"look im sorry for yelling but please i just need-" i cut her off, and pulled her inside,
"just tell me what happened. and quietly too. everyone else is asleep." i glanced behind me as i took her arm and lead her into the living room. i closed caseys laptop and sat down on the couch. i crossed my legs and rested my back against the arm of the couch. she started her story,
"do you remember taylor briggs?" i nodded and motioned for her to continue, "well i was walking home, and i ran into him in an alley. and h-he r-raped me." she burst into tears again. "and now im afraid hes going to find me again. i dont want to go out there in the dark!" i sighed and motioned for her to stay.
"stay here." i walked to my used to be my room where casey was sleeping. i hate having to wake him up but...well heather was his sister. not mine...well techinacly anyway. i lightly shook casey awake,
"casey...casey..." i whispered, he moaned and flipped over to see me,
"sammy?" he glanced at his phone, "its 1 AM. whats wrong?" i pulled him up,
"come on your sisters here." his eyes shot darts, "casey chill she needs help." he scoffed,
"riiiiiiight. of course she does."
"she really does casey! taylor raped her." naturally, it took him a minute, then he jerked up,
"he what?" he groaned and stood up. "fine. im coming." i tossed him his tshirt and jeans. he pulled them on, and after i grabbed his hand, i lead him to the living room where heather sat fiddiling with her fingers. when she saw casey, her eyes widened and she started to sputter protests,
"i swear casey! i didnt do anything to her! i just need to stay here for tonight. please." i gave casey a shameful look, he sighed,
"i know heather." he yawned, "come on." he lead her to the room he was sleeping in as i reopened caseys laptop and continued my movie. a few minutes later casey was sitting next to me. he wrapped an arm around my shoulder, then he kissed my cheek and whispered,
"you wanna go home now babe?" i shook my head and rested it on his shoulder after propping my feet up on the coffee table. he shrugged and his attention turned to the movie. a half hour later, my eyes-which i had been forcing to stay open- closed and i drifted off into a deep sleep, exahusted from the series of events that id faced in the last 18 hours.
when i woke up the next morning, i was surprised to find myself in my own bed, with casey. i checked the clock. 1 o'clock. PM luckily, not AM. casey, naturally, was flipping through the channels. again. i flipped over and looked up at him through my half closed eye lids.
"casey?" i yawned, "i thought we fell asleep on anna and warrens couch?" he looked down at me,
"hey babe. we did, i brought you back here afer i finished the movie; dont worry though, i left dad and anna a note." i sat upright,
"man. i need to finish my homework," i groaned, "then i have school tonight." i walked to the living room on a backpack search, when the doorbell rang. naturally, i answered it, only to find anna, warren and heather.
"samantha honestly! you go to sleep and wake up at the weirdest times you know that?" i nodded and shrugged,
"im weird like that. did i leave my backpack at my other apartment?" i asked,
"nope." warren popped his 'p,' "trust me. i just had to clean the whole apartment!" i laughed,
"welcome to my world. what are you guys doing here anyway?" i went back to searching for my backpack, only half listening to the words that spilled out of annas mouth, i caught the words, 'me' 'heather' 'you' 'shopping' 'today.' that was enough for me. i sure wasnt going shopping again for a while. and most definatly not today, when i had all this homework to do.
"so how about it huh?" anna asked, "itd be fun!"
"as much as id love to," well not really but hey, she doesnt know that. "i cant i have homework to do by 9:00 tonight. Casey! wheres my backpack?" he emerged from our bedroom holding my green and black backpack,
"You mean this one? or the one with all your grappling hooks and whatnot." i snatched it from him,
"grappling hooks?" anna exclaimed. i nodded,
"yeah theyre great for when we have to go up and down buildings,"
"hm...ill remember that next time i need to go up and down buildings," she shot me a wink and warren and i rolled our eyes, "you can do your homework later!" anna exclaimed, "come on samantha...it wouldnt be right with out you." heather and i both scoffed simultaniously,
"doubt it." i pulled out a huge stack of papers,
"i still have to read this whole stack of papers, then i have to write a ten page essay." annas jaw dropped,
"they give you that much homework!" i nodded,
"now you see why i have to stay? i have," i glanced at my watch and silently calculated how much time i had, "8 and a 1/2 hours to do this." i began reading my papers, 5 hours later, casey was waking me up,
"sammy...sammy. come on babe. you need to finish your homework, you only have 3 and a 1/2 hours left." i groaned as he pressed his lips to mine quickly and i finished writing my essay. 2 and a half hours later, my homework was done, i dropped my head into my pillow and groaned,
"casey...!" i called, he took one look at all of my papers spread out, my laptop, then to me,
"you finished?" i nodded,
"finally! i cant WAIT till schools done."
"you want me to wake you up in a half hour? or what?" he seemed a bit snippy, i sat up,
"no. ill just get up," i ran my fingers through my hair, "i have too much to do before i leave. is something wrong?" i asked.
"like what?" yup. he was avioding the question now, meaning something was wrong. i studied him as i answered him,
"take a shower... pack my things...get something to eat for the first time today...then leave. seriously casey, whats wrong?" he fiddled with his fingers behind his back,
"ill tell you later. you'll be late if you dont get going." i stood up, but kept my eyes on him. what was wrong? something was obviously. i was ready to go to my late night class in a half hour. i walked to the kitchen where casey was. i wrapped my arms around him from behind, he quickly jerked, and just as quickly relaxed. i sighed and turned him around,
"casey." i started, resting my hands lightly on his chest, "cant you just tell me whats wrong? i still have a half hour before i have to leave." he shifted a little under my gaze. finally he spoke,
"ill give you a summary, after that i have something else in mind. its just that my aunt, uncle and cousins are coming tonight, at like, 11:30 PM, and apparently my aunt and uncle will stay with my parents, and we get to take care of the kids, well, the 19 year olds not really a kid, but hes really immature, the 2 girls are more mature than him! anyway, they can just sorta annoy me to death and all. thats whats happening. oh yeah, and until heather finds a job, shes staying with my parents. cause she lost her house." casey sighed and ran fingers through his hair. i lead him to the couch and ordered him to lay down on his stomach.
after giving him a massage for about 15 minutes, i lay down from where i was sitting on his back, and wrapped my arms around his waist,
"casey? im gonna get going ok?" he nodded,
"thanks for the massage though babe," he yawned and turned around so i was laying on his stomach. he pulled me closer to him, and pressed his lips to my neck. his lips made their way up to my jaw, then to my lips, where he pressed the beginning of a long kiss. a knock on the door disturbed out kiss, he began to pull me back into the kiss but after planting my lips on his one last time, i broke free from the grip and sat up. running fingers through my hair, i stood and grabbed my backpack,
"ill see you tonight 'k baby?" he grabbed my hand and lead me to the door, "and dont stress yourself out 'k?" we stopped at the door and i looked up at him. i kissed his lips quickly, "bye." i opened the door and was surprised to find heather there. i blinked at her, then scooted past her and headed towards the car.
that night, i aced my test and my teacher loved my essay. he actually made me stand up in front of class and read it. when i got home, casey wasnt there. i texted casey,
S: where r u?
C: work y?
S: just wondering.
work? why on earth was he there? hes exhausted, he shouldnt be working. i drove to caseys work (where hes a lawyer) and while debating with his secretary weather or not i was allowed in, his boss inturuppted us,
"whats going on?" caseys boss boomed,
"this dumpster girl is trying to get into caseys office!" she exclaimed, he took one look at me then snapped his fingers at the secretary,
"shes not a dumpster girl! may i ask who you are young lady? you look vaguly farmiliar." i sighed,
"of course i do. could i please see my fiance? seriously, why is it so hard just to be able to see him?" his jaw dropped,
"i thought i recognized you! youre in so many of caseys pictures! im so sorry for this inconvinience, casey and i were just meeting, but he can go home now." he lead me into a conference room where casey was hunched over a stack of papers. i thanked him and he closed the door, leaving casey and me alone. i walked around the table to where he was.
i began massaging his shoulders from behind him,
"casey," i whispered, "we need to get going in order to get to the airport in time."
"did you not understand when i specifically asked you to LEAVE ME ALONE?" my hands stopped as i stared at him,
"no...because i dont remember you asking me to leave you alone. at all." i cocked my head, "are you having hallucinations?"
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I JUST ASKED YOU TO LEAVE ME ALONE NOT 10 MINUTES AGO!" i checked my texts, nothing. he spun around for the first time and opened his mouth to say something, then blinked twice,
"sammy? oh im sorry baby." he sighed, running fingers threw his hair. he pulled me down onto his lap, and i noticed he had dark circled under his eyes, "i thought you were my secretary. god shes been bugging me since i got here." really? after all of this is over, i thought, im going to have a talk with his little secretary. teach her some common sense. he rubbed his eyes as i twisted in his lap,
"maybe i should take you home and go pick them up myself." he shook his head and attempted to stifle a yawn,
"no we need both cars. just kiss me, maybe ill wake up more." i laughed and pressed my forehead to his. he ran his hands up my shirt and i jolted,
"casey," i scolded, as i glanced around, "were at your work. not at the apartment." he laughed,
"i love you." he kissed me, "so so much." he whispered between breaks. i slid off his lap and pulled him to his car. i kissed him once more,
"please stay awake ok? i dont need you dead, or injured. follow me k?" he nodded and followed my car to the airport.
we were already late when we got there, so i grabbed his hand and lead him to gate C. where his family would come from.
"we're 10 minutes early." he murmmered, resting his face in my hair. i turned in his arms and rested my head against his chest. 7 minutes later, casey waved over a family with the same color hair as casey, but instead they had blue eyes, not brown. a women and man walked arm in arm, a boy that looked about 18 or 19 sulked next to them, and two girls, about 10 and 2 skipped towards casey.
"casey darling!" the woman called, "how nice of you to pick us up!" his phone vibrated in his pocket, he pulled it out and checked it as the 2 girls hugged him tight.
"its my dad." i took it from him,
"the conversations are much shorter when i answer." casey muttered something about grappling hooks as i flipped open his phone,
"warren?" i asked,
"yup. you guys are at the airport right?"
"you dont trust us do you?" i teased, "of course we are."
"yes, now who remembered, you or casey?"
"me, but only cause casey was at work. why?"
"at 11 PM! i knew id win. he owes me 15 bucks for forgetting,"
"casey." i turned to my tired fiance, "you owe your dad 15 bucks for forgetting. whatever that means. what does that mean casey?"
"he betted id forget to go to the airport. but hey, i was working on an important case." i rolled my eyes,
"and i read a stack thicker then yours, wrote a ten page essay, and went to school. beat that." he scoffed,
"i hate you." i gave him a sad look, causing him to laugh, i put the phone back to my ear after yawning,
"we'll be there in about...10 minutes. ok?"
"ok. and-sammy? maybe you should warn them about your driving." the woman was staring at me. she nudged her husband and whispered something to him, he rolled his eyes,
"relax cathrine. youre much to religious you know that?" i turned my focus back to my future-father-in-law.
"they dont need a warning. my driving is perfectly fine. you just dont know how to have fun. besides. you should be warning casey, hes the one whos half asleep."
"well drive safely, tell casey that im quite positive that no one has the desire to die, and same goes to you. understand?"
"yes sir!" i saluted, he laughed and we both disconnected, i yawned once more before saying,
"your dad says that hes guessing that no one has a desire to die tonight, so we have to drive carefully." i handed him his cell phone and after pulling mine out of my pocket to check a text, i nodded towards the carasoul.
"come on. we need to get home soon, so lets go get the luggage." casey nodded,
"wai-wai-wai hold on. arent you going to introduce us?" i glanced up from my cell phone to see the man whos arm had dropped from the womans grasp, stepping towards his nephew. casey sighed,
"sammy this is my uncle colby, my aunt catherine," he yawned again as i tightened my grip on his hand, "my cousin tony," he motioned to the teenage boy, "hes...19?" his uncle nodded, "my cousin zoe," he motions to the middle child, "shes 10. and last but not least, my cousin-"
"i can say it!" the little girl exclaimed,
"of course. im so sorry." casey apologized, the hint of a smirk played on his lips, she stuck her hand out to me,
"my name is laura colby acosta. and im 2 years old!" she exclaimed proudly, i giggled and kelt down to her hight. i shook her hand,
"its nice to meet you laura."
"whats your name?" she inquired,
"sammy." she gasped as i stood up to my original hight,
"but thats a boys name!" i sighed as casey laughed and picked the little girl up,
"her real name's samantha, but no one calls her that." the girls mouth formed an 'o' in understanding. "now can we go get the luggage? we're both exahusted."
"how about you, tony and i go get the luggage and sammy and the girls go get the car." caseys uncle suggested, i shrugged,
"fine with me. but my car has majority of room for luggage and stuff. you know that." i turned towards his aunt, "can you drive?" she nodded, "great. then ill take you to caseys car and you can swing it around to the front, while i grab mine ok?" i tugged at caseys keys, he reached to his belt loops and tugged them off before handing them to me.
"thats cool. zoes asleep though," he handed a half asleep laura to her mother. i studied the 10 year old,
"i can carry her. she doesnt look that heavy." casey laughed,
"just dont drop her ok?" i glared at him,
"acosta how would you like to be dropped off of the empire state building...without any of my grappling hooks." i pulled the 10 year old girl into my arms and began walking towards the parking lot. the whole walk there was silent, but when we were halfway there, my phone rang.
"tsk." i shifted the girl to one of my arms and slid open my phone, "hello?"
"sammy? where are you guys?"
"chill casey, were just getting to the car now." i handed catherine caseys car keys, "just follow me ok?" i explained. she nodded and i slid zoe into the backseat. i strapped both of us up and made sure zoes mom was behind us. luckily she was,
"you guys havnt left yet?" casey exclaimed,
"we're driving now. now do you want me to get in an accident with your cousin and fiance in the car, or would you rather that i get off the phone right now and save both our lives?" i heard laughing, and i heard his uncle comment, 'shes got a sense of humor dont she?' casey was saying something as i swung the steering wheel into a parking spot next to where the 3 men were.
i slid my phone shut before sliding out of my seat. they loaded the suitcases into the 2 cars. then colby and catherine began discussing who was going with who. i glanced at casey, he was dozing off again,
"casey...casey, come on babe stay awake." i snapped my fingers in front of his face. his head snapped up,
"sorry. you guys almost done? its not that hard to figure out whos going with who!"
"Just a sec." colby sighed. casey lead me to my drivers seat,
"drive carefully 'k?" he kissed my lips lightly,
"same goes for you." i plopped down in my seat before he closed the door. i began to play with the gas pedal, until behind me i heard a whimper, i twisted in my seat and saw that zoe was awake,
"wh-where am i?" she asked,
"its ok." i soothed, "im going to take you home, as soon as your parents figure out whos coming with me. you can go back to sleep. its ok. i promise." she hesitated,
"thanks." and slumped back into a sleep. suddenly the passenger seat door opened and colby plopped in, after a glance at zoe he turned to me as he put his seatbelt on,
"im really sorry 'bout catherine. she, um. shes a bit cautious. she just wants whats best for casey and all." i nodded, as i pulled out of my parking spot,
"its cool. i totally understand, warren and anna were like that in the beginning too. especially warren."
"why especially warren?" i hesitated,
"warren dated my mom for a short period of time. when he found out she was cheating on him, he broke up with her and got real supercautious about me. he didnt want casey anywhere near me..."
"i see."
"its cool now though. him and anna are super awesome...even if that does mean too many shopping sprees. i go on them though, just for anna. i know she enjoys spending time with me. shopping just isnt my thing thats all." i glanced in the review mirorr at zoe,
"yeah i hate it too. catherine loves it though."
"your daughters are so cute. i swear id die for them." i saw him smile as my foot hovered over the gas pedal.
"they are, arent they? so when is the wedding?" i sighed,
"im not exactly sure. we havnt done much planning...so far the only progress we've made is me looking for a dress with anna and my friends." he nodded gravely,
"i understand. im sure anna and catherine could help you." i shrugged,
"yeah i guess." for the rest of the ride, he urged me to tell him about my whole life. so naturally i did. how casey and i met, my family, where i worked, that kind of stuff.
when i pulled into a parking spot at our apartment, it felt like he knew me way better. zoe woke up as i pulled open my door. i called warren down to help us, and soon the boys and i were carrying up the luggage, while anna helped catherine with the zoe.
"i think that maybe the kids and i should stay in 1 apartment, and you 4 could stay in another." anna rolled her eyes and whispered,
"whys she so cautious?"
"colby said shes really cautious and wants whats best for casey. also, shes real religious apparently and doesnt like my wearing shorts and a tanktop." i whispered back, anna giggled and casey shot us both a look.
"he really is tired isnt he? he never looks at either of us like that!" she exclaimed in a hushed voice, i looked at him sympathetically,
"oh come on. he was working at 11 for some odd, unexplainable reason. cut him some slack..."
"itd be better if you stayd with us because heather and sammy dont...mix. its not a good idea to leave them in the same apartment together. so just leave your kids with them. besides, sammys wonderful with kids; they shouldnt have any problems, right guys?" warren gave me and casey a look,
"of course not." casey replyed,
"thats fine. theyll be fine im sure catherine." colby handed laura to me, and zoe and tony followed us to our apartment. laura slept with her sister in the guest room, and tony took the couch. five minutes later, they were asleep, and casey was tugging me towards our room.
"are you still tired? its already 3:30," he asked as i yanked my converse high tops off. i blinked,
"what are you talking about? of course im still tired. and so are you." i pointed to our bed, "come on case, we both need our sleep." he laughed and kissed my lips eagerly. he pressed me against the wall and my hands pulled his shirt off. he stopped kissing me to stare at me, then pull off my tanktop, and pull me onto the bed.
"casey." i murmmered as he began unbuttoning my shorts. "casey..." i repeated, i stopped his hands from pulling down my shorts. he pulled away to look at me,
"whaaaaaaaaaat?" he asked innocently, i laughed and rebuttoned my shorts. then i pulled my tanktop back on and pulled myself closer to him. his face was full of longing and sadness. i sighed and kissed his nose delicatley.
"come on. lets go to sleep. i have a feeling that tomorrows going to be really busy." his lips occupied mine for a few minutes before he said,
"youre right. 'night." he was asleep in 45 seconds.
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