AN: Hope you like :)
Placing her valuables in boxes, Alex came upon one of her pictures with Casey. She slowly slid on the floor. "Why do I keep hurting you?"She sighed.
She let her head rest on the wall. Tears silently rained down her cheek.
Her phone rang. She quickly wiped her tears and grabbed the phone and went back to her position on the floor.
"Cabot." She answered quickly.
"Hey kiddo. How have you been? Your mother has been worried about you lately. You haven't called." Her father's voice full of worry.
"Tough week." She sighed.
"Well, how about you come over with Casey tomorrow to celebrate your departure to Florida. I heard it's nice and sunny out there." He answered excitedly.
"That would be a great idea…Casey… Is out of reach…right now…" She really did not want to break down crying on the phone. "Dad, I'll see you tomorrow…I…I have to go."
"Erm…Ok…Love you." He answered a little confused.
"Love you." She ended the call quickly. As soon as the phone was on the floor she sobbed.
Her parents adored Casey. The moment they saw her, they knew that Casey was right for their daughter. They even went as far as buying the engagement ring two months into the relationship. Sometimes Alex felt that her parents wanted to marry Casey. She had to admit, Casey brought the best out of everybody, especially her.
Something had to be wrong with her. She hurt the love of her life far too much. Casey came back every time. She knew Casey would give up on her, on her next screw up and she tried everything to avoid one.
"Maybe if you just talk to me…" she spoke to herself. She had yet to call Casey in these last two weeks. Blurry eyed she found Casey's number and called.
Casey and Abbie were in the car headed to lunch.
"Casey, are you still thinking about her?" Abbie ask with a hint of worry in her voice. She glanced at Casey before turning back to the road.
Casey sighed, "Yea…" She hung her head. She felt somewhat ashamed and guilty. She still cared about Alex, but she knew that their relationship had to end.
"Look, she isn't moping around about you. She took the first chance she got to vanish in your life. Did she even run after you? Call you? Find you?" Abbie asked with annoyance.
"She did go looking…I just didn't want to talk to her." Casey answered.
"So she didn't run after you? I would have and we are not even dating…yet" Abbie winked. "Anyone with common sense would know not to let someone walk out on you without you running after them. I still can't believe you put up with her for this long. She did this to you once before. I mean did you think she was going to change?" Abbie continued getting more and more infuriated. "She doesn't deserve you, you deserve someone better. It may be me, wink wink, or someone else." She continued.
Casey's phone rang. She looked at Abbie.
"It's her isn't it…answer it and put it on speaker." Abbie insisted.
Casey answered the phone on the third ring. She clicked speaker.
"Novak." She answered angrily.
"Thank God…Casey, we need to talk." Alex smiled a little. Hearing Casey's voice brought flutters to her heart.
"That's what we are doing." Casey answered harshly.
"I know…I just…You didn't let me explain. You just walked out and…It hurt, Casey. I wanted us to move there together. I realize I made a mistake…I made so many. The only thing I got right was falling in love with you."
Abbie angered, snatched the phone from Casey, "You don't deserve her Alex. Leave her alone. She is hurting and all you can say is sorry? You realized, after two whole weeks, that maybe you made a bad decision…Fuck off. Don't call again…or I will teach you a lesson." Abbie shut the phone. "That should do it." Abbie smiled.
Casey couldn't help but smile. "Can you believe she called me? She wanted me to stop my life and move with her for her career?" Casey was astounded.
"We are here and I want to make it a 'no Alex zone' so…let's stop talking about your past. Let's worry about your future…and hers if she calls again…" Abbie chuckled as she got out of the car and headed to the passenger's side to open the door for Casey. "My lady." She held her hand out for Casey to grab.
They entered the restaurant hand in hand, startling their friends. "Whoa…Abbie! You told me you were going to take it slow." Serena joked.
"I am, but I really want to move fast…This girl right here is amazingly beautiful." Abbie moved the chair back so Casey could take a seat.
Casey started to blush.
"Abbie's whipped." Olivia whispered loudly to Serena.
Abbie shrugged, "So. Aren't you whipped Olivia?" Abbie called out Olivia.
"No…" Olivia answered forgetting her girlfriend was right next to her.
Abbie smiled.
"Really?" Serena asked with her left eyebrow arched.
"What…did I say no…I meant yes…slip of the tongue." Olivia quickly reassured Serena.
Casey just shook her head.
"Casey, are you ok? You seem quiet." Olivia removed the attention off of her.
Abbie lifted her hand to rub Casey's back.
"Yea." Casey nodded.
Abbie shook her head. "No you're not." She directed her attention to Olivia and Serena. "Alex called…she wanted to say sorry…That bitch has some nerve." Abbie told them.
"I love Alex but she needs to check herself before she enters any relationship. Every one of the relationships she's had she ends up hurting the 'love of her life', she doesn't know that a relationship is selfless not selfish." Serena replied. "Casey, trust me when I say, move on. Forget about her…"
"I still love her guys…I guess I need time." Casey lifted her cup and drank.
Alex held the phone in her hand in shock… "Abbie?"
Her mind ran a thousand miles per hour, Why was Abbie with her? Did she move on already? Why did Abbie take Casey's phone? Wait, When did Abbie comeback?
She grabbed her phone once more and sent a text hoping Abbie didn't have the phone.
Casey we NEED to talk. Please just give me this last chance to explain. Much love, Alex.
She stared at the phone intently for ten minutes and got a reply.
I'll be right over, but don't expect anything to happen.
Alex smiled only to the fact that Casey was coming, but felt the anger and coldness of the words Casey sent.
After thirty minutes someone knocked on the door. She quickly stood up and fixed herself before answering the door.
She opened the door and her heart fluttered. It was Casey. Her love.
Casey just past through her and stood. "What do we need to talk about?" She stated harshly.
Alex quickly shut the door. "Um…well would you like some water, or…"
"Alex…" Casey rolled her eyes. Knowing Alex would try something like this.
"Sorry…My Dad called. He wanted to see us." Alex didn't know where to start so maybe taking Casey with her tomorrow seemed like a great idea.
"We aren't…together…why does he want to see us? I would think they would be disgusted about their daughter's behavior." Casey answers back even more coldly.
"They don't know….but I was hoping we could go together…"
Casey interrupted, "What do mean go together? What, so you can show your parents that you still have me? No. Is this what you called and texted me for? Because I think you need to keep yourself in check." Casey was more hurt than angry somewhere deep in her heart she believed that Alex somehow got to her senses. She turned around and headed for the door.
"Don't! Don't go…Case, I love you. I miss you. I know you do too. I didn't discuss this with you because I was selfish. I thought… I thought that we could move down there and you wouldn't have to work…You would be with me in my arms. I just can't let you go. I can't sleep without you. I was going to propose to you…now, I don't know where I stand with you, Case."
"You stand where you have been standing for the last two weeks, Alex. Not in my heart. You hurt me Alex. Not once, but twice. Do you know how that feels? Alex, I can't be in a relationship where I feel like I can be with you one day and you make a choice and you leave the next day. I can't live like that. You expected me to stop everything I love for you. Alex, I would have, but you didn't come to me…you didn't discuss it. You made a choice all on your own and that is how it's going to stay. You are on your own." Casey quickly exited the apartment before she started sobbing.
"I will fight for you Case! I'm not letting you go!" Alex yelled at Casey before she ran out of the room.
"Damn." She walked back into her room and decided lay on the bed.
Casey arrived at her apartment at nearly midnight. She got off on the 5th floor and she could not believe her eyes. Abbie was leaning on the wall, dozed off, next to her apartment with a file in her hand.
She looks so peaceful, Casey thought as she crept closer.
She knelt and tapped Abbie.
Abbie quickly came to and smiled. "Sorry, you left your case file in my car…You said you were heading to work and I thought I would go there and give it to you, but you weren't there so I decided to wait here…" She handed Casey the folder and stood up and pulled Casey up.
"You waited for almost the whole day to give me a folder?" Casey asked surprised.
"Yea…Now that I gave it to you. I will leave. Good night. Sleep well." She started walking away with her hands in her pockets.
Casey reached for her arm. When Abbie turned around confused, Casey replied "Abbie…Thanks."
Abbie nodded and smiled. "You're welcome." She said it with such meaning and so softly. Her hair was in a ponytail swaying as she got into the elevators.
Maybe, just maybe she was about to fall for Abbie.
AN: What do you think? Seeing as the Game is coming on…I will post Expectations. Tomorrow… I am free all day [ No Class :) ]