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After Derek and I filled them in on everything, they decided that they would help us. There was only one bedroom left, so Kit decided that Derek and I would share. Once Derek and I were settled in there was a knock on our bedroom door.

Derek looked at me letting me know that he would get the door. He closed the drawer he was putting his clothes into and walked to the door.

"Chloe!" Before I could comprehend what was going on, I was in Simon's arms. "Chloe, I missed you so much!" He lifted my feet off the ground and spun around. I heard Derek clear his throat. It must've hurt him that Simon came right to me and not him; Simon's brother.

Simon put me down and walked over to him. "Derek, it's good to see you." He and Derek did one of those manly hugs where they pat each other on the backs. "You guys must be super tired from your drive, I'll let you guys get some sleep." And with that Simon was gone, and Derek and I were left alone.

I walked over to Derek and put my arms around him. He put his around me and squeezed me tight.

"I know it must hard for you to be back here, with Lauren and all, but no matter what-" I said looking him in the eyes, "I love you and I am never going to leave or let you leave. I don't care what anyone thinks. Ok?" I looked him fiercely in the eye so he knew that I was serious.

He kissed my forehead and tightened his grip around me. "I know. God Chloe, I love you more than anything." He rested his head on mine and we stood there for a while.

There was a knock on the door and I went to go get it. It was Lauren. Derek, once realizing that she was there came to stand by me and put his arm around my waist. "What do you want?" I growled letting her know we didn't want her here.

"It's dinner time. I thought you might be hungry." She said this with a smile as if she really did care. But I didn't care if she did or not, she was nothing to me now. She made Derek leave. If it wasn't for her, me and Derek never would have left in the first place.

"We will be down in a minute." Said Derek with a smile. What was going on with him? Why was he being nice to her? I thought to myself as he stepped away from the door and closed it.

"Why were you being nice to her?" I asked crossing my arms over my chest.

"If I'm nice to her maybe she won't try to make me leave again this time." He said putting his hands on my shoulders. He kissed my forehead. "I love you, and she will not get in the way this time."

"I love you." I said.

"Come on, let's go eat."

Me and Derek walked downstairs to the kitchen to find everybody waiting for us to eat. We found two seats on the far side of the table and sat down. Derek sensed my nervousness and wrapped his ankle around mine.

"Hi Chloe, Derek." Said Tori with a smile.

"Hi Tori, it's good to see you." Derek with a smile.

"What are you guys waiting for? Dig in." Kit chimed in from the far end from the table. Everybody started to eat. Lauren kept looking at me trying to meet my gaze, but I wanted nothing to do with her.

"So Chloe, what have you been up to for the past year?" Kit asked a few minutes later.

"Well, after I left I moved to Vegas and got a job as a waitress. And I tried to go back to school, but I couldn't without my parents consent and I couldn't go back home." I said trying not to meet anyone's gaze. "A few weeks ago I ran into Derek in a coffee shop, and we got back together." I looked up at him and smiled. I hoped he wouldn't go further into the fact that that wasn't the whole story.

"Well, I'm glad you two found your way back to each other." Kit said looking like he meant it. "Derek, what did you do?" He asked next, looking more interested to see what his son has been up to more than me.

"Well, I traveled around the country mostly. I met a girl, we dated for a while and then got engaged, but after I ran into Chloe, I broke it off." He looked down at me and smiled, even though he knew bringing her up would hurt me. I know he would never love her as much as he loved me, but still, he was going to spend the rest of his life with this chick if he hadn't ran into me that day at the coffee shop.

"Why didn't you stay with her?" Aunt Lauren finally said something and it had to be this. "You could have left Chloe to find someone else-"

"Are we really back to this? Can't you just be happy that me and Derek are happy?" I stood up so fast I almost sent my chair flying backwards. "Me and Derek found each other! And if we really didn't want to be back together we wouldn't be. Don't you think? Derek loves me, and I love him. We are together and that is the way it is going to be." With that I ran out of the room, and went straight to mine and Derek's.

I slammed the door shut and locked it behind me.

I slid down the door and sat on the floor crying, for I don't know how long until I hear a know on the door.

"Chloe? Can I come in?" It was Derek.

"Can you just leave me alone for a while?"

"I love you." Then I heard his footsteps as he walked down the hall and down the stairs.

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