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badvisions (badvisions) wrote in onceuponadream,
@ 2013-05-11 23:33:00

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!incomplete, character: cassidy colborough, character: charles turner, player: cindy, player: lena

Who: Cassie Colborough and Charles Turner
When: Saturday night, May 11th
Where: outside the theater, walking to the car
What: Hanging out. Maybe making out. Or talking.
Rating: TBA.

Cassie didn't really know what she was doing with Charles. They'd been friends for awhile, sure. He and Chris were kind of a package deal, just like Chris and Zoe had been. It wasn't really possible to be close to Chris without getting to know his best friend and his brother and Cassie adored them both. They'd become her friends just as surely as Chris was. Cassie liked them because they knew her. Not the bubbly girl she used to be, but the Cassie she'd learned to be after everything. They knew about the worst things she'd done and they liked her anyway. Aside from Brody and Chris, that wasn't something she ever thought she'd have.

As comfortable as she was with Charles, she definitely hadn't expected anything like what they'd been doing for the past several months. The kiss on New Years Eve had been surprising enough, but at least that was something she could explain away. Ever since, though, things had changed between the two of them. They still hung out, but they were doing it more and more on their own, away from Zoe and Chris. Not just hanging out, but there was cuddling and kissing, too. It should have been weird, but it wasn't.

What it was was confusing. Cassie knew she should feel weird about making out with Chris' brother. That was why she hadn't said a word to him about it. She didn't know why she was keeping it a secret. That was pretty stupid, but really she didn't know what to tell him. Were they dating? Were they just having fun? She didn't want to analyze it and she was sort of afraid to bring it up, so she just kind of kept going with it. It wasn't like she ever planned to kiss Charles, anyway. It just sort of happened.

Maybe a part of her wanted that when she asked him if he wanted to do something tonight. She certainly hadn't had an easy time of focusing on the movie when she kept thinking about his hands in her hair, his lips on her neck... Cassie forced those thoughts down, though, and turned to smile at him as they left the theater.

"Thanks for hanging out with me tonight," she said.

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doctorknowsbest
2013-05-12 06:25 am UTC (link)

To be honest, Charles didn't have much of a clue as to what they were doing either. Or what they were. His track record with girls wasn't the best and his last relationship hadn't ended well at all. He was just enjoying the moment and more often than not those moments seemed to involve Cassie.

Ever since New Year's he had found himself hanging out with Cassie a little more frequently than usual. And a lot of times they were hanging out without his brother or his girlfriend. He didn't mind this change at all. He always liked Cassie. She was a great friend to his brother and was able to help him in areas that he couldn't. But as they hung out he found himself noticing things about her that he hadn't before. Like how she was still incredibly attractive even if she was just wearing a pair of sweatpants. Or the way she laughed at the comical parts of a movie.

But all of that was so far from his thoughts tonight. His focus had mostly been on the movie. He was trying to focus on the movie anyway. Every time she laughed, her laughter made him focus on her. So clearly this state of confusion they found themselves in was entirely her fault.

"You know I'm always happy to provide my stellar company," he assured her, flashing her a cheeky smile. They maneuvered their way through the parking lot as they headed in the direction of his car.

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badvisions
2013-05-12 07:01 am UTC (link)

Cassie, on the other hand, was going to blame Charles for her state of confusion. He was the one who'd kissed her on New Years Eve and he was the one who kept kissing her! She wouldn't be thinking about hands and lips if he hadn't started it by kissing her in the first place.

She hated that she couldn't stop thinking about it. She hated that she knew the smell of his cologne so fell that she could tell he was near her, just from the scent. She hated most of all that the first guy she felt this way in a long time just happened to be her good friend's brother. It had to be wrong, somehow. She was sure it did, because she didn't feel like she could talk to Chris about this and she talked to Chris about everything.

Forcing her thoughts away from all her confusion, Cassie shook her head and laughed at his epic display of ego. "Oh, I was really just doing Chris a favor, giving him a night off from you," she teased him, lightly bumping her shoulder against his arm as they walked.

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doctorknowsbest
2013-05-22 01:36 am UTC (link)

He did kiss her on New Year's Eve. It was New Year's Eve! It was customary to kiss your date at the stroke of midnight. So technically Cassie was not his date for the evening but he had been dancing with her at midnight. She looked incredible in her dress and she deserved to be kissed at midnight. It would have been bad luck for him not to, wouldn't it? Not that he was superstitious at all.

After that kiss that night Charles found himself thinking about kissing her more. So even if him kissing her initially was his fault, the kissing following was all on her. If she hadn't been a good kisser then maybe he wouldn't have thought about it again. Or if she didn't smell so good when she came over or look so attractive.

Though it didn't matter how it started or why it continued. Charles was very much enjoying the time they spent together, even if it didn't end with kissing. But more often than not, that was exactly how it ended. For the first time in a really long time Charles was happy. And spending time with Cassie had a lot to do with that. The kissing didn't hurt either.

He wasn't the kind of guy to have a large ego but occasionally it popped up in moments of flirty banter with Cassie. It had been awhile since he found himself in this position and it wasn't as easy as everyone said. Charles laughed at her response, giving her a sideways glance. "I think you're giving me a break from Chris," he corrected her. He was teasing of course. He loved his brother a lot but they were certainly two different personalities.

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badvisions
2013-05-23 03:37 pm UTC (link)

Cassie was happy, too. It was a feeling that scared her. She was afraid to trust it. She was afraid being with Charles would mess up her friendship with Chris. She was afraid it didn't mean the same thing to Charles as it did to her. Basically, she was just afraid of everything right now. She knew Bee was right. She knew she should talk to him, but she was also afraid that if she did, she would lose him. It just seemed so much easier to keep doing whatever they were doing.

"Oh, am I?" Cassie laughed at that. She knew how close the boys were and she knew neither of them REALLY needed a break from each other.

They continued to make small talk as they walked towards the car and Cassie smiled at him as she got into the passenger side.

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doctorknowsbest
2013-06-10 06:26 pm UTC (link)

Charles nodded. "You know Chris. He's all blah, blah, science, blah. Sometimes I wonder if he'd even know how to have fun if it wasn't for us." He was teasing of course. His brother enjoyed science and history and police shows. Charles didn't care what he liked but it was fun having something to pick on him about. It was an older brother's right to tease and pick on their younger siblings.

Conversation was easy with Cassie. They never fell into an uncomfortable silence or were short on topics to talk about. That was true the entire way from the movie theater to his place. Charles took his keys out of his pocket, glancing over at Cassie. The light behind her seemed to make her glow in the the darkness. As he was pushing the door open he was greatly hoping that Chris was not home or asleep at least. He wasn't exactly ready to end his night with Cassie or share her just yet.

"Looks like no ones home," he told her, flicking on the lights. "Why don't you pick a movie? Or find something on tv? And I'll take Bear out real quick," he suggested, grabbing he leash from the hook it was hanging on. Charles disappeared quickly to let Bear out and let him say hi to Cassie before getting him ready to go for a short walk.

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badvisions
2013-06-12 01:28 am UTC (link)

"I don't know, I think Z's actually got him into zombies now, too," she joked. Chris was easy to tease in that sisterly way. That's how she looked at him, like he was another brother. That was a lot of why this thing with Charles had taken her so much by surprise. He'd been like a brother to her, too, before all the kissing.

She couldn't help being pleased when he drove to his place instead of taking her home. Cassie wasn't ready for the night to end, yet. She nodded when he told her to pick the evening. "Steel Magnolias okay with you? She joked? Ohhh or there's this Justin Bieber thing on..."

She was joking, obviously. Neither of those was her style at all, but she couldn't pass up a chance to tease him.

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