Today's The Day

A/N- Disclaimer: Characters belong to Kelley Armstrong! Roxy, Po and Lani belong to Bookworm1807

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Previously In RANDOM Persons POV

There was no quickened steps, squeaking doors, rustling flowers, scraping chair legs no deep voice softly saying her name and telling her about his day. Though she waited as the lights came on and went off. What happened, did something happen? Where was the mysterious man who held her hand warming her heart kissed her lips making her feel like she belonged. The longer she waited the more devastated she got and slowly day by day she began to give up and give in, until the light engulfed her completely.

Derek's POV

Picking up a coffee from my usual coffee shop, flowers from the market next by. A usual day in town not like any other I've had this past week.

It's better now. The pain is all gone.

"Derek!" I spun around to see Daniel grinning at me, "it's great new isn't it."

"Isn't it." I grinned and looked down at the flowers in my hands.

"Are you headed there right now?"

"No, I'm headed to the graveyard."

"Oh." Daniel frowned and I looked away, "why?"

"Something I need to do."

"Well we'll see you soon then." I nodded,

"Be out by twelve." I replied before heading down the street.

Tori's POV

"When?" I asked as Po wrapped his arms around my waist.

"Next week." He replied placing a kiss on my neck.

"Next week? But that's so soon."

"Tori, you said you wanted to spend more time with me. A trip is exactly what we need."

"But-"

"Fine. If you want to stay that's your choice. I'm going." He pulled away and walked up the stairs to our bedroom.

"Po!" I called his name racing after him, "I do want to go."

"Really cause it sounds like you don't."

"I do." I wrapped my arms around his waist as he cut open another cardboard box we'd used to pack up my stuff from the apartment.

"More clothes? Really."

"Sorry." I replied sheepishly.

"These aren't really your style." He said holding them out of the box.

"They're not mine, they're Chloe's."

"Oh." He said putting them back into the box, "we should give them to Derek then."

"Yeah, he'd like that. He just started moving her things into his house. Even thinking of re-designing their bedroom to her tastes."

"Taking it seriously then."

"Yeah. He is."

Drone's POV

"Wake up!" I screamed into Karan's ear for the one hundredth time,

"No." He groaned turning onto his stomach.

"Yes."

"Why?" He groaned.

"Cause it's the day today..." He shot out of bed,

"Today's the day! Why didn't you say so before?" Rolling my eyes I sat and gladly watched my naked boyfriend run into the bathroom to get ready.

"You should just go like that."

"Naked?"

"Why not," I grinned jokingly, "I'd enjoy it."

"You'd be the only one." Coming back out he began to dig through the dresser in our room, "where did my green sweater go?"

"In my closet I wore it yesterday remember." He grinned at me and I couldn't help but blush.

"That's right." Ever since we started dating he'd slowly begun to accept being gay more and more. He wasn't open about it and he wasn't ready to come out to the public just yet. So every Wednesday and Friday we'd go out to a bar where I'd have to endure watching him flirt with girls to keep his reputation up. Most of the time I just stayed home and waited for him to come back. I didn't know which was worse, watching him flirt and chat up girls every smile not directed at me a knife in the heart. Or sitting at home wondering if he got so drunk he went home with one of them and cheated on me.

"Today's Wednesday." I muttered as he sat down on the bed beside me,

"So it is."

"Are you leaving early to go to the bar then?" I felt his arms wrap around my stomach pulling me into his sturdy chest.

"No, I'll skip the bar for tonight."

"Good, cause I want you to be there."

"Are you nervous?" He asked a cheesy smile sitting on his face.

"Extremely." I replied my voice quivering slightly.

Derek's POV

"Just sign here." The nurse instructed me as I finished off the last of the paperwork.

"Thank you." I replied handing the page back to her before rushing down the hallway. "You're free." I told her as I walked in and the petite blonde smiled joyfully at me.

"Finally." She replied her eyes sparkling a bright blue, "I can't wait to get out of here."

"Good, cause frankly I can't wait to take you away from here." I walked over and picked her up holding her close fear still harboring a spot in my heart, still warning me not to let her go.

"Derek!" She squealed and I hoisted her over my shoulder, "put me down this instant!"

"The fact that you think I would let you go after so long Chloe is ridiculous." I grinned at her as I set her back on her feet taking her hand in mine.

"Shut up." She muttered her face a dark red as she blushed.

(I was going to end it here...but I didn't)

Previously

"Derek."

That was the first work she said as her eyes fluttered open and closed. The second word was "bright" as the lights on the roof blinded her adjusting eyes. Her voice was a deep thick sound like it hadn't been used in months which it hadn't been.

"Ms. Saunders can you hear us?" Someone asked in the background as she struggled to open her eyes again.

"Yes." She croaked out but it came out as more of a hissing noise. Her eyes began to adjust and faces began to appear in her vision as did white lap coats. Her instant reaction was to scream and run. The Cabal must have found her or perhaps it was the Nasts, whoever it was she had to get away and it had to be now!

"Your alright Ms. Saunders you're in a hospital, you've been in a coma for several months now ma'am."

"Coma?" She asked as if the word was unknown to her of course she knew what it was but the question was why.

"We need to go through a standard procedure are you able to answer a few questions for us?" She nodded at the doctor her eyes focusing on his name tag her vision still too unclear to make out most of the letters. "Wonderful now Ms. Saunders-"

"Chloe."

"Hmm?"

"Call me Chloe." Her voice was clearing up now, just a croaky sound and when he heard it he handed her a glass of water.

"Do you remember how you got here?"

"No."

"What is the last thing you remember?"

"A light, the light engulfed me and I woke up."

"Interesting." He wrote something down on a paper, "and before the coma?"

"Uh...I was with a friend at my ex-boyfriends house there was a snowstorm."

"The blizzard last year."

"I remember he did something and I...I left."

"Is that all you remember?"

"I'm afraid so."

"Do you remember this friends name?"

"Tori or Victoria Bae."

"And the boyfriends name?"

"Ex-boyfriend and it was Derek Souza."

"Ah yes Derek he came and visited you quite a bit."

"He did?" She asked and the doctor nodded.

"You don't remember why you left his house in the middle of a blizzard that size?"

"I was really mad."

"What about? Did you too have a fight?"

"I don't remember."

"Is there anyone you would like us to contact? The nurse contacted your father as soon as you awoke, your friend Derek Souza and Victoria Bae requested to be informed of your awakening immediately but by law we are required to ask your patient first."

"You may contact them." She replied her heart fluttering nervously.

"Is there anything you would like while you wait?"

"Some food and some more water would be nice." With a nod the doctor headed out the door leaving her alone with her thoughts.

Moving her bed into an upright seat position she sat there and looked around her room a smile gracing her face as she noticed the sunflowers sat closest to her bed, one of the few who knew her favorite flower was Derek but he was the only one to know her least which sat as far away from her as possible.

A nurse came in not too long after a tray in her hands with the usually distasteful hospital food and the water she'd asked for.

"Your friends are on their way." The nurse informed Chloe who smiled delighted with the news. Taking the tray of food she began to eat it slowly as the food wasn't appetizing though her stomach growled loudly. Not that long after a soft knock came from the doorway.

"Damn it!" I swore slamming my fridge door closed. It was six in the morning and I was out of milk though I clearly remember picking some up yesterday, though it's entirely possible I never left the house. Since I'd stopped going to see Chloe my entire schedule needed re-arranging and I wasn't positive about what the hell I did yesterday without it. Grabbing my keys and wallet I headed out the door. I'd only been half way to the store when I'd gotten the call.

My phone started to ring, you know that annoying ring tone you set so you know that the call actually matters. Well it was that one and yes it was extremely annoying at six in the morning.

"Yes?" I asked as I pulled my truck over to the side of the road.

"Is Derek Souza there?"

"Speaking." I replied tapping my steering wheel impatiently.

"We're calling to tell you that Chloe Saunders has just woken up."

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The entire world stopped.

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I couldn't hear anything except the sound of my pounding heart.

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"Could you repeat that please." I asked my voice sounding dry.

"Chloe Saunders has just woken up, you can come and visit her as soon as you'd like too." With that he hung up.

Chloe had woken up?

This wasn't registering in my mind, I must've been dreaming. Right?

My phone rang again and I picked it up.

"Derek?" It was Tori.

"Hey." I replied, "did you get the call as well?"

"Yeah."

"So...it's real?"

"Yeah," She said more excitedly as it began to form in her brain as well as mine. Hanging up I through the phone in the passenger seat yanking the car into a U-turn and speeding off to the hospital.

I didn't sign in or let the front desk lady know who I was. I knew where Chloe was staying and the only thing on my mind was getting into that room. I was the first to arrive at the hospital which was either an extremely good thing or a bad one.

I froze just before her door.

If Chloe's last memory was before she fell into a coma that would mean she hated me right?

On the other hand if she'd heard everything I'd said while she was in a coma would she have forgiven me?

I reached out my hand softly knocking on the door nervously knowing that either way I'd have to enter the room to find out.

PM: Hope the long wait made this chapter that much better.

Raksha Souza

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