direction.
“Besides, if I remember from all those dances in high school, you’re really not that good of a dancer. My toes will be forever grateful if I don’t dance with you.”
Jordan looked at her with one of his cheeky grins. “I guess that’s why I play football instead of dancing. It's a good thing I've never been asked to participate in Dancing with the Stars. " Jordan laughed at himself then changed the subject. "I’ll take y’all home, if you’d like?” His voice was raised slightly so he could be heard over the music.
“Are you sure? You don’t have to. Gabby can give us a ride; she’s used to doing it anyway.”
“It’s fine. I don’t mind…” Jordan trailed off, glancing over to where Nick was dancing with the leggy blonde-haired beauty “…besides, I don’t think I will be expecting Nick home anytime soon, so it will be nice to have some time to myself for a little while. It gives me time to think, and we do have cookies to bake. I didn’t forget I promised to help you since I got you into it in the first place.”
Cassie looked torn. She didn’t know how much more time she could spend with the guy before she realized she wouldn’t be able to control those returning feelings she once felt for Jordan, despite knowing they would never really work anymore. It was proving to be more of a struggle than she initially thought.
They made their way over to where Jake was laying on an oversized lawn chair with Mitch and Hazel.
“We’re going to go now and get this little boy home to bed,” she said with a smile. “It’s getting late, and it’s past Jake’s bedtime.”
Mitch and Hazel understood, both nodding their heads and returning smiles.
“Do you need a lift home?” Mitch asked her.
Cassie shook her head. “No, it’s okay. Jordan has already offered to take us home, but thanks anyways.” She meant it; they did enough for her already by including them as part of their family, and had since the day she moved into their house at the beginning of her senior year of high school, just so Cassie wouldn’t have to move and change schools following Cassie’s parents’ departure from town. Mitch and Hazel acted like surrogate parents for Cassie, and now Jake, stepping in when her own parents couldn’t, or lived too far away to do so.
“I’ll see you next weekend at Jake’s game,” she added. They also attended every one of Jake’s baseball games, acting as his surrogate grandparents, and despite the fact they weren’t blood-related, she knew they loved being able to spoil him as if he were their own grandchild. Gabby was an only child, and it didn’t look like she was ready to settle down anytime soon.
Hazel got up from her chair and wrapped her arms around Cassie in a strong embrace to say goodbye as Jordan lifted their son into his arms. Jake rested his sleepy little head on his shoulder.
Hazel whispered into Cassie’s ear, telling her to be careful. Cassie knew too well what she meant by the comment. At the time of her break-up with Jordan, Hazel and Mitch, along with Nick and Gabby, had helped pick up the pieces of her broken heart, and then with the unexpected pregnancy. They were familiar with how much Cassie had struggled to make a life for her and Jake. They didn’t want to see Jordan come crashing her party, destroying everything she had built. She didn’t want that either. She knew how hard she’d worked to get to the place she was now. Life was good to her. She couldn’t and wouldn’t let something like Jordan’s return stir up old feelings from her past, making her question everything she had worked for.
“I will,” Cassie whispered softly. “Thank you,” she said again, tears almost falling from her eyes, but she carefully held them back, not wanting to smudge the little mascara she had on or give people more of a reason to talk about her personal life. Enough was enough. She couldn’t be talked about more than she already was. Her life was just
“Besides, if I remember from all those dances in high school, you’re really not that good of a dancer. My toes will be forever grateful if I don’t dance with you.”
Jordan looked at her with one of his cheeky grins. “I guess that’s why I play football instead of dancing. It's a good thing I've never been asked to participate in Dancing with the Stars. " Jordan laughed at himself then changed the subject. "I’ll take y’all home, if you’d like?” His voice was raised slightly so he could be heard over the music.
“Are you sure? You don’t have to. Gabby can give us a ride; she’s used to doing it anyway.”
“It’s fine. I don’t mind…” Jordan trailed off, glancing over to where Nick was dancing with the leggy blonde-haired beauty “…besides, I don’t think I will be expecting Nick home anytime soon, so it will be nice to have some time to myself for a little while. It gives me time to think, and we do have cookies to bake. I didn’t forget I promised to help you since I got you into it in the first place.”
Cassie looked torn. She didn’t know how much more time she could spend with the guy before she realized she wouldn’t be able to control those returning feelings she once felt for Jordan, despite knowing they would never really work anymore. It was proving to be more of a struggle than she initially thought.
They made their way over to where Jake was laying on an oversized lawn chair with Mitch and Hazel.
“We’re going to go now and get this little boy home to bed,” she said with a smile. “It’s getting late, and it’s past Jake’s bedtime.”
Mitch and Hazel understood, both nodding their heads and returning smiles.
“Do you need a lift home?” Mitch asked her.
Cassie shook her head. “No, it’s okay. Jordan has already offered to take us home, but thanks anyways.” She meant it; they did enough for her already by including them as part of their family, and had since the day she moved into their house at the beginning of her senior year of high school, just so Cassie wouldn’t have to move and change schools following Cassie’s parents’ departure from town. Mitch and Hazel acted like surrogate parents for Cassie, and now Jake, stepping in when her own parents couldn’t, or lived too far away to do so.
“I’ll see you next weekend at Jake’s game,” she added. They also attended every one of Jake’s baseball games, acting as his surrogate grandparents, and despite the fact they weren’t blood-related, she knew they loved being able to spoil him as if he were their own grandchild. Gabby was an only child, and it didn’t look like she was ready to settle down anytime soon.
Hazel got up from her chair and wrapped her arms around Cassie in a strong embrace to say goodbye as Jordan lifted their son into his arms. Jake rested his sleepy little head on his shoulder.
Hazel whispered into Cassie’s ear, telling her to be careful. Cassie knew too well what she meant by the comment. At the time of her break-up with Jordan, Hazel and Mitch, along with Nick and Gabby, had helped pick up the pieces of her broken heart, and then with the unexpected pregnancy. They were familiar with how much Cassie had struggled to make a life for her and Jake. They didn’t want to see Jordan come crashing her party, destroying everything she had built. She didn’t want that either. She knew how hard she’d worked to get to the place she was now. Life was good to her. She couldn’t and wouldn’t let something like Jordan’s return stir up old feelings from her past, making her question everything she had worked for.
“I will,” Cassie whispered softly. “Thank you,” she said again, tears almost falling from her eyes, but she carefully held them back, not wanting to smudge the little mascara she had on or give people more of a reason to talk about her personal life. Enough was enough. She couldn’t be talked about more than she already was. Her life was just
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