AN: After a while away from Life With Derek stories, I decided to make my return to writing them. With that said, enjoy.

Chapter One: A Quiet Day

If you had to ask any one how this day was going to turn out, no one, especially one Alexander Meisterman, could have guessed that it was going to end with a kiss, especially from a one Casey McDonald. See, about a few weeks earlier, Alexander found out that he was the heir to a club, a motorcycle club, none the less. He was the youngest, being only 17, and everyone else either being in their late twenties or older. After a few minor (which were really major, but that is another story for another time) scraps with the Venturi-McDonald family and his own extended family, things have quieted down to the point that everyone is friends, well, almost everyone is friends.

Dennis, Casey's father, still has doubts about Alexander and he doesn't want Casey to hang around any one associated with Alexander or his family. Deep down, Alexander gets that, but at the same time, no disrespect to Casey, Dennis does not have to be such a raging asshole about it. He was a father, and Seth, Alexander's older brother, would get like that a few times, especially around his older sister, Melissa.

Then there was Truman. Truman, Alexander thought, was a decent guy, and he was glad that someone like that was dating Casey. Then their relationship ended between the two of them, and Casey and Truman went their separate ways. That was not the end of things between those two, not by a long shot. Then Truman crossed the line that no one should ever cross. Truman starts a rumor that puts Casey in an less than desirable light. Needless to say, this really pissed off Alexander. He went and confronted Truman, and confronted him. Alexander then persuaded Truman to take back what he said, along with a piece in his face, and he soon regretted what he did. So did Alexander, because in front of almost everyone that he knew, he was handcuffed, and hauled off to jail. Due to someone in his family or one of his extended friends, he was released.

Casey came by a few days later to give her thanks, and a kiss to Alexander. That single action by a close friend made him think. Are they meant to be something more, or was this just a friendly show of emotion. With that thought in his mind, this is where the story begins, sort of...

Alexander was sitting in his room, at his computer when he heard a knock at his door. Sighing, he turned off his screen before motioning for the person to come in.

"Well, there is the man of the hour now." Derek said, coming in and throwing himself on Alexander's bed. Alexander groaned irritably, because he really hated how Derek came into his room, and almost always made himself at home. That was his best friend's personallity, and that is why Alexander would always let it go.

"Don't mind my room being clean, I just thought that you would be coming over here..." Alexander said in a sarcastic tone of voice.

"Yeah, well, I have something to tell you." Derek said. "Since you have been at home, recently. Truman has been acting funny."

"Funny? Funny how?" Alexander asked him, spinning in his computer chair, and looking at Derek intently.

"Funny as in he is looking at Casey in a weird way." Derek said. "It is as if he is planning something, or he is just paranoid that you or Jack is going to pull a gun on him again."

"If he does something to my Casey, I will." Alexander said under his breath.

"What?"

"Nothing, is that all you came over here to tell me?" Alexander asked his friend.

"Now that you have mentioned it, do you know who is Casey's new boyfriend is?" Derek asked him.

"No, who?" Alexander asked him.

"No one knows." Derek said. "Everyone at the house is trying to figure out who it is, but they have come up short. Also, Nora and dad want to know if you could...you know..."

"If I could use my crew to find out who this guy is, huh?" Alexander asked with a smile.

"Yeah. That is just it." Derek asked.

"Sure. But it is going to cost them." Alexander said, waging is index finger back and forth.

"I can't believe that you are going to charge them money." Derek said in disbelief.

"I was kidding, you idiot." Alexander said with a smile. "Beat it, I have to do homework."

"Fine. It is dinner time, anyway." Derek said. "Are you coming to school tomorrow?"

"Probably. I'll tell you later." Alexander said with a smile.

"Alright. Later, dude." Derek said, smiling and walking out of his bedroom door. Alexander smiled, and he soon turned back to his message on his computer. He hit seven keys, separated by spaces between the three words, and then he hit send.

God, I hope that I didn't cross the line there... Alexander thought to himself. Getting up from his computer, he went downstairs to eat dinner.

Casey was in a rut. She knew that she had crossed the line when she kissed Alexander, but at the same time, she didn't regret doing that at all, so what was the problem? The problem was that Alexander was not a saint by any means. He rolled with a crew that was less than savory and no where near saints. Nobody cared, really, as they were, as Alexander put it so many times before, the grey area between good guys and bad guys. No matter what she said about him, he was always there, ready to defend her, and that is what drawn her to him, and made her like him all the more so.

Before she could think about anything further, she heard a beep from her computer. She looked at it, and immediately clicked on it. She knew who it was from, even if it didn't say FOC Boy in the sender's name.

I LOVE YOU

Casey sat there, completely stunned as to what it said, right there on her own computer screen. Then she just shut off her computer, and sat there, thinking.

"What am I going to tell Alexander?" Casey said to herself.

AN: How was it? Don't worry, because there is plenty more to come, so stay tuned!