So, I'm working on this; I know it could be better, but eh, I'm trying.
Thanks for reading so far.
Updated: 06/10/2014
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Casey and Shauna sat next to each other after school in the Venturi-McDonald living room, conversing quietly.
"I don't know what to do," Casey whispered, shaking her head at Shauna. "It's almost the summer holidays, and I can barely control myself around him. What am I going to do when we have to be around each other all summer?" Shauna sat there, letting Casey's words sink in before she smiled.
"I know! You, me, Derek, and Brian can all go away for the summer! I'm loaded, so money is not problem. But, right before we go, you tell your parents that you like Derek. Let them brood over it for the summer while you two go and have the time of your lives with me. No one will know that you're step-siblings." Casey smiled at her friend's enthusiasm before she shook her head.
"It wouldn't work."
"What wouldn't work?" Casey jolted to find Derek putting his jacket up by the door, eyeing them.
"Uh… nothing," Casey said, standing up. "Let's go talk in my Shauna."
"Casey," Shauna sighed, gripping her wrist and pulling her down back to the couch. "This concerns him. You should talk to him."
"I'd really rather not." He just stared at the two girls before Shauna sighed and looked at him.
"Derek, do you want to be with Casey? Not as just a fling, but as a serious relationship?" Derek stared at her, trying to figure out how to answer that. "Because if not, then you can just go to your room and leave us the hell alone. I'm tired of seeing you string her along. So now is the time to decide."
Casey and Derek both gaped at her; no one besides Casey had ever stood up to Derek, but here was Shauna, a girl who had just entered their lives and seemed to mean business when it came to them.
Casey stood up, not waiting for his answer.
"I think you should leave Shauna. We'll talk tomorrow. I'm…I'm going to my room." Casey left them then, ignoring the stare-off they had going on; only when her door slammed did they look away.
"You should've said yes fucker," Shauna said, grabbing her stuff and moving to the door. "Casey cares way too much about you, and you probably just ruined your chance with the one girl who could ever really make you happy."
With that, Shauna left too, the front door slamming behind her.
Derek just fell into his armchair, thinking about what Shauna asked of him and what he wanted.
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That night, when midnight rolled around, Derek knocked quietly on Casey's door.
"What do you want," she asked, trying to sound sleepy, but Derek could tell she hadn't been asleep.
"Can I come in?" Casey shrugged and stepped aside, letting him into her dark room. She went to sit on her bed, just watching him still. He stood there awkwardly, his arms crossed over his chest. She watched him, rubbing her tired eyes before she laid down. He didn't say anything else as he came over and nudged her, making her scoot over so they could just lay there together. She found herself snuggling against his chest as he wound an arm around her.
"I hate the way you make me feel," he muttered, feeling her breathing speed up a bit. "I mean… I don't do these type of feelings. Usually when I began to really like a girl, we end up going our separate ways and it's always for the best… but I don't want that to happen with you. I don't want to stop our arguments, I don't want to stop seeing you every day… I don't want to stop kissing you…." Casey didn't say anything still, so he took a deep breath before he continued. "I knew… when you moved in and we had that first fight… I knew you'd be the one to get under my skin. That's why I was so…mean to you. I didn't want to ever let on that I was crazy about you."
Casey felt her heart skip a beat as she buried her face against his chest, breathing in the scent that was all Derek.
"Case?"
"Shauna has a theory…" she whispered, not looking at him. "She thinks… we should go away with her and her boyfriend for the summer. Right before we go, we tell mom and George. That way they can simmer over it for the summer and we can go off and be… together, as a couple, not as step-siblings."
Derek thought about that and found he liked the idea of being with Casey all summer, not having to act like they hated each other.
"I'm in if you are." Casey blushed and just lied there, her arms tight around him, her ear pressed against his chest and listening to his heartbeat.
"Goodnight Derek."
"Night Case."
That night, they both slept better than they had in days.
...
Derek was woken up – at what he presumed to be the crack of dawn if the faint light streaming through the blinds was any indication – by Casey shaking his shoulder. He blinked open his tired eyes and looked at her with a grimace.
"Whatisit?" he asked, voice thick with sleep.
"Mom and George will be up soon. If they find you in here…." Her voice trailed off but he knew she had a point; he was too tired to even argue.
Instead, he gave her a soft, drowsy kiss and stumbled from her room to his, falling face down onto his bed for a few more hours of sleep.
Casey, though, was already wide-awake and decided to get started on her daily routine.
Because she had feeling the peace she felt would break soon enough – especially with summer break fast approaching.
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"We'll do it," Casey told Shauna the next day, getting a huge grin from her new friend.
"Fantastic! We need to start planning! But, wait. Are you and Derek…?"
"I don't know," Casey said with a blush, looking at her desk. "But… he agreed. And we slept in my bed last night. And that is all!" she whispered to the scandalized face of her friend. "It's just… different. We still argue, we still fight, but… it's so much more… intimate."
"Aww." Casey blushed and looked down again. "Fine. Let's plan our summer."
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So… I guess I could end it here, but I could continue it too… What do ya'll think?
I need the opinions of my few readers :D
Please and thank you.
-JustMe133
