CHAPTER FIVE-

A week later

"Rise and shine" Matilda croaked as she moved the curtains from my window. "Come on I did not wake up early just to see you spend your last day here sleeping"

I groaned and pulled a pillow over my head. Matilda shook me and when she saw that I wasn't going to budge she threw herself on top of me.

"Oh my god Matilda! What the hell?" I shouted at her as she laughed. I pushed her to the floor and got up, remembering to kick her softly before helping her up. It was my last day in this good for nothing hell hole, thank god.

Changing quickly I followed her into the cafeteria to get a bite to eat. It was only me and her this time; Elizabeth had got out two days earlier, leaving us alone. It killed me knowing that Matilda had another week there without me. We ate happily and went for a walk before she accompanied me to my last check-up. After that we remained talking in the lobby, watching people come and go.

"I'm gonna miss you girl" I said to her.

"Aw me too Cee" she said, her blue eyes watering slightly. "I guess we'll see each other on the other side right? Oh look Emily's here!" She was pointing to the entrance door where the familiar red curls were emerging.

Emily had a huge smile on her face and waved in my direction as she walked up to the front desk. I took one last good look at Matilda and hugged her hard. She really had been my salvation in there.

"Ready to go?" Emily asked once I had said my goodbyes. "I've signed everything, your a free bitch baby! High five to that!"

I laughed and gave her a high five. I knew she was really excited that we'ed be living together, so was I. My mom had let known that I wasn't allowed back home so Em filed some papers and now she was my guardian. Maybe things were going to be a bit better now.

Louis P.O.V

*ring*

"Yeah?"

"Louis? It's Emily"

"Emily! What's wrong?"

"Nothing. I just wanted to let you know that Cassie's out today"

"Oh that's good"

"Yeah, she's going to be staying at my place"

"Aha… ok"

"Uh, ok. Bye"

"Bye"

I hung up my phone and threw it on the bed. Images of my conversation with Peter came to my head; he said that I needed to help her. Of course I was going to help her. I was the only one that really wanted to. Cassie had so much potential and I wasn't just going to sit back and watch her waste her life.

Later that day

My heart was speeding as I made my way up to Emily's apartment; why was I so nervous? What was it about her Cassie that made me just… lose my mind. Sure she was beautiful, no one could deny that but there was something else. Maybe it was the way she crinkled her nose when she didn't like something, the way her big blue eyes made their way all over my face or maybe it was just that feeling of total numbness I felt around her. She just made everything else seem less important, like all that mattered was the two of us.

We hadn't spoken since the day I kissed her, I could still remember her face; surprised yet somewhat pleased. That gave me hope. Parking in the on the empty streets below I looked into my mirror and sighed. Well Louis, just get your ass up there and let things flow. I made my way up the flight of stairs until I finally found the one I was looking for. The building had only 7 floors and all of them just one flat, Emily lived on the sixth. Knocking I felt my mind begin to spin as a soft voice came from inside.

"Who is it?"

It was Cassie's voice, I recognized it.

"Er, it's Louis. Louis Tomlinson?"

"It's Louis!" I heard a hiss, there was a thud and a laugh came from the inside. Then another yell and the sudden sound of keys trying to unlock the door, there was still a little laughter coming from inside. I smirked to myself a little as the door opened and I met Cassie's angelic face looking at me with a smile. She had her hair up, which was a first, and she was wearing tight rolled up jeans, a sweater and boots. No make-up, no fancy dresses, just her.

"Uh do you want to come in?" Cassie asked as I realized I had stayed in one spot because of my little daydream.

"Yeah thanks" I said walking inside, she locked the door carefully behind her and met up with me in the living room where Emily was sitting with her feet up on the coffee table. She had a small devilish smile on her face which I assumed was the result of all the laughter I had heard before.

"Hey there Lou, we weren't expecting you" Emily said with a wink. She sipped on her drink and looked at her watch. "You know I've got to get going, lots of things to do. So I'll leave you two alone to talk. Oh and Cassie remember to be careful with… that"

The last word was a bit emphasised indicating, what I supposed was a code between them. Cassie rolled up beside and nodded. "Don't worry Em, I'm going to be ok" she said. Smiling slightly to herself she tugged at my arm and jerked her head to a door behind us. "See you soon girl, don't forget to bring chocolate on the way back"

"Will do, bye guys. Have fun, but not too much"

And with that Emily got up and left, grabbing her handbag and coat before heading out the door. We walked to the kitchen where Cassie offered me something to drink, I said coffee would be just fine so she turned around, her back facing mine, and began preparing the mixture. There was an awkward silence in the room but in my head words kept popping out and the urge to grab and kiss her again was swelling up inside me.

When she finally turned around she smiled weakly; there were little tears in her eyes. I was confused, I wanted to know what was wrong but I didn't want to seem pushy so I gave her time. We drank the dark liquid, it was delicious; my body was suddenly filled with a warm pleasure. From time to time, Cassie observed me from behind her cup and every time she did I would look straight into her eyes. I knew she knew what I was thinking.

Cassie's P.O.V

The longer our eyes stayed glued to each other, the more I felt I had to jump on the counter and just throw myself onto him. Damn he's just so cute. Louis had been on my mind since the day of the kiss. I just kept replaying that scene in my head over and over and over again. Emily had told me to give the guy a chance, but I was afraid. Yes he was the kindest and sweetest boy I had ever met, maybe that's what made me so… uneasy about being with him. Nobody was nice to just because they liked me, nobody liked me. Then again my lack of confidence had always brought me more trouble than anything else.

Louis eyes started to wonder around what was visible of my body, lingering on the light fabric of my sweater. I coughed slightly and his gaze met mine once again. He grinned showing perfectly white teeth. Hold yourself Cas, just take it easy… wait no. Fuck that.I put down my cup on the counter and walked to his side, his hand caught my face and my lips found his. Suddenly that hand started falling slowly until it landed on my waist, the other hand followed. My hands met as I pulled them over his neck and started brushing his perfect hair. He pulled me in closer and kissed me passionately.