A few months ago, an end of summer barbecue had seemed like a good idea. A few months ago, Cass was also in the mindset for mingling and spending time with friends. Now... now she was wishing she had never made the plans, but she hadn’t even had the energy or been in the right state of mind lately to cancel, so now people were swarming all over the house and property, with poor Alex stuck playing more of a host than her. She couldn’t even get more than a simple buzz going with everyone around.
It was too much. Too many people, too many forced smiles, too much faked happiness. So as soon as she caught sight of Cooper in the kitchen, she grabbed him by the hand without a word, tugging him along behind her and up the stairs to the second floor before pushing him against the wall and crashing her lips into his.
@cooper-ward