Sometimes things don't work out the way we plan.

I pull up at Lily’s and she opens the door and walks out.
“Mum and Dad said it’s cool for you to stay here for a while, you’ll just have to share my bed,” she smiled at me and I hugged her tightly, thanking her a hundred times.
She laughed and took me inside and I dumped my bag and fell on the bed.
“Tired Cass?”
“Dead.” I replied. Lily laughed again and yelled goodnight to her parents and turned off the light and we slid under the covers.

“Do you want to talk about it?” She questioned, I felt her head on the pillow turn to face me.
“Not a lot to say, I just got tired of the abuse. So I left.” I replied simply. Lily gave a small ‘hmm’ in reply, not needing to say anymore.
“Well don’t think about it too much, I’ll keep you distracted. We should get some sleep, I promised Jaime we’d be there at 10, and I KNOW what you’re like in the morning.” I laughed at the last bit. We both rolled over and said goodnight. The last thing I remember thinking was ‘Jaime is a weird name’ and I was asleep.

Next thing I know I being attacked with a pillow and having the blankets taken off me. I growl and curl into a ball.
“Whoever the hell is waking me up has 5 seconds to stop before I kill them.” I mumble out. I hear Lily’s bubbly laugh chime through my ears.
“Get your fat ass out of bed and into the shower.” I slowly sit up and glare at her.
“What’s the time?” I ask.
“9:00. So go have a shower, you stink.” Lily joked and I faked laughed at her.
I grab my clothes and head for the shower.

I get changed in the bathroom, putting on my red skinny jeans, a light grey tank top and a black cardigan.
I look in the mirror and quickly put on my make up and look at the mess that is my hair. I brush my long light brown locks and then decide to put my black beanie on.
I walk out and see Lily in red jeans, a black tank top and a grey jacket on.
“Lets go~” She cheers.
We quickly throw on our shoes and get in my car.

Lily gives me directions and within 15 minutes we’re there.
The house was a pretty decent size and looked like a nice place.
We walked to the front door and knocked. A moment later the door flew open and the most attractive guy stood there grinning like an idiot.
“Lily!” He grinned and hugged her. Oh my fuck, he has dimples.
“Jaime! It’s been forever! You’ve changed so much!” Lily gushed. She then gestured to me.
“This is my best friend Cassie. Cass, this is Jaime.” I smiled at him and he hugged me.
“Hey nice to meet you! Why don’t you guys come in?” He opened the door wider to let us in. I walked past him and into a long hallway with white walls and tarnished wooden flooring. There were some picture frames on the walls and a lot of boxes everywhere.
We went further in to the lounge room which had a MASSIVE Tv, a huge couch, some bean bags and a shag carpet.

“Wow nice place.” I commented, I was impressed. He sheepishly smiled and rubbed his neck.
“Thanks, It’s pretty good, ive got 3 bedrooms, two bathrooms, although ones plumbing needs fixing, a kitchen, bathroom, lounge room and games room.”
“Must’ve cost a lot,” Lily commented.
“Nah not too much, although cash isn’t that big of a deal to me anymore,” Jaime laughed and I looked at him. I wish I didn’t have to worry about money like that.

We all sat down and Jaime and Lily caught up for a bit. I was in the middle of a sentence when my phone rang.
“Oh I’m sorry, excuse me for a bit,” I apologised and walked around the couch to the open kitchen. I looked at the caller ID. I let out a shaky breath an answered.
“Hello.” I said curtly.
“WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU? I’VE HAD TO SEARCH FOR YOU ALL FUCKING NIGHT BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T COME BACK, YOU BETTER GET YOUR ASS HOME RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANT TO STILL HAVE A HOME TO COME BACK TO YOU LITTLE SHIT.” My brothers harsh voice rang through the receiver.
I took a deep breath and firmly responded,
“I’m not coming home.”
“Excuse you?”
“I’m not coming back Jack. I’m sick of this shit. I’ll come get my stuff soon but I’m not staying there anymore. Happy?” I felt the tears start to well up in my eyes. I was shaking.
“FUCKING FINE BUT YOU BETTER GET YOUR SHIT SOON, YOU FUCKING WASTE OF SPACE. SWEAR TO GOD IF IM BACK NEXT WEEKEND AND YOU’RE STILL HERE YOU’LL FUCKING REGRET IT.”
“Yeah fuck you.” I shakily replied and hung up.

“Cassie…?” I heard a voice carefully ask behind me. I tensed up. I hurriedly wiped away the tears that managed to fall.
“Yeah?” I sniffed and faced Lily smiling.
“Are you okay?” She looked at me concernedly, Jaime next to her with furrowed eyebrows, a confused look written all over his face.
“Yeah of course I am! I just really need to find that place soon…” Lily’s eyes went wide.
“Was that your brother?”
“Yeah.”
“Do you need to stay longer?”
“I can’t impose.”
“You wouldn’t be”
“I’ll be fine.”
“No you wont.” I looked at Lily. In that moment, I didn’t care if Jaime was there, or that he was confused as anything. I caved into a shaking, crying mess on Jaimes kitchen floor. Lily was comforting me and that’s when Jaime had enough.

“Not to be rude, but can someone please explain to me what the hell is going on? What was that phone call about?” He was frustrated.
“Cassie got kicked out of her house last night, she has to stay with me for a few days till she can find a place of her own. And that phone call was…” Lily faded out in her sentence. I hiccupped.
“T-that phone call was my brother abusing me, then when I told him I’m not coming home, he said I cant come back and I have to get all my stuff out before he’s back next week,” I sobbed. Lily looked apologetically at me and Jaime looked… Angry?
I rubbed my eyes and stood up.

I straightened myself and smiled,
“No need to worry guys, I’ll be fine!” I forced a smile and Lily looked at me wearily.
“You need a place to live?” Jaime looked me dead in the eye.
“Yeah?” I eyed him weirdly.
“Live with me.”
WHAT.

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