Stuck

Family Issues

*Cassie*

After I had let myself get swooned by that stranger millions of question swam in my mind causing me to do many stupid things. One of them including getting lost on my my way to the dorm, which of course meant I never had the chance to talk to Alec.

The millions of questions frustrated me causing me to start screaming at an old lady. Which made her thing I was a terrorist. She then began to hit me. It wasn't pleasant. I don't think even someone who finds pain cool would find pleasant getting hit in the head by and old lady pleasant. It made me feel weak...even though I couple hours before I had tackled a guy who was three times my size.

But I just felt like it was illegal to hit her back! I mean other than the fact that she was beating me up with her stick, she seemed pretty nice...but she also had a varied vocabulary of colorful words.

I didn't even know you could use some of those words that way! Once I had finally gotten away from the old lady by stealing her glasses...again it felt like I was committing a crime. I made my way to the lobby. I was all prepared to go and talk to Alec but when I looked at my watch I realized I had spent hours making my way back to the lobby and away from the old lady.

Which meant it was time for that educational assembly after the tour of  

the hotel, which I desperately needed. I stood in the lobby waiting for someone that I knew to pass by and save me from this boredom.

"Hey beautiful," said a voice near my ear taking me by surprise and causing me to jump. I quickly turn around with my hands up in the air ready to attack, but instead of seeing a rapist or something there stood a very amused stranger. The same stranger that had caused the old lady to hit me, it wasn't directly his fault, but it technically was considering I was thinking about him when I began to scream.

"For crying out loud!" I said in frustration, again the words coming out of my mouth surprised me, "What do you want?!"

He chuckled at my response and gave me a charming smile, "Well I just thought that if we keep bumping into each other then might as well introduce each other."

I eyed him carefully. For some reason I was expecting him to tackle me and force me into a van, but that didn't happen. I've always wanted to experience a kidnapping, just without killing...or torture...actually- never mind.

"I rather not," I finally said wrapping around myself.

This time he was the one that eyed me trying to be serious but instead he started to smile warmly at me. I swear if my mind wasn't thinking by itself I would've thrown myself at him.

"How about this, we meet one more time, and then we will have to introduce each other," he suggest his eyes pleading me quietly.

"Alright," I said before turning around and walking away from him. I don't know what it was, the fact that i was enjoying the strangers attention, or maybe I was just too deep down in my own problems too realize that standing a few feet away from me was Jake, and he didn't look happy. I carefully made my way around him.

"Who was that?" he asked gripping onto my wrist tightly. I glared at him slightly.

"None of your business," I said before pulling away from him, "Have you seem Selena, Dan, Kristen or Alec?"

He seemed too stunned to talk so instead he just pointed to the opposite direction where all four of them stood. I nodded at him formally and then walked over to them. Selena seemed to be the only one that had seen my walk to them. Alec seemed to be furious at something, while Kristen just stood next to him glaring from the corner of her eyes. While Dan just looked at the air as if it was the most interesting thing ever- and as if he could see it or something.