Disclaimer: I don't own anything but my own thoughts.

A/N: the story will be set up so that one chapter is told like a story through Justines POV and then the next chapter is Casey and Dereks POV on the previous chapter. This is how I read the relationship between Derek and Casey. So there will be references to episodes that show Casey and Derek interacting with each other. I will use Justines character and her interaction with them to do so.

"Justine Ann Burns!" I hear my name echo within the walls of my room, as my mom walks in with an aggravated look on her face.

"You've been 'saying goodbye' to your room for THREE HOURS now!" putting extra emphasis on three hours as she puts her hands on her hips, opening her mouth to yell some more.

"Your dad and I would like to get to the new house by this afternoon so we can finish unpacking by tonight."

As she is walking out of my room she turns around to add one last thing, "oh and by the way, I want to see your butt in the car in five minutes" and with that she finally exits my room.

I sigh as I finally lift my self off of my floor and head down stairs and out of my childhood house for the last time. If you can't tell I am not happy about having to move but I understand that I have to. I mean my dad is a great guy and has been eagerly waiting to get promoted at work for years and he finally got what he was waiting for, unfortunately that means we have to move. I've lived in Toronto all of my life and now I have to MOVE, sigh, I guess it is not that bad since we are moving to London and it is only two hours away. Plus, I do know someone in London, one of my friends from my school here in Toronto who recently moved there after her mom got remarried. So I have recently been keeping in touch with her a lot more since I've found out that I would be moving. I have also been talking to her best friend there Emily and she seems like a nice person.

Okay so we arrive at our new house at around one in the afternoon and at three I'm in my room unpacking my many boxes of stuff, when I hear a knock at my door. I turn around and standing in my door is Casey McDonald, she's that one friend I mentioned earlier.

"Hey, your mom told me you were up here" she says as she walks over to give me a hug.

"So you want help unpacking" and of course I said yes, I know that you should always accept offers of help when they are giving, plus I knew that she would insist on helping in till I said yes.

"So how was the ride here?"

"Quiet." "I didn't say anything to my parents the whole ride here." "The only noise was my mom and dad fighting over if my dad was going the right way or not."

"So are you nervous about starting public school, let me tell you it is a WHOLE new experience"

"Not really, you know me I make friends easily"

"Well I was popular at our old school, but here I am Klutzilla and grade grubber"

"Klutzilla?" "Clever!" "Who thought of that?"

"My obnoxious, egotistical step-brother I told you about"

"Ah, yes, Derek is his name right?"

"Yeah that's it"

"He can't be all that bad and he is cute that should make up for something"

"Okay, ewww, gross!" "How could you say that after all I've told you about him?"

"Just because I find him cute doesn't mean I want him or will even like him at that. I was just stating a fact." "You can deny it but you know it's true"

"Whatever, anyway…my mom says that if you and your family want to come over tomorrow for dinner, that would be great"

"That sounds wonderful, I'm sure my mom and dad would agree" "So since I am pretty much done unpacking, you want to hang out here or start showing me around the town?"

"Sure I can show you around; we can stop at Emily's and see if she wants to come too, I know that you and she have been talking."

"It's fine by me." "Let's go"

After telling my parents where we were going, we starting walking towards Emily's house, which is a few blocks away from mine. On the way over there we talked more about how things had been in Toronto since Casey moved. And Casey talked about her life here in London. Most of it consisted about all the things Derek has done to her since she moved in here. It's funny because she has no idea why he acts the way he does when it is SO clearly obvious. Eventually, we reach Emily's house.

"Okay, here is where Emily lives and here's where I live" she says pointing to the house next door with a bike thrown on the front lawn.

"Do you mind if we go in real quick so I can get my purse?"

"Not at all" "I really can't wait to say hi to your mom and sister, I've missed you guys so much!"

As I enter the house, Lizzie who had been sitting on the couch runs over and practically jumps at me to give me a hug. "Hey! Liz, how's it going?"

"I was so happy when Casey said that you were moving here" "You know you were my favorite friend of Casey's"

"Awe, thanks, I love you too" "So where's Nora at?"

"Oh, she's down stairs. I'll go get her for you, you can sit on the couch to wait if you would like"

"Thanks"

As I sat down a little girl who looks to be around seven or six, springs up from behind the couch and sits next to me. "Hi, I'm Marti." "Hi Marti, I'm Justine."

"Are you Derek's special friend?" "No, I'm Casey's friend from Toronto. I just moved here today actually." "Oh" "Do you want to play dress up with me?" "I would love to, but can I take a rain check, because soon Casey and I are leaving for Emily's." "Okay!" she practically jumps off the couch and runs upstairs.

Just then Nora comes into the room and gives me a hug. "Hi, Justine, Casey tells me you just moved in today" "Yep" "Are you excited" "Well…to be honest, not really, but it is definitely better since I know I will be living close to, my favorite family, the McDonald's again" "Same to you…so are you staying here tonight?" "No, Casey and I and maybe Emily are going out to show me around town." "Well, that sounds like fun. I would love to continue catching up with you but I got to go start to make dinner now" "Will I be seeing you and your family tomorrow?" "Yes you certainly will." "Great!" "See you later dear."

After she disappeared in to the kitchen I sat back down wondering what was taking Casey so long when I heard yelling coming from upstairs. Soon the yelling become clear and it became obvious that Casey is fighting with Derek, and I can't help but laugh.

A minute later Casey comes back down stairs. "Sorry it took me so long, it was Derek, no further explanation needed." Just then another voice enters the conversation. "I see you talk about me to all your friends." I look over to the source and there is Derek. Just then he comes over to me and I try my best not to laugh.

"So you must be…?" "Justine and you're Derek" "The one and only" "I heard Casey talking about a friend of hers moving here and I thought I should welcome you to the town" "Maybe you and I can— " "Der-rek!" Casey screams obviously pissed off at Derek's attempt to hit on me and I have a sneaking suspicion that it was what they were fighting about upstairs. "Sorry, Der but Emily, she and I have plans already." "Well, maybe I could join you, what do you think Justine" "I think it's best that you stay here tonight" And with that said his cocky smirk disappeared. After some thinking I decided that this could be fun so before I left I added one last comment. "But don't worry. Me and my fam are coming over tomorrow for dinner, maybe we could talk some more there" and with that his smirk appeared yet again. This time Casey's expression changed. After I turned Derek down she had this triumphant smile on her face, which soon turned into a look of disbelief. All of this definitely made it harder to keep a straight face so I suggest that we get leaving before it became any later.

After Casey shut the door she turned to me and said, "I can't believe-" but I interrupted her before she could end her sentence, "Listen I was just having fun with him, don't worry, remember what I said early." By then Casey had rung the doorbell and the door opened to reveal who I assumed to be Emily.