I am SO SO SO SORRY. I really didn't mean to take this long with this chapter. I hate when other people take forever to update their stories. I had major writer's block and I have been so busy lately, I just didn't have time to figure this out. I promise to make my future updates more frequent.

Disclaimer: I still own nothing.

Chapter 4: Talking to Friends

"Actually Emily. I have something to tell you, too," Casey began. It was now or never. "Something happened and I think you need to know."

"What? What's wrong, Casey? You look so worried, it can't be that bad," Emily said, trying to reassure her friend.

"I guess I should start at the beginning. A few days ago, after school I was talking to Derek and he was bugging me about never having any fun, and I realized that he was right, which is why I decided to go out to that club with you. He told me that I do too much to make other people happy and not enough just for myself," On Emily's shocked look, Casey chuckled, "I know, eh? Pretty insightful for Derek. But anyway, when I was out last night I was having so much fun and it made me realize that I needed to change some of the things in my life. I was dancing with this guy and I realized, Max never made me feel like that, so alive. So, last night, when I went home, I spent a lot of time thinking and I came to the conclusion that I needed to break up with Max."

"WHAT!? Casey, tell me you are joking, you and Max have been together forever."

"Exactly, we have been together forever. I think that maybe we just became to comfortable with each other, things are just not exciting anymore. It is something that I have thought about many times before, and last night told me it was the right decision. So, today when I woke up I called him, and when we went out for lunch today I told him that I wanted to end it. He actually took it very well, we are going to stay friends."

"Well, As long as you are happy, I guess," Emily said, her hesitation telling Casey that she wasn't sure what to think. "So, who was the guy?" Emily asked, her eyes lighting up with excitement. Casey knew that she should tell Emily the truth, she was her best friend and deserved to know, but Casey didn't want her to be mad, and she kind of liked having Derek as her little secret.

"I don't know. He was just some guy that asked me to dance, when I started feeling sick I left with Derek, I wasn't worried about who he was, I was still with Max and I'm not really interested in starting up a new relationship now that I'm not. I need some time to be alone, to figure out who I am."

"Okay, I guess that makes sense. I guess I will just have to find someone else to double-date with," Emily and Casey laughed before Emily launched into a tirade of James' many attributes and Casey could help but think about what it would be like if she could talk to Emily like that about Derek.

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Derek was sitting in his room trying to forget the events of last night when a knock at the door disturbed his thoughts. He had no idea who could be there so he quickly rushed down the stairs to answer the door.

"Hey, dude! What's up? What happened at that club last night?" Sam said as soon as Derek opened the door. Derek was dreading this, he had told Sam that he was going to the club last night to see what Casey would do in such an environment. Sam had unfortunately had other plans and had been unable to attend the spying mission.

Derek didn't know what to do, he had been trying to figure out what to tell Sam about the night before and he could just not come up with a good plan. On one hand, if Derek were to tell the truth, Casey was Sam's ex and Derek was afraid that Sam would be mad about that. On the other hand, Sam was Derek's best friend and Derek couldn't lie to him, and he knew that no matter how he felt about the situation, Sam would never judge him. Derek knew what he had to do.

"Let's go up to my room, I have a crazy story to tell you," Derek said. Slowly leading the way to his room. Even though they were home alone, Derek knew that it wouldn't last long and he didn't want his family coming home and interrupting his talk with Sam, he had a feeling it would be a while.

Once they were seated in Derek's room, Sam on the computer chair and Derek sprawled across his bed, they were both quiet for a long time, Sam letting Derek gather his thoughts. He knew this was going to be huge by how nervous Derek seemed. Finally, curiosity got the better of his and San blurted out, "Come on, man! What happened?"

"Sorry, I just don't know where to start. Before I say anything I need you to promise me something." Derek said, and Sam could not get over how nervous he seemed, it was starting to make Sam nervous.

"Sure, dude. Anything."

"You have to promise that you will not judge me because I am really embarrassed, and above all else, you have to promise that you will never, EVER tell another soul, for as long as you live."

"Wow, this must be huge. And of course. You should know by now that I would never tell anyone anything you tell me. And I will not judge, I never do."

"Just hold that thought, this is a bit different than my usual mess ups."

"Oh, man. You are really making me nervous. It can't be as bad as you think. Just tell me what is going on."

"Okay," Derek started, sitting up. "Last night, I went to that club, like I was planning on, to keep an eye on Casey. And I ended up having a few drinks with this girl and we started dancing, and things started to get a bit heated. We ended up coming back here and having sex. I have been stressing about it all day and I wasn't going to tell you, but I needed to tell someone and you are the only one I can trust and please don't be mad at me."

"Derek, calm down. I can't even understand what you are saying anymore. I don't get the big deal. You hook up with girls all the time." Sam said, cutting Derek off before he could get himself ever more worked up. Sam was really having a hard time understanding what the big deal was, it didn't make sense that Derek was making such a big deal about hooking up with some girl.

"The girl… was… Casey," Derek said, hanging his head so he couldn't see Sam's reaction. He was startled when, after a short silence, Sam burst out laughing.

"You're joking, right? This is what you were scared to tell me, dude? I really don't get the big deal."

"Are you serious? You don't understand why this is a big deal? She is my sister, and your ex-girlfriend."

"Okay, she is not your sister, not even close. You guys have only known each other for two years. Two of your teenage years. It's not like you grew up together. It makes some sense that there would be some built up sexual tension between you. You guys aren't blood related. Sure, it's not the ideal situation. But there isn't anything wrong or disgusting about it. And as for her being my ex-girlfriend, that was over a year ago, we have both moved past it, way past it. To tell you the truth, man, it's not really all that surprising. Emily and I were actually talking about something like this happening a few weeks ago."

"What? You and Emily talked about this? How come no one else sees how wrong it is?"

"It's not wrong Derek. You guys aren't related, you are just two people living in the same house. There must be something else bothering you. Why are you just not ignoring that it ever happened?"

"Ah, that is the other problem I have, you see, Casey wants it to happen again. I don't know what she is thinking but she says that we could just have a little bit of fun, it's not like she wants a relationship or anything. It is so not the Casey I know talking. If I had known that telling her to loosen up would have this effect, I would have kept my mouth shut."

"What about Max?" Sam asked.

"She broke up with him, because of me."

"Oh, man." Sam sighed, then continued, "Why don't you go for it, man? If a hot girl was throwing herself at me, wanting nothing more than just a bit of fun. You and Casey definitely have chemistry, maybe this could help your relationship. You guys might start to get along better, and I'm sure it would be fun. It definitely couldn't make things any worse."

Derek didn't know what to say to that. He couldn't deny that he thought Casey was hot, and he definitely wanted her, but he could just not get past the fact that they were family. Maybe Sam was right, maybe it wasn't a big deal. Ugh, what am I thinking, Derek thought, she is my sister.

You know you have never thought of her as a sister, his mind retorted. And he couldn't help thinking it was right.

A/N: I had a lot of trouble with this chapter. Let me know if it turned out okay. Thanks.