Board Thread:Short Stories and Fanfictions/@comment-43337021-20191005211846/@comment-43337021-20191008133502

Nessie: chapter 8

Once Lady Alexine is finished explaining, we all begin to climb the rock wall. Cassian comes over to where I am on the rock wall. Thankfully, since my face is already red from climbing, he can't see me blush. "You're a pretty good climber, considering how small you are." He says. I can't tell if he's joking or not. He said it with a straight face, but I'm tall, so I assume he's joking about being short. "Thanks, I guess?" I reply, still a little confused. I almost slip again. Cassian offers his to help me. I don't know if my face could get any brighter as I took his hand. Cassian helps me up the rest of the way; telling me where to put my foot or where not put it. Finally, we make it to the bottom. He's a few inches away from me. I clear my throat and say, "Thanks for helping me, even though we're the last ones who made it." For a second I think he's going to lean in and kiss me, but he doesn't. "It's fine. I'm already amazing at this, so I thought I would help." Cassian says. I look at him, I think about leaning in, but I don't. Cassian clears his throat. "So we should probably do the bucket jumping now." I node, and jump to the first one saying, "I can beat you there!" He smirks. "I know I can beat you." He jumps to another bucket. We laugh as we jump from bucket to bucket. We make it at last breathlessly. My hand goes through my hair. "Well, I guess you win that one." I say, laughing a little. Cassian smiles, not a smirk, but a smile. "You still did pretty well." He says, moving a little closer. I move a little closer too. Just as we're about to kiss, Ben comes in. I move away quicklyand blush. Ben comes over, smiling. "You guys sure did finish late." Cassian is glaring at Ben. "Oh, well Cassian was helping me." Ben nodes, adding, "Hey, if you're not doing anything this afternoon do you want to come to my house to hung out." My throat goes dry. I can't remember what I'm doing this afternoon, nothing as important as this. "Sure, what time?" I ask. I hear the door slam. I look over to see that Cassian is gone. He probably had something to do, I think. Ben smiles, "How about 4:30?" I node happily. "See you then." He says, leaving the room. I smile dreamingly.