Hey guys, chapter three is here. I was re-reading and I realized there is a lot of Dasey action in here and that it may seem like a complete angsty romance if you will. But, it's not. I'm working on my favorite thing, horror. And I'm also trying to combine some of my favorite horror movies too. Hopefull it will work out well. -Shyla
They were already an hour onto the highway
They were already an hour onto the highway. The time to get out of the house and into the Camper was full of chants of who would get 'shot gun' for the first portion of the ride. The time it took to get the camper started and on the road was full of Casey running her check lists for about the millionth time. The time to get on the freeway was full of changing he radio so much it drive Derek insane. And the time to get from the freeway to the highway, the radio cut out, leaving static and Casey was lecturing Derek on his driving skills.
"Check the mirrors!" "You're going too fast." "If you don't pay attention you'll miss our exit!"
And finally, Derek couldn't take it anymore. If she continued to gab at him, he was going to explode.
"Casey!" He finally shouted, "Just let me drive this fucking thing!"
Her head shot to Derek and her jaw dropped. He had never spoken to her like that. Not even in high school.
She bit her lip and kept her mouth shut.
Derek glanced at her from the corner of his eye and felt bad for snapping at her. But she was nagging him and would not shut up. He had no other choice.
She then decided that if Derek wasn't going to be nice, she didn't want to be near him. She got out of the passenger seat and walked to the back of the camper. She grabbed her laptop and sat on one of the small beds that was on either side of the camper. Seth and Robyn were watching a DVD on his computer and flirting at the same time.
She didn't understand how two people could flirt as much as they did. And there are some flirting that you can take. Not this kind, this kind was the kind of flirting that made you gag.
And because Casey didn't want to be around Derek at the time, she put of with their flirting for about an hour.
XOXO
Finally Derek stopped. One, he wanted a drink and two, he needed to stretch his legs. Surprisingly, Seth and Robyn had stopped their flirting and followed Derek and Casey out of the camper.
It was nice and cold in the convenient store. Derek went strait for the fountain drinks while Seth went for the junk food. Robyn was looking at more magazines and Casey was left looking for a somewhat healthy snack.
She happened to glance around and accidentally caught the eye of some other guy who could only be a Frat Boy. And she groaned in her head as he walked over to her.
"Long day?" he asked.
"Yep."
"I saw you pull up in that camper."
"Yep."
"Camping?"
"Yep."
She kept her answers short like that in hopes of making him go away but it wasn't working. He just kept asking questions and he was also hitting on her.
She casually glanced around and sat Derek. They mad eye contact and she was pleading him to help her with her eyes. And at one point, when this guy wasn't looking, she mouthed a 'help me' to Derek. And because Derek had a soft spot for Casey, he walked over to her.
She felt a body pressed up against her side and she looked up. She was greeted with a soft kiss that made her shiver.
"You ready?" He asked.
"Yeah." She said as Derek grabbed her hand, "Have a safe trip." She said to the guy.
And with that, Derek and Casey walked away hand in hand. He then let go of her hand and put his hand around her waist.
"Thank you." She whispered.
"Don't mention it."
XOXO
"I thought you didn't wanna be near me." Derek said with a mean smirk on his face.
"Well, Robyn and Seth are flirting back there." Casey stated. "And you and I know both know that one person can handle so much flirting."
Derek nodded silently in agreement.
And it was quiet for about another ten minutes. And what surprised both of them, was that it wasn't tense or awkward. It was actually a comfortable silence. Something that had never happened with them before. And people around them, they could actually feel the tension in the room. This time there was none.
"How they doin' back there?" Derek asked.
Casey looked back and saw the Seth now had his tongue down Robyn's throat. Casey shuddered and turned around quickly.
"Still the same. Maybe with a little more action."
Derek looked at her for a brief moment before glancing back for a quick second. And they quick second made him turn right back around because he didn't really want to see something like that. And because he had to keep his eyes on the road.
"Yeah." Derek said laughing. "Action."
Casey smiled and shook her head.
There was another comfortable silence between for a moment before Casey broke it.
"Can we stop?" She asked, "I have to use the bathroom."
"Why didn't you use the bathroom when we stopped?" Derek asked, annoyed.
"Because I didn't have to go then and I have to go now."
Derek sighed and pulled into the next rest area.
XOXO
Derek walked to the bathroom and waited outside. The white plaster on the outside was flaking off and weeds were growing in the crack long the bathroom. It was basically in the middle of nowhere. Literally, in the middle of nowhere. There were no other forms of human anywhere. Not even an animal. It was like a ghost town.
Derek sighed and sat down on a broken bench that was next to a garbage can smothered with flies as Casey walked into the women's restroom. The smell from the trash was making Derek gag. Think of garbage in a jump on a hot summer day in Phoenix, Arizona. That's how it was for Derek at the moment.
Casey on the other hand was going through her own discomfort. The bathroom was dark and muggy. Plaster was coming off the walls inside as well as out and the floors, had mold growing in the grout of the tile. Even some tiles were missing. The stall walls were this ugly brown color and had no doors. Casey peaked into all three of them and shuddered.
She ran back out and it made Derek stand up, alert as hell.
"It's gross in there."
"so what, you're not gonna go to the bathroom?" He asked.
Without a word, she marched over to the men's restroom and pulled on the door. It was locked. Damn. She was hoping that maybe the men's room was going to be a bit cleaner in there but the hackin' door was locked.
She groaned and looked at Derek.
"Oh, no. I am not gonna go into the girls bathroom with you while you tinkle."
And the next think he knew, he was standing in the dark women's restroom.
"Turn around." Casey said right before popped the button on her pants.
"Nothing I haven't seen before."
She glared at him as she pulled out one of those toilet seat tissues. Only Casey would have something like that in her pocket.
"Derek,"
"Okay, geeze."
And Derek turned around. He heard her whimper in disgust and he heard her go to the bathroom. He then heard her flush and then she pushed past him and walked to the sink.
The sink. Oh god, the sink. It was so bad, it was covered in mold and even had a dead rat in it. Or maybe it was a possum, whatever it was it made Casey squeal and race out of the bathroom. Derek had the look of pure disgust and walked out later. When he got out he saw that she was rubbing hand sanitizer all over her hands and arms. She then looked ahead and groaned again.
"Tell me about it." Derek said behind her. "It's so damn hot."
"No," Casey said shaking her head, "look."
Derek looked and sighed.
The camper was rocking back and forth on the wheels.
"Great. That's just fucking great. Not only do we have to wait til their done, we have to drive in a camper smelling like sweat and sex."
"Hmm, kindof like your room." Casey said with a snarky tone.
"I'm gonna chose to ignore that." He said as he sat on the broken bench.
Casey sighed and joined him.
XOXO
Whether it was fifteen minutes or fifteen years, it was taking forever.
Derek had his shirt off and there was a light sheet of sweat on his body, making his tan skin glisten. Casey's eyes wandered down to his abs; not a six pack, an eight pack. Then she spotted a drop of sweat travel down his chest and to his abs. She was instantly turned on and she looked away.
"It's hot." She blurted.
"Take off one of those shirts you have on."
Casey glared at him and then it faded almost instantly. He had a point. She had a tank top on underneath. She sighed for what was like the millionth time and stood up. She peeled off her shirt but it pulled up her tank top up with it. And in that instant, it was like everything was in slow motion.
When Derek saw the shirt go up, he was in awe. Her tan, toned stomach was amazing. He didn't even know that she had a tattoo of a cool design on her side. He was even more surprised that a simple white bra could turn him on. She looked incredible.
Casey froze. She then felt Derek's rough hands brush against the skin below her belly button and he pulled the tank top back down as she pulled off her t-shirt.
They were almost stuck in a trance. Derek moved closer and leaned down. And then, like every movie where the guy almost kisses a girl, Seth came bounding out of the camper with messy hair giving a shout of relief.
"Woo!" He said out loud. "I feel great."
Derek moved away quickly leaving Casey in her thoughts. He was going to kiss her. Derek was going to kiss her. What could only be good or bad, but she was going to let him kiss her too. She sighed and walked back to the camper.
"Seth, now that you're up, you're driving." Derek said, tossing him the keys.
"Uh, why?"
"Uh, because. And since you have this sudden burst of energy, you can drive."
Casey said nothing. All she did was walk into the camper and get situated with her lap top. She decided on sleeping on the other bed, avoiding the grossness on the other one. She started working on her lap top just as they were all filing in.
She didn't hear the talking from her friends. She didn't see Derek walk back and she didn't see him standing next to her. Until he cleared his throat.
"I'm not moving." She said not looking up at him.
"Well, I'm not sleeping on that bed over there."
"Well, I'm still not moving."
Derek sighed. He then pushed her over making her slide to the other side of the small mattress. She huffed and made more room for him. After both of them moving numerous times, Casey was near the wall of the camper while Derek was on the other side of the bed.
He was already closing his eyes, making himself sleep. He had his arm covering his eyes and his other arm across his stomach. Casey just shook her head and began her work on her lap top.
XOXO
"I don't see why Casey doesn't make a move." Seth said quietly as he was driving.
"You know why though. The whole step sibling thing is bothering her. She told me so." Robyn said looking through a magazine, "Casey said that if her mom and his dad said it was okay then maybe she would make a move. But other than that, she won't make one. I think she wants Derek to."
"Well, I think he likes her."
"Duh."
Casey looked up and saw that Robyn and Seth were having a quiet conversation to themselves and her eyes began to droop. She closed her lap top and laid down next to Derek. Her eyes shut before her head even hit the other half of the pillow. She felt the blanket rustling beside her, an arm around her waist, and something nuzzle the back of her neck making her fall asleep instantly.
XOXO
Derek felt small arms around his waist. He looked down and saw Casey sleeping peacefully next to him. He smiled and closed his eyes again, wanting to savor the feeling of her body pressed tightly against his.
He felt the camper come to a stop, he still kept his eyes closed and he heard Seth and Robyn.
"Seth, look."
"And here they say that they don't like each other."
"Whatever, these rooms here are cheep so we'll book two."
And the two left. Derek sighed and opened his eyes. He had to wake her up.
"Case." He whispered, nudging her a little bit.
Nothing.
"Casey." He tried again.
Nothing. He sighed and moved his lips to her ear.
"You need to wake up."
And she stirred. She looked up and removed herself from Derek.
"Where are we?" She asked.
"Hotel."
"Why?" She asked.
"Don't you want one more good night rest before sleeping in a tent for a week?"
XOXO
"I know you booked two rooms as in one for me and you and one for them." Casey said to Robyn.
"Uh, no. Me and Seth and you and Derek."
"Robyn!"
"Hey, you and Derek looked pretty cozy in the camper, why not make it better." She said smiling before running into her room with Seth.
"You owe me!" She shouted through the closed door.
"I love you too Case!"
She groaned and walked over to Derek who was standing in the doorway of their room. She walked in and saw that there was only one bed. A queen. Meaning enough room for both of them to sleep in it.
"Oh no. I am not sharing a bed with you." Casey said.
"You didn't seem to have a problem with it in the camper." Derek said smirking.
"I didn't have a choice."
Derek sighed and sat on the bed.
"Casey, it's late. I'm tired, you're tired, and we're both adults here." Casey snorted and Derek ignored her, "I'll stay on my side of the bed tonight."
So there you go people. Enjoy. I'll get something else up soon.