A/N: this came to me when I was riding home from my Youth Retreat and listening to my Rent CD…see what I do now is listen to love songs and see if I can apply it LWD and this happened to go with it…if you of course did what I did and created a whole situation where it worked.

Background info:

Derek and Casey got together when they were in High School and for a few years they were doing good, keeping their relationship alive. Then problems started to arise between the two, no one knew why, not even Derek or Casey but after constantly fighting, Derek broke up with her during their first year of college. They went along with their lives for about half a year than Casey started missing Derek but knew she could never get back with him so she started to date a guy in her dance class. That went well for a while until Casey started to drink, to wash the pain a way of still missing Derek. After a huge college party and drinking so much she could barely stand, she and her boy friend had sex, not knowing what they were doing. A few days later Casey remembered what had happened that night and remembered that they didn't use protection and she went testing for pregnancy when it came back negative she was thankful but she had one more thing to test for. She went to a medical clinic and got tested…it came back positive. She was devastated and blamed her boyfriend and told him to get a test…but he came back negative. That was strange to her, she hadn't slept with anyone else. Then she remembered…at the party she shared some needles for drugs. She went home and cried herself to sleep and she and her boyfriend, brian, stayed together. About 6 months later George called Casey and told her that her mother had died in a serious car accident. She and Brian were invited to the funeral. When she got there she saw that Edwin and Lizzie were there, Edwin holding lizzie in his arms, Sam was there and next to him was a face she would never forget. She would never forget the look in his eyes that day as their eyes locked. She had told everybody…but him, even sam and sam apparently told Derek. George saw the tension between everybody and told everybody to be cool for the sake of respect for the dead and the fact that their mother and stepmother had just died.

Ok you know the story behind Casey now

Character Bios:

Derek: after years without Casey he has become his old self again, not caring about anything in the world and occasionally doing drugs and drinking.

George: basically the same although a little disheartened because he lost his wife.

Lizzie and Edwin: have been going out for a few years but have occasional fights where they get on each other's nerves and during this is one of them

Sam: he has taken up a career in filming; he carries his camera everywhere and films all types of things.

After the funeral:

Casey walked through the graveyard quietly, her arms wrapped around herself and with Brian by her side. She saw Derek pass her and she called out to him, "it's true you sold your guitar and bought a car?"

Derek stopped, sighed and turned around, "its true- im leaving now for Sante Fe." He looked over at Brian and glared at him, "it's true you're with this yuppy scum!"

Brian narrowed his eyes at Derek and turned to Casey remembering what she told him, "You said you'd never speak to him again."

Casey put up her hand in protest and looked at Brian sympathetically, "not now."

Edwin piped in, "Who said that you have any say in who she says things to at all!"

Derek smirked and looked at his brother, "yeah!"

Lizzie glanced at Edwin, "who said that you should stick your nose in other people's…"

Edwin spun around and faced Lizzie his expression cold and fierce, "who said I was talking to you!"

Lizzie narrowed her eyes and growled, "We used to have this fight each night! He never admit I existed!"

Sam ran up to them and tried to get in between Edwin and Lizzie, "calm down! Everyone please!" he looked at both Derek and Casey who were still looking at each other fiercely.

"He was the same way!" Casey yelled pointing to Derek, "He was always 'run away- hit the road- don't commit' you're full of shit!"

Lizzie glanced at Edwin who was now facing the opposite direction, "he's in denial!" Casey glared at Derek and pointed at Derek, "He's in denial!"

Lizzie shook her head, tears ready to fall, "didn't give an inch when I gave a mile!"

Casey brought her folded hands up to her chest and shouted at Derek, " I gave a mile!"

"Gave a mile to who?!" Derek shouted back to her throwing his hands up in the air.

Sam and Brian looked at each other and then back at them, "come on guys chill!" they shouted at the same time.

Casey and Lizzie looked at Derek and Edwin, "I'd be happy to die for a taste of what my mom had someone to live for, unafraid to say 'I love you'"

Derek's upper lip curled slightly as he growled at her, "All you're words are nice Casey but love's not a three way street." He approached her quickly and stood only about a foot away from her face and told her, "You'll never share real love until you love your self – I should know." The shock on Casey's face was evident as she stared open mouthed at Derek.

George silently watching from behind stepped between his son and his step daughter, "you all said you'd be cool today, so please for my sake." He let out a sight and looked over to Edwin and Lizzie who had their arms crossed, "I can't believe she's gone." He looked at Derek, "I can't believe you're going." He looked out at people in front of him, "I can't believe this family must die." He looked at Casey and she looked up at him in shame, "Nora helped us believe in love." He stated remembering she was the one who convinced Casey to tell Derek how she felt. "I can't believe you disagree."

All of them looked up and around at each other and whispered at the same time, "I can't believe this is goodbye."

A single tear rolled out down Casey's cheek as she walked towards Brian and into his arms. He turned around with her and started walking away while Edwin came up to Lizzie, wiped her tears away and took her hand silently apologizing for all he has done. George approached them and they all left leaving Sam alone with Derek. Derek was looking out into the distance. Sam sighed and approached Derek. "I hear there are great restaurants out west."

"Some of the best…" Derek mumbled and changed the topic quickly, "how could she?

Sam looked to where Casey disappeared to and then back at his disheartened friend, "how could you let her go?"

"You just don't know." Derek snapped. "How could we lose Nora?"

Sam placed a hand on his shoulder, "maybe you'll see why when you stop escaping you're pain. AT least now if you try Nora's death won't be in vain."

Derek shrugged off Sam's hand and glared at him, "her death is in vain!"

Sam rolled his eyes, "Are you insane? There's so much to care about, there's me – there's Casey!"

"Casey's got her baggage too." Derek replied softly.

"So do you!" Sam hissed at him.

Derek suddenly grew angry and turned on Sam, "who are you to tell me what I know! What to do?!"

"A friend." Sam replied coolly.

"But who Sam, are you!" He backed away from his friend and paced the ground, "Sam has got his work! They say "Sam lives for his work" and "Sam's in love with his work." Sam hides in his work."

"From what?!" Sam asked.

Derek turned around and took steps towards him, "From facing you're failure, facing you're loneliness facing the fact you live a lie!" Sam looked at him like he had five heads and Derek nodded smirking evilly, "yes you live a lie! Tell you why, you're always preaching not to be numb when that's how you thrive! You pretend to create and observe but you really detach from feeling alive!" Derek was about to continue his speech when Sam cut him off harshly, "Maybe because I'm the one of us to survive!"

Derek took slow, deep, even breaths and then spat sarcastically, "poor baby."

Sam sighed and watched as Derek turned to leave, "Casey still loves you, are you really jealous or afraid that Casey's weak?"

Derek again stopped where he was and paused, "Casey did look pale." He answered softly.

"Casey's gotten thin, Casey's running out of time and you're running out the door!"

Derek spun around quickly and shouted, "No more…I gotta go."

"Hey!" Sam called as one again Derek turned to leave. "For somebody who's always been let down, who's heading out of town?"

Derek turned slowly around, "for someone who longs for a community of his own, who's with his camera?" Sam looked down at the camcorder in his hand and looked down at the ground. "Alone." Derek let out a sigh and looked at Sam seriously, "I'll call…I hate the fall."

Derek turned around to see Casey standing only a few feet away from him, he shifted his feet and looked up at her again, "you heard?"

Casey nodded solemnly, "every word." Her eyes narrowed slightly at him, "you don't want baggage without life time guarantees, you don't want to watch me die. I just came to say Goodbye, Love." Derek's eyes softened as he looked at Casey, "goodbye love, I came to say Goodbye, love, goodbye."

Derek shook his head and bit back a sob that was threatening to release, he bit his lip and turned and walked the other way. Casey watched him go as tears flowed gently down her cheeks as she whispered once again, "I just came to say, Good bye, love, Goodbye, love. I came to say Good bye love, Goodbye."

Brian came over and slung his arm around her shoulder but she jumped and moved away slowly, looking at him apologetically, "please don't touch me, understand, I'm scared. I need to go away."

Sam approached her quietly, "I know place—a clinic."

Brian looked at him suspiciously, "A rehab?"

Casey turned to look at them, "maybe…could you?"

Brian nodded, "I'll pay."

Casey nodded and turned her attention back to Derek disappearing in the distance,

"Goodbye love! Just came to say Good bye love, Goodbye."

She ran down a little and cried, "Just came to say Good bye love, Good bye love, Goodbye love." She fell to her knees, tears rushing from her eyes like a waterfall as she looked up to the grey sky, "Hello Disease."

A/N: I don't know…it looked better in my head…so tell me what you thought…

And just incase you weren't really sure:

Cast:

Roger: Derek

Mimi: Casey

Mark: Sam

Maureen: Edwin (yea yea I know)

Joann: Lizzie

Collins: George

Benny: Brian