CHAPTER FOUR –

Cassie's P.O.V

"Cassandra Hunter" a voice said. Shit, it's Peter. Three days had past since my encounter with Louis, I couldn't stop thinking about him. I mean it was strange because he wasn't really my type.Maybe that why I like so much.I would normally go for the tough skater kid, the one that had piercings and tattoos and would smoke along with me, like Oliver for instance. Even though I knew I should be really pissed off for what he did but I couldn't.

"Cassie wake up!" Matilda said nudging me in the ribs. "Go, Peter's calling you"

"Right Peter… right" I said and walked to the tiny office. It was smaller compared to the others; it had a single desk which was filled with papers and files probably about all the patients, three chairs and a single window in which you could see the lake. His walls were filled with diplomas and mentions and some pictures of what I guessed was his family.

"Sit" Peter ordered pointing at a chair. I did what I was asked and placed my hands over my now crossed legs. There was a moment of awkward silence where he shuffled through the papers, apparently looking for something.

"So Cassie" he finally said looking up at me. "I've heard that you've been making a lot of progress in past few days". His eyes were so gentle yet there was something intimidating in them.

"Well it seems that the only way to get the f-" I cut off. "To get out of here is actually going by the rules. So I've decide to give it a try"

Peter laughed, finally giving me a nasty smirk. "Very good. Did you figure that out by yourself?"

"Surprisingly yes" I said cooly returning the same nasty smirk. His face went cold, he cleared his throat and continued speaking as if that had never happened.

"I called you here because I think that in a week's time you'll probably be out of here". I opened my eyes in shock, I wasn't suppose to leave for another two weeks. It was very suspicious, oh come on you're getting out of here Cassie! "All you need to do is behave. Can you do that or is that too hard for you?"

"I think I can manage Dr. P" I replied. "Is that all?" I asked innocently.

Peter looked at me, there was something more but whatever it was he wasn't going to tell me.

"No, you may go back to Ms. Gold" he said nodding to the door. I got up and left the room, still thinking about what had just happened.

Matilda was on the far side of the room talking to some guy, she was twirling her hair in her hand and giggling stupidly which meant she was flirting with him, I smiled and kept on going until I reached my room but it was already opened. Someone had gone in or worse, someone was in there. Walking more slowly I peered in… a guy was sitting on my bed looking through my diary. But this wasn't some random guy. His short blonde hair and tattooed arms were familiar, he looked up as I stared at him through the doorway not wanting to believe my eyes.

"Hey there sweet cheeks" he gave me a twisted smile.

"Oliver" I breathed. I was stunned, shocked, surprise. Tell me this is a joke, tell me this is a fucking joke."Wh-? How did-?" I couldn't speak.

"Well I always knew how to leave you speechless" he said, with the twisted smile still on his face and winked, looking at me up and down. "Damn, you're still hot"

"OLIVER. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE?" I practically shouted. "HOW DID YOU GET IN?"

Oliver got up and walked up to me, I gave a step back as his face passed through my neck. "And you still smell so good". He grabbed me from the back and kissed me, I tried to push him off but he was too strong.

"Get off her you cheating son of a bitch" Emily's voice said. Oliver let go of me and started laughing.

"Fuck off sis" he said.

"No, you fuck off Oliver. I told you to stay in the fucking car" her voice was tense, and with one fierce look Oliver let go of me and pushed me on the wall.

"I'll be back for you Cassie, remember" he whispered and walked away.

Emily was looking at me with a 'I'm so sorry look' on her face. I walked shaking to my bed and started crying. She sat beside me and hugged me hard leaving me to cry onto her chest.

After I had calmed down, she explained that Oliver had followed her there after she had accidentally let slip where I was. I lied saying that it was ok and whatever. It was really good to have her close again. She was the only one that truly understood me. I told her about Louis' visit and how awkwardly sweet he was to me.

"I heard he left his fiancee a couple of days ago" she told me. "Jess was a wreck, poor thing but she's over it now. I think she's going out with AJ". Em looked at me, "He's a good guy Cassie, I know him. You should trust him"

"I'll try. It's not easy you kn-" I stopped. There was some screaming going on from outside. Elizabeth knocked on my door.

"Cassie, come with me" she said. "NOW!"

We ran as fast as we could, the screaming getting louder. In the entrance there was some fitting going on. Before Emily or Elizabeth could stop me I was running at the two guys. Oliver and Louis were beating each other, punching every bit of there opponent they could reach. Louis was losing big time.

"STOP IT. STOP IT" I yelled.

Louis P.O.V

I parked my car and looked at the rearview mirror fixing my hair. It had been three days since the lovely afternoon Cassie and I had spent so I thought it would be nice to and visit her today but my eye caught sight of a Emily's car and a guy sitting in the back.

He was looking everywhere impatiently and finally got off, it was Oliver. He and I use to be good friends at school but he had this crazy look in his eye that scared me a little so I didn't even bother to say hi to him and watched him go inside. I followed almost immediately.

It was scary the way he was holding her against the wall and then he kissed her. My heart sank, I felt cold hands on my shoulder. Emiliy.

"Louis are you doing h-?" she began asking but once she saw what was going on she ran. "Get off her you cheating son of a bitch" Emily said sharply.

Oliver let go of Cassie and saw him leave them. I followed him to the entrance, anger swelling in my insides. Once we were outside I grabbed his shoulder from behind, turned him around and felt my fist against his jawline. He shouted in surprise and fell to the ground, and started laughing when he saw me. I stood over him with my fist up ready to strike again but he was faster and kicked me in the stomach. Before I could even hit the floor Oliver grabbed my hair and pulled my head back.

"You really have no idea who you're messing with Louis" he said, still laughing. "Stay away from Cassie" I spat at him. He let me go and I fell hard on my face. All I could hear was his laughing as he kept on kicking me… not far away a girl was yelling at us to stop. Cassie dropped to the floor beside me and held on to my back putting a hand in front of Oliver.

"Stop it you cunt, just leave" I heard her say coldly. I couldn't catch what he had said, doctors where running up to us to see if I was injured.

They carried me inside and lay me on a bed, my ribs were killing me, it was kind of hard to breath but I had Cassie beside me all the time. Her face was white in fear but calm. She handed me a glass of water.

"You really shouldn't have done that, it was really stupid" she said quietly, looking at her shoes and fiddling with her sleeves.

"He threatened you" I said not looking at her either.

"But still. Don't get on Oliver's bad side Lou. I don't want anything to happen to you because of me" Cassie said this time looking at me straight in the eye. "He's… not a good person"

"I'm not scared of him Cassie" I said, her blue-grey eyes seemed truly worried. She shook her head, walking closer to the bed and sitting on the ledge. She touched my hair, then my face… Her face really close to mine.

"I'm not saying you should. Just promise me you'll be careful and won't go looking for him. I can take care of myself" she whispered.

She was close, too close to let the opportunity pass. I grabbed her from the neck and made our lips meet. Her soft lips on mine…

It lasted a while until she broke apart and looked at me, shocked at what had just happened. Crap I shouldn't have done that.

"I'm sorry" I apologized. She put her fingers on my lips and closed her eyes.

Cassie's P.O.V

Louis was kissing me. I wasn't sure how to react to this sudden show of affection, all I could do was kiss him back. My body went numb for a few seconds and then I tilted my head back, parting from his soft lips.

"I'm sorry" Louis said quickly but I just put a finger over his mouth and closed my eyes. I wanted to keep that memory in my head.

When I opened them up again I could see his worried eyes still looking at me and I smiled gently.

"It's ok Louis. There's nothing to apologize for" I assured him. There was a knock on the door; Peter was standing there clearly bored with the whole situation.

"Ms. Hunter it's late. You should get back to your room before curfew" he said sternly. I wasn't going to leave Louis there so I acted like I hadn't heard him. "Cassandra leave, now"

This time I looked straight at him with the best poker face I could manage and left the room. He closed the door behind me making it impossible for me to hear what was going on. I walked slowly back to my room where Matilda and Elizabeth were waiting for me, both sitting on my bed and chatting. They at me anxiously.

"Tell us everything Cee" Matilda said as I sat beside them, grabbing my pillow so I had something to hug.

I retold them everything that had happened and explained who Oliver was. Their faces went from excitement to horror and when I finally reached the part about the kiss they started laughing and exchanged kissy faces at each other. I laughed along, blushing slightly and covering up my face with the pillow. Right there I felt different, I felt like a normal girl with normal friends just gossiping around as if we were at some slumber party. It was strange because I hadn't felt like that for years, I missed it.

"We should go" Elizabeth pointed out after a while looking at the clock on my night table. "Love you Cee!"

"Yeah, see you later babe" Matilda said hugging me. "Love you"

"I love you both" I said blowing kisses at them. I threw myself backwards onto the other pillow I had and stared at the ceiling. Closing my eyes after a while, I fell asleep instantly.