Chapter Four
(Part 1)
Call a doctor
Check my pulse
Something hit me like a cannonball
Ears are ringing
But I feel no pain
Just a sweet sensation running through my veins
—The Blue Van—
The rest of the school day went well if you count that the only other classes Cassie had Faye in were Trigonometry and English; also it was just them which meant no members of either coven in sight. Thankfully, these classes were primarily based on individual work so group work was far off topic.
Still, she was pretty exhausted as she arrived home and collapsed on the soft cotton loveseat in her living room. The whole ordeal with Faye in chemistry drained a lot of energy out of her, fighting with the trigger happy witch was time consuming. Right all she wanted was a bit of rest before she'd have to go to that costume party.
In came her grandmother from the kitchen with a cup of what was tea in her hands.
"I heard what happened at school today," the old woman said sitting on the couch looking intently at her granddaughter's tired face.
"Dawn said you and her daughter made quite the explosion during chemistry class."
"I'm sorry," Cassie apologized; getting the feeling that she was about to be grounded once more. But her grandmother raised a hand to stop her.
"It's alright; I know you wouldn't want to intentionally create an explosion…Faye on the other hand, it's a different story." Jane said from behind the brim of her cup.
"But it wasn't her fault—I mean it was but, it's the Ashford Coven's doing. They're influencing her, I know Faye has been such trouble to deal with but I think it's getting worse." The young girl reasoned and Jane nodded her head in understanding.
"Not to worry, the Ashford Coven are a harmless group, they haven't killed anyone have they? And I'm sure no matter how reckless Faye may be she's smart enough to never let it get that far." Her grandmother reassured her, from behind the brim of her cup.
"Are you sure, you've dealt with something like this before?" Cassie asked rising from the loveseat, a string of questions following.
The older witch simply nods her head once more and waves her hand for her inquisitive granddaughter to sit back down and relax. "Yes, when your mother was your age there was an incident with the Ashford Coven. A fight broke out and the next thing we knew me and the other parents stepped in to break it all up. Turns out they were all fight because Thomas Chamberlain got into an argument with their leader and it turned ugly."
"Then…" Cassie began but paused for a yawn, "…what happened?"
Jane chuckled and placed her cup on the glass coffee table in front of her, "That would be for another time; you're tired and should get some rest."
With another yawn, the young blonde shakes her head. "I can't there's a costume party tonight and I promised Diana I would go."
It took a while but after much thinking, the old witch gave her permission to go to the party. As long as she came back home before midnight, or else she would be grounded for another month. With that, Cassie thanked her grandmother with a kiss on the cheek and a promise that she would come home by eleven.
Dressed as an angel with the white mesh trimmed dress that fell short a few inches above her knees, matching flats and a sequin marabou halo on her head; Cassie looked as innocent as can be. The blonde arrived in her red Toyota Corolla '10 after having it in the shop due to an "accidental" fire it suffered during her first week in town.
That party had started two hours ago and was still going strong; people both Cassie knew and didn't know were having a blast. Converting Billy Jones living room into a mosh pit, luckily the house was large enough to house at least a maximum of three parties all at the same time. To her knowledge Nick and Melissa weren't attending due to have already made plans to have themselves a romantic evening. Diana and Adam on the other hand were here tonight, where exactly, she had no clue.
As of now Cassie was having a nice little conversation with Sally Matthews who was dressed up as a tiger, by the refreshments.
"How do you like the party?" Sally asked as she took a sip from the plastic red cup in her hands.
"It's alright, kind of loud though." She said and the other girl nodded in agreement. Feeling parched, Cassie grabbed herself a plastic cup from the refreshments table and filled it up to the brim with fruit punch.
"You would wonder if they could get any louder — woah," Sally exclaimed with widening eyes.
"What?" The blonde asked turning around to see what her friend was looking at that had her speechless, only to become shocked.
Only a couple of feet away were the Ashford Coven lounging around in the living with a champagne bottle on an extravagant coffee table in the middle. Suggestive smiles and waggling eyebrows plastered on their faces as they watched the scene before them.
Faye and Sarah…were kissing. And it wasn't just a simple quick kiss on the lips, it was a full on kiss.
Suddenly, the atmosphere changed and an alarmed Cassie felt the difference. The air felt heavy, filled with uncertainty and confusion a long with a feeling of jealousy. The room seemed to swim, and if Cassie didn't know better her face was turning red. As soon as she notice the change Faye broke away and in an instant they resumed playing their spin the bottle game; but not without sneaking a peek at the blonde from the corner of her eyes.
"Wow…never thought I'd see Faye kiss a girl again." Cassie choked on her fruit punch, and placed the cup back on the table.
That was a tidbit of information, the blonde wasn't sure she wanted to know. It was bluntly obvious that Faye was a promiscuous girl who's been around the block, having a different boy every week. Or so they say. But still, it was bound to have happened sooner or later. Over the last few weeks that the sapphire-eyed girl had paid attention, Faye and Sarah were getting close. As invery close and a kiss between the two was bound to happen.
Nevertheless, whatever the brunette's sexual orientation was it was certain that Cassie just had to get out of the room; she couldn't take the suffocation of the dense air any longer.
She bid a 'see you later' to Sally and walked outside to get some fresh air. It was a cool crisp night, with a gentle breeze coming in from the east. Leaning against a shiny grey Chrysler Sebring '09 was Diana in a cute little blue baseball outfit as she held Adam's hands. The smiling dark haired boy was a vampire for tonight. Not wanting to have another awkward moment for the night she turned around to walk back inside; she figured that whatever had made the air go dense was gone by now.
"Hey Cassie!"
Oh boy…
With a quick spin on her white heels, Cassie turns around and sees Adam jogging up to her. He was wearing black tuxedo pants, black Alligator shoes with a white shirt and a dark violet colored sweater vest with gold buttons running down the middle. Accompanying the look was a long black cape tied around his neck with a simple string and fake vampire fangs.
"Hey Adam…" She greeted and the dark haired boy simply smiled. "What's up?"
"Nothing much, just talking with Diana." He said nonchalantly, "You?"
"Oh, I just needed to get some air you know? It's quite stuffy in there."
It's starting become stuffy out here too… Cassie thought it was seemingly incredible as to how easily Adam could just walk up to her and forget about Diana. His girlfriend who was now having a civil conversation with Leon Emerson from the Ashford Coven; at first she thought there was going to be an argument or something of the sort. But, what would you expect when members of a loud and trigger happy group influence their own unstable witch into making an explosion during chemistry class.
"Have you and Diana set a date for a coven meeting?" She asked.
Meanwhile, inside the game of spin the bottle had ended when Cameron pulled Matthew away for a dance as Leon and Danielle got up and went to get some of the juice that was spiked with vodka. If anyone was going to be slurring tonight it would be them, after all, they had won an earlier bet on who would be the designated drunken pair of the evening.
"So…how many, have you kissed…you know, girls." Sarah asked as she adjusted the short dark blue mini skirt of her Babydoll costume from the movie Sucker Punch.
"Not a lot, just a few…either drunken kisses or dares." Faye said simply before seeing the raven-haired girl beside her raise an eyebrow in wonder. "Any of them involving Cassie, perhaps?"
Immediately, Faye's eyes widened and a stream of uncertain chuckles followed suit.
"Cassie? As in Cassie Blake?" Faye asked incredulously before a laugh escapes her throat. Sarah raised a brow in confusion. "You've got to be kidding me, like I'm ever gonna kiss her—"
Sarah smirked and made a *tsking* sound as she wagged her finger in front of the brunette. "Denial isn't a very nice shade on you Faye, no matter how cute it makes you look."
Faye moved uncomfortably in her spot on the couch, causing her raven-haired companion to giggle at her uneasiness. "Apparently, you've hit the tequila bottle one too many times tonight."
Sarah shook her head, grabbing the bottle of Patron from the floor beside her leather clad high heeled boot, and she shook it beside her head, listening to the sound of the alcoholic drink swirling inside. "See? It's still full."
"Barely, Sarah and whatever you think is happening between me and the blonde is absolutely ridiculous," Faye huffed, trying to look for anything in the loud room to provide a distraction.
The party had become a full blown extravaganza, on the verge of becoming a mosh pit. Thankfully most of the party goers were humping and grinding against each other in the many large rooms of the giant house, keeping the living room and at least the kitchen sparsely clean. Yet, there was nothing to keep the brunette and her coffee brown eyes occupied so she wouldn't have to meet a pair of the same eyes looking at her with suggestiveness.
Of all the members of the Ashford Coven, it was clear that Sarah Davidson had been kind enough to help her adjust to dealing with a new coven. Obviously, in her own abrasive way that reminded Faye too much of herself. And as good as it was to have someone she could relate to, it was times like these that had her really questioning herself: am I really this annoying?
"I never knew you had such a creative mind, Sarah. Very becoming of you." Faye smirked, finally thinking of something to distract her.
Wrapping an arm around her, Sarah pulled Faye into her. "Once again, no matter how cute it looks on you, denial is not a nice shade. I've seen the way you look at her…as though she's last honey dipped virgin on aisle five...hell the energy in the air gets so intense whenever you two are even near each other."
"No it does not, and even if I did wouldn't I feel it?" The brunette asked with a snort.
"Not necessarily, unless you really concentrate and pay attention. Most of the time we don't pay attention to our energy but it's a part of us and expresses our emotions sometimes better and easier than our faces ever can. And when you and the blonde are in the same room, things just light up!" The raven-haired girl explained and even though she was fascinated by it, Faye wouldn't give her the satisfaction.
"Well thank you Dr. Phil for your insatiable amount of wisdom," Faye said getting up from the couch with a sneer. "But I'm in the mood for a drink."
"Care to bring me one too?" Sarah asked with a light-hearted tone filled with laughter.
"Not unless you want it to be poisoned!"
It wasn't long until Faye was a bit tipsy; she was still sober in some way. She knew her surroundings and who she was with; right now she was sitting on some boy's lap with her fingers in his curly brown hair. Her phone was ringing but she paid no attention to it, switching it off.
12:42 p.m.
Cassie cursed under her breath as she realized what time it was, she gathered her things and said goodbye to Sally, Diana, Adam and few other students from school whom she never even met. It took some doing but at least she was able to finally convince Adam that she was okay going home by herself. Apparently, the fact that she had her own car didn't sink in; he was very persistent but once he noticed the solemn look on Diana's face he backed off.
She exited the large house, saying bye to a few more people on the way out. Then she saw a certain brunette sprawled on the hood of a car kissing some guy with a bottle of Jack Daniels in one hand. Cassie shook her head and ignored her, making her way towards her red Toyota. However, she couldn't help but steal glances of the promiscuous teen who was lying on her stomach while the blonde, blue-eyed witch of the Ashford Coven stood beside her.
It was hard, every time she wanted to turn her head away and focus on the red vehicle that was waiting for her, she couldn't.
Swallowing her rationality and to leave things be, Cassie turns on her heel and walks over to Faye. Noticing the blonde in the angel costume coming over, Faye smirked.
"Hey Cass! Where have you been all this time?" The brunette slurred, almost dropping the expensive bottle.
"You're drunk aren't you?" Cassie simply asks and Faye shakes her head.
"No I'm not." Faye said and accidentally throws the bottle to the ground, she giggles at the sound of glass breaking on impact.
She's definitely drunk.
"Come on Faye, it's time to go home." Cassie begins helping Faye off the car and the guy she was on, and makes no attempt to stop her. Most likely due to the alcohol in her system that's making her a lot more tolerable than when she's sober.
"But I don't want to go home, I'm having fun!" The taller girl whined, shrugging her hands of her.
Already annoyed that she shoved her morals down the drain to help the girl that could've severely burned her with that stunt earlier, Cassie rolled her eyes and grabbed Faye's hand into hers. Sparks immediately filled the air as she pulled the drunken brunette away from her "friends".
Without much of a fuss she managed to get Faye into the back seat of her car to lie down. She pulled out of her parking spot and drove down the road.
"So…how'd you like the party? Did you get any?" Faye asked looking up at the ceiling of the car.
"No." Cassie said in a monotone voice, she did not want to have this conversation.
"Aww…why? Adam was stuck with Diana most of the time wasn't he?"
She knew what girl in the rear view mirror was implying and it took a lot out of Cassie to not accelerate and stomp on the breaks just so Faye's forehead would go banging against the back of the driver's seat. Making her hangover all the more horrible tomorrow morning; so instead of going for it, she just didn't respond.
"Well that's not fair! Just because you didn't get the chance to fuck Adam doesn't mean that everyone else has to be sexless all because your uptight ass is frustrated!" Faye spat crossing her arms over her chest with a pout of her lip.
"Oh so you were just going to screw that guy back there on the hood of whoever's car that was?" The blonde retorted she was so on the verge of gunning for the acceleration.
"It was his car…"
"Great, you don't know the guy's name but at least you knew that the both of you would've been fucking on the hood of his car." Cassie shakes her head in disbelief.
"What's with the attitude for? Mad because you wanted to see the show?" Faye laughed and Cassie steps on the gas pedal.
She holds onto the backseat a smirk plastered on her face, "Well I'll be damned…usually my dates never want to get me home this fast."
"Don't you mean fuck buddies?" The sapphire-eyed girl asked before she stomped on the brakes and sees Faye's forehead bang against the back of the driver's seat. Satisfied that she hears the drunk girl groan in pain.
"Jealous much?"
"You wish."
While Faye held her head together and throwing curse words at Cassie everytime they came to a stoplight and the blonde would stomp on the brakes just to get the her to hit something face first again. They soon arrived at Faye's house, the lights were all off and Cassie suspected that Mrs. Chamberlain was sleeping. However, Faye knew better; knowing her mother she would find the woman sitting in the living room in the dark only to turn on a light the second she walked in to scare her.
Cassie got out of the car and walked around to open the car door to see Faye trying to get out of the vehicle on her own without faltering. A small smile forms on the blonde's lips as she watched Faye hold onto the door of the car as to have a means of balancing herself. As hilarious as it was to see the taller girl sway back and forth, it was close to 1:30 in the morning.
"Time to get you home, Faye." Cassie stepped forward to drap an arm around her shoulder, helping Faye out of the car the brunette clumsily slips and falls backwards taking the blonde with her.
"Are you..." She began but her breathing wavers as she takes in the taller girl's outfit. Cropped blue top, a mini skirt with silver snap buttons and embroidered patches, a black vinyl belt and a pair of black high heeled knee-high boots. Accompanied by the customary police hat and plastic toy handcuffs. A blush burns into Cassie's cheeks, not to mention their close proximity wasn't helping. The atmosphere had changed and she was beginning to sweat as was the girl beneath her, while also realizing that she was straddling her waist.
Dazed Faye simply raises her head and looks into her sapphire eyes, "Cass..."
Without thinking, she didn the unthinkable: She licked her lips slowly as she dipped her head and gave Faye the lightest of kisses. Her entire body was on an edge and she gripped the car seat behind them as Faye slid her hands over her shoulders and to the back of her neck and kissed her harder. The atmosphere had intensified and she easily submerged herself in the kiss. It became frantic and needy as Cassie parted her lips and Faye's tongue instantly searched out hers.
The streetlamp above them blew out and glass rained on the car, even as smoke was beginning to pour through from underneath the hood. Suddenly flames appear from the hood and another streetlamp blows out, but Cassie is too busy concentrating on Faye and her tongue that's now licking at her neck and collarbone.
Her pale hands entangle themselves in Faye's chocolate brown hair as said girl leaves bite marks. When Faye let out a low moan, Cassie pulled back, breathing heavily as she tried to calm her racing heart. Unmistakably there was lust in Faye's eyes, as the sound of a phone vibrating faintly reaches her ears. But suddenly a voice rings out.
"Faye...?"
Quickly, they pull away from each other fixing themselves as fast and as subtely as they can. Nevertheless, the phone that was forgotten was blinking with an onscreen message that read: Emergency! Help!
AUTHOR'S NOTE'S FOR CHAPTER FOUR:
Sorry it took me awhile to get this chapter out, but as you all know school's a bitch. I hope this was a relatively long and good chapter, because once I get my report card for the first time in the year, updates this long will become scarce. Hey, I think me skipping classes so much will be reflected upon it, which will then leave me trying to catch up.
Anyways, enough boring talk.
How did you guys think of this chapter, was it good? Believable? Oh, and was the steamy scene a little too early in the story or not and if so was it good? And to see the costumes the characters were wearing for this chapter, I have the links on my profile.
And I was hoping you guys could spread the word about this story, I'd really appreciate it.
Also, if anyone here has seen the "A Thin Line of Crimson Wiki" I've made, well guess what! You guys can now edit pages I've already made there like on a real wiki, all you guys have to do is click on the link to the join page I have on my profile and follow the instructions.
One more before I fall asleep: how do you guys feel about subplots?
