{the secret circle} not destined
Title: Not Destined
Author: Aaronlisa
Fandom: The Secret Circle
Pairing/Characters: Cassie Blake, mentions of Ethan Conant, Adam Conant, Faye Chamberlain, Diana Meade, Amelia Blake
Rating: FR13
Disclaimer: The Secret Circle belongs to LJ Smith, the CW and company.
Notes: Set during the first three episodes.
Prompts: Written for smallfandomfest for the following prompt: Cassie's sick of people thinking that she wants Adam because of his dad's story and the weird connection she felt when she first got to town.
Summary: Cassie Blake is her own girl and she doesn't need the likes of Ethan and Faye telling her she's meant to be with Adam.
Word Count: 1236
Cassie Blake might be undeniably recognizable as Amelia Blake's only daughter but she is not by any circumstance her mother reincarnated. For one thing, she doesn't feel as if she has some sort of romantic destiny with Adam Conant. Maybe her mother had felt something for Adam's father, but she Cassie doesn't believe it was written in the stars like
Ethan Conant says it was. If it was then why did Amelia have a child with another man? Why did Amelia leave Chance Harbor without Ethan never once looking back? Ethan Conant's insistence that he and her mother were written in the stars and by default she and Adam are also written in the stars is rather creepy in Cassie's opinion. Ethan Conant sounds like one of those pathetic parents desperately trying to recapture his own glory days through his son and his unrequited love's daughter.
Maybe if circumstances were different, Cassie might be attracted to Adam. He's a really nice guy and Cassie's certain that the could have a rather fun time together if he wasn't so madly in love with Diana. Cassie's not the sort of girl who'd chase after someone who's in a relationship. The fact that Ethan Conant seems to think that it's okay for him to spew nauseating lines about how she and Adam are written in the stars when Adam has a girlfriend makes her wonder why Adam even bothers to try to defend his father. Diana' s the type of girl her own mother had wanted her to be like. In fact Diana's that type of girl that any parent would be happy if their son brought her home. Cassie think it's sad that Ethan would try to push Adam into the arms of some girl that he doesn't even know. His whole opinion of who Cassie is seems to be based on some out-dated opinion of who Amelia Blake was.
Cassie thinks that if it was just Ethan Conant and his whole written in the stars destiny garbage, it wouldn't bother her so much. But Faye seems to have taken up the whole thing up as some sort of game. Then again Faye Chamberlain seems to be the type of girl who takes great delight in making people uncomfortable for no real personal gain than her own pleasure. Every time that Adam and Cassie are thrown together, Faye has to make some innuendo about the two of them that makes Cassie upset. Faye's rubbish is worse than Adam's father continual spouting of how she and Adam are meant to be.
She knows that Faye does it to torment her and in part to torment Adam as a sick and childish way of attacking Diana. Every time that she and Adam react to one of Faye's carefully aimed barbs, it only seems to add more fuel to the fire and Cassie's quickly learned that Faye enjoys playing with fire no matter the consequences. And Cassie knows that she should just ignore Faye, that she should just shrug off the older girl's nasty innuendos but they hurt. If Diana is right, then this girl is supposed to be a part of some mystical circle that connects them. Instead of feeling connected, Cassie feels more the outsider.
What keeps her awake at night sometimes isn't Ethan's insistence that she's meant to be with his son or Faye's crude sexual innuendos, it's Adam himself. The first time he had shown her magic, had shown her who and what she was, she had felt something. And she knows that he had too. That indescribable spark has confused him, confused him where he's not sure if he should be listening to the drunken ramblings of his father and even to Faye. Yet that something, that spark of power that she felt with Adam, is something that Cassie feels with the others when she casts with them. She knows that they have felt it as well. However no one, not even Faye, has tried to say that she has a romantic destiny, or some lingering romantic feeling towards Nick or Melissa or Diana, or even to Faye. Thankfully no one has made some snide remark since Cassie's certain she couldn't handle it if they did. The last thing that Cassie needs is rumours being spread about the school about her and Faye. It's bad enough she's heard whispers about how she's desperate to break up Diana and Adam.
That indefinable something that Cassie had felt with Adam is something that she feels whenever she calls on her magic. It's as if her power races through her blood and body. She feels like she's swallowed champagne and the bubbles are bursting throughout her. There's a moment of sheer ecstasy as she gives into who she is instead of denying it. When she casts with someone who Diana insists is a part of her Circle, the feeling intensifies tenfold. Somehow she knows that the others don't feel quite the same way when they cast alone or even with someone else. It's something that Cassie can't talk to anyone about, not even her own grandmother.
None of it means that she secretly wants Adam Conant. She doesn't want him, either secretly or openly. All Cassie want is to somehow survive the next few years in this town and this group of witches until she's old enough to leave on her own and never return. Cassie might not be a carbon copy of Amelia Blake but Cassie thinks that her mother had right to leave Chance Harbor. It's with great reluctance that Cassie binds herself to the Circle. She has a feeling that no matter how far away she runs, she'll always be connected to this town. Still Faye is far to reckless, too dangerous, too wild, too careless to be left with the ability to access that much power without some sort of restraint placed upon her. And unlike the others, Cassie's never lived a life where she's known about her power so locking it down doesn't affect her like it seems to affect the others.
Cassie now understands why her mother left Chance Harbor behind her the first chance she got and why she never once looked back. There are times when Cassie wonders if it was to escape Ethan's desperate and pathetic insistence that they were written in the stars. Or if maybe Faye's mother was just like her daughter when she was younger and Amelia decided that the invisible bounds that tied her to own Circle were suffocating just like how Cassie feels about her own Circle. And Cassie has to admit that a life without power, a life where witches are nothing more than characters in story books sounds like a delightful life. Even if it means giving up the ecstasy she feels when she calls upon that deep well of power within her to cast magic.
She doesn't want to stay in Chance Harbor and she doesn't want to constantly hear about how she belongs with Adam. She doesn't want to be constantly stuck in some power play struggle between Faye and Diana. Nor does Cassie want to be cast in a triangle of a relationship with Adam and Diana. All that Cassie wants is the ability to live out her own life without the interference of people who seem to think that they know more about her than she does about herself.
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Author: Aaronlisa
Fandom: The Secret Circle
Pairing/Characters: Cassie Blake, mentions of Ethan Conant, Adam Conant, Faye Chamberlain, Diana Meade, Amelia Blake
Rating: FR13
Disclaimer: The Secret Circle belongs to LJ Smith, the CW and company.
Notes: Set during the first three episodes.
Prompts: Written for smallfandomfest for the following prompt: Cassie's sick of people thinking that she wants Adam because of his dad's story and the weird connection she felt when she first got to town.
Summary: Cassie Blake is her own girl and she doesn't need the likes of Ethan and Faye telling her she's meant to be with Adam.
Word Count: 1236
Cassie Blake might be undeniably recognizable as Amelia Blake's only daughter but she is not by any circumstance her mother reincarnated. For one thing, she doesn't feel as if she has some sort of romantic destiny with Adam Conant. Maybe her mother had felt something for Adam's father, but she Cassie doesn't believe it was written in the stars like
Ethan Conant says it was. If it was then why did Amelia have a child with another man? Why did Amelia leave Chance Harbor without Ethan never once looking back? Ethan Conant's insistence that he and her mother were written in the stars and by default she and Adam are also written in the stars is rather creepy in Cassie's opinion. Ethan Conant sounds like one of those pathetic parents desperately trying to recapture his own glory days through his son and his unrequited love's daughter.
Maybe if circumstances were different, Cassie might be attracted to Adam. He's a really nice guy and Cassie's certain that the could have a rather fun time together if he wasn't so madly in love with Diana. Cassie's not the sort of girl who'd chase after someone who's in a relationship. The fact that Ethan Conant seems to think that it's okay for him to spew nauseating lines about how she and Adam are written in the stars when Adam has a girlfriend makes her wonder why Adam even bothers to try to defend his father. Diana' s the type of girl her own mother had wanted her to be like. In fact Diana's that type of girl that any parent would be happy if their son brought her home. Cassie think it's sad that Ethan would try to push Adam into the arms of some girl that he doesn't even know. His whole opinion of who Cassie is seems to be based on some out-dated opinion of who Amelia Blake was.
Cassie thinks that if it was just Ethan Conant and his whole written in the stars destiny garbage, it wouldn't bother her so much. But Faye seems to have taken up the whole thing up as some sort of game. Then again Faye Chamberlain seems to be the type of girl who takes great delight in making people uncomfortable for no real personal gain than her own pleasure. Every time that Adam and Cassie are thrown together, Faye has to make some innuendo about the two of them that makes Cassie upset. Faye's rubbish is worse than Adam's father continual spouting of how she and Adam are meant to be.
She knows that Faye does it to torment her and in part to torment Adam as a sick and childish way of attacking Diana. Every time that she and Adam react to one of Faye's carefully aimed barbs, it only seems to add more fuel to the fire and Cassie's quickly learned that Faye enjoys playing with fire no matter the consequences. And Cassie knows that she should just ignore Faye, that she should just shrug off the older girl's nasty innuendos but they hurt. If Diana is right, then this girl is supposed to be a part of some mystical circle that connects them. Instead of feeling connected, Cassie feels more the outsider.
What keeps her awake at night sometimes isn't Ethan's insistence that she's meant to be with his son or Faye's crude sexual innuendos, it's Adam himself. The first time he had shown her magic, had shown her who and what she was, she had felt something. And she knows that he had too. That indescribable spark has confused him, confused him where he's not sure if he should be listening to the drunken ramblings of his father and even to Faye. Yet that something, that spark of power that she felt with Adam, is something that Cassie feels with the others when she casts with them. She knows that they have felt it as well. However no one, not even Faye, has tried to say that she has a romantic destiny, or some lingering romantic feeling towards Nick or Melissa or Diana, or even to Faye. Thankfully no one has made some snide remark since Cassie's certain she couldn't handle it if they did. The last thing that Cassie needs is rumours being spread about the school about her and Faye. It's bad enough she's heard whispers about how she's desperate to break up Diana and Adam.
That indefinable something that Cassie had felt with Adam is something that she feels whenever she calls on her magic. It's as if her power races through her blood and body. She feels like she's swallowed champagne and the bubbles are bursting throughout her. There's a moment of sheer ecstasy as she gives into who she is instead of denying it. When she casts with someone who Diana insists is a part of her Circle, the feeling intensifies tenfold. Somehow she knows that the others don't feel quite the same way when they cast alone or even with someone else. It's something that Cassie can't talk to anyone about, not even her own grandmother.
None of it means that she secretly wants Adam Conant. She doesn't want him, either secretly or openly. All Cassie want is to somehow survive the next few years in this town and this group of witches until she's old enough to leave on her own and never return. Cassie might not be a carbon copy of Amelia Blake but Cassie thinks that her mother had right to leave Chance Harbor. It's with great reluctance that Cassie binds herself to the Circle. She has a feeling that no matter how far away she runs, she'll always be connected to this town. Still Faye is far to reckless, too dangerous, too wild, too careless to be left with the ability to access that much power without some sort of restraint placed upon her. And unlike the others, Cassie's never lived a life where she's known about her power so locking it down doesn't affect her like it seems to affect the others.
Cassie now understands why her mother left Chance Harbor behind her the first chance she got and why she never once looked back. There are times when Cassie wonders if it was to escape Ethan's desperate and pathetic insistence that they were written in the stars. Or if maybe Faye's mother was just like her daughter when she was younger and Amelia decided that the invisible bounds that tied her to own Circle were suffocating just like how Cassie feels about her own Circle. And Cassie has to admit that a life without power, a life where witches are nothing more than characters in story books sounds like a delightful life. Even if it means giving up the ecstasy she feels when she calls upon that deep well of power within her to cast magic.
She doesn't want to stay in Chance Harbor and she doesn't want to constantly hear about how she belongs with Adam. She doesn't want to be constantly stuck in some power play struggle between Faye and Diana. Nor does Cassie want to be cast in a triangle of a relationship with Adam and Diana. All that Cassie wants is the ability to live out her own life without the interference of people who seem to think that they know more about her than she does about herself.
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