Novocaine ▸ Jasper Hale [1]

VI

SIX; THE PALE SKIN DEBATE

"Hey Daddio, do you like blue or black more?" Cassadee asked her father over the phone as she held the two shirts up in front of her to examine them.

"Uh, what is this about, Cass? You're not supposed to call me at work unless it's an emergency."

"This is an emergency, Dad. Just pick a color!"

"Blue, I guess. Is that all?"

Cassadee threw the black shirt back on her father's bed and smiled as if he could see her. "I believe it is. Thanks for the help, you'll thank me for this later."

Cassadee heard a sigh on the other line before her father replied. "Alright, kiddo. I'll see you later, I love you."

"I love you, too." Cassadee said before hanging up the phone and leaving the room with her cell phone and blue shirt in hand as she made her way down the stairs. With all of her homework done, Charlie at work, and Bella in Port Angeles with Jessica and Angela, Cassadee decided to finally make the C Squared shirts for herself and Charlie. She had Criminal Minds playing on the television to avoid it being too quiet.

Cassadee got on her laptop and found a picture of her and Charlie at Disneyland a few years ago, she was proudly wearing her Mickey Mouse ears while on Charlie's back, a huge grin spread across her face. Charlie looked slightly embarrassed wearing the ears but happy nonetheless as his arms were around his daughters legs to make sure that she wouldn't fall. She added "C Squared" in large and bold black font before printing it on the transfer paper for each shirt. She did the necessary process for putting the printed picture on Charlie's light blue shirt and her lavender one. Once she was done she put the shirts over the back of the couch, picture side up before sitting on the dark blue couch and watching the current episode of Criminal Minds.

Every now and then Cassadee would hear a noise coming from upstairs, the kitchen or outside, jumping every time it happened. She wanted to think that it was just the house settling the first few times but the noises kept getting louder and closer. At one point it sounded like someone was actually banging on the side of the house just to scare the teenager. She was almost tempted to go towards the sounds but decided against it, if someone was going to kill her she would rather not go towards the sound and die quicker like all the idiots in the horror movies.

Cassadee jumped when she heard a loud knock on the front door. She looked at the door and furrowed her brows in confusion. She wasn't expecting anyone and she sure as hell didn't trust anyone knocking on her door after dark. She slowly got up and made her way to the door, making sure that she was quiet in case she had to pretend that she wasn't home. The brunette looked through the peep hole once she reached the door, seeing her familiar blond lab partner and crush, Jasper. She let out a sigh of relief as she opened the door and leaned against the frame and crossed her arms over her chest. "How do you know where I live?"

Jasper let out a chuckle, his dimples prominent on his face as he smiled at Cassadee. "Hello to you too, Cass. And to answer your question, it is a fairly small town."

Cassadee smiled at Jasper, the butterflies returning to her stomach as she watched his smile. "What do I owe this pleasure, Jasper?"

"I just wanted to stop by and say hello." He said as he looked inside, glancing around the part of the house that was visible; the living room, kitchen and stairs. "You're home alone aren't you?"

"Yeah," Cassadee furrowed her brows in confusion. "Were you the one making noise outside?"

"No," Jasper shook his face, his face growing serious. "But that is part of the reason why I'm here. Someone was in the house."