Chapter 3: A Date

Chapter 3: A Date

"You thought about all this, really?" Casey had to ask Cappie

He laughed. "Of course, remember that night we spent with each other? Casey, you had my mind filled with days at a time. All I could do was think about what could have been"

Casey sighed but merely said "Ok, go on"

Although Cappie and Casey's life involved other people, Cappie made sure that everything was balanced in their relationship. This was a power the Cappie didn't know he possessed. Despite the never ending parties and alcohol he and his brothers were accustomed to, Cappie did not let that get in the way of his relationship with the CRU princess. This is why he made sure they had little dates where all his attention was channeled onto her, and only her.

Now, Cappie was not the jealous type of guy, as you can tell, but Evan Chambers was in a whole different league; and he wanted Cappie's girl. So this was a great time to remind Casey why exactly she was with the Great Cappie, and not any other guy.

The next day when Casey went back to her room to get changed for her afternoon jog, a single white rose was waiting for her on her bed. It was an unusual one though, for the tips of the petals were red. Casey smiled knowingly and picked up the card.

The red rose whispers of passion,
And the white rose breathes of love;
O the red rose is a falcon,
And the white rose is a dove.

But I send you a cream-white rosebud
With a flush on its petal tips;
For the love that is purest and sweetest
Has a kiss of desire on the lips.

-White Rose, John Boyle O'Rilley

I dug this poem out of my notes from last semester when my major was Literature, I'm sure you remember. I saw this flower growing outside Jacob Hall and thought of you. I'll pick you up tonight at 7, my princess.

Casey folded the note back up and smiled to herself. She still wasn't used to it when Cappie decided to step out of character. She enjoyed these once in a while rendezvous with him. It made her feel like they had just started dating all the time. Besides, she enjoyed getting ready for these dates, even though she knew where he would be taking her.

"Hey Case, can I join your jog today?" Ashleigh asked as she entered their room, but seeing Casey with her 'dreamy far- off Cappie' look, she got excited and said "Ooh! I can sense a date coming!"

"Your senses are always right Ash! Look what Cappie sent me" Casey showed her the rose, with the card

"Mysterious! I'm excited! What shall we be wearing tonight? Oh! You got that red dress that goes with that red lipstick you bought last week!"

"I was thinking more along the lines of the light pink one with the flowers?"

"Case, it's a night thing you'll freeze I think you should wear the white one with the long sleeves"

Casey had to laugh there. Cappie was doing a fairly good impression of her and Ashley talking about clothes.

"What?" Cappie was caught in mid sentence. He really wasn't paying much attention to her while he was telling the story.

"Cap, you thought about my conversation with Ashleigh about clothes?"

"Yeah, well, you haven't heard of what you're going to wear yet. You have the exact same dress as Ashleigh except in dark green and that's what you're wearing to our date, now will you let me continue?"

Casey laughed, "By all means"

"Thank you. As I was saying…"

That night, Cappie was at their door at 7:30 sharp. This was because, before leaving the house, which he had trouble doing, because Beaver had challenged him to a game of pool. When he refused, Beaver then challenged him to a beer drinking contest, to see who could drink a bottle of beer faster. If Beaver had won, Cappie had to play a game of pool with him. Seeing as Cappie lost, he took longer than expected.

"I'm so sorry I'm late Casey. I got held up"

"It's alright Cap, I'm used to it" She kissed him

"Ugh. You do smell like beer though"

"By held up I mean-,"

"Beaver" they said in unison, then laughed

"God, I love you so much Casey Cartwright" he kissed her again, and opened the car door.

"And may I say you look exquisite tonight"

He took her to a hilltop outside school grounds. It was a hilltop that overlooked the entire Cyprus Rhodes. He brought a picnic blanket, some candles and food and set it up as usual.

"Case, I want you to know that despite the fact I'm a Kappa Tau, and this isn't customary in our culture, I'm willing to change and leave all that when I'm with you. I'm really sorry that I was late earlier and that I reeked of alcohol. I just want to be better when I'm around you"

Casey kissed him

"Cap, you can never be better than who you already are, because you're already the best"

"Even better than the rich spoiled Evan Chambers' in this world?" he asked entwining his fingers with hers

"Even better than them"