Cassie's POV
I was barely even paying attention to what my friends were saying. I just smiled and pretended that I was listening as they joked around. We were trapped in the old house because of a blizzard that had started randomly after we got here and was still going on. We had built a fire and were gathered around it. I looked at Adam who had his arm around Diana and then looked away quickly. I didn't want to steal Diana's boyfriend, but I think that I love him and it hurts when I see them together. Jake scooted closer to me and I felt his arm around my waist but I shook him off. I shivered and caught a piece of the conversation, "It's still not fair, Cassie gets to do magic on her own. Why can't we?" Faye asked.
"I was kind of wondering that too. How is it possible that I'm the only one able to do individual magic?" I asked, genuinely curious. That has been bugging me since I last did magic without anyone else. I looked around at the group and saw that none of them knew the answer either.
"I don't know. Can you control it, or is it just whenever you get really mad or anything?" Diana asked, moving out of Adam's embrace. I felt relieved that they were no longer cuddling. I shrugged, not knowing the answer. To be honest, I hadn't really tried to do magic on my own. My eyes searched the room for something I could experiment on. After finding a lampshade laying on the ground behind the rest of the group, I focused on it as hard as I could. After a moment, it wobbled a little bit then lifted into the air. I focused harder and a small smirk came to my lips as it hovered towards Diana and then landed over her head.
Laughing, I answered her question, "Yep, I guess I can control it. Don't you think?" My smirk turned into a full-on smile as she laughed sarcastically with the lampshade still on her head. I stood up and walked over to one of the windows, pulling my jacket tighter around me as I went. A gasp escaped my lips as I looked out, the snow was only a couple of feet under the windowsill. "Guys, I think come look at this." I called. Everyone gathered around me and looked out the window as well.
Everyone but Adam and me went upstairs to search for things like blankets and stuff for tonight. We just stood in the middle of the large room before he spoke up. "Hey, can I show you something?" He asked me. I nodded and followed him to the back of the house. We stopped at a door before he opened it. On the other side was what was once sun-room. It was still pretty, considering that the walls were covered in overgrown rose bushes. Somehow the flowers still flourished despite the cold winter weather. "Wow," I breathed. I felt arms around my waist and looked up to see Adam standing right behind me. "It's beautiful isn't it?" He asked, his face about two and a half inches from my ear.
We both moved further into the room. The door swung shut on its own once we got out of its way. Adam turned me around to face him and leaned in towards me, his eyelids closed slowly. Mine followed as his lips connected with mine in a gentle kiss. I felt like I had died and gone to heaven until the door opened again. Adam and I separated from each other and looked at the open doorway only to see Diana standing there in shock before running away.