Ack! I forgot the disclaimer again!
Disclaimer: Not mine. Never will be. I only own Cassie.
The action I promised is coming up in the next few chapters. So stay with me. Also, please note that the comment that Cassie made to Roy under her breath in Chapter 2 was not suggesting some sort of relationship other than friendship. I am a strong Royai believer. In fact I am worshipping the sign I found at the end of my story 'Rain Drop Reflections' as I type.
Firecracker
Going Home
Chapter 5
Dinner passed rather uneventfully. The five friends used the time to catch up with each other.
After dinner, they continued to talk. They drank a few cups of coffee, tea or hot cocoa.
Several times they expressed how good it was to see each other again.
By the time they ran out of stories to tell, it was getting late.
The three guests decided it was time to leave and headed to the door. Maes and Gracia followed them. They continued to talk as they prepared to leave.
Roy grabbed the coats off of the stand, figured out whose was whose and handed them to their owner.
Cassie took her coat from Roy and put it on. Jean did the same. Roy then put on his coat after the others were out of his hands.
"It was good to see you again," Cassie said.
Behind her, Roy opened the door. The two male guests stepped out to wait just outside the door.
"You too," Gracia said as she and Cassie hugged. They pulled apart. "Don't be a stranger now."
"I won't. I don't think that Maes would accept that. Especially since I work in his division now," Cassie replied. She stepped outside with Jean and Roy.
"Bye!" the three of them said in unison as they walked down the path.
"See ya!" Gracia called.
"See ya at work tomorrow! And I'll have plenty of new pictures!" Maes called.
Roy, Jean and Cassie flinched. 'Oh no!' they all thought.
Maes and Gracia closed the door as soon as their three friends were out on the footpath outside their yard.
For 10 minutes, the group of three walked in companionable silence. Each was merely enjoying the company of each other.
After the 10 minutes they started talking about anything and everything. They also brought up old stories from when they were growing up. Most of the stories were embarrassing moments from their past. Mostly Havoc's.
Roy was the first to depart. He had to turn down some streets that weren't on the way to either Havoc's or Cassie's, so they split up. This left Jean and Cassie alone.
They continued to talk.
10 minutes after Roy split off, Havoc had to turn down some other street that wasn't on the way to Cassie's new apartment.
Jean offered to walk her home but she told him it wasn't necessary, that she only lived a few more blocks away anyway.
So, Jean said 'See ya tomorrow' and left, and Cassie was alone.
'Just like before,' she thought.
She continued to walk, feeling somewhat depressed.
"You think I'd be used to being abandoned and left alone by now," she whispered to herself.
Five minutes later she arrived at her building. She took the elevator up to her floor, the fifth, and went to her door. She opened it, walked in and turned on the lights. It was bare save for several boxes with different labels and a mattress with sheets on it.
She took off her boots and coat off and went to take a quick shower. When she came back out 10 minutes later she was ready for bed, but she wasn't tired.
She sat down on her bed and grabbed the alchemy book she was reading off of her 'nightstand', which was actually and empty, upside down box, and settled down to read some more of it.
At some stage she must've dozed off because next thing she knew, it was time to get ready for another day of work.
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