"Hi Sid," Cassie is standing over him blocking out the sun from his eyes. He looks up at her and the sun is making her hair glow, like she's an angel.
He sits up and straightens his glasses and cap that had gone a bit crooked when he fell asleep on the bench. Cassie sits down next to him, she looks confused but he can see a slight smile, just maybe she is a little happy to see him.
"What are you doing here?" her smile has faded a little and she seems uncomfortable. He hates to make her feel so uncomfortable. He just wants to wrap his arms around her.
"I wanted to explain..." he pauses not sure exactly what words he wants to say, his words never come out right, "I've been a..."
"Wanker?" she fills in for him.
"Yeah," he smiles a bit at her and she smiles but looks away from him, "I don't know what the fuck is wrong with me Cass. I screw everything up, everything I bloody care about at all. I don't know why...because all I can think about is you..."
"Wow, yeah? Really?"
"Yeah Cass," he looks in her eyes and can see her eyes welling up with tears.
Sid takes her hand in his hands and starts leaning in to kiss her but she pulls back.
"We can't stay here," Cassie stands up.
"Can you leave?" he asks her standing up too.
Cassie looks towards the hospital in the distance and can see orderlies walking around inside and realizes they will make Sid leave if they find him. So she takes his hand again and starts to run towards the woods outside of the grounds of the hospital. They run for a while until they end up far away in the middle of the woods. The sun is now hidden by clouds and it starts to lightly drizzle.
"What are we doing?" he wonders as she starts spinning around with her arms out and her face towards the rain.
"I'm dancing..." she continues to spin.
"Shouldn't we go back?"
Cassie walks towards him and standing in front of him she takes off his hat and puts it on her own head. She wraps her arms around his neck and falls into him. He then wraps his arms around her and pulls her into him as they just hold each other. It's as if they are afraid to move and afraid to take another step because it could all fall apart as it has so many times already. She then gently touches his hair and can feel his warm breath on her neck. The rain is still pouring through the trees drenching them. He grips her back and pulls away so he is face to face with Cassie. Rain is dripping down their face and he licks the rain off his lips.
"Oh wow," she smiles looking up towards the trees and back at Sid.
They start to kiss and fall to the ground. She pulls off his sweatshirt and he is kissing her neck. He then sits up quickly and is all covered in mud, even his glasses.
"Wait!" he looks flustered.
"What?" she asks when suddenly an orderly comes running up to them.
"Here you are Cassie, we've been looking for you," he reaches down to grab Cassie by the arms and pull her up.
"Wait!! No!" she starts fighting them.
"Please, don't do this! We'll come back!" he yells trying to stop them but doesn't know quite what to do.
"It's a little late for that mate," he drags her out of the woods and Cassie is crying.
Sid stands there unable to move, dejected and wishing he could have saved her. He wished so many times he could save her but he never seemed to be able to. Cassie looked so frightened and if he hadn't shown up this never would have happened. He really needed to give her space.