Ch. 14
Alex's POV
I don't know what the hell happened. For three weeks I was spending more time with Casey than without her, now I'm lucky if I see her at work. She's been spending all her time with Olivia. I hate the idea of Olivia and Casey alone together.
I have to keep from screaming every time I see Olivia go into that office to take Casey to lunch. I use to bring Casey's lunch or take her to lunch, but everyday like clockwork Olivia beats me to the punch and shows up either with a bag or to whisk Casey off to wherever she take her. Her dark lair or what ever.
I keep trying to find any opportunity to ask Casey to hang out. Not a date even though I wish it were, but no just to hang out. One Friday I find the perfect opportunity to grow a pair and ask her if she wants to grab dinner. She accepts. Her plans clearly got cancelled. I knew it was Olivia. I hated that I was Casey's second choice, but hey it was better than nothing.
I want to know where she's been lately if it's really with Olivia or if I'm just paranoid, but I never get to the root of it. We eat dinner with our usual exchange of stories and random conversations. Usually after we hang out we go to my place, but as of late I haven't really cleaned. It's an absolute mess. So we go to her apartment. I'm anxious and excited because I've never been in Casey's apartment. Where she sleeps, where she showers. Oh god Alex calm down. It's not like anything is happening.
It's smaller than my place, but it feels cozy knowing it's Casey's. She apologizes at the heat or lack there of, and then for the mess. I tell her it's fine. I don't care about the heat or the supposed mess. None of that matters. It's Casey I care about not her apartment. We sit down to watch a movie, she lets me pick it out. I picked the first movie that caught my eye. A romantic comedy.
I don't hear a knock on the door, but I do notice when Casey gets up off the couch. She's ten feet away in her own apartment and I already miss her. I don't turn around, but listen for who it might be. It's Olivia. Olivia. What is she doing here? I was spending time with Casey. She didn't need to be here. She's been hogging Casey the past few weeks. I want her to leave and just never come back.
"you're welcome to stay and watch the movie, but I'm not kicking her out." I hear.
Take that Olivia. Casey's not kicking me out she wants me here. Wait. Did she just invite Olivia in? No this was my time with Casey. She can't just intrude like that and expect me to leave. She doesn't own Casey. In my defense Casey chose to spend her Friday night with me. Maybe Olivia was who she was suppose to spend her Friday with, but Olivia cancelled. You can't just do that cancel and then just show up unannounced and expect Casey to drop everything for her. No that's not how it works. Olivia still has her weird ways of canceling because of work then showing up hours later trying to make up. Sorry Olivia Casey's too smart for that.
Casey sits in her rightful place next to me. I scoot a little closer to her. Olivia sits on the other side. Though I would much rather her sit on her own couch at home alone so I can finish my hanging out with Casey.
"is Netflix running out of movies or something?"
I knew she just wanted to make fun of me and that was her chance. She hated romantic comedies and would always leave the room when I watched them when we were together.
"no I've never seen it. Alex said it was good."
I smiled a little still staring at the screen. There was a warm feeling in my heart Casey was not having any of Olivia's sass towards me.
Olivia asks how Casey's day was. Casey quickly shushes her.
I look over and see Olivia's head on Casey's shoulder. She's really asking for me to run her over with my car. As if Olivia trying to be Casey's friend wasn't bad enough now she's trying to be all cuddly with her. I wanna be all cuddly with Casey. She's lucky she's a cop or I would actually run her over with my car. Casey only let her in to be polite anyway.
When the movie is over I decide it's time to go. I don't want to leave Casey, but I don't want to be around Olivia anymore. I make it a point to hug Casey tightly before I leave. There's a glare exchanged between Olivia and I.
I get home and throw my self on the bed and then scream into the pillow. I hate Olivia, I hate her, hate her, hate her. She's awful. How can she just sit there and put her head on Casey like that. I want that and more with Casey. I'm almost certain Olivia knows that too she's not stupid. Now she's just trying to piss me off.
On Saturday I text Casey and ask her if she'd like to hang out. She texts me back that she's sick. When she texts me back that she isn't feeling well I immediately text her back offering to go to the drug store, or come over or anything. It's been hours since I've heard from her. I'm really considering just going over to her apartment and making sure she's okay and not passed out on the floor or something. I hope she's okay and comfortable in her bed with extra blankets and is drinking plenty of water if she's that sick. When she texts me back finally I am so relieved. I expect a text saying she was at the doctor or something like that, but she texts me back that she's fine and not to worry. I am worrying, but at least she's alive.
On Monday I don't get a call that she called in sick. Hopefully she's okay at the office since I'm not there. On Tuesday we have a trial. She shows up early and with coffees for both of us. I smile and thank her as usual. She looks like she's fine. If she hadn't I would've made her go home. Since we have trial we have a later lunch. Later than Olivia's so I get to have lunch with Casey. I missed this.
"are you feeling better?" I ask as soon as we sit down.
"yeah much. Just a headache."
And here I was thinking she had the black plague or something.
"oh. You didn't text me back I was about to go break down your door and make sure you were still breathing." I laugh off my over worrying.
"sorry I fell asleep."
I don't know why I was worrying so much.
This week is different than the past few weeks. I actually get to go to lunch with Casey more, and Olivia never even crosses the conversation. Saturday Casey and I made plans. The best way to beat Olivia to getting Casey is if I plan ahead.
I wake up early since we planned to meet at noon and I want to look good. Easier said than done I can't find anything to wear and I can't figure out what to do with my hair. Should I straighten it, leave it wavy, up, down. How would Casey like it? Finally I decide to leave my hair wavy and down. Looking in the mirror I can't help but nit pick at everything about how I look. I make a risky move and unbutton the last two buttons of my shirt. It's a little bit dangerous. Funny, I never use to think like that. Dangerous and all. Casey makes me want to be dangerous. I usually play it safe but let's face it I like the woman I'm suppose to be supervising. Playing it safe was tossed out the moment I realize I liked Casey.
It turned out to be the perfect day we headed to get something to eat. We never settled on a place so we got something from a food cart. Casey insisted I try cheese fries. I'd never tried them before. I never really ate greasy cart food.
"come on they're delicious." Casey said.
We were sitting on a park bench. I was skeptical of the food.
"this isn't even cheese." I pointed out.
"come on try it." she held one up near my mouth.
"please." she said.
I looked at the fry and her fingers. Her long slim fingers. They were hypnotizing thinking about them. I took the fry with my teeth and ate it.
Casey jumped up saying yay and dancing around. She's adorable and cute. I can't help but laugh at how cute she is.
"what?" I asked.
"I convinced you to eat greasy cart food I think I deserve an award." she said sitting back down.
Boy would I like to award her alright, not for the greasy food though, but for her cuteness.
By the end of the day I had talked Casey into going ice skating. She was so uncoordinated while skating, so I had to hold her hand. I loved holding her mitten covered hand hand. It was better the day in my apartment when she fell asleep touching my hand because I was holding her hand, but what made it even better was that she was holding my hand right back. Watching her try to skate was so cute. She had a death grip on my hand.
When she was thrown off balance I tried to hold her up from slipping, but ended up losing my balance falling right on my back. She follows still holding my hand. She falls right on top of me smacking her head on mine. Time seems to freeze around me. She's laying on top of me. I look into her green eyes. She's looking into mine. I love her weight on me. I can feel myself getting turned on just her being on me fully clothed. Swallowing that lump in my throat I want to kiss her. I start moving my head off the ice to lean up and kiss her. This is it no turning back. I'm about to do it when some asshole. Yes asshole. The devil's spawn. Skids on the ice splashing ice shavings on us.
"get a room." he laughs skating away.
Casey immediately gets off me pulling me up.
"Alex are you okay?" she asks fussing over me.
"yes."
"you hit your head. I'm so sorry."
"no I'm fine."
I'm sad actually I really thought it was going to happen. What was I thinking it never would. I bumped my head I'm surprised I wasn't hallucinating with her face morphing into a giraffe or worse Olivia yikes. That jack ass kid took me out of what could've been the best moment of my life. Maybe it was for a reason, maybe I would've ruined my friendship with Casey. It just felt so right though like she wanted it to happen too. I guess not. It was so quick, but it felt like forever.
Casey takes me home after that and gets some ice for my head. She has me sitting on the couch wrapped in a blanket. I never let people fuss over me like this before, but I let her go on giving me tylenol and putting ice on my head. I want to tell her I'm fine so I wont worry her, but I don't want her to leave.
"I am so sorry." she apologizes for the millionth time.
"it's fine Casey really. It happens." I tell her.
Her phone starts ringing.
"sorry."
She picks it up looks at it then puts it back down without replying to the message.
"you can answer it my head wont explode." I joke.
"no it's just Liv. She can wait."
HA! Take that Olivia she's with me you'll have to wait your turn which if it were my way would be never and Casey would just stay here forever. If I also had my way we would've kissed. I wonder how that kiss would've been. How amazing it would've felt. How soft her lips would've been on mine. To just have her on top of me kissing her just the two of us in that moment.
"Casey there's something I need to tell you." I say.
"what?" she looks nervous.
Oh god. She knows, she's scared. I can't. She'll be totally freaked out. Don't push it Alex.
"ummmm…" think!
"umm I feel much better, but umm I'm kind of tired."
What no now she's gonna think I wanna kick her out. No. I definitely do not want her to think I'm kicking her out.
"if you're tired you can stay I mean if you want."
"it's only 7 o'clock." she laughs a little.
"oh right, right." and I look like an idiot. Nice going Alex.
"how about I go pick up some food. Cheese fries really doesn't count as a meal anyway. I'll buy you a real meal." she says.
When she leaves I get up and run to the bathroom to make sure I look okay. I fix my hair and makeup, and my clothes. With the exception of the nasty bump on my forehead I look pretty good.
She comes back with the food. We just sit on the couch eating and talking. I love when Casey talks. Her voice is deep and beautiful. How it's raspy and sometimes it gets a little husky. It's unbelievably sexy and like music to my ears.
It's late by the time we look at the time. We've talked all night practically. Casey decides to stay. I get excited because I love her being here. I love being around Casey so much. We say goodnight and I hug her tightly. It's not the kiss and she's not coming into my bed so I can hold her, but it's something she's here with me and that's all that matters right now.