Cassie & OTA
Cass didn't quite feel back to normal just yet, but she was doing everything that she could to get herself...somewhere akin to normal. She might not find the same normal that she'd had before. In fact, she was sure that she wouldn't. She wasn't sure that Sere, or Chester as she went by now, could get back to who she'd been before. Her baby wanted to try, though, and Cassie wouldn't discourage it. Things weren't....like they were before between them. They were different, and they had some ways to go, to find whatever new normal that they could.
Cassie was sure that they would manage to, though, if only because she was determined. When Cassidy Barnes was determined she made things happen. Not everyone here knew that yet, but people would figure it out just like her girlfriend had once upon a time.
Tonight, though, was about having fun. Bonfires were supposed to be a lot of fun, and about being social. Those were two things that Cassie had missed. She was having fun. Being playful felt good. And being here, out on the sand, feeling it between her toes as she walked around and through the different people was definitely more than she had hoped for when she and the love of her life had left campus to flee for their lives. This was her new life. Cassie couldn't think of any reason that she'd ever choose to leave this place. And there was something comforting about knowing that she could choose that, and also something scary considering...how could you leave everything behind?
She'd never forget how close to death she'd been. And she couldn't forget her family either. Those were things that nobody, she didn't care who they were, could leave behind. Those weren't thoughts for a party. Lifting her hand up to push her blond hair back out of her face, Cassie continued to walk through the sand...not sure who or what she was looking for, but she'd find someone...or someone would get her attention, or speak to her, she supposed. And either way she was okay with that; she was just going to do her best and enjoy the chance to focus on this, the here and now, and not everything else. She'd have to do that because that was the best way for her to move forward and she was absolutely going to move forward and do the best she could here.
Though, the best might have been better with some s'mores...and/or beer, Cassie thought, a bit of a grin pulling at her lips.