A/N: here's chapter 3... sorry for the late update...

Chapter 3

Cassie was sitting a cup of coffee down in front of a customer when she dropped it, "damn it," she mumbled to herself than said to the customer, "I'm so sorry."

The customer looked at her, "its okay," he said helping her clean up the mess.

"I'll bring you another coffee," then she went to go get him another cup of coffee after she cleaned the mess up.

"You okay?" Lulu asked when she got back to the counter.

"Yeah just sort of having a bad day," she sighed.

"Take a break; I'll get him another coffee."

"No, I'll get it then I'll take a break," she said pouring some coffee in a cup. She took it over to the customer, "here's you another coffee, I'm sorry about earlier," she said setting the cup down.

"It's okay. What's your name?" he asked.

"Cassie and your name?"

"As in Cassie Sutton?"

"Yeah, how did you know?"

"I've seen your work at the gallery. And might I say you have excellent talent."

"Thanks."

"Have a seat and my name is John," he said as she sat across from him.

"Do you live around here?" she asked.

"I just moved in with my aunt."

"Cool, what grade are you in?"

"Twelfth and what about you?"

"Same."

"Cool, do you want to have dinner with me tonight?"

"Sure."

"Okay," then he got up, "well it was nice meeting you Cassie and I'll pick you up at 7pm."

"Nice meeting you too," she said getting up and handed him a piece of paper with her address as he handed her some money for the coffee, "don't worry about, it's on me, since I spilled your first cup on you."

John laid the money on the table the left. Cassie picked up the money and went to put it in the register, when she approached the counter Lulu looked at her, "what?"

"I see you're completely over Charles now," she said.

"Lulu, you and I both know I'll never be completely over Charles."

"That maybe true, but if you go out with that guy and he sees you with him then he will think you're completely over him."

"It's not a date."

"You're having dinner with him tonight aren't you?"

"Well yeah, but I don't think he meant it as a date."

"Sure keep telling yourself that Cassie."


About 7pm there was a knock on the front door, "I'll get it," Cassie said heading down the stairs. When she opened the door she saw Charles standing there, "Charles, what are you doing here?"

"You look nice. Going out tonight?"

"Yeah, but what are you doing here?"

"Giving you back your cds," he said handing her a stack of cds.

She went through the stack and stopped at a cd, "this one is yours, I gave it to you for your birthday," she said.

"I know, but I giving it back," then he turned to leave as John came up the sidewalk.

"Ready to go?" John asked as Cassie sigh watching Charles leave.

She nodded as Charles pulled away then she yelled into the house, "I'm going now."

"And where do you think your going with that boy without me meeting him?" Eddie asked.

"Dad we're just going to dinner."

"John Davis, sir," John said sticking hands out to shake Eddie's hand.

Eddie shook his hand, "how old are you?"

"Eighteen."

"Have her back by 8:30."

"Yes sir, it was nice meeting you," then they left.

Once in the car Cassie looked at John, "I'm sorry about my dad."

"It's okay."

"He's a cop, so he thinks he has a right to question every guy that my sister and I go out with."

"He's just being an overprotective dad, but it's cool."

"So where are we going?"

"You like Italian?"

"Yeah."

"Good then I picked a good restaurant."


Charles walked into the Revolution and walked over to the counter, "who's the guy Cassie has a date with tonight?"

Lulu looked at him, "how did you know?"

"I went over to her house to give her back her cds and as I was leaving a guy walked up to the door."

"All I know is that his name is John."

"So she's over me then."

"No, she's not."

"How do you know?"

"Because she told me she wasn't."

"If she's not then why is she going out with him?"

"Because you hurt her."

"But she's the one that broke up with me."

"Yeah, but you're the one that forgot about her so in return she broke up with you."

"But I didn't do it on purpose."

"I know, but don't worry about her dating again."

"The girl I love more than life itself is dating someone other than me and you're standing there telling me not to worry about it?" Charles said then went to go sit down in a booth.

Lulu followed him to the booth and sat across from him, "yes, because I have a feeling he's going to screw up more than you did. And plus I have an idea of how to get you two back together."

"You're not going to ruin her date are you?"

"Yes."

"Are you really?"

"No, I wouldn't do that to my friends, but I am going to set her up on a blind date with you."

"She'll never go for it."

"Oh yeah she will."

"How do you know?"

"Because it'll be romantic."


At 8:30 Cassie walked in through the front door and went into the living her where her parents were and looked at her dad, "why couldn't I been home at 9 or 9:30?"

"Because I'm the father and if you're going to live under my roof then you'll do exactly what I say."

"If I went out with Charles you would've said 'don't stay out too late'."

"That's because we trust him," Jenn said, "we don't trust John."

"That's because you don't know him."

"Our point exactly."

"You just don't want me to have a life," then she went up to her room.

"That's because we don't want you to have a life with no one other than Charles," Eddie said as she made her way upstairs.

"Thought you didn't like Charles," Jenn said.

"I don't, but I like him better than I like that John guy."

Cassie closed her door then sat down at her easel and turned her sketch pad to a new page to start a new sketch when her cell started to vibrate.

From Lulu:

So how was the date?


A/N: so what do you think lulu's plan is? and what about john? do you think he's a good for cassie or do you think she's too good for him? leave your review about what you think about him