Derek took off his leather jacket and threw it onto the couch.
"Hello?" he yelled "Is anyone home?"
"Not now Derek we have to get to the hospital."
"What's wrong" Derek said following his dad out and into the car.
"Casey and Marti got into a car accident." George said stepping on the gas, taking off down the road.
"But Casey is a careful driver. What happend?"
"A semi lost control and rammed into the front end of the car. Marti was in the back seat she's just getting a check up."
"What about Casey?"
"I don't know yet when they called she was passed out and they were trying to get her to regain consciousness." "Did they call Nora?"
"She moved and only Casey has her number."
George and Derek pulled up to the hospital and surprisingly Derek was the first on inside.
"Can I help you?"
"Yes I'm looking for Casey McDonald and Marti Venturi"
"Room A36. Take the elevator to the second floor and go to the right. Then take the double doors on the left it's the last room on the right before the next set of double doors." the nurse said stopping when she realized that Derek and George were already gone.
Entering the room Marti ran straight to Derek
"Smerek Casey saved me. She spinned the car so her side hit the truck. It's like she saw it coming." Derek turned and handed Marti to George. Slowly he walked over to where Casey was laying. She looked so fragile and pale.
"Ah you must be her family." a doctor said walking in shaking Georges hand then Derek's'.
"Temporarily yes w..."
"Dad shut up! Is she going to be alright?"
"Well she's been coming in and out never seeming to be able to stay awake for very long. Her brain is fine. Her body is simply trying to regain its strength."
"So basically....what?" Derek asked turning from Casey to the doctor.
"So basically she'll be fine. We'd like to keep her for a few weeks to monitor her. However if one of you would like to stay you're more than welcome."
"I'll stay." George said.
"No daddy go home with me!" Marti said starting to cry.
"I'll stay dad." Derek said kissing Marti's cheek and placing a firm hand on his dad's shoulder.
"Alright Derek. You sure have taken a turn for the better. Make sure to assure her that we'll be here in the morning."
"Alright I will." Derek said closing the door behind George and Marti.
By the time Derek had fallen asleep it was 4 in the morning. Casey still hadn't woken up and Derek had decided or rather his body decided it couldn't stay awake anymore.
It was about 8 am when Derek heard a soft cough. He forced his eyes open and looked in Casey's direction. She was sitting up eating the crappy hospital breakfast.
"Good morning." Derek said walking over to her bed side.
"Morning" Casey replied smiling then quickly resumed eating what looked like it was supposed to be a piece of toast and 'oatmeal' Derek thought 'oh wait those are eggs.' Snapping back from his "brilliant" discovery Derek broke the silence by saying, "Thanks for doing that."
"Doing what?"
"Turning the car and saving Marti. I'm sorry you got hurt in the process thought. But thanks to you, you're both alive an...."
"Derek it's alright calm down I love Marti too remember besides I would have done it for any of you."
"Still thanks"
"Where is everyone" Casey asked looking around the room.
"Dad and Smarti are at the house they'll be here later and Ed is at a friends' house for a week then for the rest of the summer vacation he's going to business camp."
"Living his summer up huh."
"Yup. Hey where did all this energy come from I mean a few seconds ago you were drained and tired and....." Derek was cut off by a soft sigh. He looked down and saw that Casey had fallen back to sleep. 'At least she's ok.' he thought walking over to the chair and sitting back in his sleeping position.
"Why'd that driver have to be so stupid?" he asked to himself quietly before he dozed off too.
