It was over tea when she realized it.
Marti was having one of her "tea parties", which she had often had. She always invited Derek, never anyone else. It didn't bother anyone. It was just because they were so close, and Derek always had a soft spot for Marti. But one day, Marti came up to Casey-
"Casey, Daphne told me to invite you to my tea party today!" Marti said cheerfully.
"She did?! Oh, that's amazing Marti! Tell her I said thanks!"
Casey figured, it would just be her and Marti, but when she got to the "tea party" (a.k.a. Marti's bedroom), Derek was there. He saw her and glared.
"Okay Smerek, Casey, Daphne says you're not allowed to fight at all! So no insulting Casey, Smerek!" Derek rolled his eyes but it was obvious that he agreed because he would always go along with Marti. So, he didn't insult her once the whole tea party.
It was then, sipping her tea, when she realized it.
Casey had always been blinded, by her anger at Derek, by her "hatred" for him, she could never really think of how she felt for him. She always just... angry, so she couldn't think of anything else that could be there. She couldn't think of the fact that there could be... love. Because right then she was seeing him, being so sweet to Marti. It made her think of all the nice things he had done for her. Like when he quitted Smellie Nellie's because the boss fired her, or when he saved her from that jerk soccer coach of Lizzie's. There was the time he bought her the cell phone, and when he called her father back so he wouldn't leave. Even when he taped her that video when she was in the hospital on her 16th birthday. Although Derek had done many mean things to her, the nice was there too. When she wasn't blinded by the anger, she saw it. She realized why she regretted helping Derek with Sally's "test". Because, she wanted to be the one he wrote the song for. She realized it all, every moment she now looked at in a different view. It was all because she loved him.
So she sipped the tea, and discreetly took looks at him. Thank God for Marti's tea parties.
A/N: Okay, I know that one wasn't very good, but I couldn't really think of anything good to do. Sorry, I promise the other ones will be better! R&R!
