A/N Hey everyone sorry for the wait. But I think the wait is going to be worth it after reading this chapter(I hope anyway) So enjoy!!!
~Axelrocks~
Chapter 12
Chloe's POV
I was sitting atop the counter in the kitchen and was slowly stitching up Derek's wound. I couldn't believe I was doing this! I almost had to look away every time I poked the needle through his skin and wipe up the trickle of blood.
"Are you sure you want me to do this?" I had asked him earlier.
"Well I can't exactly do it myself, right?" He had said. "And there is no way I'm going to go to the hospital and get it done. Too many questions I wouldn't want to answer."
So I was stuck with it. I had found the first aid kit in the bathroom and was surprised to find some morphine. Now that Derek was giving himself. I was going to be jabbing him with a needle I don't know how many times. So he can do it to himself at least once.
So here I was sewing up Derek's arm like I was sewing up a hole in my jeans. And that was exactly what I thought. Chloe, this isn't skin you're sewing, it's your favorite jeans. I kept saying to myself in my head.
"Um...Chloe?" Derek asked me.
I opened my eyes and looked at him. "Yea, Derek?"
"Uh, could you keep your eyes open? I'd rather not have places on my arm sewed to where it's not supposed to." He smiled at me.
My breath caught, and I felt my face begin to grow red. "Oh my God I'm so sorry!" I looked down at my stitching and saw that I was done. And I had been about to sew part of his arm that hadn't been numbed. Oops. That would have been kind of painful.
I grabbed the scissors that were sitting beside me and snipped the thread. "Okay, all done!" I exclaimed.
He looked at his arm and examined it. He looked up at me and smiled again. "Hmm, nice job. You can't even tell this was your first time stitching up an arm."
I laughed. "Knowing you, it probably won't be my last."
He laughed too. "You're probably right. That means that you are going to always stay by me."
I think he must have realized what he said because he looked away from me. Embarrassed.
I smiled to myself. Lucky for him, but I had decided a long time ago that I would always want to be near him.
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Derek's POV
I couldn't believe I had just said that! She was probably thinking I was weird or something. But it was the truth, I couldn't help it. And I couldn't bear thinking that we wouldn't always be together. These few days had been great. No Simon or Tori to interrupt us.
I turned and faced her, we were the same height, only because she was sitting on the countertop. We were face to face and it would have been so easy to pull her close and...kiss her. But I didn't. he had gone through to much already these last few days. I sighed, why was I always giving that same excuse just when I was about to do something? Well she had been attacked...twice. I wanted to give her space before I made a move. I didn't want her to think I was another Nate.
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Chloe's POV
Me and Derek stood there in silence, well I was sitting. Before things began to get awkward I hopped off the counter.
"Well you can go to sleep, if you want. You're probably pretty tired. I think I'm going to stay up a little while longer."
"I can't sleep either," Derek said. "I'm too wired. Maybe we can watch another movie or something. Just so we can sit and relax."
"Sure," I agreed. That sounded like a good idea. "As long as it's nothing scary. I think I've seen enough scary things the past week to last a lifetime."
"Was seeing yourself in the mirror when you wake up one of them," He said with a teasing glint in his eye.
"Derek!" I exclaimed. "That was mean!"
"I know," he laughed. "I'm sorry. Do you forgive me?"
"I guess," I sighed with a smile.
"Good," he said and walked by me and playfully ruffled my hair.
"Hey!" I exclaimed and followed him into the living room.
"Okay," he said and stopped in front of the shelf by the TV that held the movies. "We should watch something funny." he picked out a movie.
I smiled at the choice.
He smiled back and said, "How about something with Johnny Depp?"
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Derek's POV
I knew she would like the movie I picked out, her favorite actor was Johnny Depp. I placed the DVD in the player and sat next to her. We were sitting as close as we had been the last time we had watched a movie.
She looked up at me. "You know this is one of my favorite movies. I've watched it so many times. I love it!"
Yes! I said in my head. Score one for Derek. "I've seen this maybe once and that was when I was little. So I don't remember it at all. Do you want to refresh my memory?"
"Okay." She smiled and began, "Okay it's about this guy who owns a car repair shop, he has a sister who's a little special, not much at all. Well one day Joon, the sister, and some of Benny's, the brother, plays card and she ends up getting Sam, one of the guy's cousins also played by Johnny Depp. Sam is dyslexic, but he loves, acts, and dresses like Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. So he becomes Benny and Joon's housekeeper. And soon him and Joon fall in love." She stopped and looked at me. "That's where I'm going to stop to stop. You're going to have to watch it to find out the rest."
"Sounds like it's a chick flick," I mumbled.
She elbowed me. "Shh! You'll like it!"
And, to tell you the truth, I did.
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I found myself dozing off during the end credits. I was too lazy to get up and take the movie out and put it into it's case. Also I couldn't even get up even if I did have the energy. Chloe was leaning heavily on my shoulder. If I moved she would probably wake up and she really needed her sleep.
"So did you like it?"
I looked down, her eyes were still closed, and I said, "Yes, I did." It was a really good movie. I couldn't honestly say that Johnny Depp is probably the best actor of all time.
She smiled. "See? I told you, you would."
"Yea..."
"So what was your favorite part?" She asked me her eyes still closed.
"I had many parts I liked," I said. "But I think my favorite was when he was swinging in front of Joon's room towards the end. That was great. And when he fell." I laughed just thinking about it.
She smiled. "That is my favorite part too."
"Really?" I asked.
She nodded, then when back to sleep.
Hm, maybe we were more alike than I thought.
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I woke up to find we had somehow moved in the night. I was laying flat on the couch towards the back and Chloe lay in front of me. My arms were around her and my face seemed to be burrowed in her hair. So that was what I smelled. The sweet scent of her hair. I inhaled. Lilacs. They reminded me of summer days when I was little. Me and Simon would play outside and I would always smell lilacs. So smiling at the scent I began to doze off again.
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I woke up again, this time to the sunlight streaming through the windows. Chloe was gone. But when I heard a pan crash to the ground in the kitchen and someone saying "Damn!" I knew where she was. I smiled to myself and walked to the kitchen.
"Good morning," I said.
She looked up from the stove, and I notice she was cooking something I didn't recognize.
"Actually it's more like good afternoon," she said. "It's almost one in the afternoon."
I opened my eyes wide in surprise. We had slept in pretty late.
I swept a hand through my hair. "Uh, Chloe, will I have enough time to take a shower before it's time to eat."
She waved a hand in front of her nose. "Eww, please do." Her face was serious, then it broke into a big grin. "That was for last night."
I threw my hands up in surrender. "Okay, no more being mean to each other. Truce."
She laughed. "Truce."
Then I made my to the badly needed shower.
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I finished the last bit of what ever Chloe had cooked. She hadn't told me what it was. I was probably better off not knowing anyway. But it was good, anyway.
She got up and was about to take my plate, but I stopped her.
"No," I said. "You cooked, I'll do the cleaning up."
She smiled. "Okay." She set her plate in front of me. "I'll be out on the balcony when you're done. I-I need to tell you something."
I looked up her confused. "Okay, see you in a few minutes."
She smiled, nervously, and left.
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I walked out on the balcony to see her leaning on the railing. She hadn't noticed me and her gaze was fixated on something in the sky.
I quietly walked up beside her. "Chloe?" I said.
She jumped at the sound of my voice. "Oh, hey Derek." She seemed really nervous.
"So what were you going to tell me?" I asked eager to know what it was.
She became very nervous and looked down. "Derek, promise me you won't get mad after I tell you." What was wrong with her?
What? What was she going to tell me? Was it something bad? Was she going to tell me she never wanted to see me again? I sighed a deep breath and pushed all those negative thoughts away. Chloe would never want me to leave, she would have asked me a long time ago to leave if she did.
So I tilted her chin up so she looked me right in the face when I spoke.
"There will never be a reason why I will ever get mad at you."
She sighed and began to look around everywhere except at me.
"Derek," she finally spoke rubbing her hands together and her voice was kind of shaking. Whatever she as going to tell me she was scared to do it.
She took a deep breath. "Derek, I, uh, I love you."
A/N Hmmm... I wonder if any of you can tell me which Johnny Depp movie I described in here. Tell me in a review and I will tell you if you were right.
P.S On my profile I have a poll. It askes what Darkest Powers story of mine you like. I would appreciate if you all took it :) Also on my profile the picture is from the movie I described, maybe that will help you all out :)
