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Author's note: Hey guys! Sorry for any mistakes in this chapter and for medical mistakes. I am not one with doctor stuff so sorry Oh and I'd just like to say thank you for all the reviews! I was so happy I got 21 that was just awesome! Keep it up! Anyways, now back to the shooooooow…..

Holding On to You

Chapter twelve

"Severe blood loss… need to get her to a hospital immediately."

"Open your eyes Case."

"Let's move her to room 211.'"

"Casey…"

"She's waking up..."

"You can do it Case. We need you here."

"Hi can you hear me Miss?"

"Go to Derek, Casey. Sam…Lizzie and Edwin… figure it out."

"Miss? We need you to calm down. Everything will be fine. Do you have anyone we need to contact?"

"Come on Casey."

"She's not responding; Sherry we need to put her to sleep and move her into surgery immediately."

Too many people were talking. She couldn't comprehend what they were saying. Where was she? What happened? She wanted to go home…

"One, two, three clear!"

Her body jerked…She was going in and out of it.

"Again. And clear!"

"Casey. Casey…Casey."

It was too loud…everything was too loud! Why couldn't they be quiet? All Casey wanted to do was sleep…

"One, two, three…"

What's with the counting? Couldn't they see she wanted to sleep?

"Success. Carrie hand me the…"

Beep. Beep, beep, beep.

"Dad, everyone…waking up."

"We need to pull on that more…"

Beep, beep, beep, beep.

"Someone call the doctor! …Nurses."

NOW ENTERING REAL WORLD

Casey's eyes snapped open. They were wide. Blinding white light greeted her. She immediately closed them-too bright.

Casey felt something in her hand. It was smooth, soft. What was it?

She slowly opened her eyes again.

People were surrounding her, but she couldn't quite see them. Her vision was too blurry. She blinked and they finally became clearer.

There was a man and a woman…a girl and a boy who looked to be twelve? Another girl who looked to be around six. She directed her eyes to whoever was holding her hand and immediately recognized Derek. Her leg was in a sling…

I don't understand!!

What happened? Why are they here? She didn't know them. She knew Derek; she was glad that he was here. But these people…who are they?

"Casey oh thank god!" Some woman with short dark hair and eyes embraced her. Why is she hugging me? I don't even know her! Casey tried to struggle but the woman was hugging her too tight! Could she not see that Casey didn't want her hugging her?

She looked over at Derek with a look of desperation. Derek responded with a puzzled look, clearly not understanding her.

Casey raised her eyebrow and looked around wildly. Why was she here? Who are these people? Does Derek know them? What's this thing in her mouth?

Her mind screamed.

"It seems as if the patient is under some stress. Can you all kindly leave and give her some space? Two people may stay." A voice said from the doorway-the doctor. The woman let go of Casey. A tear fell from the women's eye though she quickly wiped it away. Casey sighed in relief.

Casey looked over at Derek pointedly. She wanted him to stay…not leave, with these people.

Derek understood her and was about to speak up when Nora cut him off by ushering him out the door. No.

Their hands broke apart…

"Nora, is it okay if I stay?" He asked, trying to stop her from pushing him out the door.

The woman, who Casey now figured out, was Nora, looked shocked, "No, your father and I need to stay."

Why? I don't know him! I know Derek, not you or him or anyone else.

"But I think Casey wants me to stay," Derek tried reasoning with her.

Nora turned to Casey, "Is that true Casey? Do you want Derek to stay instead of George?"

No actually I want just Derek to stay. I don't even know you people!

"Nora, can you please let me stay?"

Nora looked back and forth between Derek and Casey, like she didn't understand what was going on. Casey gave her a look of desperation. Please let him stay…

"Well I guess you can stay...George is that all right with you?"

They turned to George who was looking at Derek with an unreadable expression. He snapped out of it when he noticed that they were staring at him.

"Sorry what did you say?"

Nora cleared her throat, "Derek wants to stay with Casey."

"Oh, well um…"

"Come on Dad, please?"

George looked liked he didn't know how to respond to this. He looked towards Nora who shrugged at him.

"I guess it's okay…" George finally said. Casey was relieved. It was probably the look that she was giving him that made him let Derek stay.

Thank goodness she wasn't going to be with people she didn't know!

"Thanks Dad."

"You're welcome. I'll just wait in the waiting room with the kids. Come get me when we're allowed to come back in okay?"

"Okay thanks again Dad."

George nodded and left the room. The doctor came forward.

"Okay Casey, we're going to take the tube out of your mouth. It may hurt a bit."

Casey stared at them as they came forward. It wasn't like she could say anything. She hoped it wasn't going to hurt too badly…

The doctor stood on the right side of her while the nurse was on the left. The doctor pulled on the tube and it came sliding out. Casey gagged and once it was out, she coughed a few times before a glace of water was thrust in her hand.

Casey took a sip and the coughing seized. Her throat was hurting however.

"How are you feeling Casey?" Nora asked, concerned. Casey gave her a weird look, still not really knowing who this insane woman was.

Casey opened her mouth to speak but the doctor raised his hand, stopping her.

"Casey I wouldn't recommend that you talk right away. Your voice will sound hoarse and it'll hurt."

Casey nodded. That made sense but she had so much to ask; like who those people were, including this woman next to her, why they were here, what happened

"Nurse, can you go get some paper and a pen for Casey to write down anything she needs to? I'm sure she has a lot of questions."

The nurse smiled, "Sure I'll be right back." She left and Derek walked back up to Casey and held out his hand-Casey smiled and held on to it; missing the look Nora was giving them.

The nurse came in then, and handed Casey the paper and pen. The nurse grabbed the tray and placed it on Casey's lap. Casey began to write…

What happened?

She handed it to the doctor. He rubbed his chin, as if thinking.

"Miss MacDonald you got into a very serious accident and you hit your head on the steering wheel and got knocked out. I'm actually surprised nothing serious happened. The worst injuries you sustained were a concussion and a broken leg. It was actually your friend that suffered the most sever injuries…"

A MUST READ AUTHOR'S NOTE) EXPLAINING THE CHAPTER: All right hey guys! So we're finally out of the coma world woot! Anyways, this chapter apparently was a bit confusing to my beta reader until I explained it to here so I'm going to explain it to you all how it works.

So in the beginning where it's italics and regular-that's flashes between coma and real world. The reason why Casey doesn't remember anybody but Derek will be explained in the next chapter. Nora should have picked on the fact that Casey doesn't know her or anyone else but I had her be sooo happy that she completely missed it. Also, Derek will for now on and like I said before, completely OC. He will now not act like the Derek in the show in order to fit the character in the story because Dasey has to start And that's' about it. If you guys want the next chapter, review! If you don't, well then the chapter wont come.

Xoxo,

Lilcutie0918