Risking It

Chapter 25: "I'm not going to let anything bad happen to you."

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Enjoy this extra long chapter!!

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CASSIE'S POV

It was already half past 12 in the afternoon according to the analog wall clock on the opposite wall across my bed. Tonight was the night we were going to escape, I was terrified about what could possibly happen to any of us. In my opinion, I would just stay here since it's safer, but if Derek did plan to kill us then I wouldn't want to be anywhere near here. I just couldn't believe the day has come, the day where we will leave this place. I never thought I'd be thinking about this anytime soon.

"Hey." Drew opened the door slowly and peeked his head through before actually entering. I didn't say anything, but just smiled in return.

"Hey man,"Chris greeted entering my room doing a handshake that I wondered when they created it. It was nice to see Chris and Drew getting along.

"Are you both ready for tonight?" Drew asked with an excited tone in his voice.  

Chris and I exchanged a few looks before answering with a wry smile.

"Well you two should probably get some rest, you're going to need all the energy you can get for tonight." Drew told us. Chris and I both nodded before Chris left my room with Drew not exiting through the main door, but following Chris into his room.

I took Drew's advice and decided to rest so I laid in bed, as much as I wanted to shut my eyes and sleep, I couldn't make myself do it. I was too nervous about what will or could happen. I didn't want to think about the possibilities of what could happen, but I couldn't help it. Anything could happen: Derek could catch us, our rooms could be locked, Drew couldn't get Derek's car keys. A bunch of scenarios that were unlikely to happen kept rewinding in my head and I knew I had to stop thinking about it if I wanted to stay positive that we were going to leave and live happily forever.

Too bad forever isn't possible.

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Somehow, I managed to waste a whole day in my bed resting for tonight, I even managed to sleep here and there, but of course I didn't get to sleep straight for too long. I kept waking up and I couldn't blame myself since I kept having various bad dreams and of course it was about tonight, not knowing what could possibly happen and the thought  of getting caught.

It was currently an hour past midnight and we had originally scheduled the escape at midnight, but we figured that Derek might have been awake still so we didn't take the chance and played it safe and changed our escape to 2am since Drew said he should be asleep by then.

At 1:50am, Chris came into my room, "ready?" Chris asked. I looked at him biting my lip in response. "Everything will be fine." Chris assured looking me in the eyes, but I couldn't take his word since he wasn't 100% sure of tonight's outcome. I continued to look at him nervously. I didn't want Chris to think everything will be fine. I wanted him to know even though there was no way he could possibly know what could happen.

Chris saw how nervous I was and tried his best to comfort me, he grabbed my face in his hands that was oddly proportioned, but that was because he was a much bigger person than me. "I'm not going to let anything bad happen to you," He stated smiling, "You are going to get out of here and live the life you're supposed to." He smiled.

He completely helped boost my confidence more, "We are." I corrected looking him dead straight in the eyes. He nodded and we hugged, his hugs always made me feel safe and loved. I guess that's why he's my best friend.