I DO NOT OWN LWD!!!!

Chapter Ten:

I Promise.

---------------------------------------------------------Casey------------------------------------------------------------

" Good thing." I sighed.

" Oh, I almost forgot to tell you...I bought us a house." He whispered in my ear.

" What?" I pulled away looking at him wide eyed.

" I bought us a house." He repeated smiling slightly.

"When? Why didn't you tell me?" I questioned.

" About a week ago, I didn't know when to tell you." He was getting defensive.

" So were you not going to tell me at all! And where did you even get the money?" I was freaking out.

" I thought it would be a good thing for after we get married. Also I had the money saved up, why do you think I told you we wouldn't be able to afford a big wedding!" He had grabbed my shoulders and looked me in the eyes.

" That's why?" I calmed down.

" Yes, I just thought that maybe instead of spending so much money on just one day that I would put money into something that would last much longer than just one day." He explained.

" Oh..." I blushed not meeting his gaze.

" Your not mad are you Princess?" He asked kissing my cheek.

" No, not at all." I smiled.

" Good, now how about that food?" He walked away from me heading into the kitchen.

" Ha, is there anything else you focus on besides food?" I asked walking up to the counter, watching him get food out of the fridge.

" Well, I think about hockey, and school...oh and girls." He smirked.

" Girls?" I raised an eyebrow.

" Okay, just you." He smiled at me, with his mouth full of spaghetti.

" For some odd reason I don't think I believe you." I laughed.

" Ouch Babe, that hurts." He put his hand to his chest in mock pain.

We both laughed at that for a while, when things started to settle down. Soon Derek left, and I was there finishing something up for school. I suddenly started to feel very lonely. So much had happened the past year that it was hard not to think what is going to happen next?

I tried to push my thoughts away as I went to bed. Eventually I was able to fall asleep.

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Classes were getting on my nerves today, so when my cell phone rang after I finally got out of that prison I got excited.

" Hello?" I asked.

" Hi, Mr. Venturi. I'm afraid to give you bad new....." The voice on the other side said.

I didn't even listen to everything the person was saying, I hung up my phone and tried to call Casey. Of course she wouldn't pick up.

" Dang it Cassandra pick up!" I yelled into my phone.

After about the sixth time I ran to find her. I knew she had a class on the other side of campus and I needed to get to her fast. Finally I reached the class she was in and everyone was coming out of it.

I saw her walking out looking at her phone when I approached her.

" Why didn't you pick up?" I asked urgently.

" I was in class! You know trying to learn!" she yelled at me.

" Well sorry! This is important. Come on we need to get to the hospital." I said grabbing her by the arm.

" Wait, what?" She yanked me back.

" Dean's in the hospital." I said.

" Why didn't you just say so! Come on!" She started running to my car.

We rushed to the hospital, which took a lot more time than we wanted it to. I think I broke every traffic law possible on the way there. So after all of that we finally arrived and met up with Kaylie's parents.

" What happened?" Casey asked.

" Well he just left our house, he had told us he wanted to go visit you guys and then after that we got a call from the hospital. We tried contacting his parents but they we refused to come see him." Kaylie's Mom explained.

" Why wouldn't they want to see their own son?" Casey demanded.

" Well after he joined the church, they just cut him off from everything." I told her.

" You knew that?" She asked me.

" He told me when we were here last." I mumbled.

" Oh well that is just great." She yelled and started walking down the hall.

" Where are you going?" I caught up with her.

Silence.

" Fine, I'll be with Dean." I walked back towards Kay's parents.

" So what's going on?" I asked them.

" There was a car that didn't stop at a red light and smashed into the drivers seat from the side. Right now doctors are stabilising him but from what they have told us...It doesn't look good." They explained.

" You mean he might not make it?" emotion was thick in my voice.

" We don't know.." Mrs. Parker said.

---------------------------------------------------Casey------------------------------------------------------------------

I can't believe this is happening. One more tragedy in my life, now Dean is going to die. I just know it, I mean Kaylie died, and now him... I'm not even making sense am I. Ugh, ever since Kay died I've had this thoughts that what would happen if something happened to Derek now. I wouldn't be able to live with myself. It just seems like we are all being killed off one by one. Maybe this is just how things are supposed to go, but then who's next? No, that's a stupid idea and even I know that.

" Uh, excuse me?" A male voice said.

" Yes?" I asked slightly upset.

" Are you okay?" He asked.

" Not really, but why would you care you're just some stranger that I don't know and probably has other problems to deal with." I rambled.

" No, actually I don't." He smiled.

" Oh...I'm Casey." I held out my hand.

" I'm Max." He shook it.

" So why are you here?"

" Oh, my grandma is here. I'm just visiting." He explained.

" Aw, that's so sweet." We were walking in step down the hall now.

" Yeah, so why are you here?" He asked.

" Oh, my friend was in a car accident.." All thoughts came back to me now.

" I'm sorry. Is that what you're upset about?"

I ended up telling him all about Kaylie and Dean, how she died and now he's in the hospital. I also told him about me and Derek, plus my thoughts about this whole thing.

" Do you think you and Derek are just moving a little fast?" He asked me while he sipped his coffee.

" I don't know. To be honest I never thought about it. I mean the original plan was to wait until we graduated college and then Kaylie died and it almost seemed like we have to get married now before one of us dies to. You know?" I was playing with my coffee cup, not meeting his eyes.

" I see, but now with things going the way they are don't you think going back to that original plan might be best. I mean Derek bought you guys a house so basically he's broke and can't pay for a wedding. From what you told me it seems like you still want that dream wedding and he just doesn't care how you guys get married just that you are." He said.

" I suppose your right. So then what do I do? Just ask him to wait when I already asked him to hurry it up?"

" If he loves you enough, he won't have a problem with it." He shrugged.

" Thanks Max. I should probably go see how Dean is and talk to Derek." I smiled standing up.

" No problem. It was my pleasure." He held his hand out and I shook it.

I headed towards the hall way that I left Derek in. When I got there he was leaning against the wall looking down at his feet. I walked up to him and warpped my arms around his waist. He hugged me back tight, and I could feel wetness on his cheeks.

" He's in a coma." He mumbled against me neck and I hugged him tighter.

" We'll think of something Der. I know it." I whispered.

" I love you." He hugged me tighter.

" I love you too." I pulled away to look him in the eyes.

" I don't want to lose you...I...I wouldn't be able to-" He choked on his words.

" I know, Oh I know." I brought his head to my chest and held him there for a long time.

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Now, I'm not one to cry. In fact I don't like it and I try to avoid it as much as I can but death, and pain, especially when it affects those closet to me I can't keep it back. I couldn't shake the feeling that I might end up losing Casey. Sounds stupid right? I guess in a way though it isn't, but still she is my everything.

So when I finally pulled myself together we went into Dean's room to visit him. Now the doctors said that if we talked to him that there was still a chance that he could hear us. I didn't really believe this, but what else was I going to do? Just sit there and wait? Phfft. No.

" Hey Dean, it's Casey and Derek. We heard that you were coming to visit, so we decided to meet you half way." She gave a small smile.

" Yea Man, we thought we would come see how you were doing. You took a pretty bad beating." I was standing at the foot of his bed, standing there awkwardly.

We sat there on either side of him talking about things, even memories we had of him and all. Eventually we ran out of things to say and I just sat there looking at him. Soon Casey came up and sat on my lap. All we did was sit there in silence for a while, my arms wrapped tightly around her waist and her face in my neck. I could tell she was getting tired.

" Things will get better Casey, I promise. We'll have a long time together, and we will live long to watch our children have children and then their kids have kids." I was running my fingers through her hair.

" I know... so why must we rush things?" She mumbled.

" Because we are so afraid of losing each other, but we know we'll have forever. Dean and Kaylie are meant for each other and that's why these things happened. She was already sick and God new that having them apart would hurt them more.. That's why Dean is dying to." I closed my eyes and held her close.

She didn't say anything because she fell asleep. When morning came Kaylie's parent's made the chose to take him off life support. Casey and I had convinced them that Dean would not have liked staying like that for God only knows how long. So we all watched him die and yes... I did cry. We all did.

We stayed for the funeral, Dean was buried right next Kaylie. Standing there watching him being lowered into the ground I had this feeling of comfort, I don't know why. It seemed like now we could all start our lives over. So when we got back to the university and things started to get back into their normal routine Casey and I made the decision to wait until we graduated to get married. Before we knew it our college lives were over. I was finally going to marry her, only a couple of more weeks left.

September 24, 2012. That is the date. I can't wait to see all of you guys there.

Love,

Casey and Derek.

I'm sorry it has been so long. Been really busy and just been kind of watching ReGenesis a lot. I hope you liked it.

Love,Ava