Chapter 4

Casey was woken from sleep by sounds of giggling. She slowly opened her eyes and came face to face with her three kids all smiling big. She couldn't stop the smile coming to her own face if she tried. The kids were dropped off around dinner time last night so they all watched a movie together before they were sent to bed. Casey and Derek decided it would be best if he moved into the guest room until Casey gets her memory back.

"Good morning." She said.

"Daddy said to wake you for breakfast." Andy said.

"He made waffles." Kyle joined in.

"Ok come on let's go eat." She grabbed Julia and got off the bed. Andy and Kyle quickly followed behind. When they got to the kitchen Derek was just finishing up. She set Julia in the high chair near the corner and set off to help Derek setting up plates for the kids.

Forty-five minutes later they were done with breakfast and were getting Kyle and Andy ready for school. While Derek dropped them off Casey was supposed to stay home and watch Julia for a bit. She absolutely adored that little girl. She loved to cuddle. It hurt Casey to not remember any of her children. From what she noticed Kyle was a momma's boy. He hardly left her side and he was shy and cared a lot about his family. Andy, Kyle's polar opposite, didn't have a care in the world. She reminded Casey of Marti when she was Andy's age.

Right now Julia was reading Casey a story. If you could even call it that. She was holding an alphabet book but was telling a story about Dora the Explorer. From what she could understand, they were lost. She nodded her head in amusement when her daughter looked to her to see if she was listening.

10 minutes later someone knocked on the door. She opened the door and was immediately embraced by a blonde woman. She had no idea how to handle this.

"Casey I'm so glad you're okay" She pulled away and before Casey could speak, she continued. " Ian and I were so worried about you when we heard you were in an accident. We came back as soon as possible. How are you feeling?" She looked at Casey worriedly.

"Um ok, I guess you haven't heard I have amnesia." She said.

"Oh sweetie I'm so sorry. How much don't you remember?" They walked into the house. Casey assumed that they were good friends by the way she was talking.

"12 years." The blonde's head snapped toward her. She covered her mouth.

"Oh gosh you don't know who I am do you?" Casey shook her head. The blonde blushed. " I'm sorry." She held out her hand. "I'm Bridgette. We've been friends since we were roomed together in college." She was interrupted from the sound of the door opening.

"Case, I'm back." He came around the corner and seen Bridgette there. "Hey Bridgette you're back already." He walked over to her and gave her a hug.

"Sure am Derek. Why didn't you mention to me anything about Casey having amnesia?"

"Oops. Sorry. So I'm assuming you know who she is now?" He asked Casey.

"Sort of."

"I'll let you ladies get reacquainted. Julia and I are going to go pretend we are busy in the other room." He picked up Julia who was amusing herself and left the room.

Bridgette and Casey talked for close to 2 hours when Bridgette announced she had to go. Casey found they had a lot in common. Her husbands name is Ian and they have two kids. Chelsea is Kyle's age and Alex just turned one.

Casey decided to go see what Derek and Julia were doing. She found them in the study. Derek was asleep on the couch with a book in one hand and supporting Julia, who was laying on him, with the other. She decided it was best to put Julia in her crib so she quietly walked over to them and gently picked the little girl up and took her to her crib.

When it came time to pick up Andy and Kyle she left a note and the baby monitor by Derek who was still asleep. When she arrived at the school she seen her kids and a blonde girl running toward the her. It didn't take a genius to figure out this was Chelsea, Bridgette's daughter, because they look so much alike.

"Hi Auntie Casey." She said as she hugged her.

"Hi Chelsea."

"It's been a long time since I seen you. Mommy and Daddy came back from their aversary last night and brought me presents. It was a long time since I seen them too."

"Well I bet you're glad their back aren't you?"

"Yeah." She smiled.

"Mommy can we go now." Kyle asked.

"Of course. Bye Chelsea. Tell you're mom and dad I said hi."

"Bye Andy, Bye Kyle."

Since it was Friday and the kids have no homework she decided to take them to the park while Derek cooked dinner. When they got back she sent them to wash up and sat at the table.

"Hey how was the park?" Derek asked.

"I never knew it could be so difficult to watch 3 kids at the park." Casey grumbled.

"Did Andy try jumping off the monkey bars again?" He laughed.

"Yes, then she thought jumping off the swings would be more fun. I had to bribe her with candy to get her off the swings. When I turned around Julia was eating sand and Kyle was hanging off the side of the jungle gym."

"Yikes, happens every time." He winked at her and she groaned. The kids ran into the kitchen and sat at their places.

"Mommy, Daddy we've been thinking." Andy started and Kyle nodded his head. "We need a dog." Derek and Casey looked at each other in amusement.

"Oh yeah. Why's that?" Derek asked.

"We need a dog to protect us and to play with us." Kyle stated.

"Oh! Did you forget that you would have to feed it and take it for a walk."

"We could do that." Andy said.

"That's what you said about Goldie. He lasted two days."

"Does that mean no?" Derek nodded his head. Both kids crossed their arms and pouted. When they left to put their dishes away Casey turned to Derek.

"Why do I get the feeling that this isn't the first time they brought up a pet?"

"Happens every couple of days. Each time is a different animal. They started this after your mom got them a book on animals. The one time we got them a pet was the gold fish."

"Ah, I see."