My Life Is [A Never-Ending Story]

[x] Drive her to the neighboring city to hang out in their huge mall.

Must...choose...same...option...again...

[x] Take her to the coffee shop she loves on main street.

If it's mandatory you have to go somewhere, I'd rather you go here. In a relatively small building like a coffee shop it's less likely you'll get split up and have Mel taken away from you again like at the carnival before.

[x] Take her to the coffee shop she loves on main street.

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I like saying Fuzzbuns now.

[x] Take her to the coffee shop she loves on main street.

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If you think about, Felix probably named Fuzzbuns that...

How old is Fuzzbuns anyway? Is he like, older than time itself? Because if Felix named it something that crazy, he must have been pretty young.

[x] Take her to the coffee shop she loves on main street.

[x] Take her to the coffee shop she loves on main street.

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B>Fuzzbuns. She's awesome

[Xx] Go to Crystal Waters.

this option comes up a lot, felix is gonna kill the lake if we dont go there!!

[x] Go to Crystal Waters.
This option is back for a third time, last time we ignored something like this, bad things happened :O

[x] Go to Crystal Waters.

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I'm a little disappointed with how the characters turned out. Melanie and Felix both seemed like really cool characters at first and I was kind of hoping for an interesting relationship between the two but thanks to the voices they got all cutesy couply and lame. Must know more about Felix's mother too

Well...

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They may seem all cutesy and couply, but we've already seen that anything too risky will frighten Melanie... and if she'll only stand so much of that.

What I'm trying to say is... If we're too suicidal, Melanie's gonna dump his ass.

[] Drive her to the neighboring city to hang out in their huge mall.

A neighboring city and a huge mall might be a bit dangerous, but it's away from the incidents of the last couple of days and you may be able to just enjoy yourself, like you two wanted.

Entry 38. June 15, 2009.

[x] Take her to the coffee shop she loves on main street.

"Hmm...not a bad idea. I would have thought it'd be better to get away from Gledenberg for a while, though. Whatever. She's always talking about this place, so I'm sure it will cheer her up more."

"How about I treat you to some coffee at Clarissa's?" Felix offers. "I was just teasing, Felix. You don't really have to do anything for me," she laughs. "No, I want to Mel. I know we've been through a lot, and it's brought us close together again, but we haven't really had a serious discussion," he tells her. "I think a part of me hasn't wanted to, even though we really haven't gotten a chance until today anyway," she answers honestly. "We can't just pretend everything's okay, as much as I'd like to, as well," Felix continues. "I know. You're right..." Melanie relents as the two get into her car.

At Reverie ("Clarissa's" to most people), Gledenberg's small coffee shop, Felix parks her car and the two get out. In small town habit, neither of them bother to lock the doors. Inside, Felix and Melanie find a small table and wait for Clarissa to greet them. Clarissa Ven is the owner of Reverie and used to be a teacher at Gledenberg High. She greets her former students with a loud "Hallo!" "Hey Clarissa," they both respond, smiling. "Oh my God! No! I knew it! I knew you two would be back together some day! I KNEW IT!!!" Clarissa yells. Everyone else inside the shop turns around and stares. "Clarissa...you're going to scare away all of your customers," Felix tries to quiet her. "Hahahaha! That bastard owes me 20 bucks now," she boasts. "What are you talking about now Clarissa?" Melanie asks, obviously ready to hear another tall tale. "No story this time silly kids. I bet a friend of mine you two would get back together. He didn't believe it! Hahaha!" Clarissa laughs. "Wow, uh...that's awesome. Can we get something to drink already?" Felix asks. "Oh yes, yes of course. Why didn't you say so?" Clarissa seems surprised. "...nevermind. I'll take a cappuccino," he quickly orders. "And I'll have my usual," Melanie says. After Clarissa brings them their drinks, the two begin talking.

"Melanie, I know you're hurting inside. I know how close you were with Tiffany. We can't go on acting like we're okay with everything."
"I've already shed my tears."
"I don't buy it for a second. I'm hurting too. I want to just go on like nothing's happened as well. We're back together and our relationship is at a point it's never been before. Our lives should be incredible right now, but they aren't. Why are we pretending? Why try avoiding the pain?"
"Avoiding the pain and snooping around for more are two completely different things."
"I'm not talking about that Mel. I'll drop that for now. I understand we need to get away from it...at least for a while. I'm talking about losing our friends. I'm talking about my dad being behind it. I'm talking about everything these past days."
"I'm really okay Felix..."
"I'm not okay. You're telling me you haven't been acting all day just like me? Trying to be strong? Trying to laugh it all away?"
"Isn't that what you want? I don't want to be depressed around you..."
"I don't want you being fake. I want you to do whatever you need to."
"I'm scared."
"I am too, but we can't stay scared forever."
"I never got a chance to say good-bye."
"We can do that. We'll stop by the diner, and we'll talk to their parents."
"It's so hard Felix... Why did this have to happen?"

After finishing their drinks and agreeing to talk about themselves in a more private place, Felix and Melanie head back outside to her car. Felix's notices a note on the driver seat before he gets in. They both get in and Melanie notices him holding a piece of paper. "Huh, where'd you get that?" she asks. Felix stares blankly at the note. "I found it on the seat just now..." he manages to say. "What does it say? What's wrong?" she asks. The note says, simply:

"You should be more careful."

Melanie stares back at Felix. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" she asks, a bit scared. "Maybe it's not even anything to worry about Mel. We didn't lock our doors... Maybe it's someone looking out for us?" he suggests. "Oh come on! More like trying to scare us!" she says angrily. "I don't think we should make a big deal out of it. It probably is some jerk trying to play a trick on us after what we've been through," Felix joins in on her thought process. "Heartless bastards these days..." she mutters. Felix is oddly happy to see this side of Melanie again. "You just reminded me how much I miss you giving me crap all the time," Felix jokes. She hits him on the side of the head. "Don't be dumb or you'll get your wish. Now get driving," she tells him.

[] Stop by Speedy Sam's.
[] Go to the Sanders residence.
[] Go back home and talk some more.

What are the voices inside Felix's head telling him to do?

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Dusk's post kind of surprised me because that's what I'd been thinking. lol I started to realize how overload on the cutesy they were getting too. It's part of the reason I hit that slump where I wasn't as satisfied as I had been with my writing. Been waiting for the right time to work on the serious aspect of their relationship. Melanie's a flaky character by design, but she's smart and serious too. I've hinted a few times about what happened to cause their friendship to split, and I plan to build on that more soon. Of course, I also stated the voices will eventually influence Felix's character...so I took that into account with making him grow closer to Melanie more quickly.

I dunno. I agree I'm not completely satisfied either, which is why I'll be changing it up some. More so I was doing it for a sense of comic relief in a way and as a contrast to the darker aspects around them. Of course, after what's happened to them now, it would be hard to believe either could be so light-hearted. Melanie wants to be strong, so she reacts overly "cutesy" to try hiding her pain. Felix likewise. I wanted to make that apparent in this entry and begin tearing down the facade.

Melanie's WAY too attached to Felix (see her profile) to ever dump him. You guys already made her a major player in the story, so I'm not getting rid of her so easily. I don't foresee myself getting to a point where Felix is hitting up sluts and cheating on her or abusing her. And she's not that fragile. Think of what she just went through. Plus, I'm beginning to deal with strengthening them past this ordeal anyway.

And LOL @ all you guys choosing Crystal Waters because I've listed it a few times. I promise I won't kill off the LAKE. I SWEAR. Goodness. hahaha lol XBish.

Oh oh, and I love you guys for loving Fuzzbuns. lol FYI, I call my cat in real life Fuzzbuns, which is where that came from. <3 It's not a stupid name! It's cute!

[X] Stop by Speedy Sam's.

[x] Stop by Speedy Sam's.

I think it's time you went back here. I don't see much reason to go to home just yet, you should go back to Speedy Sam's to see how things are doing there and clear the air of your last encounter.

@ JoeTang

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The first time Felix said he'd tell Joe what was going on was when he was having Joe do the weird things. Joe asked if he'd get to know what's going on and Felix says "Yeah, later" just to satisfy Joe for the moment and get him to do what he wants. He doesn't actually tell him he'll call later until they're leaving the bathroom. Pretty sure that's the way I did it, anyway.

Refering to this:

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Entry 26. June 13, 2009.
Felix and Patrick head to the bathroom. "Joe, it's alright to come out. Everything is fine now," Felix calls out. The stall door opens and Joe comes out, holding an unconscious Tom. "Well I'll be damned," Patrick cracks a smile. "Thanks for your help, Joe. I'll call you later," Felix says. "No problem man. What are friends for, right?" Joseph smiles. They pour water on Tom's face and slap him around a bit until he comes to. "What just happened..." Tom manages to say, still a bit dizzy. "You got your ass kicked," Patrick responds; "Felix is with us now. We have to get going." Tom and Patrick leave the bathroom and head for the car. Felix says to Joseph on his way out, "I owe you one. I'll call you later."

[X] Stop by Speedy Sam's.

You said you would!

Also, niceboat end please.

Refering to this:

Oh lol you're right. That's carelessness. I should probably go back and fix it. Must not have realized I already said it, and knew I wanted to at that part, so I said it again...

Thanks for pointing it out.

[x] Stop by Speedy Sam's.

[x] Stop by Speedy Sam's.

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Reverie ;-;

[x] Stop by Speedy Sam's.

[X] Stop by Speedy Sam's.

and buy a burger.