Thank you SOO much for all the reviews I got for the last chapter!!! I'm SOOO happy, that I am writing you all another chapter for this story today (and as an added bonus, this chapter's the longest one out of all of them!) So read and ENJOY! And if you didn't know this before, Casey and Max are not going out in this story. I think I've mentioned this before, but Casey broke up with Max cause he was cheating on her with Kendra. Yup. (Oh, and it's in Casey's POV)

I walked downstairs feeling fresh as could be, that is, until I ran into him.

I was having a normal morning; I took a shower, got dressed, and then started downstairs for breakfast when I heard two people arguing, and I heard grunts.

I peered down the steps, and gasped.

It was Derek and Max, and they were beating each other up.

Part of me wanted to run down there and tell them to stop beating each other up, but then Derek would never tell me why he was fighting with Max.

I sighed, and crouched down on the ground and out of the eyesight of the two.

"Beat it, Max." Derek spat his name as he shoved him.

"Then let me see Casey!"

"No." He growled, and Max delivered a punch to his arm that Derek deflected.

"What's your problem with me wanting to take another shot at your sister??" Max asked, trying to fight off Derek's hold on his neck and shoulders.

"First of all, she's my step-sister, second of all, you already had a shot at her, but you blew it, and thirdly, you're a jerk." He said, and then gave Max a nice punch straight in his eye.

"OW!!!" He cried, letting go of Derek and putting his hands up to his eye in pain. Derek lunged towards him, and I ran out of my hiding place and started down the stairs.

"What are you two doing??? Stop it!"

"Casey!" Max cried, relieved.

"CASE!" Derek ran towards me, and stood in front of me. "Max. Leave now."

"No." Max smiled, and then started towards Derek and me. Derek stepped backwards, forcing me back as well, and I felt a hand grab mine. I looked down and realized it was Derek's.

"Max, you're a JERK!" I screamed at him, and then walked to the side of Derek, still holding onto his hand.

"What the hell are you doing, Case?" Max asked in disgust while staring down at our hands.

"Hey! That's my nickname for her, and no one talks to my girlfr….ummm…" I stared at Derek in disbelief. "Um…" He stuttered for his words. "Stepsister like that!"

We heard the door open, and we all turned to see Alexandra standing there. "Hey!" She said, and then gasped.

"Derek???"

Shoot, she saw our hands.

I let go of his hand like it was a hot pan, and moved away from him. Derek did the same, but he moved towards Alexandra.

"You're cheating on me with your STEPSISTER??"

"No! No! I'm not!" Derek put his hands on her shoulders.

"You're not breaking up with me?"

"Why would I do a thing like that? I…I like you."

She blushed. "Well then what do you want to do today?" Derek asked, and she giggled.

I rolled my eyes and then turned to Max.

"Leave, please."
"But Casey, don't you want another chance with me?"

"Not really." I smiled, and he left.

I sighed, and then walked into the kitchen where Edwin, Marti, and Lizzie all sat at the table.

I grabbed the cereal out of the pantry and walked over to the table.

"So how has your morning been, dear step-sister?'

I glared at him and then poured the cereal over his head before walking away and up the stairs.

The phone rang as I hit the landing of the stairs, and Lizzie yelled at me to answer it.

I sighed and picked up the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hi, this is Mrs. Smith, the secretary of Sir John Sparrow Thompson High School, are you Nora Venturi?"

"No, I'm Casey McDonald...Venturi, Derek's stepsister."

"May I please speak to your mother?"

"My Mom and Dad are gone on a trip and won't be back until Monday."

"Oh, well are you responsible enough to handle the information that I am going to give you? Will you be able to remember to tell your parents?"
"Sure." I said.

"Derek Venturi…" I had to resist the urge to laugh. What did he do now? "…Has been suspended for school for 10 days for sexually harassing a girl."

"What did he do?" I gaped.

"He….well Max Miller told us that he wouldn't let him have…you."

"What?? And he's getting SUSPENDED FOR THIS?"

"Yes. Max clearly stated that he held your hand for no reason, and he 'touched you in inappropriate places'"

"What??? Mrs. Smith, this is unfair! I know that Derek's a jerk, and he lies all the time, but Derek never DID any of that!"

"I'm sorry for your concern, but please make sure that your parents know that Derek will not be allowed to go to school for 10 days. Thank you, and goodbye." And with that she hung up the phone.

I dropped the phone and gasped. "Ohmygod. Ohmygod. OHMYGOD!!" I screamed, as I fell down onto the floor, moving my hands upwards, trying to make it so that I could breath again.

"Casey?" Lizzie asked, as she came out of her room and sat down on the floor next to me. "Casey?? CASEY?"

"Derek…" I breathed out. "Ohmygod…"

Lizzie got up and ran downstairs.

I started to sweat, and thoughts about Max and Derek fighting came back into my head.

I wanted him to touch me like that…

Max is a jerk!

No!

"NO!" I screamed, and I heard footsteps run up the stairs.

Lizzie, Alexandra, Derek ran towards me.

"Casey?" Alexandra asked, and Derek's eyes bulged out of his head at the sight of me.

"Case? What's wrong? Breath in and out, in and out, in and…." He started, but got cut off by me throwing my arms and him and pulling him close to me.

"I'm so sorry Derek! I'm so sorry…."

Okay, so that wasn't AS long as I wanted it to be, and it wasn't EXACTLY what I wanted to happen, but I wanted there to be SOMETHING that Casey freaks out with. So now the only question is….is she going to tell Derek or not?

Well… I have one more question for you….review my story or die?

Toodles,

Alexandra