Here Chapter One

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"Honey," said a concerned Nora, "are you sure you packed everything?"

"Yes, Mom," laughed Casey. Even though she was laughing at her mother being a typical worry-wart, she couldn't help but be nervous herself. This would be the first time she'd be away from her mother for so long.

"Mom, don't worry, everything's going to be just fine," Casey added with a reassuring smile.

As nervous as she was, though, Casey couldn't wait for the very last field trip her school was taking with two other schools.

A fourteen night cruise to Europe! She had packed everything she thought she was going to need; a bathing suit, toothbrush, even a very sexy and short black dress for Truman... And then she repacked everything about twenty times.

Truman... Casey thought of him; she had forgiven him for what he had done but her subconscious kept telling her that she shouldn't be so trusting.

"Casey, we're going to be late!" She heard a very annoyed Derek out in the car.

"Coming!" Casey shouted back at him, giving everyone one last hug. She closed the garage door behind her and headed for the Prince.

"What took you so long?" Derek asked.

"I was saying goodbye," Casey said to him plainly. "Unlike you."

"That's not fair, Casey, I said goodbye at the dinner table last night."

"Whatever," She turned her head to the window. "How long is the ride to the airport?"

"About two hours," He answered, wondering why she abruptly turned the conversation from the family.

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"Derek?" Casey inquired as she turned down the music. They had been driving for awhile now and so far they had fought only about which streets to take, music stations, and about Derek's fast driving.

"Yeah?"

"Are you nervous about the trip?" Casey asked slowly, like it had been some sort of secret to ask.

"Not of it sinking or anything like that," Derek answered with a smirk.

"No, nothing like that… I meant; are you worried that this trip... Well, are you worried that it might change you forever?" Casey questioned as she looked at him. He glanced at her for a millisecond but then turned his gaze back to the road before she would yell at him, again.

Derek had no answer right away. After thinking about it for a moment, he did start to worry but he wasn't about to let her know that. "Why are you asking me?" He simply asked her.

"I don't know," But that was a lie; she did know. Casey was worried about Truman, about making horrible choices and about changing into someone she would hate.

And, right now, she wasn't too pleased with herself.

Casey had change, she knew. And she knew why too.

Truman.

When Casey was dating Max, she had change into a clichè, popular, cheerleading brat and that just wasn't who she was. So she had decided to break it off with Max. And, thankfully, she became herself again. But then she met Truman and somehow seemed to change again. This time, however, she had become something worse than before. She was becoming a girl who let everyone walk right over her. Everyone except for Derek, that is.

"Derek, I'm changing" Casey blurted out, surprising even herself.

"What?" Derek asked clearly confused, "What are you talking about?"

"Nothing," She said shaking her head. "I think I'm just going to take a nap," She added blankly as she adjusted her seat

"Okay, Space-Case." Derek said rolling his eyes. He didn't think he would ever be able to understand his step-sister. Sometimes, he wondered if he even wanted to.

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After Casey had drifted off, Derek started thinking about what she had said.

"Derek, I'm changing." Her soft, worried voice echoed throughout his mind.

What did she mean by that? He certainly didn't think she was talking about changing clothes.

Maybe she had meant herself. Derek couldn't blame her. She had changed. When he had met her she was a keener and an oversensitive girl that always had tried to please her Mom and even George. But then she had started dating that loser-of-a-football-player, Max.

Derek had never liked Max. You could say that he didn't like him because of what he had turned Casey into but that was only half the story. When they had broken up, she had acted like her old self. Then she met Truman and everything went downhill. As much has Derek didn't like Max, Derek hated Truman. Truman had changed Casey for the worse. Derek had seriously wanted to kill the guy when Casey had come to him, crying that she had seen Truman and Vicky kissing. Truman had hurt Casey, but stupidly Casey took him back when he had asked for forgiveness.

And it was all Derek's fault. Because he was being selfish and didn't want to seem like he cared and just wanted to date the one girl at his high school, besides his step-sister, that he hadn't...

He knew that if Truman ever hurt Casey again, he wouldn't see the light of day.

It was weird being protective over Casey but it wasn't like being brotherly-protective like he was with Marti or Lizzie. It was more.

Derek glanced at Casey once again. She slept peacefully.

God, she looks beautiful... Wait, did I seriously just think that?

Derek turned his head toward the road, ignoring his thoughts and just focusing on the road.

Derek rubbed his head with his hand. This is going to be a long trip...

He just didn't know how right he would end up being.

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"Oh my God, you're here!" Emily squealed as she saw Derek and Casey coming in through security at the airport.

Casey saw that Emily was surrounded by hundreds of other graduates. They all had to take a five hour flight to Florida, where the ship was going to head off.

"Hey, Em..." Casey said with a yawn, "Sorry I just woke up from a nap."

Emily laughed, and then smiled brightly at Derek, "Hey, Derek." He grabbed her by the waist and kissed her.

Oh, brother, I think I'm going to puke. Casey thought to herself as Emily and Derek pulled apart.

That was weird, Derek thought as he pulled back. The kiss didn't feel like a normal kiss. It felt empty.

His jaw tightened as he saw Truman walking toward Casey, smiling.

Casey saw her boyfriend appear and she gave him a soft smile.

"Hey, Case." Truman said to her and gave her a kiss on the cheek, disappointing Casey because she had been hoping for a real kiss.

"Aren't you excited?" She asked him as he held her hand.

"Yeah, I can't wait for the vacation to start. How about you?" Truman asked her but didn't really get the chance to get her answer because he was attacked by boys from a different school who, she guessed, he knew.

You have no idea... She thought to herself. Casey looked over to Derek , he was talking to Emily and Sam. She didn't know why but she couldn't pull her gaze from him. He gave her a sweet smile, instead of his usual smirk.

That's weird, I just called Derek sweet... Wait, what? Casey quickly turned her head to look for Truman. She was disappointed to find that he was still talking to the kids from earlier and completely ignoring her.

"All passengers that will be on flight thirty-four, please get your tickets and passports ready. We will begin boarding in a moment," announced the speaker.

Everyone began rushing toward the doors and Casey, being near the doors, was nearly trampled by all the people that were heading her way.

She bent down to grab her backpack and found that wasn't the best of ideas. Since so many people were heading toward her she found herself being push backwards, she shut her eyes because she knew that she was falling. However, she gasped as she felt strong arms catch her. Casey slowly open her eyes to reveal Derek inches from her face, and it was brown eyes clashing against blue. He pulled her up and grabbed her bag and handed it to her.

"Thanks," Casey breathed out.

"No problem," Derek replied, smiling like he had before and he walked to Emily, who was in line with Sam; saving their two friends a spot.

And for some insane reason Casey felt tingles all over her body.

Whoa.

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