I feel warm strong arms wrap around my body and pull me close. I gentle hand stroking down my hair.
"Cass... That will never happen." He tilts my head so that I'm looking at him, so that I can see the sincerity in his eyes. "Hear me, never." The sobs continue raking my body, so he just holds me close. He holds me until I back out.
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"Why is Cass still here?" The words take a while to register in my brain, and once they do, I'm too tired to make any meaning out of them.
"She had a rough night, let her sleep, Hannah." I hear footsteps coming closer. My head hurts, and when the room is flooded with light from the hallway, I turn away as quickly as I can. The door quickly shuts, flooding the room with darkness again. I feel someone sitting down on the edge of the bed. I open my eyes and see Mike. He starts slowly stroking my hair. A small whimper escapes from my mouth. Het stops, realizing I'm awake. He bends down and kisses me on the forehead.
"Good morning." I whimper again, pulling myself into a tighter ball. I close my eyes, and he resumes his slow stroking of my hair.
I slowly fall back to sleep.
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When I wake up again, Mike is still next to me. I sigh and sit up. Mike smiles at me warmly. I scooch over closer to him on the bed and give him a hug. We hug for a while before we stand up and walk into the kitchen.
Cassandra is sitting at the island along with Hannah. Hannah smiles at me when I walk in, then runs over to me and hugs me. When she lets go, I look over at Cassandra. She has a sad look on her face, I look I have never seen on her before. I my heart breaks when I realize that I am probably the reason for her pain. A car honks, and Hannah leaves. I sit down at the island next to Cassandra.
"I'm sorry, Cassandra. I never meant for this to happen." She sighs.
"I know, Cassidy. I just remember how hard it was for me to raise Mike by myself. I don't want you going in the same downward spiral I did." I frown and look away, trying to keep from crying. Mike sits down beside me and rests his hand on my shoulder. "Hey, Cassidy?" I look back up at Cassandra. Her face is a little less ad.
"Yes?"
"Do you know if you have to stay in Florida? Or can you move?" A huge smile crosses my face as the realization of what she is saying hits me.
"I don't know for sure, but I will find out. I would love to move back to DC." A small smile comes to Cassandra's lips.
"I call Sargent Wellsworth for you and find out." I laugh. "What's so funny?"
"It's funny that you know his name, and I can't even tell you what sound his name starts with." Cassandra begins to laugh, and soon Mike joins in.
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Hey Guys! Sorry it's so short and it took so long. It's the end of the school year and I'm pretty busy lately. Anyway, I just wanted you guys to know that I am writing a series of companions to this series. It's called My S***ty Life, and it's about Cassandra's story. Check it out if you get a chance. I'd also say thanks to all of my readers, and please vote on names. Right now it is
Girls
Melody-0 Amelia-0 Clara-0 Renee-0 Angel-0 Rose-0
Violet-0 Nicole-0 Faith-0 Grace-0 Danielle-1 Catalina-1
Boys
Noah-1 Tyler-1 Junior-0 Seth-0 Sam-0 Dean-0
Gerard-0 Nickolas-0
So, please vote, and check out my other series. The first one is My S***ty Life Book 1 Mike. Hope you all have a great spring/summer, good finals(for all of my high school readers), and Happy reading!
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Trying to Hide the Obvious Book 3 Trying to Predict the Unpredictable
Teen FictionBook 3 in the Trying to Hide the Obvious Series. Cassidy is 16 years old and 17 weeks pregnant with quadruplets.
