Better than him

Chapter Twelve: New Years Party

Not proofread, Dakota's outfit ^^^^

Dakota's POV

I walk into the party that Maddy dragged me to as I text Fez, he's been dodging me for a while and I don't know why especially since my uncle hasn't been answering

"Dakota get off your phone and dance with me" Maddy says causing me to sigh and keep texting Fez and Ashtray who aren't answering

"I'm tryin to get ahold of Fez, he's not answering" I say as Maddy grabs my phone and puts it in her pocket before looking at me

"Spend time with me and forget about all the people avoiding you" She says and I roll my eyes as I know who she's referring too

"Don't mention her, especially since she's gonna be here" I say and Maddy cups my face and lightly scratches it as she looks at me

"Forget her, she wants to play it like that...I'll keep you distracted" She says as she pulls me on the dance floor, I let out a sigh as we head to the dance floor and start dancing

I feel her grind against me causing me to groan and I put my hands on her hips, we sway to the music as she grinds on me and I do it back

I feel myself start to get hard and I grind on her harder causing her to moan, I pull Maddy's face to mine and kiss her as we dance and we start making out

Maddy turns around and pulls me closer before pulling me to the bathrooms, we kiss and giggle as we head to the bathroom but soon we're stopped by Lexi who I've grown close with a bit

"Hey Kota, Maddy have either of you seen Cassie" She asks causing me to look at Maddy then back to Lexi

"No I thought she was with you" Maddy says confused

"She was, we were driving here and she was drinking a lot on the way and we got into an argument and she jumped out the car" Lexi says

"Wait what" Maddy and I say at the same time

Cassie's POV

I walk around a store I walked too after leaving Lexi, I sigh heavily at my phone as I call Dakota again it it goes straight to voicemail

I was hoping she'd pick me up and we could talk, I feel bad for what happened at the dance and leaving her like that but I couldn't tell her how I felt especially since I don't wanna get hurt again nor do I wanna hurt her

I decide to send her a text saying that I need to talk to her and put my phone in my bra, I get some powdered donuts and pay for them at the counter

"How's your night going sweetheart" The cashier says as he rings me up and looks at my chest

"Terrible" I say unamused as I pay for my donuts and leave the store, I sit down on the sidewalk and eat my donuts as I stare off into space

Dakota would be so good for me, she's sweet, caring, loving, sexy, gentle and that's something I've only had glimpses of with McKay and none with any other guy I've loved and who later hurt me

But I caused all of that by being naive....and trusting

As I eat my donuts a truck pulls up to me with their lights beaming in my face, I shield my face and just continue eating the rest of my snack and texting Dakota that I really need her right now

"Sup Cassie" I hear behind me, I look behind me and see Nate standing there, I cringe a bit as he opens a bottle with his teeth as he looks at me with a familiar look

"Hi" I say softly

"Here...something to wash that down" He says as he hands me the beer he opened , I take it and take a big sip to down my sorrows

"What's are you doing tonight" Nate says drinking his own beer

"I was supposed to go to this party with my sister and we got into this big fight" I slur a bit and he nods

"You still with McKay" Nate says as he looks down at me

"No we broke up" I say, I could t stay with McKay, not after cheating on him three times and the guilt was overbearing

"What happened" He says and I rock back and forth a bit as I think of what to tell him, I barely know Nate but I only know him as Maddy's crazy boyfriend

"We were in two different places" I lie

"Yea it's the same thing with me and Maddy" He says and I nod, Maddy kept going back to him and I mean the incident at the carnival was apparently someone else but it's so clear Nate may have done it

"But like...your like a relationship kind of girl right" He says and I nod and keep drinking the beer he gave me

As he's talking I can't help but think about Dakota.....she and I couldn't work and I mean Nates here and he's pretty nice

"Trying not to be" I say as I just mindlessly respond to him, he gives me a look like he's thinking a lot and I feel like I have the same look on my face

"I'm just trying to focus on myself right now" I say, I start to feel the energy shift as he continues to maintain eye contact with me and I start to get nervous

"I get that but why" He says curiously

"Because I keep making mistakes and not learning from them" I say truthfully, I have been making mistakes and that's why I can't be with Dakota....I'd lose her if I make a mistake with her and that's the thing that'll break me

Nate takes a sip of his beer before looking at me with a slight smirk

"Would you like a ride to this party" He says and I smile a bit and nod before getting up on shaky legs and getting into his car

I hope I'm making the right decision

A/n ok don't judge me but I'm trying to humanize Cassie a bit and Ik this isn't her exact thinking in the show but thanks to Dakota existing, it make sense also I just realize that she was hella drunk when she slept with him and talk to him but he was drinking too......this scene just don't feel right

Enjoy:)