This may seem like the penultimate chapter and it may very well be, but it may also not be. I don't know…I think that I have an idea to make it a bit longer…but we'll see. Thank you for those who reviewed. Boodlez94, I cannot wait for next week's episode…I'm just on tenterhooks!! I'm not sure if Rebecca and Evan will end up together…I just don't see them together though…I see them more as friends than as going out; hollowmeadow, yes the one problem with always doing CC is that the end is always so predictable…maybe I should do an angst-y one just to change it around a bit?
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Greek or its character. Yes, I would love to though!
As soon as Max had left her side Cappie appeared.
"Well? Did you tell him?"
Casey nodded absent-mindedly.
"He knew that something was up so I had to…and you know the ironic thing? I was so guilty and so ashamed of cheating on him and I was desperately trying to find a way to tell him and it turned out that he had done the exact same thing and that he was trying to do the same things as me except that he chose me. Cappie, he chose me over everything. Once again he chose me over something important to him."
Cappie, silent, began to walk away, unable to stay by her side. She began to run after him, scared that she had hurt him.
"Cappie, wait! What's wrong? What have I said? Cappie, please don't walk away from me!"
"You mean like you do from me every time? You're going to choose him, Casey. I know it because you're already trying to talk yourself into it. You've already made up your mind! But has it ever occurred to you that I have chosen you over everything as well? Yeah sure maybe not when we first went out but I learnt from my mistakes! Hell, I would give up Kappa Tau if it meant that I would have you!"
Casey stared at him, surprised at this sudden outburst from the usually calm person. He was usually the one person she could rely on not to freak out, but here he was, freaking out because of her.
"Cappie, you wouldn't really give up your fraternity just for me…just like Max would never really give up polymer science for me."
Cappie grabbed her by her shoulders.
"Don't you understand? I know that the last time we broke up was because I was constantly choosing my KT brothers over you. So yes, I would give up KT for you because KT doesn't come close to completing me the way you do. KT, yes, is very important to me, but I'm only in it for four years…and I would still have my friends, but you, you are forever, Case and nothing compares to you. I told you last night that no other girl in the world compares to you…well what I meant was that nothing in the world compares to you!"
Casey looked up at him, shock filling her face. She had never seen Cappie so passionate about something. She couldn't say anything…she didn't know what to say. Cappie sighed, thinking that her silence meant that the speech had meant nothing to her.
"Casey, you have to make a decision, but you have to make it quickly because I don't know if I can take much more of this. I've told you this before. It's too hard. And I understand that you love Max and you love me, but ask yourself this question: Who do you see standing next to you in 10 years?"
Cappie walked away, leaving Casey to look after him forlornly. She stood where she was for a while longer, not knowing what to do now. Suddenly Evan's voice came to her ears. She looked up to see his face and from his expression he had been talking to her for a while.
"Evan, hi, sorry what were you saying?"
He looked at her strangely.
"I've been trying to get your attention for the past five minutes. What were you thinking about?"
Casey grimaced.
"My choice…Max came back this morning…and it turns out that he cheated on me as well. Which is sort of ironic, but now I have to choose. They both say that they'll wait for me, but Cappie also says that I need to make my decision quickly because it's too hard for him to keep waiting."
Evan took her arm and steered her towards a bench. Choosing his words carefully, he said,
"Do you even think that maybe it's too hard for Cappie to keep waiting because he has been waiting for so long? I mean he waited for you when you and I were going out…and then he was dating Rebecca…trying to bury his love for you, but still somehow waiting and now he's been waiting for you with Max. And I'm not saying that you string him along or anything, but it's just that every time you say you're moving on…you don't seem to."
Casey looked thoughtful for a moment but then burst out laughing. Evan was confused.
"Um…what exactly is so funny?"
Casey couldn't stop laughing. Finally with tears in her eyes, she replied,
"I'm sorry, Evan, but it's just so strange! You spent two years hating him because you were afraid that I still loved him, but now you're actually advocating his case! Do you realize just how ironic that is?"
Evan smiled reluctantly.
"Casey, I've let go now. It was hard at first, but I have now. I realize now that you and I are different people now and that's not necessarily a bad thing. We might have been perfect for each other in sophomore year, but we've grown apart and though I may not have seen it before, we don't fit anymore and you and Cappie do…I can't believe I'm saying this, but you and Cappie belong together."
Casey nodded, but nevertheless said,
"But Max is perfect…I just feel so awful…because he's always been there for me. He gave up Cal-Tech for me and he's just so thoughtful!"
Evan answered hesitantly,
"Don't you think that you two have been moving a bit fast? I mean he gave up Cal-Tech for you when you had only been going out for a few weeks and then he lavaliered you soon after that…and in any case staying with a guy because of guilt is no relationship to have. And I hate to say this, but what if he's just trying to replace his dead girlfriend? I know that's an awful thing to say, but I just can't help but wonder. What if he moved so fast because he needed the comfort?"
Casey looked furious, but deep down she knew that he was just voicing her deepest fears.
"Evan, I have to go…I'm sorry…I just have to."
Casey ran back to the ZBZ house and went straight up to the room that she shared with Ashleigh. Her best friend looked up surprised.
"Where were you last night?"
Casey told her the whole story and by the time she finished, Ashleigh was looking frustrated. She said, obviously trying to be patient,
"How can you still be trying to make a choice? God, Casey, you know that I have nothing against Max, but this is Cappie we're talking about. You two have always had this weird thing between the two of you. And you never eat pie…not unless you are with him at any rate. Remember? It used to drive Evan crazy because Evan knew how important pie had been to you and Cappie! So you're either stupid or…stupid…you and Cappie are always going to love each other!"
Casey looked up into her best friend's eyes.
"But, Ash, if it didn't work the first time why would it work now? We're totally different now…and if we were more similar in freshman year and it didn't work how would it work now?"
Ashleigh groaned.
"Casey, you do realize that you two have grown up? That you two are more mature and I'm pretty sure that you both have learnt from your mistakes. And if it turns out that you are really meant to be with Max, then it'll happen eventually, but I'm scared that if you don't pick Cappie now, then you'll miss the boat and you won't ever truly be happy, not if Cappie's not in your life."
Casey tried to imagine life with Max and she could see it. It was the perfect life, the quintessential American dream life. Then she tried to imagine life with Cappie and it was all blurry. But the one thing that stood out in perfect clarity was Cappie and his smile and…pie. She stood up quickly and said,
"I've made my choice. It's such an obvious choice that I don't know why I didn't make it earlier. Thank you, Ash!"
And with that she dashed out of the door.
So who will she choose??
