Cassandra nods gently at Ravine’s genuine words.
“You have to. Even if they don’t forgive you. Especially Alex… he loved you more than he loved himself. It was the first time that he felt that way to someone else other than him, Ravine. And you did something even worse than break his love-filled heart. I don’t know if his rage will let him forgive you.”
“I’m prepared to face any consequence I have to take, Johnson.”
“Alright. Well, I guess it’s time for me to leave. I- I have to head back and um… yeah.” Cassandra stutters as she was beginning to think about Zayn. She prayed that he would be asleep, even after she’s gone back to the hospital room.
How many hours does the tranquilizer work on a person? She had no idea.
“Madam- I mean, Cassandra. Let me drop you back.”
“Thank you very much, Eugene. You’re a good man.” Cassandra smiles at the two of them. They looked good together in her eyes. Maybe she was anticipating too much, but that is the truth in the future as well.
They just didn’t know it.
“Goodbye, Ravine.” Cassandra says to Ravine who stands up to walk outside with her. She holds her hands to her body as she watches Cassandra wave from the car that hits the road.
Eugene drops the girl back to the City centre hospital as they part ways.
Cassandra was terrified of her future now.
Did things work out?
Does she receive a nod of approval from the God of Death after this? Is she allowed to go back home?
Many questions revolved around her head.
But she was too worried about Zayn and her brothers or the warden knowing that she drugged an innocent man to put him to sleep. She was regretting being so insolent and impulsive.
But she knew that if Zayn tried to guess her mission, they might as well be warped back into their future with no changes there except for losing Louis and Ravine.
“Zayn?” She taps the ‘sleeping’ man on his cheek.
“He’s still asleep.” She sighs in relief.
Cassandra chooses to stay awake for the entire night.
The man wakes up at around 5 in the morning.
With droopy eyes, she looks at the wall clock and at the body which was moving on the couch.
“Um…” he groans in a groggy state. His head was spinning and everything seemed like a blurred memory.
He suddenly realises how he was put to sleep in the first place. He turns towards the bed to scream at her. But something in him stops him from screaming at her and questioning her actions against him.
“It’s over…” she says with a smile of relief.
Tears of happiness were rolling down cheeks like crystals. The dawn rays of sunlight hit her face as concern grows on Zayn’s face. He was terrified of what happened last night. More terrified towards her who has been crying repeatedly the entire night.
“Hey…” the man groans.
“I’m sorry, Zayn. I’ll tell you everything now.” The man nods and sits on the bed beside her legs. She explains him everything, down to the last details as he was more than surprised at the timely gestures of many people.
“You slapped him?” He asks, she wipes her face and nods. She breathes deeply and chuckles.
“I’m sure we will be coming in the newspaper today. It’s gonna be a good talk.” She chuckles.
“That aside, where did Alex go after that?”
“I don’t know. I almost didn’t give a fuck about him at that moment. But now that I think of it…” she tries hard to think about him. She was getting no clues about his whereabouts.
“I’ll… call him.”
“Later. Cuddle me first. I’m fucking dizzy because of you.” Cassandra chuckles as she nods her head.
“Sure.” Carefully letting him entangle her, they finally go to sleep on the bed together.
The morning was a nuisance with the senior doctor yelling at the two.
“Your wound has opened up and inflated inside, Miss Johnson! Oh my God!”
“But…”
“Please don’t explain yourself. Mr. Zayn should have been conscious about it as well. Who let you two sleep in the same bed-”
“It was cold! They didn’t provide us with blankets either! What were we supposed to do?” Zayn argues back as the doctor stares at them in disbelief.
“Please get out of the room. Send someone sensible in.” Zayn chuckles internally. As the male nurse escorted him outside, he winks at Cassandra who blushes and explains her pain to the doctor. Indeed, the doctor had to perform another round of sonogram and scans to check her muscles and tissues.
“Luckily, it was just an abrasion in your body. It’ll heal. I’m forced to put you in a brace this time.” The doctor grumbles as Cassandra adds in to the fuel with her chuckling at him.
“Yes, sir.” She teases him.
In the evening, Cassandra was allowed to step outside to get a breather after pleading her strict eldest brother for it. Louis walks alongside with her, making sure she’s not running off on her own anywhere.
They reach Framton’s room as he was I great trouble himself.
“He can’t recognise me at all.” She says in tears, Framton was questioning who was she at that moment.
“Don’t let yourself cry anymore Cassie, please. You’re gonna open up your wounds again and we can’t afford that.”
“I’m okay.” She mumbles as Louis gently rubs her back, very gently.
“Come on. I’ll buy you something.” Louis insists as the girl nods.
She sees Zayn along with Alex and Dan at the table. They must be talking about her, because she feels the gaze of Dan and Alex towards her.
“Do you feel sorry towards him?” Louis asks the girl who was staring back at Alex. Suddenly, her gaze shifts as she arrogantly says, “Not even a bit. He shouldn’t have made me slap him. It’s his fault anyway.”
Louis chuckles as he ruffles her hair.
“Good girl. He deserves that.”
As she sat down to eat, she suddenly remembers,
Why weren’t Zayn and her being warped back to their timeline after?
They’ve completed their mission, right?