Stuck

I miss you.

*Cassie*

 I sighed to myself as i continued to pace in the empty stairwell.

 After Ian had refused my sympathy or help, Alec flipped out on him and told him i was doing nothing wrong. They both began to argue and then Ian ended up leaving. I stood there the whole time...just watching. Not knowing what to do.

I felt so powerless...usually when people fought around me i tried my best to look at both sides and fix the problem. But Ian and Alec's situation had me paralyzed. It was as if the fact that a missing person scared me so much that my conscience had taken over and made sure i didn't get involved. Alec felt so horrible and apologized many times for letting me watch their fight...but again no words left my mouth. It was as if my whole body had gone into shock. After my non-existent response Alec decided it was best to leave me alone...so he did.

Ever since then I've been pacing back in forth trying to think of a way to gain Ian's trust and help him. But nothing came to me, my brain seemed to not be working and i couldn't think of anything but questions. I was frightened of how dangerous Elizabeth really was.

Or how Alec had managed to escape from her?

Or why he just decided to move to America!

He was probably like a pop star in Britain and he comes to America to become a nobody in high school.

I stopped pacing as my mind slowly began to function...and i knew the exact person to call.

At that moment for the first time in hours, i moved from the empty stairwell and began to run as fast as my legs could carry me.

No matter how scared i was of the situation Alec and Ian were, or of bumping into Jake. I knew there was only one person that would help me get through all of this. 

I opened the door to find Kristen chasing Selena around the room screaming something about unfairness and Dan, Jake, and Alec all sat on the bed watching them with amused smirks. I smiled a little and leaned against the door frame rolling my eyes at the scene i have just entered. 

Dan and Alec both looked up at me, Dan and I locking eyes and Alec looking at me desperately wanting me to look at him. I refused to look at him, i knew if i did, all the things that he had told me would rush back and my mind would go all foggy once again. He gave me an acknowledging smile then turned his focus back to the two girls bickering in front of him. 

I quickly made my way towards my phone trying to avoid any attention from my two best friends and Jake. Kristen and Selena didn't even look up as a tripped over a boot near the bed, not much to my surprise. But Jake looked up alarmed the the thud my body made as it hit the floor. I silently cursed to myself and rushed to get my stuff quickly standing up and stepping over the boots. 

"Oh! Cassie! When did yo-" Kristen started to yell but i quickly rushed towards the door.

"Thanks for noticing, bye got to go!"i yelled back and i shut the door and took a deep breath. There's no way i could continue avoiding Jake, but it as worth the try. I began to look through my purse desperately trying to find my phone when i heard my name being called. My head jerked up forcefully which caused me to walk into a wall...or at least i hoped it was a wall.

"Cassie!" screamed the voice again. My head throbbed my brain went in alert mode once i recognized the person's voice. "Cassie, are you alright?"

I looked up from the wall slowly turning around to face him. His soft brown eyes stared down at her with worry. Jake walked closer as if to examine my head but i walked backwards crashing into the wall.

"Cassie...please stop running from me," he whispered looking down at his hands and then his eyes rose to connect with mine. I didn't know if i wanted to response, his eyes had me in a trance where i was incapable of running and my brain forced me to keep my mouth shut, preventing my heart to forgive him.