Hand On My Heart

Chapter Four

~Next Morning~

I woke up from Derek screaming, it was like three in the morning… I was super scared,

“Derek, what’s wrong?!”

He calmed down and looked at me,

“Nightmare, sorry…”

“Is everything okay?!”

“Yeah, I just get these nightmares once and a while; ever since Darcy’s death..”

“Oh, Faith used to get nightmares all the time.”

“They’re bad. I’m fine now.”

“You sure?!”

“Yeah, go back to bed. Sorry I woke you.”

“It’s fine. Good night dear!”

“Night baby!”

He kissed me and laid down. I was just thinking of you Darcy was.

We woke up again at nine, there was a bunch of commotion, Derek got out of bed and went downstairs. I heard a bunch of yelling. I got out and went to the bathroom. There was still yelling, couldn’t understand what kind of yelling but there was yelling. I went back into his room and watched TV. I was still thinking about who Darcy was. The yelling stopped so I went downstairs, Derek and some guy were outside; I didn’t know what to do. I found some food and went to the studio room; it looked like fun. I got set up and recorded One Direction’s ‘Taken’. The song kind of reminded of Riker; in a weird way. I recorded it and edited it, then put it on a CD for myself. I decided to record a few more songs. Derek walked in,

“What are you doing?!”

“Just recording random songs.”

He laughed and joined me, he started playing his guitar to ‘Everything Has Changed’ by Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. I started singing; I never imagined I’d be singing Taylor and Ed with Derek Smith. It was crazy, we finished and he did some editing. Then he made me a demo CD, he said I was going to need it. He also told me to record a few originals. He wrote, ‘Crystal Holland Cover Demo CD’ on the CD and put it in a case,

“Here ya go. Don’t loose it.”

I smiled,

“Thank you!”

He leaned over and kissed me,

“You’re very welcome. You can come over later and record your originals; if you want.”

“We’ll see. It’s Saturday, that usually means family night.”

He smiled,

“Let me know.”

“I will…”

We laughed, then I went over to my house. I had to get ready for cheer practice, not looking forward to that. It’s a new season which means new people and new cheers, super annoying. And since I’m co-captian I have to work even harder. Molly told me that we had good people that the coaches picked. I guess we’ll find out. I got ready and left, Derek was outside when I was leaving he whistled at me, like a dork. I smiled back at him and waved. I got in my car and drove to practice. I got there and head coach; Kayla and assistant coach; Tayna and Captain; Molly were there. Molly screamed when she saw me,