SEIZE THE MOMENT

      "I love you, Cass," Justin said and kissed me more.

          "Wake up Cassie! Wake up!" A voice woke me up from my sleep.

"I...love you too," I said as I woke up from my dream.

"Huh? You love who?" Justin asked looking confused.

  "Ouch! It hurts" I squeaked as I felt a bang on my left leg.

And that's when I realized that I'd been dreaming about the whole lovey-dovey thing between Justin and me. But the prayers were real. I did pray for Justin.

Amazing. I guess I fell asleep after I had prayed for him.

"Can anything ever be real?" I mumbled.

"What'd you say?" Justin asked.

"No-nothing," I said.

"Huh? You love who?" Justin asked looking confused.

"Love?" I asked, pretending like I knew nothing.

"Cass? C'mon! U just said I love you too in your sleep".

"Nevermind, it's a dream...a weird dream," I said as I adjusted my hips on the bed.

"Well, I'd love to hear about the weird dream," Justin said as he gave me the most charming smile ever.

I think someone's about to fall in love. Just kidding. Get your shit together Cassie!

"Hey! Don't smile at me that way," I said.

"But why?" He asked in a confused tone.

"Just don't! Okay?! Damn!" I yelled

Uh oh! Looks like someone's in a bad mood. Doesn't feel good.

Justin couldn't help but stare at me in disbelief. It makes no sense right? Why yell at the poor boy every time? It's not my fault. It's no one's fault. I just couldn't help it.

"Sorry...didn't mean to yell," I said in an apologetic tone.

"It's cool Cass".

"So, how're you feeling?" I asked still with an apologetic face.

"What'd you mean?" He asked looking confused.

"I saw you being carried in a man's arms. You looked lifeless like you died or something" I said with a frown.

"It's nighttime already. Check the time" I said.

"It's just five minutes past eight," He said.

"You've been gone for like 8 hours Justin" I stared at him and so did he.

"Oh! You saw that" Justin said with a bright smile and stared back at the wall clock.

"I'm serious Justin. What the hell happened to you? I was scared".

He laughed and said, "I'm fine Cass. There's nothing to worry about. See? I'm fine".

"Well, you didn't look fine to me then," I said with a smirk.

He moved closer to my bed and looked down at me. He said, "Cass, I AM FINE".

"You know I had to do something weird because of you," I said.

"What did you do?"

Seeing he got no response, he asked again.

"Cass, what did you do?"

"I hate this shit" I mumbled.

"What did you say?"

"Uhn? Nothing" I lied.

"Will you tell me what it is you did or not?" He asked looking pissed.

"Why're you mad at me?!" I yelled...again.

"I'm sorry. Just tell me Cass" He said and bit his lips.

"I prayed for you and then I had this weird dream. It's a stupid dream so, let it go". I said with a wry look on my face.

"Cass?" Justin called as he moved closer to my bed and sat on the little table beside my bed.

"Yeah?" I answered.

Justin became mute for a while like his senses went on an excursion to God-knows-where.

"Hey!" I snapped at him.

He stared at me and then smile.

"Nevermind little lady"

"Hey! You're gonna get it from me these days. I don't get why you always address me as a little lady. I'm older than you!" I screamed.

Justin couldn't help but laugh so hard that he kept hitting his thighs.

"You---you're---you're hilarious!" He said in between laughs.

"You? Older? Then who?" He added and laughed.

"I'm older than you" I laughed.

"Nah...I'm older than you. You're just a little girl. You ought to be grateful that I don't call you a little girl, be grateful for the fact that I see you as a little LADY" He laughed and this time, he was loud that his laughter echoed through the hallway.

"Justin? I'm gonna spank your ass. Old man" I said with a frown.

"Ouch!" He exclaimed.

"What's that?" I asked looking concerned.

"My chest hurts badly," He said.

"Huh? Why? What's wrong? Lemme see" I panicked.

Cassie....easy girl. Easy.

"Here! It hurts!" Justin said with an innocent look.

Cute. Those cute eyes.

My God...

I grabbed him by his shirt and pulled him closer to my bed.

"Can you move your hands so I can see?" I said while I tried to unbutton his hospital shirt.

"Uh? Oh--uh..." He stuttered.

"Why're you stuttering?"

"Don't tell me it's a prank!" I screamed.

"It's not a prank," He said.

"Then it's what?" I asked looking pissed.

"I'm hurt, Cass. You just called me an old man" He said and gave me those puppy-looking eyes.

"Jeez...Fuck!"I placed my hand on my forehead as I exclaimed.

" Justin!!!!!" I screamed so loud that the hospital buildings would've collapsed.

Justin laughed and said, "Sorry, little lady".

Then a pretty-looking nurse rushed into my ward with a disappointed look as she sighted Justin and me laughing.

"You kids are being loud, keep it down will ya?" She said and eyed me.

I was caught by surprise. I thought pretty nurses were the nicest.

Well, you're wrong. She just eyed you.

As she was about to leave, she winked at Justin and focused her gaze on me, then she scoffed.

"Justin, what just happened?" I stared at Justin who said nothing but kept on laughing.

After a few moments of silence, Justin finally spoke.

"Uhm...Cass?" He called.

I turned my head towards his direction and he went on.

"It's past nine already, I'm off to bed"

I replied, "Okay".

"Okay?" He questioned like he was disappointed by my response.

"Did you say something?" I asked.

"Nah-uh....sweet dreams" He smiled and rubbed my palms with his but I pulled my palms away from his.

"Are you mad at me?" Justin asked.

"No," I said bluntly.

"I'm sorry Cass," He said and I just couldn't resist those charming eyes of his.

"Yeah... whatever. Sleep tight Justin" I said.

As Justin left for the door, he paused for a while and I thought he'd just collided with a ghost.

"Cass?" He called my name.

"Yeah?" I answered.

"I love you," He said and left.

What was that about?

Hey guys! I apologize for the late update.

Took me years right? I'm so sorry.

I hope you don't get tired of reading my story because there's more to come.

Thanks,, guys!

Still your girl, Annie♥️