Chapter 3
Cassie's POV:
I turned around astonished, to see Adam's shining blue/grey eyes and Nick's annoyed yet pleading mahogany ones. I looked Adam in the eyes, bent down, gave him a kiss on the cheek and said "I'm so sorry Adam, but Nick is the one for me. I love him. Please give it a go with Diana, for me? Give her a hug for me and tell her I'll be over soon" He nodded grimly, and leaning his head against mine whispered "Cassie, will you not tell anybody? Not even Nick or Diana?"
"I think it's a little late for not telling Nick," I whispered back, nodding towards the dark, grave silhouette of a man standing behind Adam. Nick. I stood away from Adam and offered him my hand, which he ignored, standing up by himself, turning around to Nick and offering him his hand to shake, I caught Adam say to Nick, "Make sure you don't hurt her Nick." Then he turned to both of us "Because I'll always be waiting in the sidelines if you do." He nodded to me, hugged me and planted a kiss on my cheek, before turning and walking away to Diana. As he walked away, Nick called after him "Adam, you don't have to worry about me hurting her, that would never happen, and, for the record, never ignore her- or her help or opinion- again." Adam turned around for a second, then decided that he didn't want to listen.
When Adam left, I turned to Nick and practically collapsed in his arms, he was fully supporting my weight as I cried on his shoulder. I sobbed for about ten minutes- and at this point we were on the floor, me on Nick's lap, he had one arm around me, the other rubbing my back- before he said quietly to me "Go on, sweetheart,"
I looked up at him, perplexed. "What?" I sniffled.
"Go after him. Go on, follow him. Don't let me hold you back."
I was really confused "Why? I sniffled. Was he bored of me already. He must have read this expression on my face because he said "Oh, no babe! I didn't mean it 'cause I'm bored of you! Just 'cause I can see you are in so much pain. I don't want you hurting so much, babe. It's killing me to watch you cry so much." His usually stony face was softened, vulnerable, even pained, as if it really was killing him to say this to me. "I do love him, Nick, I really love him, but loving him isn't enough, because the feelings I have for you are much stronger. I may love him, but I adore you."
"Really?" Nick asked, he was looking astonished.
"Yeah," I hit him playfully, but I was being fully honest, I carried on, completely serious. "I love you more than anything or anyone else in my life. Even more than my best friends, my mum, even more than Diana, Nick. Do you understand?"
"Yeah, sweetheart, but I just want you to know, however strongly you feel for me, I feel ten times that amount for you." He said. My eyes were watery.
"Well, isn't this touching?" A new voice came into our conversation. It wasn't familiar. It sounded distorted. Almost pained.
A/N: Sorry for such a short chapter. But I'll try my best to update again later today. Also sorry for the cliffhanger. I couldn't resist it.