Stranded

Chapter 13

~What's happened in flashback~

"Okay Cass, where would you like to sleep? You can sleep in Gemma's room or-"

"Nope! Sorry but I don't really know her and I need a bed all to mysel. No offense. Nighty night guys!" Gemma interrupts me and heads up to her room.

"Well, guess that leaves my room." I say. Cassie looks scared. I don't like this side of Cassie. I like the crazy, wild, loud, Cassie.

I take her hand in mine.

"Cass it's okay. I'm not gonna hurt you. No one's gonna hurt you." I say. I gently lead her up the stairs, tip-toeing past my mum's room and into mine.

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~Harry's POV in Flashback~

 I open my bedroom door, thankful that I listened to my mum when she told me to clean my room. It would've been extremely embarrasing if Cass had to see how filthy my room usually is.

"Well, it's pretty late so, we can unpack your stuff tomorrow after school and everything okay? Um, if you want you can uh, go take a shower. The bathroom's right over there." I say. Cassie just nods.

She goes over to her bag and gets out whatever she needs and silently enters my bathroom. I probably should have gone in there before she did to make sure I don't have any embarrasing stuff in there.

I jump ten metres in the air when my mum comes through the door. 

"Gosh, Mum, what are you doing up? I thought you were asleep." I say.

"I was but I heard noises. What's your shower doing on? You're not in there." she asks.

"Okay Mum, please don't tell Dad or anyone else okay?" I plead. She nods her head, probably bracing herself for the worst.

"There's a girl here. Her name is Cassie and she needs to stay here for a bit." I say.

"Oh God, Harry, I thought we discussed you picking up random girls." she says and then sighs. 

"Mum, I swear it's not like that. I was walking down the street to get something to eat when I saw two guys beating her up in an alleyway. I couldn't just pretend I didn't see her. Her dad doesn't want her, I've got no clue where her mum is, and she goes to my school. Please, just until we can locate a family member or something, let her stay here with us? There won't be any funny business I swear." I say. 

"Harry, I don't know-" she starts but then stops in mid sentence because Cassie comes out of my bathroom, her hair wavy probably because she washed it, dressed in a pair of night shorts and a tank top. Cassie's face gets this frightened look on her face. I go over to her and take her hand.

"It's okay. It's just my mum. Mum, this is Cassie." I introduce them. I don't know what it is about Cassie, but my mum eventually agrees to letting her stay here for a little bit. We would have to call the authorities eventually, but she said to take it one step at a time. 

I climb into my bed while Cassie just stands there, after a while, she gets into the bed, scooting all the way to the edge, as far away as possible from me. 

"Night Cassie."

"Night Harry." those are the first words she's said since we left her house. I turn off my bedside lamp and wait until I can hear Cassie's steady breathing before I decide to go to sleep. But I can't. 

I'm afraid that if I go to sleep, she'll disappear in the middle of the night or run away or something. I don't want her to. 

I'm starting to fall asleep when Cassie wraps her arm around me and snuggles into my chest in her sleep. I'm surprised at first, but then I wrap my arms around her, protecting her from any and all danger. From anyone who would harm her.

~End Of Flashback~

"That's how I met her. Cassie and I, we got extremely close. But then, she left. She was the only girl I ever truly loved. I don't know where she is now. After that, my heart went all...cold and bleak. I shut everyone out. And I toook all my anger out on people. I vowed I would never be that vulnerable ever again. It's because of Cassie that I learned to love. People are right when they say I don't have a heart. It's because Cassie took it with her." I say.

A/N

This is just a kind of filler chapter. I'll try to update another chapter today. And I'm currently writing the prequel to this about Harry and Cassie. I think they deserve it. I really enjoyed being able to write about them and their history together and there is so much that a lot of people don't know about them. 

TANKS SO MUCH FOR THE OVER 300 READS GUYS!!!!!! I barely had 200 and now I have over 300! And in like less than a day! That's amazing!

Check out my other fanfictions if you want:

Can We Start It All Over Again?(A Harry Styles Fanfic)

Our New Start(Sequel to Can We Start It All Over Again)

Stuck Between Two(A One Direction Fanfiction)

Oh, and I imagine Cassie to look like Nina Nesbitt. I love her! Look her up! She's absolutely gorgeous. And that's how I imagine Cass to look.

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