up the stairs, where her mother had disappeared. Right?
Chapter 9
Cassie stared at her reflection in the mirror, she had been in that same position for an hour now and she didn't even know what she was hoping to accomplish. “This is stupid, we're just friends.” She spoke to herself.
“What are you doing?”
Cassie looked over and saw Courtney staring at her, a hint of a smile was present on her face. “Nothing, I'm just getting ready for tonight. I always put makeup on when I go out.”
“Do you always talk to yourself in the mirror too?” Cassie gave her a dirty look and Courtney laughed. “Cassie, I think it's cute. After all these years you still want to make a good impression with him.”
“You always were the hopeless romantic Courtney. You're wrong in this case; just because I don't want to be a slob...it doesn't mean I have high hopes for us. I'm realistic, not stupid. Besides, I have done some thinking since we planned this...” she paused for a moment she didn't know what she really wanted to call it.
“Date...” Courtney finished for her and Cassie could feel her face flush.
“Friendly get together is more like it.” Courtney rolled her eyes and Cassie continued. “Anyway, I have thought about it and I've come to the conclusion that we're not the same two people that we were in high school. Time has changed both of us and to go back would be dumb, even if we were both single. So, I am going to say it is what it is and just enjoy his friendship. Maybe when I go back to New York City we can truly continue being friends, something that I wish we would have done all that time ago.”
“Why didn't you?”
Cassie shrugged, truthfully she didn't know. “I guess things just got away from us and neither one of us were willing to work at it.”
“That's not exactly true, now is it?”
“What do you mean?”
“Cass, I know what happened when you came back to Texas after your graduation.”
“Oh...I didn't realize you were a spy and sneak too. How did you find out?”
“The day after graduation, you had just gotten back into town. You seemed off and I was worried about you. I remember you asked me how Seth was doing and back then things were tense between him and the family. I feel he was still missing you, even though 4 years had passed. So, when you left the house...I followed you.”
“All the way to Dallas?”
Courtney nodded, “I considered trying to get your attention, so that you knew you weren't in this alone. Yet, every time I was going to make a move to flag you down something happened that caused me to change my mind. When you got to the Bed and Breakfast, I saw you get out and head up to the door...that's when I left?”
“Why didn't you stay to see what happened?”
“It was your time and I really was praying that after you talked to him, you would realize that you two belonged together. So, that didn't happen and you ended up getting home...not too long after I did. So, what happened?”
“You know what happened...things didn't work out for us. End of story.”
“Not quite. What did you and Seth talk about?”
“We didn't.” Cassie saw the shock on Courtney's face and she turned away. “I was just about to open the door to the Bed and Breakfast when I heard Seth's voice. I went to the edge of the building and saw him with a woman. They were whispering and laughing with one another and so I left.”
“Did you hear what they were saying?”
Cassie shook her head, “No, but I wasn't going to stay to find out. It was embarrassing enough and I didn't want to be humiliated by being discovered.”
“So, you left and their interaction could have been completely innocent?”
“I saw them, it wasn't.”
“Okay, so that's why you chose to move back to New York City, find a job, and buy a house? If you would have gone to Seth and told him that you were still in love with him and he would
Chapter 9
Cassie stared at her reflection in the mirror, she had been in that same position for an hour now and she didn't even know what she was hoping to accomplish. “This is stupid, we're just friends.” She spoke to herself.
“What are you doing?”
Cassie looked over and saw Courtney staring at her, a hint of a smile was present on her face. “Nothing, I'm just getting ready for tonight. I always put makeup on when I go out.”
“Do you always talk to yourself in the mirror too?” Cassie gave her a dirty look and Courtney laughed. “Cassie, I think it's cute. After all these years you still want to make a good impression with him.”
“You always were the hopeless romantic Courtney. You're wrong in this case; just because I don't want to be a slob...it doesn't mean I have high hopes for us. I'm realistic, not stupid. Besides, I have done some thinking since we planned this...” she paused for a moment she didn't know what she really wanted to call it.
“Date...” Courtney finished for her and Cassie could feel her face flush.
“Friendly get together is more like it.” Courtney rolled her eyes and Cassie continued. “Anyway, I have thought about it and I've come to the conclusion that we're not the same two people that we were in high school. Time has changed both of us and to go back would be dumb, even if we were both single. So, I am going to say it is what it is and just enjoy his friendship. Maybe when I go back to New York City we can truly continue being friends, something that I wish we would have done all that time ago.”
“Why didn't you?”
Cassie shrugged, truthfully she didn't know. “I guess things just got away from us and neither one of us were willing to work at it.”
“That's not exactly true, now is it?”
“What do you mean?”
“Cass, I know what happened when you came back to Texas after your graduation.”
“Oh...I didn't realize you were a spy and sneak too. How did you find out?”
“The day after graduation, you had just gotten back into town. You seemed off and I was worried about you. I remember you asked me how Seth was doing and back then things were tense between him and the family. I feel he was still missing you, even though 4 years had passed. So, when you left the house...I followed you.”
“All the way to Dallas?”
Courtney nodded, “I considered trying to get your attention, so that you knew you weren't in this alone. Yet, every time I was going to make a move to flag you down something happened that caused me to change my mind. When you got to the Bed and Breakfast, I saw you get out and head up to the door...that's when I left?”
“Why didn't you stay to see what happened?”
“It was your time and I really was praying that after you talked to him, you would realize that you two belonged together. So, that didn't happen and you ended up getting home...not too long after I did. So, what happened?”
“You know what happened...things didn't work out for us. End of story.”
“Not quite. What did you and Seth talk about?”
“We didn't.” Cassie saw the shock on Courtney's face and she turned away. “I was just about to open the door to the Bed and Breakfast when I heard Seth's voice. I went to the edge of the building and saw him with a woman. They were whispering and laughing with one another and so I left.”
“Did you hear what they were saying?”
Cassie shook her head, “No, but I wasn't going to stay to find out. It was embarrassing enough and I didn't want to be humiliated by being discovered.”
“So, you left and their interaction could have been completely innocent?”
“I saw them, it wasn't.”
“Okay, so that's why you chose to move back to New York City, find a job, and buy a house? If you would have gone to Seth and told him that you were still in love with him and he would
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