A/N: In the last chapter, Sherman bit Penny because she knocked Melinda down to the floor. And Melinda came to his defense by giving a letter explaining everything to the principal and flipping off Ms. Grunion like she was Craig Tucker from 'South Park'. In this chapter, Melinda is gonna speak for the first time and trust Sherman with her secret. Enjoy!
Melinda unbuttoned her wool hoodie and threw it on the floor, revealing her skin tight long sleeve gray shirt. She then collapsed onto Sherman's bed instead of her own and kicked her shoes off her feet and they landed next to her hoodie. After taking a deep breath, she sat up with her legs crossed and her hands in her lap holding one in the other, thumb-wrestling herself. She didn't even notice her red-headed roommate enter.
"M-Melinda?" Sherman asked. She took her hands off her lap and looked to see Sherman smiling and he took a seat right next to her.
"I just wanted to say thank you. You really saved me from getting in trouble. And Mr. Peabody told me that you flipped somebody off, that must have taken guts, huh?" Sherman said to her. Melinda smiled with her eyes half-closed at what Sherman said about Melinda flipping off the social services agent.
"Anyways, I don't know what would have happened if you didn't show up, and I wanna thank you for what you did for me" Sherman said. Melinda then felt her heart racing, remembering what she was gonna do.
(Melinda P.O.V.)
No holding back now, Sherman deserves to hear my voice, and to know what happened to me. He proved he was worthy when he bit Penny for pushing me to the ground.
"I was raped" I said quietly. Sherman's eyes widened and looked down at me.
"You spoke" Sherman said, but then he shook his head and spoke again.
"Wait, what did you say?" asked Sherman. I looked up at him and this time I spoke a little louder.
"I was raped" I repeated. Sherman then put his hands on my shoulders urgently like it was an emergency.
"What happened?" asked Sherman. I just took a deep breath and began explaining.
"Last year, before freshman year started, there was this huge 'End of Summer' party. A senior named Andy Evans took me to his Jeep and we began making out. Then he pulled by pants down and covered my mouth and he..." I began sobbing and I found myself without any words to say. Sherman then pulled me into a hug, which I didn't expect at all. I returned the hug and cried freely into his shoulder.
"I'm sorry" Sherman whispered into my ear. He began running his hand through my hair and began rubbing my back in small circles, it was comforting and nice to know he was listening and addressing the problem right away.
"After he raped me, I ran inside and called the cops. After that, everyone knew it was me who called the cops. Then when we came back to high school, nobody talked to me. I was an outcast and no one wanted to be my friend" I said after sobbing some more into his pristine white shirt which wasn't so pristine anymore thanks to my tears.
"That's awful" he whispered again. He then began rocking me as he held me in his arms. His embrace felt so good and I began calming down and felt tired after crying for a while.
"He tried to rape me again on the last day of school, but the other girls caught him and they realized why I called the cops on that party. But, ever since then I've felt so broken, so shattered that I felt like I didn't belong anywhere. I let myself get raped and didn't do anything to stop it, Sherman. I'm so weak and pathetic" I said. Sherman then hugged me tighter.
"No one is weak, and no one is pathetic. Andy was to blame, not you. You're perfect the way you are, Melinda" Sherman said softly. We broke away from the hug and he pulled a tissue out of the box that sat on the bedside table and wiped my eyes with it.
"You're stronger than you think you are, everyone is" Sherman said to me. I smiled and showed some teeth as I smiled at him.
"Thank you. It means a lot to me that you'd say something like that" I said to him brushing a strand of hair away from my left eye and behind my ear.
(Sherman P.O.V.)
I would have never guessed that Melinda was raped against her will. I knew I had to do something to show her how much I cared for her and I came up with the most brilliant idea ever.
"Melinda, do you wanna go somewhere with me?" I asked her, holding my hand out to her. She took it and said 'Yes' and got up from the bed with my hand still in hers. Her voice was so adorable, she sounded so sweet. I then took her to the elevator and we came to the room with the red door.
"What is this place?" Melinda asked me. I opened the door and she saw the WABAC. Her eyes widened when she saw it.
"This is Mr. Peabody's time machine. He gave it to me for my birthday when I turned seven. He calls it the WABAC" I told her. She took my hand and we went inside it.
"Where have you guys gone in it?" Melinda asked.
"Not where, Melinda, WHEN" I corrected her as I sat down at the controls.
"So, WHEN do you want to go?" I asked her, emphasizing the 'When'. She sat down in the chair next to mine and looked to me.
"I wanna be on the Titanic" said Melinda. I smiled and set the WABAC for the right time and after that we were in 1912.
"We'd better change clothes if we wanna blend in" I told her. After a while, I wore a white button up shirt with a brown jacket with leather patches on the elbows, and black pants with spandex straps on the belt that went over my shoulders but were covered up by my jacket.
Melinda was wearing a dark brown dress with short sleeves and there were white long sleeves underneath them. She looked a lot like Snow White from 'Snow White & The Huntsman'.
"You look beautiful" I told her as she stepped out the WABAC with her dress on.
"Thank you" she said, putting her hair into a ponytail.
"Close your eyes, I wanna show you something" I said to her. She closed her eyes as I asked her and I took her hand. I lead her to the bow of the ship and I put her feet up on one of the rails.
"Put your arms out" I whispered into her ears. She just nodded and did as asked.
"Now take that ponytail out" I told her. She groaned and took it out. The wind now blew through her hair as she stood before the wind.
"Alright, open your eyes" I said putting my hands on her sides. She opened up her eyes and began smiling.
"I don't believe this. I-I'm flying" she said happily as she looked out onto the ocean.
"Just like in 'Titanic' huh?" I asked her. She just stood there amazed and crying tears of joy at what was happening right now.
"It's better than the movie, I'm actually on board the Titanic doing what Rose did with Jack" said Melinda. She then raised her hands up in the hair and screamed a loud 'WooHoo!' I smiled and let out a silent laugh at what she did.
After a while, Melinda and I went back to our time and we changed back into our normal clothes and went back to our room.
"That was fun, I really enjoyed that. Thank you" Melinda said to me. I can't seem to get tired of hearing her soft and gentle voice. It's like listening to sea waves hitting the shore of a beach.
"Your welcome, it was nice to share it with someone besides Mr. Peabody" I said to her. We both then looked up at the wall clock and it said 6:20 PM.
"Wanna watch a movie before we go to bed?" I offered. She nodded and we both walked into my room. I took the candy out of my secret stash which was filled with stuff like 'Red-Vines', 'Skittles', 'Gummy worms' and some sodas. Later we were watching 'Gravity' and she was holding my hand. This has got to be the best day of my life! Melinda Sordino went on the Titanic with me and now she was holding my hand? How much better could this day get?
"Sherman, Melinda" no doubt that voice came from Mr. Peabody. We swiped our hands back to our sides and looked at him.
"It's bedtime you two, turn off the TV and get some shut-eye" Mr. Peabody said to us. Melinda shut the TV off and took the movie out the DVD player and I cleaned up all our trash.
After that we changed into our pajamas, I really liked what Melinda wore. She was wearing a dark pink dress with a brown owl on the front, and her pajama pants were some black sweats with autumn colored leaves on them.
I just wore a black t-shirt with an Autobot symbol on the front in black, and my pajama pants were just my 'Transformers' themed boxers.
"You are such a boy" said Melinda giggling a bit.
"What? 'Transformers' are cool" I said in my own defense. Melinda just smiled and rolled her eyes. We then got into bed and shut the light off.
"Goodnight, Melinda" I said to her. I heard Melinda yawn and speak with a tired voice.
"Goodnight, Sherman" and then not another word was exchanged that night.
A/N: There it is! Melinda finally speaks! Melinda told Sherman what happened to her last year, Sherman took her aboard the Titanic, and they watched a movie together. Lots more to come in the next chapter, like a Sherman/Melinda moment. Please review, thanks!