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Holding On to You

Chapter 15

(Previously on Holding On to You)

"What, what is it Casey? Are you in pain?" Derek asked worriedly, noticing her expression.

Casey shook her head, "No, no. Derek when was it exactly that you thought you heard me calling your name?"

Derek looked away, Casey felt bad for asking him but she needed to know.

"It was when I saw Kendra at...Sam's house."

Casey took a deep breath; kind of already knowing that that was what he was going to say.

"Why do you ask?"

Casey sighed, "Derek…you really did hear me call your name that day…"

(Now on Holding On to You)

"Huh…?" Was all Derek said.

Casey blinked. 'Huh'? What did that mean? Casey quite didn't know how to respond to that.

"Derek, you really did hear me call your name that day," she repeated slowly.

Derek looked at her for a second before bursting out laughing. Casey didn't know what to think of this. Was Derek on something? What's with him? Why is he acting this way?

Finally Derek calmed down, "That was a good one Casey. For a minute you almost had me going."

Whaa..? No! "Derek I'm telling you the truth!" Her voice cracked again and hurt considerably now. She ignored it.

Derek nodded, "Uh huh, right Case. Why don't you get some rest? I think you're still a bit woozy."

Derek patted her shoulder awkwardly and then tried to leave, Casey's voice however, stopped him.

"Derek, you get back here! You're not leaving, we need to talk about what happened between you and Kendra and why you seemed to have heard me calling you while I was in a coma!" Casey swallowed hard, wincing as she did so. She grabbed the cup of water from the nightstand beside her and took a swig of it.

Derek slowly turned around, looking shocked, "Y-you saw all of that?"

Casey nodded, feeling sorry for Derek, "Yes, I did."

Then he looked confused, "Wait, if your remember that, then that means you remember Sam right?"

Casey nodded.

Derek threw his arms in the air, "But that doesn't make sense! How can you remember them and not your family?"

Casey shrugged, "I don't know." She wished she knew… it had been bugging her, not knowing.

Her leg suddenly started to bother her. It tingled and then started to feel itchy. Casey wanted to scratch it. She turned to it and tried to- but it was too hard. It was irritating her so badly. She couldn't stop it. She hadn't noticed it before, but now that she did, it was driving her mad!

"Casey, stop! Focus on me. You can't scratch that; you might accidentally knock your leg out of the sling."

Casey nodded and tried to maintain her focus on him. It was hard but she did her best to ignore it.

Derek sat down on the chair and took her hand, "So. I did hear you calling my name? Why?"

Casey shrugged, not knowing, "I'm…not sure. Maybe I was trying to connect to you somehow while I was in the coma."

Derek nodded, "Yeah I have heard of that happening before like in stories and stuff. But in real life Casey? How is that even possible?"

"I don't know."

Derek sighed and rubbed his forehead. It was starting to hurt.

"And I guess we'll never know. I don't think the doctor can answer something like that."

Casey shook her head, yawning at the same time.

Derek seemed to notice.

"Well hey, you should get some sleep."

Casey swallowed, wincing slightly, but spoke anyway, "What are you going to do?"

Derek scratched the back of his neck, "Um, I think I'm going to get something to eat. I haven't eaten all day."

Casey nodded, though she wished he'd stay.

"Okay. Bye."

Derek smiled at her, "I'll be back."

"Kay."

Derek gave her one last look before walking out.

Casey sighed, laid her head back and closed her eyes, suddenly exhausted.

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Derek walked into the cafeteria. He had a headache and was hungry. The only source of food he had was McDonalds.

Well, that was better then nothing.

Glad that no one was in line (it was late and only a few people were in the cafeteria) he walked up to the cashier that looked to be around his age.

"Hi, what can I get you?"

Derek scanned the menu above the cashier's head, making a quick decision.

"Um, I guess the number 6 with a coke."

"Okay, that'll be 6 bucks."

Derek reached into his pocket and pulled out a ten. He handed it to…Tony.

"Thanks," He took his change and waited for his food.

"Here ya go," Tony said.

Derek took his food, gave him a nod, and turned to look for a seat.

A few people were spotted here and there. Derek took the table in the corner. He took out his food and began to eat. Oh it tasted so good.

"Hi, mind if I sit here?"

Derek glanced up in mid bite. His mouth hanging wide open. How attractive. He immediately closed it.

"Um sure." She was a girl around his age. Very pretty, he thought.

She took the seat in front of him, "So, what's your name?"

"Derek Venturi, you?"

She smiled, "Chloe Dawson. Nice to meet you."

Author's Note: Hey guys! Thanks for all the reviews for the last chapter! Loved em to pieces! Lol think you can review for this one? I'd love to know what you think considering a new character is going to be added to the story that'll add more drama…

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