An: here we go! first chapter of the summer.
A big thank you for everyone who was patient and understanding of finals week!
i'll put another author's note at the end.
so withouth further ado
I do not own any thing vampire diaries =( just the stuff you don't know
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Chapter 49
Cassie walked into the police station, "hey Liz" she said seeing the sheriff.
"Thanks for coming Cassandra" Liz said seeing her.
"No problem" Cassie said waving her hand.
Liz looked down at Cassie's outfit. "Going to the pageant?" she asked
"I was on my way before you called" she said explaining the mint green dress she was wearing.
"Well he is over here" Liz said leading Cassie to holding.
"Well, well" Cassie teased seeing Alaric sitting on the bed in a cell. "I'm pretty sure you're the one who is suppose to bail me out of jail, not the other way around."
"Not funny" Alaric deadpanned "I shouldn't even be here this is ridiculous"
"You attacked Meredith" Liz said.
"She shot me!" Alaric exclaimed.
"Because you went after her," Liz countered.
"Ok, this is ridiculous" Cassie said. "Liz you know my dad wouldn't hurt Meredith or anybody else."
"You are the only person connected to the other murders" Liz said "you had a fight with the first victim"
"Because he was a douche" Alaric countered "doesn't mean I killed him"
"Can you tell me where you were that night during the murder?" Liz asked
"No" Alaric said leaning his head against the wall "I can't remember"
"See that means he has a drinking problem, not that he is a murder" Cassie said turning to Liz "you honestly don't think he did do you?"
"No I don't but the amount of evidence against him is to much for me to just turn the other way, this isn't vampires this time, its humans"
"So all we need to do is figure out your alibi" Cassie said "easy"
"Cassandra, I have to keep him in holding, for him as well, Meredith used vampire blood to heal him as long as he is here he is safe." Liz told her.
Cassie nodded "ok, so can you give me the exact times of the two murders" she asked Liz
Liz nodded and walked away.
As soon as she was gone Alaric stood up and walked over to Cassie. "I didn't do it," he said.
Cassie turned to look her dad in the eyes "I know that, Liz knows that, and so does everyone else"
"I mean come on, I was a victim!"
Cassie scoffed "according to the police report, Meredith thinks that the wound could be self inflicted."
Alaric rested his head on the bars of the cells "so what do we do?" he asked.
"Right now, you need to think and try to remember what you were doing during those times, I'm going to go talk to Meredith and see what she thinks."
"She thinks that I'm a lunatic who attacks people"
"And she also shot you and healed you with vampire blood but somehow I don't see that making it into the police report" Cassie countered.
That stopped Alaric's protests, and then he looked at his daughter.
Her wavy hair was curled and pinned back; she had put some make up on and was wearing a dress and heels.
"Did you dress up just to come and see me?" Alaric asked.
Cassie opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted.
"No, she dressed up just to come and see me" Damon said strutting over to where Alaric and Cassie were.
"Damon" Alaric said, "What are you doing here?"
"I was waiting at the bar to see my best friend, only to find out he was arrested for murder." Damon said shrugging his shoulders "so I came here."
Damon turned to Cassie and slowly his eyes traveled down her body. Luckily Cassie and Alaric weren't paying attention, both lost into the conversation they were having.
"Cassie seriously why are you dressed up?" Alaric said.
"I had a date," she said, "I was on my way then I got a call that you had been shot and were in jail."
"A date?" Damon asked "with whom?"
Cassie just glared at him then turned back to her dad.
"Cass, go on your date, I'll still be in jail when you get done with it." Alaric said.
"But" Cassie began
"Go, have fun" Alaric said.
"No" Cassie said "we have to figure out what is going on with this stupid who done it in town, there isn't time"
"Cassandra Stephanie Gilbert, you go out with that boy right now" Alaric said in his dad voice.
Cassie stared at her dad and raised an eyebrow; while Damon turned to Cassie "your middle name is Stephanie?"
"Shut up Damon" Cassie said turning to her dad.
"Dad, I have to figure this out." She said, "I'm not going to go out while you sit in a jail cell."
"So I'll break him out," Damon said walking over to the door and grabbing to of the bars.
"No you wont" Liz said walking back into the room "or I'll lock you in there as well." She told them handing the papers to Cassie.
"Thanks" she told Liz.
"I'm serious Damon, until we get some hard core evidence that clears Ric he has to stay in lock up" Liz warned Damon.
Damon just nodded while Alaric nodded.
Cassie's phone rang.
She looked at the caller id with a frown, she didn't know the number.
"Hello?" she answered walking away from the boys.
She sighed, "really?"
Alaric and Damon looked at each other in confusion.
Cassie pinched the bridge of her nose. "And your sure?" she continued.
"Hell on earth"
"No, you don't need to put a stop to it"
"Yes I will take care of it."
"Monday?" she asked looking to the clock in the room.
"Yes sir"
"No sir"
"Yes sir" she finished and hung up.
"Ok" she said turning back to Damon and Alaric "new plan."
"What was that?" Damon asked.
"First things first" Cassie said walking towards Damon; she slapped him across the face.
Alaric chuckled.
"That was for almost getting Jeremy killed, and you are in charge of talking to Meredith, I apparently need to go have another talk with professor creepy pants." She finished.
She turned around and left the room without another word, just the soft sound of her heels leaving the building.
Cassie left the papers in the car as she walked up to the Miss Mystic Falls pageant.
She scanned the area until she saw Shane talking to Bonnie.
She walked up to them. "Excuse Me," she said "Shane can I talk to you?"
"Can't it wait?" Bonnie asked.
"No" she said slipping her arm around Shane's as they walked away.
"You failed to mention something," Cassie said to him in a hushed tone.
"I did?" Shane asked confused.
"Yep" Cassie said popping the p "apparently raising Silas will cause hell on earth."
"Really?" Shane asked.
"There are several cultures that say this" Cassie said stopping to face them once they had walked away from the people. "And I would appreciate it if you didn't treat me like a two year old, I'm not some teenager you can give some stoner tea too."
Shane nodded. "There are some cultures that say raising Silas will cause hell on earth, yes this is true."
"So my question is what exactly is your plan with Silas." Cassie asked.
"That's my business Shane said.
"And now it's mine, unless you want to find another witch and group of vampires to help you." Cassie quipped right back.
"Silas is going to raise the dead." Shane said.
"Raise the dead?" Cassie repeated "all the dead?"
"No, only the supernatural"
"That takes some serious juice"
"I have Bonnie working on completing an expression triangle"
"An expression triangle? As in three sacrifices of twelve?"
"You know I have to say, you continue to surprise me, not just a pretty face."
"Answer the question."
"Yes, I already have the first one done."
"Pastor young and the farm" Cassie said, "they aren't supernatural, they were humans"
"A necessary sacrifice, no matter how unfortunate"
"A necessary sacrifice" Cassie hissed, "they were twelve innocent people with lives and families."
Shane remained quiet.
"I can't let you keep doing this." Cassie said, "twenty four people are going to die"
"Then those twelve people died in vain."
"Those twelve people were never coming backing in the first place, their death was a means to an end for you."
Shane looked down at his watch. "I have to go judge the pageant, we can finish the talk later." He said and walked away before Cassie could say anything.
Cassie groaned and headed back to where the people were.
"Cassie" Caroline's voice came out of the blue "thank god you're here, I need your help"
"Care? What's wrong?" Cassie asked.
"Come on" she said grabbing her hand. "You look hot by the way"
"Thanks" Cassie said as she was dragged into the Lockwood house.
"Here" Caroline said opening the door and walking in with her "it's a disaster"
Cassie looked around the dining area, noticing what was wrong.
"Caroline" she said facing her. "Breathe"
Caroline nodded "but the table cloths are different colors"
"Yes, so we need to move tables four and seven, then it looks like we planned it." Cassie told her.
"But then tables two and five are clashing" Caroline said pointing out.
Cassie and Caroline looked over the dining room.
"Ok we have three off white table and nine champagne ones." Cassie said. "How many does each table sit"?
"Six" she answered.
"So what if we put those three in the center" Cassie said. "And put the girls and their escorts there with one table for the judges?"
Caroline looked over trying to picture it in her mind.
"That'll work!" she said hugging Cassie "thank you so much"
Cassie laughed, "I understand being miss mystic falls, come on lets switch these tables."
The two girls switched the tables and admired their handiwork.
"Beautiful" Klaus's voice came from behind them.
The girls turned.
"Caroline if you are done with my date I would love to have her back" he asked looking at Caroline.
Cassie turned to Caroline rising an eyebrow "am I free?" she asked.
"Go" she said waving her off "and thanks"
Klaus held out an arm and Cassie took it "thank you" she said smiling up at him.
"You know I was talking about you" Klaus said
Cassie blushed "thank you, you look rather dashing as well"
"Would you like to dance?" Klaus asked.
"I would love to" she replied
Klaus led the two of them to the dance floor.
He swung her around and put one hand around her waist and one hand still holing her hand.
"Sorry it took me so long," she told him
"No problem love, Caroline needed your help" Klaus said.
He spun her around.
"It wasn't just Caroline," she said "its been a long day"
"Well, for right now, it's just you and me" he said dipping her.
Cassie smiled up at him "I like the sound of that" she said.
Klaus pulled her back up and gave her a small peck on her lips.
The two of the just swayed for a while until Klaus chuckled.
"What?" she asked.
"Even with heels love, your still short" he told her.
"Shut up" she said smiling at him the top of her hair ending just under his chin.
Cassie put her arms around his neck while he put both of his arms around her waist.
"Have you thought about what you're going to do after we find the cure?" Klaus asked.
"You mean after the whole Mikael thing if finished," she asked.
Klaus nodded.
"Ya, I have thought about it, and I kinda want to stick around for a while." She said.
"Really?" Klaus asked.
Cassie nodded "I have a family and things to keep me here, might do me some good to take a break."
"Things?" Klaus asked a smile on his face.
"Ya" Cassie said looking up at his face "I have my dad and siblings, friends, and there is this guy"
"A guy?" Klaus said "he sounds pretty special if he can keep the great Cassandra gilbert home"
"He is" Cassie said.
Klaus turned her again.
"He is tall, always impeccably dressed in a suit, maybe you have heard of him, his name is Elijah." Cassie said smirking at Klaus.
Klaus pulled her close to him and growled.
He leaned close to her ear, his hot breath hitting her neck.
"Do you want to try that again?" he whispered.
Cassie shivered and was about to answer when Caroline stepped up on the stage.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it is time to start the pageant so if you could please find your seats we will begin"
Klaus and Cassie found their seats in the back of the yard.
Cassie stared at Klaus's profile taking in every detail, the way his hair would curl around his ear. His sea green eyes, that she loved so much, were staring ahead. She could see the small dip around his mouth where his dimples would form when he smiled. Her eyes continued to travel down to his mouth, where his rose colored lips that she loved to kiss sat.
She meant it when she told him that she was going to leave for him and for her family. And it amazed her just what she was going to give up for him, her life for the past to years, her friends. Vaughn and Daniel for sure wouldn't understand. Mason would but Katherine?
Katherine who had been her best friend almost her sister for two years would she understand Cassie walking away for love, especially her feelings for Nik?
But deep down Cassie was terrified, the last time she loved someone was Mason and she was nearly destroyed when everything blew up. The thought of letting herself go again, she didn't know if she could do it.
Which is why she threw herself into hunting in the first place. Taking orders from headquarters, being apart of a team that were just a dedicated to avoiding their problems by throwing themselves into the job as she was.
But when was the time to walk away.
Headquarters called, under no circumstances was she to allow Shane to raise Silas. She knew that meant it is going to take longer to find the cure for Elena, plus the Mikael problem, and now her dad was being framed for murder. Those were huge problems that had no easy solutions.
The questions were.
a) Which one to tackle first
And
b) Who could she trust to tell everything to
"Ok, I know I said everything could wait but I can see something is wrong" Klaus said turning to face Cassie. "But tell me what's wrong"
Cassie stared into his eyes, those striking eyes that she could get lost in, that could show so much care and emotion, or could go so cold and hard at the drop of a hat depending on whom he was trying to fool. She searched those eyes for confirmation that her heart and head could work together, that trusting Nik is something that is smart and not something she just wants to be smart.
"Please" he asked, "I can help"
Cassie took a deep breath, it was time to decide take the plunge or walk away.
"Take a walk, with me" she said grabbing his hand.
Klaus allowed himself to be lead away by Cassie.
He stared at her from behind. Her brownish red hair was curled into big curls and pulled out from in front of her face, hung to about her mid back and it swayed as she walked. Even in her dress and heels Klaus never saw her a just a pretty girl, to him she was Cassandra.
Even from behind he could see her tense and ready for action, there was no doubt that she had some weapons hidden, although Klaus could never guess where. To him she was someone who understood him completely, she judged him on his present actions not his past.
To him they were the same.
They got far enough away that no one could overhear them supernatural or just natural.
She turned around.
"Nik, I am about to throw two years of training and rules out the window" she said.
Klaus remained quiet, he knew she needed to say this, all of this, and she didn't need to be interrupted.
"I'm about to do the one thing I was trained not to do, I'm going to trust someone, and I'm going to fully trust you, no more half truths or avoiding it all together. I'm going to tell you everything because, I need help. I'm not stupid enough to think that I can do this all by myself and instead of calling for backup like I'm suppose to do I'm going to you" she continued.
"And I need to know for sure, I need you to say one more time, that this" she gestured between the two of them
"I need to know that this is real, its not some ploy to get me to stay or some strategy to make sure that no one stabs you in the back, that what's going on is because you have feelings for me, true feelings not influenced by who I look like or who I'm related to."
Klaus stride forward grabbing her face into his hands and pulled her close, his lips crashing down on hers, trying to show just a true and how deep his feelings for her were, he understood her hesitation, its not like he hadn't played with someone's heart for strategy or his own amusement. She needed to know without a doubt that he had no hidden agenda's with her.
And that was exactly what he was going to do.
For her.
"What I feel for you" he whispered against her lips when he pulled back "is not influenced by who you look like from my past or who you care enough about to call family. Cassandra Gilbert what I feel for you is completely and entirely based upon you."
Cassie smiled against his lips "thank you" she whispered back before kissing him back.
And then she launched into telling him everything.
From Alaric in jail to headquarters warning her to stop Shane, all of it every detail she knew she told him.
Once she finished Klaus started pacing, he started thinking about each situation and what he could do to help.
The cure.
Mikael.
Alaric.
Shane.
He took it very seriously when Cassie asked him for help instead of her not calling in somebody else.
He turned to face her. "I see now why you have that white board," he told her.
Cassie smiled at him "it does help" she said
"When we were over at your father's you were talking about the ring he was wearing." He said.
"Yes, I don't think that you can just keep coming back from the dead without consequences" Cassie told him.
"Do you think that maybe what's going on has something to do with the ring?" he asked.
"I hope not because Jeremy is wearing the other one." She replied.
Klaus nodded "well, let go, we can get some dinner and go over the paperwork, figure out what or who is trying to frame Alaric."
Cassie tilted her head to the side
"What's wrong love?" he asked seeing her puzzled expression.
"After everything that I told you, we are going to work on Alaric's problem first" Cassie said.
"Of course," he answered without hesitation "he is your dad and that makes him my first priority out of these messes."
Cassie ran to him and threw her arms around him. " Glad to see we are on the same page, now lets go save my dad," she said.
Elena and Damon were sitting a few tables from where Cassie and Klaus were.
"Where do you think they are going?" Elena asked eavesdropping on their conversation.
"Probably somewhere better then the miss mystic pageant." Damon replied.
Elena swatted Damon on the chest.
"Have you seen Jeremy?" Elena asked looking around "we need to finish the mark soon"
"Probably following around Sabrina the teenage witch, like some lost puppy." Damon quipped.
Elena rolled her eyes and walked away to find her brother.
Caroline walked up to Damon. "Trouble in paradise?" she asked.
"Well if my brother is right then apparently there is no paradise" Damon said.
"Is that's what is making you sad? Caroline asked.
"Don't," Damon said, "lets not do this whole chick flick sharing our feelings bonding thing Blondie."
Caroline huffed "Damon, this effects you more then anyone probably realizes."
Damon just rolled his eyes.
"Its true" Caroline protested, "If we are right then Elena's feelings for you are fake"
"And Cassie's feelings are gone" Damon said quietly looking over to the table were Klaus and Cassie were.
Caroline gave him a sad smile and patted his arm before leaving to go talk to the judges.
Cassie and Klaus were sitting in Alaric loft. Cassie had made grilled cheese for the two of them and they were sitting in front of the board Cassie had made.
"Ug this doesn't make sense" Cassie exclaimed after staring at the board.
"Talk to me" Klaus said.
"Taking away all feelings, and looking at this as an outsider, I would say my dad did it. All the evidence points to him plus how he can't remember where he was during the first murder."
"But he is your dad"
"Exactly, he is my dad and I know that there is no way that he did do it"
The two fell into silence until they heard the door open.
Alaric walked in.
"Aren't you suppose to be in jail?" Cassie asked.
"Ha ha" Alaric deadpanned "they dropped the charges."
Cassie went to give her dad a hug.
"I'm glad your ok" she told him.
"Well I may be out of jail, but I don't think I'm ok" Alaric said.
Cassie pulled back "what?" she asked
Alaric looked to Cassie then to Klaus.
"According to Meredith, I attacked her" he explained.
Klaus gestured for Alaric to sit on the couch, which Alaric did.
"That's why she shot me, I was going after her and wanted her to be punished for using vampire blood to heal people" he said, his head in his hands.
"I don't understand" Cassie said standing next to Klaus.
"I don't remember attacking Meredith, I blacked out and when I woke up she shot me"
"Do you think that maybe during these blackouts you are actually killing people?" Klaus asked
Alaric looked down at his ring he twirled it around his finger.
Cassie noticed it. "The ring" she said looking down at it "after coming back from the dead so many times it's starting to take its toll on you"
Alaric nodded his head.
Cassie sat in a chair across form Alaric.
"But, I don't see how it turns you into this stone cold killer," Klaus protested "and why harm you self?"
"Well, I came to this town to avenge Isobel, hell bent on killing vampires" Alaric said. "And here I am friends with them."
"But why stab yourself?" Klaus asked trying to find anyway to prove that Alaric is innocent.
"It makes sense" Cassie replied deadly "the medical examiner hid vampire attacks, Caroline's dad let Caroline go, and you are friends with vampires"
"Exactly" Alaric replied, "Its like my alter ego comes out to kill anyone who tries and cover up or protect vampires. Which means Cassie I could go after you?"
Klaus sat on the arm of the chair Cassie was sitting on.
"So this is a magic problem," Klaus said, "which means there is a magical solution."
"Which means we need to talk to witches" Cassie finished for him.
Klaus nodded.
"I don't know guys, what can witches do?" Alaric said. "This is apart of me, it's a side of me"
"No, this is not you" Cassie said "not even close"
"So call on some witches, that's the big plan," Alaric asked looking between Cassie and Klaus.
"We need to get your head scanned" Cassie said after thinking about it for a while "to make sure that nothing physically is wrong"
Cassie's phone rang.
"Its Matt" she said picking it up.
"Hello" she answered.
"What?"
"Is he ok?"
"Is she ok?"
"Damn it, I'm on my way" she finished then hung up.
Cassie turned to the boys, "Jeremy attacked Elena at the pageant, everyone is ok but I have to go check up on Jeremy."
Alaric nodded.
"I'll walk you to you car, then I can stay with Alaric?" Klaus asked looking between Cassie and Alaric.
Cassie looked at Alaric, giving him a silent look telling him that it was his choice.
"If you could, I really can't afford to black out and kill somebody." Alaric said.
Klaus nodded and lead Cassie out to the car.
"Thank you," she said once they got to the car.
Klaus just shrugged his shoulder.
"I mean it," she told him "for staying with my dad and for understanding."
She didn't finish the statement; she didn't need to Klaus understood.
Klaus leaned down to kiss her, it was sweet but there was a new emotion there that neither one could explain.
"Call me when everything is ok" Klaus said once they broke apart.
Cassie nodded "call me if something happens with my dad" she replied.
Cassie got in the car and drove to the Gilbert house.
She walked into the house where Matt and Jeremy were sitting in the living room.
Jeremy and Matt turned their heads at hearing her.
"Cass" Jeremy began.
"Shut up" she said walking over to him. She grabbed his face in her hands and looked into his eyes, she moved his head to the left, then to the right. Looking for any hint of him being hurt.
"Are you ok?" she finally asked.
"Ya" he replied moving his face out of her hands.
Cassie shot Matt a look, Matt got up and went to a different room.
"Your going back on the training program I made for you" she snapped at him.
"Cassie" Jeremy protested.
"No Jeremy, I let you do what you want to do, and you almost were killed the first time you went out with them, and now this. Jeremy you could have killed Elena" she told him.
"You were taking to long" Jeremy yelled jumping up from the couch "Elena has already killed one person, how much longer until she kills again."
"That's not your problem" Cassie yelled getting up from the couch as well. "That's on Elena, but protecting you and making sure that you don't hurt an innocent, that's on you. And you almost failed twice"
"I'm not going to fail again," Jeremy said
"Damn straight your not, because we are going to get you back on your training schedule so you can learn to control being one of the five." Cassie quipped back.
Jeremy stopped; he glared at Cassie then stormed up the steps and ran into his room.
Matt came in a few minutes later.
"Is there anything I can do to help?" he asked.
Cassie nodded then turned to face him.
"Can you help me watch over him?" she asked "keep him on his schedule and such"
"Of course" Matt said "anything"
"I have the guest room all cleared out" Cassie said "feel free to move in"
"Cassie I cant" Matt protested.
"Of course you can" she said waving him off "Matt you've been my little brother ever since you came over here when you were six months old. Move in, hell sell your house get some extra cash for college."
"I'll think about it" Matt said.
Klaus walked back into Alaric's apartment.
"Still Alaric or do you want to murder everyone?" he asked seeing Alaric staring at their workstation.
Alaric gave a heartless chuckle.
"Still me" he replied, "what is this? CSI?"
Klaus chuckled "that would be your daughter, she set all of this up"
Alaric laughed, "Caroline wasn't joking, she really is just like her."
"You have no idea," Klaus said flipping the board over to all of her information about the cure and Mikael. "You should have seen her helping with the pageant, calmed hurricane Caroline right down."
"What was the situation, center pieces?" Alaric asked.
"Close, table cloths" Klaus said.
The two men laughed.
Cassie walked out onto the porch off her house, she needed to get some air.
How did everything get so screwed up? Today was supposed to be just her and Klaus. Finally getting a date where nothing was screwed up.
These thoughts were running through her mind when professor Shane walked up to her.
"Cassandra gilbert" he said.
Cassie looked up at him. "Shane" she replied.
He just smiled at her "you know I have to say I was shocked a beautiful girl who knows everything about cultures and supernatural creatures I had to do some research"
"Excuse me?"
"You took some classes at Duke, in fact you exceled at them. But after a year you slowed down and eventually dropped out all together."
Cassie walked right up to him "I would be extremely careful at what you say next" she hissed at him.
"Had a relationship with a werewolf, met a vampire who is the exact replica of your younger sister." He continued. "And then you went underground, dropped Cassie gilbert and became Cassandra the vampire hunter. Didn't come back home until her little brother called because he was one of the five"
"Congrats you looked at my Facebook profile, is there a point to this story?"
"The point is nothing brought you home, not death, not your siblings, but you brother drops the five and you come rushing home. Now I think this is a little strange don't you?"
"Not really" Cassie retorted crossing her arms "my sister was a vampire and my brother was suddenly a vampire hunter, I came to keep the peace."
"The peace? I heard about what happened today between them, your doing a great job at that"
"Sorry I didn't update my twitter feed, Elena and Jeremy thought we weren't moving fast enough so they went rouge kinda blew up in their face if you ask me"
"Seems you have your hands full. So why don't you leave the cure business to me"
"Because I'm not to keen on releasing hell on earth. So why don't you stop building your very own Bonnie bomb. Your services are no longer required."
"I'm afraid that's not for you to decide"
"Your right" she said.
A police car pulled up with its lights on.
Sheriff Forbes got out of the car "Atticus Shane, your under arrest for the murder of pastor young and eleven other." She said handcuffing Shane.
"Oh you have got to be kidding me" he exclaimed.
"You should really think about who you confess to" Cassie said watching Liz stuff Shane into the police car.
An: so i wanted to show that Cassie may be a bad ass but Caroline and her see eye to eye on certain things. and while Cassie is a hunter, she was Miss Mystic first.
i hope i did that part right and you guys just didnt think they were being shallow because i love caroline and she is my favorite charater.
Poor Damon, i wanted to show just how much he was getting the short end of the stick with the present situation, he really took what cassie said to heart... foreshadowing?
alaric and klaus are getting along, i think they both see the need to "protect" cassie but what will cassie think this?
Leave your opinions, thoughts, concerns, any input you would like me to see!
Thanks!