{I guess I'm going to have to write out another date scene some other time. I've just got so much more in mind for this story, you know? And if you're anything like me, you probably want to see a bit more than what I've already written. So... here goes nothing!}
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Precisely a week after their first official date, Cassandra was nowhere to be found.
It was evening, pink and purple and orange streaking the sky in their deep hues, and Cass had yet to show up to anything.
No meals. No randomly popping up in Varian's lab.
Nothing.
Thus was the reason that Varian was concerned.
Very concerned.
So he took it upon himself to do what she had done in the past, bringing her dinner for once.
He held both paper bags- equally stuffed with supper- in one hand, using the other to knock tentatively on her door.
No reply. He knocked again and again until he realized that nobody was going to answer.
He tested the doorknob and found that it was unlocked.
It wasn't technically breaking and entering, was it, if you were checking on a friend who had left their door unlocked... Right?
Varian mentally debated this before moving into the room. Immediately, he spotted Cass- perched in the tree just a little farther than her balcony.
If you could even call it being perched.
She was clinging to the tree tightly with both arms, staring at the ground. It looked as if she was mentally calculating something or other...
"What in the world are you doing, Cassie?" Varian murmured, making his way to the balcony.
As soon as he emerged from the doorway, her head whipped up, shocked to see someone.
So shocked, in fact, that her legs and arms gave way, sending her tumbling to the ground.
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Every Step of the Way
Fanfic"Sometimes, when there are no given steps, you need to take the first ones." ~-~ Years have passed since Varian first met Cassandra. Life is going okay for him- he's gotten his first job, and he's actually being taken seriously by everyone- but he c...
