Derek/Casey story

"DEREK!" Casey screamed.

No, Derek hadn't pulled a prank or done something stupid. He was tickling her. Now, you might think the fact that Derek Venturi was tickling Casey McDonald; his stepsister might be a little confusing, and maybe slightly strange. Yeah, I thought so too, until I found her diary.

Maybe I should introduce myself. I am Lizzie McDonald, Casey's sister and Derek, Edwin and Marti's stepsister. I am 13 years old, and up until recently I assumed that Derek and Casey hated each other. Boy, was I wrong.

I probably shouldn't have been in her room. I was looking for notes on Ancient Greece, and I know that she has filed all her notes since preschool. And there it was, filed between "4th Grade Vocabulary" and "2nd Grade Lima Beans. And it was so obvious. I mean, it had flowers and other things on it, something she NEVER puts on her school notebooks.

So, as I was saying, there it was. And any human being would have wanted to read it. So I stuffed it under my sweatshirt and quickly ran back to my room.