"Here's your bill. And…thanks." He gave the red-head a seductive smile, and she blushed as she looked down at the piece of paper he just gave her.

"He is such a pig." Casey spat as she cleaned down the counter, Sally standing next to her, putting the freshly backed cupcakes in the display case.

"Yup." Sally responded, not even looking up at Casey.

"How does he get all of those girls to flock all over him like that?? It's disgusting."

"I know, isn't it?" Sally asked, finally standing up and grinning at Derek, who was walking towards them, flipping a coin in the air. He winked at her and Casey rolled her eyes and scoffed. Sally gave him a flirtatious wave, and he smirked at her. "But he's so…adorably cute." She snapped out of his trance and turned to Casey. "But don't you ever tell him that. I'm over him. And he's over me."

"Like I'm supposed to believe that." Her co-worker smiled and rolled her eyes at her stupidity.

"Slacker." Derek said, nudging Casey, who let out an exasperated sigh.

"What??" Casey asked in an annoyed tone. Sally turned away, trying to hide her growing smile.

"Table 4 needs to be cleaned."

"Derek. I'm a waitress. Not a bus girl."

"Are you questioning my authority?"

"No, I'm not! I'm just not a bus girl."

"Fine, then. You go and wait table eight. A nice old man for you, eh Case?"

She scoffed and snatched the notebook out of Derek's hands. She walked towards the table. "Hello there! Welcome to Smelly Nelly's! My name is Casey, and I'll be your server for today. Would you like anything to drink?"

"Yeah…Water." He didn't even look up at her.

"Are you ready to order food, or do you need a minute?"

"Burger…Medium. No onions."

"Perfect! Thanks!" She smiled and then walked away. Derek laughed as he watched the old man roll his eyes at Casey.

"Why'd he roll his eyes?" Sally asked, stepping closer to Derek. One more step, and she would be in his arms.

"Cause Case is a super keener."

Sally rolled her eyes. "Derek! Be nice to the new girl!"

"She's not new in my life."

So they dated! Hmm…that explains the unresolved sexual tension between them. Sally thought as she shoved another notebook at Derek. "Here. People are swarming in for lunch. Go and wait table six."

Casey happily came back after giving the notebook paper to the chef. "So how did I do?" She asked, squealing at Sally.

"Fine," She smiled at her. "Hey, lunch break's soon. Since you and Derek seem to have everything covered here, I'm thinking about going out to get us all something to eat. You want something?"

"Ask Derek." Casey rolled her eyes, causing Sally's smile to rise. "He's the king of food. I should know. He always raids our fridge."

Oh…so now they live together too? Interesting. I wonder why Derek's never mentioned her before… Sally thought as Derek came up and nudged Sally in the ribs, causing her to give out a girly squeal.

"So…what are you two ladies talking about?"

"Sally's going out to get us something to eat, Derek. What do you want?"

"Oh…Pizza! Yeah, Sally! Oh, and extra everything…especially pepperoni."

"Got it," She winked at Derek and then grabbed her jacket. "I should be back in a little bit." She started towards the door, but then quickly turned around. "You two are going to get along, right? You're not gonna wreck the place?"

"No way, Sally! I'm totally responsible."

"Yeah," Derek wrapped his arm around Casey's shoulder. "You can trust…us." She smiled and then nodded her head.

"Okay. Fine, I'll be back soon. See you later you two."

"Bye." Casey said, waving at her new co-worker.

"Later." Derek said, nonchalantly.

Business was slow while Sally was gone. Then…it sort of sped up after I gave the old man his food, and the bell rang, signaling that someone just walked into the restaurant. Casey turned her head and spotted Max. She gave out a small squeak in fear, and Derek immediately appeared next to her. "What's wrong?? What's going on??" he asked, and she backed up into him, wanting nothing but his arms around her. Why am I acting this way?? Why do I want to be held by my step-brother?

"Right… there." Casey squeaked as Derek wrapped one arm around her waist, his hand on her belly button. Derek looked at what she was pointing at, and his face turned bleach white.

"Shit." Casey heard him mumble under his breath. Max took his seat at a table in the back, and they both watched a blond sit down opposite of Max.

"Hold on just a minute…is that…"

"Kendra???" Derek asked, and then he turned Casey around so that she faced him. "Who wants to wait them?" Derek asked his step-sister as he watched Kendra take Max's hand in hers.

"I don't." Casey mumbled.

"Well neither do I. I mean…after kicking Max's ass…"

"I know. I know. But Derek…it's not like Sally's back. She can't wait them. One of us has to do it."

"I know, Case." He said, stroking her hair. Casey furrowed her eyebrows together, but let him continue to touch her. "You know why he broke up with you, right?"

Casey nodded her head. "Because I changed."

"No. Because of me."

"You?? What did you do, Derek?!?"

"Nothing! He broke up with you because he thought that you l-l-l-lo-lo-"

"Loved?" Casey asked, and he stopped stroking her hair and placed his hand on the small of her back.

"Yeah. He thought I…that word…You."

"He thought I loved you??"

"Yeah." Derek sighed, and then grabbed the notebook out of Casey's hands. "I'll go and wait them." He said, and then started towards the two's arch enemies. Casey pretended to wash a table, but she couldn't keep her eyes off of Derek. He's being so nice to me! When Sally isn't here…he's nice. Casey smiled as she watched Derek smirk and glare at the two before walking back towards Casey. He stopped at the table.

"They're dating."

"Well I could sort of tell that, Derek."

"Let me give this to Pablo."

"Okay." Casey said, and then set down the towel and leaned up against the counter, staring dreamily at Derek.

He's so…god…he's such a cutie!! And he's so damn hot! And he's so nice…And… Casey was cut off in her daydream by a hand on her back.

"Case? You okay? I got the pizza." She turned to face Sally.

"Oh! Hey, Sally!"

"What were you staring at?" She asked, and Derek turned around and started walking back towards the two. "Oh." She gave a knowing smile, and Derek's face lit up in a huge grin when he saw the pizza.

"Sally! My…girl! You're the best, seriously. Pizza and you?? How can life get any better?" She gave him a fake smile.

"I don't know Derek…how can it?" She asked, pointing her head towards Casey.

"I dunno." Derek said, a huge bite of pizza in his mouth.

There was a long, awkward silence as Derek and Casey both munched on their pizza, glancing at each other every other minute, and then looking down at the table when they figured out that the other one was looking at them.

"So…" Sally broke the awkward silence between them at their lunch break. "How long did you two date?"

Casey and Derek both choked on their food and stared at her.

"What???" Derek asked, and Casey stared at Sally as if she was an alien.

"Excuse me??" Casey asked, looking offended.

"Aw, come on! It's obvious! You two both used to go out, and now you just can't get over each other…and there's so much unresolved sexually tension building up that you just can't get over it!" The two stared at her in disbelief. Knowing that they weren't going to say anything else, she playfully punched Derek in the arm. "Just go and lay her already!"