Melissa couldn't stop shaking, and though the tears glistened upon her cheeks, her crying had stopped.  However, that wasn't important right now.  She looked and listened to Charlie, how much pain she was in after everything, and suddenly dashed forward to yank Charlie into a tight hug.  She wasn't very strong, but she still squeezed her apology at freaking out, even though she was definitely still afraid.  Right now, Melissa was just trying to be as tough as she could be, not wanting to freak out and make things any worse.  However, she would let go as soon as Charlie wanted to head away.<br/><br/>She just had to hold onto the hope she was wrong, and the creatures weren't waiting until the girls became complacent.