94 âI guess this is the part when I confess I wanna make you mine.â
(This ended up so much longer and so much feelsier than I intended oh my goodness)
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94. I guess this is the part when I confess I wanna make you mine
The annex was quiet when she found him alone, leaning on the conference table with his head dipped down. They hadnât spoken since the events of their case that day, since the secret-revealing sprite that was plaguing a town attacked their team as well. Only what happened to them didnât involve secrets that caused fights, like it had done for the rest of the town. No, what it had done for them was much, much more life altering.
Jake looked up when he heard Cassandraâs footsteps than quickly turned back away. Looking at him she could still hear the spriteâs voice, loudly whispering in all of their ears, like the voice was trapped in their heads.
You have a secret too Mr. Stone. Yes, this is a juicy one. I see your desires, your wants, you have a secret love. Someone close to you. A friend maybe? With red hairâŚ.maybe Iâve said too much. Or just enough.
Theyâd all heard it. Theyâd all been there. They all knew. That matter didnât make the situation any easier, nor did it make the day any less awkward. And now, finally, they were alone, and Cassandraâs hands trembled as she approached him. She couldnât find the words to say to express the right feeling, because she wasnât sure what the feeling was.
âI guess this is it huh?â he said, chuckling in spite of himself, but still not meeting her eyes. âThe moment when I confess.â
âJacob we donât have to talk about it if you donât want to.â Cassandra said gently.
âNo, IâŚ.I owe you this much.â
Cassandra sat down on a stool facing him and put her hand on top of his. He pulled away, which worried her, and her eyes almost filled with tears as she looked at him. Sheâd hardly ever seen him like this.
âAre you okay?â she asked quietly, her voice barely breaking the silence.
He didnât say anything, but looked at her and exhaled through his nose. She bit her lip and nodded. She didnât need words to understand.
âIf youâŚif you wanna stop hanginâ out or somethinââŚ.â Jake started to say, but Cassandra cut him off.
âNo!â she exclaimed. âJacob why would I ever want that?!â
âI donât know. You donât wanna be friends with someone whoâs hopelessly in love with you?â
Jake laughed briefly, then cringed at his choice of words. He put his head down again, unable to ever look at Cassandra for more than a moment or two at a time. So he didnât see her blue eyes widening and looking at him up and down, looking as if she might cry, looking at him like she did that day they got back from Peru, before she told him she wasnât okay when they were apart.
âJacob youâre my best friend,â she eventually said. âYou get me better than anyone. I could never lose you.â
Jake still didnât look at her, just twitched slightly, and so she tried for something else. And then there were words coming out of her mouth that were technically meant for him, but they were for her too. She wasnât so much telling him something as talking herself through her next move, begging herself to believe she wasnât crazy.
âYou know,â she said quietly. âIn science, when we donât know how two things will react together, we test them to see what happens. And of course weâd never do it without our background research, lining up everything we know about both of them, but eventually we just do. And even when we think there will be a favorable outcome, there can be a dangerous one sometimes, but we do it anywayâŚ.because we have to know. And we might end up making something wonderful.â
Jake was confused, but before he could ask her what she meant, without warning, she leaned in and pressed her lips against his. At first it was hard, but then slowly they started to melt. His hands found their way easily to her waist, and he felt hers moving slowly down the side of his face until they reached his neck. Somehow, if it made any sense, it was everything and nothing like heâd imagined it might be. And then she pulled away, slowly, and he still held onto her as they parted.
They sat their for a moment, breathing, their eyes not meeting as they waited. And then she looked up at him and his eyes met hers, her beautiful, captivating, blue eyes that always brought him home.
âSoâŚ.research.â he said.
âCollecting data,â she muttered. âYeah.â
âAndâŚ.what does the data tell you?â
Cassandra waited for a moment, and Jake felt like he might vomit. But slowly, in what seemed to be perfect timing, her face melted into a soft smile.
âWell,â she said. âComparing it to some past dataâŚ.I say that you still owe me a pint from a couple of years ago.â
Jakeâs face lit up as she realized what she was saying, and it was all he could do not to stand up and spin her around in the air. She laughed as she watched him and, feeling embarrassed, he cleared his throat and straightened his stance to compose himself. This earned a laugh from her, and a smile that was brighter than any star she might catalog in one of her journals.
âSoâŚ.Iâm taking you out for a drink.â he said. âFor additional data.â
âFor additional data,â Cassandra agreed, smiling big and nodding her head.
âWell then mâlady.â he said, hopping down from his stool and holding out his hand to her. âI think we better get to that experiment.â
âWell,â Cassandra said, accepting his hand and hopping down next to him. âThereâs nothing better than experimenting with your best friend.â