Melanie's POV
"Murphy, say something, you are starting to scare me" Murphy continued to sit there shocked not really showing any other emotions or movement.
"He wouldn't hurt her would her, Murphy, fucking look at me" I yelled and I finally go Murphy's attention. It was like he had drifted off into a strange world where my voice had vanished into the background, because he looked around confused after I snapped him out of it.
"I'm sorry, did ya jus' say Cassidy is pregnant?" Murphy questioned and I groaned very audibly.
"You weren't listening were you, typical man to tune out after the word pregnant" I scoffed and Murphy looked up at me surprised, "She was pregnant, the bullet made her miscarry" I explained once again and Murphy nodded to himself.
"Maybe we should go check on 'em, I'm not really sure what my brudder would do wit dat news" Murphy stood up and grabbed my hand before walking out of the house.
Connor's POV
Cassidy was still sleeping peacefully and I decided to get up and grab a glass of water, I was slightly concerned that she had been asleep for so long and hadn't really moved, but I assumed that she needed the sleep.
"Connor?" I heard Cassidy croak out in a sleepy voice and I turned around to see her eyes flutter open.
"I'm right 'ere" I said taking a step towards her with my glass of water in my hand, "Ya want some water?" I asked and she nodded slightly. I walked over and helped her sit up before handing her the glass of water.
"Thanks" She smiled and handed the glass back to me.
"Ya sleep good?" I asked and once again she nodded, she wasn't very talkative and it was starting to concern me, "Everyting ok?" I asked and Cassidy just looked up at me confused.
"Yea" She smiled softly and started to get up but was stopped by the immense pain that was caused by the bullet wound.
"Want some 'elp?" I asked.
"No, I'm fine" She grumbled and I couldn't help but laugh to myself at her determination.
"Something funny MacManus" She scowled at me and it only made me laugh harder.
"Nope" I shook my head and tried to hide my smile.
"That's what I thought" She smirked and tried her best to stretch without pulling out the stitches on her side. The happy mood that had fallen over the room was soon stopped by the look I saw on Cassidy's face.
"Is this really happening right now, did I get shot, miscarry, and everything is ok, I feel like all of this" She pointed from me to her, "Can't be real" She looked genuinely conflicted by everything that was going on.
"Sadie" I began and she looked at me and I thought she was going to burst into tears, "What's wrong, is it someting I said?" I questioned confused and took a step towards her.
"Nothing" She took a deep breath and then composed herself again, "It all happened, time to move on" She buried whatever she had previously felt and put on a brave face.
"Ya don' 'ave ta do dat" I stated and she shifted her gaze onto me and she looked offended.
"It's what I do, you don't like it then you can fuck off" And finally Cassidy was back to her normal self, at least the normal hard exterior self.
"Well dere's always dat option" I smirked and Cassidy slightly laughed and sneered at me.
"Maybe some other time" She acted like I was just some common guy and waved her hand in the air and started for the door.
"How 'bout now" I whispered in her ear before gently pushing her back on the wall behind the door and kissing her roughly, I tried to control my hands from dropping to her waist so that I didn't cause her any pain, but it was a losing battle. She whimpered in pain into the kiss and when I tried to pull back and stop she grabbed onto my shirt and pulled me closer to her. I was surprised when Cassidy deepened the kiss by trailing her tongue against my lips and I immediately parted my own to allow her access. Out of nowhere I was pushed up against Cassidy by a force from behind me and I used my hands the keep from completely crushing Cassidy. She looked up at me shocked and we both looked behind me to see Murphy and Melanie walking through the door.
"Talk about a mood kill" I grumbled to Cassidy before planting one last kiss on her lips and turning to face my brother and his girlfriend.
"So what brings ya two 'ere on dis lovely day?" I asked sarcastically while glaring at my brother hoping he would get the idea.
"We just wanted to make sure you hadn't killed Cassidy" Melanie spoke up and the words that came out of her mouth immediately pissed me off. I went to step forward and say something arrogant and insulting, but Cassidy placed her hand on my shoulder and stepped in front of me.
"As you can see, I'm fully alive and well, no need to worry" She tilted her head slightly as she spoke to Melanie motioning for her to move over to the corner of the room so they could talk. As soon as Cassidy and Melanie were talking Murphy walked over to me and cleared his throat.
"So, everyting is fine?" He asked eyeing me suspiciously.
"Yea" I looked at him confused trying to figure out why he was acting so strangely, "Ya know don' ya?" I asked and Murphy immediately stiffened and pretended not to know anything.
"Know what?" He asked and I growled to myself.
"Ya can't lie ta me Murph', ya know 'bout Cass don' ya?" I asked and he nodded.
"Ya ok wit dat?" Murphy tilted his head and watched me carefully, I figured he was making sure that he hadn't pissed me off.
"Oh now ya 're gonna play the timid brudder, what 'appened to da badass dat told me ta get my shit togeder earlier?" I retorted and Murphy just shrugged.
"Checked out for a bit" We both smiled at his remark and I figured the earlier conversation had been lost, "So ya glad not ta be a da?" Murphy asked and I hadn't actually processed it that much and when I actually thought about it, I was glad that all of this happened. I may not want a little snot gobbler now, but maybe someday.
"Ya could say dat" I hit Murphy in the shoulder and we returned to our ladies.
Cassidy's POV
"Talk about a major cock block" I groaned at Melanie and her eyes got wide.
"Cassidy Morelli!" She said shocked.
"Yes mother" I rolled my eyes and then we both laughed.
"So you told him?" She asked and I glanced over my shoulder to see Connor and Murphy talking, so I could talk confidently with my cousin.
"Yea, and he surprisingly took it really well, at first I thought he was mad about me being here and such, but then he softened up" I paused and glanced over my shoulder again. When I turned back to Melanie I leaned in to talk to her just in case Connor could over hear, "He told me he thinks that he would want to have a family with me at some point" I shook my head after I spoke, "Clearly he doesn't know who I am" I laughed to myself, but Melanie was staring at in astonishment.
"Cassidy, that was a really guy-like way of saying he loves you" She silently squealed and jumped up and down.
"No, we are nowhere near that, you and Murphy are much more compatible and it makes sense that you guys would say it when you did, I'm not even sure that those words even exist in Connor's vocabulary" I scoffed.
"What words don' exist in my vocabulary?" Connor asked walking up behind me and I immediately froze and tried to think of some lie, but I was at a loss for words. Melanie looked just as terrified as he looked from my face to Connor's, but she was no help at all.
"None, you are a man of all words" I shoved him back away from me, not feeling comfortable with him that close to me when his brother and Melanie were in the room. Neither of us were really accustomed to an audience like Melanie and Murphy were, I couldn't decide if I was envious of that or not. I looked back at Connor and he gave me look that meant we were going to talk about that later and I sighed to myself. Leave it to Connor to always see through my lies, well not all of them.
Melanie's POV
We all awkwardly stood in the apartment just looking at each other not knowing what to say. I knew Cassidy was and that we had interrupted her and Connor, but in my opinion, she didn't need to be doing that after miscarrying and being shot, both should have been a lesson for her to stay away from Connor. The fact that she was still drawn to him showed just how much she cared for him. I glanced over at Murphy and cleared my throat trying to give him the signal that maybe we should leave.
"I tink Mel 'nd I 're gonna go down ta McGinty's, ya can join if ya'd like" He offered and I could see Cassidy's eyes light up. Although my plan was to give them some more privacy I knew Cassidy really needed to get out after being in the hospital for so long.
"I'm coming" Cassidy announced with no regard to what Connor wanted to do. Murphy headed for the door and held it open as Cassidy and I walked out, as we walked down the stairs I looked to Cassidy and decided to pick up our conversation.
"So what else happened when you were here?" I asked.
"We talked a bit, and then I took a few hour nap" She explained and I could see a hint of pink rise in her cheeks.
"You're blushing, why are you blushing?" I pointed out getting really excited.
"It was nice, that's all" She confessed and I could see it in her eyes that she was much closer to Connor after everything that happened, I just wished that both of them could see just how perfect they were for each other.
"Mmhmm" I nodded my head and left it at that.
"Come on slow poke" Cassidy yelled up to Murphy, but was shocked when she saw Connor coming down the stairs, "So you decided to come, oh joy" She smirked and Connor narrowed his eyes at her.
"Keep it up and I'll give ya wound ta match on de udder side" Connor poked Cassidy in the side and she raced down the rest of the stairs to get away from him. It was so odd seeing Cassidy act like this, I had never seen her act like she did with Connor with any of her previous boyfriends and I liked seeing this side of her, I just hoped that when she went back to work she didn't let business interfere with play. Cassidy was the first to walk out of the building and I was shocked when she immediately slammed the door and I was unable to budge it. I leaned my head up against the door and tried to listen to what she was saying.
Cassidy' POV
As soon as I stepped out of the door to the apartment building I noticed a familiar face, Bruce, one of our tough guys walking towards the building.
"Bruce, what brings you here?" I asked and he stopped and crossed his arms across his chest and looked at me.
"I could ask you the same thing Miss Morelli, not a safe place to be after just being shot a few days ago" Bruce responded and I immediately drummed up a lie in my head and tried to raise my voice so Melanie would get the hint.
"Oh, Melanie and I were just visiting a friend that lives in the building" I explained and turned to open the door. Melanie stumbled out and looked at me shocked as I glanced up at Connor quickly trying to tell him with my eyes that he needed to get out of there.
"Those sure are a lot of stairs" Melanie pretended to be out of breath.
"So Bruce, you never answered my question" I pressed on and Bruce finally uncrossed his arms and looked at me with a softer expression on his face.
"Lead on the Saints, they are supposed to live in this building, so watch yourselves Miss Morelli and Miss O'Donnell" Bruce nodded his head to us and proceeded into the building, I just prayed that Connor got my silent message and had gone anywhere but back tot heir apartment.
"So what do we do know, how do we know if they are ok or not?" Melanie asked and I could see the worry on her face and hear the panic in her voice. Although I didn't show it on the outside I was mimicking her concerns internally and I prayed that the boys got out all right.
"Head to the bar like we planned, hopefully they will get the hint and meet us there" I nodded to myself to make the plan final and Melanie and I made our way down the street to McGinty's.
A/N: So I hate to say it, but this will most likely be the last update until the 29th of April, I know sad! But I have finals coming up and I really need to focus, I'm surprised that I have made it this far with this story while college is happening. Please bare with me and don't give up on the story, there is a lot more in store for the four of our friends, just give me time. There may be an occasional update, but I don't want to promise anything. Hope you enjoy this chapter, sorry about the sort of cliffhanger. Thanks McBrideReedusLover, Sissymac, and purenonsense for the reviews! Wanna be mentioned R&R Please!