Sign of a bad writer: unable to continue fics.
Sign that this is a bad story: author unable to continue fic.
Sorry, sorry, I just don't know where to go from here. I wanted to end it in this chapter, but be warned that when I end something just for the sake of ending it, the ending is always really bad. So this ending would be bad. But you're a writer, most likely, just like me. Therefore if you would like to continue and/or end this fic in a way better than I can do, you can e-mail me at ojoshermososmadrid.com and we'll work something out. I'm sorry I couldn't do better… I have a lot of other fics going on at the moment, most of which are not yet posted on ffn. I hope you guys can forgive me.
And now is when the ffn rules bite me in the butt, because I'm technically unable to update with just a bunch of author notes. Therefore I have to give you a chapter. So I'm in a dilemma, see, so I'm just going to make stuff up. I hope magic happens or, well, something.
Here we go:
"Jake."
Jake looked over to Cassie when she said his name. He'd stayed behind in her barn after their meeting – everyone else had already left.
"What was that?"
"Probably like Marco said," Jake answered. "They had it rigged up so it would self-destruct or something. It was a little mini-bomb."
"That's not what I mean," Cassie said. "We had more holes in that plan than we've ever had. I'm worried about you. I don't want it to be too much."
"I'm alright," Jake assured her. "There was no way we could've known. We had everything else worked out."
Cassie shook her head, stood, and walked closer to Jake. She sat down next to him and held his hand in hers. "That's not it," she said. "We had everything worked out, yes, but it was all at the last minute. Our first meeting, you let everything slide. What if there was no way to work it out? We could've died."
Jake squeezed her hand. "I wouldn't let that happen. We will never go if we can't come out alive."
Cassie sighed, but then she looked up at him and smiled a little. "Now get some sleep," she told him. "We're not done yet."
Jake nodded. "I know, I know. We get sloppier and sloppier as time goes on. I promise to crack down more."
"And I promise to speak up if something's not right," Cassie added. "Just in case."
Jake smiled and gave Cassie a peck on the cheek. She blushed a little, but it was almost impossible to see on her dark skin, especially because there was little lighting in the barn. "It's a deal."