Part 7
Things seem to be going from bad to worse for me. I can't get the girl I want, my friends all think I'm insane, and to make matters worse my pain in the ass brother has decided to come to town.
And he's hitting on her. *Her*! How can I convince her he's no good for her? Tyche's probably going to kill me sometime soon. Maybe I should just let Vulcan have her. Maybe I should just kill *myself*. Then there'd be no more worries. How many times must I think I can't believe this is happening to me? I've got to stop being such an idiot about this, get off my ass and do something.
As foolish as it probably is, I can't think of anything else to do. I have to save her before Dallas kills her. That's all he wants when it comes to girls. He doesn't love her like I do, and never will.
Nobody's going to make me listen to any sort of reason. Hell, I haven't told anyone, so who's around to yell at me. I'm going to do it.
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"What's up with him?" Tori asked, frowning as she watched Cassanova hurry away.
Cathy shrugged, not sure if she was angry or scared. She had never spoken to that boy before, he'd never given any sign that he'd noticed her, not until now.
"I have no idea." She'd also spotted the guy's girlfriend looking daggers at her. How did she say politely she wasn't interested? It seemed kind of weird to her, that why, if Cassanova Redfern seemed so obsessed with her, he wouldn't come to talk to her or ask her out.
She usually kept her distance from his girlfriend Tyche and her crowd. They scared her. She was pretty certain it was something more than their good looks that gave them their popularity.
She knew that Helen was quite friendly with some of the other popular girls, maybe she could ask Helen to ask them what was going on.
She tried to think of other things the rest of the day, normal things, concentrate on her classes...but she couldn't. Her mind kept drifting, flipping from thinking about Dallas to thinking of Cassanova, and how completely *hurt* he had looked.
She shook her head in confusion. It was all too weird for her. And to make things worse, he was standing by her locker when school finished for the day. Cathy sighed. There were things she needed to get. What did she do? Walk up and demand that he stopped *staring* at her like a love sick puppy?
"What do you want?" She didn't care of she sounded rude.
"If you want to stay alive, then stay away from my brother."
Cathy wasn't sure she was hearing correctly. "Excuse me?"
Cassanova smiled without humour. "I realise how completely crazy that sounds. But I know my brother better than you do. I know what he's - done - to innocent girls like yourself."
Cathy still thought her hearing was going funny. "And you're warning me to stay away from him and protect myself." She felt sure she'd seen this scene before somewhere. She felt completely ridiculous.
"If you want to stay alive, stay away from him." He turned and walked away.
What his brother had done to innocent girls like herself... Brother. Dallas Redfern was his brother? She would never have guessed. He didn't look very dangerous. Maybe Cathy didn't *want* to be an innocent girl. Maybe there was more to her than a doormat. How could she prove that?
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Things seem to be going from bad to worse for me. I can't get the girl I want, my friends all think I'm insane, and to make matters worse my pain in the ass brother has decided to come to town.
And he's hitting on her. *Her*! How can I convince her he's no good for her? Tyche's probably going to kill me sometime soon. Maybe I should just let Vulcan have her. Maybe I should just kill *myself*. Then there'd be no more worries. How many times must I think I can't believe this is happening to me? I've got to stop being such an idiot about this, get off my ass and do something.
As foolish as it probably is, I can't think of anything else to do. I have to save her before Dallas kills her. That's all he wants when it comes to girls. He doesn't love her like I do, and never will.
Nobody's going to make me listen to any sort of reason. Hell, I haven't told anyone, so who's around to yell at me. I'm going to do it.
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"What's up with him?" Tori asked, frowning as she watched Cassanova hurry away.
Cathy shrugged, not sure if she was angry or scared. She had never spoken to that boy before, he'd never given any sign that he'd noticed her, not until now.
"I have no idea." She'd also spotted the guy's girlfriend looking daggers at her. How did she say politely she wasn't interested? It seemed kind of weird to her, that why, if Cassanova Redfern seemed so obsessed with her, he wouldn't come to talk to her or ask her out.
She usually kept her distance from his girlfriend Tyche and her crowd. They scared her. She was pretty certain it was something more than their good looks that gave them their popularity.
She knew that Helen was quite friendly with some of the other popular girls, maybe she could ask Helen to ask them what was going on.
She tried to think of other things the rest of the day, normal things, concentrate on her classes...but she couldn't. Her mind kept drifting, flipping from thinking about Dallas to thinking of Cassanova, and how completely *hurt* he had looked.
She shook her head in confusion. It was all too weird for her. And to make things worse, he was standing by her locker when school finished for the day. Cathy sighed. There were things she needed to get. What did she do? Walk up and demand that he stopped *staring* at her like a love sick puppy?
"What do you want?" She didn't care of she sounded rude.
"If you want to stay alive, then stay away from my brother."
Cathy wasn't sure she was hearing correctly. "Excuse me?"
Cassanova smiled without humour. "I realise how completely crazy that sounds. But I know my brother better than you do. I know what he's - done - to innocent girls like yourself."
Cathy still thought her hearing was going funny. "And you're warning me to stay away from him and protect myself." She felt sure she'd seen this scene before somewhere. She felt completely ridiculous.
"If you want to stay alive, stay away from him." He turned and walked away.
What his brother had done to innocent girls like herself... Brother. Dallas Redfern was his brother? She would never have guessed. He didn't look very dangerous. Maybe Cathy didn't *want* to be an innocent girl. Maybe there was more to her than a doormat. How could she prove that?
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