Obsessed •Nate Jacobs•

T W E N T Y - F O U R

Season 2 Episode 6
[A Thousand Little Trees Of Blood]

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Nate hasn't heard from Natalie since everything that happened at Cassie's. Natalie had been staying with Maddy and she planned to until she gave birth to her daughter.

Maddy had to babysit, and Natalie went with her. Theo was playing a video game and Natalie and Maddy were on the phone with Kat.

"You know when a kid shoots up a school and they go to interview the parents, and the parents are like, "We had no idea. He seemed, like, totally normal." And everyone watching is like, "You're a fucking idiot." That's how I feel, but with Cassie." Natalie said.

"Look, I never trusted her." Kat said "What? Why?" Maddy asked "Because she seems like the kind of person who would break a good, strong, healthy, couple up just so she gets what she wants." Kat said.

"I think I actually want to murder her. Like, actually plan a murder and carry it out. Like a grisly murder. One that shocks the nation. But after I give birth." Natalie said, "I think that's more than understandable." Kat said.

"I'd help you hide her body." Maddy said Natalie smiled at her "did you want to kill me when I slept with Nate." Natalie said.

"No, I just wanted to beat your ass. And you were actually sorry. I figured your guilt would be enough to make you regret what you did." Maddy said.

"What are you going to do about Nate?" Kat asked "I want to know his side of the story. I want to know why he hid it from me. And I'm not going to kick him out of my life completely. I still love him, and we have a child together."

"Are you going to get back together with him?" Maddy asked "depends on what he says." Natalie said they stayed on the phone for a little bit before Kat hung up.

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Cassie wasn't doing so good she was freaking out about what Natalie and Maddy were going to do to her. She had been trying to call Nate, but he wasn't answering.

"I'm not the bad guy. Everyone keeps looking at me like I'm the bad guy, but I'm not the bad guy!" Cassie said "Well, you kind of are." Lexi said sitting on the couch.

"Right." Suze mumbled "Everyone thinks that I was hooking up with Nate, but that's not accurate." Cassie said.

"Cassie, please, just a little bit of peace, please." Suze begs "But Rue made it sound like we weren't going to tell Natalie, but Nate was. I know he was. He told me he was. And when all of it started Nate made it sound like he had broken up with Natalie, and he wanted to be with me. I swear." Cassie said.

"Yeah, I don't think that's a real airtight defense." Suze said, "It's the truth!" Cassie said, "it can't be that truth if Nate didn't want to be with you." Lexi said.

"Cassie, you're driving me nuts! It's one thing to do what you did, and it's another thing to pretend you're all innocent, and it's no big deal." Suze said.

"I'm just pointing out the facts." Cassie's said Lexi looked at her confused "Well, I'm pointing out the principle." Suze said, "What principle?" Cassie asked.

"The "don't try to get your best friends' boyfriend to break up with her because you're in love with him." principle." Suze said.

"That is what I am trying to tell you, Mom! I thought he like me back, God!" Cassie yelled and walked up to her room. "I don't care! I just want to watch my "Millionaire Matchmaker" in peace for one hour, one goddamn hour! fuck!" Suze said.

Half an hour later Cassie had ran down stair and went to the kitchen to get a corkscrew to try to kill herself. Suze and Lexi ran upstairs when they heard her screaming.

"What's going on?" Suze asked, "I just want to die!" Cassie cried "Well, a corkscrew ain't going to cut it." Suze said and took the corkscrew before walking out of the kitchen.

"I don't understand. I thought you hated Nate." Lexi asked, "When I didn't know him." Cassie said, "You've literally known him forever." Lexi said.

"Not like I do now." Cassie said "Wait, is this why you ratted on Fezco?" Lexi asked "No." Cassie mumbled.

"Oh, my God. That's why you did it?" Lexi asked "No!" Cassie said "That's why you said something? Cause you were trying to get Nate to fall in love with you." Lexi said.

"No, I wasn't!" Cassie said "Oh really? When did all of this start?" Lexi asked "I, I don't, I don't know the exact date." Cassie lied "Okay, well, was it before or after New Year's?" Lexi asked.

"I don't know!" Cassie said "Okay, but for someone who's so obsessed with windows of time, I find that hard to believe." Lexi said "God, Lexi, you are making me feel worse!" Cassie cried.

"Do you even know why Fezco did what he did?" Lexi asked "No, do you?" Cassie asked "Yeah, I do." Lexi said, "Then tell me." Cassie said.

"No, I'm not going to tell you because you'll tell Nate. I don't fucking trust you." Lexi said, "No one does!" Cassie cried "Yeah, cause you fell in love with someone who spent years making fun of you. Not to mention he's your best friend's boyfriend/baby daddy. It's sad." Lexi said and walked out of the kitchen.

When Cassie finally got up off the kitchen floor, she walked into the living room where Lexi and Suze were.

"Who said Nate was a bad person? Rue?" Cassie asked Lexi "It doesn't matter." Lexi said, "Cause if we want to talk about people, let's talk about Rue." Cassie said.

"Rue's a good girl." Suze said, "And I'm not?" Cassie asked "I didn't say you're not a good girl. Rue's had a very hard life." Size said.

"Not harder than my life or Lexi's life." Cassie said "It's different." Suze said "Right. Her dad died and ours just stopped calling. I don't know which is worse." Cassie said then looked at Lexi

"And if you weren't such a fucking loser with no self-respect, you'd drop her cause she treats you like shit." Cassie said "Enough! Enough!" Suze said

"What, I can't say it to her, but you two can say it to me?" Cassie asked "I never said you didn't have any self-respect!" Suze said "You don't have to! I can fucking feel it!" Cassie said before storming back upstairs "Oh, she needs a fucking exorcism." Suze said looking over at Lexi who was watching everything confused