Hello, readers! This is my second LWD Fanfic. I don't own it, sorry. But please read and review!

Casey shoved clothes and shoes into her duffle bag. I just can't take it anymore! Why does Derek always have to be an ass about everything? She finished packing and put pillows under her bed to make it seem as though someone was there. It was 1:00 A.M. Saturday morning. By the time anyone noticed her missing, she would be long gone. She put a note on her dresser asking her parents to not call the police, and that she loved everyone except for Derek. She took her cell phone, and her keys, and sneaked quietly downstairs. She looked around the house, don't do it! A voice in her head screamed. It can't be that bad. Just go back to bed. Talk to your mom and George tomorrow about it! No, she convinced herself. This is the only way to find some peace. She quietly opened the front door and stepped outside, closing the door behind her.

Derek rolled over in his bed. 10:30 A.M his alarm clock read. "So early?" he groaned. He slowly sat up, and rubbed his head. His eyes were still heavy with sleep, but he got out of bed anyway. When he got downstairs, Nora was cooking breakfast.

"Good morning, Derek." She said without taking her eyes off the stove.

"Hey." He said groggily.

"Can you go get Casey up? She's going to be late for breakfast."

"Man." he said. He and Casey had had a huge fight yesterday. Everyone was screaming and yelling. In the end, his dad and Nora just walked out the room, taking Marti, Edwin and Lizzie with them.

He slowly climbed up the steps, not wanting to be yelled at by a half-awake Casey. He finally came to her room, and opened the door softly. Suddenly, he felt sorry for her. Maybe I shouldn't have picked that fight with her yesterday. He reached her bed, and called her softly.

"Casey. Casey, wake up." He reached down to touch where her shoulder should have been, but instead of touching a shoulder, he felt a pillow. He pulled the covers back, and sure enough there were pillows in the place of Casey.

"Oh my God!" he screamed. "Dad! Nora!" he yelled, running out of Casey's room.

He nearly fell down the steps trying to reach downstairs. He skidded into the kitchen. "Casey's gone." he said panting.

Nora whipped around to face Derek. "Your not kiding?"

Derek, exsaperated said "What? Kidding! She's my stepsister! Why would I kid around?"

Nora whizzed past Derek up to Casey's room. She got there and screamed. Everyone raced up stairs. Derek was the last to get there. It was the worst sight he had ever seen. Nora and Lizzie were crying, and george was trying to comfort her. Edwin noticed an envelope on Casey's dresser. It said: Please read, Casey.

"Hey everyone! Look, Casey left a note!" he exclaimed.

"Well? Read it, Ed!" Derek yelled.

Edwin tore the envelope open, and started reading.

"Dear family,

I'm so sorry for running away, but I can't take it anymore. Don't call the police, please. You can always reach me at my cell phone. I'll come home as soon as I'm ready. I love you all, except for Derek.

Casey."

The words "except for Derek" stung Derek. Did she run away because of him?

Guilty, are we?