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Slowly, oh, so slowly, I opened my eyes and looked around.

I was in some sort of apartment?

Derek's head was down, his face in the sheets, and he was making some sort of groaning noise and shaking his head back and forth. Before I could even process what I was doing I reached my arm out and attentively placed my hand on the back of his head, my fingers buried in his hair.

"Derek," I said softly.

His head shot up, making my hand fall limply onto the bed. He stared at me with an alarmed look etched on his beautiful face, but didn't say anything for a while, just looked at me, and looked. His eyes were searching for something on my face, but I wasn't sure what. Finally he swallowed and opened his mouth, "How. . . how much did you hear?"

Chapter Thirteen

Plans

My eyes softened as I gazes at him. That confession- it made my mouth run dry. He practically just bared his soul, and those words, they were out there now. Out in the open, and we both knew that. And he couldn't take them back, wouldn't even be able to deny it. I doubted that he had ever said things like this before- admitting that he was in the wrong in such a way that made my heart feel like it was going to explode. It was better than any love letter, I'll tell you that.

And by the look on his face, that nervous gleam in his eyes, he seemed to be expecting the worst from me. Who knows, maybe that's what he always expects from everyone though.

"Derek. . ." I whispered, and reached out for his hand, right when the door burst open, and three figures came rushing in.

They were loud, extremely loud.

"I told you to get the Lays chips, Simon. Lays. Not Jays, how hard is that to remember?" Tori's voice sounded through the tiny space of the room.

"And how hard is it to remember that I said a thousand times that they didn't have that brand. God, do you listen to anyone but yourself?"

Tori huffed and was- with no doubt in my mind- ready to tell Simon off, but then she looked at us.

Me sprawled out on the couch, and Derek crouched beside me, almost touching me, but not. She gave me a little smirk. "Well if it isn't sleeping beauty. . . Did the beast wake you up. . .? Oh, wait, that's the wrong story, sorry, it's suppose to be a prince. . . My bad."

Derek glared, but didn't give her the satisfaction of fighting with her, he pushed off his feet and stood up. "Where's Finn?" His voice held little concern for his well-being, more of a suspicious tone.

Simon moved toward the kitchen after giving me a warm smile. "He's coming, just said that he was gonna check on something really fast, alone. Guess Tori was getting to him as much as the rest of us."

At that jab, she made a noise of disapproval as she came to sit on the edge of the couch, by my feet. "I'll have you all know that Finn seems to be very fond of me, he was about to kiss me too, if Simon had come rushing up to us, claiming we better get back here, to make sure Chloe was alright. If he's annoyed with anyone, it's Simon."

"I don't care who's he's annoyed with," Derek voiced. "I don't like him out of our sight, no matter how nice he seems to be."

The door opened once again, and Finn swept into the room. He seemed surprisingly graceful for someone who looked so frantic at that moment. Finn slammed the door, and locked it behind him.

Derek who probably noticed his anxious mannerisms, came to stand behind me, as I sat up and leaned against the arm of the couch, making Tori move closer to the other side. Derek put a protect hand on my shoulder, as he watched Finn carefully. "What? What is it?"

Finn, shook his head, placing his hands on his knees, seeming slightly out of breath. "When I smelt them. . .I rushed Simon and Tori up here, and tried to lead them away. . . But they have their own people- other supernatural's'- that are on their side. They know you guys are here- all four of you together. They know for sure now that their plan has failed because you have, for all they know- full coverage of your guys' memories."

I sat up straighter, my body tensing. "What do we do? Can we even get out of here- where ever here is exactly."

"It's a hotel," Tori whispered to me. "Not one I would have chosen, but we had a limited amount of time to search considering you passed out on us and Wolf-Boy was a frantic mess."

Finn leaned against the door, as Simon came in the room, having heard everything, since there was an open space between all the rooms. "We all have to get out of here, that's for sure."

Finn nodded. "I have some contacts up in Minnesota- a half older sister, Aurora. She'll let us stay there, and I doubt they'll be able to find us for a while. It'll give us time to plan, and gather money."

"I can't leave," I suddenly burst out. "My father would have a heart attack, he's probably having one as we speak, I've been gone for a whole day!"

"Two," Tori coughed, trying to be subtle.

"What?" I squeaked.

Derek rubbed my shoulder and leaned closer to my ear. "You were out for a whole day, Chloe. And you have to come with us, they'll get you if you don't. I won't let that happen." His voice held a resolute promise, and I knew that even though my mind had a choice in the matter, my heart didn't. I wouldn't be able to let them go, especially not Derek, I couldn't bare to even think about not being with him. I wasn't sure if I loved him- not yet, at this point in time, I was too confused. But I did know that I deeply cared for him.

"When are we leaving?" My voice was low.

I, Simon, and Tori looked from Derek to Finn, and back. They were the ones who were best to pick a strategy- they were the leaders.

Finn came away from the door, rubbing his gloved hands together as if we were cold, and spoke swiftly. "I'll need to get in touch with Aurora, give her time to prepare. It's 9 a.m. now, I highly doubt they'll be waiting for that long outside of the hotel. It'll raise suspicion. We should stay here for a little while longer. I say we check out at. . . hmm. . . 4 a.m. Good time."

Derek seemed hesitant for some reason, and Simon noticing this was most likely going to go with his brother on whatever he was thinking. But Tori jumped from her seat and clapped her hands. "Perfect. I don't want to say in this place for much longer. The walls are making me nauseous." She turned to Finn. "You should make that call. . . ASAP."

Without further encouragement he took a cell-phone from his pocket. "I'll be out in the hall," he said and left.

We all watched him leave. And without even missing a beat, Derek looked sharply at us. "I don't know if this is the best idea and I'm not putting all of my trust into that guy, not yet. But we'll go along with it for now. See how everything plays out. Simon, Tori, go watch him, and listen to what he's saying, we can't afford to give him privacy- not even for a minute."

When they left, I pushed myself off the couch, and turned to Derek, but he wasn't looking at me. He was heading towards the kitchen. And after opening the refrigerator door, he started pulling out all the contents that lined the shelves.

"Derek," my voice was barely a whisper, but I knew he could hear me as clear as day.

He didn't respond, or stop gathering the food, but he did stiffen a bit, making his posture ridged.

I walked a bit closer to him.

"Derek, I think we should talk about what you said. . .you know before. . . when you thought I was asleep. We should-"

"Not now," he cut me off quickly, and turned his neck around so he could look me in the eyes. He didn't say it rudely, just abruptly with pleading green eyes.

I sighed and turned my back to him; a silent agreement.

I knew that he cared about me, and that he wanted to protect me, but we were a long way away from where we were before we lost our memories.

Something was off.

And I was starting to wonder if we would ever get to where we were before.

Would we even be able to?

A/NN: Okay, that's it for now, I don't anything interesting to really say. . .So, thanks for all the wonderful previous reviews and comments. I hoped you liked this Chapter, Please Review! And I'll try to have Chapter 14 up soon! Thanks- Anya! =)