No, I haven't forgotten about this story, but I'm sure a bunch of you guys have! I'm really very sorry. I'm trying uber hard to update everything more frequently. I hate that you guys have had to wait for my updates for months! Anyway, I'm working on it.

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"Casey. Casey wake up. Wake up NOW!"

This was how Casey was roused from her unconsciousness.

Not the nicest way to be woken up, in Casey's opinion. She opened her eyes to find herself lying in her hospital bed with Derek standing over her.

"Wasn't I on the floor?" Was the first thing Casey said.

Derek's concerned look was replaced by an amused smirk, and he chuckled softly.

"What, you though I was just going to leave you on hospital linoleum? Do you know how unsanitary that is?" he asked.

"Ew, you're right. Where's my hand sanitizer?" Casey panicked.

Derek burst out laughing. "I really don't understand you. You saved three people today, and you're worried about germs?"

"Three people?" Casey inquired.

"Yeah, three people." Derek said, crossing his arms across his chest. "That guy, me, and the nurse."

"Oh." Casey said. "So the nurse is okay?"

"Yeah, she should be." Derek nodded. "So you had another vision?"

Casey gave a small nod.

"Case, you can't tell anyone about the visions." Derek said.

Casey thought about it for a moment. Telling people about the visions would mean people thinking she was crazy, or a freak, or worse, people believing her and trying to get her to work for the FBI, or something, like the Lightning Girl from the 1-800-WHERE-R-YOU series she had read. Did she want that? Nu-uh. Not a bit.

"I know. I know, Derek." Casey said.

"Good. Just make something up if anyone asks you anything about the nurse. You drew some attention to yourself with that. Even though you already had the spotlight. I'm sure everyone at the school knows that you're a hero." Derek smiled.

"Don't call me a hero." Casey said. "I'm not. I'm a freak."

"You're not a freak." Derek said sternly. "You're anything but."

If I had known that Derek had to get stabbed for us to start getting along, I would have blindly thrown a fork in his direction a long time ago. Casey thought to herself. The thought made her smile.

"What?" Derek asked, noting that Casey was smiling for no apparent reason, since he didn't know what was going on inside of her head.

"Why are you being so nice to me? Why are we getting along?" Casey asked, the smile still tugging at the corners of her lips.

"What reason is there for our banter now?" Derek asked.

"What is ever the reason for our banter, ever?" Casey countered.

"Touché." Derek said. "I don't know, I just don't feel like it. I mean, think about what we've been through today. Like I said before, we both could have died. What's the point?"

"Well, what do you know? Mr. Venturi, being mature." Casey said, smirking.

"More unbelievable things have happened lately." Derek smirked knowingly at Casey.

Casey smiled. "True."

Someone cleared their throat, and both Casey and Derek turned to see a man in a suit standing in the doorway.

"Excuse me, but I need a word with Ms. MacDonald." the man said.

"Um, sure. Of course." Derek said, glancing at Casey before leaving the room. Pausing at the doorway, Derek mouthed, Don't tell him, and then continued down the hall.

"How are you feeling, Ms. MacDonald?" The man asked.

"I'm doing okay. Who are you?" Casey asked.

"Pardon me. I'm officer Spencer. I was sent down to talk to you about the events that occurred at your school earlier, and then I overheard the incident with your nurse. Apparently you cried for assistance because something was wrong with her. Personnel says when they came, the nurse was fine, and then seconds later she collapsed. Heart attack, apparently."

Casey nodded.

"How did you know something was wrong with her?"

"Um, I'm pretty well read, and I saw the signs of an approaching myocardial infarction." Casey said, thanking God that she was such a nerd, and knew things like that.

Officer Spencer looked surprised and impressed.

"That's a heart attack." Casey said.

"I know what a myocardial infarction is, Ms. MacDonald." Officer Spencer said.

Casey blushed, hoping she hadn't offended him.

"The nurse will be fine, by the way. She's very lucky you knew what was happening. It's seems like you've had a good part in saving people lately."

Casey nodded meekly.

"Casey can you give a description of the attacker from the school?"

Casey nodded, and told Officer Spencer about the guy's black hair, blue trucker hat, and other relevant information she knew about the guy.

Officer Spencer nodded and thanked her, and then cleared his throat again, and looked at Casey in a very serious manner.

"Ms. MacDonald, it's in your best interest for you to know that, obviously, the perpetrator has yet to be picked up by law enforcement, although we're doing all we can. We had him for a brief moment, but he managed to get away from us. And the information you've given us will help. But until he's picked up, there's the chance that you, your step-brother, and Ben Wilkins could be in danger."

"Ben Wilkins?" Casey asked.

"The young man you saved today." Officer Spencer informed.

"Oh." Casey nodded. "Danger? What kind of danger."

"Without the perpetrator in custody, he may seek out to finish what he wasn't able to, which means, you and your step-brother need to be cautious. The rest of your family as well." Officer Spencer said.

He pulled out a card. "Here, you can contact me with the number here." Officer Spencer said.

"Thank you." Casey said, examining the card.

Officer Spencer walked to the door, and stopped before exiting.

"Don't worry, Ms. MacDonald. We'll bring him in soon. Be careful." He tipped his head forward before leaving.

Casey sighed.

Seconds later, Derek slipped into the room.

"I was waiting by my doorway, waiting to see him leave." Derek confessed. "So, who is he?"

"Officer Spencer." Casey said, leaning to give Derek the card he had left.

"What he want?" He asked, turning the card over in his fingers.

"He came to get a description of the attacker." Casey said.

Derek nodded, and then looked up. "Does that mean they don't have him? I thought school security got him." Derek said.

"Apparently he got away." Casey shrugged.

"Well, why did he need a description from you? Couldn't they have just asked school security, since they had the guy for a bit. Or that other kid, um-"

"Ben Wilkins." Casey said.

"Yeah, him. Why didn't they ask him?"

"They probably did. Maybe they just needed verification." Casey said.

"Then why not ask me, too?" Derek asked, placing the card down on a table.

"Why are you asking so many questions?" Casey asked.

"I don't know. It just seems kind of weird." Derek said, crossing his arms.

"Well, I don't know, Derek, but Officer Spencer said that we could be in danger, since the guy isn't in custody."

"How could the guy get away from school security? How does that happen? You would think they would have been able to nab the guy quickly, even if he took off." Derek said, as if he hadn't heard Casey.

"Derek, are you listening? We're still in danger. That guy could still come after us. The rest of the family might not be safe, either." Casey stressed.

Derek looked at Casey, realizing how concerned he was. He went and sat next to her on the bed.

"Don't worry about it, Casey." Derek said in a soothing tone. "I'm sure they'll find him, and everything will be okay. Besides, I won't let anything happen to you."

Casey felt that flutter in her gut, but did all she could to squelch it quickly. She didn't like it.

Casey gave a small nod, letting herself believe Derek's comforting words for the moment, even though she didn't know how much truth any of it held.

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Hm, okay, end chapter. What do you guys think? As I wrote this chapter more of a plan formulated in my head for this story. It should be pretty interesting. Of course, I've decided that this is definitely going to end up Dasey, but at least this story isn't completely revolved around them, like a lot of the other stories are. So that's a nice change, i think. Anyway, I would love it if you guys reviewed. Please (:

Thanks, loves.

-Tarryn