Title: Because I Never Think of You

Author: Scarred

A/N: Just a little bit of good old Dasey goodness!

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Casey had always thought it was funny how random girls would walk up to her in the hallways and tell her that she was so lucky to be Derek Venturi's stepsister. And how they'd ask her the most revolting questions, like had she seen him in the shower or was it true that he liked to swim naked in her next-door neighbor's pool. It had always amazed her that girls actually found Derek's signature charm, or lack there of to be more accurate, to be attractive. He was never serious. He was selfish. He was messy. He was… Derek. So did she think she was lucky? Of course not.

Besides even if she did hypothetically like Derek, which of course she didn't, wouldn't being his stepsister just ruin it? Sure it wasn't technically incest or anything seeing as how they weren't really related, at least not blood-wise, but surely inter-stepsibling dating was frowned upon. Okay so living together could, in theory, provide them with a lot of quality time together, but honestly the thought had just never occurred to Casey. And besides she was pretty sure that the whole stepsister-stepbrother thing was just plain old-fashioned wrong anyways. Not that she cared or had even thought about it though.

In fact Casey never thought about a lot of things. She never thought about how Derek's room was only a few steps down the hallway from her. And of course she never thought about this fact late at night after having seen his light still on through the crack under his door, after a trip to the bathroom. She also never thought about his big double bed, which easily had enough room for two. Casey never thought about these things, you see, because Casey never really thought about Derek.

The only thoughts that Casey ever had regarding Derek were those of annoyance and maybe even sometimes hatred. Because if there was anyone that she really and truly loathed it was most definitely Derek Venturi. She hated how he was constantly making fun of her. And how he was always smirking at her, as if he was the funniest and smartest person in the room, She hated how Derek always seemed to think that he was the smartest and funniest person in the room.

But most of all she hated how sometimes she'd catch herself thinking that maybe he was right. But of course she would always catch herself. Because of course she didn't really mean it. Because Casey hated Derek. Derek, her stupid, obnoxious stepbrother.

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A/N: Dribble I know. But if you're at all interested in seeing the contrasting Derek version of this… REVIEW.