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Casey McDonald locked the door behind her and stared at the room that she hadn't seen in what felt like a million years.

It was her room.

Yet, it didn't feel like home to her.

Home was where Derek was…and his alcohol and his drugs. Well the drugs that she bought and used in his house.

She stared at her bed…her bed.

Everything in this room was hers. Everything. She could wear her own clothes again…she could go to the bathroom by herself, and not hear banging on the door every four seconds asking her to hurry up.

She plopped down on her bed and turned on the light. Her hair was still wet from that bath that Derek was trying to give her. I didn't even know that I could think this clearly…everything has been blurry since now. Everything was just so…blurry.

Blurry.

That was the word to describe it.

She reached into her pocket and pulled out a package of cigarettes. She opened them up and took one out, running her fingers along the outside of it. She carefully drew it up to her mouth and ran it along the lips of her mouth. She closed her eyes and then threw it onto the floor as well as the whole package. She looked down at the ground and then back up at the ceiling.

She felt her eyes get droopy, and she let a small smile form on her face as she finally fell asleep.

"Casey! Casey! Come on! Wake up! We're gonna be late for school!" Casey moved her head from side to side and turned and saw Derek staring into her eyes.

"Derek?" She asked. "What are you doing here?" She sat up and swung her legs over the side of his bed. I could have sworn I fell asleep in my bed…

"Umm…this is my room…and I came home from the hospital like two days ago, Case. You were asleep the whole time."

"No! No! Uh-uh!" Casey shook her head from side to side. "I…I started to drink! I was drunk! And I started to smoke and…"

Casey was cut off by Derek running his hand through her hair. "What are you talking about? Nothing like that happened. I got shot. I went to the hospital. I came back…and you were asleep. You've been asleep for two days."

"What?"

He smirked and moved his face close to hers, giving her a quick peck on the lips. "Case? Wake up, honey. This is reality."

THE END