Stranded

Chapter 62

~Cassidy's POV~

"You don't have to be such an asshole." Will laughs, slipping his arm around Alice's shoulders.

"It's in his nature. He can't help it." she says, laughing along with him.

"Aww don't say that." I say as we continue walking. "He's a real sweetheart." I pull Harry's face down in a kiss. When I open my eyes, they're not greeted by the sight of Harry, but Adam instead.

I scream.

"Cass, are you okay?" Harry's voice infiltrates my thoughts. My eyes slowly flutter open to see Harry standing in front of me, eyes worried and scared. I quickly sit  up, placing my head in my hands to calm down.

"Yeah," I breathe. "I'm fine." I lift my head up, still trying to even my breathing and slow my heart rate.

"Here, scoot over." he instructs but I never get to comply to his demand because he lifts my body up by my waist moving me over so that he has room to sit beside me on the bed. I rest my head on his shoulder and he hesitates for just a second before wrapping his arms around my waist, pulling me on top of his lap.

"So, how'd the date go?" he asks and I know he's trying to sound indifferent about the touchy subject of my spending time alone with Adam.

"It went well." I answer.

"Oh," he says. "What did you guys do?" I lift my face up to meet Harry's eyes and laugh. He looks confused. "What is it? What're you laughing at?" he asks, but he's trying and failing to supress the smile tugging at his lips.

"You're being so paranoid." I say. "We didn't do anything except talk and have coffee. You have nothing to worry about." I lean up and press a kiss to the base of his neck. He lets out a deep breath.

"Good." he speaks quietly, gently kissing my forehead. I feel his heartbeat begin to quicken and wonder if I'm the cause of it. My theory is quickly shot down by his next words. "I still have something to talk to you about." he says.

"What is it?" I question, looking up into his eyes. His eyebrows are pulled down, mouth frowning. It must be something serious if he's getting nervous and upset already.

"Just promise me you'll listen until I'm done and you won't get mad?" he bites down on his lower lip. I can hear the desperation in his voice. Now I'm beginning to worry.

"I can promise the first," I say. "I'm not so sure about the second one."

"Cassidy, I'm not going to risk what you and I have if you're going to get mad at me. I'll just keep it to myself." he says. 

"No," I shake my head. "You have to tell me. I want to know." 

"You can't get mad at me." he warns. "If you think it's ridiculous, just shrug it off. Don't make a big deal out of it, okay?" he says and I hesitate. He softly presses his forehead to mine. "Please, Cassidy." he pleads.

"Okay." I cave. "I won't get mad at you. I promise."

"Alright," he sighs, taking both of my hands in his much larger ones. "I'm going to explain what happened after you went to have your date with fucking Adam." he says. I take a deep breath, nodding as I prepare myself for his next words.

~Harry's POV~

"Okay so after you left, I sat in my room going fucking crazy." I begin. "I admit, I was thinking of every worst case scenario in my head."

"Sounds like you." Cassie laughs and I nod, smiling for a brief moment.

"Anyways, after concluding you were not going to accidently drive off a cliff and die, I decided to go to the gym. I challenged Will to a little friendly boxing match."