Connor's POV

I was sitting at the bar next to Cassidy still letting the silence blanket out night. I was pissed and uncomfortable by the fact that this guy Kyle came over and was clearly hitting on her and she just egged it on by flirting back. It was necessarily my place to be jealous or tell her what to do, but I was feeling weird by the whole situation. I downed half of my beer and continued to listen the to low hum of the rest of the bar. My concentration and lack of noise was son interrupted by Cassidy turning to me and speaking.

"What the hell is your problem Connor?" She demanded and I was caught of guard by her question. I growled low in my throat and continued to not focus on her, "What a great first date" She mumbled but I heard her loud and clear and I immediately felt terrible. When I went to actually say something to Cassidy I saw that Kyle was back and flirting with her. I glared and tried to listen in on their conversation.

"Ya know I had an aunt named Cassidy, but everyone called her Sadie" Kyle smiled and it made me sick that he was even saying the name Sadie around Cassidy.

"My mother used to call me that, I haven't let anyone call me that since she died, never found anyone special enough to allow them the privilege" Cassidy shrugged and I gritted my teeth, so that's why she didn't like it when I called her that, but I wasn't about to stop.

"Well, I'm sure you'll find someone eventually" Kyle smiled at her and I had to stop a growl from escaping my lips.

"Yea" Cassidy looked down at he bottle of beer and I thought for a second she was going to tell him to leave because she was here with someone, but she just continued to look at her bottle until he spoke again.

"Why don't ya leave your brother here and come join me and my friends?" Kyle suggested and Cassidy glanced in my direction, but before she could really get a look at me I was already stomping over to Kyle and glaring into his eyes.

"Ya best be gettin' back ta ya friends" I demanded and he tried to intimidate me with his body weight. I leaned in closer and narrowed my eyes.

"Better call off your pet" Kyle looked around me and nodded to Cassidy.

"Connor, back off" Cassidy grabbed onto my arm and tried to pull me back but I stood my ground and continued to glare at Kyle.

"You better listen to your sister" He nodded in Cassidy's direction and it just pissed me off more.

"He's not my brother, asshole, he's with me" Cassidy stood up and tried to step in and defend herself but I stuck my arm out and pressed her back.

"I tink you 'nd I need ta step outside 'nd 'ave a lil chat" I suggested and Kyle got closer up into my face and I clenched my fists ready to strike if need be.

"Connor, stop this" Cassidy tried again to stop me from giving this man a lesson in private property.

"'Ey you get outta my bar" Doc interrupted everything and pointed at Kyle, "You 'nd ya friends out!" He demanded and Kyle looked from me to Doc obviously angry that I wasn't being kicked out as well. Once Kyle and his friends had left I sat back down on my stool and silence fell over us again. It was awkward after the confrontation with Kyle, I didn't really know what to say to Cassidy after all of that. I was sitting there taking drinks of my beer every so often when Cassidy suddenly got up and walked out of the bar after she finished her drink. I groaned to myself and stood up quickly threw a twenty dollar bill on the counter and raced out of the bar after her.

Cassidy's POV

I had finished by beer quickly and left the bar, I was determined to just leave Connor there and drive home. He was being so childish and so evasive and it was pissing me off, if he was going to be like this then I was going to leave his happy ass there. I was storming towards my car when I felt a hand close around my arm, I immediately stopped and confronted my assailant. I had to admit that I wasn't all that surprised to see that it was Connor standing there when I turned around.

"What do you want?" I growled.

"Where are you going?" He asked confused.

"Home" I said and tried to turn back towards my car, but Connor kept holding on to my arm so I couldn't move.

"Why?" He asked and I scoffed, he actually had to ask this, I was appalled.

"Connor, you made a scene in there for nor reason, why do you have to mark your territory, I was just being nice, honestly this night was a disaster, hopefully Mel and Murph' had a better night than us" I ripped my arm away from Connor and stood there rubbing my arm.

"Is that what you want, a man that cleans up and takes you to a nice dinner?" Connor asked and I could tell that he was hurt a little bit by the discussion.

"No" I paused and Connor looked up at me, "I want you, a rustic, exotic, hardass, but I don't want you freaking out every time I talk to another guy, I flirt, and you will just have to get over that" I explained and Connor was watching me sort of confused.

"Yea" Connor said and I smiled up at him.

"I think that maybe we should go back to my place and have some drinks, what do you think?" I asked and gave Connor some flirty eyes, trying to show him that it wasn't just other guys I could flirt with.

"Yea" He nodded and smirked at me wildly, and I had a sneaking suspicion that this could possibly be saved. I smiled to myself as we walked to my car, oh how things could change from one extreme to the next.

Melanie's POV

Murphy and I had finished our dinner and was just sitting there drinking some wine enjoying the nice restaurant.

"I really am glad we got to do this" I smiled and looked across the table to look into Murphy's eyes, I could tell that he was fully relaxed and he was loving this moment just as much as I was.

"It was nice" Murphy smiled slightly at me and I felt warm from the tips of my toes all the way to the top of my head. I wasn't sure if it was the wine, Murphy, or the fact that I felt amazing in this dress I was wearing, but I leaned forward and whispered over to Murphy.

"You wanna go back to my place and get in the hot tub?" I asked and Murphy looked up and met my gaze and lifted an eyebrow suggestively. I usually wasn't this straight forward, but just like the time I had first kissed Murphy, I seemed to be channeling my best impression of Cassidy.

"Sure" Murphy took the napkin off of his lap and started to get up, I hurriedly grabbed my credit card out of the black book that our waiter had dropped off and we headed out the door. We waited down the street on the sidewalk for the bus to come and pick us up, I didn't mind riding the bus just as long as I was with Murphy, but it was a little different for me. The bus finally arrived and we boarded and went straight to the back of the bus, I hoped Murphy knew where to get off because I had no clue how the buses really worked and that one even went by our house. As we waited fort he bus to near our stop I grabbed hold of Murphy's hand and held it in mine before resting my head on his shoulder and enjoying the close proximity.

Cassidy's POV

Connor and I had arrived at the house and I opened the front door and Connor walked into the foyer and stared at the interior as I walked into the kitchen and set down my purse and such.

"Like it?" I asked breaking his concentration.

"I shoulda known it's be dis great, ya guest 'ouse was nice" He smirked and I shook my head. I had forgot that he had gone into the guest house, after all he had killed one of my uncles there.

"Yea" I held onto and rubbed my hands at the awkward situation.

"So drinks?" Connor asked and I immediately remembered why I had asked him over here in the first place. I walked back into the kitchen and grabbed the liquor cabinet key.

"Here, I'll go get the glasses, pick out whatever you'd like" I dropped the key into Connor's hand and then walked back into the kitchen to search for some crystal glasses. When I walked back out Connor was holding a prized bottle of whiskey in one hand and in the other he was holding my gun.

"I jus' 'ave one question, why is ya gun in da liquor cabinet?" He asked a small smiled tugging at the corner of his lip.

"Oh, well Melanie thought that I shouldn't take it dress shopping, figured no one would find it there" I scratched the back of my head a little embarrassed about the whole thing.

"Dress shoppin'" Connor raised an eyebrow and I could feel the heat rise to my cheeks, damnit Connor stop being so intriguing.

"She wanted a new dress for her date tonight" I explained and walked over to grab my gun and walked past him into the living room.

"I see" He voice trailed off and suddenly he was right behind me with the whiskey, he opened the bottle and poured some into the glasses that I had set on the coffee table.

"What are you implying Connor?" I asked glaring at him with a small shake of my head.

"Nothin'" He shrugged and plopped down on the couch making himself at home.

"Mmhmm" I continued to star at him but cocked my eyebrow up trying to get him to speak my mind.

"Dis new?" He asked tugging on my dress and I fell down onto the couch next to him. I straightened my dress and sat back properly on the couch and crossed my legs.

"Maybe" I continued to straighten the bottom half of my dress.

"Cassidy, ya a terrible liar" Connor smirked and I finally looked at him.

"Fine, it's new, it looked nice, it's not like I bought it for you or anything" I rambled on. In actuality I hadn't bought it for him, it really did look nice on me and that's why I bought it, but when Connor called I knew just what I was going to wear tonight.

"Mmhmm" This time it was Connor's turn not to believe me.

"Shut up and drink your whiskey" I poured a little more into his bottle and he continued to smirk at me, "And wipe that smirk off your face" I playfully smacked him in the arm. Connor immediately stopped smirking and took a drink of his whiskey, I laughed to myself at the fact that he had actually listened to me for once and took a drink out of my own glass.

"Dis is really good whiskey" Connor finally broke the silence that had fallen over us, I turned and nodded as I finished what was left in my glass and poured myself another. Between the beer I had, had at the bar and the two or three glasses of whiskey I had since we arrived at the house I was feeling a tad bit toasty.

"Cassidy ya really did look good tanight" Connor said and I looked over at him and I could tell that he was being genuine, it wasn't like before when he wrinkled up his nose in confusion.

"Thank you" I smiled and leaned in to give him a small peck on the lips, but as soon as my lips touched his he dove in and deepened the kiss. When we finally broke apart I leaned back towards him after setting my glass down and whispered in his ear.

"You can call me Sadie" I smiled slightly and Connor pulled me back to get a clear look at my face, his expression was a cross between shock and curiosity, but he didn't say anything he just brought me closer to him and kissed me one more time. We were soon entwined with each others bodies, and at one point I could tell where I began and Connor stopped, our kisses were hot and impatient as we relied on each other for guidance into the crazy world that we had delved into. Connor brushed his tongue across my bottom lip and I granted him access to my mouth. As he expertly navigated his tongue against mine I found myself thinking about whether or not he had practiced his talents on other girls, jealousy flared in the back of my mind and I tried my best to shut it down. Connor was doing strange things to me, he was breaking down my walls that I had built back up, and he was distracting me from my real line of work, but it was hard for my mind to complain when my body kept telling me to go farther. The next thing I knew I was pulling Connor up off the couch and grabbing his hand before leading him up the stairs and into my room. I opened the door and stepped in pulling Connor in with me and quickly closed the door before Connor shoved me up against it and resumed our kissing. We finally broke apart and Connor inspected my room with fresh eyes.

"'nd ya thought my apartment was bad" Connor scoffed and I turned to glare at him with my hands on my hips.

"Hey, my father had an interior designer decorate this room" I stared at him and he threw his arms up in the air.

"Honey I don' care if the pope decorated dis room, it don' suit ya" He smirked before picking me up bridal style and tossing me on my own bed, "Bed's nice though, gotta give ya dat" He smiled wildly before leaning down to kiss me.

A/N: So here it is 28, sorry it took me longer than normal to post today, didn't get this one done last night. Hope you enjoy! Song for this chapter shall be Animals by: Nickelback. Thanks McBrideReedusLover and Sissymac for your review! And a very big thank you goes out to Majix for the lovely PM you sent today! Wanna be mentioned R&R Please!