Don't Judge A Book By Its
Cover
Chapter 31
(part 2)
Cassidy's
P.O.V
"You guys
looked happy," I said quietly. I didn't know what
happened to Drew's dad but I definitely wasn't going to
ask.
"Yeah we were," Drew said. He wrapped his arm around me
and I could hear the hurt in his voice. I set the picture back
down and turned around so I was facing Drew. His eyes were watery
and he looked like he was deep in thought. I wrapped my arms
around his torso and buried my head in his chest. I felt him wrap
both his arms around me and rest his chin on my head.
"Come on," Drew whispered in my ear as he grabbed my
hand.
"We'll be upstairs Mom," Drew said to his mom as we
passed the kitchen.
"Don't do anything stupid!" His mom said laughing,
looking over at us as we passed. Oh god what does she think of
me, I thought as we started up the stairs.
When we got to the top of the stairs we took a left and walked
right into his room. It was basically like any guys room, boring
with clothes all over the place, sports posters everywhere and
some video games near the TV. One thing that did catch my eye
though was the pictures near his bed. I saw a couple Drew and I
took when we went shopping. But the one that caught my eye the
most was the one of him and his dad, it was the same exact
picture I saw downstairs.
"Are you okay?" I asked Drew sitting down next to him
on the bed.
"Yeah," Drew answered quickly turning his head away
from me.
"Drew Burk look at me!" I said laughing as I tried
turning his head towards me. He kept fighting it but I could feel
him smiling. Finally he gave up and looked at me, his eyes were
kind of watery.
"Look at that handsome face!" I said laughing and
smiling, my hands still on his face. I traced the outline of his
lips as he kissed my finger. I leaned in and started kissing him,
trying to get his mind off his dad. He kissed back but I could
tell he wasn't into the kiss.
"Babe what's wrong? Please tell me!" I said looking
at him seriously. He leaned back against his headboard so I
cuddled up next to him. I looked up at him and looked down at
me.
"You're not gonna give up on this are you?" Drew
asked smiling. He wrapped his arm around me and placed his hand
on my lower back. I felt shivers like always. Drew didn't
wait for me to answer.
"It's been two and a half years since my dad died,"
he said quietly. He put his arm so it was around my neck.
"I'm so sorry," I said as I started playing with
his hand.
"It's been really hard on my whole family." Drew
told me. I didn't say anything because I wanted him to
continue. He needed to get it off his chest, it'll help him
feel better.
"Addi doesn't even remember dad," Drew said I could
hear the hurt coming back. I buried my head in his torso trying
to comfort him.
"She stares at the picture and she goes 'Drewy who's
that'. You don't even know how hard it is explaining to
her that it's her dad and that he loved her with all his
heart," Drew said. The water starting to come out of his
eyes. I felt myself starting to tear up as I got on top of him. I
straddled him and wiped a tear away.
"No, no I don't," I said quietly waiting for him to
go on.
"It's hard Cass, it hurts even more when you can't
get over him dying. It's been almost three freakin years and
I haven't been gotten over it!" Drew said angrily. He
ran a hand through his hair as the tears started coming
faster.
"Baby it's okay!" I said rubbing his arm with my
hand. I waited for him to keep talking but he didn't.
"Do you wanna explain what happened to me? Maybe I can help
you through this," I said quietly to him looking him deep in
the eyes.
"I was thirteen almost fourteen when he died. I was
devastated when I found out. My dad and I were always close. He
was the one that got me through the tough times in school when I
barely had any friends. He taught me how to defend myself when
the guys started pushing me in lockers and all that stuff. He
taught me how to talk to girls," Drew said smiling as he
looked at me.
"He taught you to slap girls butts?" I asked
laughing.
"No I'm pretty sure Jay taught me that!" Drew said
laughing. His smile and laugh then faded as he went on with the
story.
Oh my
god there's gonna be three parts to this chapter! Sorry!
P.S please read the authors note in part
3