A/N - I've recently become obsessed with the movie In Your Eyes. The entire time I was watching it I couldn't help but think that it would make an excellent AU for Jake and Cassandra. If you haven't seen it I highly recommend watching it, especially if you're a Jassandra shipper! That said, you should still be able to enjoy this story even if you haven't watched the movie. If the beginning is a little confusing, things will start to come together around chapter 2 (or 3 if you count the prologue). For those who have seen the movie, this won't be exactly the same. After the prologue there will be some differences.

Fear.

No, not fear. He wasn't scared exactly. It was more like anxiety. He was feeling anxious. And cold.

Jacob Stone could not understand why he was experiencing these feelings. The ten year old was sitting in his desk at the back of the classroom, waiting for his teacher to hand back a test the class had taken the previous week.

He knew he had aced the test, he wasn't worried about his grade. Though, Jake supposed the anxiety could be coming from a fear of what his friends or family might think if they found out just how easy the subject matter came to him. In this small town the important thing to do was to blend in, and when all your friends struggled to maintain a C average, being as smart as Jake was didn't make blending in easy.

But that didn't explain why Jake was so cold. It wasn't particularly hot that day, but it certainly wasn't cold. Why was he shivering?

"Are you okay?" his teacher asked, setting the marked test face down on his desk. Jake just nodded and offered a weak smile. His teacher gave him a look, as if deciding whether to believe him or not, but then walked off, leaving Jake to sneak a peek at his grade.

Turning just the corner of the test over, Jake revealed a large A+ written in red ink next to his teacher's messing scribbling. Squinting, the young boy was pretty sure he made out the words "Excellent Work."

He smiled to himself, quickly tucking the test into his desk and wrapping his arms around him. Why was he shivering so much? This couldn't be normal.

She didn't think it would be this high.

She had been excited when she saw the hill from the bottom, but now that she was at the top she suddenly started to feel nervous.

Cassandra could hear her mom calling to her from a few feet behind, though it sounded like she was miles away. Cassandra was lost in her own little world, tuning out those around her and focusing only on herself and the sled that she was sitting in.

She didn't have to go down. She could get up and walk back to the safety of her mom. They could walk home, and Cassandra could warm up with a mug of hot chocolate by the fireplace.

But Cassandra, though only a young girl, was sick of living in a bubble. She wanted to feel alive. Taking a deep breath, Cassandra closed her eyes and leaned forward, the sled beneath her suddenly coming to life.

He was moving. How was he moving? Jake could feel the wind whipping in his face, it brought tears to his eyes. The anxiety had left him and he was smiling. He felt alive.

What was happening? A part of Jake felt like he was moving but he realized that he was still sitting at his desk. Around him he could see the unhappy faces and hear the disappointed groans of his group of friends as they saw the grades on their tests. But at the same time he didn't feel like he was in the classroom. He was somewhere cold, somewhere he had never been before. He was somewhere fun.

Cassandra felt alive.

Her eyes were still closed but she could feel everything. She laughed, soaking up every bit of the rush of excitement that soaked through her veins. She could get used to this feeling.

Someone was calling to her off in the distance. Who was that? Her mom? She could barely make out what was being said.

"Cassandra, honey! Jump off! Cassandra, jump off!"

Cassandra was confused. Why would she want to get off? Her mom tended to worry a bit too much. She loved her mom, but the overprotectiveness was a huge pain most of the time. Still, with her mother's voice bringing her back to the real world, Cassandra opened her eyes, just briefly. It was still long enough to see the tree directly in front of her…

Before he knew what was happening, Jake was on the floor. His body convulsed in pain, his teacher and classmates rushing to his aid

Cassandra hit the tree hard and blacked out. Her mom came running over immediately, as well as several other parents who had witnessed the accident. The next time the young girl opened her eyes she was in the hospital with a concussion and several stitches.