So I just recently watched all of the episodes of this show and it intrigued me how they changed it from the books. So I decided to write about it. Hope you all like it :)
I was riding with Adam and Faye back to my house. I couldn't help but feel a twinge in my stomach every time I thought about Jake being on that boat with the witch hunters. What if they hurt him because he let Adam and I go? I don't know if I could live with myself after that.
"Cassie, would you get up so I can get out of the car?" Faye asked from the backseat, knocking me out of my stupor.
"Oh sorry, I'll get out," I said, opening the door and hopping out onto the pavement. "Thank you for coming after me. Even if the others made you."
She gave me the closest thing that she would ever give me to a smile and walked into her house. I watched her for a couple of seconds until I felt Adam touch my arm. I jumped slightly and looked up at him.
"I'm sorry; it looks like it's getting ready to rain. Wouldn't want you to ruin your dress," He said, holding out a hand to help me up into the car.
The ride to my house was silent. I racked my brain for something to say to him that wouldn't make me sound like a complete loser but all I came up with was, "Thank you for saving me…again. I'm starting to think you have a superhero complex."
He gave me a confused look so I explained, "The day Faye caught my car on fire, the day Zachary attacked me, and then tonight with the hunters. Not that I'm complaining or anything, I like living."
He chuckled softly and said, "I don't really think about it much, it's just an instinct. You're in trouble so I jump into action, I guess. Maybe it's something to be with us being written together in the stars."
I felt my cheeks heating up and I looked out the window. I saw the raindrops trailing down it and watched them race each other. Soon enough my house was in my view and I struggled with my seatbelt. It wouldn't seem to come undone, no matter how hard I tried.
"So you've moved on from fighting witch hunters to fighting with my car? That's a step up in the game," Adam said. I felt him place his hand on mine and still their rapid movement. Soon enough he had it unlatched and I felt like a total idiot. I looked up to tell him thank you and we ended up bumping noses. I didn't recall us being this close together a while ago…
"Hey there, when did you get this close to me?" I asked breathlessly, even thought I hadn't done anything.
"I don't remember," he murmured under his breath.
I felt him leaning into me and this time I didn't pull away. When our lips touched it felt a jillion times better than when I kissed Jake during Truth or dare. When I thought his name it was like a bucket of cold water being thrown down my back. I pulled away from Adam and looked down at my lap.
"We can't do this right now. I'm confused on my feelings for Jake and you're trying to get over Diana and I'm definitely not going to be your rebound from her, I have more self-respect than that," I said, and then I got out of the car.
I ran into the house and slammed the door shut. I slid down the door and felt my eyes filling up with tears. I didn't know if I was crying over my feelings for Adam or because Jake was gone, all I knew was I had a hole in my chest and it was throbbing.
"Amelia, what's the matter? I looked for you around the gala but I couldn't find you anywhere," Grandma asked, walking up to me.
"I'm not Amelia, I'm Cassie," I said, wiping my eyes with the back of my hand. "I went with Jake and ended up being taken by witch hunters. Then Adam, Jake, and Faye came and saved me."
"Oh Cassie, I'm so sorry," she said, sitting down by me. "Wouldn't that make you happy not make you cry? Or am I just completely wrong about everything?" "No, I am happy about being rescued. I'm not too happy about Adam kissing me as a rebound. I really have feelings for him, grandma. But I don't want to be the girl he dates to get over Diana. Plus there are all of these feelings for Jake that I really don't understand..."
She pulled me close to her and I cried the rest of my tears out. Then I stood up and held my hands out to help her up also. She kissed the top of my head before she made her way back to the kitchen. I smiled and walked up to my room.
I slid my phone out of my jacket pocket and saw that I had four missed calls. One from Diana, Faye, and two from Adam. I decided to call Faye first, least amount of drama. I laughed out loud at that, who would have thought Faye would be the one I chose for less drama? The world is becoming a weird place lately.
It rang a couple of times before she answered it. "I have a warning for you before you call Diana. It's a doozy too so prepare yourself."
I rolled my eyes and said, "This better not be one of you exaggerations, I'm too tired to handle them tonight. But continue on if it's not."
"No she's on a warpath. She apparently drove by your house and saw you and Adam kissing in his car. She doesn't know whether to cry or go kick your ass," Faye explained. "I kindly convinced her to not hurt you but she's still pissed."
"Why thank you for your kindness, Queen Faye," I said, wiping my makeup off. "No but seriously, thank you for the warning."
After I hung up I figured I would call Diana and get it over with. It barely rang once before she picked it up and yelled, "Who the fuck do you think you are? He's my boyfriend!"
I flinched slightly at her tone. Diana never used bad language, she was always proper about everything. "Diana, you have to let me explain things before you jump to conclusions."
"You don't have to explain anything to me, you made out with Adam. You don't do that; best friends don't date each other's ex-boyfriends, it's in the girl handbook," she shouted.
"Diana, I didn't mean to hurt you. I pushed him away because of you," I said. It wasn't techniqually a lie; I did push Adam away because I didn't want to be a rebound from her.
"Whatever," she said and I heard the line go dead.
I squeezed my eyes shut and let out a breath. Then I dialed Adam's number and waited for him to pick up.
"Hey Cas, had Diana called you yet?" he asked. I could hear a nervous edge in his voice when he said it and I could practically see him setting his jaw.
"Yeah, I just got off the phone with her actually," I said. "Yeah, she's really pissed off at me. I don't know what she thinks about you at the moment but she sounded like she had enough anger for the entire county."
He let out a humorless laugh before saying, "Yeah, she's pretty mad at me too. I don't know what to do about her; I mean she keeps giving me these mixed signals about us. One second she wants to break up and the next she gets mad because I'm trying to move on. I'm so confused."
I bit my lip and tried to think of a way to explain this. "Uhm well, she's not used to being single and away from you. It's hard to break a cycle, especially a three year long one. I remember when my mom first died before I moved here; I woke up the next morning and waited for her to call me downstairs for school. I lay there for about thirty minutes before I realized she wasn't going to call for me."
"I understand what you're saying. I love Diana with everything that I am and I don't want to lose her," he said. "She just can't seem to see that. Am I doing the right thing, Cassie?"
I blinked back my tears and said the most painful thing possible. "If you love someone you never need to give up on them. The best things in life are worth fighting for; it makes them more important when you win them."
"You're right, Cas. Thank you so much for this," he said and hung up.
I lay back on my bed and curled up in a ball. I was so emotionally drained right now it was crazy. I just wanted to fall asleep and wake back up to nothing having happened. I would still be with my mom and she wouldn't be dead. But I knew that wasn't going to happen.
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