Memories During a Dance, And Sleepover ish

A little Caydy (Caylee x Brody)

Some what Brea (Brody x Thea)

Sibling Ciego (Caylee and Diego)

Faint Diety (Diego x Charity)

Caylee's brown gaze followed Brody and the ginger he was talking to. Her expression showed nothing of her current mood as she waited semi patiently for her friend to actually pay attention to the fact that she was still waiting for him. Come on Brody, she inwardly groaned, get moving already. I'm not interested in hearing you plan your date with Thea. Sometimes she wondered how his brain worked, but often enough she just got frustrated with him. Not that he could tell. Caylee pulled her phone from her pocket and glanced at the screen, wondering what Charity and Diego were doing, Charity was supposed to be getting the telescope she wanted to add onto their robot for robotics, and Diego was supposed to be meeting Caylee and Brody in the robotics room. But it didn't look like they were going to head over there at any point in time. Caylee slid down to be sitting on the floor leaning against the wall, idly taking apart her phone case and exchanging pieces for different ones that she had in her pockets, spacing out. What do I have to do to get Brody to notice that I wanted to go with him?

Then a voice broke her from her thoughts. "Caylee! Brody! Gets your butts over here!" Diego had gone looking for the pair of them.

Diego slowed to a stop before he reached Brody, noticing how Caylee was sitting boredly on the floor with a slightly annoyed expression and how Brody had been talking to Thea. "Oh." His hazel eyes narrowed slightly at Brody and he turned his attention toward Caylee. "Come on," he offered his hand, "we have a robot to build. Brody can join us when he's finished."

Caylee couldn't remember a time where she had been more glad to see her friend of a brother figure. "Right, I've got to program that new holographic technology." Diego pulled her to her feet and she glanced over at Brody, "we'll meet you in the robotics room Brody." She said as she let go of Diego's hand and started walking at her own pace.

"Okay," Brody responded, a slightly confused look in his blue eyes. "I'll see you guys there."

After Caylee and Diego had walked out of Brody's earshot, Diego spoke. "Brody still taking Thea to the dance?"

Caylee nodded, "yeah." She said nothing else, not in the mood to disclose her current feelings about anything.

Diego seemed to sense that she wasn't going to talk about it and offered his help. "I'll go with you if you'd like," he offered, "I know you're in charge of music and the holotech competition, but I'll go with you to the dance."

Caylee shook her head, "Take Charity, keep her from sulking about Bradley. It's bad enough that I have to go in the first place."

Diego's expression grew a little melancholy, "I know." The dance was on the day that Caylee and Diego dreaded every year. April 26th, the day that many years ago -back when they were ten years old- the two had gone through a terrible experience that had led to the first funeral they had ever gone to. "I'll take Charity," he agreed after a few moments of stone silence, "and I'll find Kasi, she can keep an eye on you for me."

"I don't need anyone to keep an eye on me."

"I don't want anything to happen to you," Diego told her quietly, "last year you were so out of it that Cyler barely managed to keep you from falling into my pool."

Caylee flinched violently at the reminder. "I'll be fine." She grumbled and walked a little faster than Diego. "And I'm not letting some idiot take my title with the Holotechnics cause I'm not at the dance." The holotechnics were the school district wide competition involving small bionic like robots created by students that have semi holographic weapons, add ons, and even armor, that gave the robots their own unique skill set and abilities.

Diego sighed, "then be careful."

For a few moments it was quiet as they stepped outside to go toward their destination, a different one of the school buildings.

Then Diego broke it, speaking up about something that was bothering him. "I wish Brody had asked you," he said with a slight annoyed groan, "then you wouldn't have to watch him take Thea."

Caylee casually shrugged, "eh, I don't really care all that much."

"So you say," Diego countered, "but I know that's just tough talk."

Caylee shrugged again, "if he takes Thea that's his choice."

"If he had asked you to the dance what would you have said?" Diego asked her as they neared the classroom that hosted the robotics club and holotechnics workshop.

"I would've said yes." Caylee responded before she slipped into the classroom. "Go ask Charity, we can go play laser tag or something before if she doesn't want to go on a normal day date."

Diego nodded and jogged over to Charity where the blue eyed girl was chattering enthusiastically to Kasi about the robot she, Diego, Caylee, and Brody were building.

Caylee instead wandered over to the holotechnic lockers where the robots were locked away from both prying eyes and mischievous opponents looking to do harm to the robots.

"Hey Charity," Diego said to the blonde as he jumped onto the table she was sitting at and sat there on the table. "Wanna come to the dance with me?" He asked smoothly, apparently not at all nervous about asking her.

Charity gave a weird expression, her nose wrinkled, her eyebrows furrowed together, and her lips thinned. "Diego, no offense to you, but I'm not going with anyone to the dance."

Diego nearly slipped on his spot on the table, Charity always accepted an offer to go to the dance if she hadn't asked anyone first. Luckily he caught himself and kept up a nonchalant expression. "Odd, but your choice," he replied with a casual shrug, "but atleast come with Caylee and I as a random group of friends," he turned hazel puppy eyes on her, "pease? I don't want to be seen as a couple with my little sister."

"No." Charity held her odd expression for a moment before it melted into a bright smile at Diego's fallen expression. "Just kidding," she smiled, "of course I'll go with you to the dance Diego! Just no-"

"No couple things," Diego interrupted, "yeah, I understand. Bradley was a jerk."

Charity shrugged, "meh, he wasn't that bad."

Diego cracked a smirk, "want me to beat him up for you?" He asked and semi playfully punched his palm.

Charity laughed and shook her head, "nah, Curtis already has him on thin ice, the guy is paranoid now!"

"Paranoia is good," Caylee inputted as she wandered over to the table with a bunch of holotechnics technology, parts, and a laptop in her arms and inside large organizers. "Especially if he's paranoid about an older brother and a pair of pranksters getting back at him at any moment."

Charity smiled brightly at her friend, "just don't get him too hard, I don't mind the break up all that much."

"You are a bouncy ball," Caylee said flatly as she neatly organized the organizers on a nearby table and set up her robot for wireless programming.

Diego slid off the table and laughed before he pushed the table he had been on flush against the edge of the one Caylee was working on. "Definitely a true statement, she bounces back from things like a bouncy ball."

Charity smiled innocently, "bouncy balls are the best things ever!" Her eyebrows then pinched together before her expression smoothened, "except for fidget spinners, those are cooler."

"Mine's the best." Caylee said with faint traces of a smirk on her face. Caylee's fidget spinner was a mix of the fidget spinner and a fidget cube, so hers was much more entertaining and usefully than the normal fidget spinner. That and it generated electricity sent wirelessly to a power pack in her backpack when she used it, so she could also charge her phone and tecniwatch with it.

Charity nodded, "totally!"

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Caylee sighed through the ponytail holder in her teeth as she finished the ponytail with a few curls framing her face. She really didn't want to go to the dance, she really really didn't. Six years, she mused quietly to herself as she took the ponytail from her teeth and finished the ponytail, six years since Amber and Sean died. Her amber gaze strayed to her messy desk where a framed picture stood, containing a group of four kids, Amber, Sean, Diego, and Caylee back when they were much younger, about nine years old. Caylee looked happy in the picture, her amber eyes bright and excited, a vast difference from the now usual reserved and withdrawn look that her eyes contained after that event six years ago. The door opening withdrew Caylee from her reminiscing.

Charity was standing in the doorway, her aquamarine blue eyes slightly concerned for her friend. "You ready?" She asked curiously, her tone rather quiet and gentle.

Caylee nodded, "yeah, just let me grab my backpack." She strode over to her bed and gently put her Holotechnic into the backpack before she swung it onto her shoulder, grabbed her phone, and half sleeve partially see through white hoodie and followed Charity from the room. Her navy blue dress swished around her ankles and brushed against the tops of her black flats as she moved.

Diego was waiting patiently for both of them downstairs, the wrestler was dressed in a white short sleeve button down, neat black denim pants with a black belt, shoes, and a red neck tie tied neatly around his neck. He looked a little melancholy as well, but he bravely put on a smile and smiled at his pair of friends. "You two are as beautiful as the stars," he smiled, using Charity's favorite topic, space.

Charity smiled, "thanks! You don't look too bad yourself," she said cheekily and laughed when he just rolled his eyes and let it roll off his back like water does for a duck.

Caylee said nothing and instead slipped on the hoodie and tucked her phone into a pocket, her techiwatch glimmered brightly in the light as it blinked, signaling that her Holotechnic's programming had finished debugging.

"Shall we go?" Diego offered before he cracked a smirk and swung the keys to the car he had brought. "I brought David's convertible again."

Caylee's lips quirked into the ghost of a smile as she gestured to him to take the lead.

"Is Brody here yet?" Charity asked Diego, curiosity lacing her tone as she followed Diego outside and the pair waited for Caylee to lock the door. "Didn't he say he was going to meet us here?"

"Yeah but I'm not sure he'll come," Diego admitted with a sigh and ran one hand briefly through his brown hair, making it stick up in odd angles. "He's taking Thea so he may drive her there instead."

"Oh yeah," Charity's mood seemed to briefly fall, "I forgot."

Diego sighed, the days of the four of them going together as a group seemed to be over now. "Oh well, let's go, Caylee needs to be there to take over the music."
Charity nodded, "right." She glanced back the brunette who was testing the lock to make sure it was locked. "It's strange that Brody isn't taking her, I mean she practically told him she wanted to go with him." Her tone lacked the usual sunshine and excitement that her voice held, which was very odd for the happy blonde.

Diego nodded, "Yeah, I know, Caylee did her best to ask him. While she didn't bluntly tell him she wanted to go with him she said a million different hints about going with him."

"Who said a million different hints to go with who?" Caylee asked as she walked over to them.

"You and Brody," Charity replied before she smiled, "Let's go to the dance!"

"Diego! Charity! Caylee, wait!" Brody's voice made Caylee's shoulders visibly tense up before she smoothed out her facial expression and body language. Brody was walking along the sidewalk toward them, dressed in a white button down, black slacks, and a light blue tie. "Do you mind if we pick up Thea?" He asked as he reached them.

Diego and Charity exchanged short glances before they both shrugged, "sure I guess."

"I'll just take my car," Caylee said, speaking up for the first time since they had stepped outside.

"Your car isn't finished though," Diego reminded her, "the cabin modifying isn't finished and the headlights aren't programmed to turn on automatically yet."

"Never mind," Brody spoke quickly, "I'll just go grab my car-"

"We'll take you." Diego told him, "there's enough space for everyone including Thea."

Caylee's eyes briefly flashed with irritation before she shrugged, "fine."

Diego gave a slightly forced smile, "let's all get going then, right?"

So the four of them got into the convertible and drove toward Thea's house.

After they had picked Thea up and were on their way to the school, Charity looked at the side mirror where she could see Caylee leaning against the car door while Brody and Thea were talking about a video game called Destiny. "This is going to be an interesting night." She spoke quietly to Diego, who nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, and not in the good way." He agreed quietly before speaking at a normal tone, "you're going to at least dance with me at least once tonight, right?"

Charity laughed, Diego's attempt to make her laugh had succeeded. "Maybe, maybe not Mr."

"Auh man!" Diego complained, "I ask you to the dance and here I get to follow you around like a lost dog!" He looked breifly through the rear view mirror to see if it had made Caylee laugh as well when the others laughed or giggled, but his heart sank slightly when he saw that she hadn't even responded to his words. She was staring distantly out of the window, her brown eyes spaced out and focused on the past.

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Diego ran one hand through his neat light brown hair, his light brown eyes were semi concerned as his gaze wandered around, looking for Caylee. She had left the djing to their programming teacher, and he was hoping she was near the holotechnics that were being set up for the single competitions that went on before the group ones which he, Charity, Brody, and Caylee, were a team in. Caylee was the champion for their school, with a firm hold on the top single competitor in both the school and the district, and she was also on top inside the teams as well. Diego understood how hard it was to be here tonight, it was hard for both of them, but he didn't end up with a mental condition because of it, Caylee did.

Diego had escaped developing PTSD, but Caylee hadn't, and it had only gotten worse over the years with the other things that she had suffered through back in Colorado where they had been before they each moved here. Caylee was the definition of invincible but broken at the same time, she appeared to be invincible and able to do anything in the world, but there was those days where she was vulnerable and let their close knit group of friends see how tired and some of how broken she really was. Where are you? He wondered, still looking for her and having no luck, it's never good being alone on this particular day for either of us.

Charity got his attention by touching his shoulder from behind, she had been talking to a cluster of her friends, which were mainly girls since the guys were with their dates, but stopped when Diego had started turning around, looking for Caylee.

"Hey, are you okay?" Charity asked him, her blonde eyebrows pinching together with faint worry.

Diego turned around and looked at her, his brown eyes held traces of his earlier thoughts and his worry for Caylee. "Yeah," he smiled at her, "just wondering where Caylee is, she's not helping set up the Holotechnics."

Concern flickered over Charity blue eyes, "then let's find her, she's having a terrible day."

Diego nodded, "I'll go search for her, enjoy talking for your friends, milady," he smirked at the end and disappeared into the crowd, Charity's blue eyes following him till he was out of sight.

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Caylee's ponytail was falling out slightly as she dug her fingers into the cool metal of her Holotechnic as she tried to focus enough to finish putting the last pieces together and put back on it's ninja gear that enabled stealth and heightened speed and defense for the robot. Her memories were plaguing her now, and despite how now she was trying to focus on now and not what happened, it just kept breaking through her barriers over and over again...

"What do you mean?" Caylee asked Kyle in confusion, "what do you mean Amber's talking crazy?"

"She's talking about her parents and how she wants to escape her dad Caylee! She's going to jump into the runoff canal!"

Caylee jolted, hearing her small wrench slip from her slack fingers and making contact with the floor. She shook her head, trying to clear it as she knelt down and scooped up the tool with a shaky hand, she was starting to tremble slightly, fighting hard against the flash back that was beginning to press against her barriers again.

"What?!" Caylee broke into a sprint, throwing her backpack onto the ground and running as fast as her asthma would allow. "Amber!"

Smack!

Caylee jolted back to the present by her nose stinging particularly badly and she stumbled back from the wall that she had somehow ran into. Why! Stupid brain! She shook her head again, as if shaking it hard enough could knock back the flashbacks deep into her psyche. Stop doing this to me! She snarled, actually making the animal like sound aloud. Leave me alone!

The runoff canal behind the school was so far away from the front, and Caylee's lungs were starting to burn as she struggled to keep running-

Enough! Caylee hit the wall again and this time yelped, her brown eyes watering with sever amounts of pain. She fell to her knees, cautiously touching the edge of her nose and felt something sticky and warm. My nose is bleeding, I didn't hit it that hard, did I? She felt disoriented and confused, like she was in two time lines at once, and she couldn't tell half the time which one was which.

"Caylee?" She looked up as a familiar person entered the room, "are you in here?"

Caylee looked at him, her brown eyes were rather round and half spacy, "Diego?" She asked, her voice hoarse.

She spotted Diego walking over from the basketball court, looking quite proud of himself, she had watched his earlier match and had seen him win the game. "Diego!" She called his name, "help me! Amber's in danger!"

Right away his expression changed from proud to worried and scared, "What? How?!"

Caylee stopped next to him, now wheezing and hardly able to breathe. "Jump… Canal!"

"Caylee? Are you in here?" Diego then froze when he saw Caylee. She was kneeling on the floor, leaning on one of her arms while she had her other arm held up so her hand was near her nose, and blood stained the tips of her index and middle finger. He recognized the strange expression Caylee had on her face, she was pale, her freckles stood out a little more against her skin, and her brown eyes were spaced out and super confused.

"Diego?" Caylee said, her voice was hoarse and rough, clearly she had been having flashbacks by the way she was currently looking.

Caylee abruptly stood up and Diego quickly trapped her in his arms, holding her still to keep her from running past him and out into a different room. "Caylee!" He tried calling her name, seeing that she wasn't at all registering that he was there, "snap out of it!"

Diego's face turned terrified, "oh heavens… Come on!" He started running as well, flagging down Amber's twin brother Sean in the process. "Sean! Your sister's in trouble!"

Caylee chased after them both, running past them and stumbling to a halt near the canal where her ginger-haired friend stood inches away from the swiftly moving water. "Amber no!"

Caylee struggled against Diego, fighting to run after whatever she was seeing, "Come on sis," he said, tightening his grip, "stop running for two seconds." He grunted.

"Amber, please! Don't do this!" Caylee pleaded with her friend, "We can help you!"

Amber turned her blue eyes on her friend, and Caylee's breath hitched at the bruising on her friend's cheek. "How Caylee?" she asked softly, "nobody can beat daddy."

Caylee stared at her, "my dad can try! Diego's dad's a cop remember?!"

Diego nodded vigorously, "my father's a cop Amber! I can get him to help!"

Diego breathed a sigh of relief when he felt Caylee go still before her knees buckled and he quickly lowered her gently to the ground, his light brown eyes worried. Usually, Caylee stayed at home with her service dog Indiana, or Indy for short, the dog was trained to gently break her free of her flashbacks and comfort her among other things. Diego pulled out his cell and quickly called Charity, waiting impatiently for her to pick up.

Amber shook her head, "daddy will hurt me even more," she whimpered, her blue eyes filling with tears, "I'm tired of being hurt Caylee!"

Caylee felt her fear spike as Amber took a step closer to the edge, "I know Amber, I know you are," she said, speaking quickly and trying to get her friend to come back from the edge, "but remember when I protected you?" She asked, begging her friend to remember when she had taken a punch for her, "I can try to protect you more!"

"Diego, did you find her?" Charity asked when she picked up the phone, her voice was strained and worried, "I have Brody with me, although his date's pretty confused and a little annoyed."

"Yeah, I found her, I'm going to call her mom and get her to bring Indy here, Caylee's stuck in a series of flashbacks, she's already ran into a few walls judging by how her nose is bleeding a little, and right now she's conscious but she can't hear or see anything around her."

"Where are you?" Charity asked, "I'll come and wait for Indy with you."

Caylee made a small whimpering noise and Diego felt his heart get stabbed, he knew what she was reliving now, "room 102," he said, his voice thick, "she may scream or start sobbing, so don't be frightened if she does."

"But he still hurts me Caylee!" Amber sobbed, the ten-year-old looked broken, and defeated, like she was done fighting. "Daddy still hurts me!"

Caylee floundered, struggling for something to say, "I-I'll tell my parents, I'll tell Diego's parents! We'll get other people involved Amber! We all love you!"

Amber hesitated, her blue eyes full of tears and exhaustion.

Caylee's brown eyes held concern and terror, unsure if she was saying the right thing. "I p-promise that we'll get help, we can't do this alone."

Diego looked up as the door that he had recently closed creaked open and Charity slipped into the room, her blue eyes were extremely worried and she looked hassled. "Hey," he said quietly.

"Hey, is she okay?" Charity asked as she sat side saddle on the ground and adjusted her dress to keep it from wrinkling. "Brody's waiting for Indy with his date." Her tone turned a little venomous at the end and Diego gave her a flat look. "What? Brody should've gone with Caylee! If he had then this wouldn't have happened and Caydy would've happened!"

Diego rolled his eyes, "you and your shippings," he mumbled before he jumped when Caylee gave a heaving breath like she was trying to keep from crying.

"Are you sure?" Amber asked quietly, "are you really sure?"

Caylee nodded, tears were beginning to gather in her brown eyes, "I'm sure Amber, we'll get someone to help us."

"I'll help too," Diego promised, "my dad will help us."

Sean finally made it to the canal, "come on sis," he begged his twin, "don't do this to me!"

Amber jumped, startled and Caylee stared as she took a step back.

"Don't!"

"No!" Caylee abruptly yelled, "Amber don't!"

Diego and Charty jumped and they both tensed, looking at Caylee and waiting for her next outburst, but Caylee didn't say anything, instead, she kept heaving breaths and tears trickled down her face.

Amber slipped, and the ten-year-old's arms did a windmill fashion as she fell backward.

"AMBER!"
"AMBER NO!" Caylee lunged, trying to catch her friend's hand as she fell into the water with a splash and scream. "Caylee!"

"No!" Deigo yelled as Sean jumped in after his sister, "you can't pull her out Sean! The current!"

Caylee ran part way down the canal before she threw herself to the ground and reached, trying to reach her friends who's gurgling screaming was making her ears begin to ring. "Grab on!"

Amber tried, reaching as far as she could, "Caylee!" She screamed and spluttered, "help me!"

Sean coughed and tried to reach as well, but Caylee's fingers barely skimming against the tips of his before they vanished, disappearing into the pipe that led the canal out of the fenced off school grounds in the back.

"NO!" Caylee scrambled to the fence and tried to climb over it, it's barbed wire sinking into the soles of her shoes and cutting her hands, "AMBER! SEAN!"

Diego hauled her back, "Caylee," his voice was choked up, "there's… they're gone."

"No!" Caylee thrashed in his grip, "let me go! Amber! Sean! No!"

Caylee dazedly pushed away whatever was wet that was touching her face. Big round brown eyes looked back at her, brown eyes that belonged to her best friend and service dog, who was a pure bred black poodle, Indy. Indy was curled against her side, apparently at some point she had been laid down on the floor, with her head resting gently against her collarbone and shoulder. "What?" she asked, her voice was hoarse, and hard to hear, "what happened?"

Diego leaned down so she could see his face, "you had a series of flashbacks, we couldn't break you out of them."

Caylee blinked, as if trying to remember what had happened to her before she aburptly sat up and shut the memories out. "I need to go home and sleep," she mumbled and rubbed one of her eyes, "my energy is gone."

Diego nodded, "I know."

Indy settled herself to be curled up next to Caylee's lap with her head resting on top of one of her legs, looking at her with worry in her dog eyes.

"Let's get you home," Charity said softly, "you had me really worried there Caylee."

Caylee looked over at her friend while she brushed her fingers through her dog's soft hair, her hands trembling slightly. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay," Charity leaned over and hugged her, "do you feel okay now?"

Caylee returned the hug, not caring that Charity could feel her body shaking, "I'm exhausted, I can't think properly, I'm feeling incredibly guilty, and I'm going to pass out if I don't get some sleep."

Charity smiled softly at her, "I'm glad you're feeling somewhat okay now."

"Lets get you to my car," Diego said, "your dad brought Indy and had to go, so she's going to have to come with us."

Caylee nodded, "she would come anyway," she leaned over and pressed her face against her dog's fur, getting comfort from her dog's scent and soft hair.

"Do you think you can walk?" Diego asked her, "otherwise one of us will have to carry you."

"I'm not going to try when my hands are shaking," Caylee said. "I'll fall if I try," she admitted."

A new voice spoke up quietly, "I'll carry you Caylee."

Caylee lsat back up and ooked up to see Brody who was kneeling in front of her, his blue eyes were concerned and worried about the brunette. "Oh, hey Brody," she mumbled, "where's your date?"

Brody looked a little guilty, "outside, I didn't want to bring her in here with your flashbacks and stuff."

Caylee was silent for a moment, just rubbing Indy's head as Indy nuzzled her, trying to get her to focus on her. "I'm fine, go be with your date," she mumbled, "I'm sure this wasn't what you had planned for the dance tonight."

"It wasn't," Brody admitted, "but I don't mind as long as you're okay."

Caylee looked at him for a little while, looking at his blue eyes, a little touched that he didn't mind sitting there waiting for her to recover.

Diego spoke up and broke the moment, "Lover boy," he adressed Brody with a huff, "dude, stop staring at her, if you're going to carry her then do it, if not then scooch out of the way."

Brody's blue gaze flickered to Diego, "calm down, I'm going to carry her."

"Then go," Diego grumbled, clearly he wasn't particularly pleased about Brody doing it.

Brody did, he shuffled over, put one arm behind Caylee's back and the other under her knees, and gently lifted her up.

Brody gently brought Caylee to Diego's car, Thea on his heels. The red head looked a little annoyed, but she seemed mostly okay with her date carrying that now half asleep girl with the girl's dog trotting worriedly at his heels. But Brody wasn't really worried about what Thea thought about the situation, he was more focused on the girl in his arms.

Sitting near her during those last few moments where she had been trapped in the flashback had been terrible, her crying had stabbed his heart and by the way she had been very closed off to him, he could guess that she wasn't happy with his choice of date, and by the way he had seen her watching them at the beginning of the dance before she had disappeared, she had wanted to go with him. Which made him feel guilty. He gently set her down in the backseat before letting Thea get in. He himself then got in as Diego told Indy to sit on the floor of the passenger seat with Charity who cooed and got all excited about the dog, and they got in the car as well.

Brody looked out the window, he wondered how the whole thing would have played out if he had taken Caylee to the dance in the first place.

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Diego glanced back at Caylee who was sitting in the backseat looking tired and border line exhausted while Brody was walking Theat to her door. "You still awake back there?" He asked her quietly, "you've gotta stay awake till Brody at least gets back."

"I'm awake," Caylee mumbled, "why?"

"That way we can put Indy in the back," Charity smiled at her friend as she twisted around to look at her, "then she can make sure you don't have an flashbacks in your sleep.

"Do you want us to stay with you for the night?" Diego asked before he grinned sheepishly, "I don't really want to be alone either."

Caylee cracked a smile, "maybe Eggo," she said, calling his by one of the nicknames she called him by, "we'll see. Even so, you all would have to go home and change."

"Ooh! Movies!" Charity smiled, "we should watch Disney movies!"

Diego snorted, "alrighty then, I'll bring popcorn, we each get a blanket and wear pjs."

"Sounds good to me," Brody said as he slid into the car, "so we're all going over to Caylee's?"

Caylee nodded as Diego started down the street to Charity's house, since her car was at Caylee's. "Yeah, for apparently Disney movies, sleep, and popcorn." She mumbled, "my family's all out on a vacation at the moment, so I'm completely by my self for the week."

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"Don't hurt Caylee again Brody," Diego warned the other boy as the credits for the latest Disney movie, The Lion King, started rolling. The girls were asleep, Caylee lying on her side with her head sandwiched in a bundle of blankets with her dog sprawled next to her asleep as well, and Charity on the other hand would be surprised when she woke up, seeing how she had taken half of Diego's large and fuzzy blanket, and was facing him, only her blond hair visible.

"I know," Brody sighed, he was on Caylee's other side, her back was brushing against his legs from his position leaning back against the couch. "Thank you for not punching me."

"Next time you better ask her to the dance," he warned him, "or you will be suffering from a bloody nose."

Brody nodded, "I know."

"Good," Diego smiled before he looked over at Charity who mumbled in her sleep and rolled over, pulling the rest of the blanket around her and snuggling against it. "Welp," he sighed and pulled a blanket from the pile that Caylee had her head sandwiched in, "Charity constantly steals my blankets when we do stuff like this." He groaned and scooted down so he was lying on his back.

"Yeah, well Caylee steals my hoodies."

"Touche," Diego conceded, "I guess we better get used to it."

"I already am," Brody shrugged and moved away from Caylee so he could go to sleep. Just in case, he rolled up a blanket and put it behind her, keeping her from rolling over against him.

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Tada! A chapter! :D Anyway, in all seriousness, the story that Caylee has flashbacks from is true, while the date, ages, and names are all wrong, the story is true. I went through that thing, but I didn't have a friend (Diego) there, and I still suffer from survivor's guilt even to this day. I do have PTSD, and my dog does have a little service dog training :P I do get flashbacks, my ears often ring with the gurgling screams, and I have a hair trigger fight or flight response, just like Caylee. I hope you all don't say, "I'm so sorry you went through that!" Cause it's not a big deal anymore ^_^ but I don't like pity, and Caylee will be very angry if she has to deal with pity reviews :P

Anyway, so yeah, I went through that same situation back what, eight years ago? I can't remember :P but like Caylee, I have a terrible past ^_^'

ANYWAYS, I love you all, dear readers, and until next time!
~Tigercry

(The sleepy tiger about to pass out :P)