Heart beating, adrenalinepumping, my legs carried me through the dark woods as fast as they could go. The small, coherent part of my mind was shouting, What the hell are you doing Chloe?! Running, all by yourself, through the woods at night? Are you on crazy?! , while the rest of my mind was only thinking one thing: Run. I felt like I was in one of those action-adventure movies where the heroine ran from the men with large guns while some suspenseful music played. I was scared, and my being so frantic caused me to trip over various rocks and tree roots that were sticking up through the ground. One large tree root caused me to trip and fall flat on my face, and I just gave up on whatever mission I was on. I curled up in a fetal position and awaited whatever doom was to come. All I wanted was to close my eyes and rest for a while ....

"Chloe...", a familiar voice said. I immediately knew who it was.

Derek.

My eyes flew open and I quickly stood up. I looked around, but could only see a few trees that were lit up by the full moon.

"Derek ...? W-where are you?" I hesitantly asked.

A dark figure moved out of the corner of my eye, and I spun around to face it. Derek emerged from behind a tree about fifteen feet away from me. He was wearing muddy jeans and a ripped up white T-shirt. His anxious green eyes sent shivers up my spine.

"Are you okay, Chloe?" he asked, and made his way towards me.

"Y-yeah .... Are you?" I replied. He didn't answer. "D-derek? W-what's going on? Are you h-hurt?" I reached out and gently touched his arm. He jerked his arm away and stepped back. "Derek?"

His jaw tightened and he clenched his fist. "I'm sorry, Chloe", was all he said. His body faded away, and I was left with only the memory of his amazing green eyes as I found enough courage to turn around and get ready to face the danger approaching ...

I jerked upright in bed with my sweaty blonde hair plastered to my forehead. The only light in my bedroom was from the moonlight spilling in through the window, and my alarm clock, which glowed the neon green time of 3:27 a.m. Just a dream, it was just a dream, my mind thought. My heart rate got back to normal. I had been having nightmares almost every night since the event with the Edison Group went down. They were always different from each other and probably had no meaning whatsoever, but they always left me terrified and panting when I woke up.

I decided to go get a drink of water, and made my way to my little kitchen. I had lived by myself in the one-bedroom apartment since I was eighteen. I had been attending the college down the street. I never thought that my life could go back to normal, and it hasn't, but I've managed to get in a nice routine and to separate myself from the 'genetically modified' business as much as I could. The 'adventures' that I experienced when I was fifteen had definitely left me a different person and had corrupted my innocent, naive mind, but I still held on tightly to the old me. Memories flooded back to me as I stared off into space in my kitchen ...

-Flashback-

We had put an end to the Edison Group. We had also found Kit and many other supernaturals that had mysteriously disappeared. My aunt, unfortunately, had been announced dead. Everyone decided that it was best that I go back to my dad, but to visit Kit and some other doctors every other day to make sure that my powers didn't go out of whack .I was glad that when I went back to my dad, I would still be involved with the supernatural world, because I couldn't possibly imagine going back to my regular life and saying goodbye to all of the friends that I had made. And besides, it's not like I could forget about the supernatural world, I mean, I would still have the ability to raise dead things ... which wasn't always pleasant.

Kit, Andrew, Tori, Derek, and Simon were all dropping me off at where my dad was still living. They all climbed out of the van to say their goodbyes to me.

"Alright Chloe, so you have your story ready?" Kit asked. I needed to get my story as to why I had disappeared for those four weeks ready for my dad.

"Yep, I'm gonna tell him that I was upset and had run away, but I got to my senses and realized that it was best if I returned home," I replied.

Kit nodded. "Alright, that seems fine to me. And we'll keep in touch. Remember to visit me every other day. If for some reason that you're unable to get to me, I'll just come to you," he said as he handed me a folded piece of paper with his phone number and an address on it. He reached out and gave me a hug, and then stepped back for the others to say their temporary goodbyes. Andrew came up and simply gave me a pat on the back and said, "You're a great kid, Chloe". Tori hesitantly came up and stood in front of me, but then threw her arms around my neck. She sniffled and said, "Thanks for sticking up for me all this time, even after I was so mean to you. You're, like, one of my best friends, you know that right? Well, I'm gonna go live with my dad too, I think, so just call me, okay? Promise to keep in touch?" She slipped me a piece of paper with her number and email address. I couldn't help but smile as I promised her that I'd call her as often as I could. Simon hugged me next, and kissed me on the cheek, even after I specifically told him that I wasn't interested in him that way. He said a few things, and then slipped another piece of paper into my hand with his phone number and email address on it. I looked over at Derek and sighed. He stood with his arms crossed, leaning against the van. Over the last few weeks, we had gotten pretty close, and had even come very close to kissing each other. He acted as if nothing had ever happened though, and I hated that. I slowly walked over to him and then threw my arms around his large body, well aware that everyone around us had discreetly begun to look the other way and begin talking to each other.

"I'll miss you Derek ..." I whispered into his shirt. He put his arms around my small waist and said, "I'll miss you too. But it's not like we're never gonna see each other again. You're gonna be visiting my dad almost every day." I looked up at him and saw that he was smiling. I loved his smile.

They all piled back into the van and waved goodbye as I reluctantly jogged up to open the door to building that my dad and I lived in ....

-End Flashback-

I sighed as I headed back to bed. After I returned home that night ,I had kept up my promise to visit Kit every other day so that he could check up on me. It went well for a while, and I had seen Simon and Derek all the time. About a year later though, my powers had become pretty stable and I had learned to control them, so I stopped visiting Kit so often. I didn't see Derek or Simon very often, but I would receive an email from Simon every now and then. Right before I graduated from high school, Tori, who I had stayed in contact with and was my best friend, informed me that Kit had died from heart failure, and both Derek and Simon had moved away. Back then, it had been several months since I even talked to Simon. It's been four years since then, I'm twenty-two now, and there's still been no sign from Derek or Simon. It was like they had either completely forgotten about me, or had fallen off of the face of the Earth. I decided it was best to just move on with my life and to forget about them, but that didn't work out too well. How could I forget them when I had nightmares about the Edison Group every night? And besides that, I missed them. Especially Derek. I thought about him all the time, and tons of memories about him flooded my thoughts every time I saw someone with green eyes, or watched a werewolf movie on TV.

After an hour or so of tossing and turning, I finally fell asleep, thinking of Derek, and wondering whether or not I ever crossed his mind ....