"Ash?", I say through tears, holding my phone in my shakey hand.
The sun is right in my eyes, it's starting to set now that it's close to 4 or 5pm. Honestly I'd lost track of time after the craziness that just happened in the movie theatre.
"Hey Casey! What's up?", She sounds cheery on the other end of the phone.
I'm calling her from the parking lot of the movie theatre. I could've stayed in the lobby but I just felt like I couldn't spend even another second in there or I'd explode. It was already so horrible to see the policeman escort Cappie out and off into his car. I hated seeing that happen to him.
"This is a big favour to ask but… can you come pick me up somewhere?", I ask and then immediately start to sob.
"Oh my gosh. Casey? You're worrying me", I can hear the concern in her voice, her sounding immediately alarmed. "Are you okay? Please tell me that you're okay'!"
"Yes", I say immediately and then think about it. "No… actually... I don't know".
I sigh.
"I'm at the movie theatre, you know the one in town, and something happened… Cappie got arrested for getting into a fight with Evan and it was so bad Ash you would not believe", I explain to her as I spot a bench and go to sit down, feeling like I need to take a breather.
"What?!", She gasps. "What the hell happened?"
"Basically the night of the all greek ball happened all over again", I say. "It was horrible… and I'm mad at Cappie for doing it… and I'm like, completely livid at Frannie and Evan… Just the whole way everything went down Ash…"
"You're mad at Cappie? I mean… I sort of would be too since he got arrested when he should be staying out of trouble", Ashleigh says.
"Well… I mean, it's not just black and white like that… Why don't I tell you when you get here?", I sigh, wanting to tell her about everything in person. "I hate to ask but is that okay? Can you come get me? I just don't have anyone else to ask… Rusty doesn't have a car… and Cappie drove us here so I'm kind of stranded and I wasn't about to ask Frannie for a ride back to campus".
"Oh my god, of course. I'll be there as fast as I can Case. You know I'm always here for you", She says sweetly. "I'm literally getting my shoes on now".
"Thanks Ash", I sniffle, touched at how kind my best friend is to me. "You're the absolute best you know that right?"
"Yeah I know", she scoffs and then pauses for a moment. "Are you really crying at this?"
She laughs a little, teasing me I think, and I join in.
"Yeah I don't know why", I roll my eyes at myself. "It's just been a really really emotional day and… I guess it's maybe being pregnant too, I don't know. I just love you and I love that you're always there for me to be my best friend".
"I love you too", She snickers to herself and I can hear the smile in her voice. "I'll be there soon. And don't worry Casey. I'm… I'm sure this whole mess can be worked out".
"Okay", I say sort of meekly. I still didn't know if she was completely right about that but just her saying it made me feel better about what had happened. "See you soon."
"See you soon Casey!", She replies and we both hang up.
I sigh out deeply, trying to calm myself down more. The last hour or so had been one of the most stressful experiences of my life. And I thought going to the appointment this morning was going to be the scary part of my day. But no, Frannie and Evan made sure to make things interesting… interesting and horrible for me and Cappie.
Still… even though I'm wiping tears off my face as the slightly cool Autumn wind hits me in the face, all I can think of doing is one thing.
I grab my purse off my shoulder and start to shuffle through it for the one thing I was looking for.
When I find it all I can do is smile, like my body just reacts like that naturally, like I couldn't stop myself from smiling if I tried.
Because right now I'm looking at my baby, well our baby… and perhaps not even our baby if I decided to give it up but I wasn't going to think about that right now. Right now I was just going to study the ultrasound photo strip like it was an ancient artifact in a coveted downtown museum.
I swear I could stare at it for hours, the contours of it's silhouette. I could study every last detail of it, of this thing that was literally inside me as we speak, this thing that I actually started to feel happy about when I imagined going to the next appointment and seeing him or her having grown even more.
It was crazy but… it was actually the highlight of the day, of my week really. Well that and… spending time with the person who was the other half of the baby in me.
But now it's like like in a blink of an eye it's been ruined, snatched away like just about everything else in my life has been in the past 2 months.
"Aww Casey c'mere!", Ashleigh runs up to me.
I'd seen her car pull into the parking lot a second ago and had gotten up from where I was sitting to go stand on the edge of the curb to wait for her. There were some other people here, families, couples, teenagers.
And here I was waiting with mascara tears likely trailing down my face.
Ashleigh immediately embraces me in a hug and it makes me feel better instantly.
"Thank you for coming", I let out against her shoulder as I sigh in relief, happily hugging her, something I could use more than ever these days.
"Of course", She nods as we part from hugging so we're face to face. "Here let's get out of here and out of the cold. Does that sound good?"
She's holding onto my arm as I nod up and down, her guiding me over to her car.
"Gosh this feels so weird", I laugh slightly. "Usually I'm the mom friend".
It was true, with me and Ash's relationship I was usually the one who was there to give her advice and to keep her from getting into trouble.
I kind of had that older sister role, and I had always been dubbed by my other ZBZ sisters as the responsible and dependable one. It's one of the reasons why I felt like I could be such a great president. But of course… responsible and dependable doesn't exactly go hand in hand with letting the president of Kappa Tau get you pregnant. That would be a big no no at ZBZ. I mean even just dating one wouldn't be acceptable with Frannie at the helm. She'd make you dump them and if you refused you'd probably be out of the sorority. That's how big of a deal it was.
And as a perfect example of a ZBZ sister, or a former one at least, I had stood by that rule. I'd even encouraged it.
And yet behind closed doors for some reason my heart, and the rest of my body if I'm being totally honest, wanted what it wanted. And it wasn't Evan, it was the most Kappa Tau guy of them all, their president for gods sake. The guy that was probably seen as the walking opposite of me.
It didn't make sense, me and him. But I couldn't change it. And now it's led me here.
"Yeah I know, usually I'm not the one babying you", Ash laughs as we get into her car. "But even if you're not the mom friend today you're still the mom friend, technically speaking now I mean".
She laughs as she gestures to my belly, my face going sheepish as I realize she's right.
"Yeah I guess you are right about that", I think about it as I open the door to the passenger side of her car and get in, the thought of myself actually being referred to as a mom feeling completely scary.
"Alright…", Ashleigh sighs and turns to look at me once we're in and have our seatbelts on. "We can't exactly go to our room at ZBZ… well your old room I mean".
"We could sneak in there", I shrug. "I can definitely climb up those vine thingys to get to the windowed doors".
I suggest this, really wanting to go hang out with her in our old room because, if I'm being honest, I missed it. I missed our chats in there so much, I missed being able to be with her so often. I suppose I'd taken it all for granted.
"Yeah no way", Ashleigh scoffs and raises an eyebrow at me as if the very notion of my idea is crazy. "You're literally pregnant Casey, we don't need you falling off of the ZBZ house and getting hurt!"
She says this likes it's completely obvious.
"Oh yeah…", I nod slowly. "Crap, I guess you're right".
I never had to think about anyone else but me before. But now… now I had this whole other being that I had to make sure I was staying safe and healthy for.
"Crap", I shake my head and moan out. "I'm gonna be a terrible mom Ash".
"No you're not Casey!", Ash jumps in quickly. "You're just… still not used to being pregnant. Seriously, you'd be a great mom if you do decide to be one. Me and the other girls all think so".
"Wait really? I didn't know that…", I perk up a bit at that.
"Oh yeah", Ash nods with a sweet smile. "Betsy thinks so, you've certainly taken care of her a time or two on a night out. And Ivy and Beth think so too, they were happy for you… and Laura is too even though she acts pretty displeased with everything and is kind of a bitch… I can tell she misses you".
"Awww", I pout with my lower lip out as the two of us giggle. "I miss them too".
"Things at the house aren't really that good Case", Ashleigh looks more serious now. "I haven't wanted to talk about it a ton since I know you miss ZBZ and I know you're focused on the baby but… people hate living under the Frannie regime. Seriously. No one is having a good time, we barely even have fun anymore".
"Ugh that sucks", I frown. "Well no one hates Frannie much more than me right now so I can certainly relate".
I roll my eyes.
"So what happened then? I need to know, it sounds serious", She frowns at me, looking sad for me and how the day went.
"Well…", I take a deep breath in, knowing this is going to be a long story. "I'll start at the very beginning. So me and Cappie went this morning to the appointment and it was really nice actually Ash. I mean… we're getting along really good lately and I was scared of course but it was actually really nice to see the baby again. The baby's completely healthy and coming along good with measurements and stuff which is good. And we got to hear its heartbeat which was so crazy! Crazy, in a good way".
I'm smiling as I ramble on about this.
I stop though once I see the smug look in her face, knowing she's thinking something without saying it.
"What?", I question. "What's that look?"
"Sorry it's just… you look really happy Casey", She gives me a soft smile now. "Talking about the baby… it makes you happy, I can tell".
"Well…", I shrug, trying desperately now to seem more nonchalant about it. "It was just really cool, that's all. It's not like I'd still choose to be 20 and pregnant".
"Yeah I know you wouldn't", She nods. "But it's nice to see you happy Casey. And it's nice to see that Cappie's been so there for you".
"Yeah he… he has actually. Every day", I nod. Then I feel the need to change the subject away from the topic of me and Cappie's newfound relationship that I never thought would happen again. "Anyway, want to see the new photos? They're in my purse?"
"Uh of course!", Ashleigh looks excited.
I laugh a bit as I happily take out the ultrasound strip and pass it to her.
"Wow… this is cool", She nods.
"It is… Anyway though, need to get to the fight part because… I'm gonna need to figure something out and get your help with something Ash", I speak seriously to her now.
"Of course, I'm always here to help", she nods.
"Thank you", I sigh of relief. "So… anyway, after the appointment me and Cappie came here to the movie theatre. Partly because it's his birthday today and partly just… to spend some time together I guess. But then when we came out of the movie we ran into Frannie and Evan".
"Ugh god", Ashleigh's face turns downcast.
"And they said a bunch of horrible stuff to us and Evan was so horrible. But I finally grabbed Cappie and we were just about to get out of there when Evan went at it again and Cappie just completely lost it Ash", I sigh. "He hit him so many times and Evan just stopped fighting back and… he looked pretty rough by the end. And then we all had to get questioned by the police about what happened and I told my side of the story and Cappie did too but… you know how Evan and Frannie are. And Evan went with the police to the station to officially press charges, do paperwork or something... I don't even know! But who knows what he said to them!"
I moan out now in annoyance.
"Of course Evan's pressing charges just like he did with Rusty back during rush and I had to pick him up from jail the next day", I roll my eyes. "So Cappie's headed there now, I'm sure he's probably already there actually. Him and Evan are there together so who knows what's going on".
I look down into my lap sadly.
"And obviously I'm mad at Cappie too for taking the bait and allowing his hatred of Evan to get the best of him. I mean, I wanted him to just ignore Evan. If he had we'd be back at the KT house now not having to worry about this! So I'm kind of pissed at him too. Not to mention… seeing that side of him… I mean it was like he was just possessed with anger. I've never seen him act like that before, he's usually completely chill and gentle", I say as I cross my arms across my chest.
"Wow…", Ashleigh takes this in. "You're right though, Cappie usually doesn't act like that. Evans the one who I've seen be more of a hothead with you".
Ashleigh thinks to herself now for a second.
"What was it that Evan said that made him go ballistic?", Ashleigh asks me, looking quizzical.
"Um… it was Evan basically calling me a slut", I sigh and roll my eyes back. "Well not basically, he pretty much flat out did".
"Ugh screw him", Ashleigh looks mad for me, but then her face changes into a bit of smug all knowing smirk, a face I see her often give me when she's teasing me. Most often when we were discussing my feelings for Cappie. Even though I'd professed to her many times that I didn't have any. But I'd been honest with her back when I found out I was pregnant, that's when I had told her that I still felt things for him, still loved him even.
"What?", I question her with a shake of my head.
"Well it's just… the thing is is that Evan knew exactly what to say to incite that response for him. It's like… it's like when people go for that one weak spot in a person. And for him that weak spot is you", She tells me, speaking seriously with a smirk still present on her lips.
I open my mouth to argue but nothing comes out. I can't even really refute her claim. She was right.
"Maybe so", I roll my eyes, speaking after a brief silence between us. "But still, he's 21 years old today, I wish he could control himself enough to not go crazy on Evan like that in public! I mean I hate Evan right now too but there's kind of no excuse for what Cappie did. I've never seen anyone that mad like that!"
"Yeah but… you have to admit… it is kinda hot", Ash gives me a bit of a smug smile, twirling her hair around her finger. "It's kind of every girls dream Case".
"Oh c'mon Ash", I groan over dramatically. "This is so not every girls dream! Pregnant at 20 with my ex boyfriend's baby and ousted from my sorority while everyone on campus thinks I'm a slut?!"
I raise my eyebrows at her.
"Fine, fine. But I'm just saying he fully protected you", She returns the way I raised my eyebrows at her. "That's pretty hot actually".
"Okay whatever", I roll my eyes at her and then look in front of me out the window to see the sun start to set.
I think about it for a moment. I hadn't really thought of it that way… how Cappie was really just protecting me. How he hadn't wavered even for a second in standing up for me.
"So what did you need my help with then? Bailing him out of jail? Because… I also don't have any money Case… I kind of spent all my babysitting money from the summer on a new back to school wardrobe", Ash bites down on her lip as she awkwardly admits this.
I can't help but giggle, knowing exactly how Ashleigh is with money.
"Yeah that sounds like you", I scoff. "But anyways, no it's okay. When I left he was… he was pretty torn up mentally, I could see it in his eyes. As the policeman was taking him away he told me to just tell his brothers what happened and that they'd know what to do. He told me to just relax and stay out of it and that he was sorry".
I sigh deeply.
"But you're not going to stay out of it?", Ash asks.
"Well no!", I throw up my arms. "I'm already involved in it and… I have to help him. Even if I wasn't living with him and having a baby with him… what he did was partially because of me. So I was going to go to Evan and… well I was going to see if we could get the charges dropped".
I suggest this a little bit trepidatiously, knowing that she's probably going to think this is a completely terrible idea.
"Really?", She looks just as I'd expected she would at my suggestion, disapproving of the idea. "I just feel like it's not going to work Casey. And he's probably just going to say more mean stuff to you and if he does I may just beat him up too and end up in jail myself!"
The two of us laugh together now.
"Don't, he's not worth it", I giggle. "But still… if I could just talk to him rationally maybe he would think about just dropping the charges. That or I have a backup plan that might work better..."
"I don't know if being rational is going to trump Evan and Cappie's feud Casey", Ash doesn't look sold. "Maybe you should just tell the KT guys what happened like Cappie said? Don't they have money hidden away or something?"
"That's sort of what Cappie said, he said they'd know what to do, that they had a plan in place for this type of thing", I shrug.
"Yeah but… something tells me if they have money hidden away for this type of thing Cappie's the only one that would remember where it is", Ash rolls her eyes with a scoff.
"Exactly!", I agree with her. "He wants me to stay out of it but I just… I feel like me and Rusty are the only people in his life that are with it enough to help him out of this".
"Okay well…", Ash thinks about it for a second and then let's put a deep sigh while rolling her eyes back. "It's not like I was going to do homework tonight or anything… The Bachelor is on though".
I can see she's joking.
"You can TiVo it Ash", I laugh.
"Okay…", She nods. "Fine, I'm in. So what's the plan?"
"I cannot believe you actually brought her here Ash!", I roll my eyes, looking about as annoyed as I could possibly be at Ashleigh right now.
Ash had brought along the one person I didn't want to see more than anything. Rebecca Logan.
"I can hear you!", Rebecca points out as all 3 of us stand next to Ash's parked car. "I'm literally right here!"
We're standing on the curb in front of the Omega Chi house.
"Yeah no offence but I don't really care if you hear how much I don't like you Rebecca!", I cross my arms at her. "You've been nothing but terrible to me since we met and now I don't have to stay quiet about it because I'm not your big sister anymore! I'm not in ZBZ so I don't have to be cordial to you".
Rebecca just sighs and rolls her eyes back slowly, leaning against Ash's car.
"Look I just thought we could use backup on the mission", Ashleigh explains. "And Rebecca is really really good at this kind of stuff".
"Well you're probably right about that. Rebecca certainly has the right personality for scheming", I sneer and look over to Rebecca.
"Aw no need for compliments Casey!", Rebecca grins annoyingly as she speaks sarcastically in response to my insult.
"Enough you two!", Ash steps in between us, huffing in annoyance as she throws her hands up. "Look, you two are here as fellow Evan Chambers haters, that's all! That's our common interest".
"What?", I raise my eyebrow and then look over to Rebecca quizzically. "Seriously? You hate Evan too?"
I genuinely didn't realize. When she'd hooked up with him during rush, Evan cheating on me in the process, I thought that she wanted to be with him.
"Yeah he's a total jerk Casey", Rebecca looks at me like it's a completely obvious point. "Duh!"
"I thought you wanted to date him?", I shake my head in confusion.
Rebecca pauses for a moment, I think thinking carefully about what to say. Eventually she sighs and comes clean.
"No, I just wanted to make you jealous", Rebecca finally confesses. "He honestly is an ass. When he met me during rush a few weeks back he brought me back to his room, told me that he was single and then told me that I was the only girl he'd met on this campus that was up to his standards. He said we'd be like a power couple or whatever".
She rolls her eyes at Evan's behaviour.
"Which was total bull obviously. I mean, the whole time I thought that I had found a guy that liked me and might be a nice new boyfriend for me here in this new place that I'm not used to. But he was just lying the entire time. Hell, I even looked past the mediocre sex because I thought I was just so lucky to be noticed by 'The Evan Chambers'", Rebecca groans as she uses air quotes.
"But you told me you guys had a great time that night?", I question her.
"I was just lying to piss you off!", Rebecca admits with another roll of her eyes. "And I mean, obviously it worked".
"Well it looks like you two both had lacklustre experiences in bed with him", Ash starts to laugh a bit as she then covers her mouth to conceal the way she's giggling.
I start to laugh too and Rebecca joins in, me and her actually cutting through the tension between us for once. Because… weirdly I was starting to actually see Rebecca as human… which was crazy.
"Thank god, I thought it was just me", I continue to laugh.
"Definitely not just you… big sister", Rebecca gives me a bit of a smirk.
"I'm not exactly… your big sister... or any sister to you at all anymore", I sigh sadly.
"Well look, that's partly why I brought Rebecca along. All of us at the house are sick of the way Frannie is treating us. Frannie and Evan have to be stopped", Ash declares. "And I've gotten to know Becs and she's actually pretty cool Casey".
I look back and forth between Ash and Rebecca for a moment, Rebecca looking at me a little awkwardly, a little pleadingly too, like she really does want to make things right.
"Okay fine", I nod, groaning a bit. "Rebecca… I'll give you another chance alright?"
"Thanks", She says quietly as a small smile comes over her face. "And… I'm sorry. Which is a big thing for me to admit because I never do. But… I didn't treat you well and I know that... I have to be honest though, you're maybe not as bad as I thought. I thought you were just a goody two shoes prude who liked to kiss Frannie's ass".
Rebecca scoffs and I give her a narrowing of my eyes.
"But you're not", She follows up her sentence. "I mean, clearly. You're pregnant by the biggest playboy on this campus from what I've heard and have somehow gotten him to actually stop his pattern of a new girl each night… so obviously you have a side to you I haven't seen. I'm kind of happy to be wrong about you Casey".
"Well I'm not just a goody two shoes prude", I put my hands on my hips. "And I'm not actually with Cappie, I'm just… living at the KT house right now. And I hooked up with him at the beginning of the school year and ended up getting pregnant".
I explain to her.
"Wait you're not with him?", Rebecca looks confused. "Then why are we here to ambush Evan and get him to drop the charges?"
Rebecca looks completely confused.
"Because… Casey cares about him way more than she'll ever admit", Ash interjects.
"No it's just that…", I sigh. "He doesn't deserve to be in jail right now and Evan's been an ass so… I just want Cappie to be able to come home. I want to make this right".
"Well I love stuff like this", Rebecca grins happily. "I absolutely live for blackmailing men".
"We're not… blackmailing him", I roll my eyes back. "We're just… reminding him why it would be in his best interest to drop the charges by showing him what will happen if he doesn't".
I shrug nonchalantly.
"So basically the definition of blackmail?", Ash gives me a look with her brow furrowed.
"Whatever! Let's just go, you ready girls?", I confirm with them, ready to get this over with. I was angry as ever with Evan and was ready to fight back. Even if I was here with someone who I thought was my worst enemy… but perhaps she wasn't anymore.
"Ready", Ash nods, smiling.
"Me too, let's go", Rebecca tucks her hair behind her ear and slings her purse over her shoulder, looking ready as ever to ambush Evan.
"Perfect", I nod.
We walk up the driveway and up the steps where I knock on the door 3 times.
I'd obviously been here before quite a few times when me and Evan dated. So I knew some of the guys here, but to be honest not very well. Most of them weren't really my cup of tea. They were kind of stuck up. Even if I'd never admit that to anyone since they were seen as the most desirable men in the greek system of course.
"Casey?", Dino answers the door.
Dino was Omega Chi's current president and Evan's probable predecessor since everyone knew Evan would be president once Dino graduated at the end of this year.
He looks pretty confused about why I'm here but I don't really care nor do I have time to explain to him why I'm here.
"We need to see Evan", I'm crossing my arms as I speak strongly, immediately establishing that I mean business.
"Uh…", He looks confused but then shrugs. "He's up in his room. He's kinda messed up right now, Cappie got him pretty good. But well… you'd probably know that since you're having a kid with the guy".
"Perfect, we'll find our way up", I give him a fake smile and move on past him, not waiting for him to invite us in.
Ash and Rebecca follow me, the two of them crossing their arms across their chests too as the three of us walk up the stairs, on a mission.
"Alright, here's his room", I tell them.
"Yeah I know, I've been here before too Casey", Rebecca makes sure to add but I just look over to her to give her a glare. "Right, sorry. Still a sensitive issue".
I sort of ignore Rebecca as I knock on Evan's door harshly. I wasn't usually like this, Rebecca was sort of right about that. I usually was the sweet girl, the one that went along with whatever, that didn't want to cause a stir. But now that my whole world had blown up I didn't really care what people thought of me anymore. Especially not Evan.
"C'mon in", I hear.
I look back to Ash and Rebecca, giving them a nod as we all take a deep breath.
I open the door and see Evan sitting at his desk, his eyes immediately widening when he realizes that we're the ones behind the door.
"What the hell are you three doing here?", He stutters a bit as he tries to get his words out.
I can't help the joy I feel when I realize that he immediately looks scared.
"We just wanted to have a little talk that's all", I give him a sneering smirk.
"What are you and Rebecca doing together?", He looks scared, not to mention confused as hell.
"Aw do you not like your ex girlfriend hanging around with your girl on the side?", Rebecca gives him a frown, speaking sarcastically as she mocks him.
"I-I just thought you hated each other", He stutters again.
"Well not as much as we collectively hate you", I smile evilly at him. "Look Evan…"
I walk on into his room, Ash and Rebecca following as Rebecca shuts the door behind her so we have some privacy to speak to a very petrified looking Evan.
"I'm just going to get right to the point because being in this room sort of makes me more nauseas than I already am… considering you cheated on me in here and then tried to lie to me about it", I sneer.
"Well at least I don't have to wear the evidence of my cheating on me", Evan glares as he gestures to my stomach.
"Cheating? Casey was just doing what you did to her back", Ashleigh gives him an annoyed look and Evan just rolls his eyes in response.
"You can think whatever you want Evan. It doesn't matter anyways because we're only here for one thing", I get back on track. "I want you to drop the charges, just let Cappie go alright?"
"Oh sure, yeah I'll get right on that Casey", He scoffs bitterly, laughing sarcastically at the idea of him doing that. "You do see what he's done to me right?"
He points to his face.
"It was Casey's little brother first, now Cappie… soon Casey's going to start hitting you if you don't stop being an asshole!", Ashleigh gives him a glare.
"And I'll happily do it for her, pregnant girls shouldn't be in fights but I'm perfectly fine to throw a punch", Rebecca smiles.
"What the hell did I ever do to you to make you hate me?", He looks at Rebecca in annoyance.
"Well how about completely lying to me, sleeping with me and then trying to hide it for days?", Rebecca lists off. "I could go on".
"Well I'm not dropping the charges so your little 'Charlie's Angels' team may as well just turn on around and get the hell out", Evan says in annoyance.
"Believe me I want to get out of here too but… I think you'll change your mind on the charges", I say, my hands on my hips. "Don't you remember a certain moment during our last spring break?"
I watch as the color completely drains from his face. I know that I've got him now, hook, line and sinker.
"Look, no one is going to believe you if you tell them about that!", He argues.
"Aw... you're right", I say as I play up this act. "Mmm wait a sec though, I have the photos!"
I grin at him wickedly now as I hold up my phone.
"And a video too!", I add with a grin. "You know me, I never delete anything".
"You wouldn't do that Casey", He looks scared as all hell right now, angry too.
"Actually I would", I nod, staring him down. "And if anyone needs us to testify to our personal experience with you…"
I gesture over to Rebecca.
"I think me and Rebecca can attest to the… hmm, how should I say this…?", I pretend to think to myself. "The size issue in the bedroom".
Evan puts his face in his hands now as he groans.
Me and Rebecca share a grin as we watch Evan completely lose it.
"Fine!", He says angrily, running his fingers over his temples as he rolls his eyes again, looking absolutely drained right now. "I'll drop the charges!"
"Great", I grin happily. "I thought you would say that".
"Only if you delete those pictures and that video", He puts his finger up as he speaks sternly.
"Alright", I nod. "Make the call to the station letting them know you're dropping the charges and you can personally watch me delete them off my phone".
"Fine", He practically grunts and I swear I can just about see the steam coming out of his ears. "I'll get my phone".
"Oh my god!", Ash jumps up and down as we're now back out onto the street, the streetlights lighting up the dark sky now that it's later into the evening. "I feel like I've just done… ecstasy or something! That was so fun!"
"Right?!", I nod and let out a bit of a laugh, feeling like I've finally reached some form of justice.
After so long of not ever standing up for myself i feel… like I could literally skydive right now or something. I felt rejuvenated.
"Takedowns are my favorite form of self care", Rebecca smiles. "Even if I took a bit of a backseat during this one".
Rebecca looks over to me and gives me a genuine smile.
"But I was impressed with you Miss Prude", She laughs.
"Hey! Can I please lose that nickname now?", I raise my eyebrow playfully.
"Alright, I think you've earned it. I'll call you Casey now", She nods and we both laugh a bit. "I mean… if we ever hangout again I will".
"Well as long as you stay this unbitchy version of yourself….", I shrug. "I suppose I would be open to the three of us… hanging out like you said".
I nod awkwardly, hoping I'm not going to regret letting Rebecca off the hook. But… I sort of was in the market for friends right now if I was being honest.
"See!", Ash jumps up and down again excitedly. "We got the charges dropped! We're all friends now! Casey stood up to Evan! It couldn't get any better!"
"Yeah except now we have to go back to ZBZ where Frannie tells us what to do all the time", Rebecca groans and then thinks to herself, an evil plan brewing in her head I believe as she begins to smile. "Next let's do a Frannie takedown mission".
"That'll be a bit harder but we'll see", Ash scoffs. "All the girls would join in though, I'm sure. And I know Frannie's completely crapping her pants about Tegan coming to visit at the beginning of November".
"Well we'll have to work on that one", I laugh. "But for now… I should probably go to the police station".
"Aw you don't waste any time do you?", Ash gives me a teasing look. "You can't be away from him for an evening?"
"It's not that", I roll my eyes in response but I'm smirking at her still. "He just doesn't have his car there so…"
I shrug.
"Sounds to me like it's the classic good girl falls for the bad boy Casey", Rebecca interjects as she joins in on teasing me. "You know, like those stupid 80s movies".
"Yeah it's like… the plot of a million romance movies", Ash giggles.
I purse my lips sheepishly as I try not to smile in front of them.
"You guys!", I argue with a laugh. "Let's just get out of here okay?"
"Okay get in you guys", Ash laughs, gesturing to her car. "First stop, the Kappa Tau house to drop Casey off".
"Thank you", I smile, feeling relieved, not to mention really thankful to Ash for helping me out and taking her whole day to help me and drive me around.
"Hey so... what the hell were those photos and videos you were blackmailing him with?", Rebecca leans forward to ask from where she's sitting in the backseat.
She looks completely curious, excited to hear the gossip.
"Well usually I wouldn't tell you but... you helped me out today so...", I say and then struggle not to laugh to myself. "Here Ash, can I have your phone?"
"Yeah, its in my purse", Ashleigh scoffs as I get her phone out, scrolling through to find the photo and video.
Then I hold it out to show the picture to Rebecca.
"Oh my god!", Rebecca gasps.
I scroll so she can see the video I have of Evan's embarassing moment too.
Rebecca immediately starts laughing.
"Is that a man he's with?!", Rebecca looks completely amused, loving this.
"Yep", I join in with her laughing, Ash joining in too. "That's Omega Chi's golden boy Evan Chambers kissing a drag queen at Myrtle Beach's ladies night!"
"How did that even happen?!", Rebecca giggles.
"We went to this club while we were there because I thought it looked fun. Turned out it was ladies night and there were a bunch of male strippers and drag queens!", I laugh. "And I came back from the washroom and saw Evan making out with someone... and I thought it was a woman until I finally noticed. I took photo and video evidence because I was going to show it to Ash to show that he'd cheated on me... then I realized it was a guy! Turns out Evan was realizing it was a guy at the same time I did!"
The three of us continue to giggle.
"He made me swear to never tell anyone that it happened", I laugh.
"He basically tried to cheat on you even then back in April Case!", Ashleigh scoffs as she shakes her head as Evan's shitty behaviour.
"Yeah I should've gotten out then", I groan.
"Yeah definitely", Rebecca agrees. "Hey how do you still have the picture and video? We all watched you delete them in front of Evan in exchange for him letting Cappie go?"
"Well...", I look sheepish. "I sent them to Ash before we went in so she could save them on her phone just in case".
"Wow. I never thought I would say this but I like the way you think Casey Cartwright", Rebecca gives me a smile which I, surprisingly, return.
"Well thank you", I laugh a matter of fact as Ash pulls up to the KT house.
"Alright Case, good luck!", Ashleigh gives me a smile as I unbuckle my seatbelt and then lean in to hug her quickly.
"Bye Ash! Thank you for today", I smile as I'm hugging her. When I pull away I look back at Rebecca. "And... thank you to you too Rebecca".
I give her a real smile.
"Bet you never thought you'd say that", She smirks devilishly.
"Yeah I definitely didn't", I scoff. "But... I mean it. And I meant it about the three of us hanging out too".
"Yay!", Ash claps. "That would be so fun! I'm thinking we could plan you a baby shower soon!"
"Whoa... hold your horses", I laugh and put my hands up. "I'm only 10 weeks along and... I don't even know if I want a baby shower Ash".
I sigh, hoping she'll understand what I mean. That I wouldn't have a baby shower if I'm giving the baby up for adoption.
"Okay well, we'll be on call for if and when you do want one", She grins at me.
"Thank you", I laugh. "Alright bye girls!"
I wave to the two of them and get out of thr car.
I stand in the driveway now as I watch Ash drive down greek row to get to the ZBZ house.
I grab my car keys out of my purse when my phone buzzes with a text. I fiddle with the contents of my purse until I find my phone, opening it up to see the text is surprisingly from Cappie. I suppose he must've gotten his belongings back which means he's out.
Cappie: Hey Case... somehow the charges got dropped. I have no idea what happened but don't worry about coming to get me. I'll come to you. Where are you?
I feel a smile start to come over my lips, just happy he's out.
I text him back.
Casey: I'm at the KT house! I'm so happy you're out, I was freaking out.
He texts me back right away.
Cappie: Okay I'll be there soon. And don't worry. But we do need to talk Casey. See you in a bit.
I feel my smile drop now.
We needed to talk? His texts didn't sound very Cappielike.
What was he talking about? And why was I now feeling more worried than ever?
Author's Note:
Hey guys! I'm sorry if you guys didn't like this chapter since I know Cappie wasn't in it. But it's just sort of a filler chapter that had to be in here to lead up to a really angsty next chapter that is 100000% just about Cappie and Casey's relationship so I think people that love them will like it. I just had to add this chapter to keep the story flowing but don't worry, this is still focusing completely on Cappie and Casey, Evan won't really be in it much after this.
And I love Rebecca so much which is why I wanted to add her in and I loveeee her and Ashleigh and Casey's friendship so I wanted to add that dynamic even though this is a S1 fanfic.
Anyway, hope you guys didn't mind this chapter too much, it's just to further the story. And selfishly, I wanted Casey to go off on Evan in S1 way more than she did because he was so terrible to her and really got away with it lol.
Also sorry for the cliffhanger haha!! I don't know if people will expect where the next chapter is going but I think CC fans will like it!