Love at First Sight

Chapter 16

"Drew," I whisper. "Do you think?"

 "Sh."

 "If you don't open the door right now, I will open the door for myself," I hear the guy yell, I can't tell what gender it is because it has a voice moderator, but I'm just going to call it a guy. Drew holds me even tighter.

 "Casey, sh it's okay," Drew whispers stroking my hair while I keep crying. I know that Drew is scared too because I see him sweating,I know he's just really good at hiding things which scares me.

 "You don't have much time," yelled the guy outside the door.

 Drew and I hear a lot of ramming at the door, the door keeps getting loose from its hinges and I don't think we have a lot of time left. The door keeps getting looser and looser by the minute and I just keep looking at Drew clearly scared out of my mind. Finally we hear one last ram at the door, and then the door busts open and tons of dust flies everywhere.

 Drew and I run to another place in the house by another door. "Come out come out wherever you are," we hear the guy say. "I'm gonna find you eventually,and when I do find you Casey,you're going to die." Drew puts his hand to his ear to indicate to type 911 into my phone. I dial 911 and then press call. I don't talk I just let them listen.

 I hear tons of things falling off of shelves and the person's footsteps getting closer and closer. Drew keeps holding me close, and it feels like my insides are being squished but it makes me feel secure too. Drew and I look at the back door, which we're right across from while the footsteps get closer, I know the guy is really close now.

 Then I hear something. "Found you."

 Drew and I get up really fast and the guy shoots his gun and misses. "Casey, run!" yells Drew.

 Drew and I run out the back door and through my backyard. Then the guy starts shooting through the windows and I see tons of glass flying everywhere I look.Tons of glass hits me, and then I fall to the ground.

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 "Casey, Casey are you alright? Oh my god please let her be alright," I hear Drew's voice and open my eyes and I see that I'm in the hospital.

 "What, what's going on?"

 "Thank God you're alright," Drew wipes the tears from his eyes. "You stopped breathing Casey, I thought you were, dead."

 "What, I stopped breathing, why what happened," I try to reach up for his hand, but then I remember what happened because I see a bullet hole in my arm. "Oh."

 "Honey are you okay?" Asks Mrs. Goods.

 "I think so."

 "Don't worry they're going to operate on you soon and your arm will be better, and the police are out looking for the person that did this to you right now."

 "Thank you Mrs.- Tammy," Mrs. Goods smiles at me for saying her real name.

 "Excuse me, miss Rae, I'm Dr. Stevens, nice to meet you. We're going to operate on you now," I nod at her and Drew kisses me really quick and then the doctors put me on a gurney and wheel me to the operating room. "Alright Miss Rae, we're going to put this mask on you so that way you'll be asleep during the process and you won't feel a thing."

 "Okay, thank you Dr. Stevens," They put the mask on me and then as soon as I know it I fall asleep.

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 "Hey, how are you feeling," asks Drew in concern rubbing his thumb on my cheek.

 "I'm okay I guess, my arm is still a little bit numb but you know."

 "Casey, I am so sorry that this happened, I wish I could've been the one that got shot instead of you."

 "Drew, don't say that please, that's like me saying I wish I died instead of my sister, or my mom, or even my dad. Drew, I couldn't live without you, I wouldn't have anyone anymore."

 "But I couldn't live without you either, it wouldn't be possible for me Casey."

 "I love you Drew, and no matter what happens to me know that I'll always love you, forever and always."

 "Forever and always," Drew takes my hand and kisses it.

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 I come home a few days later, and let's just say how I want to stay inside all day and have Drew holding on to me 24/7, I'm really that scared I mean wouldn't you be if you got shot in the arm by some crazy phsyco?

 "Hey, do you want some hot chocolate?"

 "Yeah sure but Drew, it's a few days from Christmas and I'm really sorry, but It's gonna be hard for me I mean I don't have any of my real family and it's kind of my first Christmas like that you know?"

 "Casey, it's okay, I know it's gonna be hard but I'll help you through it."

 "I couldn't ask for a better boyfriend Drew."

 "I couldn't ask for a better girlfriend."

 "Well, where is she then I'll have a talk with her," I laugh

 "She's right in front of me," Drew smiles. We kiss for a long time and then Drew makes us hot chocolate, and we sit by the fire like we always do wrapped in blankets and acting like we don't have a care in the world.

 We sit by the fire for a while, and then Drew's dad comes home from his business trip.

 "Hey dad."

 "Hey buddy! I missed you so much," I start tearing up because I know that's how I used to be with my dad until he passed away from cancer.

 "I missed you too. Um hey dad, you remember Casey right?"

 "Of course hello Casey!" Mrs. Goods comes into the room and jumps up into Drew's dad's arms.

 "Hi Daniel I missed you so much," she buried her head into his chest.

 "I missed you too."

 "Um honey, Casey is staying with us from now on because of an incident that happened with her mom, it's very tragic."

 "Of course, she can stay with us until her and Drew are all grown up."

 "Thank you so much Mr. Goods, I really appreciate it."

 "Please, call me Daniel," He smiles at me. "Now how about we all just sit down together and watch The Christmas Story.

 Everyone agrees and we all sit down and watch The Christmas Story, like I'm a part of a family again, we are one.