It Was Always You 》Rodrick Heffley fanfic

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After a period of time we pull into a small dimly lit park. He gets out and opens my door. "Welcome to my favorite sneak out spot. Now no one knows about this place, not even Ben knows about this place. I will actually kill you if you tell someone about it." He grabs my wrist and takes me to the top of the playground. He sits down with his feet dangling and I sit to his side leaning against the rail. He just starts talking. He tells me about his life, how he formed Löded Diper, the pranks he has pulled on his brother, the Heather Hills incident, he moves over and sits next to me. I lean my head against his shoulder as he keeps talking. He eventually turns to me and asks about my life. So I tell him about Algoe, the mistakes I've made, what my old life was like, the dumb shit I would do during classes. He listens and I just want this to last. The two of us keep talking. Everything with him feels so easy. He checks the time and he mumbles, "Fuck its 2 a.m. We have to head home." So we reluctantly leave. We drive back listening to the late night radio stations, my eyes less fixed on the road ahead. I study his face. His darker freckles pop as he smiles. His eyes looking across the empty streets, his shoulders relaxed, his left foot tapping a tune that I can't place. I focus on the radio as we turn onto our street. In My Head by bedroom starts playing. The steady beat matching my heart I look at him next to me. We get out of the car careful not to be loud. I look towards him and he smiles. It's like a magnet and we both go to hug each other at the same time. I feel like we melt into one as my head slightly nestles into where his neck meets his shoulder. It lasts a little longer than an average hug as his right hand slides down my left arm before it reaches my hand. He holds it looking sweetly at me as I go to sneak back in. He pulls me forward into one last hug. "Thank you." My eyes flicker towards his lips then back up, he does the same, but I step away before I could do what I truly wanted to do. He watched me go in. As soon as I open the door I see Jasmine walking down the stairs. "Fuck." I mutter as I see my sister wide eyed. "Oh you are so in trouble." She says laughing. "Wait no. Please. Jasmine I'll owe you please." I beg her as she sighs. "Fine. I guess that works." We make our way back up the stairs no questions asked until my phone blows up with texts from her.

Tea (Jasmine): Details now. If I'm staying quiet I at least deserve to know.

Me: Fine I met up with the neighbor and we drove around.

She texts faster then I would expect.

Tea: Cass I saw you leave at 11. It's 2:30. Where were you?

I slightly freak for a moment.

Me: I'm not sure. He drove me in his car.

Tea: You mean the pedo van with Löded Diper written in spray paint

I consider going down there and smothering her.

Me: It's for his band equipment idiot.

Tea: Okay that's it?

I roll my eyes nosey ass kid.

Me: Yes we talked and just hung out. Wait till you are older you will get it.

Tea: Okay grandma.

I plug in my phone as I open up my window. I see him on the other side looking out his window. I text him:

Me: miss me already

Sexy Next Dore Nehbore: you wish

Me: I had a nice night. Morning? Time is hard

Sexy Next Dore Nehbore: almost as hard as math.

Me: So we gonna do anything tomorrow or today lol?

Sexy Next Dore Nehbore: Band practice at 7. See you there?

Me: of course idiot ;p

Sexy Next Dore Nehbore: you are the idiot

Me: you wish

We keep up a small back and forth before both of our texts come through slower and slower. I end up falling asleep hugging my phone.

I wake up around 9 and stumble down into the kitchen. Jasmine is sitting at the table texting away. "Have you had breakfast yet?" She looks up for a moment, "No. What do you have in mind?" I open the fridge and grab some eggs and breakfast sausage. "Breakfast burritos?" Excitedly she says, "Hell yeah." I cook the sausage and eggs before warming up my tortillas. I start the coffee pot and by this point my parents with Lia have joined us in the kitchen. They all happily take some as I pour myself some coffee. My mom comes up and pours herself a cup, "So whats the plans for today?" As she takes a sip I smile down into my cup, "Well Löded Dipper has band practice at 7 and I want to hang out with them. Other then that nothing really." "You have been spending a lot of time with that Rodrick kid. That's fine. It's good to have friends, but how about your sister? She needs to get out and explore Plainview too. How about you take her out today?" And that started one of the weirdest days out with my sister. Granted I think this was a ploy to get us out of the house, "How about the mall? I haven't been there yet and it's always a good place?" I suggest. "That sounds like a good idea," my mom happily says. She hands me some money and tells Jasmine to go get ready. I head up to my room and throw on a pair of light wash mom jeans, a yellow striped button down that is tucked in, and a pair of Doc Martin's. I pull my red hair into little space buns. I quickly apply my usual makeup and grab my small bag before heading down the stairs. Jasmine is waiting by the door.

We both head out to my car and I look towards the Heffley's and I don't see Rodrick's van in front of the house. I brush it off because he could just be with Ben. I turn on the radio and drive to the mall. I pull into the Macy's overhang looking for a parking spot. In traditional mall parking I am halfway across the parking lot from the store. "Starbucks?" She asks as we exit Macy's. "Of course what do you take me for idiot?" We walk over and she orders a venti Pink Drink and I get a trenta very berry hibiscus refresher with no water and black tea and light ice. We go into a few stores on the bottom floor before making our way up the escalator. Across from the food court is the gutted remains of a Forever21. "That's a shame. They had a halfway decent plus sized," I think to myself as we walk by towards the Hot Topic. I grab a few new band shirts and some new necklaces and check out as Jasmine grabs a pusheen shirt and plush.

As we walk out past the food court Jasmine laughs for a second then looks up towards me. "Hey isn't that the guy you snuck out to see?" She says much louder than was needed. I look slightly to my left and see Rodrick and Greg standing there. My eyes widened as he looked up and noticed me. I grab Jasmine's arm and run into the nearest store. "For God's sake Jasmine why did you do that?" I hide us behind one of the article racks. Jasmine bursts into laughter as Rodrick walks straight up to us. "Rodrick not this store please," Greg pleads as the two boys are next to us. I look around at the surroundings of the store at the same time as Rodrick. I see the mannequin torso in front of me and mumble, "Fuck its Victoria's secret." Rodrick's face turns red as he quickly turns and exits the store. I follow him after Jasmine continues to laugh harder than she ever has. "You really just did that Cassie. God I wish I was recording," she says in-between breaths. 

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