Cassiopeia | H.S

Chapter 10

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What Cassiopeia is
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——I relented the night before, my phone now laying next to my head and my hands clenching the sheets of my bed tightly. I closed my eyes and tried to relish in more sleep, closing the curtain of my bunk to stop the light from flooding in. I couldn't find it within myself to relax, body stiff and shaking, but I wasn't cold.

I wanted to reach over and grab ahold of my phone to see what time it was, but that would mean seeing the notifications. So I turned my head away, squishing it into my pillow and hoped that sleep would take me for the rest of what I thought was the morning.

"Hey-" Charlotte's voice died down when she opened open the curtain, "Why aren't you awake yet?"

I didn't respond and she took that as a sign of me still being asleep. I could feel the bed dip as she sat at the edge, her arm reaching out to shake my ankle.

"Yo, wake up"

I didn't answer, turning to lay on my stomach. She sighed, getting up to leave before my phone pinged with a message and causing both of our heads to snap to it. I inhaled a sharp breathe, seeing his name pop up in green, the message being locked by the screen.

"Oh" She said quietly.

I sunk more into my bed, forcing my thoughts away and the fact that my cousin would probably ask if I was okay. I'd rather not hear it today, or any day, I wished I would just disappear at the moment.

"I'll uh- I'll be here if you need me, alright?" Charlotte's soft voice filled the few beats of silence, "I'll be back in a little with breakfast"

"I'm not hungry" I told her, voice muffled by the pillow.

"Look I know what today is alright?" Charlotte sighed and then sat back down, "I know you're gonna be off this entire week but please eat"

I didn't answer and she just let out another sigh, getting up and leaving. I held back tears at the thought of her knowing what today was. I wondered if she texted him too and if he answered her.

"Where's Cassiopeia?"

I inhaled a sharp breath at his voice, hoping Charlotte wouldn't tell him the real reason.

Please come up with an excuse. I couldn't bare the thought of trying to explain everything, I knew I'd break down then and there.

"Uh- she's not feeling well," Charlotte responded in a tight tone, "I'm making her breakfast, do you guys want some?"

"She's not feeling well?" Harry ignored her question and I grimaced, "Is she alright?"

"No-" Charlotte went to explain but then footsteps were heard and then they stopped, "Wait she's- she's asleep"

"Oh," His voice was so quiet that I could barely hear it, "I'll check up on her later then"

That was the end of that conversation and I let out a breath I didn't even know I was holding in, my vision blurry from the tears that wanted to flow. I grit my teeth and went to grab my phone, irritated with myself for trying to delay the inevitable.

I sat up as quietly as possible and leveled my breathing. My shaky hands lifted my phone and automatically my eyes closed shut when I unlocked it, a warm drop falling down my cheek at the action. Slowly, I watched the notification pop up, then fully opened my eyes to see the name.