My Full Eclipse

Chapter 6

"Cass" I whisper and I see her eyes dash all over my face.

Shit she was supposed to be gone another week. I still don't know what I want to do about my feelings for her. Damn your wicked sense of humor universe.

"Maya your face." She whispers and grabs my hand to move the gauze to see the cut on my face. I look down out the corner of my eye and catch a glimpse of the bloody gauze.

Oh hey is-is that my bl-

I feel someone gently touching my face. Under my left eye. Right where my cut is. The cut that needs stitches. Wait...

"Whoz zat?" I mumble sitting up and looking around. I'm back home in my dads house, on the couch. "It's ok Maya it's just me, Cass." She says rubbing my back and I suck in a breath of air. "Oh god your head must be pounding here." She grabs the pills and glass of water from off the coffee table she's sitting on and hands them to me thinking that breath was out of pain.

I turn so my backs on the back of the couch and I'm facing the tv. She gets up and sits next to me, putting her feet up on the coffee table and her head on my shoulder.

Why is the universe fucking with me today? What did I do in a past life to deserve this?

"Lisa stitched you up while you were out. I shouldn't have let you look at the gauze earlier, I know you get squeamish over your own blood."

Damn it. So that's what happened to me.

"I'm sorry." I tell her feeling the need to apologize. "Its ok. It's not your fault cutie." She mumbles barely audible and my heart clenches in my chest.

Cutie? No I heard must've heard her wrong. She probably said something else.

I choose not to say anything about that. "So uh ahem" I clear my throat "I thought you would be in Paris for another week?"

Not that I'm not glad you're back but I am curious.

"Well you would've known I was coming if you had checked your messages." She tells me as she reaches for the remote. I shift a little to pull my phone out of my back pocket.

I see that I have six unread messages waiting for me.

Cass: Hey
Cass: I'm getting on a plane and coming home early.
Cass: I have something important to talk to you about.
Cass: Like really really important.
Cass: Dude what are you doing? It doesn't matter I'm coming over.
Cass: No ones at you dads so your moms it is.

"What was so important that you couldn't tell me over text." I ask leaning my head on hers as she flips through the guide looking for something good to watch. She shrugs running a hand through her hair and it takes every ounce of self control I have not to push a stray hair behind her ear. A couple minutes pass by with us just sitting in silence and looking at the tv. All of a sudden she sits up and looks at me with a worried look on her face. "I'll tell you but first you have to tell me what happened to your face." I look back at her and nod.

"Uh well what had had happened was" I swallow "Dave did it." Her brow shoots up to the the ceiling in surprise. "But why?"

Ahh shit. What do I tell her?

"Uh well..."

He did it cause he's hella homophobic and I'm gay/bisexual, haven't really figured that out yet. Oh and b t dubs I'm crushing on you mad hard. Ok maybe not that last part.

"He did it cause I-I" I take a deep breath "told him and mom that I was gay and or bisexual. I'm not really too sure at the moment, I just know that I do like girls." The longest moment of my life passes before she throws her arms around me in a hug. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?" She whispers in my ear sending shivers up and down my spine. "Um I'd thought you'd hate me?" Cass pulls back and punches my shoulder. "Duuude" I whine rubbing my arm.

"Maya Gabrielle Smith" Ah fuck she called out my whole government, she must really be upset with me. "On what world could I ever hate you? You've been my best friend since before we could read." She points out with a pout.

God why does she have to be so cute when she pouts. It's really not fair.

"I'm sorry but in my defense fear makes you think irrationally. And the very thing I was afraid of happening actually happened. Someone close to me flipped out and hates me." I tell her looking down at my lap as my mind replays today's earlier events. I feel my emotions start to well up again and my lip quivers.

"Maya look at me." She says softly but I shake my head and keep my gaze fixed in my lap. Cass sighs before reaching over and grabbing my face softy to make me look at her. "It's not your fault that Dave was an undercover ass and we didn't know it. It's his lost cause he's gonna have to miss out on the rest of your beautiful life." I search her eyes only to find them full of  sincerity, kindness, and...something else that I can't quite place my finger on.

"You wanna know why I came back from Paris early? I came back because-"

"Maya you're up!" Jake yells running around the couch to where we are. Cass snatches her hand away from face, much to my dismay.

Nooo come back, pleeeaasssee.

Jake practically throws himself on to me and latches onto my neck. "Are you feeling better. Mommy said you got sick." He asks with concern written all over his little face. I push his hair back and nod. "Yes little nugget, I'm feeling much better now thanks. Where's everybody else?" He points to the wall which I take to mean they're in the kitchen in the next room. "Ok go tell them I'm up and will be in there in second ok." He nods before he takes off running. I push my hair back and sigh then look back at Cass, offering a weak smile. "What were you about to say?" I ask.

"Uh nothing. It's not that important right now. But uh can I stay with you guys till my parents get back? They don't really trust me alone with the house." She laughs weakly.

It's not important now? You flew all the way back her from France only to say it's not important now? Flag on the play. Somethings up.

"Yeah of course but are you sure you're ok?" I ask hoping she'll finish what she was about to tell me. "Oh yeah I'm sure. Heh it can wait until..." She trails off then shakes her head. "Let's go see everyone, I'm sure they brought us back something to eat." She stands up and grabs my hands, pulling me behind her.

Somethings not right. I need find out what's going on and make sure she's ok.