Me: Long time no see!

Ali: Cassie's been slacking!

Me: It's been more than that, I've been super busy!

Ali: Yeah, if you guys are really interested in what she's been doing this past month and a half or so she'll explain at the bottom message.

Me: Yeah, I'm really sorry about being gone so long.

Ali: She's so lazy that on all of the other stories that she's updating she's using the same disclaimer.

Me: What can I say? I'm kinda lazy.

Ali: Kinda?

Me: Okay, really lazy.

Ali: But she isn't super lazy, she is a cross country runner!

Me: As of like 2 weeks ago.

Ali: That's when practice started.

Me: Enough about my personal life. Unless you do want to know about it, then read the bottom message.

Ali: And she can't update any of this until her power comes back on.

Me: BOTTOME MESSAGE!

Ali: She's not sure when it will be back on, it is currently Monday at about 7 pm and it's been off all day.

Me: Al, just do your stupid disclaiming thing.

Ali: Cassie only owns the plot, the O/C's and the aimless bantering.

~Flashback~

I opened my eyes and stretched. I looked around the empty room. Wow, I'm tired. I scooted off of the mattress. Wow, yesterday was amazing. The best day of my life. I picked up my phone. Just a text from James telling me to call him. I walked out to the kitchen and found a note on the counter.

Dear Dallas,

Went to work. I'll be back at two. Make a list of what you need, I'm going shopping when I come back.

-Rebekah

I crumpled it up and threw it in the trash. The front door swung open and a frustrated Shanelle stormed in, slamming the door behind her.

"Umm, is there any particular reason you just barged into my apartment without knocking? Wait, how did you get in? Rebekah always locks it."

She slammed her hands on the counter top. "I heard James telling Kendall that you guys had sex."

My throat went dry. "And?"

Her eyes went helpless. "Dallas, you know I like James!"

"You're dating Carlos!"

She rolled her eyes. "Not really. Having him buy me stuff and drool over me isn't really dating."

I glared at her. "You shouldn't use him like that. He's the sweetest guy I know and he'd do anything for anyone. And you know you like him."

"You want to know what else I know? You two didn't use a condom and you aren't on birth control."

She's right. Something clicked in my head and terror crept through my body. "S-So?"

"Soooooo, you're pregnant."

I shook my head. "Didn't you listen in Sex Ed.? Just because you have unprotected sex doesn't mean that you get pregnant. It just ups your chances."

"You'd better not have James's baby. Because if you do, I will-"

I pointed to the door. "It's time for you to leave Shanelle."

She stormed out, slamming the door yet again. Could I be pregnant? No…I would know. I lifted my tank top so that I could see my lower tummy. Wouldn't I be showing? No, it would take months for me to show. After all, I just had sex yesterday. Nah, I'm not pregnant. I mean, what kind of girl gets pregnant at 16?

End of Flashback

I listened to the pointless babbling of Jazzmin in the back seat talking to Mitchie about Kung Fu Panda 2. James made circles on the top of my left hand, his left on the wheel. He brought it to his lips and kissed the ring, then my hand.

"I love you Dallas."

I smiled to myself. "I love you too."

James pulled into the parking lot and parked. I got Jazzmin out because she still didn't like him. He got Mitchie. I supported Jazzy on my hip and James just put Mitchie on his shoulders. We walked into the lobby and waited for the elevator.

"I think it's time for you guys to take a nap."

Jazzmin yawned. "But I'm not tired!"

I poked her nose. "Yes you are."

The doors opened and of course, Kendall was there. "Uhm, hey guys."

Jazzmin smiled at him. "HI!"

James pushed the button for our floor. "Damn fairies, stop getting excited! It's not a big deal!"

Kendall gasped. "James! That is a bad word!"

I smiled. "Yeah James! There are children in here!"

James's face tightened. God damnit. "Oh so sorry."

The doors opened again and we walked to the apartment. James opened the door and set down Mitchie. She grabbed my hand and I led her to her room. I kissed her forehead. "Sweet dreams."

She signed -I love you Mom-.

I smiled. "I love you too sweetie pie." I closed the door and went to Jazzmin's room, her still on my hip. I set her down on her bed and kissed her forehead. "Good night."

She mumbled something and crawled under the covers. I closed her door and went out to the living room to find James, arms crossed glaring at me.

"So, getting kinda friendly with Kendall."

I walked into the kitchen and grabbed a can of Mountain Dew. "'Love is nothing with out trust' Nothing is going on. I was just teasing you."

He raised an eyebrow. "You smiled."

I popped the top of my soda and took a sip. "We were joking around. It's just Kendall."

He laughed nervously. "Yeah, now it's just Kendall. I'm just James. Just your fiancé. I used to be just James too."

I glared back at him. "So what now? I'm going to have sex with Kendall, have twins with him and one be mute, and get married to him? Really? My god James, this is ridiculous."

"It is ridiculous! That you would openly flirt in front of me and the girls!"

"I wasn't flirting! Are you serious? I was joking! I'm not going to fight anymore about this. I'm going to talk to other guys whether you like it or not and there's nothing you can do to stop me."

He stood up. "Nothing? You think there's nothing I can do to stop you?"

"Why is it honestly that big of a deal?"

"The big deal is that I lost you once, I don't want to lose you again!"

I laid the hand that wasn't holding a Mountain Dew on his bicep. "Jaymie, I'm not going anywhere."

His breath caught as soon as my skin touched his and his eyes locked on mine. "If you do I'll die."

So at this point you probably want to know what's been going on in my life, or you just have nothing else to do. Well as a lot of you know, I live in northern New York, which was just hit by a hurricane. Not northern New York particularly but New York and a couple other states. We got super bad rain and wind where I live and TONS of trees were blown down and there's a lot of bad damage. The electricity and cable wires were taken down by trees in multiple places causing a power outage. But that's just why I haven't updated today. A couple weeks ago I was with my grandparent's house in Kentucky for 3 weeks where they don't have wireless internet. They DID have internet (thank god) and I could have used a flash drive and blah blah blah but like Ali pointed out, I'm lazy. Then after that I've been busy with funerals(one of my cousins died at 35 of a heart attack, I didn't know him but it's still sad), friends(who would have thought? I'm popular!), family(they may not like me much but I'm like a leech I'm just kind of stuck to them and suck out their important stuff), doctors appointments(on September 26 I'm getting surgery so that I can hear better, I have really bad hearing, I'm almost deaf in my right ear), cross country(a.k.a running and I have practice everyday from 5pm to 6 or 7pm except Sundays) and trying to keep my life from going into complete and utter chaos. Did I mention I've started talking to myself? Yeah, kinda weird. I'll admit it. Anyways, this was more of a diary entry than a bottom message as Ali and I call it. But if any of you want to hear more just PM me, I have plenty more to complain about. Please review!