drapetomania ; sam thomas

qe

soon after her mother left her cassidy got a text from kristy asking if she was free to hang out. cassy quickly replied with a 'be there in 5', she got a paper towel and brought it up to her eye and it soaked up her tears in an instant. she grabbed her phone and put on her shoes and headed over to kristy's house. when she got there she knocked on the door and just a couple seconds later kristy opened the door for her older friend.

"heyy, how are you?" cassy asked kristy as they shared a quick hug

"i'm good, i was just bored. how are you?"

"yeah i'm fine thank you" she said undoing her shoe laces

"what are you doing?"

"taking off my shoes.."

"why?"

"well, you have to in our house. i just thought that was the same in every house"

"well don't worry about it next time"

"ok then!" she smiled and followed kristy up to her room.

"ok i like it, picasso"  she smiled looking around the younger girls room

"what?" kristy asked confused

"i really like it kristy" she said laughing. the girls sat on the floor and got to know each other better. kristy got to know all about cassy's music journey. and cassidy got to know all about kirsty's baby sitting club, the bsc, which she ran with her friends.

"you'll have to come and meet them all one day, they'd love you!"

"i'd love to come to one, when's the next one?"

"tomorrow. you can come if you want, i don't need to run it by anyone else since i'm president"

"i'd love to come, kris" the blonde smiled, there was a quick knock at the door before it opened and revealed sam.

"kristy you need to go and do the dishes, it's your day" he said not noticing cassidy as he was too distracted by his guitar

"alright fine. i'll be back in a minute cass" kristy sighed as she stood up. the last bit of the smaller girls reply is what caught sam's attention most and he looked up. a smile spreading as soon as he saw cassy.

"hey adds! how long have you been here?" he asked, his smile never leaving his face

"an hour maybe" she replied, her smile only growing as he came and sat down on the floor with her.

"how are you?" he asked putting down his guitar

"yeah i'm good thanks" she said with a slight shiver, her smile not leaving

"you cold?"

"a little, i guess. your house is probably a bit older than mine so it won't be as insulated or as warm as my house is. and well i guess there's the part where my house has heated floor. oh and i'm wear a stupid crop top and ripped jeans and i'm rambling. sorry" she finally looked up and saw sam smirking at her response, holding in a laugh. he was also holding out his jacket he was just wearing. she sheepishly took it from his hands, blushing slightly. she muttered a quiet 'thank you' and put on the dark olive green jacket and did it up a bit.

"hey do you guys want to watch a movie?" kristy came back upstairs. the two looked at each other and decided that they would.

"i'm gonna get into my pyjamas" with that cassidy and sam left the room

"hey, you want something more comfortable? i've got a few spare pairs of joggers" sam asked the shorter girl

"you sure?" she replied, a soft smile on her lips

"yeah of course" he said and went into his room quickly and came out with a pair of grey joggers, "the bathroom is just there" and he pointed to a door just down the hall. she went in and swapped her jeans for the pair of joggers. she was very grateful of sam letting her wear some of his clothes, but the thing was, she  just couldn't get them to stay up. she couldn't pull the string around the waist tight enough, the best she could do, was get it so it was sitting on her hips. if she needed to crouched down or lean over to pick something up, her pants would show. she doesn't want her pants to show.

"hey addy, are you alright in there?" sam and kristy were waiting outside the bathroom door. she had been in there for five minutes. cassidy didn't answer and just opened the door and gave kristy her jeans.

"i can't do it up tight enough" she said as though she was a little girl, scared of getting told off for spilling her juice. that's the first time sam and kristy properly noticed just how small a waist the girl had. sam's gut dropped.

that cannot be healthy

he went up to her and took the strings from her hands, that looked all red from her trying to pull it tight enough. he pulled on the strings, making it as small as he could, before tying it into a bow.

"is that better?" he said taking her head gently in his hands and kissing her forehead. she hugged him and said 'thank you' barley above a whisper.

"come on, let's go watch a movie" he took her hand and they sat down on the sofa. her head in his lap. as they watched the movie, sam tried making sure cassidy was eating some of the snacks. she soon fell asleep, as did sam shortly after. they laid down, cuddling all night. in each other's arms.