Heyy guys, thanks to one of the reviews, i realized it would be more of a lake then a pond. lol, sorrry.
and thank you, for letting me know that!! lol
I DONT OWN LIFE WITH DEREK
Derek took a deep breath and went back under.
He moved his arms around again, He could feel her arm.
As soon as he felt it, he grabbed her and pulled her up to the top, swimming back to the sand.
She wasnt breathing.
"CASEY! CASEY COME ON! WAKE UP!" Derek shook her and pressed on her stomach.
As her eyes fluttered open Derek's heart started to beat again.
'Bahh.' She turned to her side and coughed up a bunch of water.
She held her hand over her heart and started to cry.
Derek wrapped his arms around her waist and she snuggled her head into his chest.
"Thank you..." She whispered through her tears.
Maybe he did care after all.
"You scared me, Case." Derek said, trying to catch his breath.
Casey sobbed in his arms.
She didnt care if he saw her cry or not at this point.
"I thought you liked me..." Casey whispered into his chest.
"Casey, I do. I like you more than anybody." Derek said, looking over her head and out to the water.
"Then answer my question, Is there an us? Casey asked, looking up at him with tears in her eyes.
Derek didnt hesitate to answer this time.
"Yea, there is." He smiled down at her and she held on tighter to him.
The love of her life just saved her life.
"Thank you..." She whispered again.
"Come on." Derek picked her up in his arms and carried her back to the campsite.
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It was 8:24 PM. Edwin and Lizzie sat in the tent and watched the tape over and over again.
Sam, Casey, and Derek all sat around the fire. It was quiet, the only noise was the wood popping in the flames.
Casey looked up at Derek, he was stairing into the fire, like he was in deep thought.
"So how was the lake?" Sam asked, noticing they have been strangely close since they got back.
"I almost died." Casey said in a preppy voice, sarcasticly.
She smiled and looked back at the fire.
Sam looked at Derek who was laughing.
"Huh?" He was obviously confused.
"I fell in the water." Casey said blankly.
"Okay?" Sam, still confused, turned back to Derek.
"She cant swim." Derek said, smiling.
Casey playfully hit his arm.
"You wernt supposed to tell anybody!" They both laughed, Sam was still a little clueless, though.
"So, Sam. Whos this Crystal girl?" Derek asked, changing the sbuject.
"Shes really cute." Sam looked into the fire and smiled, as if he was thinking about her.
"You guys should meet her, shes really nice." Sam said, looking up at the trees.
"What are you guys going to do once we leave?" Derek asked.
Casey heart beated faster, she wished he would stop bringing that up.
"Well, she has one of those camper things, She said I can stay with her." Sam smiled.
"You mean a trailer?" Casey asked, rolling her eyes and laughing.
"Yea." Sam put his hands behind his head and looked up at the stars.
"So you guys are going to stay after we go home?" Derek asked.
Casey got goosebumps. 'Go home.' Why? She kept asking in her head.
"I think so." Sam said, looking back into the fire.
"Thats cool. Case, We should stay in the tent, after the kids go home." Derek said, smiling at her.
Casey made a half hearted smile. She wanted to stay with him. But the way he said it and the way he looked at her made her think he only had one thing on his mind.
"Maybe." Casey said, looking into the fire.
She really liked Derek, but she wasnt ready just yet to go to that next step. She had never been there before, anyway.
But she knew Derek had been there many times. Thats one thing she wasnt thinking about when she fell for him.
She took a deep breath and let it out with a fake smile.
"That would be so cool." Derek said, smiling into the fire.
"No, We should get one of those cabins they have!" He was getting to into it.
Casey shook her head.
"Its getting late I think I'm going to bed." She said, standing up.
"Casey, Its 8:30?" At this point, Derek knew he said something wrong.
But it wasnt something he said, it was how he said it.
Casey was falling fast and hard, she just wasnt ready for the next part of thier realtionship.
Maybe once they came out to there parents, and once they accepet it. But not yet, Their realitionship wasnt as stable as it should be to have sex.
This was a big deal to Casey, Maybe not to Derek, but he had to realize she wasnt as ready as he was.
As Casey walked into the tent Derek followed her.
"Whats wrong?" He asked, ziping the tent behind him.
"Nothing, I'm fine." Casey lied.
"Did some water get to your head?" Derek chuckled.
"Its not funny, Derek." Casey said as she made her bed.
Derek made a serious face.
"Whatever. Forget it then.." Derek started to walk out of the tent.
"Forget what?" Casey asked, fearing the answer.
"All of it. I knew it was a mistake. You'll always just be Casey." Derek said, as he steped out of the tent, but Casey went after him.
"Well who am I supposed to be??" Casey yelled back, hurt.
"I was hoping like Kendra." Derek said, trying to brush it off.
Tears filled Casey's eyes as she ziped the tent back up.
"SLEEP SOMEWHERE ELSE!" Casey yelled as she cried into her pillow.
Derek plopped down in his chair and looked into the fire.
"Whoa, What was that all about?" Sam asked, looking at him, then back to the tent where you could hear Casey crying.
"Shes just so stuck up, and shes never going to change!" Derek yelled, so Casey could hear.
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Edwin and Lizzie looked at eachother.
"Teenagers are werid. One minute they hate each other, then they like each other, then they go back to hate??" Edwin said, looking at the video.
"I wanna stay this age forever." Lizzie said, putting her head down on her pillow.
