Cassidy's POV
"You are such a little liar" I said to Melanie after she got in my car, "No one was waiting for with you, you know I was serious when I said that you needed to go out with people" I glanced over at her and she lowered her head.
"Well if you hadn't of gone off on your own than I wouldn't have felt the need to go to the club alone, but in my defense Geoff did drive me to the club" Melanie looked up and found some confidence to confront me.
"Well I appreciate you listening to that but I don't like the idea of you being at the club alone" I said and Melanie just shook her head.
"I wasn't alone I told you" Melanie countered.
"Then who were you with?" Cassidy asked as we edged closer to the house.
"Jimmy, who else" Melanie spoke rapidly and when I put the car in park I looked at her suspiciously.
"So you sat at the bar all night?" I asked not believing anything she was saying.
"Cassidy, enough with the third degree" Melanie complained and got out of the car and walked into the house. I was certain that she was purposely with holding something from me.
"Melanie O'Donnell what happened at the club" I raced after her as she started up the stairs.
"Where did you go Cassidy who were you with because I find it completely unfair that I'm the one that has to be on a leash" Melanie turned around and verbally lashed out at me.
"I went to the bar and hung out with Alex" I said and looked away not wanting to think about how the events in the bar had led to Connor saving the day.
"Alex, your ex, the one that you broke up with because every time he gets drunk he tries to make a move on any girl in the room" Melanie looked at me and finally the light bulb lit up above my head, that was why I broke up with him, "Cass" Melanie snapped her fingers in front of my face and I focused back on her quickly.
"What?" I asked angry at the fact that once again I was getting distracted by everything that had happened throughout the night.
"Are you ok?" She asked and I shrugged my shoulders, "I don't like the sign of that" Melanie looked at me concerned.
"It's nothing" I smiled and Melanie crossed her arms not believing me.
"Cass" She pushed.
"Alex did what he always did and it was uncomfortable" I confessed, "Any then a guy in the bar punched him before I had a chance to" I laughed and Melanie couldn't help but laugh as well.
"Alex always was an asshole" Melanie laughed, "But who took him out?" Melanie asked and I bit my lip not wanting to admit to her that it was Connor.
"Just some guy, I don't know who he was" I shrugged and she eyed me before letting the topic drop, "Well I think I'm gonna head to bed, goodnight Mel" I smiled and walked past her and into my room. I said I was going to bed but there was no way I was going to sleep after the dream I had last night and the very real encounter with Connor that happened at the bar.
Murphy's POV
I made it back to the apartment and saw that Connor was already asleep, so I made my way over to my bed and tried my best to be quiet.
"Where'd ya go?" Connor asked and I nearly jumped out of my skin.
"Out" I said and sat down on my bed and started taking my boots off, but Connor wasn't satisfied by my answer and he turn in his bed and stared at me.
"Murph" He warned and I groaned.
"Connor ya ain't my keeper I can go where I wanna" I stated and layed back on my bed.
"Ok, geez Murph, apparently I 'it a nerve" Connor laughed to himself and turned back over, within a few minutes I was fast asleep and the events between Melanie were happily in the back of my head.
The Next Day
I awoke the next day to Connor turning on the shower, I grumbled and turned on my stomach and crashed my pillow onto the back of my head.
"Murph get up" Connor called and I startled awake and practically jumped out of bed. Connor was standing a few feet away from me and looked at me confused, "The 'ell were ya dreamin'?" Connor asked as he continued to eye me suspiciously.
"I'm not sure" I ran a hand through my hair and rubbed my face trying to wake myself up.
"Well 'nough of ya dreams, we got some business to attend to" Connor said and started to walk towards the door. I hurried to get dressed and walked down the stairs to meet with Connor.
"So what's the plan?" I asked Connor as he lit a cigarette and took a drag of it.
"'Nother hit" Connor stated in between drags. I with held my groans as I knew it would have something to do with the Morelli family again and I wasn't too sure on how Melanie would react to another family member being killed. Connor reached his hand up to grab his cigarette and I saw that his knuckles were bruised.
"What 'appened 'ere?" I asked poking at his hand. Connor quickly dropped that hand and used his opposite hand to take the cigarette out of his mouth.
"Nothin', jus' a bar fight" Connor shrugged and I could tell he was hiding something, lately that was all we both seemed to be doing was hiding things from each other.
"At McGinty's what da 'ell" I looked at him shocked, out of all the places to get in a fight McGinty's was the one place that was always a fight free zone.
"No, at some bar down in the Italian district" Connor nonchalantly said and began to walk away.
"The Italian district" I paused and automatically thought the worst, "Connor, ya didn't 'it Cassidy" I looked at him shocked. Connor turned around and glared at me.
"Of course not" Connor shook his head, "But Cassidy was there, end of discussion" Connor turned his back to me and continued on his way. My brother was beginning to act really weird when it came to our current mission. I rushed to catch up with Connor and asked who the next hit was.
"Henry Morelli, another brother of the boss" I nodded my head and continued to walk with Connor as we headed to our final destination.
That Night
Melanie's POV
"Cassidy, are you awake?" I asked sneaking into Cassidy's room and looking around, but when I saw that Cassidy wasn't even in her room I walked back down stairs and headed for the hot tub on the back porch. Not a lot had happened throughout the day but after the weekend I had I figured soaking in the hot tub would relax the muscles that were still tense. I got in and got confortable before I put my headphones in my ears and closed my eyes. I listened to a few songs and started to get really into the music and started dancing a little bit by moving my hands in the water and bobbing my head. I was completely relaxed when my headphones were ripped out of my ears and a hand was placed over my mouth. My eyes shot open and I was pleasantly surprised to see Murphy smiling at me with his finger held up to his lips to keep me quiet.
"What are you doing here?" I asked looking around to make sure no one saw him.
"Though I'd come see ya" Murphy leaned against the side of the hot tub and I couldn't help but smile at his suaveness. As I looked at murphy my happy mood was soon turned to sadness.
"You killed Henry today" I looked down at my hands.
"Mel, listen it's what we do" Murphy turned and looked at me placing a hand under my chin and making me look at him.
"But he was family, how can you continue to do this?" I asked searching his eyes for any hint that he cared about me enough to stop.
"I understand, but he was also one of the potential heads of the mob an' Connor an' I can't allow for 'nother person ta 'ave that kinda power" Murphy explained and I realized that Connor and Murphy were taking out the Morelli's because they didn't know that Cassidy was in charge. I tried to hide my shock and composed myself, I didn't want to think of what they would do to Cassidy if they found out she was really in charge.
"I know" I bowed my head again and shook my head from side to side, why did Murphy have to be involved in such an odd profession.
"Listen Mel, ya and Cassidy are safe, as much as my brudder would like to get 'is 'ands on Cassidy I won' let 'em" Murphy made me look at him once again and I could tell he was being sincere, but I was still fearful if his thoughts would change if he knew Cassidy was in charge.
"If you say so" I whispered to myself and began to get out of the hot tub Murphy was there with a towel and picked me up and placed me on the ground.
"Ya don' trust me do ya?" Murphy asked and I dropped my eyes from his gaze.
"I do, but I don't know for how long" I looked up at him and I could see he was a little hurt by my comment, "Murphy it's just hard, I want to trust you, but it'll take some time before I can trust you completely" I tried a smile and Murphy just stood there not sure what to do.
"I think I should be going" Murphy turned to start walking away but I called after him and he turned around to look at me. I dropped my towel and walked over to him in my bikini and wrapped my arms around his neck before laying a soft kiss against his lips.
"Who said you had to leave, I trust you enough to have a little fun" I smirked wildly and Murphy smiled as he wrapped his arms around my waist and leaned in for another kiss.
Cassidy's POV
I was standing in the middle of my Uncle Henry's house trying to figure out my next move and how exactly I was going to keep the rest of y family safe. When I spotted a familiar blonde head emerging from the darkness I groaned.
"Shouldn't you be in your secret lair trying to plot more schemes?" I asked as Connor continued to walk in my direction.
"I came 'ere 'cause we have some business to discuss" Connor stated and fully came into view, once again Connor was haunting my every move, if I could go one day without seeing him I would rejoice.
"What is it this time, you think my cat is spying on you now" I mocked the fact that Connor had asked me if Melanie was spying on them.
"This is serious" He looked at me and I could tell that he wasn't in a teasing mood and it eerily reminded me of the cold stare that he had focused on me in my nightmare. A chill ran down my spine and I shivered as I stood there.
"I'm listening" I said trying to make it seem like I wasn't slightly scared being alone with him in his state.
"I think there is somethin' goin' on between Melanie and Murph" Connor said and I couldn't help but laugh out loud once again to something he was proposing.
"Come on, you seriously can't hear how ridiculous that sounds" I continued to laugh but Connor walked over and grabbed onto my arm violently.
"Quit, tinking this is all a game, I'm not playin' 'round and ya cousin needs to stay away from my brudder" Connor leaned into my face as he spoke. I ripped my arm away from him and narrowed my eyes as Connor continued to be only centimeters away from my face.
"This is all a game of cat and mouse, and I am determined to win" I glared at him as he narrowed his eyes in response, I caught my attention drifting down to Connor's lips and I snapped my eyes back up to meet Connor's.
"If ya tink ya can win, ya sadly mistaken" Connor took a small step forward and used his body weight against me trying to intimidate me so I would back down.
"Will you get the hell away from me" I shoved him but wasn't really trying to make him move, there was a part of my brain that liked the close proximity and heat that was being exchanged.
"Mak' me" Connor encouraged and I heard a slight smirk in his voice and when I focused on his lips the corner of his mouth was slightly turned up.
"Wouldn't you like that" I smirked as Connor's eyebrow arched up as he continued to glare at me, "Get out" I said not moving from my position.
"No" Connor retorted. I stood there looking into Connor's eyes and couldn't help but want to punch him for everything that he had done, including killing another of my uncles just that morning.
"You are so infuriating!" I yelled with a growl and turned to walk away, but Connor grabbed onto my arm and yanked me back. The force of his yank made me spiral into him and when I finally stopped the worst thing had happened, my lips were pressed against his and I immediately stepped back and practically ran out of the house.
A/N: I realize this chapter really sucks, but hopefully the next chapter will be better. Hope you enjoy! Thanks McBrideReedusLover for your review. Wanna be mentioned R&R Please!