AN: I'm back ya'll! Thank you to everyone who has stuck with this story and a hello to all of the newer followers since I last updated! So I also recently became a college graduate and to celebrate I'm going to finally update!

To the guest reviewer: For the song "Cancer" that I used while writing Chapter One I listened to the version by Twenty One Pilots instead of the MCR one.

Enjoy!

Chapter Ten

The Run and Go-Twenty One Pilots

Don't wanna call you in the nighttime

Don't wanna give you all my pieces

Don't wanna hand you all my trouble

Don't wanna give you all my demons

You'll have to watch me struggle

From several rooms away

But tonight I'll need you to stay

Elain woke early the next morning. She was in the kitchen stirring milk into her black tea when Emily came through the door.

"Mornin' Elain," Emily greeted her.

"Mornin' Emily."

"Feelin' all right today?"

"Yeah I guess," Elain replied, concentrating on not burning her fingers as she took a piece of toast out of the toaster.

"You seen your brother? Or Cassidy?" Emily asked.

Elain shook her head.

"Well, let me know if you need anythin' alright?"

"Will do. Thanks Emily."

A few minutes later and Elain was back in her room, munching on her slice of buttered toast and sipping from her mug of tea, all while wondering about what she would say when she inevitably saw Cassidy again. Last night she went from cursing herself for kissing him, to being glad that she had. Before she had dozed off she finally admitted to herself that she did like him and she really wanted to kiss him again, but her being sick also interrupted that train of thought. She didn't think it would be fair to him, especially since he had no idea she was even sick. She also wasn't sure if she could do that to herself, get so close to someone and only have who knew how long left to be with them. She had just finished her last bite of toast when she heard some odd sounds coming from the other room.

~O.o~

"Hop and tell me a secret," Jesse commanded Cassidy.

"I like Justin Bieber. Shite."

"Hop and tell me the governor of Texas."

"Bloody Chuck Norris I don't know that," Cassidy said, hopping.

"Hop and tell me another secret."

"Last night I kissed Elain…shite shite shite."

Jesse's eyes narrowed at Cassidy as he said, "Box. Faster. Faster. FLY!"

Elain came into the room just as her brother told Cassidy to fly. Her mouth opened and a little scream came out when Cassidy launched himself into the wall with a loud crunch and fell back onto the hard floor.

"Shit Cass. You Okay."

"It's awesome."

"What the hell is goin' on?!" Elain yelled.

"Oh uh…" Jesse started, watching as his sister went over to Cassidy.

"I'm alright," Cassidy said, rubbing the back of his head with a wince.

Elain wasn't convinced and as Jesse helped Cassidy up she went to the freezer and pulled out a bag of frozen peas.

She went back over to Cassidy, now seated in a chair and still rubbing his head. She gently placed the frozen peas to the spot on the back of his head and tried to ignore the appreciative grin he was giving her.

"Now will someone please tell me why Cass was doing everything you told him to?" Elain looked at Jesse, hands on her hips.

"I'm not sure. It's some sort of power. I use this voice and people do whatever I tell them," Jesse said.

"Okay. Try it on me," Elain said.

"What? No."

"So you can use it on Cass, but not on me? Go ahead. Tell me to do something."

Jesse sighed but knew she wouldn't relent until he tried it on her. "Take your hands off your hips."

She did. Her face showing her shock. She'd had no control whatsoever over what she'd just done and yet, she'd done it. Felt the familiar movements.

"Tell me the truth. Did Cassidy kiss you?" Jesse asked.

"I kissed him." She gasped and slapped her hand over her mouth.

"Tell me why," Jesse said, seeing how flushed her face had grown because of his question.

She removed her hand as she answered, "Because I like him." Her face flushed and she slapped her hand back over her mouth.

Cassidy was grinning and she wished Jesse would use that power and tell her to leave the room.

"Tell me why you like him."

She wanted to fight it but no such luck as she blurted, "Because he makes me laugh and he's cute and he's sweet and I don't know, I just do!"

"Keep telling the truth. Do you want to kiss him again?"

Dear God, please don't make me answer she thought, but it was no help. "Yes. And more."

Her face was hot from her blushing and her eyes went wide when Jesse turned to Cassidy and punched him in the face so hard that Cassidy toppled from his chair and to the floor.

"Jesse!" Elain cried out.

Her brother was about to land another blow when she grabbed his arm and used the momentum of his swing to pull him out of his chair and to the floor, making him land on his stomach. She pulled the arm she had a hold of behind his back while grabbing for his other arm. "Stop it Jesse! It's not his fault!"

Jesse could have easily flipped her over to give him the advantage, but he refrained. He was actually glad she'd had enough force left in her to do what she had just done. "I'm not apologizin'."

"Fine, but you're not gonna' hit him again. Promise." She twisted the arm he'd used to punch Cassidy.

Jesse groaned, "I promise."

Elain released her brother and watched as he stood and dusted off his suit. "I had to. It's the principle of the matter."

Elain rolled her eyes at her brother's explanation and changed the subject. "So, how exactly did you get this power?"

"Good question," Cassidy said, smiling a little too widely at Elain for her liking at the moment.

Her face flushed again as she looked away from him and took a seat, listening to Cassidy as he paced the room and pondered out loud the possibilities of where Jesse's power came from. He was holding the bag of peas over his cheek now, which was starting to bruise. She was honestly worried for Jesse, especially as he described what it felt like. She agreed with Cassidy when he said that it didn't have to be a curse, but she didn't like the way he said it or the "possibilities" he was getting at.

"Well, I'm late," Jesse said, getting up. Before he left the room he turned back to where Elain and Cassidy were sitting next to one another. "No more kissin' my sister." He stared at the two of them a moment longer before leaving. When he was gone Elain and Cassidy burst into laughter.

"Well, I guess he told you. Kissing on old vampires and what not."

Elain gently shoved him. "Very funny Cass. I don't think he's joking."

"So what about this you want to kiss me an' more thing, huh?" He grinned at her. "Let's focus on the more part shall we."

She shook her head and wished she could stop from blushing. "It doesn't matter Cass, what I said is still true, we can't be anything."

"Can I ask why when you clearly have feelings for me?"

"Do you have feelings for me?" she asked, her heart rate speeding up. Perhaps this wasn't a question she should ask, but she wanted to know.

Cassidy reached up and twirled a bit of her brown hair around his finger, smiling when he saw her blush intensify. "That I do."

He moved his hand to her cheek and leaned in to kiss her but Elain jumped out of her seat. "Like I said Cass, this isn't gonna' happen."

"So you like me, but what? I'm not good enough for you?" Cassidy's smile was completely gone now.

"Did I say that? No. It's just…it's complicated."

"Oh, is it now? Well why don't you explain it to me?"

"I…" She didn't know why she didn't want to tell him that she was sick. Maybe she didn't want him to pity her or start coddling her like Jesse did. Maybe she was afraid that if he knew he wouldn't want her anymore.

Cassidy sighed and looked away. "Yeah, like I thought."

~O.O~

Cassidy told himself that he shouldn't have been surprised that Elain didn't want to be with him. She'd made that clear the other night, but he got his hopes up after Jesse's power forced her to tell the truth. After talking to her about it it was clearer than ever that she didn't truly want him. He wanted more with Elain, but he was going to respect her choice and not force anything. He was still going to stay and help out Jesse and maybe, just maybe, Elain would change her mind.

He entered Toadvine and found a girl that was the exact opposite of Elain. The money the angels had given him was spent on substances that were quickly going to make Elain the furthest thing from his mind, which was exactly what he needed.

~O.O~

"I don't know Tulip," Elain said. "You really need me to go to Toadvine with you?"

Tulip was sitting on the couch with her. "Come on. They're having a wake for Lacey. You guys knew each other right?"

"No, not really."

Tulip sighed. "Okay, so maybe there'll be some poker games tonight and it's the perfect time to take all the money those assholes have."

Elain shrugged.

"What's botherin' you Elain? Somethin' is. I can sense it." Tulip reached out and wrapped an arm around Elain. "You feelin' alright?"

Elain looked at Tulip and sighed, deciding she would like to talk to her about Cassidy. "It's Cassidy."

"Cassidy? That weird guy that lives in your attic? Wears a poncho and one of them Asian sun hats to town?"

"Yeah, that would be him."

"What about him?"

"Well…"

"You like him don't you?" Tulip grinned. "Wow. Of all the fellas that Elain Custer could fall for."

Elain grinned back. "I can't help it. Every time I'm around him I get butterflies in my stomach and I just wanna' sit on his lap and make out with his stupid face."

Tulip let go of Elain and damn near howled with laughter.

"It's not funny! It's true okay!?"

"Okay, okay," Tulip composed herself, but there was still a wide grin on her face. "So why has that got you down?"

"He doesn't know I'm sick."

"Ah. And you don't want him to know."

"I don't want to put someone through that."

"Elain Custer," Tulip put her hands on each of Elain's shoulders to make sure she was looking right at her. "You are sick, but that doesn't mean you should stop living. You like Cassidy. Does he like you?"

"He says he does."

"Well then, all that's left to do is go find him and make out with his stupid face."

"It's not that simple."

"No, it is definitely that simple. Cassidy's a grown man and if he can't handle you bein' sick, that's on him."

"But-"

"No buts. You like him. You want to be with him and if he doesn't want you after findin' out that you're sick, well that's his problem. You can't let something hold you back because of a bunch of what ifs. That's no way to live."

Elain got up from the couch before she could change her mind. "You're right. I've been talking myself out of this from the beginning and I've already hurt Cass once. I'm going to go to town and see if I can find him."

"Great!" Tulip said, standing up next to her. "But how about you look for him after we clean up at Toadvine."

~O.O~

Elain had given in and rode with Tulip to Toadvine. The place kind of made her uncomfortable and if Jesse found out she'd been here..." Tulip had been wrong, there were no poker games that night. Instead Tulip was angered even more by people's reactions to Lacey's death. After everyone cleared out from downstairs Tulip and Elain were going to stay and wait for the tea they'd been offered.

Elain could tell Tulip was still mad about Clive's words and when Tulip grabbed the baton from the coffee table and headed upstairs Elain went after her.

"Stop Tulip!" but her words didn't do anything as Tulip burst into the room, Elain right behind her.

Elain recognized his hair immediately, but yelling out to Tulip did no good and she was too slow to take the baton away before Tulip wacked a half-naked Cassidy several times. Elain yelled out his name as he crashed through the window. She ran over to it with Tulip to see him laying with a piece of glass imbedded in his neck. They looked to see Clive and one of the other girls standing in the doorway.

Tulip and the girl Cassidy had been having sex with were freaking out. Elain knew he was a vampire and that he would be fine, but she couldn't exactly tell them that so she went along with them. Tulip sat in the front seat while Elain held Cassidy in the back seat, his head in her lap. Tulip was apologizing profusely, twisted around in her seat to look at a bleeding and mumbling Cassidy. Her eyes went to Elain's and she started apologizing again.

Elain looked down to Cassidy. "You'll be fine right?"

Cassidy just smiled. "Well if I knew all I had to do to get close to you was fall out of a window I'd have done it days ago."

Elain chuckled quietly as Tulip yelled at the girl to drive faster.

"You know, there's no telling. I might not make it this time. Kiss me?"

Although she knew he was joking, she didn't hesitate and pressed her lips to his. The way Cassidy looked at her afterwards had her a bit worried though. She'd seen him heal impossible injuries before, but she didn't know what could actually kill him or not. "You sure you're gonna' be okay?"

At the hospital she was sitting next to him while Tulip was yelling at the nurse at the desk. When he got up and started walking towards a door she followed him. She followed him through a door and down a hallway and when he opened another door she saw what he was after. Blood. She lurched past him and opened one of the doors, grabbing a bag and handing it to him. She sank down to the floor with him as he gobbled down the blood. She reached up and grabbed a few more bags for him, but had to look away when he pulled the glass out of his neck. When she looked back the spot where the shard had been was already healed. She panicked a bit when the door opened and Tulip stood there, not knowing what Tulip would think or how she would react. Tulip was looking between the two of them and at the empty blood bags. "I think I'm gonna' make it," Cassidy told a shocked Tulip, a blood bag in one hand while his other arm wrapped around Elain.