A/N:Sorry we haven't been updating, but life is a little crazy. We really want to and plan to continue this story. This is not technically a new chapter, this is a rewrite. We weren't pleased with how the chapter was,so before we continue on we wanted to fix it. enjoy! Please Review! TalesFromAnother and DreamForever03 (who use to be lilcutie0918)

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Chapter six rewrite

Casey often remembered seeing this familiar scene on a tv show, or in a movie, she never actually thought this would happen in real life. With her, were the rest of the family and some of Derek's closes friends. Casey wanted scream, get rid of the silence as they kept waiting for any source of information on Derek. She hoped nothing serious had happened to him. She may not like him at times and they may fight a lot, but he was her step-brother, even an annoying on at that. However she still kind of cared for him. As hard as that was to admit to even to herself.

"That's us," George finally spoke up, snapping out of his trance of staring blindingly at the cracked tile beneath him; thinking nothing and everything dealt with Derek Venturi. His eldest son.

Worry was all that went through his mind.

The man before him- Doctor Hartley, looked to be aging some, his hair graying a bit and wrinkles of constant stress and just getting old was evident. He looked to be in his mid forties. Definitely someone of long-term experience in what he did.

Pushing his big-framed glasses up his nose, he cleared his throat and said, "Terribly sorry for the long wait. Straight to the point- Derek Venturi has received 2 broken rubs but were easily fixed, due to the way he fell he has a sprained left foot and a slight concussion. It's ironic that he made it out this well considering the impact of the fall. It looked like he got hit pretty hard."

George nodded- all feeling relieved that Derek was all in all fine. They too have been worried about the fact that he had been slammed hard down to the ice. So the fact that he only received minor injuries were a miracle to them.

"Yes he got hit pretty hard. Scared us all half to death."

The doctor chuckled- a dry chuckle that held no laughter in it just because it was a serious moment.

"Yes well he's asleep due to the after affects of surgery on his ribcage. You can see him however if you like. Wait for him to wake up..."

George and Nora were obviously the first ones to go seeing as they were the parental guardians. Casey and everyone else were quiet but more of a calming silince knowing that Derek was alright. Marti had gone off Kendra do the ladies room and Edwin and Lizzie were just as quiet as everyone else.

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"What time do you think he'll wake up Doctor?" Nora asked once they stepped into her step-son's room. Wires looked to be sprawled everywhere around his body- hooking up to all sorts of instruments- trying to keep track of his body and timing his heart rate.

He was breathing on his own- which was really good considering when he came in- he for sure had the wind knocked out of him and couldn't find air to breathe properly. Nora shook her head mainly in disbelief. Thanking God that nothing to bad had happened to him. Everyone would have been devastated.

Doctor Hartley rubbed the bridge of his noise- telling them it depended on the person. He wasn't badly injured so he could wake up today. There was no telling how long a body needed to rest.

Nora and George nodded as he left them be. Nora noticed some of Derek's hair in his face and being motherly- she moved it away. His hair had always went in everyway. Giving him the always 'just waking up' look. She sighed, wishing that he'd just wake up and say something- to prove to them that he was indeed okay, even if the doctor said he was. Parents always had some sort of doubt when it was their children and family.

Without them it was like part of them were missing. Nora couldn't have that when her own divorce had happened recently. She never really liked talking about it. Divorce was something you just never brought up. It was depressing and she had George and a whole new family now. Nora couldn't believe her luck.

Soon she felt George's hand in hers. The softness and firmness of it making her smile. She loved him, that was for sure and knew he was worrying. She squeezed back in reassurance.

"He's going to be fine George, stop worrying."

George let out a dry laugh, "I know, I just can't help it. I mean the look on his face as he was falling was enough of a blow to me. It keeps replaying in my head."

Nora ran her thumb over his and said, "Well luckily nothing to bad happened to him. Considering the impact. I'm for sure thankful for that."

George nodded, silence running over them again. He wanted to get out of the room now. Feeling suffocated. He knew Derek was fine. He just wished he'd wake up for reassurance. He knew the others wanted to see him as well. As for him though, he needed some fresh air.

Mentioning this to Nora he stood up, still holding her hand. They took one last look at Derek and then left the room, still hand in hand.

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Casey sat with the rest of the family in the living room she hadn't really moved much since she got there. Marti had been all over the place considering she was young, full of energy, and wanted to play all the time. Luckily Sam had been taking care of that for Casey. Kendra had gone outside to talk on her phone and Edwin and Lizzie were with Sam as well. Casey had been waiting for her parents to come back.

She wanted to see him- which surprised her a little but with something as important as this- she needed to make sure that he was okay. She'd just wished that they hurry up- not that she was rushing them or anything. Peer pressure was not good. Don't do it! So Casey just sat in her seat and just waited.

And waited. And wait till she felt like her head was going to explode. It was probably the fact that she had driven herself mad with boredom that was affecting her. She was already tired of this place and had only been here for a few hours. She wanted to leave, go home, and have everything go back to normal. Not be some drama on the tv or in a movie.

She wanted to go back to her life.

Her life with Derek.

"How's he doing?" Casey immediately asked once she finally saw Nora and George coming towards her.

"He's fine. Where's everyone else?" Nora asked noticing them gone.

"They went for some air. Is it okay if I go see him now?"

Nora and George nodded and all three went separate ways. George to outside, Nora to the cafeteria for coffee, and Casey to Derek Venturi's room.

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Walking in, Casey took one of the seats near his bed. His face looked peaceful, as his heartbeat echoed gradually through out the room. He actually looked sweet sleeping like he hadn't slept for along time. Bags were under his eyes, something Casey had noticed awhile ago. His girlfriend still hadn't showed up yet, something that bothered her for some unknown reason. It shouldn't be her business, but if her boyfriend were in the hospital, she'd be first in line to see him.

Casey turned her thoughts back to Derek. She looked at him as he slept.

For some unknown reason she felt the need to reach out and take his hand. Relunctant, she looked behind her then leaned foward to grasp his hand into her own. If Derek had been consenious he would have quickly pulled away from her touch. Casey smiled at the thought. What she wouldn't give to have him pull away. Sure it would hurt a little bit, but it would mean he was okay. Casey started massaging the top of Derek's hand with her thumb. Casey noticed the machine montoring Derek's heart started to beat faster then it was before. She wasn't a medical expert, but that fast beeping couldn't mean something good.

"Cassie," Derek uttered out. Casey looked to Derek, who was still sleeping, and then behind her to see if Cassie was there. She wasn't. Casey turned back to Derek and noticed he was starting to sweat, and seemed to be in pain. She quickly pushed the "Nurse Call" button when she started to hear Derek mutter incoherently.

"Derek?" she said leaning closer to hear him. She couldn't make out a single word he was saying.

"Derek," she said again, touching his forehead to see if he was feverish. Right as her hand touch Derek forehead his heart started beat faster.

"No!" he screamed out. His loud voice startled Casey and she took a few step back; almost tripping over the chair she had been sitting in. The nurse came running in and montioned for her to leave. Casey obeyed and quickly made her way back to the waiting room, trying her best not to run. She took the first she seat found and started crying.

"Casey you alright?" A voice brought her back down to Earth.

She looked up, her blue eyes connecting with Sam's brown eyes. She vaguely noticed that the others weren't with him and raised an eyebrow at him while wiping some of her tears away.

"I, uh- where's Ed an-?"

"Nora took them home to get away from the stress. Did anything happen?"

Sam sat down next to her, silently wrapping an arm around her as a sort of comfort, nothing more. Just being there for her.

"Just, uh- he," Casey couldn't seem to get the words out. She had been put into shock at Derek screaming uselessly at her, not even being awake. It was like he had no control, as if he was begging to be woken up, and then his heart sped up uncontrollably. Casey had seen nothing like it.

"He who, Derek?" Sam questioned, trying to make some sense of what Casey was saying. Sam didn't know what seemed to have upset Casey so much. He needed to find out.

Casey nodded, desperately trying to form sentences that did make sense, "Yes, he woke up but not really..."

Sam raised his eyebrow at that, now completely lost. Had Casey gone mad within ten minutes of not seeing her?

"Casey I'm really not understanding you here. What do you mean he kind of woke up?"

"Well he was talking really strangely and it was just so weird. His heart beat was out of control so I called the nurses. I don't even know if he's okay, I just ran out."

Sam shook his head, standing up. He needed to go see what was up and inform everyone else. What Casey was saying didn't sound good and usually Casey was logical so he knew something was wrong.

"Okay well Case, I'm guna go check and see what's going on with the nurses okay? Stay here I'll be right back okay?"

Casey barely remembered if she responded or not. She was just hoping Derek was alright. She shouldn't have ran out like she did. She should have stayed and see what happened.

Casey wished she could turn back time but knew that was anything but possible. She just needed to wait, and that was all she needed to do at this moment.