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Chloe's POV

I let the tears roll down my cheeks. Rae was here. In this room. She was with us again.

Rae hugged me back. "I missed you guys." She said, her voice low and breaking on the last word. When we pulled away, I saw she was crying too. Rae laughed at herself, and wiped a tear away.

Derek stood still in the door way, unmoving.

"Where have you been?" I asked, the words coming out fast. We hadn't seen Rae in what seemed like forever. We searched for her as throughly as we could without getting the police involved. We all concluded she was dead.

"I-" a sniff "I've been with my mom. She found me, Chloe." She smiled, and I couldn't help but smile myself. I took a deep shuddering sigh, and took her in.

Her dark skin looked soft, delicate. Her hair was still has I remember it, curly, a bautiful dark brown color. Her eyes glistened, giving them a strange, golden copper color. I thought I made out dark circles under her eyes, like she hadn't slept in weeks.

For a second we just stood there, smiling at each other. Rae looked down, then up at me again like she was nervous.

"Chloe?" she asked. "I…I'm sorry. You were right. About the group. About Liz. I should've listened." She apologized. Normally, I'd be reluctant to forgive someone who didn't believe me, someone who made me feel on my own. But I didn't want to be mad. Rae was here. And at the moment that's all that mattered.

"It's okay. It doesn't matter." I shrugged it off, still smiling. She nodded, and the happiness returned to her eyes. Tori was leaning against the wall, arms crossed. "Told you so." She sang gleefully. I laughed .Then I turned, looking for Derek. He still stood in the doorway, expression unreadable, just staring off into space. Simon appeared behind him.

"Uh, bro, can yah move?" He asked, tapping Derek's shoulder. Derek didn't move. Didn't say a word. "Hello?" He tapped him harder. No response. "Derek?" I asked worriedly. I started slowly walking toward him. Suddenly, he flinched and I jumped a step back.

"Derek? Are you okay?" I asked, slowly staring at him. He shook his head. "Yeah. I'm fine. Just.." he shot a glance at Tori "Thinking. Sorry." he scratched the back of his neck, and glanced at me.

What happened? I mouthed to him. He gave me a look that I interrupted as I'll tell you later.

Derek stepped inside the room, stood next to me and held my hand. Simon followed, and sat down on the small couch that occupied most of the small, boring room.

Rae's eyes flashed from Derek's face, to his hand wrapped around mine. She quickly looked back to me, her eyes questioning. I opened my mouth to answer, then shut it. "Long story." was all I said. Rae nodded.

"Well," a voice -Mr. Bae - said from the hallway. "Who wants doughnuts?"

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We all sat around the long, oval wooden table as we ate, updating Rae on everything that had happened since we last saw her. Ever few words, she'd ask a question, or widen her eyes in surprise. When we finished, she started her story.

"I was in my room, doing nothing. I was pretty mad about the whole Liz thing, and I just wanted to cool off. You know, deep down I knew you were right. But I just-" she bit her lip. "didn't want to believe it. Anyway, so Dr. Davidoff comes in with my mom. So of course I freak out and we cry, then Davidoff says I'm free to go. I got packed up, and we left the hospital." She eyed a glazed doughnut, and picked it up. "When we got in my Mom's car, we took off. I mean we sped down the highway. She asked me what they did to me, and she told me to never go back there for any reason. I didn't understand." The whole house seemed to grow silent. "Then she told me about the failed experiments. And about the other kids…" her eyes seemed distant. "Like you did." She looked up at me, the ghost of a smile on her face. She cleared her throat. Everyone seemed to be trying to catch every last syllable of what she was saying. "And like you, I didn't believe her. But then-"

A shrill scream filled the house at the moment. It took me a moment to realize it had come from Tori. Derek and Simon stood, preparing to fight. I quickly glanced around the room, looking for the Edison Group, or for any zombies crawling though the kitchen. But I saw nothing. My eyes flashed back to Tori right as she collapsed onto the floor, shaking. I flew out of my chair to the floor. Everyone crowded around her.

"Tori!" I screamed. She kept shaking and twitching. "Tori!" I heard Rae yell behind me. Derek dropped onto his knees next to Tori.

"Back up." he growled, glancing back at Simon and Mr. Bae. Rae ran around the circle next to Simon, whispering something I couldn't hear.

"Chloe, back up." Derek said softly, eyes on Tori.

Would it be wrong if I said I felt a pang of jealousy?

Reluctantly, I backed up a bit, still on the ground. Tori stopped twitching, and Derek put a hand to her forehead. He whispered something under his breath that I couldn't make out. He looked up to me. "We need to get her to a bed." A glance up to Simon. "Fast."

Carefully, Derek slid his arms under Tori's limp body. Slowly, he stood, carrying her bridal style. Her face was blank. And that scared me the most.

Sorry I had to finish this chapter up fast, I wanted to leave you guys with something since I wouldn't be able to update.

Well? What do you think is wrong with Tori? And why was Derek acting so weird? R&R