Chapter Seven
Melody has gotten used to the spinning and pulling of the dream, but it takes Sam by surprise, making his stomach sick and his head pound. Melody opens her eyes to find herself in Adam’s living room. She looks to her left, where Sam leans forward, holding his stomach in pain. She rushes to his side, running her hand up and down his spine.
“It makes you sick the first time. Give it a few seconds you’ll be fine.” she whispers.
He takes three big breaths of the minty air, his back shaking as he stands up straight. Melody holds a finger to her lips, motioning him to be quiet while she walks over to the kitchen, peeking down the hallway.
“Adam! Are you here?” she calls out.
Something crashes against the floor, making Sam and Melody jump.
“I’m in here!” Adam calls back.
She runs her hand down the blood red wall as she walks to Adam’s bedroom, but he meets her in the hall, his back towards Sam. He holds the heart necklace in his left hand, holding it back just enough so she can’t take it from him. He looks down at her with those intense blue eyes that are transparent enough to show the burning passion in his soul.
“Do you really love him?” Adam asks as he comes closer to Melody, studying her face as though he can read her mind.
She carefully nods, reaching her shaking hand out for the chain.
He takes his index finger and traces out her lips; he looks at her, staring deep into her indigo eyes until she can feel him taking control.
“Are you sure?” he asks one more time as he lets his finger slide down her neck as he comes in to kiss her.
She can still see Sam out of the corner of her eye, she can still see his eyes plead for her to step away from Adam, but for some reason she doesn’t care; she kisses Adam; he pushes her up against the wall and kisses her harder. Sam’s heart pounds against his chest, his eyes seeing spots of red before he runs over to them, fists balled at his side with his blood burning through his veins, cursing at himself for letting it get to this point.
He grabs a fist full of Adam’s shirt and yanks him off of Melody, flipping Adam around and shoving him against the wall in one swift motion. Sam’s fury is making his head pound even harder than when he first arrived here.
“That’s my girlfriend! If you ever, ever touch her again, I will come after you!” He screams at Adam at the top of his lungs, shaking him against the wall.
Sam throws Adam to the floor, reaching for Melody’s hand before stomping to the door with her. Adam rolls on the floor; a sick smirk on his face as he jumps to his feet. He comes up behind Sam, punching him in the middle of his back. A piercing pain shoots up his spine as Sam lets out a grunt before slumping to the floor. Melody yelps for him since Sam is more focused on swinging around and shoving Adam to the floor. The next thing she knows the two young men are rolling around on the floor, throwing angry punches back and forth at each other, falling into a zone of pure white rage.
Melody lunges forward, getting ready to scream and pull them apart, when suddenly she begins to get dizzy. The checkered tiles zoom up at her before blurring away as her body spreads out on the cool tiles.
“Melody!” shouts both Sam and Adam, the sound of her hitting the floor had pulled them from their fight.
They run over to her, pushing and shoving each other.
“Look what you did you bastard!” Adam yells at Sam.
“This wouldn’t have happened if you hadn’t laid a hand on her in the first place!” Sam retorts. He picks her up, brushing her hair off of her face. “Melody? Melody can you hear me?”
Melody groans, struggling to open her eyes, pressing the heel of her palm to her head. Sam throws Adam one last pissed glance before walking out the door with her.