I DONT OWN LIFE WITH DEREK
Casey ate her cereal and waited for Derek to get dressed.
All she could think about was last night and how amazing it was. She wanted to have that feeling her whole life. It was the best feeling she ever got.
She never had that feeling with Sam or Max. None of her boyfriends, it was all new to her.
She took a deep breath and let it out with a smile.
Who would have thought that she would be this 'head over heels' with DEREK ?
But she was happy she was. She just couldnt picture it was anybody else. It was like, a forbidden love. Even though nobody has forbidden them yet.
She wondered what her parents would say, if they were to tell them.
But, she was getting way to carried away, she didnt even know if her and Derek were offical yet.
She just really hoped they were. She smiled as Derek came out of the tent.
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Casey and Derek were walking down the path.
Derek had on red swiming trunks and a white beater.
As they were walking, They saw Sam walking in their direaction.
"Hey!" Casey said with a smile.
"Hey, You guys going to the pond?" Sam asked with a smile.
"Yep." Derek said, raising his eyebrows.
"Its cold." Sam smiled then started walking.
"Still having a boring time?" Casey turned around and asked.
He started to walk backwards while talking to her.
"Actually its not that bad..." Sam smirked and Derek turned around to Sam.
"Whats her name?"
Casey laughed and Derek crossed his arms.
"Crystal." Sam said with a huge smile.
"Well, better make it good. We only got two days left."
Derek turned around and so did Casey, Sam walked back to the campsite.
As Casey and Derek walked to the pond, Casey thought about what Derek said.
They really did only have 2 days left. Casey took a deep breath and turned to Derek.
"Only 2 days..." She made a puppy face.
"Yea, This was actually a fun family trip." Derek smiled and so did Casey.
Her stomach droped and she wanted to cry.
'What if we go back home and everything is back to normal ?'
Kept playing over and over again in her head.
She closed her eyes and tried to focaus on something else, but it didnt work.
She kept thinking what it would be like. She didnt want this 'thing' between her and Derek to end.
They turned a small cornor and the pond was in front of them.
The sun refleted through the trees on the water.
There was nobody there, it was only them, just the way Derek liked it.
They walked out on the dock. It scared Casey, she really didnt like being anywhere near the water, let alone above it.
"Its so pretty." Casey whispered.
Derek smiled and looked around, deffenitly something they didnt see at home too offten.
Derek sat down and dangled his feet in the water, Sam was right, It was cold.
Casey sliped off her flip flops and placed them behind Derek.
She carefully sat down next to him, using his shoulder for balence.
But he didnt mind.
Casey slowly dipped her feet in the water, it was cold but relaxing.
She smiled as she looked over at Derek.
She was about to take a huge risk.
"I know its gonna be akward to talk about it, but..." Casey took a deep breath.
"But is there an... us?" Casey asked him, biting her lip, scared of what he would say.
His heart beated faster, he wasnt sure what to say. He didnt want to look stupid in front of her.
He looked over the water, he just wanted to jump in and avoid this conversation, but they had to talk sooner or later, just looks like it was going to be sooner.
"Sure." Was all Derek could say, he didnt want to sound stupid, or confess he really liked her, and have her not like him back, or tell him last night was a mistake.
Casey took a deep breath, she was on the verge of tears.
'He doesnt want to be with me.'
She breathed in and out as slowly as she could. Trying so hard not to cry.
There was a knot in her chest. It was so big that it hurt. She was going to cry any second.
But she refused to do it in front of Derek. She quickly turned her upper body around and put both hands on the dock, Pulling the rest of her body up.
She wasnt thinking, she was only thinking about getting out of there as fast as she could.
She pulled one leg up and pulled up the other.
The end of the dock was wet. As the second foot came up, It sliped off, catching her off gaurd.
Her hands sliped and her whole body fell.
She screamed as she fell into the deep water, way over her head.
"HEL..." Before she could finish, her head went under the water.
"CASEY!" Derek yelled, in shock.
She kicked around and waved her arms, trying to get to the top, but she just couldnt.
She knew she couldnt breathe, but her mind kept sending her messages to. She couldnt help it, she opened her mouth, sucking in the water.
She held her eyes shut tight, her chest hurt even more. She didnt know what to do.
Derek stood up as fast as he could and jumped into the water.
It was cold and sent shivers down his spine.
The water was too dirty for him to open his eyes.
He moved his arms around, trying to find her, but he couldnt.
He started to panic. He opened his eyes, but it was too dark to see anything.
He came back up, and looked down at the water, hoping he could see her that way, but he still couldnt find her. He went back under and opened his eyes again, this time it hurt.