Okay. So this is my first ever posting on FanFiction. Tell me if I did okay. And comment on what you think of it. And I'm sorry if there are any spelling mistakes, name or reference mistakes or the like.

Chapter One

Finally. Everything was quiet. The circle had finally broken up. It was almost dawn; the circle had spent the rest of the night in a make-shift celebration-meeting sort of thing, ever since Black John had been killed—hopefully for good this time.

Cassie, Dianna, and Faye were now, all together, the three leaders of the circle. Faye, surprisingly, hadn't made any comments on Cassie being elected even though she wasn't of age to be a leader. And then when Cassie had insisted on Dianna being a leader as well, had given in almost immediately and with good grace.

Cassie was thoroughly happy. Everything had turned out all right. Even with Adam mess; Dianna had given her Adam. Dianna wasn't mad of disappointed. She had said that she had known Cassie and Adam were meant to be together ever since she and Adam had described the connection they felt as a silver cord. According to Melanie a silver cord connecting two people heart to heart or a red cord pinky to pinky is the sign of soul mates. Adam and Cassie were meant to be together for this lifetime and possibly many more after.

They were currently curled up on the living room couch at Dianna's house, since Cassie currently didn't have a house and the elders were at Adam's taking care of Cassie's mom. Dianna had left them alone downstairs while she took a shower and got the guest room ready. They guessed that she wasn't coming down again that night.

Adam was sitting on the couch holding Cassie who was sitting on his lap. Her eyes were closed and she was resting her head on his chest. He had his arms around her and he was gently stroking her hair. They were both relieved that the nightmare was finally over.

They sat that way for an immeasurable amount of time. Neither of them moved except for Adam's stroking hand, their breathing, and the occasional murmured "I love you". At last they stirred. Cassie had just remembered something. A promise Adam had made to her earlier that night.

Her kiss. She still hadn't gotten her kiss. She lifted her head so that she could look Adam in the eye.

"I think you've forgotten something," she said in a teasing tone.

Adam didn't answer. He was still in shock from her moving after such a long time still.

Adam, who had by then recovered enough to talk, asked, "What? What have I forgotten?"

"A promise…. Don't tell me you can't remember," Cassie said with false innocence, frustration, and sadness. "You never break your promises. Forgetting a promise is just like breaking one."

A look of shock, slight horror, and puzzlement crossed his face as he tried to remember the promise he had made to her. He sat there for three minutes absentmindedly stroking her hair while he thought over the entire night.

"You don't remember." Cassie said a false sadness in her voice and eyes. She was toying with him, playing with him.

Adam was shocked. He had never heard so much sadness from Cassie. Immediately he tripled his efforts to figuring out his promise. The guilt of forgetting his promise was pushing him to think harder and harder. He didn't want to hear the sadness from Cassie or know that he was the reason for that look of lost longing to come from her.

Cassie gave him a few more minutes thought before saying, again in the falsely sad and innocent voice: "Want me to give you a hint?"

Adam nodded eagerly, in a hurry to make her happy and take the sadness away from her.

Cassie leaned forward and gave him a very formal, peck on the cheek.

When she leaned back Cassie saw remembrance and understanding dawn in his eyes.

He knew what she wanted, and she knew that he wanted the same thing she did.

Adam put two fingers under Cassie's chin and gently coaxed her face up. Then he leaned down and gently brushed his lips against hers. It started off as barely a kiss at all, just an exchange of lip brushes. But it steadily increased. Lip brushes, to quick hard kisses, to slow core-shivering kisses, to white hot ones. Kisses that should have made the couch beneath them catch fire.

After what seemed like an eternity, but still certainly not long enough, they both pulled back slightly, lips still nearly touching, looking into each other's eyes. They were both breathing hard and love for the other shown out of every part of them.

It only took one quick glance to see that both of them, in no way had, had enough kisses. But the sun was rising and neither one had really slept the night before, and they had been up all night tonight.

"Come on." Cassie groaned getting up and taking Adam's hand in hers. "Let's get upstairs before we fall asleep down here." She gave him a gently but firm tug up; he yielded quickly, getting up, lacing his fingers through hers as he did.

Cassie let her head drop to Adam's shoulder as they went upstairs to the guest room. Dianna had laid out a pair of pajamas for the both of them on the foot of the bed, which looked all too comfortable. If she hadn't had Adam with her Cassie would have walked straight to the bed and fallen asleep on the bed, clothes and all.

Cassie walked up to the bed and grabbed the night gown off the bed. "I'll be right back." She whispered to Adam and turned to the bathroom.

She had taken the Master Tools off already, but she was still wearing the white shift. She shift had been Dianna's until tonight. Dianna had given it to her when she made Cassie leader. The circle had agreed, after much arguing on Cassie's side, the Cassie should be the only leader to wear the Master Tools, since she had figured out where the Master Tools had been, and that they had been in her house.

Adam grabbed his pajamas and headed to one of the other bathrooms. He was still completely dazed. To him it didn't seem real the Cassie was finally his. His alone. He had just about gone crazy in agonizing jealousy when Cassie had gone out with Nick. Adam knew that Cassie was his girl now, completely, one hundred percent, but he was still shocked that it had all been so easy. He couldn't believe that Dianna had done all of this for them. He knew that he had been the only one that Dianna had ever loved, that at one point—that point being a week ago—her whole life had been centered around him, around them. He could never repay Dianna for giving him Cassie.

Quietly, already in his pajamas, Adam slipped out of the bathroom. He passed the guest room where Cassie was probably waiting for him, and went into Dianna's room. He didn't expect her to be up and she wasn't. She was sound asleep curled up under the covers. He tip toed over to the bed, gathering power. This was the only way he could think of to tell Dianna how much her sacrifice meant to him, and probably to Cassie. He carefully bent over her ear and blew into it.

His breath carried power. He was trying to send Dianna a dream, to say things he couldn't say to her any other way. He blew gently trying to make sure the flow of power wouldn't wake her. But he was itching to be with Cassie. He had needed to be with her for so long now. Now he had the chance to be with her. His thoughts were making him lose control of his power. He started blowing unconsciously harder and harder. Dianna was trembling from the intensity of the power, but Adam couldn't control himself. Thoughts of Cassie were driving him crazy with desire and love. He needed her. His calling beacon kept getting stronger and so was the dream he was trying to send Dianna.

If he didn't get a hold of himself—and fast—he could end up killing her.

Chapter One Continued:

Cassie was in the bathroom; nightgown on, standing in front of the mirror brushing her hair. Her mind kept drifting back to Adam who was down the hall in one the next bathroom. She was listening for the sound of the bedroom door opening, announcing that Adam was back.

But she never heard it.

She was in the bathroom for 5 extra, unnecessary, minutes.

He should have been back by now. I wonder what's keeping him.

Cassie waited another minute then opened the bathroom door and checked the room. Maybe he came in without my noticing.

But no one was there.

She wasn't waiting anymore. She opened the door and walked down the hall to the bathroom she knew Adam should be in. She knocked softly. But no one answered. "Adam? Adam?" she whispered still lightly knocking. Still no answer. Not a sound came from inside. If Adam was inside he was acting very odd.

Cassie was hurt, and a little ashamed. Like he would ever pick me over Dianna. She grabbed the handle, slightly scarred and ashamed at what she might find, and turned. She slowly opened the door. Half expecting Adam to be in there with Dianna; half expecting him to jump out and grab her around the waist, laughing, and carry her back to the room to sleep.

She opened the door just enough to poke her head around it. But it was, again, empty. She opened the door all the way and looked around. Not quite being able to believe that he would betray her. After all that they'd been through to be together.

Now all there is to check is Dianna's room. I really don't want to go in there. Maybe I'll just go to bed…. No! Come on you wimp! You have sacrificed too much to finally be with Adam. If he really did decide to go back to Dianna you deserve at least some explanation!

Slowly turning on her heals to face the open door way, she began the painstaking walk down the hall to Dianna's room. And what she saw there made her loose her breath. And her dignity.

Now I really need you guys to comment on these. I can't make the next portion better if I don't know what you thought of the previous. I need to know what you think. I want to make these stories with the author's characters the same. I don't what to change what their personalities and unique traits are but I do want to add something too them. I want to know if you think I sticking to the characters you know. Now I'm going on what I think of the characters but I want to know the ideas that you have and what you think of everything.

The next chapter is coming soon. Sorry this last chapter came in two parts. I thought I was going to make that next part the second chapter. But I decided against it. The latest will probably be Sunday (12/5/10). Sorry I made such a big break between this part and the last. Hope you enjoy my take on The Secret Circle.