Sorry about the pause between updates, it seems like, I don't know, a lot less time? Anyway, hope the anticipation hasn't been keeping you up at night!
xXAnnaXx
Casey looked at the letters again. She hadn't opened them yet, despite the fact that sitting there in a hospital bed staring at blank envelopes with her name scrawled across them wasn't very productive. It had been four hours and twenty-seven minutes since the nurse had given her the letters. She was barely aware of the lunch that had been brought in twenty-four minutes ago, and, to keep herself from going insane, though unsure if it was helping, seemed to be hyper-aware of time, knowing how many seconds since she changed the channel from reruns of old Wizards Of Waverly Place episodes to a documentary on music videos on channel 59 or how many minutes since Derek had left her (twenty-nine hours and sixteen minutes).
"Honey, not sayin' you're crazy, but I think starin' at those envelopes are doing more damage than it heals. Stop torturing yourself and open 'em!" The same southern-accented nurse from earlier cried, walking in. "Oh, um, hi." Casey said, not sure how to respond. "Honey, call me Danni." She said. "Okay, Danni, why do you care if I read these letters or not?" Casey asked, waving them in the air. Seeing her opportunity, Danni lunged forward, grabbing the thin stack of envelopes. "Danni!" Casey shrieked, lunging for them. "If you, Honey, are too chicken to read a couple of lousy letters, then you don't deserve 'em." Danni grinned wickedly, sorting through them. "Ooh, in this one he writes your name in cursive." Danni said, stretching out the word cursive like he'd written I love you. "And on this one, he writes Get Well Soon. When's the wedding?" she teased. "Danni, I'll read them, just give me those!" she said, reaching out her arm and trying to grab them. Before she could, the envelopes were ripped from Danni's grasp. "De-rek!" Danni and Casey screeched simultaneously, reaching for the letters in unison. Derek looked at the two girls, cocking one eyebrow.
"Got an apprentice, have you?" Derek said, eyeing Danni. "Hey, Dan." Derek said, nodding in her direction. "Derek." she replied coldly, grabbing for the envelopes. He moved them further away and handed them to Casey instead. "Just wanted to ask you in person, why haven't they let you out yet? You've been in here for like, two weeks, (Nine days, Casey mentally corrected him,) and I just think that you should be able to come back home." Derek said, shrugging. "First of all, our entire family is currently in New York with family because they don't want to be here with me, seeing as they're convinced I'm going to die and they don't want to scar our siblings." Casey said angrily. She knew that they were really there to keep her sane and not overwhelm her with visitors, but she would have prefered too many to one visitor, her ex-boyfriend, who was currently dating someone else.
"Derek, I..." Casey started, frowning slightly. "I'm in here because they found something during the X-rays." Casey whispered. "What kind of something?" he asked her, almost scared to know. "Part of my rib was shattered after the accident. I'm being prepped for surgery." "Why would a broken rib matter this much?" Derek asked, trying to make sense of what she was saying. "The rib was directly over my heart. If I so much as fell the wrong way I would bleed out in minutes." she said, trying to avoid his eyes. "Casey, I..." Derek started, but before he could finish her phone rang. She looked at it, a text from an unknown number.
Hey, Casey, this is Chelsea, Derek's GF. just checking if u kno were Derek is, he's l8 4 lunch.
XO
Chelsea
Casey stared at the screen for a moment before shutting it off. "You're late for lunch with Chelsea, and I have an operation to be prepped for."
Hey guys. This is really turning into a much different story than I expected when I started writing it, but I like it. Also, I know this is really short but it's 1:30 and I have this thing early in the morning, so I'm drained and need sleep. Anyway, Thoughts? Comments? Review, please!
xXAnnaXx
