My eyes squeeze shut as i'm blinded by the light seeping through my curtains, I stumble out of bed rubbing the sleep from my eyes.
"Cassidy you up?" Anna calls from down stairs.
"Yeah be down soon" I respond, walking to my closet now having more time to pick out something to wear. "Smells good" I say as I take a step into the kitchen smelling the deliciousness that is my mothers bacon and eggs.
"It is" Kat says loudly shoving a piece of bacon into her mouth.
"Inside voice Kat, and eat with your mouth closed for christ sakes" Anna says pushing a plate in front of me.
"It's not my fault I was raised as a slob" Kat says grinning bits of food falling out of her mouth as she does so.
"Oh you did no just say that" Anna says putting one of her hands on her hips to let Kat know she means business, oh she's dead.
"I should go brush my teeth" Kat says quickly making her escape.
"Are you sure you took home the right child from the hospital" I say chuckling lightly.
"Unfortunately yes" Anna jokes.
"I heard that" we both hear Kat shout from her room.
"Lydia should be here soon" I tell her while gathering up my stuff.
"Actually I was hoping I could take you to school today" Anna says her face looking serious.
"Okay" I respond, a little confused, "i'll text Lydia telling her not to worry."
"Good."
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"Remember to hand in that note" Anna says as Kat jumps out of the car.
"I will" she replies while rolling her eyes before walking off towards the middle school.
"So what's up?" I ask once we're back on the road.
"It's about your father" she says.
"What, is he okay?" I then asks fear overwhelming me, please don't be dead, please.
"Cassidy he's fine, but they've decided to extend his tour in Afghanistan" Anna tells me sincerely.
"Why?"
"I have no clue, your father didn't have enough time to spare any details" she explains.
"But he's fine" I say relieved.
"Yes sweetie he's fine."
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"Cassidy" Alison says walking up to my locker, "see i'm absolutely fine."
"Uh huh" I respond my mind still on the conversation I had with my mother earlier in the car, extended, his tour has been extended twice already.
"Are you okay?" Alison then asks.
"Yeah i'm fine" I reply not even trying to mask my disappointment.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing" I tell her roughly shoving my books into my bag.
"What's wrong?" Alison repeats this time with more force causing me to have look at her.
"It's my dad, his tour in Afghanistan was extended" I sigh leaning against my locker.
"Your dad is a solider" Alison says surprised.
"Yep" I say fake excitement lacing my voice.
"How long has he been over there?" She then asks.
"Six months, he was supposed to go on leave next week" I tell her.
"You must miss him" Alison says.
"Anyway how did your car ride go with tall dark and handsome?" I then asks\ trying to change the subject as my head goes back to 'Derek Hale' and his mustang.
"Okay I guess, we didn't even talk all he said was 'bye' when we reached my house" Alison says not saying a word about the obvious diversion.
"I'm just glad he didn't decide to kill you" I say, "What about Scott have you forgiven him yet?"
"I was going to but when I told him about Derek giving me a ride home he started acting really weird" she says.
"I told you him and Derek weren't really friends" I say.
"Well then why did Derek give me a ride home and not kill me?"
"Maybe Scott and TDH hate each other and he just wanted to piss Scott off" I spit out my theory, ashamed to say i've been spending way to much time thinking about TDH.
"TDH?"
"Tall Dark and Handsome" I explain as we walk side by side to our first class.
"Seriously that's what your calling him" Alison says laughter leaving her mouth.
"Yeah what else am I going to call him" I respond shrugging my shoulder, because he is in fact Tall, Dark and Handsome.
"Oh I don't know by his name" Alison says.
"Well that's no fun" I say.
"Do you have a nickname for me?" Alison then asks me.
"Maybe" I answer my eyes full of mischief.
"Well what is it?" Alison asks curiously.
"Wouldn't you like to know"
"Yes I would" Alison says following me into the classroom to our usual seats, "Tell me!"
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"I'm never going to get all this homework done by tomorrow" Alison sighs walking beside me.
"Oh you've got Ms Buechner don't you" I say scrunching up my face in dislike, Ms Buechner a.k.a Devil wears Prada or much more commonly known as Hard Ass.
"Yeah."
"She feeds off her student's pain, when they're miserable she's happy but when they're happy she finds new ways to ruin their lives, hence the work load."
"Great, this year should be fun" Alison says sarcastically.
"Alison wait up" someone shouts from behind us, when we turn around Scott is standing their nervously, "can we talk?"
"About?" Alison asks, Scott then looks at me expectantly.
"I should go, I have my own homework to finish" I say walking away slowly, "Bye."
"See you tomorrow" Alison waves goodbye before her eyes travel back at Scott.
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"Hey Alison, Scott" Lydia says walking up to the table Alison, Scott and Stiles are occupying, "you don't mind us joining do you" she says not waiting for answer before taking a seat and dragging me down beside her. Jackson, Danny, Greenberg and some others from the inner circle soon join them at the table.
"Get up" Jackson orders Greenberg.
"How come you never tell Danny to get up?" He asks.
"Because to don't stare at his girlfriends coin slots" Danny interrupts. "So I hear they're saying it's some type of animal attack, probably a cougar."
"I heard it was a mountain lion" Jackson says.
"A cougar is a mountain lion" Lydia corrects causing everyone to look at her in surprise, "isn't it?"
"Yeah it is, we read about it in class" I say covering for Lydia, for someone who's terrified about everyone finding out she's a genius she sure sucks at hiding it.
"Who cares? He's probably just some homeless guy who's gonna die anyway" Jackson points out in his usual obnoxious manner, ugh why hasn't anybody punched him in the face yet?
"You really are an ass" I say glaring at Jackson while he stares daggers at me.
"Can we talk about something slightly more fun like where we're going tomorrow night?" Lydia then asks Alison.
"What?"
"You said you and Scott were hanging out tomorrow night, right?" Lydia says.
"We were thinking of what we were going to do" Alison tells her.
"Well i'm definitely not staying home watching Lacrosse videos again, so if the four of us are hanging out we're doing something fun" Lydia says, yeah because that's going to end well.
"Hanging out? Like, the four of us? Do you wanna hang out, like us and them?" Scott asks Alison looking like he might have a panic attack.
"Yeah I guess, it sound like fun" Alison responds clearly not agreeing with herself.
"You know what else sounds like fun stabbing myself in the face with a fork" Jackson says picking up his fork.
"How about we go bowling" Lydia suggests, "you love to bowl."
"Yeah with actual competition" Jackson tells her disregarding anyone else's feelings but his own.
"You thought Scott was crap at Lacrosse yet he made first string, who knows he may just surprise you again" I say smirking as Jackson grits his teeth at me.
"well then it's sorted, we're going bowling" Lydia says clapping her hands in excitement.
"Great."
A/N: There it is the third chapter in Chaos Within, if you liked it please favorite it and/or leave a review on what you thought about this chapter. Remember if you want to stay updated add Chaos Within to your alert list...