You Saved Me

Advice

(Cassandra's POV)

It had been three weeks since the accident, two weeks since me and Dani started living with Bobby, and it was going well. I was healing up nicely, I was getting my sling off next week and the painkillers were doing wonders to stop me from going insane. Whenever Bobby had a shift, I would go into the firehouse and if they had a call, I would just do some personal paperwork or help out Bobby with some of his.

Since I was in a wheelchair, Bobby, Buck and Eddie would take turns carrying me up the stairs and setting me down at the table or the sofa. It was nice being at the station with the team again, I had missed them and they had missed me.

I had found out through Chim, who has an inability to lie to me, that the entire team had placed bets on whether or not Bobby and I would get together, to which I had laughed before blushing so hard, I greatly resembled a tomato. I would be lying if I said I didn't like Bobby a lot. He was a great friend to me and he had taken great care of me the past few weeks.

But there was something about the word friend that didn't sit right with me. Like it didn't correctly describe our relationship properly. It felt like calling an Orca a dolphin. While that is technically true, it just doesn't feel right. And I wasn't sure what the right word for us would be.

It was obvious that me and Bobby had gotten closer, but that's just what happens when you live with someone. I had been feeling a lot of things recently and I wasn't sure which ones were real and which one were the meds. So I had gone to Athena. I'm not sure why I chose Athena instead of Hen, I didn't know her as well and Hen knew Bobby better. I asked her to get lunch with me, just have a girl's day whenever she had the day off and that day off was today.

So Athena had just picked me up and was taking me to a nice little coffee shop I had been dying to go to. Since I had been fitted with a boot, I was able to walk around now and I didn't really need the wheelchair anymore, which I was very thankful for. "Here we are" Athena smiles, parking the car before we both got out. "You alright walking or do you want a hand?" she asks and I smile.

"I'm alright for now, thanks" I nod before we both walk in, finding a little window table. "Hi, what can I get you ladies?" a nice waitress walks over with a pen and paper. "I will get...a hot chocolate please" I smile and she nods, writing it down. "I'll have the same, thank you" Athena tells her and she nods. "I will bring those right over for you" the waitress smiles before walking off.

"So. What did you need to talk about?" Athena asks. "I'm kinda in need of some advice" I sigh and she nods. "With me and Bobby living together, I've been...feeling things and thinking about things and I can't tell if they're from the meds or if I'm actually feeling and thinking them" I explain. "Okay. What have you been feeling?" she nods, leaning forwards.

"The day after the accident, after Bobby finished his shift he came to visit me. He brought flowers and said they were from the whole team but when I spoke to them, they said they had no idea about any flowers. That night, Bobby had said he was worried about me because I was a great friend to him and he didn't want to lose me. That word has been swimming around in my head for weeks now and I don't know why.

There's little things he's been doing, like bringing the flowers, making pancakes for me, he even cleaned my car for me after it rained. And taking Dani to school every day, making her lunch, helping her with her nightmares. And on their own, those are just nice things. But when you put them all together, I don't know, it's confusing" I explain and she nods along the whole time.

"It sounds to me like you want to be more than friends" she smiles knowingly and I look down. "I don't know, Athena" I shake my head. "Well, I can tell you now, he definitely likes you" she shrugs as the waitress brings over our hot chocolates. "No, no way" I shake my head, sipping my drink. "I've known Bobby for nearly three years now and not once have I ever seen him look at someone the way he looks at you" she smirks and I sigh.

"I just...I don't even know what I'd do if I did like him. I haven't felt that way about someone in a long time and I have never felt like this before. It doesn't matter what mood I'm in or how bad of a day I'm having, whenever I see him, he makes me smile. I laugh at his jokes and it's only after the fact that I realise they weren't even that funny. Whenever I'm around him, I feel like I become a different person. I do things without thinking about them like I normally do" I sigh and she smiles.

"You sound like me. When I first met my ex, Emmett, I felt the exact same way around him" Athena sighs. "Do you think I like Bobby?" I ask after a moment and she looks up at me. "I think that you haven't felt love from someone other than family in a long time, so long that you've forgotten what it feels like and now you're confused because you can't tell if it is love or not" Athena leans forward and places her hand on top of mine.

"So you think I love him?" I ask and she nods. "I think you both love each other and don't know how to say it. You both haven't loved someone in a long time and you're both scared to get hurt again" she smiles. "I never told you I got hurt" I smile at her. "You didn't need to. I can see it in your eyes when you talk about love or relationships. Now, I don't know what kind of fool would hurt you, but I can promise you this: Bobby would never hurt you" she pats my hand reassuringly.

"Let's say I did like him and he liked me and we got together. That wouldn't be able to happen because he's the Captain and I'm just a firefighter. It's not a definitive rule but it is a heavily suggested guideline" I shake my head. "But that wouldn't matter if there were two Captains" Athena says slowly and I start smiling. "Hen" I breathe and she nods. "If she was a paramedic Captain, the 'guideline' would be irrelevant" she smiles.

"It's too soon for love though. We've only known each other for two months" I shake my head. "I knew I loved Michael the day after I met him" she says nonchalantly and I sigh. "God, I really do love him, don't I?" I mutter and she smiles. "Only you can know that for certain" she says.

"I think I'm gonna tell him. That I like him. He's taking me to get my sling off in two days so I'll tell him when we get back. He doesn't have work the next day so if it goes horribly wrong, he won't have to be distracted at work" I nod.

"It won't go horribly wrong. Trust me" she sips her hot chocolate and I smile. "Thank you, Athena" I breathe a sigh of relief, feeling like a weight was off my shoulders. "Always" she smiles. "And if you need me to take care of Dani for the day afterwards, just let me know" she looks at me suggestively and my face heats up. "Athena!" I blush, unable to stop the smile on my face.

A/N:

I really like how I'm portraying the relationship between Athena and Cassandra.

Also, I need a ship name for Bobby and Cassandra. I've got Cobby and Bassie so far but those just don't seem right (please god don't suggest BJ, that's hilarious but I can't do that to them or myself)

Another thing, do you think I should write more about Dani or less? I'm quite happy with how it is at the moment but just let me know!

Also, I love how a few parts ago I said that it wouldn't happen within the next five chapters and it's literally happening 5 chapters after that one. I got a tiny bit impatient I think but I still think it's kind of a slow burn? I've never wrote a slow burn before, every relationship in my other books have either been "I've liked you for years" or I haven't wrote about how they got together so I hope this is okay!

Anyway, let me know what you think of this!