I slapped Cassian. I slapped him hard.

Whether it was instinct or something else, I wasn't sure, but I did.

But it didn't make me feel good in the slightest bit because in front of me stood my best friend.

I felt betrayed by him, and I hated everything he had done to me, but I still see my best friend in many ways.

The guy who made me laugh and the one that let me cry on his shoulder. The one that made me happy when I felt like nothing could.

But to hear him say that Noah died and Liam lost his memories because of him made me furious. But I didn't know how to react.

The slap didn't even seem like it justified everything he did.

"I probably deserved that," he said, placing a hand on his cheek. "But I need you to know, Sunshine, that I did it all for you. You deserved better than them,"

"Don't call me that. Don't ever call me Sunshine again!" I raised my tone.

"Why not? I gave you that nickname," he said.

"I don't want you to. Noah never did anything to you. Liam was your friend and Tyler's brother, and you wanted to hurt him?" I question him. My voice cracked.

"I never fucking cared about any of them. I wanted you. I always wanted you," he whispered, taking a step closer.

"Why didn't you say anything when you were here, Cas? Why did you do all this after you left? You could have said something when you were here!" I told him.

"I was waiting for the perfect time, but then I had to move," he said. "And when I left, you forgot me and started dating Noah. And when I came back, just when I thought I could have you back after everything I did, you slipped away again. So what else was I supposed to do?" He shrugged his shoulder.

When did he change? Or was he always like this?

I no longer saw the friend, but the monster I never knees was there. The kindness he showed Tyler and me was always a lie.

The carving of our friendship that was still on his docks was never real because Cassian is not who we all thought was.

I invited this man into my home. I felt something for him as well, but he was not the man he made as all think he was.

He pulled my arm. "I don't want to lose you now," he said, and what I saw in his eyes was what made me yank my arms away from him and run.

But once I exited the ring I ran towards the door, but he was too fast, catching me by my wrist. He pulled me against him, and my chest crashed with his.

I struggled to move away from him, but his grip was tightening around me.

"I'm not going to hurt you, Sun. Please just don't run away," he said, but I didn't want to listen to him in the slightest.

I screamed for help and struggled in his hold. I wanted to getaway.

"I'm the same person I was when you knew me, but you just know the whole truth now," he said, but everything he said only made the fear in me increase and the more I struggled, the more I saw the monster that I was blind to see.

Out of reflex, I kicked him. And he let me go just enough for me to rip myself away from him and bolt.

I ran outside and collided with a hard chest. I looked up to see Liam staring down at me, his face covered in worry.

I hugged him, wrapping my arms around him and immediately feeling safe with him. I took a loud breath of relief.

"I'm going to kill him,"

I didn't have to say anything to him. He knew, but I also knew I couldn't let him do anything either.

I was aware of how Liam got when he was angry. For half of my life, I hid away from that man.

"Take her," he said, and I looked to my side to see Tyler there as well.

He pushed me towards him.

"Liam, you can't do anything. Please let's just go home," I begged.

But it seemed as if he didn't even hear me. And he rushed inside.

"Tyler, it's Cassian. We have to stop him," I told Tyler. I was breathless.

"What did Cassian do?" Tyler asked, shocked.

But I couldn't even tell him properly. I was frozen in place, and I wanted to get in to stop Liam. Yet, I could barely move.

My legs turned to jelly, and holding onto Tyler was the only thing that prevented me from collapsing on the floor.

The door of the ring burst open, and Cassian fell onto the ground. Liam hovered on top of him, punching repeatedly.

"You h-have to stop them, Tyler," I told him, studdering.

Tyler didn't wait for any second. Instead, he rushed to them after making sure I could stand.

He pulled Liam off of Cassian. He had to use all of his strength to pry him off, but Liam kept going back to throw more punches and hits.

"Liam, stop!" Tyler screamed, but he didn't listen.

It took everything in me to walk over to them. My arms and hands were shaking.

"L-Liam," I called out, but I could barely even recognize my own voice. But I tried again. "Liam," this time louder.

But again, he barely moved away from him.

I reached closer to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. He jerked towards me, and I flinched when he almost connected his fist to my jaw but stopped when he noticed it was me.

"Stop leave him," I said.

For a second, I thought he wouldn't listen and just go back to punching him, but he did. He got off of Cassian and came to stand in front of me.

He placed a hand on my cheeks as if he was checking for any injury but noticed I had nothing and let me go.

But he had bruises on knuckles and was bleeding at the corner of his lips.

"I should kill you," he turned to Cassian and said.

Cassian got up from the ground. He was struggling to stand, but he got up.

Tyler went to help him, but he brushed him off.

"What the fuck even happened?" Tyler asked.

I could bring myself to say it, but I knew I had to say it. But that look on Cassian was still so vivid in his eyes, which only made this whole thing even harder to say.

"You don't have to say it, Sunshine. It's not your fault anyway," he said.

But again, I heard only Cassian. His voice was still the Cas I always knew. But it was his eyes.

"I just want to leave," I whispered.

Tyler nodded. "Take her home, Liam. I'll deal with him,"

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The car ride was quiet.

Liam's eyes were fixed on the road, and he gripped the steering wheel hard that his knuckles turned white despite it being bruised.

I couldn't stop thinking about what had happened. It all feels like a dream—a nightmare.

For a while, I thought something happened between Cassian and me. Something did change, but it never went deep.

It really didn't make sense to me how he could do all of this. He had told me he only wanted me to be happy but to have him do such horrible things. 

I couldn't understand why. I couldn't understand any of it.

But I wanted to tell Liam. I wanted to be the one to say to him what Cassian did.

He was already angry, but if I hadn't, I knew, he would only be furious, but I thought it would be better if he heard it from me anyways.

"Cassian did it," I said. He side glanced at me but didn't say anything. "Cassian caused both Noah's accident and our accident,"

He pressed the brake on the car hard. And the car came to a stop with a halt.

He placed the car in park and got out of the car, and slammed the door.

I got out right away after him.

"I trusted him!" He screamed. "I trusted him with you, and I trusted him with everything else," he said.

I wasn't even aware that Liam and Cassian were close in any way. I knew they were civil and had eachother backs when needed, but hearing Liam say it as if he knew everything.

"He killed Noah and almost killed you too," he said again. "Fuck if he did anything to you," he turned to look at me.

"He didn't do anything to me," I muttered to him.

"But he did! He took Noah away from you," he exclaimed.

I was taken back by that. "He took him away from you too," I said.

"But if Noah were still here, you would be happier. You could have had the life you both wanted," he came up to me.

I moved away from him and stared at him. "You don't think we could be happy?"

"What?" He asked as if I was asking a question that didn't even matter at the moment.

"You said I would be happier with Noah. You don't think we could be happy?" I asked.

"You deserve him. You always deserved him,"

"Ya, and what about you? Stop always saying and talking as if you aren't good enough,"

"I'm not! I told you I'm not," He shouted.

I took another step back. He looked at me as if he was going to say something but stopped himself. He sighed loudly.

"We should be focusing on Cassian right now," he changed the topic.

"Ya, we should. Take me home," I shook my head.

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Hello, my lovelies! How are you guys doing?

This chapter was supposed to be out earlier, but I'm extremely smart and forgot to finish it.

But I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter!

What do you guys think will happen next? What are they going to do with Cassian? Do you guys like Cassian now after what he did? Why is Liam always closed off when it comes to Storm?

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Lots of love,

Just another girl