HAVE MERCY!!! ch.5 (part 1) What She Doesn't Know Could Kill Her

I backed up the van and gave a questioning glance to Katie in the rear view mirror. She shook her head with a no and smiled sneakily; a laugh passed her lips.

There went my heart again..

"What She Doesn't Know Could Kill Her"

Katie's present POV

In all seriousness, Nate gives me a major case of the butterflies, i swear, his cute and shy smile just makes me melt! Speaking of melting.. It was so hot in the van, and the a/c is up all the way.

When we got in the car, he looked at me. We can practically talk to each other with no words at all. We all have our secret ways of communication. It comes in handy, very very very often. He asked me if Cassie knew about the plan.

Cassie has no idea what we're doing, and from what i can tell, the guys decided to not let Tom in on the plan either. That was a smart move (a rare one i might add), considering that we all know that he would tell her.

I love being able to hold this over her, it's so amusing! I stifled a laugh and was able to catch Nate's eyes in the mirror, he gave me a wink. How can someone be so perfect!?!

Paige

B-Real was jumping around in his seat. He was so restless! Almost like he was little boy, and let me tell you, it drives me crazy! I don' t even know if its a good or bad thing!

He's egotistical and yet pays me endless compliments, and he's charming, yet can be hilariously disgusting the next second. He is never boring. I often times catch myself dreaming of him. They're pretty weird fantasies... I cringed outwardly and got a glance from Matt.

"You okay Paige," he asked, his genuine concern was shown in his voice and in his eyes.

"I'm just fine!" I reassured him.

"Alright," he smiled and went back to talking with Tom and Mikey.

"Where are we going!?!?!" Cassie continued to whine and fuss. We all had tuned her out long ago, I guess she was still at it.

"You'll see when we get there!" Brandon answered, her voice must have gotten through his barrier also.

Cassie hung her head, and sighed. She looked out the window. I turned around to ask Mikey something, but before i opened my mouth I saw Tom. It wasn't that i just saw Tom, I saw his hand, which was entwined with Cassie's who was sitting right next to me.

I spun around faster than I should have and my elbow flew right into Katie's side. "I'm sorry!" I quickly said.

"It's okay, Paige," she rubbed her side, a look of pain displayed on her face, "What's up?" She knew that I knew something. She also knew that I would tell, but it had to be done in secret! This is done via texting! God bless technology!

Katie's POV

My side ached, but I saw Paige's face. The face that said "I know something juicy, so juicy that I shouldn't tell, but I know that I really really want to" face. Her lips made an "O" after I pulled out my phone and pointed to it. She grabbed hers, and with fingers as fast as lightning texted 7 pages.

I got the text. Most of it was just her usual rant (it ended with cupcakes this time). The main topic (or beginning of rant) was the juicy stuff. Cassie and Tom were holding hands. I glanced nonchalantly to the other window and Paige's text was confirmed %100 truth. Wow! How and when did this happen!? We just saw her not even a few days ago! I looked back, I just couldn't help myself.

I saw Tom, staring out the back window. He looked somewhat dreamy, but had a very disappointed disposition. If everything that was going through my mind was true, and that maybe he finally did gather enough courage to tell her how he felt, then knowing Tom, he shouldn't look depressed when they're holding hands. Something was up. I pulled my cell out of my pocket and quickly texted a "?" to Tom.

*BUZZZZ* *BUZZZZ* *BUZZZZ*

Tom grabbed for his phone, he would have normally used the one he was holding Cassie's hand with, but he maneuvered with his right hand to get his cell out of his left pocket. He looked up at me for an explanation for the question mark; I nodded to his hand. He looked at his shoes, and didn't look back up.

His lack of answer gave me all the information that I needed. Cassie still didn't know. She didn't know that Tom was madly in love with her. She didn't know where we were going. She didn't know that we were all having silent conversations about her.

For how smart Cassie was.. She didn't know what was going on, and it was killing her.