𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘐𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩-𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯

one

   Along the small home the floorboard creaked loudly, the sound of it made the man sitting along the couch shift slightly. "Cassie?" The words were soft and quiet, a giggle entered the air.

"Dad, you're supposed to be sleeping" the girl appeared from the small kitchen. Her hands wrapped around a small cup of coffee.

A beverage she loved deeply, her father spent most of his nights sleeping until his eyes popped out his skull. Aching to finally be open and awake.

On nights like this the man sat alone in the living room, thinking about his wife he buried last year. The emptiness in his chest never left, not even when Cassie tried to help him feel better.

It was always him and Cassie now, the duo never really speaking about what happened last year. The car crash itself didn't bother Cassie, but she remembered the pain it caused her arm.

It snapped and she spent six months in a stupid cast, watching it heal with time. "I couldn't sleep, don't you have school in the morning? You should be the one sleeping". She rolled her eyes as she walked forward, her bare feet echoing along the wooden floor.

"School starts in an hour, dad. You know I wake up early for coffee and breakfast". He looked at the clock above the television and his eyes widened.

"I didn't realize the time, I have work in three hours" he stood up off the couch. His bones cracked as he stretched "you need sleep dad, you won't be back home until late".

She didn't say anything else, she walked up the stairs disappearing from his sight, he sighed his fingers running along his thick brown hair.

He felt stuck, trapped within his own body and no matter how much he ached for an exit. His soul was trapped along the thickness of blood coating his flesh. A thick substance that didn't leave.

Cassie sat along her desk, her cup of coffee empty as she pushed needle after needle into her flesh. The blood seeped into her sleeve as she hummed.

She paused for a moment the distant sound of a car door slamming shut making her stand up. She looked outside her window seeing Charlie step out of his car, a girl beside him.

It must've been his daughter, the one he would mention every once and awhile. Cassie pushed her curtains closed, grabbing her bag off the small bed.

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Forks, Washington had been Cassie's home since she was a little girl. So it wasn't surprising she knew every single person who stood along the land.

She often stuck her nose in book after book, her eyes boring into anyone who tried approaching her. She knew everything and everyone, no one had secrets around these parts.

She would find out sooner or later what someone was hiding. She sat along the cafeteria table, her feet dangling off the edge of a seat across her.

Her eyes glared at the new girl, her posture uncertain as she looked around. Cassie hummed slightly to herself as she stood up.

Pushing her headphones out of her ears letting them dangle along the edge of her shirt. She walked forward, her boots clacking with ease as she smiled.

"You must be Isabella Swan, Charlie's daughter" the girl tensed up as she turned slightly, her eyes locking with Cassie's. The girl looked so confident as she looked at her.

"Uh it's just Bella" Cassie grinned slightly as she reached her hand forward, her rings glistening in the light. Her fingers flexed with ease when Bella grabbed hold of them.