Time Warp: All Grown up (closed)

[Cassidy Mitro]

May 2020

"Take it Cassidy!"
Cassie eyed the drinks before her, her face pulled to the side in uncertainty at the three shots in front of her. Vodka, Red Vodka, Black Vodka. She'd never been good with Vodka. Hell she wasn't even supposed to be drinking untill November but it wasn't that far away until she could legally drink. She'd never understood how you could drive a car and yet, not be able to drink what you wanted, when you wanted. Wasn't a car more dangerous then alcohol.

A hand slammed down on the table snapping her out of her staring.
"Cassidy! You answered my question incorrectly..."
Her head was already spinning. Urgh. She'd already answered too many questions incorrectly. Aparently she needed to study more.
"Alright alright already. This was such a bad idea."
Cassidy decided before pulling the red shot toward her and downing it.

Her Uni Crew cheered even as she wrinkled her face in absolute disgust.
"No more shots pop quiz. I'm done. I need a water..."
Cassie grumbled slowly pulling herself from her seat. Her hand was caught by her best friend Adam, who steadied her.
"You need help getting to the bar?"
She could hear Natalie giggling away at her and making googoo eyes at Adam. Sometimes she wished the two would just hook up.

Cassidy giggled a little too and shook her head sending her sleek blonde hair bouncing across her shoulders before pulling her arm from Adam and heading to the bar half swaying as she walked. Her figurehugging outfit, sleeking long legs in knee high boots and full length leather jacket made her turn a couple of heads. She slid up to the bar and glanced to the side where a blonde man in his mid twenties stood to order something from the bar.

He was quite handsome. Sleek blonde hair, green eyes, an almost elven looking face. Quite attractive indeed. Her eyes scanned across him until his eyes met hers and she looked to the bar tender instead.
"Uh, Can I have a bottle of water please? "
There was a sense of familiarity about the guy beside her. Something about him...Her eyes met his again and she smiled softly.

"Hey there."
Cassidy purred leaning heavily against the bar. This guy looked handsome because she was drunk right? Cassidy moved her perfectly manicured hands across her face and groaned. Lani was going to kill her if she walked in the apartment like this.
"Oh world.... stop spinning."
She muttered.

[Sage Ersilia]

Sage was not one who visited clubs often. They were more Ty’s thing, but every so often, he would drag him along and leave him to do his own adventures. Usually, that consisted of flirting with every attractive person in sight and drinking far too much. Somehow, he would occasionally walk out with someone by his side, but he still maintained that respectfulness towards each person he encountered and hardly ever walked away with major complaints. The boy still lacked the ability to commit however, and this is what often made his encounters short and bittersweet. Sage believed that his cousin was simply waiting for the right person to come around before he decided to stick around.

Although he was still single himself, he was already twenty six years old, and he felt like he was running out of time. Weren’t people his age married by now? Thyme still had a few years to kill, but how much longer could be alone before he would have to give up completely? It wasn’t like he had never had anyone before, but finding ‘the one’ was next to impossible. Ty disappeared into the crowd moments after arriving, and Sage decided to stand at the bar, sipping a long island iced tea when someone approached him.

The young college girl had obviously had a bit too much to drink, but she was beautiful with her pale blond hair and stunning blue eyes. In fact…there was something oddly familiar about those eyes. She purred at him, and he blushed slightly in response before offering her assistance.

“Are you not feeling well? Do you need any help?”

The girl was already ordering a bottle of water, which was sure to help, Sage’s main concern was making sure the girl was okay when she complained of being dizzy. He offered her his hand as a form of balance if needed after placing his drink back onto the bar counter.

[Cassidy Mitro]

Cassidy peeked out from behind her hand to see his hand being offered and then the memory hit her. So many years ago she'd looked at that hand, she'd taken it and had been pulled to her feet as well.
"Make a wish..."
Cassie whispered so softly that she could hardly hear herself. She moved her hand to his and smiled, her eyes meeting his.

Sage! Oh God! Sage! Her Dream Guy! Her first crush ever! The reason for making her love Lani even more then she already had when she'd first met him! Her Sage!... well... he'd never been hers. He'd left when the summer holidays had started that same year when she'd arrived at Hammel. Where had his life lead him then? He'd left but Lani... Oh Lani had stayed. Right through to graduation and when she had that gap year in Africa before she'd come to study at Vermont University in September.

Lani had been there waiting and they'd been inseprable ever since. Lani was her brother, even if she shared him with Caroline who was very much also doing her own thing. She had nothing against Caroline, cept for her fashion sense of course, but there was a bit of a tug of war going on with Lani sometimes. Not that Lani was complaining. He loved them both... Cassidy shook her thoughts of Lani away and concentrated on the warmth of Sage's hand in hers. With her free hand she grabbed the bottle of water.

"I need help. I need a dance partner and I'm all the better now. My name is... Caroline."
Well there you go. Caroline had her usefullness.
"Caroline Hunter. What's yours? Wait... let me guess... Something amazing like... Brad or Anthony or Derek. Something really sexy. You have to suite your name right?"
Cassie's eyes were sparkling. For the first time in her life, she felt powerful. She could flirt and it wouldn't be disregarded as childlike.

This was fate and Cassidy WOULD have Sage tonight. Cassidy normally got what she wanted. She just had to work hard enough for it. Sage was what she wanted!

[Sage Ersilia]

The girl seemed to recover quickly, much to Sage’s relief, and she smiled at him, which was also strangely familiar. He could not put his finger on it, but there was a bizarre feeling of déjà vu coming from this girl, and he was determined to find out why.

She soon asked him to dance with her and introduced herself as Caroline. She paused ever so slightly before she said her name, but Sage believed it perhaps had something to do with the drinking and nothing else. In fact, he would rather dance with her and make sure she was kept safe than let some other punk pounce on the unsuspecting girl.

Sage blushed furiously as she assumed he must have had a sexy name, and it seemed that was how she thought of him. He had never been labeled with such a word before. He had gotten plenty of ‘cute’ and ‘beautiful’ comments, but never sexy. Sage wondered how to respond to such words, but her sparkling eyes were hard to deny an introduction.

“I’m Sage. It’s nice to meet you, Caroline. I’ll dance with you if you’d like, but I’m no good at it and may accidentally step on your feet”

He was not lying when he said that, considering he was the biggest klutz he knew. If he could dance for even five minutes without causing an accident, it would be a miracle.

[Cassidy Mitro]

Cassidy smiled when he blushed and warned her that he's trample all over her feet. ~I'll still be on cloud nine with you close. She thought before scolding herself for not saying it out loud. There was no reason to keep quite about this anymore. So what if he didn't like her the same way. She'd still have him. Even for tonight. Even just a kiss. Even just a one night stand to find the bed empty the next morning. Just once, she wanted Sage to be hers and only hers. The world was spinning faster now.

Her heart was racing and she knew that this would either make her sick or make the alcohol leave her system. Whichever it was, she'd have Sage beside her so it wouldn't hurt to bad anymore.
"You'll have me dancing on the clouds whether you step on my toes or not, I'm sure. "
She leaned in to purr this to him again before tugging on his hand and half swaying through the crowd toward a nice little spot in the center of the dancefloor.

She opened her bottle when they were in the center and started to sway those perfect hips of her to the music while at the same time taking a drink from the bottle. It was tiny enough to fit in her leather jacket pocket so she slipped it in there and shrugged it off her shoulders revealing the white tank strappy top and the plain, rather too short denim. She wrapped the sleeves of her leather jacket around her hips and move her hands to Sage's hips pulling them into hers.

"I'll show you, Sage. It's very easy."
Her long hair was flicked over her shoulders so they were bare and she let herself get lost in those emerald eyes as she swayed her hips against his, playing lead for him to dance to. Her eyes flicked to his lips.
"I've waited sooo long..."
Cassie whispered again.

"Please be drunk enough..."
Cassie again softly begged before her eyes flicked to Sage, a smile settling on her lips before she twisted her body around she was swaying against him. Men were driven insane by this. Hopefully Sage was too. She tilted her head to the side so their faces were close together of her were to look over her shoulder. Her hand looped behind her to slide into his hair at the back of his neck pulling him even closer to her.

[Sage Ersilia]

Cassie, or “Caroline”, kept saying things that made Sage blush even more than before. The sexy purring and comments about his dancing were just too much. Even with someone as oblivious and naïve as him, he could tell that the girl was hitting on him. Normally, he would have shied away from something like this, but Sage supposed Ty’s random party moods had helped him at least a little. The blond had been practically desensitized by now to this sort of thing, and now he could handle flirtatious situations better.

The girl seemed sweet and different than many others, despite her drunkenness, and he felt obligated to protect her and make sure she was safe. So, he followed her to the dance floor and she quite blatantly rubbed her hips against his, swaying gently to the music as she stared into his eyes. He wondered why she was staring at him like she was, but he couldn’t lie and say he wasn’t at least a little flattered by it.

Sage wasn’t much of a dancer, but he let Cassie do her thing as he did his best to not look stupid in her presence, which was rather easy with the way she was dancing. She was catching the eye of nearly every guy in the club, and his face turned beet red at the unwanted attention. It was not that he didn’t like it; he most definitely did, but he had never been treated such a way by anyone, and it was almost awkward.

However, the slight awkwardness quickly dissipated as she tilted her head back to him so beautifully, and her hand reached back to touch his hair, her bright blue eyes shining with such a light he had not seen before. It was mesmerizing, and his hand moved to lace his fingers with hers, a smile on his face as he swayed along with her. Sage felt like pulling her into a waltz or something, even though he had no clue how to dance in such a way. He just truly loved this moment; here, dancing with this beautiful blond.

[Cassidy Mitro]

She could feel that Sage was awkward and stiff where the dancing was concerned and she was just slightly worried he'd pull away from her. It didn't help that she was using poor sick Caroline as a cover for getting close to Sage either. The more she danced against him, the more he relaxed into her. His body began to follow hers as they swayed and she slowly turned again to face him, their fingers entertwined now. She leaned in and placed soft kisses along his neck making his arms wrap around her tiny body as she pressed against him.

"Wanna go somewhere more private Sage?"
She purred into his ear sliding her hands up his shirt to smooth against his back. She'd do anything for him. Her Sage. She'd bitten his nephew really hard to prove her love and devotion to him once. He'd just not seen it. She wanted him to see this now. She wanted him to realize that she'd been waiting for him all this time. Sure, she'd flirted around and messed with guys but Lani would always show up out of the blue and mess things up.

Throwing guys out with their hands pinned to their backs was not the best of turn ons for the guys that were being thrown out. Cassidy slowly trailed her nails down his back to make him press tightly to her swaying body.

[Sage Ersilia]

Sage was in a bit of a dazed state when Cassie turned around and began to kiss along his neck, his fingers brushing her hair as she did so. The girl was pressed against him, and he stared down at her, mesmerized by the fact that such a pretty girl as herself would be so into him. In fact, it was almost a bit odd how quickly she became attracted to him.

Sage nodded when asked if he wanted to go somewhere more private, but it was not exactly with the same intentions. He figured a quiet place would give him a better chance to talk to her and understand why he was feeling such strange déjà vu around her. However, he couldn’t deny that the smooth hand touching his back had also somewhat persuaded him. Sage took the girl’s hand into his and leaned forward to whisper softly in her ear. He was curious, and his blush increased as she pressed herself more tightly against him.

“Have we met before? You seem so familiar”

Surely if he had met the girl before, it was not in a circumstance like this, but she was just so captivating and fascinating to him.

[Cassidy Mitro]

Cassidy brimmed when he asked if he'd met her before. How would he have known? He'd left in June 2012 after his graduation. How would he have known what kind of a woman she'd grown into. Strickingly good looking, a flirtatious teaser and most importantly, a totaly hand full. Cassidy moved her hand through Sage's hair smiling softly at him then she shook her head.

"If I'd met you... I don't think I'd ever let you go Sage. Besides, wouldn't you remember a girl like me?"
Cassidy took his hand in hers, a sweeping gesture exagerated by the fact that she lifted their hands into the air to be more showy with the fact that she belonged to someone now. All the stares she knew was there were fading now. She wanted to make Sage feel like the most amazing guy on earth.

Sage was well... Batman since Lani was already her Superman of course. She'd never betray her beloved Lani by valuing her heart throb over him. Cassidy smirked as she lead Sage through the crowd and outside the hot, sweaty club. Her coat was still inside but she had a million coats and it wouldn't be hard to get a new one... Besides that, Adam would have collected it too for her. Once the cold air hit her sweat covered skin she gasped, a shiver crossing over her whole body.

She felt like she was on the brink of something amazing. Sage was here with her. Sage and her. Her Sage. Cassidy slowly started to smirk at the opportunities and the things they could do. Her hand took his once moved and she giggled as she dragged him off to around the corner into the alley. Her barely clothed body pressed into the wall and she rubbed at her arms closing her eyes slowly.

"Sage. Come on. I'm cold. Press against me. Warm me up. I don't think your jacket will do..."
This time, Cassidy completed as an after thought in her head. his eyes willing him closer, begging him to press against her. Her body squirmed against the wall. As long as he didn't glow, she wouldn't respond and he wouldn't know. She hoped and prayed he thought she was human and frightened of weirdness.

Not that fragile Caroline had much to fear knowing Lani was just there when she needed him. Maybe she feared death a little but that was really so far away right? Right?

[Sage Ersilia]

‘Caroline’ had made a good point when she said that he would have surely remembered her if he had met her. He could not remember meeting anyone like her, and no one had ever treated him the way that she was now. So, Sage decided to shrug off the idea that they had somehow met before and was flattered as she mentioned that she would not have let him go if they had indeed met.

“I…guess you’re right…”

The girl took his hand and lifted them up in the air, leaving him flustered as he noticed the amount of attention they got for a moment before the gazes slowly turned away. Even he could tell what this meant; she had claimed him, and all the men who meant to pursue her this evening had called it quits.

Sage followed her outside into the chilly air, and without his light turned on, he shivered as well at the unwelcome cold. He wanted to glow about now, but he was unsure of whether or not such a thing would frighten the girl. After all, not everyone was accepting of the metas. His power was hardly harmful and better off kept hidden. Cassie seemed to be cold too, undoubtedly from the lack of clothes, and the green eyed man wondered if she perhaps left her coat in the club. However, she seemed to desire a different kind of warmth and even disregarded his jacket, as if she had known he would offer it to her.

“Um…okay…”

He blushed and could not deny her as she looked at him with such a demanding gaze, slowly pulling her into his body, also enjoying the warmth she provided.

“Did you forget your jacket in the club? I could go and fetch it for you…”

He didn’t want her to be too cold for the rest of the night, and it wasn’t like he could hold her and possibly be able to keep her warm for long.

[Cassidy Mitro]

Cassidy got what she wanted from Sage when he pulled her into him and she easily curled her body into his. The cold had a sobering effect on her. His eyes were the same emerald green. Beautiful green eyes. Cassidy could get lost in them. Her hand moved to press to his chest, over his heart. It was beating a slow rhythme. They were alone in the alleyway. Her and her first crush. The boy she'd dreamed about kissing since she was eleven years old. Her forehead came to press to his and she gave a soft sigh nestled against his chest.

That's when she decided to take her chances. Her body molded perfectly into his. She reached up her hands into his hair as he offered to go and get her jacket. Slowly she pulled his face to hers and raised up on the balls of her feets to meet his lips. It felt so good. The moment their lips had touched, she felt a warmth spread through her entire system. She was kissing Sage Ersilia. She ran her fingers through his blonde hair and attempted to deepen the kiss. A spot glow spread from her lips and ignited her whole body.

She was glowing like a lightbulb and now there was no doubt who she could be. Sage and her were the same kind of meta and he'd know who she was now. He'd knew that it was little Cassie now a grown woman with curves and desires and sex appeal. Would he want her now or was she still just below his standaards she wondered faintly.

[Sage Ersilia]

Sage could sense that the girl wanted to kiss him. It was one of those moments where intentions were clear, and his breath just about stopped when she looked up into his emerald eyes. Her hand was place over his heart, and surely she must have felt it beating then. Her body was pressed against his, and after he had offered to go back inside and retrieve her jacket, her hands reached up into his hair and caused his stomach to flip. She was going to kiss him…that much was obvious.

When their lips connected, he felt a very similar warmth, much like the kind that his light often brought. The girl deepened the kiss after a moment, and Sage accepted it, enjoying the moment until something very surprising happened. She lit up, and his eyes grew wide in realization. In shock, he pulled his lips back, his breath uneven as he tried to contemplate what had just happened, his own glow coming out unconsciously.

“Caroline…no…Cassie…?”

Sage was frozen, unsure of what to do. Cassie, the sweet twelve year-old girl he had known back at Hammel, was now standing in front of him, more beautiful and grown than ever.

“I…I…Wow, you’ve grown up….”

It was all he could manage to say. He found it difficult to look at her and not only see the woman she was now, but the little girl she used to be as well. She had always been mature for her age, but now that she was fully grown, she had never been more radiant.

“You’ve become so beautiful, Cassie…but you remember me, don’t you? Why didn't you tell me it was you? And…”

He brought his fingers to his lips, his face flushed as he remembered the kiss.

[Cassidy Mitro]

Cassidy gasped when he pulled back. The kiss had made her feel like she was flying. Warm shivers had spread across her entire body and she'd begun to ache for him all over again like she did when she was a little girl. Ache for him to hold her but this was a womanly ache. Her desires needed to be met and filled. She wanted Sage to please her and she wanted to be much closer to him then she was now. He broke the connection and she nearly burst into tears. He was staring at her.

Slowly Cassidy pulled back a little and held out her arms in front of her.
"Oh no. Stupid thing."
She shook her hands out before he said her name and Cassidy winced wrapping her arms around her waist. She looked hurt and rejected the moment he figured out who she was. Sage never had an interest in her. She was a child after all. Just a child to him. He'd know now, how she'd felt all those years ago. Her bright blonde hair fell into her face hiding some of her shame from him.

He was speechless and her eyes flicked up to meet his emerald ones when he proclaimed that she was all grown up and .... and beautiful. Cassidy smiled softly at him and took a breath, her lips parted. She bit into her bottom lip and her cheeks glowed a soft sort of pink. Cassidy watched him move his hand to his lips and she slowly nodded meeting his eyes again.
"I...have been in love with you for such a long time. I saw you and ... I thought I had a chance with you. That you'd kiss me back. That you'd like me now. That I wasn't just a child anymore... I'm a woman now. I'm sorry...."

Cassie stepped back one more time and gulped rubbing at her bare arms. Now that she was away from him she could feel the cold and it was nipping. She shivered and shook her head.
"I shouldn't have done that. I didn't think. I wasn't thinking. It's hard to think when you're around... it's always been like that for me. "
Cassidy was bold. She had her heart on her sleeve ready for him to break if he wanted to. Tell her he had a girlfriend already... that she shouldn't have done that... Yes, it was wrong because she was still a child to him.

[Sage Ersilia]

Cassie seemed to become increasingly more nervous when she realized he found out her true identity. Why was she being so shy now? Shouldn’t she have been happy that he remembered her? It soon came to his mind that perhaps she had never intended to tell him who she was. Cassie seemed to feel embarrassed, as if ashamed of her actions and Sage frowned with concern.

Then, she told him the real reasons behind everything, and the planets seemed to align. How could he have been so stupid? It should have been obvious that she had those kinds of feelings for him. After all, she had bitten his cousin all those years ago because of the way he handled him. He had been naïve, and now the girl was standing before him, all grown up and hungering for his affection. She opened up her heart and left her herself completely vulnerable.

“Cassie…”

Sage’s face was beet red at her confession, and he thought hard about how to respond with care. She was certainly no longer a child, and treating her like one in this situation would have been devastating. Instead, he was at a loss for words, and he brought her close to him in a tight embrace, his body glowing to share his warmth with her. Sage lightly kissed her forehead in appreciation and smiled at her.

“Thank you for telling me…I know that must have been very difficult for you. How about we go somewhere warmer? I want to sit and talk with you for a while; hear about what you’ve been doing all these years. Will you help me get to know the new, grown up Cassie?”

[Cassidy Mitro]

The moment Sage said her name, so softly so kindly, Cassidy winced. Why did he sound so unsure about what to do or how to proceed? He sounded like he didn't know how to let her down easily. She felt instantly hurt by the way he said her name. The little glance she gave him even showed just how embarressed he was at her confession. Was he embarressed because a child liked him or was it just the fact that she liked him that made him embarressed, that someone liked him. Cassidy shifted her weight uneasily.

Cassidy was suddenly pulled back into his arms and against his chest curling into his warmth. She missed him so much. His scent and the feel of his light, the soft glow made her own glow flicker for a moment, a little brighter then before. Cassidy slumped though, at the kiss on her forehead. Great. He wasn't interested. Was it the way she looked then or was it still the fact that he saw her as a mere child? Cassidy raised a disappointed eyebrow at him when he asked if they could talk.

"Really? Sage, I wanna make out with you and you wanna talk about what I've been up to growing up? "
Cassidy shoved at his chest and stepped back from him killing her power.
".... Are you gay?"
It was the only solution she could come up with. That he was gay and he was scared of telling her. Then why the kiss?

"You can tell me? I won't judge you. I promise. I just don't understand why you kissed me if you like boys then instead."
Cassidy pointed out folding her arms across her chest expectantly as she waited for Sage to confess his secrets and his desires to her.