CHAPTER 11: Forever in Your Arms
Disclaimer: I don't own VM if I did then Logan and Veronica wouldn't have broken up at all along with Lilly and Cassidy would still be alive.
*Thoughts are in italics*
-Lilly's Point of view-
"Oh how much do you love me Donut?" I ask my little brother as he and Meg were getting ready for Prom.
"Very much." He replies. "Thanks Lil for watching Faith tonight so Meg and I can have one last night of normal."
"Well it's the least I could do." I tell him. "After all of the drama at the last dance I don't think I can handle another dance like it."
"Yeah I am kind of happy I missed the last one. From what I hear Dick went postal and it wasn't pretty." Duncan says to me as he walks up to have me tie his tie. It matched Meg's dress perfectly the light purple. I knew he and Logan weren't happy about me insisting on them matching their date's dresses. Logan had told me he was just happy that Ronnie's dress wasn't pink.
"Yeah trust me dude. It was bad." Logan says as he comes out straighten his tux coat. "But I am worried this one won't be much better." We all looked back and forth between each other knowing that he was referring to the drama from the trip.
"Just stay out of their way." I tell them. "I don't want to have to come pick up any of you in jail."
-Mac's Point of View-
I was really starting to get concerned. I mean Cassidy and I have been dating for almost 5 months and nothing seemed to be progressing. I didn't feel comfortable talking to Meg about it and it would be really awkward to talk to Cassie about why her brother didn't seem to want to be intimate with me. So that left Ronnie. She would be able to give me the advice I was looking for.
"Hey Veronica, can I talk to you for a minute?" I ask as I pull her away from Meg and Cassie and took her into the other room. We were all over at the Kane's getting ready for prom
"What's up Mac Attack?" She asked as she sat down on the bed across from me.
"Well I want you to know that I need your honest opinion her because I seriously am starting to think that there is something wrong with me." I start, she gives me an off the wall look and I know what she is thinking. 'What possibly could she be talking about?' "Um usually when you've been dating a teenage boy for I don't know say 6 months…. Things start to get more… intimate?" I ask her.
"Yes. For the average teenage boy six months sounds about right, for a 09er boy it's more like 6 weeks." She said obviously joking but then quickly realized that I was being serious.
"Okay. So there must be something wrong with me." I tell her. "Especially considering the boy in question isn't only an 09er but also the younger brother of the biggest player in school."
"Mac are you saying that Cassidy hasn't tried anything?" She asked. "I mean didn't you stay in his bed for the break a while back when we had the baby project?"
"Yeah I did." I told her. "I mean I even walked out of the bathroom one morning in only a towel and nothing. He apologized and bolted out of the room like he was on fire. There must be something wrong with me."
"No, you're perfect." She tells me. "Maybe he wants to wait because he's seen all the problems sex has caused his brother."
"Yeah maybe." I say as we walk back into the other room to get our dresses on.
"He obviously cares about you Mac attack." She says as she is obviously trying to make me feel better. She had a point. After the scene on the boat he had insisted that he be the one to pay for my dress and to get my nails and hair done. He had even offered to go with me shopping. I told him that it would be fine and I would just get his tie to match. Maybe it was just my imagination. Cassidy Loved me. What was I worrying about?
-Cassidy's Point of View-
I was so happy to see that Mac's dress hadn't been pink at least that was a plus for the evening.
"Here Beaver" I hear Dick yells as he throws something at me. "Have fun tonight." As I look down to see he had thrown me a box of condoms. "I don't want to have to worry about another pregnancy in this family." Great so even my brother was thinking I should get laid tonight, but I am not sure if I am ready.
"I am leaving are you sure you aren't going?" I ask Dick
"Yeah I don't want the drama. I have too much on my mind. Do me a favor send me a Picture of Cassie in her dress?" He asks me as he sits down on the couch with a bottle of bear and a bowl of popcorn
"Can do." I tell him as I walk out the door. We are all meeting at the Kane's and then the Limo is taking us from there. I am worried about what Mac is expecting for tonight. I don't think that she would fall into the clichés of prom. I know she wouldn't. I pull up to the Kane's and get out of my car and walk to the door.
"Hey Beaver. Lilly says as she opens the door with Faith on one hip.
"Hey Lil. Hi Faith." I say as I tickle the baby a little bit before I walk in "So who are we waiting for?"
"You. The guys are all in the living room." Lilly says as she leads me into the living room where I see Duncan, Logan, and Wallace
"Okay girls!" I hear Lilly yell up the stairs at the girls to come down. The first to descend down the stairs is Ronnie. She looked wonderful in her dress and I can see Logan's face gleam. Following Ronnie was Meg. She seemed to look like an angel in her purple dress and I was starting to get nervous. Next was Cassie, I was happy to see that her dress this time was floor length. I know Dick will be happy to see that when I send him the picture. Last was my Mackie. She looked perfect. With her hair pinned back away from her face with it curled. I had sent Cassie with our grandmother's pearls and asked her to give them to Mac to wear as I see the pearl set I know that she's the closest thing I will ever see to an angel. After everything I have done. She was the only angel I would ever know. I am pulled from my trance when Mac stands in front of me.
"Hey Cassidy." She says in a way that makes me want to melt. "Do you like my dress?" why does she seem so worried today.
"You look beautiful Mac." I say as I slip her corsage on to her wrist. We are pulled out of our gaze when Lilly insisted on taking pictures of all of us.
45 minutes later we were all getting out of the limo and walking into the Neptune Grand. At least the school sprung to have it held somewhere other than the high school. An 2 hours later we had eaten and were finally headed to Dance.
"Are you having a good a good time Mac?" I ask her as we go toward the drink table.
"Yeah. Um, you care to dance?" Mac whisper's in my ear as we made our way past the photo booth. I nod at her and we make our way out to the dance floor.
"So I was just wondering Cassidy. What's wrong with me?" She asks as we hold onto each other tight. Right now she can't see my face, which might be a good thing. I already know what she is talking about but I don't want to face it yet. So I play dumb and ask her what she is reefing to.
"What are you talking about Mac?" she pulls back a little and looks me in the eye. "I mean what have I been doing wrong?" She asks me.
"Nothing you're perfect." I tell her realizing that my issues with being intimate had made her feel like there was something wrong with her.
"Well then why do you never want to do… you know stuff?" She asks as she seems slightly embarrassed about the question.
"So this is about sex?" I ask trying to defer some of the conversation away from the subject of sex.
"Yes and no. It's not only sex Cassidy. We have been dating for 6 months and we haven't even really gotten to first base. Those six nights I stayed at your house in your bed you barely touched me. Even when we were asleep. That morning that I came out of the bath room in just the towel. You ran like I you were on fire. I am just worried you aren't attracted to me." She tells me.
"Oh no Mac I am. It is just I am not my brother. There are more important things in a relationships other than sex." I tell her. "I guess I am just not ready."
"That's fine Cassidy. I was just worried there was something wrong with me." She explains.
"Mac I want you to know when we are both ready then it will be perfect. I want to be with you but not until we are both ready." I tell her
"Okay." She agrees. She starts to relax a little bit but what she says next throws me for a bit. "I mean I know Veronica told me that I just needed to be patient but I was worried."
"You went to Veronica about this?" I ask kind of upset "Why would you do that Mac?" I asked her as I pulled her off the dance floor.
"I was just worried that there was something wrong with me. I thought I was doing something wrong." She tells me. Oh great she looks like she is about to cry. "I'm sorry Cassidy."
"Well you weren't, but now you are. Good luck getting laid." I yell back as I storm off.
-Cassie's Point of View-
I wonder where those two are going? I ask as I watch Cassidy and Mac walk out of the room. It looks like they are fighting. I am pulled from my thoughts as Wallace asks me "What's on your mind Superstar?"
"I am just thinking about how much fun I am having." I tell him. I found out yesterday that I am not pregnant but I haven't gotten the chance to tell him yet. Honestly I was surprised that Dick didn't come to prom after finding out the good news. But he just keeps saying that he had to think. Whatever that meant. "By the way I went to my doctor's appointment yesterday." I tell him.
"Well what did they say?" he asked as he pulled away from me a little bit "Am I going to have to break my ma's heart?"
"Nope. The doctor confirmed it yesterday and I started my period last night when I got home. So you get to live for a while longer." I tell him with a laugh.
"Oh thank god." He says letting out a long sigh that he had probably been holding since that day last week on the boat. "I mean as much as I love you Superstar I am not ready to be a father."
"Well don't worry I am not ready to be a mother yet either."
-Mac's Point of View-
I can't believe that just happened. I am standing in the middle of the lobby of the Neptune Grand in a prom dress and my boyfriend pretty much dumped me because I wanted to have sex. What the hell. I guess I better go find Cassie. And give her back this necklace then find a way home.
"Hey Cassie." I said as I approached her and Wallace. "I just wanted to make sure that this got back to Cassidy."
"Mac are you crying, what happened?" She said and let go of Wallace by this point I was full on a mess.
"I think Cassidy and I broke up." I say through sobs. "Or at least had a very large fight." I tell her as I wipe away a tear.
"Where is Cassidy?" She asks me when she realizes that her brother is nowhere to be found. "What was the fight about?"
"Can we go outside for a minute?" I ask her "it's kind of personal."
"Yeah. I will be right back Wallace." She tells him as she grabs a hold of my elbow and we make our way out the door. "What happened?"
"Well despite popular belief Cassidy is nothing like Dick." I tell her. I notice that she has a look of utter confusion on her face so I further explain. "Despite what everyone thinks Cassidy and I have never…." I trailed off.
"You mean you and Cassidy haven't had sex?" She said looking at me even more confused. "You mean at all?"
"We have kissed, made out a few times but nothing. I shouldn't be talking to you about this. Just take the necklace and go back to the dance and Wallace." I tell her as I try to walk away.
"Mac I can tell you are very upset about this. Did Cassidy hurt you?" she asks me.
"Physically no…" I tell her as I wipe away a tear. "But I am crushed to tell you the truth Cassie. I think I really fell for him. I gave him my whole heart and he ripped it into pieces." I tell her.
"Mac I am so sorry." She tells me I know she doesn't know what to say.
"Just get back in there and I will see you later. Okay?" I tell her as I walk off and up to the cab I had called.
-Cassie's Point of View-
"Is she okay?" Wallace asks me as I walk back into the ballroom. "She looked really upset."
"She is I need to find Cassidy." I tell him and give him an apology look. "I am so sorry."
"It's fine what do you need me to do?" he asks just like the supportive guy he is.
"Find Ronnie and Logan; let everyone know what's up. I am going to call home and see if Cassidy headed there." I give him a quick kiss as he walks off.
"Okay please be home Cassidy." I think to myself as I pull out my phone and call home. Three rings and Dick answered the phone. "Hello." Oh great he is a sleep.
"Dick is Cassidy there?" I ask without stopping to explain to him about anything.
"No Cassie he's not?" he said. "He's at the dance with you and Mac and everyone…." Dick cuts off his own sentence when I hear him yell at Cassidy.
"Dude what the hell are you doing here?" I hear Dick as Cassidy.
"Dick don't let him leave I am on my way home. He and I are going to have a serious talk." I hang up and rush home.
-Cassidy's Point of View-
Great Dick is still awake. Hopefully he doesn't ask too many questions because I am really not in the mood to deal with his shit tonight.
"Dude what the hell are you doing here?" Dick yells at me. Who is he on the phone with?
"Dance was a drag and Mac wasn't feeling well so we left early." I tell him. "Don't worry I didn't bug Cassie. I don't want to deal wither wrath." I tell him.
"Well it might be too late for that and I know you are lying." He tells me as I give him a look of confusion. "So let's try again. Tell me the real reason why you are home so early on prom night."
"How do you know that I am lying to you? How do you know that Mac really wasn't sick and wanted to leave early?"
"Because that was Cassie. She was looking for you and she sounded up set." He tells me as he drags me over to the couch. "So do you want to tell me what happened now or do we wait until Cassie gets here and you're by yourself because I don't know what's going on."
I take a deep breath and look at him… "Well to start off I won't need these" I tell him as I throw him back some of the condoms from the box he had given me earlier. I don't even know why I took them."
"Because you are smart and know that safe sex is best." He says.
"No I mean I don't know why I took them. I knew that Mac and I weren't going to sleep together tonight." I explain to him.
"Why not? It's prom." He says. "Oh she on the…." I don't give him a chance to finish.
"No because I didn't want our first time to be cliché. How many couples do it on prom night?" I yell at him.
"First time." He looks at me confused again. "You mean you and Mackie have never…." He doesn't finish.
"Nope. And after tonight I don't know if we ever will." I tell him as he gives me another confused look. "She thought that there was something wrong with her so she went to Veronica for advice."
In the midst of this conversation I hadn't heard the door open or close so when Cassie was yelling at me two seconds later I was a bit taken back.
"Cassidy you broke Mac's heart!" she starts. "Now you being my brother is going to save you a little bit but breaking my best friend's heart I should kill you." She tells me. "What the hell… so she went to Veronica for advice. Would you have rather had her come to me?"
"No but it's just the fact that it's personal." He tells me. " I don't get why she went to anyone."
"Because she is a girl that is confused at why her boyfriend doesn't want to do anything with her except hold her hand and barely ever kiss her for longer than a couple of minutes." She tells me. "If I would have been her I would be confused to. You are a Casablancas and Male, you know the men in our family aren't too good at keeping it in their pants."
"Cassie it doesn't mean that I have to be like Dick and dad." I tell her. "So are you saying that she was only with me for sex."
"I am not saying that you need to be like dad or Dick. And if you really think that Mac wanted you for sex that she would stick around for 6 months. Besides you know her better than that. She loves you and that you pulled tonight really hurt her." She yells. "By the way she wanted to make sure that you got this back." She says as she hands me the necklace and earrings I had sent for Mac to wear tonight.
At that moment I realize that I have messed up. I have to do something to fix this. "I have to go find Mac." I say as I start toward the door."
"I think you better wait until tomorrow. Maybe plan something special. Maybe Graduation. You know its next weekend."
"Okay I will make it up to her. I will explain everything to her." I tell her. I can't believe I have been such an idiot.
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AN: okay so obviously there are a few lines in this chapter that are used from the show, but they were perfect. There will be a couple of times in the next few chapters that will happen. But it's stuff that I needed to expand on. Thank you for reading. Be sure to Review!