Blonde Beauty

★ | 015. did it make you feel better

Book: Male Reader Imagines, Cassie Howard
Chapter 15: Did It Make You Feel Better
Word Count: 712

[name] was standing with his friends at a party when he was suddenly being tapped from behind. He looked behind him to see it was Cassie. Before he could say anything she cut him off, "meet me in the second room upstairs inn five minutes. Please." She didn't let him respond before she took off.

He sighed as he looked to his friends that had heard what she said. "You gonna fuck Cassie Howard bro? Congrats." Sean said to him.

He rolled his eyes at his words. "No, I'm not going to fuck her. She just wants to talk."

"Yeah, talk about you railing her." Sean said with an obnoxious snort.

"Shut up." [name] snapped at him.

"Chill out. It was just a joke." Sean held up his hands.

When it came to Cassie, [name] didn't have much amusement in him. Instead, her name brought a sadness in him. They used to be the best of friends... now not so more.

He chugged the rest of his drink before putting the cup to the side. He would need some liquid courage to talk to her.

As the five minutes past he left his group and walked upstairs, going into the room she asked him to meet her in. She was already waiting for him on the bed and he closed the door behind him to give them some privacy.

"Why did you want to meet?"

"Because I want to know why you've been avoiding me." She said bluntly.

"I haven't been avoiding you - "

"Bullshit." She cut him off. "We use to talk every day now you're dodging every one of my phone calls. Just tell me what I did."

"You didn't do anything - "

"You're lying to me." She cut him off once again. "Why can't you just be honest with me? I can't fix a problem if I don't know what it is."

"There is no problem." He snapped. "I'm going downstairs, you're ruining the party." Before he could walk out she jumped from the bed and blocked his exit. "Cassie, move."

"No." She said stubbornly. "Not until you tell me." She crossed her arms and looked at him expectantly.

"It's nothing!"

"It's not nothing!"

"Why do you keep going on about this?! It's not going to fix anything."

"It's going to fix our friendship."

"Trust me. It won't."

She furrowed her eyebrows. "You don't know that."

"Yes, I do." He ran his hands through his hair. "It won't change anything."

"Just tell me!" Cassie yelled.

"I love you, okay?!" He finally snapped, his eyes went wide as he realised what he said. "Fuck." He sighed.

"W - What?" She questioned in shock.

"I love you." He repeated. He might as well get it out now. He had already blurted it out. "I have since we were kids and... it's hard Cass. Seeing you with Nate. Especially when I know he doesn't deserve you."

Cassie felt tears come to her eyes. "I - I don't know what to say."

[name] dropped his shoulders. "You don't love me back." He said softly. It would have been nice if as soon as he confessed she ran into his arms and kissed him, told him she felt the same way but this was reality and reality was cruel and harsh.

"[name]... I'm with Nate. I - I love him. I'm sorry."

He felt an uncomfortable pain in his chest. Is this what a broken heart felt like?

He nodded his head, looking at the ground. He hadn't looked at her since he told her. He couldn't. It would only hurt him more. "Are you happy now? Now you know why I've been avoiding you." She didn't answer. "That's what I thought. You should have just left it alone, Cass. 'Cause now everything is just more fucked up then it was before."

"I'm so sorry." Cassie apologised again and moved out of the way.

He took the opportunity and left right away. She sat back down on the bed, feeling her cheeks get wet from crying. She should have just left it alone.

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