Something Extraordinary

Chapter 16

She didn't want to wake up Rachel, so she didn't turn the lights on and because she couldn't see anything she just took off her clothes and went to bed. She set her alarm and quickly fall asleep, but she woke up a few times through the night, because she, in her sleep moved closer to Rachel and Rachel, in her sleep, or Cassandra at least thought so, moved further away.

She did not sleep well and when she heard her alarm going off she quickly turned it off, Rachel stirred, but it did not look like she woke up. Cassandra didn't want to go to work, but she knew she had to, she quietly took clothes out of her closer and walked into her bathroom.

After her shower she quietly left trough the bedroom and was glad that Rachel sounded asleep again. She took Rachel's sick note, put it in an envelope, got her keys, cellphone and cash and was about to leave, but then she looked for her spare keys and wrote a note for Rachel.

Good morning gorgeous, I hope you slept well and you're better now, I went to work. I got your sick note. I left you spare keys and I'll tell the doorman that you can come in anytime. That's my drivers number and here's some money, I don't think I have any vegan food and I don't know what you want to do, but you can spend it all if you want.
-C.

She put her drivers business card and $200 on the table and left the apartment. She thought a moment about if $200 seemed too much, but she doesn't have any vegan food and she didn't know what Rachel liked to do and she would easily spend $200 a day. Also, she actually wanted to write that she loved her, but she hasn't said it yet and it would be weird to write it before actually saying it.

She grabbed a coffee at Starbucks and took a cab to school. When she walked into school the students avoided her and she liked it, but she missed the little girl that didn't, that tried to keep eye contact when she glared at her.

Yes. She missed Rachel and she let everybody know. She went to the principle office and gave the secretary Rachel's sick note and left. Cassandra's first class started. It wasn't good, neither for her nor for her students, they were miserable and she was too. She was frustrated, not with her student, but she let it out on them.

Everyone was glad when it was over and she had two more classes before she could get home. The other two classes were almost as bad as the first, but she got trough it. Every time she walked through the floor she felt amazing, because everybody was avoiding to look at her, but she missed Rachel every time she saw Brody or anybody else from her class.

By the end of the day, when she was quickly leaving to get home to Rachel someone caught her.

"Miss July."

"Brody. What do you want?"

"I just wanted to ask what's going on?"

"Nothing." Yes, she was snappy.

"I was just concerned."

"You don't need to."

"Oh and do you know where Rachel is? The principles secretary won't tell me and I thought maybe you'd know."

"Why would I know?"

"I don't know." She knew she hadn't hinted anything and just walked away.

"Miss July." By now she was annoyed, because she just wanted to go home and talk to Rachel.

"What is it?"

"When you go to the principles office-"

"I won't."

"If, would you ask about Rachel?"

"Why do you care?" She actually wanted to know.

"I kinda like her."