When Sleeping Is Actually Involved

Chapter One : Cassidy

She had only left the room once since Cassidy died, and even then it had only been to let the police investigate the room and the fact that she needed to gather a few of her own things from home. Mac really wasn’t quite sure why she chose to go back. It wasn’t like Cassidy would be returning from the roof any time soon, or ever for that matter. Week after week she had spent in the room both crying and sleeping. She clung to the last place she had ever seen, held, and kissed Cassidy in as if it were her own sanctuary for solitude. She wouldn’t even permit housekeeping to touch the room. The only staff members allowed were those that brought hot meals with shiny metal lids. Not that she really ate all that much anyway, but she was all about room service these days.
 
Her collage fund was diminishing but Mac really couldn’t bring herself to care. Her friends and family had all come a-knocking on the hotel room door, but as Mac was an adult she could and did refuse most of them. She had only seen one person nearly everyday since that fateful and heart breaking night. He was her one connection to the outside world.

A sudden tap on the door brought Mac out of her usual sulking state. As usual Mac thought to herself as she heard the key turning in the door knob.
 
Dick stumbled in drunk again, just like every other night for the last month. His face was tear stricken, and he reeked of fresh alcohol and cheap perfume. Mac hadn’t seen him this beat up since the night of his brothers death. She remembered that night more then the nightmare she called prom.

She had just returned to the room after the officers had finally stopped questioning her and left. She slipped out of the clothes Veronica had brought to her after Cassidy had run off with all of hers. She then curled up on top of the bed in the sheet she had left abandoned on the side of the bed earlier. Once comfortable she let the tears fall. One after another, she hadn’t allowed herself to register the nights events nor a good cry. How long had she laid there? That was a million dollar question.

She wasn’t even sure she could feel pain even if a bullet hit her between the eyes she was so numb; However she did feel it when a warm body pressed firmly against hers, and she did feel it when his arms wrapped around her securely, and she did feel the tears slip from his cheeks and onto her bare shoulder, and she did feel the same heartache that he did.

It was clear Dick was wasted, but to her he was the only one in the world that could understand exactly what she was feeling. She allowed him to hold her, of course the sheet wrapped around her body kept them close but still separated; but she could still feel the warmth of his skin and the rise and fall of his chest as he drifted off. She followed soon behind.

Every night since then had been the same, but normally Mac was the crier and Dick was the comforter except for tonight. Tonight Dick should have quit after the first sip. He fell on top of the bed, but didn’t speak, they never spoke just held onto one another as if they each strived to hold onto something real.

Dick had never expected to find Mac lying on the bed that first night, he expected to mourn on his own. The room had been dark that night, the curtains closed and the lights off. Dick had stumbled onto the bed and reached out for another pillow to lay with, but grabbed a hold of someone instead. His first thought was to draw back, but then he heard her sniffle. He knew then and there exactly who it was and what they were doing there. She wore nothing but a sheet. Normally that would have turned Dick on like a fire in a blizzard, but his misery had gotten the best of him that night so he held onto her. He wasn’t so sure of what kept him coming back every night. Maybe it was his realization that he would go home to an empty house. He could have easily filled it with cheap hookers, porn, and booze, but he couldn’t find it in him to enjoy any of that except maybe the booze. He had tried to enjoy the occasional hooker, heck he tried again tonight, but even that wasn’t enough.

Every morning Dick awoke with Mac’s fingers woven into his thick blond mane. He always left before she woke up. He had grown to have better respect for Mac over the last month. He felt horrible for the way he had treated Cassidy while dating her. He had finally come to the conclusion that she was indeed a real human being and had real feelings, some which matched his own.

Mac hesitated to curl up next to Dick at the sight of his tears, but as soon as he reached for her she moved into his chest and began weaving her dainty fingers into his hair. Mac hadn’t cried yet today, but her eyes glazed over at the sight of Dick. She felt the need to comfort tonight as she held back the huge lump in her throat and the dam of tears that threatened to break. His breaths eventually became deep and even, a sheer sign of sleep. Mac fell asleep listening to the beat of his heart.

Dick awoke the next morning earlier then usual. Mac was wiggling her body, tossing and turning.

“No don’t” she said aloud her eyes still closed

Dick untangled his hair from her hand and slipped off the bed as careful as he could. He thought about waking her up, but figured he should let her sleep as any world, including dream world, was better for her then this one without Cassidy. Dick slipped on his shoes and was just about to open the door

“Cassidy!” Mac sat strait up her eyes opening in shock. Mac met Dick’s gaze, her eyes fogged over with tears at the dream she had just had. She had, had it a few times, but this time Cassidy had actually jumped off the ledge right when she went for his hand. Dick walked the two yards back to the bed even though he felt weird in doing so, and not to mention his massive hang over.
 
Mac positioned herself so Dick could gently hold her while sitting on the edge of the bed. Dick wasn’t sure what to do. He was pretty sure he knew what she had just dreamt about, so he did the only thing he could think of. He tilted her chin up and kissed her. His lips met hers in a soft tender kiss. He pulled back slowly making eye contact with her.

Positioning himself to get up and leave, Mac grabbed his face and kissed him back, her usual sheet slipping down to pool at her waist. Dick responded instantly deepening the kiss. Both of them toppled over sending Mac down off the foot of the bed and Dick falling on top of her, neither of them broke the kiss. The sheet that held Mac was now underneath them exposing Mac entirely.

Mac moaned into Dick’s mouth, he seized the opportunity to slip his tongue past her lips to mate with hers. Dick left her mouth and began trailing kisses down her neck. She moaned again as he reached down and felt her wetness. He looked up at her face, her eyes were closed and she was biting her lip to keep from moaning again.

“Open you’re eyes” Dick instructed it was the first sentence he had spoken to her in a month. He felt so connected to her at this very moment, her eyes locked with his. He felt more alive then he had in months. Just knowing that he could put that look on her face and make those sounds escape from her lips. He locked her gaze for a few more seconds before bringing his head down to rest at the crook of her neck. She took the moment to work both hands into his hair, which she loved.
“Oh god” she breathed as he inserted first one finger then two inside of her. His thumb worked at her small nub. She began thrusting her hips upward into his fingers trying to increase his tempo. Dick found her lips again and continued to mate with her tongue. He began thrusting his fingers into her deeper and faster as she continued to cry out. He felt her inner walls begin to clench around him

“I’m so….oh….so clooose” she said against his lips, he began using his other hand to massage her left breast, and dropped his lips to the pressure points at her neck. “Harder” she breathed into his ear and he obeyed. Mac dropped her arms to her sides and clenched the sheet. Her whole body buckled beneath him
 
“Oh Cassidy!” She screamed as her orgasm reached her. Dick withdrew his fingers from her, wiped them on the sheet below, jumped up as fast as he could, and slammed the door on the way out. His headache seemed to be pounding in tune with his heart. He need some aspirin, a cup of coffee, and a long cold shower.


Chapter Two : Say My Name


The tap dripped and made ripples in the spacious tub. Mac had been soaking for hours. The water was cold now, and surprisingly she could feel it rather then being too numb like before to feel nothing but Dick’s presence. She still couldn’t believe she had shouted Cassidy’s name instead of Dicks. It wasn’t as if she had been imagining that Dick was Cassidy, because she was definitely wasn’t. She couldn’t even imagine Cassidy giving her that kind of pleasure, he was to shy.

Mac had also thought about what she would say to Dick upon his return. That was if he returned. After he had left that morning Mac laid there on the bed in shock for some time. She still couldn’t believe his name had spilled from her lips; However she did come up with the conclusion that maybe she had said “Cassidy” because he had been the last person she had been in such a situation with. Maybe it had just been a natural reaction.

*****

“She said Beav’s name!” Logan had been laughing hysterically as soon as Dick had told him about his close encounter with Mac. Admitting to Logan that she had said Cassidy name rather then his, Dick decided, had been a bad idea.

“I’m sure it was just impulse” Dick responded trying to get Logan to just drop it.

“Yeah or she was having a mad fantasy about Cassidy” Logan couldn’t contain himself

“Who was having a mad fantasy about Cassidy?” Veronica sat down on the left side of Logan, as Dick was settled on the right.

“Not me” Logan chimed in not knowing if it was really best to tell Veronica about Mac and Dick. He knew all to well that she’d bite Dick’s head off for going after her while she is in such a vulnerable state.

“Calm down Ronnie. What’s it to you who my bunk buddy is?” Dick grinned

“Wow, I didn’t know Madison was into Cassidy” Dick didn’t correct Veronica’s statement. He figured she could think whatever she wanted, the last thing he needed was a bitchy little blonde screaming at him when he still had somewhat of a head ache.

*****

Dick hadn’t returned that night or any other night that week. Mac didn’t expect to see him back at all. She was horrified when she heard the turn of the key in the door. She knew exactly what she had wanted to say to Dick, but now that the moment had actually arrived she wasn’t so sure she would be able to speak. The only plus side to being so worried about what to say to Dick was the fact that she hadn’t thought about Cassidy once in almost a week.

Dick was surprised at how clean the room looked. Mac had finally let the cleaning ladies in. The lights in the room were on for once. Dick’s throat went as dry as the Sahara Dessert at the sight of her, it really didn’t help that Mac was only clothed in a large t-shirt with the word naughty printed across the front of it.

“Listen Mac” Dick spoke first as Mac sat up on the bed. “I’m really sorry about the other night. I shouldn’t have taken advantage of you that way.” Dick normally wasn’t one to say sorry, but he felt he owed the girlfriend of his deceased brother at least that much. “And I understand if you want me to leave you alone from now on”

“No Dick I’m sorry” Mac began but Dick cut her off.

“For what?”

“Well for um…” She wasn’t exactly sure how to word it. “You know….the um…name thing”

“No really I shouldn’t have even kissed you Mac. I mean I know you love my brother, and I shouldn’t have expected you to be ready for something like that, and I mean I am related to Beav and all, so it was only normal for you to picture him.” Dick ran his fingers through his hair nervously.

“What do you mean? Are you suggesting that I was pretending you were…” She couldn’t even bring herself to say it, but she didn’t have to as Dick retorted quickly.

“Well why else then?” he hadn’t meant for his words to come out as sharp as they did.  

“I don’t know! But it sure as hell wasn’t because I was fantasizing!” She glared at him from across the room. Dick shifted his body as to hide how aroused he had become by Mac’s little temper tantrum.    

“So are you saying that you were fully in your right state of mind, knew it was me, and liked it Mackie?” Dick smirked

Mac blushed a deep crimson that matched the newly laid bed sheets. She had indeed enjoyed it, but she wasn’t sure if she should answer him or not.

“I’d say by your face that you more then enjoyed it” Dick was thinking with the wrong head, and knew he was already letting this conversation go to far, but he couldn’t help himself. He wanted to rip that shirt right off of Mac’s body, and make her scream his name until she passed out from pure orgasmic ecstasy.

Dick crossed the room toward the bed, making his arousal clearly visible. With wide eyes Mac looked up at him.

“Come sit” Dick patted the edge of the bed, he had a mischievous look on his face. Mac could feel the wetness between her legs oozing out. She moved to the edge of the bed, and Dick positioned himself on his knees in front of her. “Open your legs” He whispered. He didn’t know why he was doing what he was doing, but he couldn’t get the image out of his head of Mac cuming and calling out his name.

Mac obeyed him, the pit of her stomach was full of butterflies, and she shivered slightly as Dick slipped off her underwear.

“I’m ganna make you scream my name this time” Dick winked as Mac looked at him nervously.

First Dick ran his index finger along her clit and lower lips, as he kissed her thighs. Mac let out a low moan, which became louder as he slipped his finger inside of her. He began brushing her clit with his thumb. The sounds pouring from her lips made Dick want to erupt right there on the spot. He added another finger and began thrusting them in faster and harder at her demand.

Mac gasped and her head fell back onto the bed as he replaced his fingers with his tongue, and groaned in frustration when he stopped all of his ministrations.      

“Don’t stop!” she tried to yell but it came out as a moan.

“Say my name” Dick ordered.

“Dick” she moaned

“Louder” he said as he blew cool air on her small nub.

“Dick!” she said a little louder

“What was that? I didn’t quite catch that” he chuckled

“DICK!!!” she shouted and was sure everyone on the floor heard them.

“Dick what?” he replied, he loved knowing that she was so close, and making her beg.

“Please….please Dick” she begged

“Please what?”

“Please make me ya know…” she blushed slightly, she was beginning to fall from her hazy state and land directly into frustration mode.

“Make you what Mackie, I can’t do anything unless I know what you want”

“Please Dick make me cum!” She shouted at him, but Dick needed no further instruction. He slammed his fingers into her as fast and hard as he could and began sucking and nibbling her clit softly. In under a minuet he felt her walls clenching him as she came screaming his name this time. He licked her clean, and then positioned himself onto his feet.

Mac laid there for a few seconds before lifting her foot to wrap around the back of Dick’s knee and pulling hard, making him fall on top of her. In a matter of seconds she was straddling Dick and pulling off his pants and boxers.

Once she had freed his throbbing member from its cage of designer tags and clothes, she wrapped her hand around the base and began to stroke him.

“Oh Mac” he groaned “You really….don’t have to….” he said between breaths.

Mac didn’t say anything she simply lowered her mouth to let the tip of his erection enter her.

“Oh god!” he exclaimed as she began moving her hand, still at his base, up and down while running her tongue along the small indentation at the tip.

“Mac I’m ganna…” But he couldn’t even finish before he exploded into her mouth. She sucked him dry, and then moved to lay beside him.

After Dick’s breaths evened out he spoke “you really didn’t have to Mac, I was completely out of control”

“No Dick I wanted to” she spoke with a smile. “It’s not bad to have a little casual sex every now and then” she continued “Oral included”

She didn’t know where this wicked and yet seductive attitude was coming from. She had never acted this way in her whole life. Being with Dick though….it was something else. He took all her pain away, even if only for a few blissful minutes. Mac decided that, that was all she really liked about the sexual encounters. She liked to forget that she was hurt on the inside. Dick had also decided on the same thing, but however it this was true then why was it that they both fell asleep tangled up in each others embrace with big fat smiles plastered on their faces.           





Chapter Three: Note To Self; Get Condoms


Mac awoke the next morning to Dick placing soft kisses on her neck. She giggled making Dick look up at her.

“Good morning” She smiled and yawned

“Good morning” he said in return

“So don’t you think it’s about time you stop preying off poor innocent people?”

“What?” Mac looked down at him wide eyed

“Vampires, I know you haven’t seen the light of day in over a month Mackie” She smiled at the use of his newly discovered nick name for her.

“I rather like the dark” she chuckled

“I was just thinking we could get out of this room today” he diverted his eyes from her “I mean if you want to”

“Who is this we do you have a French mouse in your pocket?”

“Well as I recall you took off my pants so I couldn’t possibly have a mouse on me now could I?”

Mac grinned sheepishly, and then blushed when she remembered neither of them had pants or underwear on. Dick began touching her sides making her laugh out loud, and in one quick swift motion Dick was off the bed, on his feet, and swooping down to pick Mac up in his arms bride style. She giggled as he carried her over to the bathroom and set her on the edge of the large bathtub. Dick peeled off his only item of clothing, his shirt, and stepped into the shower.

“Coming in?” he asked with a smirk, Mac hesitated for a second but pulled her shirt up over her head and got in behind him.

Mac had never in her life seen a man fully nude before. Sure there had been Cassidy, but he was under the covers before he removed his boxers that night.

Dick let the steamy hot water cascade over his thick blonde mane and face before he turned around to see Mac checking him out.

“Like what you see?” Mac blushed again, but didn’t tare her eyes away. Dick pulled down the removable shower head and began running the hot water over Mac’s body. First he got her neck and shoulders and then turned her around to take his time on her back, and then turned her around once more to go over her breast and down to her nest of curls. He stopped there for a few seconds and watched Mac’s expression. She had closed her eyes and was biting her lip slightly.

Mac’s eyes shot open when Dick put the shower head back. She was not about to let him leave her that way, and slid her hands down her own body as to finish herself off, but her hands were stopped by Dick grabbing them in one of his hands and holding them above her head. He pushed her back against the cool tiled shower wall and began to kiss her roughly.

He wanted to be inside of her so bad at that moment, and he had planned on doing just that, but it hit him, he had no condoms. Dick’s erecting was rubbing against Mac’s thighs.

“Dick” Mac said warningly, and began to squirm from his grasp. He let go almost dropping Mac to the slippery floor.

Dick knew he couldn’t just leave her sexually frustrated though. He pulled the shower head down once again, got on his knees, and brought it back to her center. He adjusted the head of it to pulse and let it run over her clit as he slipped his fingers inside of her.

Mac gripped onto his bare shoulders for support, and upon climax dug her nails into his flesh leaving behind little pink scares. Dick helped Mac to the shower floor and let her breathing even out.



********


“So do you want to leave the room?” Dick asked, his mouth full of the hotels tooth paste.     

“Dick…” Mac began, but she didn’t know exactly how to put it into words. “I don’t really want this to get out….I mean us”

“Us?” Dick raised his eye brows before spitting into the sink

“Well ya…I mean….the friendship and all…how would that look?”

“What do you mean” were the words Dick replied with, but to Mac the sounded more like a gurgle of water, but she managed to translate.
“I don’t give a rats….”

“Dick, Cassidy was my boyfriend…your brother….I mean come on”

Dick rinsed his mouth one last time before wiping it with a towel and replying.

“So we won’t go where people will find us” he smiled

“Alright Dick I’m not about to go to some strip club with you!” Mac glared because it was the only place she could think of that nobody would be looking for her in, that Dick would be associated with.

“Mackie just get dressed” he chuckled

“Well easy for you to say, you’ve been home for clothes, I don’t have anything clean” Their was a knock on the door suddenly. Dick opened it, took a few bags from the bell boys hands and flashed a couple hundreds at him before closing it again.

“Here” he said handing Mac a shopping bag full of brand new clothes, including under clothes.

“Dick….how did you”

“Mac could you honestly think I can’t pick a woman’s size by now”

Mac smiled to herself and began to change with her back to him. Even though he had seen her fully nude now she still wasn’t comfortable enough to just strip in front of him like that.

Mac, fully clothed in a pair of jeans and a nice black top, plopped down on the bed and looked to Dick.

“So where are we going?” she asked, still a little afraid to leave the room, but she really wasn’t sure why she stayed. It didn’t do her much good anymore.

“You’ll see” he said grabbing the room key off the bed side table and throwing his jacket at Mac.

“What’s this for?”

“You said you didn’t want to be seen with me right? Put it on, zip it up, and put the hood on until we get there” he finished, Mac put it on and stepped out of the room behind Dick.

 

Chapter Four: A Day In Ruined

Mac was surprised when they pulled up to the Casablanca’s mansion, but then decided it was the smartest place for them to go together, as no one would be home, nor would anyone but Dick ever be home again.

Dick unlocked the door and let Mac in before walking in behind her and shutting the door. The house was spotless and the floor was polished to perfection. It was clear the house keepers had kept up with the place, and that no one had occupied the place in quite a while.

“So?” Mac said

“So what?” Dick shrugged

“Well now that you have me here what are we ganna do?” Mac wanted to pull the words back into her mouth after she realized what she had said.

“Well…” Dick smirked, but was quickly elbowed in the gut by Mac.

“I didn’t mean to sound that way” she grumbled

“Really it sure sounded…”

“I know what it sounded like” she looked to the floor with a glair “I’m beginning to think maybe I should have stayed at the Neptune grand”

“Oh come on Mackie don’t be like that, I have plenty planned for today. Fun, wholesome, good things planned”

“Wholesome? What are you a damn can of soup?” Mac chuckled

“Well I have been told I am ‘mmm mmm good’” Dick winked and walked off to the living room before Mac could get a chance to elbow him again.

*****

Mac and Dick had spent all day having fun together. First they had watched “Underworld” and played a few rounds of Halo. Then decided to look in the kitchen for something edible to eat. The cupboards were packed with all kinds of food and ingredients. The housekeepers had made a point to keep the kitchen well stocked and organized as well.

They ended up eating spaghetti, because it was the only thing Dick knew how to cook. It was now dark outside and the two had just settled in to watch “Underworld: Evolution”. Mac didn’t even know they had made an Underworld part two, so she was especially excited, until Selene and Michael’s explicit sex scene that is. She watched the two characters on the screen as there bodies worked together to experience sheer pleasurable bliss. Mac’s cheeks flushed when Selene’s orgasm had obviously hit.

Dick smirked as he looked over at Mac’s uneasy state. He studied her slightly parted lips and the rapid movement of her chest as she tried to steady and quiet her breaths. She was turned on and he knew it. He leaned over slightly and brought his tongue to trace the outer part of her ear. Mac let a low moan escape passed her already parted lips.          
 
Dick continued to trace her ear as his moved in to graze her inner thighs with his hands. Mac pressed her lips together tightly to keep from moaning.

“It’s ok Mackie…no one is home” he whispered, his husky voice making the hairs on the back of her neck raise in pleasure.

Mac released a breath she didn’t even know she was holding as she let out a long shivered moan.

“Dick” she breathed. She could feel the heat building between her thighs.

“Just tell me what you want Mac”

Mac blushed, why did he always want her to vocalize what she wanted?  He had been with enough women to know exactly what she wanted didn’t he? maybe he gets off to me telling him Mac thought.

“Tell me what you want Mackie” he whispered again.

“I want you” she gasped as Dick worked one of his hands to the junction of her thighs.

That was all Mac had to say, Dick was quick to slip off his shirt, pull Mac’s up over her head and toss them both to the ground in one heap, before he climbed on top of Mac and began to kiss his way along her neck.

He licked, nibbled, and bit at her oh-so-sensitive spots around her neck until he had worked his way to the black silk fabric shielding him from her precious bosom. In one quick swift motion he had her bra off and thrown into the already growing pile of clothes on the ground.

“Mac” Dick groaned as Mac thrust her hips forward right into his throbbing member, which was getting quite uncomfortable in it’s denim cage.

“Please Mackie” he groaned again, as he leaned back to show her his full grown bulge.

As Mac reached forward for his zipper, a key turned in the front door. Both Mac and Dick’s heads snapped forward.

“Dick! Who could that be!” Mac shrieked as she very clumsily stumbled out from underneath of him and grabbed her clothes.

Veronica Mars burst through the door very angrily, followed by a very sheepish looking Logan.

Mac looked like a dear caught in head lights as Veronica stood in shock eyeing her half naked friend.

Mac, completely humiliated, bolted from the room and into the kitchen. Veronica glared at Dick as she followed quickly behind her.


*****

“Why would you use the key! Heck, why would you tell Ronnie where it was! Not cool man, not cool!”

“I’m sorry Dick. I didn’t mean to even tell her about Mac, it just kinda slipped out.”

“Kinda like how my foot is about to slip up your ass! Bros before Hoes!” Dick shouted

“Dude, why do you even care what Veronica thinks?”

“I don’t! However I did just get cock blocked by Nancy Drew over there!” Dick pointed to the kitchen where Veronica and Mac were located.

*****

“Mac, I can’t believe this! I’ll tase the asshole right now!” Veronica moved toward the door separating the two rooms.

“No Veronica” Veronica stopped and turned toward Mac

“What?”

“He wasn’t…” Mac trailed off, she couldn’t believe she was saying this but it was true “He wasn’t taking advantage of me. I wanted this just as much as he did”

“Mac! Did he GHB you?” Veronica wasn’t even sure why she had said this. She knew how one would react to a date rape drug and Mac looked clearly healthy and was very responsive.

“Veronica Dick…” She paused “Well…he gets me.”

“What do you mean gets you? Gets into women’s pants is all he gets” She said gritting her teeth at even the thought of Mac being his victim.

“Veronica, listen to me. He did just lose someone special to him too, did he not?” Mac was very frustrated at this point. She knew she didn’t need to explain herself to Veronica, she was a grown adult and didn’t need to answer to anyone, but she felt she owed Veronica some kind of explanation, she had come all the way over here.

“Well yeah, but Mac I know Dick. The man…excuse me the BOY doesn’t even know the first thing about intimacy or emotion. He is an in and out kind of guy. I just don’t want you getting hurt that it all. Heck I tracked you down to make sure you were alright!” she huffed

“Veronica you’re like a sister to me, but I really don’t think it’s any of your business who I choose to see” Mac regretted the words instantly and became very flushed

“Okie dokie” Veronica replied raising her hands slightly in the air as to ward off anymore trouble or arguing that could come from the conversation. “Just one more thing. If you think Dick gets you, you should try dropping by your house some time, those people might get you if you’d let them try.”

“Get out” was all Mac could say. She was so angry at this point she felt she might burst into flames at any moment. Veronica backed away and through the door.

“Dick if you hurt her, I’m coming after you” Veronica said as she flashed her taser at him. “Come on Logan. I think we’ve outstayed our welcome” She said as she headed for the door.

“Veronica?” Dick called. Veronica turned “My key?” Veronica dropped it at her feet and continued out with Logan.

*****

“Mac?” Dick called out as he had failed to find her in the kitchen, bathroom, or any room downstairs.

Dick began making his way up the stairs as he could see a light creeping from the second floor. He stopped at the top of the stairs and took a deep breath as he made his way to the room he knew she would be in.

The door creaked slightly as Dick pushed it open. Mac laid inside sprawled out on Cassidy’s bed crying.

“He didn’t even care for me at all did he?” she blubbered

“Mac” Dick whispered sympathetically as he crossed the room to lay on the bed next to her. “Of course Cassidy cared for you, heck you were his first girlfriend.”

Dick really didn’t know how to comfort her. He hardly knew Cassidy himself. He didn’t know why he was even trying anyway. He had seen and even made plenty of girls cry before, but he somehow felt Mac’s pain. He had lost his brother too.

“Look at his room” Mac protested “there isn’t even a single shred of evidence that I existed as his girlfriend. No pictures, not even the things I bought him are on display.” another fresh set of tears made their way to the surface

Dick was completely dumb struck. She was right, there was absolutely no shred of her lying around, so he did the only thing he could. He held her. He held her and let her cry, he held her and let her complain, he held her until she finally slept.