Dark Little Secrets

Chapter 5: Confessions, Skydiving, and Breakdowns

"She's awake!" I open my eyes to Cassian, Nyx, and Mary standing over me.

"Wha-What happened." I asked. I tried to get up but the pain was too much to bear.

"After Alana stabbed you, she ran away and you passed out." Cassian explained.

"She got away?" I groaned, my side still in unbearable pain.

"Unfortunately, yes. But here, take this." Mary gave me some pills to help with the pain. I swallowed them and sighed.
    "I'm sorry." I said.

"What could you possibly be sorry for?" Cassian asked.

"She got away because of me." I replied.

"She got away, because she stabbed you. You know you could've died!" Cassian said impatiently, clearly fuming about everything. I just glared at him in response.

"How am I not dead?" I asked, half joking. Both of the girls looked over at Cassian.

"Umm, I, uh, stitched you up." He said nervously, as his face began to turn a very pale shade of pink.

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A couple days later the pain had started to cease, and I was so thankful for it, even if it was the smallest of changes. I stepped into my room, hearing Nyx and Cassian arguing while Mary just sat in the corner, looking annoyed.

"Why do you even care?!" Nyx asked with a defensive tone, practically yelling.

"Damn it! It's because I care for her! I've liked her ever since we started talking!" Cassian yelled back. Oh. My. God. Did I just hear that right? He couldn't have said-

"I did not see that coming." Nyx said in shock, basically saying what I was thinking.

"Cassian–." She said, staring at me.

"Oh sh–" He started to say as his wide eyes settled on me standing in the doorway. His cheeks turned bright red as I stood there in shock, looking like an idiot. I stared at Cassian with my mouth slightly open. A long moment passed before I slowly walked toward him. He gulped once as I stopped about three steps away from him. I then looked down and let out a sharp exhale before meeting his scared gaze. Nyx and Mary had stepped out of the room, and thank God they did or this would've been a lot more awkward than it already was.

            "Did you mean it?" I asked finally, after a few moments and Cassian's cheeks were still bright red as he looked down, letting out a long sigh.

            "Yeah, I d–do mean it." He said, fumbling with his hands. I lifted my hand to his face, gently placing it on his cheek. He slowly looked up at me and I looked into his deep blue gaze. My eyes then flicked down to his lips, my heart started racing as I stared into his eyes. Cassian wrapped one arm around my waist and placed his left hand on my face as I slid my arms around his neck. He then leaned in but suddenly hesitated.

    I pulled him close to me, pressing my lips to his. I felt the entire world stop moving. He backed us up against the wall and pressed me firmly against it.

His breath was hot on my lips and sent shivers throughout my body. I could have stayed like this with him forever. As a matter of a fact, I only wanted him forever, here, with me, in this very room. But we were pulled back down to Earth by the sudden need for oxygen.

When we pulled apart, I looked into his stormy blue eyes, both our faces were flustered. We breathed heavily, and all I knew is that more and more of me felt a hunger for him with every passing moment. We were about to kiss again when I heard the sudden sound of Mary knocking on the wall behind us.