Within These Walls
by houdinicat3
A/N- Changes that I've made so far are definitely for the better. Hope you enjoy it!
(Casey POV)
OMG! Life is so unfair! I just had the best kiss of my life and it was with my step brother! UGH! How am I supposed to stop liking him after this happened? I don't know why it happened either. It just did. He must think I'm crazy. What if he didn't like it? Of course he liked it. He's a perv. I can't deal with this. And of course I have no Emily. Or anyone. I hate this. Why do things like this have to happen to me? Oh great. I hear foot steps. I wonder who it could be. Ooo ooo let me guess...Derek? Ding ding ding, we have a winner!
'Knock' Knock'
Wow, he knocked. He must feel weird. Why is he here? Omg! I completely forgot for a second that we're sharing the room. Ugh. This is even worse.
"Come in." I said grudgingly. He stood at the door shyly. He put his arms behind his neck.
"Hey."
"Hey."
"So."
"So."
"I'm guessing that you're not going to Emily's party tomorrow." So that's it? He just wants to know if I'm going to be at that stupid party. How sensitive.
"You guess correctly."
"I'm not going either." What? Why would he miss his opportunity to score with a girl?
"Why not?"
"I don't want to deal with those jerks. Besides, I figured that you might want some company. We could hang out or something." That was...unexpected. I can't believe that he's being so nice to me. Plus, he's pretending that nothing happened. Oh well. I guess it's for the best. At least this could be a start.
"That would be nice of you. By the way, why are you on my side with this. I mean, he's your best friend and I'm...well...your stepsister that you hate."
"Who said I'm doing it for you?" What! He saw the look on my face and cracked a smile. "I'm just kidding. You're my stepsister. If anyone is going to be mean to you, it's going to be me." I laughed.
"But honestly, he had no right to do that to you. He's an idiot. I would never have done that if you were mine." What?
"What was that last part?" I said curiously. He blushed.
"I mean if I would ever be dumb enough to go out with you." I hit him on the shoulder with my pillow. We both laughed.
"So what are we gonna do instead?" I asked curiously.
"I have three options. 1) We watch another movie here. 2) We go to the mall or 3) we go out to see a movie."
"Hmm...let me think about it."
"Ok."
"So."
"So."
"Well this is a productive conversation."
"Yea." Why won't he talk?
"Oh yea, that made it so much more productive, Derek."
"I'm just being agreeable."
"Maybe I don't want you to be agreeable." I knew that I was being difficult but I just couldn't stand it. We're not fighting. That's why we're getting along so well. That's also why I'm able to start liking him. If we just fight again I can hate him and I won't have to deal with this.
"Then what do you want me to be?"
"I want you to start fighting with me again."
"And what are we doing now?"
"Talking."
"I thought that this was an unproductive conversation."
"It is, but it's still just talking. I want to fight again. I'm sick of getting along."
"Are you hearing yourself? You sound like you're going crazy."
"Well maybe I am."
"Why are you acting this way."
"Because I want to know why you kissed me."
"I don't know."
"Well you should."
"Maybe you're the one that kissed me."
"I doubt it."
"I don't." He said under his breath. But I heard him.
"Jerk."
"Why can't you ever be reasonable?"
"I'm the unreasonable one?" The nerve.
"Yes. All you're doing is yelling at me. You're saying it's all my fault. If it's bothering you so much, why won't you talk to me about it?"
"Because we should be fighting."
"Why do you insist on fighting."
"Because I can't like you."
"What?"
"We're not fighting. I don't like you when we're fighting. I want to fight." I'm insane I get it. I just have to stop this before one of us gets hurt.
"Casey, I'm not going to fight with you."
"Why not?" Now I'm asking the questions.
"Maybe I want you to like me."
"What?"
"You heard me."
"Derek, you can't be serious."
"Do you think that anything that's been said in this conversation has been a lie?"
"No."
"Ok then."
"Derek."
"Yea, Case?"
"Can we just talk about what happened before first?"
"Ok."
Silence.
"What did happen back there?" He asked finally.
"Honestly? I don't know."
"Ok so let's try to figure this out. I think that we were both feeling emotional and that got the better of us."
"Yea. That must be it."
"Ok so we've figured this out?"
"Yea...I guess."
"Well look. I'm really tired so I'm going to get to sleep. Where am I sleeping tonight?"
"You can have the bed if you want." I said quietly.
"Are you sure? I mean after what's happened and-"
"I'm sure."
"Ok, thanks." With that he grabbed his pajamas and walked out to the bathroom to get changed. I took out my cd player and started listening to my music. I didn't feel like sleeping yet. I just wanted to think things through.
Wait a minute.
Did he say that he wanted me to like him?
