After dancing, the two made their way back to the table the others sat at. Cassie moved out from under Reid's arm and jumped towards Tyler. "Ty!" He responded by hugging her tightly, "I'm glad you're back." He whispered in her ear and kissed her temple. After pulling away, she took the empty seat next to him and Reid.
Reid put his arm around her shoulders and she leaned into his warmth while he began playing with her hair.
"Why didn't you tell me Tyler!" Kate began her assault rather quickly. "She asked me not too!" Tyler put his hands up defensively and pointed in Cassie's direction. "I wanted to surprise you guys!" Cassie defended herself quickly.
"Well, I could have been in the secret!" Kate slumped in her seat and started pouting. "I'm sorry, Katie. Please forgive me." She pulled the puppy dog face. "Don't do that." Kate tried to look away from her big violet eyes. "Fine! I forgive you." Kate finally gave in with a huff and a small smile.
"Hey, Cassie. Kate and I are going shopping tomorrow, want to come?" Sarah asked from her spot next to Caleb. "Sure, what time?" Cassie began to play with her bottom lip while she thought. Why did that look familiar? "Noon-ish?" Cassie bobbed her head, "Sounds good to me."
After a while, Cassie began to get tired after the long flight, and began to fall asleep on Reid's shoulder. "Sweets," he whispered in her neck. "Wanna go home?" She nodded tiredly as Reid helped her out of the wooden chair.
"We are gonna head out, Cassie is getting tired." His arm automatically went around her tiny waist as he spoke.
"Right, you're just stealing her!" Pogue accused jokingly. "Damn straight." Reid replied with a smirk and a look towards the girl in his arms. Everyone said their goodbyes as Reid and Cassie left the still crowded bar.
They made their way into the night air and towards Reid's new black Boxster Porsche. After sliding into the leather seats, Reid cranked up the heat and let Nirvana quietly play in the background. "To the dorms?" He quietly asked the girl looking at him with gentle, tired eyes. She nodded her head affirmative as a reply.
"I'm glad you're back, sweets." Reid said seriously for a moment. A small smile adorned Cassie's face as she looked at the blonde next to her. "I missed you, Reid." He grabbed her hand and let them lay on her lap. "Don't leave me again, yeah?" He looked at her jokingly, but she knew he was serious. "Promise."
As they pulled into the dorms and got out of the car, Cassie jumped on his back. Reid laughed and grabbed her legs, supporting her. "Now you get to help me unpack." Cassie said, now more awake and swung her head so her long hair went over his shoulder.
"Great." Reid said sarcastically as Cassie reached forward to help open the door. Cassie's giggles spread throughout the empty hallways as she told Reid where her new dorm was. He unlocked the door using her key and walked in, ungracefully dropping Cassie on the naked bed in the middle of the single door. Boxes and bags surrounded them.
"You haven't done anything yet?" Reid asked amused and looked at the girl laying on the bed, her dark hair spread out around her.
She shrugged and looked around the empty room. "I was excited to see you guys." She rolled on to her side and used her arm to support her head and look up at him. ".. and I knew you'd help me." She offered him a smile.
"Oh really?"
"You're just too easy." Reid lunged at the smaller girl and started tickling her sides. "Reid!" Cassie continued to laugh and squirm around as Reid remembered she was ticklish. "Say Sorry!"
"Never!" She pushed Reid off and jumped off the bed, jumping over the boxes scattering the room. He laughed quietly to himself and laid back on the mattress and closed his eyes.
Cassie noticed he wasn't paying attention and started jumping up and down on the bed. "Get up! We gotta get to work." Reid grabbed her legs, so she fell, straddling his stomach.
"I could think of something else we could do." Reid said suggestively. She laughed and hit his chest. "Up, up. I have to get up early to go shopping." She moved from the promising position and began to move the boxes around. She began digging through the boxes as Reid watched with amusement. A few minutes later, "Aha! Found it!" She pulled out speakers and plugged in it the wall, connecting her IPhone to it as well. Deftones came through the air and them grabbed some clothes and went into the bathroom. Reid opened the box closest to him and began setting things out. Then, he came across pictures. The first picture was a framed on of the gang, a week before she left. They were a Nicky's sitting at the bar. Pogue had his arm around Kate and Caleb while Tyler stood next to them making a weird face and leaning against the bar. Reid and Cassie were right next to Ty, Reid sitting on the bar, with Cassie in between his legs. His arms were around her middle and their hands were laced.
He smiled as the memory and pulled another one out. It was of just him and Cassie, hugging tightly and just looking at each other. It was the day she left, and he didn't want to let her go. He looked sadly at the picture. That was when he got worse, he knew it, everyone knew it. Hell, he's sure Cassie even knew it.
At that moment, Cassie came out of the bathroom, wearing a tank top and baggy sweatpants with her hair tied in a messy bun. She knocked him out of his train of thought as he set the picture down on the nightstand.
"Ready?"
