Secrets and Love Don't Mix Well

Chapter one

Cassie POV-

I walked into my familiar house all alone. Diana was gone and Adam he is pretty much nonexistent I think him and Melissa have a thing which is a good thing I guess. She had a very hard time getting over Nick and she needs someone like Adam.

I walk up to my room and throw my jacket on the bed when I looked out the window I saw right into Jakes bedroom. What I saw was rather disturbing. Faye and Jake going at it completely naked. No matter how wrong it was I couldn't stop looking, what if that was me? Would he act with the same over whelming desire not to stop, the same force? How would it feel if his hands were on my body and not Faye's? Her hair was thrashing around wildly. I glanced at Jakes face, he was in extreme amounts of pleasure, eyes closed and mouth open slightly. I put my hand on my mouth letting my figure tips run across my lips remembering what it felt like to be the one kissing Jake how good it felt to be pressed up against him and having his strong muscular arms around me. My brain wasn't realizing that I was still standing there staring out my window watching them have sex like a perv, and Jake was staring strait at me! His eyes met mine and turned away and walked to the bathroom.

Looking in the mirror I realized that my face was flush and my hair was kind of sweaty. I can't believe that watching them kind of turned me on. Well more or less my own visions of what could have happened were what really intrigued me.

"Curtains close" I said and the swished shut and I came out of the bathroom grabbing up my jacket and purse and running down the stairs. I walked calmly out the front door locking it and getting into my car. As I started to pull the car out of the driveway I noticed Jake coming out of his house without a shirt on and staring at me, a very annoyed Faye standing behind him.

Jakes POV –

Standing outside in the cold I watched Cassie drive away from me her eyes met mine and I could see the longing inside of them. Could there be a chance that maybe Cassie wanted me back? Or she just wanted to replace Conant with me?

"Jake can we go back inside, I know you're not done yet, you are never done that early," She said in a slurry tone smiling mischievously at me.

"No Faye I am done and I think you should go I forgot that I need to pick some stuff up, if you need I can drop you off somewhere?" I asked heading inside. She gave me a suspicious glance but didn't say much more about the subject.

"No I'm fine," She grabbed her stuff and ran out the door.

I was worried about her but I really needed to think about stuff. Me how I feel, Cassie how she feels, how that affects Faye and me, and even Conant. I hate that guy so much. Especially after he stole my girl, slept with her, and almost killed me in the process. I think after all that I have reason enough. I did need to go down to the boat house maybe Cassie is there? I grabbed my shirt jacket and keys and headed out. When I pulled up I saw a familiar car that I hadn't seen in a while. I ran into the boat house as fast as I could when I walk through the familiar door I saw a face that I thought we might never see again. Emotions went racing through me. Anger, Sadness, Excitement, Empathy, Sorrow, but Hate a lot of hate!

"Diana?" I said and she turned to look at me. I walked up to her as fast as I could and pulled her in to a dark corner. "Where the hell have you been? DO you know how much pain you put Cassie through? I can't believe you came back. Has anyone else seen you?" all of these words came flying out of my mouth in a hushed but hurried tone.

"I am sorry Jake I know I have hurt Cassie but I had to come back. The Blackwell children are on their way and I couldn't leave you guys hanging. Nobody else has seen me not even Ethan that I know of. Cassie is really that bad?" she whispered the last part so quiet I wasn't sure I heard it at first. I immediately started to feel guilty this is Diana she didn't do what she did to cause you pain intentionally.

"She has been an emotional wreck Diana you were her last family, other than work the only thing she really dose is go over to your house and help your grandmother with Charles those two are working really hard to make him better," I said hoping she would feel guilty at least a little. She takes off and leaves her sister completely alone and her sister is trying to make her dad better.

"Well that's nice of her, but I don't want anyone to know I'm back here Jake, Please help me figure out a way to stay here and not have to go back living with my grandma or anyone from the circle." She said hopeful. We both started thinking and then Diana got a wicked grin on her face. "Jake let me stay at your house, there is no one there to tell me I can't you won't get in trouble and I can cook?" She looked so excited and I didn't want to break her smile but I really didn't want to keep secrets from the circle or Cassie really. It would kill her to know that I know where her sister is and I never even had the decency to tell her.

"OK," I said after a long time of debating it, use the side door and go get into my truck but be discrete.

After Diana left I walked up to the bar and asked one of the waitresses where Ethan was and they told me to go on down to the back room. I walked down the stair and saw Adam hunched over the crystal skull. I tried to back away fast enough but I couldn't he saw me.

"What the hell are you doing here Armstrong?" he asked trying to hide the skull behind him.

"Um, just looking for your dad, I wanted to leave him this," I pulled out a white envelope and handed it to him.

"Ok I'll give it to him thanks," He said quickly anxiously wanting me to leave.

"Adam I thought you were going to get rid of that thing," I asked feeling uneasy.

"I am going to but things have been super crazy around here and I haven't had the time," He said walking up to me and putting a hand on his Shoulder.

"Have you heard from Cassie lately she called me about an hour ago crying saying she was a freak and that she needed someone to talk to, I told her I was busy but she told me she was going to the dock if I wanted to meet up with her," He said and all I could think about was her crying. Those beautiful blue eyes tears flowing out of them. I had to go to her.

I shouted a good bye to Adam and ran out of the boat house. I through Diana my keys and told her to go back to my house. I kept up a steady pace all the way to the docks and say a little blond girl bundled up sitting with her legs dangling off the dock. She was all the way at the end. I walked up behind her.

Before I could say anything Cassies phone rang. "Hello" Her beautiful voice rang still kind of soggy from crying. I couldn't hear who was on the other side but Cassie jumped up abruptly. "MOM is that you?" she asked "Where are you?" When she turned around she saw me and immediately blushed. She clamped her phone shut and started to walk to her car up at the boat house.

"What are you doing here Jake?" She asked sniffling still.

"I wanted to make sure you were ok. Umm I know what you saw and I wanted to make sure you were ok. Was that your mom on the phone just now?" I asked confused.

"Jake earlier you were not in the wrong I was and as for the phone call I have no clue. But I am going home to find out," She said determined.

"I should go with you," I said unsure if she wanted me to.

"Thank you," She said then stopped and abruptly turned to me. I ran into her a little bit and then she flung herself into my arms and I held her close to my hear. And I knew right then that my feelings for Faye were nothing compared to what I felt for Cassie. "Jake you have been so supportive through everything eve when me and Adam almost killed you. I have never trusted someone so much in my life," At that moment guilt swept through my whole body. What was I doing? She let go grabbed my hand and we ran off to Cassie's car to go and Find out who was waiting for her at her house…..