okay, i know theres alot of confusion about how long its been since Casey left, or how old the baby is. haha,so to start off, im horrible at math, so please, forgive me :( haha and, okay, the baby is 1 and a half. (can talk a little bit) so Casey left, how ever long ago it would be if the baby was that age. haha, if theres anything else, please let me know!!

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Casey saw Derek holding Lana. It was amazing. Almost un-real.

--2 hours later--

(Casey's POV)

So, I'm sitting on the couch. Dereks on the floor playing with Lana. She really likes him. I guess thats good, In a way. I just dont want him to change his mind and leave after she has gotten attached. Me and Derek havent really talked that much. He might ask me something short and simple about Lana, but thats it. Nothing besides that. I took a deep breath and got up, then walked into the kitchen, I saw my mom standing at the counter. Her elbow resting on it and Her hand holding her head up. She looked stressed.

"Whats up, mom?" I asked, walking past her to get Lana's juice out of the fridge, But she didnt say anything.

After I got her juice, I set it on the table and looked up at my mom. She was mad about something.

"Mom?" She looked at me, she looked so angry. Ive never seen her that mad.

"Your so disapointing." She whispered. I was confused. I was trying so hard. I thought I had it all together. But then It came clear to me that knew knew about Derek and Lana.

"Mom, I was going to tell you." I said, looking down. Ok, So, That was a lie, If I never had to tell her, I probably wouldnt have.

"When, Casey? When were you planning to tell me?? This is disgusting. I should have seen it from the start." She said, moving back to how was was standing.

Did she really just call me disgusting? No. Shes my mother. Or did she call my daughter that??

"What is disgusting?" I used my fingers as quotion marks.

"You!" She screamed with tears in her eyes.

"All of you!" She screamed even louder, Causing Derek to look into the kitchen. Tears started to fall. I thought me and my mom were getting along again. I guess not.

"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE! NOW!" She was screaming, and Scareing Lana. Then she started to cry. But Edwin picked her up and took her out front. Ill always thank him for that. What was about to happen, I prefer my daughter didnt see.

She took my arm and draged me upstairs. Derek ran behind us. Trying to stop her. But It wasnt working. She took me into my room. And walked over to the babys bed, and grabed her bag. She was trowing all her clothes into it, and some of mine.

"MOM! DONT DO THIS!" I screamed with tears driping down my face. We were reacting that day all over agian. I always thought it was the day that saved me. Now I see it as the day that broke me.

Derek held me back as she packed my stuff. I knew this was hard for him to watch. I'm sure it brung back memoires.

I finally gave up trying to fight Derek and broke down. I fell to the floor, taking him down with me. All I could do was cry. How could she do this to me? My baby? We had nowhere to go. No money.

When she was done packing the stuff, She pretty much pushed me and Derek out of the house. Throwing us our jackets. At least she was nice enough to do that. I roll my eyes to my self.

I stood on the front poruch with Lana in my arms. Edwin had gone in already. Lana was crying becuase I was. She was like that. Derek ran his hands threw his hair and kicked the pourch chair. It was obvious he was mad. He looked at me with tears in his eyes. But knowing Derek, He would never let them fall.

"Case, Im so sorry. I just screw up everything. I didnt mean for ANY of this to happen." He put his hands on the back of his head and looked up to the sky, Almost as if he was trying to make the tears go back into his eyes. I just shook my head and looked at him.

"Its my fault. I should have told her before." I said with my extremely wet face pressed agisnt my daughters.

She put her arms around my neck. And Derek let his head back down. With the tears.

My God. There they were. His tears. He had given up. He let them fall.

"You do care, dont you?" I asked in a whisper.

He turned to me and then looked down to the ground.

"More than anything, Casey." He shoved his hands into his pockets. Which made me mad. If he hadnt done that, Then I probably could have given him a huge hug, that would turn into a kiss. The one I've been waiting for.

But I wasnt going to let that stop me. I wanted that kiss. I needed it.

With my, our, daughter on my hip I leaned in and kissed him hard, But with so much passion It made me want to do cartwheels around the pourch. But it made no sense. 5 hours ago, I was having a normal day. 4 hours ago, I was shocked to hear his name. 3 Hours ago, I hated him. Now, I was in love all over agian. Thats just the affects that Derek had, I guess.

As soon as we broke apart, The baby laughed. It was like.. a sign. Yea, I know, It sounds stupid. But I did too. Along with Derek. Maybe this was how it was supposed to be. I dont mean standing on my pourch, getting kicked out. I mean, together.

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4 hours later I steped into The apartment. It was the excact same. Nothing changed. I giggled to my self to see that my magazine was ripped up on the front pourch. Yea, The one I left there over a year ago.

Suddenly, I wasnt as sad anymore. It wasnt as bad as I thought it would be. It was actually pretty amazing. I remember leaveing home for the first time and walking into here for the first time. It felt something like this, But didnt bring back any memories the first time.

Lana was asleep on my hip. Derek took her a laid her down on the same couch that was there when I left.

We went into the kicthen and Derek put the coffee machine on.

He sat at the table. I sat across from him.

"Thank you." I smiled and said.

"For what?" I can see how confused he was.

"For saving me. The second time."

The first time I left home, Saved me. The day I left Derek, Broke me. And Today, Saved me one more time. I was done being saved. This was it. I wouldnt have to be saved anymore because this is how it always will be. I looked at him. With the same love that was there when I left. Now that I think about it. Nothing changed since I left.

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Later that night I laid in the bed with Derek. He was sound asleep, But I was wide awake. He had no shirt on. Talk about tease? I smiled to my self.

He turned over to face me, and I saw something. Something on his chest. It looked like little scribbles. But I couldnt tell in the dark. It was right over his heart though.

Just then, I jumped when the baby started to cry. I felt bad. I didnt want to wake him up.

Too late.

He rolled over and turned on the lamp.

"Ill get her." I said starting to get up. But he pushed me back down. Not hard. Just made me lay back down.

"I got her." He got out of bed and walked over to the living room. Where she slept. About 3 minutes later I saw them both come in. She had her arms around his neck. I tried to see what was on his chest, but Lana was covering it.

He handed her to me. And as I took her. I saw his chest. I think my heart just helt. Yea, corny, I know. But whatever, thats what it felt like.

Right there, On his chest. Was my name. I know as a fact that wasnt there before. I guess that was one that that changed.

He leaned back up after I took her, but I pulled him back down. And ran my fingers over it, looked up and smiled.