Disclaimer: The Characters are the Creation of LJ Smith. I own nothing! I am setting my fan fiction after the end of the Power and the Captive 2. Diana has now given Adam and Cassie her blessing to be together. This story picks up a couple of days later.

Adam Conant sighed contentedly as he laid back down next to Cassie on the couch. This was all that he could ever want in life. He held on to his new girlfriend placing his hands on her hips. Cassie was everything he could ever have hoped for: beautiful, strong, sweet, smart, and selfless to a fault. There was only one problem that he could see with their relationship. Ever since they had met, Cassie had always put him first, whether it was protecting him from the witch hunters on Cape Cod or his relationship with Diana from Faye who had figured out about his one night with Cassie when he got back. Even when he thought about that night he felt that in a manner of speaking she had put him first in finally, telling him the truth that night, and allowing him to kiss her. It was always about him and what he wanted!

Adam took a moment to look over at the beauty lying next to him. A lock of his messy hair falling onto his face. That marvelous wavy hair that was the colors of autumn in New England that he knew Cassie loved, had been the bane of his existence until he met Cassie. It pleased him that she loved it. Adam leaned in and kissed her neck moving part of her silky mane of brown hair. "Tell me about you love. I know who you are, and I know what I hope for in the future, but we've never talked about who you were. What was your life like before that day?" Cassie Blake turned so that she could look her boyfriend in the eyes lifting her head just a bit. "What is there to know really? I had a pretty normal life. It was free of the weight of myth, and legend, and such. It wasn't like it is here that is for sure. I had a few amazing close friends, and that was all. I liked most of the people I went to school with, and those who weren't nice were easy enough to stay away from. We may not have been the "in crowd", but we had fun. I had plans and dreams I guess, but they were pretty much the same as everyone else." It bothered Adam that Cassie was glossing over it. It was almost like she was not wanting him to realize that she had dreams and plans for her life. Finally, he decided he would have to push it, "That is what I want to know! What are your dreams, my love?" Looking into Adam's eyes reflecting hurt and turbulent with emotion, again, Cassie knew she would have to tell him. Sighing she began, "I wanted to go to college. I'd have loved to become a writer, but would happily settle for becoming an editor or an English teacher. Marriage and a family if I met the right person." She smiled looking up at Adam hoping that she wasn't putting pressure on by admitting that.

Adam was stunned, he knew that he needed to be prepared after all he had asked. He just couldn't help but wonder at how amazing his Cassie really was. He had known that she was special, but he'd never let himself push her to talk about herself. Some things he just knew and others, he learned by observing. The day that they had come back with Cassie to get stuff to move her in with Diana he had realized, his Cassie wasn't just beautiful she was smart. Her collection of CD's was a mixture, but there was a fair of amount of classical. He had noted a large collection of books most of which were classics and best sellers. He'd also seen her unicorn collection. He'd thought it was fitting. Cassie was sort of like a unicorn herself, beautiful and rare! It'd only been a couple of days since Diana had given them her blessing to be together. A part of him though, felt as though they had always been together. He could not stand the idea of being apart from Cassie, but he didn't want to be the reason that she didn't pursuit her dreams. He decided to ask, "If you could go to any University, which would it be?" A part of him hoped it'd be one he could get into as well. Cassie smiled, she liked that he was taking an interest in what might be their future together, "I used to think Stanford, but now maybe Harvard or BU." That made Adam a bit nervous. He wasn't completely stupid, but his grades didn't always reflect that.

Cassie took his silence as a cue to turn around and she snuggled up closer to him. They went back to watching the movie up until the pizza Adam had ordered arrived. It was half pepperoni and half vegetarian. The two ate quietly for a while, and then Cassie saw Adam look over with sadness in his eyes. She knew that she had said something that bothered him. She just couldn't figure out what.

As the evening grew later Adam knew he had some serious thinking to do. He kissed Cassie softly at first. Then, he felt her sweet response, and he couldn't resist getting a little more intense. He allowed himself get as swept up in it as she was, kissing her, and allowing each shock of sweetness to overwhelm him like on that first night. He couldn't lose Cassie so he would have to figure out what to do so Cassie didn't have to give up college for him. He couldn't let that happen no matter what. He also knew that he wanted Cassie to know that he could provide for her and any family that they might have. He wanted her to keep that trust that she had in him.

On his walk home he took the beach way. He unfortunately, ran into the one person that he did not want to run into. Nick Armstrong had been having a rough time sleeping since the night that Cassie had ended things with him. He knew that Cassie had fallen for Conant, but every girl does. Why would Cassie be any different? He'd just hoped that maybe her reaching out and her affection shown toward him, maybe meant she was willing to at least consider someone else. After all, what does he have that I don't? Nick was constantly asking himself that. He knew that Diana and Melanie had said that Cassie and Conant were soulmates, and she would only ever be able to love Adam. Nick on the other hand wasn't completely sold on the last part. He went to shake a cigarette out of his pack, but stopped himself. Cassie had been good for him. She made him a better person, made him want to be better and do better for himself. That was why he found himself out on the beach alone at 11 o'clock at night when there was school the next day. Nick sighed, he could see why Cassie loved the beach. It could be soothing, but it could only do so much for Nick not without her there. Then, a figure caught his eye moving down the beach from the direction of Cassie's house. It was too big though to be Cassie.

Adam wasn't thrilled to come across Nick on the beach. Jealousy raged in him at the sight of the other guy. This one thought that he was good enough for Cassie! It angered Adam every time he even thought about the day after they held Cassie's Grandma's funeral. Armstrong had some nerve in his book. Adam had gone to follow Black John and see what was up, and meanwhile Nick had seen fit to put the moves on his girl while she was vulnerable. It had killed him to see another man got to hold Cassie and comfort her, hold her hand, hug her and know that he'd gotten to kiss her.

A/N: Please Read and Review! I have only gotten back to writing in the last few days and would love to hear from you!