A/N: I was so overwhelmed by all of the reviews saying that I should continue the story. And so I did...


Her heart skipped a beat at a loud sound coming from her right. She turned her head to see her door open and Emily quickly standing upright, holding her forehead. Casey's mouth opened slighly in surprise.

"I-I...I have to go," Emily stammered. She stepped backwards, grabbed her backpack, and fled. Casey heard her footstep fade away as she ran down the hallway.

Casey quickly pushed Derek off of her and she sat upright. Her heart started beating faster. Emily had seen them. "Oh no, Emily saw."

Derek looked back at her with wide eyes. "Do you think she'll say anything?"

Casey shook her head, "I don't know. What do we do?"

"I don't know," Derek replied.

Casey groaned, "Derek, this is horrible! She'll probably tell the whole school!"

"It'll be okay," Derek tried to reassure her, but his voice gave away his uncertainness in his statement.

She pulled on the hem of her shirt and ran her fingers through her hair to straighten it out. "I'm going to go talk to her," she decided as she pushed herself off of her bed.

"And what are you going to say? 'I'm sorry you caught me making out with my step-brother, please don't tell'? Casey, that's not going to work, it's Emily. No offense, but she's not exactly the most trustworthy person," Derek told her.

"I know, but I have to try at least," Casey said.

"Good luck," Derek said half-heartedly as he flopped back onto her bed.

Casey rolled her eyes but she couldn't stop the little smile that formed on her lips. She closed her bedroom door behind her as she left her room and walked to Emily's house. She rang the doorbell and waited for someone to answer the phone. She hoped it wouldn't be Emily because she would probably slam it in her face.

She took a deep breath when the door started to open...and let it out once she saw Emily's mom smiling back at her.

"Hello Casey," Mrs. Davis greeted her.

"Hello Mrs. Davis, can I see Emily?" Casey smiled.

"Of course," Mrs. Davis said and moved aside as Casey stepped inside. "Just go on up," Mrs. Davis told her.

"Thanks," Casey said and walked up the steps. As she reached the top of the steps her footsteps slowed. She was not looking forward to seeing her best friend. She had no idea what she would say to her or how Emily would react.

She reached Emily's door all to soon it seemed. She tenativly raised her hand and knocked softly on Emily's door.

"Come in," she heard Emily say from the other side of the white door.

Casey opened the door as Emily spun around in her seat to look at who was at her door. "Hi," Casey said timidly when she saw Emily's face turn dark. "Can I talk to you?"

After a moment Emily nodded. Casey quickly walked to Emily's bed, not wanting her to change her mind and send her away. She sat down on the edge of the blue-covered bed.

Emily swung her chair back around so she faced her desk again. She picked up her pencil and stared at the sheet in front of her once again.

They sat in silence for a few minutes while Casey mentally scolded herself for coming over with nothing prepared. She debated leaving, but decided against it. If she was going to talk to Emily about this it might as well be now.

"Emily?" Casey cautioned. Emily looked up from her paper. "Emily, I'm sorry. I-I know you like him, but I can't do anything about it. I like him and he likes me."

Emily shot her a look of anger and turned back to her homework. Casey started to grow impatient with Emily. "Look Emily, I'm sorry, okay? I don't know what you want me to do. I can't just stop," Casey said angrily. "And you can't tell anyone, okay? Please don't. Who knows what would happen if they found out. Look how you reacted. I don't want that, I just want everything to be normal, I wish he wasn't my step-brother. I know it's weird for you. Can you just talk to me?"

Casey bit the inside of her cheek as she waited for Emily's response. In her mind she begged Emily to try and understand and to promise not to say anything. She didn't want to be held responsible for her actions if Emily refused to keep their secret.

Emily turned to face Casey once again and simply asked, "Do you love him?"


A/N:Hope you liked it. And if you take the time to review I'd really appreciate it.