Author's Note: I do have a few basic plot changes in this than the tv shows, including: John Blackwell will not be in this (at least he won't be for a while) Lee will still be alive, Callum won't be evil, and Adam and Cassie will not be taking any potion to destroy their love (regardless of whether John Blackwell shows up eventually.)

Cassie was sitting on her bed looking at a picture of her grandmother when she heard a knocking on the door.

She wiped her tears and went downstairs.

"Hi neighbor." Jake smiled.

"Hi Jake."

"I came over to check and see how you are."

Jake noticed her eyes were red and puffy and knew she had been crying.

"Cassie…" Jake said softly.

All of a sudden Cassie burst into tears. Jake grabbed her and gave her a hug. "It's going to be ok." He reassured.

Cassie looked up. "No. It's not. My grandmother was all I had left!" She cried.

"You have me." Jake said quietly, stroking her back.

"I know." She said. "And I don't ever want to lose you." She hugged tighter.

"You won't."

Cassie felt comforted being in Jake's strong arms. She rubbed her eyes. "Thank you for being such a good friend. I'm really lucky to have you in my life."

Jake cringed when he heard Cassie call him her 'friend'. He wanted to be so much more than that. He knew there was a connection between them, but her and Adam were together and he wasn't about to make Adam hate him more than he already did.

"No problem"

Cassie smiled. She loved Adam, but she also had strong feelings for Jake. She tried to ignore them, but some times they were just too hard to ignore. Adam was amazing, he cared for Cassie a lot. But something about Jake intrigued her.

"Well I'm just going to go try and get some sleep."

"At 2pm?" Jake asked confused.

"I'm kind of too depressed to do anything." She stated. "I know it sounds stupid.."

"It doesn't sound stupid." Jake frowned. "Cassie, your grandmother loved you very much. She's in a better place now. Time heals all wounds."


Laying down in my room, crying, with the curtains drawn isn't going to help anything, Cassie thought. She grabbed her phone to check the time. 6:30! Jeez. Then she noticed she got a text from Adam from over an hour ago.

Hey, want to come over to the boathouse? Get your mind off of things?

Cassie hopped off her bed and pulled on her boots and grabbed her bag and texted back.

hi, sorry I was sleeping. Is the invitation still open? :)

She walked downstairs when her phone buzzed.

Of course.

She smiled and texted back. Ok. Be there in a few.


Cassie walked in the boathouse and saw Adam wiping off the bar counter and walked over to him.

"Hey." Adam said giving her a hello kiss over the bar counter.

"Hi." Cassie smiled embarrassed.

"How are you holding up?" Adam asked sincerely.

"I'm ok. I think I've cried myself out." she laughed.

Adam smirked and then turned serious, "Cassie are you really ok? You don't have to lie to me."

"I'm not lying. Honestly, I actually feel better. She's in a better place. Of course I miss her so much, but everything will be ok."

"Time heals all wounds." He said matter-of-factly.

Cassie smiled. "Funny, that's what Jake said."

Adams face turned sour. "You saw Jake today?"

"Yeah. He came over to ask how I was." Cassie said

"Oh."

"Adam, you dont need to be upset when I bring up Jake. Jake and I are friends. Just friends. You are the one I love." Cassie tried to sound as convincing as she could. Then she leaned in for a long kiss.

Adam bought it. "I know." He smiled.