Author's Note: Thanks for reading! I own nothing. This first chapter is from the season one episode "Barely Legal." In this chapter, and in all the chapters, the beginning portion in italics is the scene shown in the episode, with added description of the action and the characters' thoughts provided by me. Enjoy!

"Okay, yes."

And, just like that, Casey completely lost her temper.

"Who does that? You dumped me! You don't want to be with me, but you don't want anyone else to be with me either? How could you be so spiteful?"

Evan could feel his adrenaline pumping as he realized how this argument was going to end. Either Casey would storm out of his room and never speak to him again, or… He didn't have time to fantasize, he needed to stop her yelling and make her understand.

"C'mon, I didn't do it to be spiteful."

Casey was so angry at him for ruining her chances with Shane, she didn't even think about why he would have done it other than to just be obnoxious, she just snapped back, "Then why?"

Evan said it before he could even think about it. Well, before he could think about it right then. He'd been thinking about it for weeks, through all of the time he'd spent trying to keep other guys away from her, through all the time he'd been trying to build their relationship. So, of course, when the moment came that he needed to say it, it just spilled out naturally.

"Because I love you."

Casey stood there, stunned. That was the absolute last thing she'd expected him to say to her. Her big eyes got wider and she heard herself faintly say "What?" as she half-fell and half-sat down onto his bed.

Evan's mind raced, knowing he had to say just the right thing if he wanted Casey back. He sat down on his bed next to her and put his head in his hands.

"I know, I know, paying Shane off was the wrong thing to do, but I was desperate. I knew you'd freak if I rushed you and – "

"Did you ever think of just talking to me about it?"

Evan whipped his head up to look at her face and the dramatic tension of the moment disappeared as Casey giggled at his comical movement, falling backwards onto his bed. A wide smile spread across Evan's face as he heard her laugh, hoping it was a good sign.

Casey sat up again and tried to compose her face, which made Evan laugh at her, and pretty soon they were both laughing hysterically for no apparent reason. Casey lost her balance on the edge of the bed and started to fall off; Evan quickly caught her before she could hurt herself.

Suddenly the mood changed again, just as quickly, as Casey felt Evan's hand wrapped around her waist and he felt her soft side against his hand. Evan started to apologize, but as he looked down into her eyes the words died in his throat.

She was looking at him with those big beautiful eyes the same way she had before, before he had made that one stupid mistake that had ruined their entire relationship. The way she'd looked at him that night at the dance freshman year, when she chose to stay with him instead of cleaning up Cappie. The way she'd looked at him that day in the stacks when he told her he wanted to lavaliere her. The way she'd looked at him the night they first…

He felt himself lean down to kiss her before he'd even decided to do it. He felt her jump up just before their lips met.

He wiped his hand over his eyes as he started to apologize, "Casey, I'm so – " She held up her hand to stop him.

"Just wait a second, Evan, I just… I just need to think." He looked up at her from the bed, worry written all over his face. Casey immediately wanted to smooth it away, but she had to figure out things first. She turned away from him, trying to think of what she needed to say.

She turned back to face him a few seconds later, pointing an accusing finger, but the look on her face was more confused than angry.

"Why did you wait to tell me this? And why were you so horrible to me afterwards? You broke up with me, remember? I mean – "

Evan had stood up during her pacing rant without her noticing, and she was startled into silence by his sudden nearness and soothing hands running down both her arms. He stepped back a little, not wanting to press her, but placed his hands on her upper arms, holding on to her, as he looked into her eyes.

"Casey. I am so sorry for how I treated you . There's no excuse for what I did. Yes, I was hurt and, yes, I was bitter, but that's no excuse for how I acted."

Casey was back to being wide-eyed, but this time she recovered faster. She crossed her arms over her chest, forcing Evan to put his hands back by his sides.

"What right did you have to be angry? Or bitter? YOU dumped ME!," she said, jabbing her finger into his chest. He grabbed her wrist and brought the inside to his lips, making her eyelids flutter involuntarily.

Evan knew he was being a little reckless, but he was out of his mind wanting Casey. Yes, partially in that way, but also for her, for who she was and what she did.

"And I shouldn't have."

Casey pushed down the feeling his well-placed kiss had brought up, and focused back on her anger.

" Then why DID you?"

He saw the desire in her eyes and knew he had a chance, so he reached for her again and put his hands lightly on her hips.

"Because I'm still sensitive about Cappie. You sleeping with him made me crazy. So crazy that I let Franny convince me you weren't over him and that you'd been cheating on me. And then when you told me that you'd kissed him…"

A pained look came over his face for a minute, and Casey felt so awful she pulled him to her without even thinking. She whispered to him as she put her arms around him, "I'm so sorry, Evan."

He pulled her tighter to him and dropped his head to her ear, "Me too. I know my issues were just as much of the reason we broke up. I should never have assumed you were using me for my name. You were the only one I could always trust to care about me for me. I'm sorry I believed Franny over you."

She pulled back out of his grasp, and he instantly missed her being in his arms. She covered her face with her hands, before going back to crossing her arms.

"Evan, I'm glad we talked about this, I'm glad we've cleared the air, but…"

He stepped a little bit closer to her, and asked "But what?" She didn't step back, but she kept her arms crossed, clearly telling him to keep his hands to himself.

"But how could we possibly be together after everything that happened? How could we trust each other? After everything we did?"

"Because we're being honest with each other now. I admit that… that I'm still sensitive about Cappie. And I'll always have trouble trusting that people like me for something besides my last name."

He loomed closer, staring intensely into her eyes. "But I want to be with you. I want to make this work."

He could see the hesitation in her eyes, and he didn't want to push her. No, that's wrong, he wouldn't let himself push her, no matter how much he wanted to. So he waited, waited for her to make whatever move she wanted to.

Casey stared up at him, trying to decide what she should do. She knew right now, this very moment, would decide her foreseeable future. Would going back to Evan be a good decision or would it end as badly as it did last time? Would saying no save her pain or ruin the friendship they'd just started? Could they even be friends after all he'd said tonight?

Evan smiled as he saw the wheels turning in Casey's head. "What are you thinking, Case?"

She looked up and saw that easy smile of his and knew what she wanted. "I'm thinking…" She took a deep breath and put her hands on his shoulders. "I'm thinking that I want to make this to work too."

His smile widened and snaked his hands around her waist. He leaned into kiss her, but stopped himself, "Wait, Case, are you sure? I don't want to – "

She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him towards her, "I know what I'm doing, Evan. I know it's not going to be easy. But I want to try."

He nodded slightly and they held each others' gaze as they slowly leaned in. The kiss was slow and sweet and fit with the dramatic moment. Evan pulled her tighter, molding her against him, and whispered against her lips, "I've missed you." She smiled and pulled away just far enough to see his eyes, "I missed you too."

Author's note: I'm debating continuing the scene (although most likely keeping it T) but I'm not sure yet. Opinions? Should I work on the next scene I want to change, which would probably be the end of the world party (although not necessarily Cappie and Casey), or should I continue this one? Thanks for reading, reviews would be awesome! But please be nice if you hated it, this is my first Greek story and only my second real story on Fanfiction. Thanks so much!