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24 Hours with You

Chapter 3

I looked at the clock. 1:30 am. It had been 45 minutes since we got to my house and I still wasn't asleep. I just couldn't stop seeing Michael and Nicki together every time I closed my eyes. I wanted to stop thinking about it all but my mind just wouldn't let me.

I was crying, I had been for awhile but I was trying to be quiet so I wouldn't wake James up. I just kept wondering what was so bad about me that Michael would have to get with my best friend of all people... and why would she agree to it? How could she do that to me after all we went through together? I couldn't think of any reasonable excuse for them to do that but I was still wracking my brain trying to come up with one.

Was it because I didn't have sex with him? Did he really not love me enough to wait for the right time? I did want to have sex with him but the only times he would want to was in a bar or at a party and I wasn't comfortable doing that for the first time in someone elses house or in a public bathroom. That's just not what I pictured I guess, but that's the only times he ever brought it up or tried anything. It was like booze was the only thing that would make him want me.

God how could I have been so stupid? How did I not notice? He would come up to me at a party and try and get me to come with him and if I didn't he would disappear for a while. I just assumed that he didn't want to be around me after the rejection so he ignored me for a little while but apparently not. He went and hit it off with my best friend and fucked her in a closet or someone elses bed.

I knew I needed to stop thinking about it before I threw up so I wiped my eyes and planned to get some comfort food and watch tv in the living room until I fell asleep.

When I walked into the kitchen, James was sat there pleasantly eating ice cream like he didn't have a care in the world. Apparently he couldn't sleep either and now he could see that I'd been up the whole time crying. Great. Just what I needed. More questions. But he surprised
me. Instead of all the questions he just got up without a word and held me in a warm embrace that I just melted into. I don't know how long we were standing there but it felt good to be in his arms and to know that someone, someone I met not even a day ago, cared about me.

He held me back from him so he could look me in the eyes. "Are you okay Cassie?" I knew then that I couldn't lie to him because he already knew the answer.

"No... not really" I managed before I broke down again. I wasn't crying because I wanted Michael back. I was crying because of how much it hurt to have that done to me and it hurt that much more because it was two people I loved, hurting me the most ithe possibly could. I cried because I didn't know what I would do or say to them when I had to face them. I thought that if I saw Michael I'd start screaming at him and hitting him but I knew that I could do no real damage like he had done to me.

"Shhhh Cass it's okay. Whatever it is, it'll be okay. I'm here for you, you know, you have me to talk to." My heart started to swell at his generous statement but I wasn't sure how long he would be around for. As soon as I was healthy his guilt would go away so he might just leave and never speak to me after. He would probably be glad to have the crazy girl that can't stop crying out of his life at least.

I thanked him and lightly punched his shoulder. He smiled that cute smile of his and I couldn't help but smile back.

"I've got the ice cream and I noticed that you have the movie Bridesmaids. So we're watching it now, no debates." I smirked at his attempt to cheer me up before he passed me the ice cream carefully, making sure I had a good hold of it with only one hand then I ran for the couch so I could get the chaise part of it to rest my legs on. He ran in right after me and dove onto the couch.

He laid there for a few minutes so I started poking him, hoping that he'd get up and start the movie. He looked up at me and glared, nipping at my index finger as a warning.

"Hey! That hurt!" I said pulling my finger away from him as fast as I could. He just snickered like an idiot and walked over to turn on the tv and put the movie on. He hit play then sat down on the other side of the couch.

I had what was left of the ice cream gone in 5 minutes flat so I got up to put the container in the garbage. When I went back in living room I noticed that he had moved over to the middle of the couch, closer to where I was sitting.

Not long after that, I would catch him closing the gap between us out of the corner of my eye every now and then. It took him about 10 minutes to make it over to me and once he got close enough he scooted onto the chaise with me and put his legs up next to mine.

"What are you doing Neal?" I said giving him a questioning look.

"I want to put my legs up toooooo." He was pouting, that was always my weakness.

"Fine." I said with a sigh.

After 10 minutes or so I felt his arm wrap around me and pull me in closer to his body. His chest was so comfortable and his body was so warm that I fell asleep somewhere during the middle of the movie. When I woke up he was carrying me to my room.

"I'm sorry I fell asleep." I said stifling a yawn.

"It's okay, I'm glad you did. That was kind of the point wasn't it?" He smiled. I guess it was the point, he got my mind off of all the problems so I could get to sleep. What more could I ask for in a friend?

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*****************Neal's POV**************

The next morning I woke up to pans clanging to the ground in the kitchen so I hopped out of bed and went straight there to see what was going on. When I got there, I was greeted with Cassie staring down looking embarrassed while the pans were all over the floor instead of their usual place hanging on the wall.

"What were you trying to do?" I looked at her with a somewhat annoyed expression because I knew that she knew she shouldn't be doing whatever she was trying with only one hand available.

"I was trying to get the good pan so I could make us scrambled eggs but it was all the way in the back so it was harder than I thought." She said with a frown.

"You could have come to me and asked me to get it for you, that's what I'm here for Cass." I said hoping that next time she was doing something difficult for her she would ask me instead of trying to do it for herself again. What if she got hurt again?

"I know..." She said, still looking down. I could tell that she really hated asking for other peoples help when she thought she could do it on her own.

"Okay well how about I make us some breakfast while you go get showered up, sound good?"

"Yeah a shower sounds amazing right now." She said and walked off in the bathroom's direction.

Just as she reached the door I called out. "Be careful! I don't need you slipping in the shower and bruising both of your elbows!"

"HA. HA. Very funny." She called back then she closed the door and started the shower.

Minutes later while I was making breakfast for us I heard someone knocking at the door. I thought about not answering it, afraid that it might be her parents and god knows that would have started some serious shit, but I decided it best that I answered, I mean I was going to be here for the next week or so, I can't just pretend I'm not here. Boy did I regret my decision pretty quick.

"James Neal?! Well this explains why Cassie didn't come out after the game with us. She was too busy fucking you!" Who did this guy think he was? He was tall with dark hair and blue eyes, I immediately noticed the resemblance that she must have seen between him and the doctor. It made sense now, he was the ex she referred to... but they were together last night... no wonder she was so upset.

It must have taken me too long to answer because he pushed past me and into her apartment.

"No actually, that's not what happened. Now I don't know what you did to that poor girl in there, but she doesn't deserve this shit so you can leave." I stated simply.

"You don't have the right to kick me out, it's her apartment and I didn't do anything to her. Why do you give a shit anyways?" he said getting angrier.

I heard the shower stop and I got nervous anticipating her seeing him. I didn't want her to have to deal with him so I wanted him out before she found out he was ever here.

"Because she's my friend and I don't let my friends get continuously hurt by assholes like you. Now if you'd like to leave I'd happily close the door behind you." I said trying to lead him towards the door.

"I don't know how many times I have to tell you, I. DIDN'T. DO. ANYTHING. She was supposed to meet us at Diesel but she never showed." I didn't pay much attention to what he was saying because I thought everything that was coming out of his mouth was a crock of shit, so I tried getting him out the door again to no avail.

Then I heard footsteps coming down the hall, she was going to have to deal with this prick now and that was the last thing I wanted. I was just trying to keep her safe and get him the fuck out of here but he just wouldn't leave! I wanted to take care of this problem for her, I was hoping that she'd never have to see him again but it was inevitable.

"You didn't do anything to me?! Okay well how about fucking my best friend behind my back for a year of our relationship? How does that sound? Pretty fucking bad, right?" I was shocked. I honestly had no idea what he did to her but I never thought it was that bad. I wanted to punch that fucking douche bag square in the face and break his fucking nose right then and there but I knew it was a bad idea.

"Cassie stop this, you know that's not true." He reached out to touch her arm and I pushed him back so he couldn't put his filthy hands anywhere near her.

"Sorry did I get the facts wrong? Because I was just repeating what I heard come straight out of your mouth last night outside of the arena." He was speechless, I could tell by the look on his face that he was surprised at how strong she was being. Still, instead of leaving like he should've done 5 minutes ago, he stayed.

"Now will you get the fuck out of this apartment before I punch you in the face." I said hoping he would finally leave.

"Why is he even here Cassie?" He asked. Oh my god if this guy didn't exit the building in the next 0.5 seconds, Cassie wouldn't have been the only one in the room with a painful injury.

"I'm pretty sure you lost the right to ask me about my personal life after what you did to me. Now get out." I guess hearing it from was all he needed because once she told him to leave he did so without another word.

Comments

Haha this is such a cute story [*even though i am a habs fan for life*]
:') Keep it up!

Haitherebuddy Haitherebuddy
6/22/14

Awwww

kristinnx kristinnx
4/28/14

Finally had a chance to get caught up with this story! So cute!!!

Awww good update !!! Glad to see you back (:

kristinnx kristinnx
4/13/14

Michael or her ex best friend !! So excited about the update though (:

kristinnx kristinnx
3/10/14