Cassidy's Bedroom

[Cassidy]

Continued from: The Music Room with Sissy.


Leaving the door open behind her and basically using the handle to swing around so Sissy could follow her in, the redhead female closed it behind them as soon as they were both inside. Biting her bottom lip, she angled her gaze towards her friend.

"O-kay..." she mumbled, somewhere between curious and suspicious. "What happened in there?

[Sissy]

Sissy practically stormed into the bedroom, throwing the book and trail mix on the bed. Rather than answer Cass, she faced the window and stormed at her wolf, "What is your problem?! You didn't have any right to get mad down there! Nate was only trying to do his job and you had to go off and get possessive! Do you know how stupid that is?"

She turned to look at her friend, breathing raggedly in anger. As she calmed down, a sheepish look came over her face. "Sorry about that, Cass. My wolf was ready to rip into Mara because it apparently thinks that we have some sort of claim over Nate. Never mind that he's human and we don't." She sighed in frustration and rubbed her hands over her face. "Everything was fine until it felt like Nate and Mara were getting too close to each other. From what I can figure out, she somehow sensed my wolf's anger and that's what triggered whatever happened down there." She kicked at the carpet, frustrated. She glanced up at Cass again. "It wasn't too happy when you sat next to him at the piano, but it got really annoyed about Mara."

[Cassidy]

As Sissy had her little rant, Cassidy remained completely silent, staying near the door despite the likelihood that it could get her knocked flat on her ass if someone decided to bust in and... perhaps make an announcement, or simply intrude. Like Devon.

"O-kay..." Cassidy mumbled again in consideration of this development, wondering if it had really been a good idea to go and 'bug' Nate at all. She moved over to her bed, perching herself on it, pulling one leg up under her as she did so. "So, what you're saying is that you... or your wolf, are getting all possessive of Nate, and it got really pissy when he got too close to Mara." She chewed on her bottom lip again.

"D'you think that's just the moon, or... something else? And is it just the wolf, or it is kinda how you feel too?"

[Sissy]

Sissy had nodded in affirmation at Cassidy's overview of the situation and stopped when she voiced her questions. As she started to pace, she sighed, hands behind her back as she stalked back and forth across the floor. "The moon might have a part it in. I mean, the wolf always gets restless when the full moon gets close and it hasn't wanted to let me sit still lately.

"As for if it's just the wolf or if it's how I feel too... Well, I like Nate. Of course I do. He's a nice man and as adorable as they come but I certainly wouldn't be willing to rip out someone's throat over him unless they were making some sort of threat! As it was, the wolf was just angry over the smallest thing if it thought he was giving someone else too much attention." She let out a frustrated noise. "I just can't deal with it! My wolf is going to drive me mad where Nate is concerned if I don't figure something out quickly."

She sat heavily on the bed so that she could face Cassidy, suddenly looking weary. Her normally good mood had completely evaporated, something that it didn't do very often. At least the wolf seemed to be calming down now that Nate was out of sight.

[Cassidy]

Cassidy could sympathise with the restlessness. Even at her age, she still felt it, and even as she scooted back on her bed to slouch somewhat against the headboard, she could feel the building itch along her arms and legs. Her wolf wanted to run around, but there was no way she could allow that... not in the hotel.

She listened as her friend spoke, watching her as she paced; her eyes never left Sissy as she moved. "Well, this may be slightly... out there," Cassidy ventured slowly, making a fitting gesture as she said this, "but maybe you should sit down and think about it, and if you find it's not just your wolf and the full moon... then maybe - just maybe - you could ask the guy out for a cup of coffee." She paused. "Okay, not out, but, y'know... I don't know, spend time with him, and see if it's not all one big mind fu- game." She'd forced herself to cut back on cursing, and she was still having trouble with it; it was actually more for Heidi's benefit, she knew. She hated cursing in front of the Beta female. Cassidy was well aware Heidi was nowhere in the vicinity of her bedroom, but it was good to try and break the habit anytime, really.

"Then, if you find out it's not just the moon and the wolf messing with your head, you could... I don't know. I guess you'd have to check it with Cole and Dia, but c'mon, the guy knows we're werewolves. Where's the harm in having some fun?"

[Sissy]

"Like I told the wolf, he's human and I'm certainly not about to do anything to change that. As nice as it might be to find someone like that, I don't think I could ever get involved knowing that he'd grow old and die while I'm practically immortal. You know, 'practically' meaning 'so long as I don't end up getting killed.'" She shook her head and pulled her feet up, knees to her chest so she could wrap her arms around them. Since she was barefoot, she didn't think twice about putting her feet on the bed.

"And, to be truthful, I'm a little afraid that it's not only the wolf and the moon. I mean, I've admitted that I like him, but I'm afraid of liking him." She sighed heavily, resting her chin on her arms and closing her eyes, falling silent.

[Cassidy]

The redhead mimicked her friend, pulling her knees up near her chest, and resting her chin on top of them. Her mind went blank, but at the same time, it was running with wacky 'solutions' to the problem, all of which kept coming back to the same thing. And that would not be happening.

Nate's human, and he's gonna stay that way. It was almost a shame. It would be such a benefit to the pack if their doctor was a werewolf too, and always on hand. Not that she didn't admire Nate's ambition, in being a bonafide, qualified, working physician at St. Benedict's, but sometimes, it would just be more reassuring to know the man who could save your life was living in the same building as you.

"Maybe you could ask Heidi for advice," the young female found herself saying, perhaps quite automatically. She cleared her throat a little, and quickly persisted, "I mean, she's approachable, and she'd probably have some kind of answer. Even if it is just the full moon, and your wolf... I mean, she could help, right?"

[Sissy]

Sissy opened her eyes and sighed. "I guess..." She didn't sound very convincing, even to herself. "Why does it have to be me that falls for a human? I mean, seriously, what's so wrong with me that I can't find a nice male werewolf to fall for?"

Geez. What happened to the happy, perky Sissy that everyone knows? She answered her own question. She went off and got a crush on a human and her wolf is ready to rip the throat out of the newcomer because it felt that said human was paying to much attention to said newcomer.

She shook her head slightly. "I'd never be able to get up the nerve to ask Heidi about this. I mean, she's the easiest higher rank to talk to, but... I can't even believe I'm bringing this up with you, so there's no way I could make myself talk to her about it."

[Cassidy]

Cassidy offered Sissy a rather sisterly smile. "Well," she began softly, in a voice that she usually didn't really use; it was far more compassionate than most of the pack would ever hear, "I could bring it up with her... it'd be like in those dorky movies where they try to be vague when asking for advice." She smiled, and reached out with a foot to nudge slightly at Sissy's leg, giving a soft laugh.

"Seriously though. I could ask her. Worst case scenario is she comes to you herself to talk about it... it wouldn't be the end of the world."

[Sissy]

Sissy smiled softly at the tone. She had a little sister, but Cass was the closest thing she had to an older one and she appreciated that.

Reaching out with her own foot, she returned the nudge. "You'd do that for me?" She paused. "Ugh, but it'd be so embarrassing if she came and talked to me about it, even if the world wouldn't end because of it. What if he finds out? That would be even worse! Or the rest of the pack? I'd never be able to show my face again!"

[Cassidy]

"Well, if Devon says anything, I volunteer to be the one to slap him upside the head," Cassidy offered with a rather fiendish grin, and a bit of a giggle to go with it, even as she ducked her head down to bury it for a moment. Flicking her hair back as she pulled her head up again, she continued.

"It's not like Heidi wouldn't be discreet about it. She's not exactly the type to leak secrets. And if Nate finds out, what makes you think he wouldn't be cool about it? This is Nate we're talking about. The guy's a teddybear..."

Note to self: don't call a guy that again. Ever.

[Sissy]

Sissy let out a little chuckle at Cass volunteering to slap Devon upside the head if he found out and said anything. As for the rest, she let out a little sigh. "I know Heidi wouldn't say anything, but you know how it goes around here. Everyone knows everything at some point. Though... I really would like to know what Heidi would say on the subject. I mean, maybe it's not completely unheard of, right? I guess the worst thing that could happen is she would say that it's completely forbidden. As for Nate, he is really a teddy bear, isn't he? Though, since when did you use the term 'teddy bear' to describe someone?"

[Cassidy]

"It was a slip of the tongue," Cassidy explained quickly, quirking a brow and running a hand through her hair, dragging it back from her face completely... at least for the moment. "So, should I go and ask her, then? At the very least, maybe she'll be able to tell us how this has been handled in the past. It can't be the first time anything like this has come up, right?"

It was actually the first time Cassidy had known of it, but Heidi was a good deal older than either of the two females in the room. If push absolutely came to shove, she supposed they could talk to Jeremy, given he was the pack's current historian.

[Sissy]

Sissy nodded. "Yeah. Please ask her. You're right, though. I mean, this has to have happened before and Heidi is bound to have some advice for going about things."

She felt better now that she had admitted things to her friend. The wolf was quiet and talking had helped to calm Sissy herself down a bit. She just hoped that Heidi would be able to tell Cass what she wanted to know.

[Cassidy]

She smiled, resting her chin on her knees again. "All right. Then I'll go see her." But that could wait. There was no rush, and there was still a bag of trail mix to eat... so long as it hadn't spilled all over her sheets.

Reaching over to the bag, she found it still held its contents, and took it in her hand. She slouched on her bed in a more carefree fashion, and delved in, pulling out a few snacks and chewing on them. "I'll give it a half hour or something. I think she's working on something, and... I kinda hate interrupting her, y'know?" She pulled a face, and laughed softly, peering at the book Sissy had reclaimed from the music room.