09 | Death Week Shenanigans 1.0

We reach Jase's home and we head to his room. "It's been long since I've been here," I smile.

"You look exhausted," He states.

"Let's sleep," I say and begin to remove the jumper. He turns around and tosses me a shirt of his which I happily put on. I enter the bed and he follows me. I lay my head on his clothed chest and close my eyes.

"It's 4 years today," I mumble.

"I can't believe I have come this far without my better half,"

"You're strong," he says in my hair.

"I don't think I can be strong any longer," I whisper then fall asleep.

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I wake up when I feel someone repeatedly tap me.

"Cassie, I need you to take your meds then you can sleep again,"Jase says.

"Ok," I mumble half awake and sit up. He hands me the drugs and I swallow them. When he puts the cup down I pull him into the bed me then cuddle him.

"Cass, I need-"

"Too loud," I mumble then fall asleep.

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I wake up when I feel Jase's eyes on me.

"Quit staring at me creep," I smile at him and he frowns at me.

"I was talking and crying in my sleep wasn't I?" I frown.

"I'm sorry-"

"Don't be sorry. I'm happy to help," He kisses my head.

"One day your father will find us here and won't be happy about it," I laugh changing the subject.

"What I'm worried about is when he finds out we had sex," He laughs.

"I can't believe you lied to me that you were 17 turning 18 when you were just 15 turning 16," He laughs out loud.

"You were too cute for me to leave you," I wink.

"The way you freaked when you found out you had taken my virginity and I wasn't even 16,"

"Hey you promised not to say that out loud," He covers my mouth and I roll my eyes.

"Age doesn't matter," I say.

"I know. But I kind of don't want to go to jail," He smiles.

"We were both minors dude," I say in a duh tone and he laughs.

"I'm going to make breakfast, any special request?" He asks and I shake my head 'no'.

He leaves and I go to the bathroom and shower. It was difficult though. My leg is bandaged and I don't want to get water on the wound.

"Fuckkkkk!" I groan loudly when soapy water passes through. It hurt so bad I started seeing stars.

"Cassandra?!" I hear Jase call me. "Yes." I grit out.

"Breakfast is ready!" He shouts once more."Come eat,"

"Coming!"

I dry myself up then oil my body and put on one of Jase's big shirts. I limp down to the kitchen.

"Hey," I slap his ass and he turns and glares at me.

"I will literally poison your food," He says seriously and I laugh. He turns back to cooking and I sit where I see a plate of pancakes.

I remember when I first met him.

*flashback*

We had just moved here and it was Court's death week. When my parents didn't come home for three days, I realized that they were ghosting me. Not that I'm complaining though, this is the most freedom I've had since I came back from boarding school.

I escaped from home and aimlessly walked. I ended up in a sketchy area where I saw a pub. I walked in and thanked the Lord that I looked 18 with all the make up and the way I was dressed in leggings and a crop top. Men cat called me but I ignored all of them and went and sat at the bar.

'I need the strongest shit you have,' I told the bartender.

'Rough day?' She asked while mixing the drinks.

'More like rough life,' I scoffed. She handed me my shot and I downed it.

'Damn girl,' A sexy voice called but I was in no mood to flirt.

'Leave me,'

I don't remember how we started drinking and laughing but I got so drunk to even stand and he had to carry me to his place since I blacked out. I woke up in my clothes of last night and in an unfamiliar room.

'What the fuck,' I muttered.

'You're up,' Someone said from the door and I screamed in shock.

'I didn't mean to startle you,' He smiled and I just stared at him.

Fuck! He's hot. He is like 6ft with brown hair and honey brown eyes and a huge tattoo on his right hand he has that whole bad boy vibe going on. He looked about 18.

'You done?' He smirked.

'Not quite,' I smirked back and got out of the bed.

'Did anything happen last night?' I asked.

'If anything happened trust me you would remember,'

'Typical cliche bad boy aren't you?' I crossed my hands across my chest and smirked.

'I'm far from a cliche,' He shrugged.

'That's what any cliche would say,' I smiled.

'I'm Jason,'

'Cass,'

We have breakfast and we talk about random things nothing personal. It was just so easy to talk to him. I don't even tell him my last name or where I'm from. He takes me to his father's diner - Uncle Beck's Diner where I stayed and helped him until it closed.

'Aren't you going home?' He asked as I took his hand in mine and we walked back to his home.

'I'm not ready,' I said.

We reached his place and he showed me the guest room and gave me a shirt to sleep in.

'Wanna watch a movie?' He asked and nodded my head eagerly.

I never slept on 24th and 23rd. I just kept getting the same nightmares. And they are worse than the usual ones. As we were watching the movie I began yawning then I placed my head on Jase's shoulder. He took off the TV and carried me to bed. I slept for a few minutes before I got a nightmare and immediately woke up. I walked to Jase's room and knocked. A sexy half asleep Jase opened the door and I visibly gulped. He is so toned. No one my age is this toned.

'I can't sleep,' I whispered and he opened the door wider for me to enter.

'Thanks,' I muttered. He closed the door and entered bed but I stayed looking at him hesitantly.

He would definitely freak if I told him my age now. I've never slept with a boy before.

'Are you coming?' He asked in a husky voice. I moved to the bed and entered and laid on my back awkwardly.

'Relax baby,' He whispers in my ear and the hairs on the back of my neck stand.

I turned to face him and I see him closing his eyes looking so peaceful so I slowly traced the lines on his face. I don't know how but soon I fell asleep with his hands around my waist and mine around his with my face buried in his chest. The next morning I woke up when I feel something hard poke my ass. That's when I realized Jase is spooning me. Oh my God, is that his dick poking me. I turned to look at him and smiled forgetting about his hard member poking me. Because of him I actually slept (not that peacefully but hey I appreciate the a little amount I can get) on Court's death day.

'Morning creep,' His husky voice greets me.

'Hey,' I smiled.

'You kept crying in your sleep,'

"Umm, I have to go," I completely shut off any emotion going into defense mode. I begin getting out of the bed but he pulls me back.

'Don't, you don't have to talk about it,' He tells me and I nod appreciatively.

'Let's just cuddle,' I smiled.

That afternoon when he went to get us food and I left but not before writing him a note that said I was leaving and thanking him for everything. I never went back until the next year on Court's death day. That's when he took my virginity after a drunken night. We completely left that in the past and slowly became strictly platonic best friends.

*flashback ends*

"What are you thinking about?" He asks.

"I'm thinking about how I ghosted you for a year after we had met," I laugh.

"Hey you hurt my feelings," he frowns.

"And I'm sorry, the past is the past," I laugh.

"Whatever," he grumbles and I laugh.