Stuck With You | Five Hargreeves

Chapter 14: Confrontations

The taxicab stopped at the nearest park and both children exit through the door. The driver was completely terrified to even ask them for money. He just didn't understand how they got inside his car in the first place.

Cassie started walking and Five followed behind her closely. The girl just didn't say a word to Five, she was still lost inside her own head. Once again wondering what went wrong the day that she and Five shared at the lake.

Five was completely clueless about what was going on inside Cassie's head. He now had problems of his own regarding his siblings who he would consider the most impractical group he has ever encountered. He never expected them to grow up like that, and he couldn't help but wonder if things would have been different if he never time-traveled to the future.

"This is unbelievable." Five muttered to himself.

Cassie turned her gaze at him and raised an eyebrow confused on his statement. "What?" She said.

"Have you seen all my siblings? They are a mess. No wonder they all died fighting whatever caused the apocalypse." Five said running a hand through his hair. "Vanya didn't even believe us and Klaus well he just wants to get high." The boy said completely baffled.

"Things aren't the same as when we are children, Five. Its been a long time." Cassie said staring at the boy. "Just look at us. We are grown adults, the same as them. They now have their own lives and other sorts of problems besides saving the world." The girl said which was a little ironic since she and Five still looked like a couple of 13 years old.

"Well, I hope they have fun sorting out their problems in seven days when the whole earth is gone!" Five yelled at Cassie already hot-headed. The people around the park looking at them weirdly.

Cassie looked around noticing the faces of the people around them and walked over to Five covering his mouth. "Shut up, you idiot." She glared at him as Five moved her hand away.

"Oh, I see. You are already giving up." Five said to Cassie completely assuming her point of view.

"What? Five, no." She replied looking at him as she shook her head. "We are in this together remember?" Cassie said looking back at him struggling to make him understand.

"It looks as if you aren't taking this as seriously as I am." Five said pointing his finger at the girl. "You are here with me because you have no other option." The boys said harshly at the girl.

Cassie looked at him getting hurt by his remarks since she knew they weren't true. She truly wanted to help him but for some reason, he thought otherwise. "Five, you know it's not like—" She started to say but got interrupted by Five.

"Maybe you are better off at the academy with the rest. I can do this on my own." Five said sternly.

Cassie stared at him and tears began to flood her eyes as she couldn't believe what she was hearing. "You never listen to me." She suddenly said to him. "You always try to pushing me away and just don't care about how I feel." The girl said tears falling down her eyes.

"I am not pushing you away." Five lied to himself as he looked back at the girl with a stony expression.

Cassie looked back at him and let out an ironic laugh wiping away her tears. "You know that's bullshit." She declared to him. "Whenever things start to get complicated you always do the same, ever since that day at the lake." Cassie blurted out telling her point of view.

Five stood there and looked at her completely emotionless. "That day should have never happened." Five said coldly.

"You used me," Cassie said quietly staring at him as tears fell down her eyes. She just couldn't believe what she was hearing, all this time she wanted to think that at least he had felt something for her that night.