P.S.: I'm sorry for not updating in like forever, but school started and ive had a bunch of homework. I've written the next few chapters for this story and will upload them until I run out. And theres gonna be some really drama coming soon.

Derek climbed over the fence in the backyard. He started running towards the figure in front of him, and whoever it was, was fast. This would be easier in the hockey ring. As Derek passed by Emily's house he thought about what happened to her. It just fueled his energy even more.

Derek was slowly catching up to the guy. They were coming towards one of Derek's favorite places, Smelly Nelly's. He saw Sally out front on a bench. She waved to him with her friendly smile. Seeing her made him just go faster, she could be the next victim.

Sally got up, how could Derek just pass her? "Derek?" She shouted to him. But unfortunately Derek kept speeding on. He was getting closer to the killer. They came to a street light, the guy crossed the street. Derek had to stop or else he would be hit by a car. "Damn it!" Derek said under his breath.

He got away again. This was bad, very bad. "Why did you run away?" He turned to find Sally. She had come back for summer from UVC. They were an item again. She looked upset.

"Sally now isn't a good time." He turned around when the sign changed to crossing. She grabbed him. "Derek, I'm leaving in a week." He looked back towards the street. "Don't leave." She was seriously annoying right now.

"Sally. Stop" He put a finger over her mouth. "I really can't talk right now." He turned around. The stop sign came back on; Sally made him lose his chance. He couldn't catch that guy now. "Damn, this is your fault." He said to her loudly.

"How is this my fault? Just cross the next time." They were both mad now. "You didn't need to run away from me or try to leave just now and cross the street." They had caught the attention of some people walking by. He gave her a quiet shh.

"Look. Sally, I'm sorry. But I really needed to talk to that guy in front of me. I REALLY needed to talk to him." Sally cocked her head to the side. He put his arm around her shoulder and they started walking to the restaurant.

"It's ok Derek." They held hands now. Sally checked her watch. "Crap. My break ended 5 minutes ago. I gotta go." Derek kissed her on the cheek and let her go inside. In a restaurant there are plenty of people to make sure nobody gets murdered.

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"Where did Derek go?" Casey asked herself. She was cleaning the dishes. A blasting sound came from the video game competition in the living room. "I win!" Edwin shouted. Casey finished rinsing a plate. "Not for long." Lizzie shouted.

They keep acting as if nothing happened. It was weird. Derek's dinner was still sitting on the table. It was now 10 pm. Casey walked into the living room. "Ok guys. Bedtime." They were playing Babe Raider. "I'll wait for Derek to come home."

Lizzie and Edwin started racing up the stairs. Casey turned the TV off. 'Maybe Derek caught the guy.' Casey thought to herself. She picked up the remote again and switched it to the news.

"The murderer has not been identified yet. Police are looking into the case." Tinker's picture came onto the screen. "Police are suspecting the two recent murders may be connected. Both of the victims went to Sir John Sparrow Thompson High School. Now here's Ashley on the scene."

The screen changed to a woman in a suit. "Thanks Michael. I'm here at the place where the body was found." Casey saw that their house was in the background. Doesn't she need permission for an interview? The doorbell rang.

"This is the house where the body appeared to be dumped. He was found this morning." Casey opened the door. "Hello." Ashley said. She has been on the news for a long time, but she wasn't getting anything from her.

"You don't have permission to be here Ashley." Casey said. She felt like having a small attitude after everything's that happened recently. "I'm not answering any questions you have to ask me." Ashley kept that perfect news anchor smile.

"Ms…Uh." Ashley looked at her clipboard. "Ms. McDonald. How did you feel when you found the body of…?" She checked her clipboard again. "The body of Tinker Tomlin. How did you feel?" Casey laughed.

"I feel like not talking to you right now." She gave Ashley a smile without her teeth. "Anything else you want to say?" Derek ran up to the porch ignoring the news people. He was out of breath.

"Who's this?" Ashley asked. "Is this your boyfriend?" She thought Derek looked pretty cute even though she didn't know who he was. Hell. She's taken other people's boyfriends before.

"No!" They said at the same time. Derek started laughing. "Like I would ever go out with Casey. That's funny." Derek said. Casey raised an eyebrow at him and he stopped laughing. He recognized Ashley. She did sports updates sometimes.

"So then who are you?" Maybe this cute guy was single. She kicked up her eyes a notch. "Would you answer some questions for me Mr.?"

"Call me Derek. But I'm not going to answer questions Ash. Oh, and she's my step-sister." He stepped inside and turned off the TV. Casey rolled her eyes. Derek came back.

"Ok then. If you ever want to help with this case feel free to call." She wrote down her number on a piece of paper on the clipboard. "Call anytime." She ripped off the paper and handed it to Derek.

"Hi mom, hi George." Casey said to the camera. She really hoped they weren't watching. But they play a lot of different news stations at the hotels in Toronto. If they were watching they would be coming home at full speed right now.

"Hi Sally." Derek said. "Sup Dad and Nora." The clock was now at 10:20. "Goodnight Ashley." Casey stepped in and Derek closed the door. "And goodbye." They high-fived.

"I'm gonna get ready for bed. Your dinner's on the table." Casey jogged up the stairs. Derek went and grabbed his sandwich; he didn't need to microwave that. "Ed forgot the cheese." He sat in his chair and started eating his sandwich. He turned on the TV to find Ashley and Michael talking.

"That was actually an amazing interview." The media these days.

"You've already said that Mike."

"Well they didn't agree to the interview so we have extra air time."

Derek couldn't help but laugh. He switched to hockey. Casey came don the stairs in her pj's.

"Thanks for helping me take care of that bitch." She was obviously tired. Derek nodded. He was too absorbed in his game. "Well I'm going to bed now. Goodnight." Derek gave her a thumbs up. She started going up the stairs when a commercial started.

"Casey." Derek got out of his chair. Casey came back down the stairs. "No problem." He held out his empty plate. "Do you want to take care of this?" Casey rolled her eyes. She reluctantly took the plate.

Casey went into the kitchen, the commercials seemed to go on forever. She started the water. The water running against the red plate made her mind flood with visions of Tinker and Emily. Some tears came to her eyes but she refused to let them out.

"Ok. The plates clean now." He was still standing there. "I'm going to bed now." She sniffled. Derek saw that she was going to cry. She needed to stop with the tears, he hated those.

"Casey, don't cry." Casey pulled him into a hug. "You know I hate hugging." He tried to get her off but she was being too clingy. "Stop." She stopped hugging him. What was with his attitude?

"I'm sorry. I'm just really glad that the 4 of us are alive." She sniffled again. "I'll see you tomorrow." She turned and started up the stairs. 'I hope.' She thought. Derek came behind her.

"It's ok. None of us are going to dye. Just stop crying." Casey held her arms out for a hug. "No." She gave him her friendliest smile. He looked around to make sure nobody could see. He hugged her for barely a second then ran down to watch the rest of the game.