I woke up to a pounding headache and feeling extremely warm.
I slowly opened my eyes and cringed at the bright room. I tried to sit up, but two strong arms were tightly wrapped around my waist. The person holding me stirred, sensing my movement, and pulled me closer. I looked over my shoulder and saw who it was.

Jaime. I turned away and blushed. Then I finally took in my surroundings. I was in Jaime’s room by the looks of it. I then looked down at myself and noticed I was wearing one of Jaime’s shirts, and only my underwear on underneath.
Jaime was also shirtless and only in boxers. What on earth happened last night?!

I rolled over and for the moment, surrendered to the voice that told me to just snuggle down into his warmth.
But then, despite my pounding headache, despite being with someone, the thoughts started. The emptiness inside me crept in. I shuddered. Jaime pulled me even closer and started to wake up. He groaned and looked down at me. I pretended to just wake up as well.
“Whoa.” I heard him breathe. I squinted and looked at him.
“What happened last night?” I dreamily said. He looked at me.
“A lot. Haha, we got wasted, I remember us all running around and trying to do stunts, then piggy backs, then I know you spilt all your drink on your clothes so I gave you a t-shirt and you ran around in that. Then towards the end Tony and Mike passed out, but you, Vic and me had a really meaningful talk… You spill a lot when you’re drunk.” Jaime explained to me as I took all this in. I froze mid thought. What the hell did I tell Jaime and Vic?
I’ll ask later.

I noticed Jaime still had his arms around me, and strangely I didn’t mind it. But before things got awkward, I had to sit up. I got out of bed and stretched, making a weird cat noise.
“You make weird noises-“ Jaime laughed when he heard.
“Oh and nice underwear,” He added with a laugh. I quickly put my arms down and glared at him.
“Hush you. Lets go find all the wasted bitches.” I smiled.
We both walked out and found Vic and Mike spooning on the ground, surrounded by empty bottles of beer and vodka.
“Aw, such brotherly love.” I cooed, looking around for my phone and taking a photo of them.
Mike was lying on the kitchen bench, cuddling a bottle. Wordlessly I took another photo and Jaime laughed.

“Should we leave them?” I looked at Jaime. He checked his phone.
“It’s 10am, I’d rather get the cleaning over and done with now and then work on this headache. How you feeling short stuff?” I pouted at the nick name he gave me.
“I just have a headache, nothing bad. Lets wake them up.” I grinned evilly.
I banged pots and pans to wake them up because I’m pretty sure I’m Satan.
For the rest of the day we cleaned and they all showered and went home.
Late afternoon I finally got to have a shower and got into sweats and a tank top.
I sat down to watch TV with Jaime. He scooted closer to me and I settled by his side.

“We need to talk.” I looked at him and raised an eyebrow.
“What about?” I questioned.
“What you told me when you were intoxicated.” He looked me dead in the eye and I nervously giggled.
“I don’t remember what I said…”
“I’ll refresh your memory. This eating shit? A no go in my house. I’m serious you are going to get healthy again. I don’t care how long it takes. And as for your family, I’m coming with you when you pick your stuff up, and then I’m making sure they don’t come near you again.” He took a deep breath and continued.
“And as for these thoughts and feelings? Talk to me when you’re upset. I’m not having you leave me when you just came into my life. And I’m begging you… No more kissing razors.” The way he described self-harm was extremely poetic.
Before I even realised it, he wiped away a tear I didn’t know fell.
“You still want me around after knowing all this?” I questioned, my eyes full of disbelief. His eyebrows furrowed and he looked at me weird.
“Of course I do! There’s nothing wrong with you Cassie, you just have a lot going on.” He smiled and I just stared at him.

“Are you okay?” He questioned worriedly.
“I’m fine.” I wiped my tears quickly. He brought my face to his chest and I held his shirt in a death grip.
“You’re not fine…” He sighed.
“I’m not fine as in fine, but fine as in you don’t have to worry about me.” Came my muffled reply from his shirt.
“I’ll always worry.” I felt something stir in my stomach.
“You’ve known me for two days; you’re not allowed to worry. Better yet you shouldn’t know this stuff. I hardly know you.”
“I don’t care if I knew you for an hour and you told me this, if someone’s hurting, I’m going to do my best to help them.” I looked up at Jaime with glistening eyes.
“I like you. You’re one of the few genuine people left in the world.” He smiled down at me.
“I like you to short stuff. Exactly why I’m going to help you get better,” I smiled and lay down in his lap. Eventually falling asleep due to being over emotional.

And for once, I didn’t have bad dreams or bad thoughts before sleep.

Or so I thought.

I woke up with a start, a yell ripping its way from my throat. I was covered in a cold sweat and breathing heavily.
I was in my own bed, which meant Jaime took me to my room.
I sat up, holding my head in my hands. It felt as if everything was creepy back in on me. But Jaime’s words weren’t lost on me… And although I stared at the pencil sharpener in my bag, I wasn’t that bad yet.

I opened the door and crept to Jaime’s room.
His door was propped open, so I slid in and saw him asleep on his belly, sprawled everywhere. I stifled a giggle, he was cute.
I went to the side of the bed and bit my lip and hesitantly poked Jaime in the side.
He woke instantly with a start and rubbed his face.
“Huh? What? Oh Cassie. What’s wrong?” He questioned, his voice laced with sleep.
“Um, I had… I had a nightmare… Can I… Can I sleep with you tonight?” I asked nervously.
“Yeah of course, slide in.” He replied, rolling on his side and lifting the blankets, signalling me to climb in.
I did and faced him, snuggling into his chest, Jaime then snaked his arm around my waist, pulling me closer to him. I was then lulled to sleep by his steady heart beat. I had never felt so at peace in such a long time.

Notes

Finally got more Jaime and Cassie in :')
I feel like im drawing things out, yet rushing at the same time? Feed back would be great guys!
Thanks :3 xo