"OH, THANK GOD!" I cried as I wrapped my arms around my brother's neck. He hugged me back with just as much effort.

"I missed you too." He said. I cracked a smile for the first time in a long while. Shayne was fine, in a lot of pain, but fine. His liver had made a good recovery from the operation and Shayne was only going to be left with a scar. And the horrid memories.

Everyone gave Shayne a extra hard squeeze, and I hugged him again. He'll never realize just how much him surviving means to me. I know that's what most people would say, but it's true. A world without Shayne is unthinkable, it's unreal and definitely something I'm glad I don't have to live with.

"I'm sorry." Duncan apologized once the three of us and Will were left alone. "It's my fault."

"Shut the fuck up, you ass. It's not your fault." Shayne disagreed. "It was like taking the bullet for the president." Shayne' sense of humor had most definitely not been damaged, and he was in no clear distraught state of mind like the doctors had predicted.

"I'm no where near as important as the fucking president." Duncan argued.

"Yes, you are." The three of us stared at Shayne in confusement. "What? You've saved Courtney from that douche twice in one summer. It's certainly something I couldn't have done no matter how hard I'd tried." Duncan didn't look Shayne in the eyes, he stared down at his red chucks brushing up dust from the floor. "You're a hero."

"I wouldn't go that far." He mumbled. I knew he was getting slightly embarrassed. Duncan loved being the center of attention, which at that moment he was, but he liked being it for doing the wrong thing, not the right.

I placed my hand on top of his, which was resting on his leg. He glanced up at me and I smiled at him. He didn't show any emotion to me, nothing at all. I could tell something was wrong, and I had to find out what. It was bugging me seeing him this down.

"Visiting time's over." The nurse interrupted.

"Come on!" Shayne pleaded. "Let them stay."

"Sorry, Mr. Baker, I don't make the rules." She replied.

"Well, if they can't stay, can you?" The young girl giggled at his foolishness, I rolled my eyes at it. Once she left Will and Shayne high-fived.

"Ask if she has a friend." Will called as he left the room.

"Will do." Shayne called back. Duncan left without a word to either of us, his head facing the floor the whole time. I watched as he left before embracing my brother.

"I'll come see you straight away in the morning." I said, fighting back more tears. I'd shed too many over the past few days, I couldn't waste any more.

"I'll see you then." Shayne said, his usual cheery voice intact.

I left the room and waited as my parents said they're good nights. I decided to take a walk outside to wait, I needed the fresh air. I strolled down the corridor, staring in on all of the patients. Some were fast asleep already, others lying restlessly. I felt sorrow in my heart for each of them. I know I didn't know them, but the bad things that happen in life shouldn't happen to anyone. It only made me worse about everything that had happened over the summer.

The cold night breeze cooled down my burning cheeks. I saw Dani sitting in my car, but she was deep in thought so I didn't bother her. I sat down on the wall in silence. I was deep in thought too. I was thinking about everything that had happened. The first night we were here was when I had first seen Trent. He had just come over and started talking as if nothing had ever happened between us. It was crazy. He was crazy.

Then when I told him just to let me be he grew violent. He wane me bad. He dragged me round the side of the building and sexually harassed me. When I'd given him nothing back he'd retaliated with a slap. My face had hurt for a while after that. He went back for the kill, but yet again I denied him anything. He went to swing again, but Duncan had stopped him. The boys tussled with other for a few minutes before Duncan won. I rushed into his arms and wanted to stay there the whole time.

Too bad Shayne and Will interrupted us. They had dragged the mound of flesh Trent was and dumped him in the lake. I was relieved when I saw him swim away from us. That day had been a big disaster from the start.

The next day Duncan had come over early and the two of us had a swim. We would have kissed too if we hadn't had so many interruptions. In the end he invited me and my family over for a barbecue. I was surprised when my father, after a little persuasion, had said yes. That night was the first time I'd had some fun on that crappy holiday. Sure, I'd taken forever to decide what to wear, and Dani had to help me, but that didn't spoil my mood one bit.

The barbeque was the first time I had fun in a long time. When I first got there Duncan took me round the side of the house where I was met with a breath taking scenery. It was beautiful. I got to meet my boyfriends family. And when the prank the boys played on Duncan's uncle Jack was immense. I wasn't happy to be apart of it, but I couldn't help myself from laughing along with everyone else.

That was also the night I discovered Dani's secret. It had come as a shock, but I had grown to accept it. Dani was twenty-two and she led her own life, I was happy for her.

Unfortunately, happiness doesn't last forever. I was awoken early the next morning by terrified shrieks. My whole family had been awoken and were running around screaming. The air was thick with smoke and I couldn't stop coughing at first. I rolled off the bed and onto the floor. I was met with Robin. I guided the two of us our safely, but the fire was the least of my worries when Trent showed up. My whole family, and everyone else on holiday at the lake, found out what had been going on between us.

After that it was a shameful few days, everyone kept staring at me, but I was used to it. Duncan would just about talk to me at first. I had to convince him that he wasn't pressuring me into anything. It was hard, but I did it. I know no one was happy with us dating because of the whole Trent thing, but they had to learn I was happy moving on from that...that...I don't want to use the kind of words that describe him.

Tom gave us a new cabin, since ours had been burnt horrifically. It was awfully kind of him to give it to us. The cabin was a hell of a lot nicer than the old one. It was newer and was up-to-date on health and safety.

But Sam had to ask me about Trent, what he had done to me when we had been and 'item'. He had hurt me, emotionally and physically. He had sexually harassed me and said it was all my fault. I wasn't as strong back then. I knew I couldn't tell a nine-year-old that, so I lied.

I was taken to the station with Duncan to make statements. I tried my best to tell them everything that had happened, but some of it was too painful to think about, let alone explain.

When we had got back to the cabin Duncan and his parents told us about the sports rally. It sounded crap to me, but my siblings were interested. I had to take one for the team. I agreed to take part, but how I regret doing it now.

That night I was plagued with a nightmare. Trent had murdered me. Now that I thought about it, he almost had in reality too. Shayne and Charlie came to my rescue when I started screaming my head off. My sister's were more concerned about going back to sleep than asking what was wrong, Charlie too. But Shayne was there for me, he assured me nothing would happen to me as long as he was around to protect me. Hell load of good that was.

After an endless night I woke up to no food in the cupboard's. I was fully prepared to do the shopping, but my parents insisted on Shayne accompanying me. Neither of us wanted that, but there was no saying no to our parents. When I was driving there I found out why, Trent had been released from jail. I instantly panicked, but there was nothing to worry about. I was going to the shop, Shayne by my side, and he wouldn't hurt me in public.

Shayne ran off to find the nearest cash point while I started the shopping. People who were from the lake site stared at me. They were still on about the whole 'Trent' fiasco that had happened two days previous, after the fire. I didn;t realize why until I bumped into he 'man' himself. I didn't stick around too long, I ran to finish my shopping. At the checkout Shayne came running over and really scared me when the older brother in him came out.

When I got home I was so depressed. I shouted at Robin for no reason at all. She was only five, too young to understand what I was going through. I know none of it was her fault, but I just snapped inside. I tried to comfort her but she ran off crying. I then depressed myself even more, and started thinking about suicide to get out of it all. Good thing Duncan came along before I could.

I wanted to start again. I tried to make out that what happened between me and Trent never happened, and for a few minutes it worked. That was until Duncan took me to the clearing where I met Gwen for the first time. It was a shame such a...'nice'...girl was with Trent. The two didn't seem to be up to no good, Duncan wanted to fight him once more, but I pulled him away before anything could happen between the two guys.

Gwen obviously had no clue about what that 'thing' was capable of. I tried to confront her, but she called me a liar and ran off. I didn't blame her for that. I would have thought I was lying too. Even after Duncan tried to warn her too, she didn't believe us. That was until the day of the sport rally, and she found out what he could do.

Gwen had been crying, alone, on the bank. She was bruised all over. Duncan, Will and Shayne went off out Trent in his place once and for all. Typical, when they got there he had already left, or so we thought.

After tying for first place, we had to have a tie breaker. Tie breakers aren't supposed to be bad, they determined who wins. The most you have to fear about is losing, I wish that was the case. I remember walking around the woodlands for about fifteen minutes. I had found none of the gold hoops that Tom had said we had to look for. I wasn't giving up though. I came across the path Duncan had taken me on to get to his 'not-so-secret' secret place. When I arrived at the clearing I was not alone, Trent was there. He was looking for sympathy, but he wasn't getting it. I turned around to walk away...and then my memories stop.

The next thing I know I'm tied up in some sad excuse for a cabin (this coming from the girl who knows what a crappy cabin is) with Emerald. I should have known Emerald and Trent were some how related. They look the spitting image of each other. It's so obvious now I think about it.

I discovered they were going to kill me. I had panicked like crazy. Then Emerald went on to tell me that Duncan was dead. Dead! That really made me feel so bad, really really bad. I started thinking about everything that Duncan and I had been through...it was everything to me, and still is.

Trent arrived, and my heart snak lower than before. He had a blood covered knife with him. I cried to myself thinking about the pain my boyfriend was in...or had been.

It was such a relief to find out Duncan was okay. He had come to my rescue. Too bad the idiot got himself knocked out.

When he had come around though, he saved me, again. He cut the ropes and held me close. It had hurt from the burns, but I didn't care. Of course, the moment was ruined by the devious two. Duncan and Trent had a full out fight, kicking and punching and pulling and clawing at each other. Trent was clearly losjng so Emerald stepped in. She whacked Duncan over the head with the hedge trimmers. I screamed for him to move, but he was too wrapped up with Trent. I dived on Emerald and wrestled her to the floor.

The four of us tussled on the floor until the cops arrived and took the two criminals away. Duncan and I were checked over by paramedics. My boyfriend tried to tell me it was all going to be alright, but I knew it was a slim chance.

I arrived at the hospital with my father, the rest of my family was there. My parents and I sat at Shayne's bedside for hours, I couldn't take it any longer. It was all my fault he had been stabbed. I left the room and sat with my siblings. I was full of regret and doubt that Shayne would make it.

In the end I fell asleep. I once again had a nightmare. The doctor had told us that Shayne was...gone. Gone for good. I woke up screaming once more. I was lucky the 'dream' didn't become reality.

"Courtney. Come on, Honey." My mother called, snapping my memories away from me. I looked up and her and my father were walking past me to the car where Dani was still sitting deep in thought about something or other.

I followed my parents to my car and for the first time sat in the back. I couldn;t drive in the state I was in, nor could my sister. She had to climb into the passenger seat for our father to drive. My mother sat in the back with me, she held me closely as we drove off, back to the cabin.

A/N: Soooo, it has been a while. I know I said my updates shouldn't be affected, and to be honest it wasn't school, that did make it SUPER slow. I started typing this chapter as soon as I had uploaded the other on on Tuesday...I think. ANYWAY, on Wednesday I was ill. I couldn't get out of bed. I was DYING! No I wasn't...just a cold form walking in the rain without a coat or umbrella and a sore throat from shouting 'I MISSED YOU!' at ALL my friends when I got back to school.

Then on Thursday, I was up the hospital because my step-cousin, Brooke, had her tonsils out. And now, on Friday, I am still ill but I have typed a whole chapter up.

It is the WEEKEND now, so I can hopefully get up one, two MAYBE even THREE chapters.

Okay, this chapter was more of a recap on what had happened. It did take a while to look back over each chapter and remember EVERYTHING that had happened over the summer. I wanted to have this chapter so that people didn't forget ANYTHING that Courtney's gone through.

AND, FYI, wait, that sound cocky!

AND, BTW, no, still cocky!

Actually, still cocky but best your gonna get, in a response to .discography, I am American. I just live in Wales!...Not the best of places, I know. Why? Because my mother couldn;t be normal and marry someone form America, no, she had to marry a Welsh man. Don't get me wrong, I love my step-father to bits, but Wales is SHIT!

Sorry, didn't mean to sound harsh there, but I hate it when people tell me I'm not American. I have people telling me drop the FAKE accent all the time, and it does my NUT in!

AND! I know about the liver thing, I honestly did know before you told me. And I was hoping no one would notice...but YOU JUST HAD TOOOOO! He He. I'm not mad, you spot everything wrong with my story...I am glad that someone does. ANYWAY, I only said it was life threatening because I wanted him to have his liver stabbed. IDK! I'm weird like that.

OH! And I am thinking about writing anew story called Blood Brothers. Based off Willy Russel's' play, Blood Brothers. If you have read or seen it then you will know that it is an AMAZING play and everyone should see it. I know most of you wouldn't cause it is set in England, but HEY, it's still AMAZING! It will be DxC and TxC, so even if you don;t know what Blood Brothers is you should read it. =]

My cast list so far.

Mrs Johnston-Gwen

Mrs Lyons-Heather

Mr Lyons-Alejandro

Mickey-Duncan

Eddie-Trent

Linda-Courtney

Sammy-I don't know yet, any idea's welcome

I think that's it for the main characters...I may add in others along the way. =]

AND! I was listening to the song seventeen forever by Metro Station and realized that it explains the whole DxG kiss thing REALLY well, even the title fits since the reunion special was a year after TDA, making them seventeen. I was gonna do a songfic about it. I know you guys are DxC fans, and it will be DxG, but I wanted to point that out anyways.

I think that's it for now.

Thanks to you guys who reviewed! Means the WORLD to me =]

Thanks for Reading AND Please Review!

Love you people to bits, ChloeRhiannonX