p data-p-id="4ce0388107f477405d6bb60efffac842"I finished up my classwork pretty quickly, and decided to check in with Shawn. I hadn't seen him, since we'd crashed together on the couch, and he'd stuck up for me with Justin. I'd missed the big moron. He'd really taken care of me, and I was curious to see if he'd still be nice. I wandered out to the garage and saw Shawn bent over the hood of the Nova. "Not a bad view." I thought to myself. "That is one fine looking man." "Oh hell, Cass. You know you like him. Why not test the waters? Flirt with him a little. Just a little so you can still safely retreat to the friend zone if it doesn't go the way you want."/p
p data-p-id="1e5957e9e9f36156bc5e469a236186ce""Hey Shawn." I said out loud. I laughed as he jumped and bumped his head on the hood of Nova./p
p data-p-id="68c81900aae6516a46797973dde0b524""Ouch." He said loudly to himself. Then to me "Hey kid. I didn't know you were still here. How's it going? You doing okay? Haven't seen you in a few days."/p
p data-p-id="b26f7407f289b7ad801dd41259fac5c4"I walked over and peeked under the hood myself. Just because I don't race, doesn't mean I don't know my way around an engine. "I'm doing pretty good." I said. "I was glad to have a few days off, but happier to be back now. Even if that meant walking into the mess y'all left me." With that I hip checked him./p
p data-p-id="b28f022d3e44eee1a98ed5ed07d71d6d""Hey now." He protested laughingly. "Easy on the merchandise Baby Girl." as he hip checked me back./p
p data-p-id="fe35cf9146b1692de498a0fb76164036""Yeah, well you deserve it leaving the office looking like that." "Listen Ellington, it took me all day to get that mess cleaned up. I ought to ban y'all from the office since I'm the one who uses it the most anyway./p
p data-p-id="15c7c6c1da66e842e9d29f474591e2c2""Sorry about the mess Little One." He said. "We sure did miss you around here. I don't know what we'd do without you."/p
p data-p-id="75823dea3caba824a5c43e4b83c9f2e5""Hmmm." I replied noncommittedly. "So what's going on with the Nova? She going to be ready to race anytime soon? I really miss watching her."/p
p data-p-id="6bedde44fa212525de313557eb4e9209"He smiled at me. "You miss watching her race? Imagine how I feel? What to help me for a bit, or are you heading out?"/p
p data-p-id="e6c85b1e71927d242c8f98a2c6b4bec4""An excuse to spend time with my crush? Hell Yeah." I thought to myself. Out loud I said "Sure. Why not? It's been a while since I've had a chance to get my hands dirty."/p
p data-p-id="871d20a94056fc2cafe2dbc47631c4e5"He cocked his head a bit and smirked at my comment. "Well come on then Baby Girl. We'll get dirty together."/p
p data-p-id="17df744139b564d0ad99d9eb04752657"I flushed a little and smirked back. "Let's go then."/p
p data-p-id="ced9826dbcf4ad44863a58a797da5d92"We worked together for a while chatting back and forth. We were having such a good time I didn't notice my phone buzzing. Finally, I looked down and saw I'd missed a text and a call from Justin. Then, I noticed the time./p
p data-p-id="c7718b90c6015e9ba8f48da6171c1624""Oh shit," I said. "It's 10:00! I didn't realize we'd been here this long. Justin must be worried." I quickly wiped my hands on a rag, picked up my phone and called my brother back./p
p data-p-id="0da53a30a234000367f9048c510017d8""Hey sis." He said. "You okay? Still working on school stuff?" he asked. I could tell he was making a real effort to hide his worry and annoyance./p
p data-p-id="dc85d803f055570a3aec6e174310e4de""Sorry Justin." I said. "I didn't realize the time. I was helping Shawn with the Nova. Totally didn't mean to make you worry."/p
p data-p-id="e38954570511f503573c4bf178e826be""You're helping Shawn?" he asked sounding surprised. "Really? Well ok. I just wanted to check on you , make sure you weren't stuck somewhere. Coming home soon?"/p
p data-p-id="79146322e4caa401dc2ca40d6692591c""Yup. I said. I'll head out in a few. Starting to get tired anyway. Need me to pick anything up on the way home?"/p
p data-p-id="dc6dc0119020a8862157555c5b0c254f""Naw, I'm good." He said. "Make sure Shawn walks you to your car."/p
p data-p-id="eadef3222a4d5996febd57f89f9c987d""Yes Justin." I said in an exasperated tone. "Of course. I'll see you in a bit."/p
p data-p-id="59fdc905cc4ccbe7ea555fd42e1f9f1b"I hung up the phone and turned back to Shawn./p
p data-p-id="b5b0e3adc8ade5613e228d267e687e9b""You heading out?" he asked. I nodded. "Me too, I think." he replied. "Give me 5 minutes to finish cleaning this up and I'll walk you out. Ok?"/p
p data-p-id="c130f132bd146ef03a9788388dc2d3d7""Yup." I replied. "Sounds good. I'll go close up the office, and meet you out here." I gave him a smile and heading out./p
p data-p-id="157b5af2c1eeccde38b8f51ebf939cbc"Shawn's point of view/p
p data-p-id="4405455abd3db4dcc688dcc2dd4f8463""What the hell was that? Was she flirting with me? I can't believe we worked together for hours without a fight. Should I ask her out? If she wasn't Justin's sister I'd just totally ask his opinion." "I think I'll just go with it. If I keep getting signals like that I'll ask her out. I can't even imagine dating her. I've wanted to for so long." I quickly finished my cleaning up and headed back to the office to get Cassie./p
p data-p-id="5902ee463a56306bb7d401810692dc86"She was just flicking off the lights when I walked in. "Ready Cass?" I asked./p
p data-p-id="78c99d508025b51cf9836dfdb1148638""Yup." she replied. "Let's go. I'm tired. That was fun though." She smiled at me./p
p data-p-id="abb886ae4503caf016fde819d45c5bfc"I smiled back at her. "Yeah. It was. We'll have to do it again sometime."/p
p data-p-id="0304eb9a951831af9867c011c7be8435""Definitely." She said. We walked side by side out to our cars./p
p data-p-id="a21984b98ddf4746f16bdd77fcc893f8""What the heck." I thought and I wrapped an arm around her shoulder. She stiffened for a fraction of a second, then relaxed and leaned in to me. We arrived at our cars and I kissed the top of her head./p
p data-p-id="1a3ab5a9bca47032d6bf4d5b84bc21fc""Night Cassie." I said./p
p data-p-id="3da54de5872c4cd811b6d37dbb02da25""Night Shawn." She answered. "See you tomorrow./p
p data-p-id="8aa22cfe4762f62b41248e33ba0aac48"I nodded, waited until she pulled out of the driveway, and headed to my house./p
p data-p-id="a17f3ca71b893daf20d353071d2efa2a"Cassie's point of view/p
p data-p-id="1a1876176b8eeea0003ddda0c9e58cf5"As I drive home, my thoughts were racing. "Oh My GOD. I can't believe that just happened. I think he's on board. I can't believe he put his arm around me and kissed me. Okay, so it was on the top of the head, but it felt different this time. I guess I'll keep on flirting and see where it goes." I giggled and smiled into the darkness looking forward to the week ahead./p
p data-p-id="27cfa54c85fea690cd35ed896162155d"Woah. Two chapters in one day?! What's with that? So I've put down the groundwork, and we'll see what happens with Cassie and Shawn. I wonder what Justin will think. Thanks for reading as always!/p
p data-p-id="27cfa54c85fea690cd35ed896162155d" /p
p data-p-id="1e5957e9e9f36156bc5e469a236186ce""Hey Shawn." I said out loud. I laughed as he jumped and bumped his head on the hood of Nova./p
p data-p-id="68c81900aae6516a46797973dde0b524""Ouch." He said loudly to himself. Then to me "Hey kid. I didn't know you were still here. How's it going? You doing okay? Haven't seen you in a few days."/p
p data-p-id="b26f7407f289b7ad801dd41259fac5c4"I walked over and peeked under the hood myself. Just because I don't race, doesn't mean I don't know my way around an engine. "I'm doing pretty good." I said. "I was glad to have a few days off, but happier to be back now. Even if that meant walking into the mess y'all left me." With that I hip checked him./p
p data-p-id="b28f022d3e44eee1a98ed5ed07d71d6d""Hey now." He protested laughingly. "Easy on the merchandise Baby Girl." as he hip checked me back./p
p data-p-id="fe35cf9146b1692de498a0fb76164036""Yeah, well you deserve it leaving the office looking like that." "Listen Ellington, it took me all day to get that mess cleaned up. I ought to ban y'all from the office since I'm the one who uses it the most anyway./p
p data-p-id="15c7c6c1da66e842e9d29f474591e2c2""Sorry about the mess Little One." He said. "We sure did miss you around here. I don't know what we'd do without you."/p
p data-p-id="75823dea3caba824a5c43e4b83c9f2e5""Hmmm." I replied noncommittedly. "So what's going on with the Nova? She going to be ready to race anytime soon? I really miss watching her."/p
p data-p-id="6bedde44fa212525de313557eb4e9209"He smiled at me. "You miss watching her race? Imagine how I feel? What to help me for a bit, or are you heading out?"/p
p data-p-id="e6c85b1e71927d242c8f98a2c6b4bec4""An excuse to spend time with my crush? Hell Yeah." I thought to myself. Out loud I said "Sure. Why not? It's been a while since I've had a chance to get my hands dirty."/p
p data-p-id="871d20a94056fc2cafe2dbc47631c4e5"He cocked his head a bit and smirked at my comment. "Well come on then Baby Girl. We'll get dirty together."/p
p data-p-id="17df744139b564d0ad99d9eb04752657"I flushed a little and smirked back. "Let's go then."/p
p data-p-id="ced9826dbcf4ad44863a58a797da5d92"We worked together for a while chatting back and forth. We were having such a good time I didn't notice my phone buzzing. Finally, I looked down and saw I'd missed a text and a call from Justin. Then, I noticed the time./p
p data-p-id="c7718b90c6015e9ba8f48da6171c1624""Oh shit," I said. "It's 10:00! I didn't realize we'd been here this long. Justin must be worried." I quickly wiped my hands on a rag, picked up my phone and called my brother back./p
p data-p-id="0da53a30a234000367f9048c510017d8""Hey sis." He said. "You okay? Still working on school stuff?" he asked. I could tell he was making a real effort to hide his worry and annoyance./p
p data-p-id="dc85d803f055570a3aec6e174310e4de""Sorry Justin." I said. "I didn't realize the time. I was helping Shawn with the Nova. Totally didn't mean to make you worry."/p
p data-p-id="e38954570511f503573c4bf178e826be""You're helping Shawn?" he asked sounding surprised. "Really? Well ok. I just wanted to check on you , make sure you weren't stuck somewhere. Coming home soon?"/p
p data-p-id="79146322e4caa401dc2ca40d6692591c""Yup. I said. I'll head out in a few. Starting to get tired anyway. Need me to pick anything up on the way home?"/p
p data-p-id="dc6dc0119020a8862157555c5b0c254f""Naw, I'm good." He said. "Make sure Shawn walks you to your car."/p
p data-p-id="eadef3222a4d5996febd57f89f9c987d""Yes Justin." I said in an exasperated tone. "Of course. I'll see you in a bit."/p
p data-p-id="59fdc905cc4ccbe7ea555fd42e1f9f1b"I hung up the phone and turned back to Shawn./p
p data-p-id="b5b0e3adc8ade5613e228d267e687e9b""You heading out?" he asked. I nodded. "Me too, I think." he replied. "Give me 5 minutes to finish cleaning this up and I'll walk you out. Ok?"/p
p data-p-id="c130f132bd146ef03a9788388dc2d3d7""Yup." I replied. "Sounds good. I'll go close up the office, and meet you out here." I gave him a smile and heading out./p
p data-p-id="157b5af2c1eeccde38b8f51ebf939cbc"Shawn's point of view/p
p data-p-id="4405455abd3db4dcc688dcc2dd4f8463""What the hell was that? Was she flirting with me? I can't believe we worked together for hours without a fight. Should I ask her out? If she wasn't Justin's sister I'd just totally ask his opinion." "I think I'll just go with it. If I keep getting signals like that I'll ask her out. I can't even imagine dating her. I've wanted to for so long." I quickly finished my cleaning up and headed back to the office to get Cassie./p
p data-p-id="5902ee463a56306bb7d401810692dc86"She was just flicking off the lights when I walked in. "Ready Cass?" I asked./p
p data-p-id="78c99d508025b51cf9836dfdb1148638""Yup." she replied. "Let's go. I'm tired. That was fun though." She smiled at me./p
p data-p-id="abb886ae4503caf016fde819d45c5bfc"I smiled back at her. "Yeah. It was. We'll have to do it again sometime."/p
p data-p-id="0304eb9a951831af9867c011c7be8435""Definitely." She said. We walked side by side out to our cars./p
p data-p-id="a21984b98ddf4746f16bdd77fcc893f8""What the heck." I thought and I wrapped an arm around her shoulder. She stiffened for a fraction of a second, then relaxed and leaned in to me. We arrived at our cars and I kissed the top of her head./p
p data-p-id="1a3ab5a9bca47032d6bf4d5b84bc21fc""Night Cassie." I said./p
p data-p-id="3da54de5872c4cd811b6d37dbb02da25""Night Shawn." She answered. "See you tomorrow./p
p data-p-id="8aa22cfe4762f62b41248e33ba0aac48"I nodded, waited until she pulled out of the driveway, and headed to my house./p
p data-p-id="a17f3ca71b893daf20d353071d2efa2a"Cassie's point of view/p
p data-p-id="1a1876176b8eeea0003ddda0c9e58cf5"As I drive home, my thoughts were racing. "Oh My GOD. I can't believe that just happened. I think he's on board. I can't believe he put his arm around me and kissed me. Okay, so it was on the top of the head, but it felt different this time. I guess I'll keep on flirting and see where it goes." I giggled and smiled into the darkness looking forward to the week ahead./p
p data-p-id="27cfa54c85fea690cd35ed896162155d"Woah. Two chapters in one day?! What's with that? So I've put down the groundwork, and we'll see what happens with Cassie and Shawn. I wonder what Justin will think. Thanks for reading as always!/p
p data-p-id="27cfa54c85fea690cd35ed896162155d" /p