Not Just Another Cliché

Things are amazing! After the courts with Amber me and Casey really talked and things are great now.

Flashback
"You know how much I hate Amber. Don't you know how hurt I was after seeing her walk out of your EMPTY house?" I say as we sit on my porch.

"I'm sorry Emily. I know how it looked and I can't defend that but nothing happened. You have to believe me. She dropped in a get well card and just asked me how was I then she left."

"When she kissed you," I begin to say but he cuts me off.

"On the check."

"When she kissed you on the cheek, you smiled. You can't forget your old feelings for someone you had sex with Casey. We haven't even had sex."

"We have something stronger than sex though. It's like why you said in the diner, 'the way to make a relationship work is to not have sex straight away. Allow a spark to ignite'." He quotes.

"Maybe I over exaggerated a little." I grin and he chuckles and drops his head.

"That weather app thing was pretty good though."

"It was bitchy as hell. Who knew I had it in me." I let out a laugh.

"So do you forgive me?"

"I forgive you." I nod.

He leans in and pecks me on the lips.

"I don't need sex Emily. You're all I will ever need." He mutters against my lips making me smile against his.

"I love you so much Casey St Cloud. I don't wanna ever fight again. Our time is limited together, let's make it count."

Present time

"I'll get it, I'll get it, I'll get it." I repeat running down the stairs and jumping for the door handle and sprinting down the driveway.

The mailman just passed me as I opened my mailbox and skip through the mail until I come across one with my name on it.

I squeal and run into Caseys house.

He answers the door and I smile.

"It came." I breath out.

I walk further in and walk into Caseys living room.

I take a deep breath as I rip open the envelope and reach in as I grab the piece of paper.

I skim through it holding the sides tightly.

Dear Ms. Emily Hunter,
It is a pleasure to inform you that we are going to provide you, out of 25 students, a scholarship to attend Julliard in the fall.

More information will be sent out within a few days. We look forward to seeing you.

Yours Faithfully,
Dean of Admission,
Catherine Jenkins.

"I got in." I squeal.

"You got in?" Casey questions with a smile plastered across his face.

"I got in." I scream moving my legs in excitement.

I kiss Casey and then fall into his lap and sigh.

"I'm going to New York." I smile.

"So they liked the video?" Casey chuckles.

"Must have."

Last week, I had an interview with a Julliard Alum who told me it was necessary to send in a clip of me cheering to highlight my dancing and gymnastic abilities. I sent one from a game 3 weeks ago against East Mountain High Beavers.

"Damn Em, you have a boney ass." Casey whines as he shifts around as I continue sitting on his lap.

"Hey." I say hitting him and then suddenly realisation hits me.

"Casey, you can feel that?" I question with a grin playing on my lips.

He lets out a small laugh and looks down at his legs and then back at me.

"I guess I can." He smiles making my grin turn into a plastered smile.

I grab Caseys two cheeks and pull him in for a kiss. Once we are finished, I jump off him and run to his mom.

"Zoey, Casey can feel his legs." I say and once it leaves my mouth, she drops the spoon she was cleaning and runs into Casey.

"Is it true?"

"It is. I can feel my legs mom." He admits with a laugh.

"Oh baby. Andy get down here, we are going hospital." Zoey shouts up the stairs to her husband.

Andy comes running down with shaving cream all over his face making us all chuckle.

"What's wrong? Casey are you okay?"

"I'm fine. I'm great. I have feeling in my legs." Casey repeats for the 3rd time.

"Seriously?" Andy smiles. Casey nods.

He runs back upstairs and wipes his face and then we all pile up into the car.

Once we get to the hospital and Andy puts Case in the wheelchair, I take control of pushing him.

"Hi, we called ahead for a meeting with Doctor Fader and the physio." Andy speaks to the receptionist.

"Of course. He is waiting for you in room 132 just down the hall." She smiles and we walk down there with me pushing Casey.

We walk in and Casey is laid onto a bed as the physio does stuff with his legs like stick pins into his legs gently to see if his reflexes are right and they were.

"Casey, fortunately looks like we were wrong. After a couple physio lessons, I have no reason to believe you wouldn't be able to continue walking." Dr Fader smiles making us all sigh in relief and Casey grabs hold of my hand.

"What about football?" Casey questions.

"It will take a while for you to gain the strength for it but I believe there would be no problem. Do you have football colleges in mind?"

"Um yeah I do. Could I go in the fall or is that too soon?"

"Well it's May now so 3 months to recover would be plenty of time but a lot of physio would be involved and home exercises." The physio pipes in.

"I'd make sure he does them." I smile.

"Are you his girlfriend?" Doctor Fader asks and I nod.

"That's a keeper Casey. She never left your side when you were in here. Always in the waiting room and fell asleep by your side every night. She really cares." Doctor Fader continues making Casey look up at me and smile as he squeezes my hand comfortingly.

"I know. I'd never risk an opportunity with her." He smiles.

"Well shall we make physio appointments?" The physio asks and we all follow her outside.

"So every Tuesday and Thursday at 4:30. If you are cancelling could you let us know 36 hours in advance."

"Sounds good." Zoey says.

We thank the doctor and then leave and as we are in the car we start talking.

"Good day all around so." Casey mutters from beside me.

"What else happened?" Andy asks looking in the mirror to see us in the back.

"Emily got some good news this morning." Casey smirks as he looks at me.

"Tell them Em."

I scratch my head and shrug, "I got accepted to Julliard."

Zoey turns around in her seat to look at us and smiles.

"Congratulations Emily. I'm so proud of you."

"Congrats Em. Way to keep that under raps." Andy pipes in and I chuckle.

"Thanks you guys. I have to persuade my parents to let me stay though." I sigh.

"I heard about that." Zoey says with a sympathetic smile.

"Heard about what?" Casey questions.

I curl my lips and touch his leg, "I'll tell you later."

When I turn around, I still feel his glare on the side of my head.

Everything will be okay. I know it.

"Hey are you excited for the senior trads now you can actually take part?" I ask changing the subject.

"Oh yeah, your lock in is Thursday isn't it?" Andy asks.

"Yeah and then senior camp is on Monday til' Wednesday. Senior Prom is next Saturday and then, graduation." Casey explains.

"Wow, I can't believe you will be graduating high school in two weeks. It only seems like me and Rachel were dropping you guys off at kindergarten." Zoey says and I smile.

I'm really gonna miss high school. Believe it or not. I may have had awful memories with Amber and stuff but all the good memories overlooked the bad. Plus all the boring stuff is over with well we still have finals before graduation but still, we have prom camp and lock in which is going to be amazing!

Senior lock in is brilliant, apparently. Evan told us everything they did when he was a senior and it seems pretty great.

I can't wait!

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