either." mellisa took another deep breath, "it's great to hear you say that." "back at you," jerrett said as a waitress came up with his order. "thank you," jerrett said as she walked away. "we can do this. i'm not saying forever, but we do need to see where this can go." "relationships are hard. i think we're the kind of people who leave when things get hard," mellisa said. "i'm not just going to leave this relationship. it's worth a fight." mellisa smiled, "it is. we are worth it." jerrett laughed, "that we are. you're sure, though, mellisa?" "i'm positive. we deserve a chance. i can't just give up on us. it might be hard, but that doesn't mean that i'm not going to try." jerrett lifted his glass, "to trying." "to trying," mellisa said clinking his.