Her Fear Of Falling Again

Chapter 16

Something had changed within her since that night with Sebastian. Cassie couldn't believe she cried in front of him, but weirdly that made her feel closer to him. Was she ready to trust again and open up her heart again? She wasn't so sure but she was ready to take baby steps. Cassie decided to sit down at her kitchen counter and make a pros and cons list of dating Sebastian.

Pros and Cons of Dating Sebastian:

Pro:

* Seems kind *Has good wit *Great with my family *Has a good job *Smart *Good looking *Makes me feel safe in his presence *Seems to get me

Cons:

*Has some similarities with Jake (much older than me, makes more money than me, kind of dominant) *Odd that he is unmarried at the age of 35 with all these achievements *might be a player 

Cassie drops her pen and leaves the kitchen counter as she heads to her bath hoping that maybe soaking in the water might help her mull over things a little clearer. She prepares her bath adding lavender oil and bath salts, she lights some candles and gets into the tub.

Not even 5 minutes later and her doorbell rings. She growls in annoyance as she gets out of the tub and wraps a bathrobe over herself, wet feet padding through the apartment she heads to the front door and takes a peep into the peephole to see who was the culprit of ruining her perfectly planned Saturday afternoon of mulling over Sebastian. 

"Sebastian?" She says out loud as she instantly opens the door to see that it was him dressed in a casual pair of dark blue jeans and a somewhat tight t-shirt. Something about him in casual clothes always made him seem more normal.

"Hey, gorgeous." He greets, smiling widely. "I'm sorry, what are you doing here?" She asked a little surprised to see him show up unannounced. "And nice to see you too. Can I come in? I brought lunch." Sebastian says as he casually towers over her and makes his way into the house. Cassie stood there still confused. This was the second time Sebastian was in her house. The first was when she brought him up to try out her dad's Nike's before the Lakers game.

"Sebastian, seriously, what are you doing here?" She asks again still standing by the door, dripping wet and wrapped in her bathrobe. He turns around and looks at her, eyes roaming her from top to bottom. Cassie suddenly became aware that she was in a bathrobe and she was dripping wet. She quickly wraps her arms around herself feeling a little exposed.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt your bath." He says as he walks closer to her. She frowned at him. How did he guess she was in a bath and not the shower? She wandered but didn't bother asking. "Hmm, you smell like lavender." He says as he walks closer to her and places a peck on her cheek and sparks butterflies in her tummy. But she quickly takes a step back and composes herself. "Sebastian." She says. 

"What? I brought lunch, I wanted to see you, I mean we haven't really seen each other all week and you agreed to give me a chance." He says. "Yes, I did but you can't just show up here unannounced." She scolds. "Well, I thought it'd be romantic." He justifies. "I'm in a Disney princess bathrobe and I'm dripping wet Sebastian." She states but quickly realizes what it sounded like as a smirk appears on Sebastian's face. "Arrghh I'm going up to change, the kitchen is that way." She says and walks away.

Cassie settles on a pair of washed-out denim shorts and a small white t-shirt. She lets down her curly brown hair and heads out into the kitchen. 

Meanwhile, Sebastian finds the dining table as he lays out the sushi he bought. He heads over to the kitchen to look for utensils when his eyes accidentally lie upon a paper on the counter with his name written on it. Unable to help himself, he immediately pick it up and began going through it.