36 days, Katerina Rose [red queen ebook txt] 📗

/> "I'm not telling you this because I dont want to see you happy, or I dont think you guys are perfect together because quite frankly I cant think of anyone else better suited to handle your craziness than Daniel, but he's not coming here to make it work between you two. He's coming here to manage your band, and make sure you have a great career, so much so that he's willing to put his on hold"


"I know alex,---"

"Seriously Cass, Treat him like you do me... because thats the only way your going to be able to do this" He grabbed his computer off the couch and headed to the back to sleep.

"Fun sucker " I mumbled to myself with a slight smile on my face.

Should I take alex' advice and leave well enough alone? - Oh Yes, Absolutely!. Will I? Probably not...


I headed to the back to get some sleep.... Way too much to think about now.
Chapter 10

3 years earlier....


My first semester at college, it was crazy to think I had actually graduated high school and was actually going to a college. My grades had always sucked because I dedicated myself to my guitar and Daniel and I were trying to start our own band. In the mean time we felt like we needed to do something with ourselves while we tried to get things off the ground.

We lived across campus from each other, I moved in with a girl named Kat and we hit it off really well in the beginning. Daniel was over frequently and kat hit on him frequently, for some reason he never seemed interested in her, which she would question me about constantly as If I paid attention to his love life to begin with.

First semester Finals rolled around and I was held up in my room trying to cram all the information into my head at once. I was a horrible procrastinator and it showed at the end of every semester. A knock on the door and daniel emerged with 2 large coffee's and extra highlighters, and note pads. My saving grace.

Kat was out on a date this evening, it was just Daniel and I in the dorm room. After helping me cram for about 2 hours I got blocked and frustrated and threw a book across the room.

"Cass, seriously its not that big of a deal" he stood up to go get the book on the floor.

"says you!, You can study for 2 mins before class and ace it! I can study the entire semester and still fail" I buried my head in my hands.

He put the book down on the coffee table and sat next to me on the floor. he pulled my hands away from my face and held them.

"You know we'll hit it big with our band anyway you wont need this crap" he laughed.

I half smiled "And if we don't?"

"Oh we will... because frankly I can't see you doing anything else with your life anyway"

I sighed

"Just relax, step outside yourself for a second.. lets forget this crap and do something else for a min" He pushed the books off the coffee table and looked at me.

"Like What?"

"I dont know, i've barley seen you all semester how's life?" he asked..

"uhh.. Its okay?"

"Are you and kat getting along?"

"Yeah she's fine, she seems to like you a lot though" I snickered.

He rolled his eyes.

"You know she does, I don't know why you don't just go out with her she's really pretty" I sighed, running my fingers through my hair. It was a hot mess tonight, and so was I frankly. Finals brought out the frumpy in me.

"I don't want to go out with someone I don't like" he smiled "Besides, she's not as pretty as other girls I know"

"Like who"

he eyed me.

"If you say me I'll gag" I pushed myself up off the floor and headed into the kitchen.

He followed.

"Why does a compliment from me make you gag"

"Because,... Its you fishing"

"I'm not fishing, cant I just say what I'm thinking?"

I turned around when I reached the sink to put some dishes away. He was directly in front of me now. So close I could feel his breath on my neck.

"What if I dont want to know what your thinking" - I put my hand up on his chest.

"Why do you always push me away" he stepped back.

"We've been friends for years daniel I just don't want to push ---"

"Push us into something we're not ready for" he finished my sentence and rolled his eyes. "You give me the same speech every time"

"Yea and some day you'll take the hint" I brushed passed him and headed back to the living room.

He came up behind me and stopped me in my tracks. He wrapped his hands around my waist and brought my hair to one side of my neck. He placed his lips on the other side and kissed softly.

My ability to push him away was none existent.

Just as I felt like this would be the moment I would just give in, I heard the door knob turn and my instinct was to run.

Kat walked in just as I bolted to the other side of the room as daniel and he looked befuddled

"Hey Guys" she smiled and behind her was her date who'm I'd only met once or twice before now. Jason, Sweet guy he seemed to really like Kat and I was happy for them.

I suspect I could of been happy too if Kat hadn't walked in just now.


Daniel grabbed his book bag and told me goodnight. He walked passed Jason and kat and shut the door behind him. He was hurt, Once again I was the cause of his pain, I don't know why I couldn't just give in. It just wasn't that simple for me.


"Did I interrupt something?" Kat asked as she walked towards me.

"No, we were just studying." I took my place back on the living room floor and picked up my books to resume cramming.

Kat excused herself to her bed room, said she was changing clothes to go back out. Jason took a seat on the couch next to me to wait.

"So Kat tells me your really good at guitar and you write your own music" He said, trying to make conversation.

"Yea, Daniel and I do," I mumbled.

"Was that who that was?"

"Yeah"

"Are you two together?"

"No,"

"Oh, Cuz he looked a little upset?"

"Well arent you nosey tonight" I got up and grabbed my books

"Hey, I was just making conversation"

"I don't really feel like being social"

"Excuse me"

I sighed.

"I'm sorry, Finals are killing me, I hope you and kat have a good night" I walked back into my room and slammed the door.


Days turned into Weeks, and School was out for the summer. I was so relieved. Kat took off to FL with her parents, and Apparently didn't inform Jason because he was calling the apartment every day looking for her. Daniel hadn't shown up or called since the awkward moment the last time he was over here. I spent my days with my guitar and my Pjs, doing cardio in my living room and supplementing my irritation with writing music and signing to myself as I cleaned my apartment.

I cleaned the whole apartment but hadn't made it into Kat's room yet, but I figured why not finish the whole house.

I wondered into her room one saturday night and started cleaning things up off her floor. Realizing too late that I had stumbled into a sex house. Phone numbers, Condom wrappers, her lingerie everywhere, what exactly was this? The playboy house?! This was too much for me, I turned around and headed back out of her room when I stopped at the door and spotted Daniel's jacket by the door. I remembered it because I often stole it from him on late study nights when I got cold. I picked it up and headed into the living room, really curious as to what his hoodie was doing on her bed room floor. I laid it on the couch and a knock at the door kept me from examining it further.

Jason walked in after a few knocks.

"Hey sorry cassie, I've been trying to get a hold of Kat, she's not answering her phone"

"She's in Fl" I blurted.

"She said she'd be back by now?" he asked.

"did she? Because she's not planning on coming home until the end of the month" I said as I wondered into the kitchen to make some coffee..

"Do you want a cup?" I asked holding up the coffee cup.

He nodded and followed me into the kitchen.

"so she didn't tell you what day she was coming home huh? thats not surprising, you should see her bed room" I half laughed.

"Her bed room?"

"Yeah its like a sex shrine in there" I blurted "Woops--" I cut myself off. "I'm sorry I didnt--"

He held up his hand "We're not exclusive, its fine"

"Well isn't that just awesome for her" I shook my head.

"So why are you alone on a Saturday night?" He asked and sat down at the table.

"I don't know, something peaceful about campus while no one else is here, I can clean and do what I want"

"Like write music?" He said picking up papers off the table and reading them. "These are really good"

I ran over and snatched them from his hands "Oh God those aren't even real---I mean, their not finished---Their crap"

"Their not either" he snatched them back "You should put them to music"

I Snatched them back and headed for the trash can.

Before I made it, Jason's arms were around me and he wrestled me to the floor.

He pinned me down. He snatched the papers back and sat on top of me reading them out loud while he laughed at me trying to get up and screaming at him.

"seriously Cassie why don't you do something with these?"

"Why don't you get off me you weigh a ton!" I shouted.

"I'll get up on one condition" He