Something Extraordinary

Chapter 26

I cut the chapter in half so that's why there are two! Enjoy!

The drive took longer than she anticipated and the cab driver was annoying, he was trying to make conversation and she was absolutely not in the mood. When they pulled over, Cassandra was glad she took her wallet with her instead of just her credit card. She quickly counted her money, gave it to him and left the car, before he could give Cassandra, her change back. Cassandra was on the floor of Rachel and Kurt's apartment and walked to the window. She felt for the key, but couldn't find it, so she bend down and looked for it.

"Fool." It was in the back corner, she grabbed it and walked back down to the ground floor. "This is...ridiculous." She felt stupid walking up and down in the building to find the key, but she did it anyway. When she walked back upstairs and stood in front of the door to Rachel's apartment, she knocked first, to give Rachel the chance to open the door. Rachel didn't open, so Cassandra used the key.

"Rachel?" No answer, but she saw Rachel. She walked over to the couch and found her sleeping.

"Convenient." Rachel's phone was on the table, Cassandra grabbed it and saw that Rachel didn't check any of her calls. So, Rachel really did miss Cassandra's calls, she wasn't ignoring Cassandra, she was sleeping. "I can't let you sleep like this...you're gonna wake up with a stiff neck." Cassandra stood in front of Rachel, fascinated how deep her sleep was and knelt down a moment later. "Rachel?" She was whispering. "Rachel, wake up." Rachel stiffened and grumbled something, but didn't wake up. "Rachel, you can not sleep here." Eventually Cassandra realized, if she didn't want Rachel to sleep on the couch, she would have to do something.

However, Cassandra didn't want to wake Rachel up, that's why she somehow managed to pick Rachel up and carried her to the bed.

Rachel moved a bit, but didn't wake up and Cassandra shook her head, about how deep Rachel was sleeping. She watched Rachel for a moment and decided to take her clothes off. At least most of it. Therefor she took Rachel's shoes off and didn't hesitate to take her jeans off as well.

Rachel suddenly curled herself up, but to Cassandra's surprise, didn't wake up. Cassandra watched her a moment and when she was sure Rachel was still sleeping, Cassandra covered her with a blanket. "How can you sleep so deep?" It was more a question to herself than to Rachel.

Cassandra considered to leave and go home, but changed her mind and took off most of her clothes and laid next to Rachel. She tuned the lights off and fell asleep. Cassandra woke up, in the middle of the night, by some noise she couldn't quite put together yet.

"Rachel?" Her voice was barely a whisper. She turned towards Rachel, because she was certain Rachel made the sounds that woke her, it sounded like sobbing. "Rachel are you awake?" No respond came from Rachel and when Cassandra turned on the light on the nightstand, she saw that Rachel really was still asleep and in the same position she fell asleep, curled up.

"Wake up." Cassandra shook her a bit, to wake her up, but it didn't work. Rachel didn't stop sobbing, so Cassandra shook her again.

"Rachel, what's up?"

"Hmm... I don't..." Rachel was still asleep and Cassandra didn't want to wake her up anymore. Though Cassandra was annoyed, Rachel looked so pitiful, Cassandra had the urge to clung her arms around Rachel and somehow stop the sobbing and the rocking.

To Cassandra's surprise it did, Rachel stopped and a few moments later Cassandra fell asleep again. Rachel woke up by the smell of coffee and breakfast.

"How's your party?" She was glad that Kurt let her sleep in, she felt exhausted. Her voice was hoarse and she cleared her throat while sitting up in her bed. She was a bit confused how she got there and something didn't feel right. "Do you know where my phone is I gotta call Cass-." Rachel looked up and saw Cassandra sitting on their kitchen table.