Its been five years since we defeated the Edison Group. I kept in touch with Simon and Tori but Derek was never around and when he was we wouldn't really say anything besides the usual "hi's" and "hellos".

Before I left Simon asked me out but I told him I thought of him as a brother, he took it pretty well. Derek, on the other hand, I really like, might even have loved. But I know there was no way he could've liked me, I was always screwing things up. We never really got anywhere so for the past five years ive been trying to forget him; semi-succeeding.

I have a boyfriend now, Jake. He's an actor (go figure). I live in Cali and work as a director, finally fullfiled my dream.

"Hey Chloe, you want some ice cream?" asked Jake. We were at the beach and there was and ice cream truck near by. "sure, Chocolate"

"I know" he smiled at me, he had such a cute smile. His brown hair was shining in the sunlight. He walked away to stand in line.

I stood up and walked to the water. The waves were hitting my feet, the water felt amazing.

"Chloe?" rumbled a voice from behind me. I turned around because the familiarity of it and was not disappointed. Standing there was Derek and all 6 sumtin feet of him. He was wearing swimming trunks. Wow. His body was a it more yummy than I remembered it.

" Oh my god Derek, it that you? How are you?" His gaze was traveling down my body. The fact that I was wearing a bikini wasn't helping the matter at all. I know I have a boyfriend but a shiver still ran threw me. I guess im not completely over him.

"Not as good as you" He smirked at me. Woah, wait a sec. Did The Derek just smirk? I didn't think that was possible. His green eyes meet mine and I felt a sense of security immediately.

Jake came running back to me with chocolate cone. He looked over at Derek.

"Who's this?" I noticed that he noticed the way Derek looking at me, like I was a queen or something. He took of his shirt and handed it to me aware of what I was wearing.

"Here you uh… must be cold." I knew it bothered him when another guy looked at me so I put it on.

"This" I said pointing towards where Derek stood, " is Derek. He's an old friend" Derek shook Jakes outstretched hand and Jake winced and quickly withdrew his hand.

"Derek this is Jake." His arm went around my shoulders, " her boyfriend" he finished. I saw a look of hurt go over Derek's expression but it was quickly replaced with his emotionless mask. Why would he be hurt?

"So, what are you doing here Derek?"

"I was going to visit Simon and saw the beach and decided togo for a swim."

"Well, now that you're here you won't be going to visit Simon. He's coming here so is Tori. I invited you but he said he hadn't seen you for a while."

"Ugh, Tori, really?"

"Yes, she's actually not as mean as before. And your coming no matter what. This isn't up for negotiation."

His face held mock anger. "You gonna make me?"

" I just might" I tried to transform my face into a threatening way but I knew I failed when Derek and Jake started laughing. I frowned and looked up at Jake. He looked down at me and his gaze softened.

"I'm sorry , its just your face and stuff… I'm sorry" His eyes looked sincere and we didn't break our gaze. He leaned down and gently kissed my lips, as an automatic response I moved my lips with his.

A throat cleared and we broke apart to look at Derek, he wore his scowl and was shooting daggers at jake when he wasn't looking. This is gonna be a long day.