Authors Note: First of all, THANK YOU for your patients, your alerting, your favorites and all the reviews. To all of you, I give you, a whole lot of Dasey!

Derek spins Casey around after Jay Sean with Stay, while he sings to her.

"You said it once, said it twice said it hurts but I'll do it again,

I don't change, I don't learn coz I cant let it end, said its gone let it be coz you don't need a friend,

Maybe I do.

I pull while you push then we cry till we laugh and I promise you, you promise me,

Then back and why, is it all, fell apart in just a matter of time."

She couldn't believe his voice, «what happened to the voice?»

«Princess, would you have been D-Rocks lead singer if you knew I could sing?»

«Nah, probably not, but Derek, stop singing it's way to sexy.»

He spun her out and captured her in his arms even closer than before and kept singing.

"So I am thinking maybe you've made up your mind

Coz you're distant (distant)

And I can't stand to fight no more so,

Please don't make me hurt you like do

I don't really trust myself to leave

Even though I hate you saying baby no no."

Casey realized in this moment that she was falling for her stepbrother. Derek her best friend and possibly the hottest guy on campus, was serenading her and she was kind of turned on. Judging by the hardening bulk she felt in her back, he was feeling the situation to. Who would back away first?

"Memories of the fun that we'd had

And photographs on the wall

Now I cant make you smile or hear you laugh any more

And I can't help but ask what's the point of it all,

Tell me baby.

Call it love, call it lame, call it joy, call it pain,

But I felt call it girl what you made may

But it's painful as hell.

To be here why your there, don't need nobody else."

He turned her around and looked her deep in the eyes, she felt naked, and he could see right through her.

"If you're so meant for me and if I'm so meant for you

Why this have to be so hard on both of us two

If you're so meant for me and if I'm so meant for you

Why this have to be so hard on both of us two"

«Knocking on your door on your door asking if you still let me in. Won't you stay?» Derek held the gaze as he sang the last line. Casey could literally feel her knees getting weak. All though her first idea was to jump her stepbrother's bones in the middle of the nightclub, she decided on a slightly less offensive action. She put her hands on his chest and let them glide up his somewhat perfect toned chest and over his strong shoulders before her hands met behind his neck.

«You know, if weren't stuck in this friends zone and actually gotten our act together, that song would fit us kind of perfectly» Casey said while her mouth was so close to Derek's earlobe that even the guy next to Derek was getting turned on. Then she turned around and walked over to the bar.

Derek was left standing in the middle of the dance floor wondering when exactly his stepsister became the hottest girl on the planet. When he got control over his body again, he began chasing after her with the worlds biggest grin. Because now matter what she was going home with him. If it were up to Derek she would be going home with him every night for the rest of her life.

"That was one hell of a dance girl? When are you too going to make if official?" Emily asked handing Casey a glass of champagne.

"What official?" Casey wondered.

"You, Derek, dating?" Emily pointed to Derek who was standing over with Sam and Kendra.

"We aren't. Why do you ask?"

"Casey, you guys have been crazy about each other ever since you met, and know even without the fighting you have chemistry and you care about each other" Emily looked at Casey as was stupid.

"Em, he's my stepbrother and he thinks being with me is a joke"

"Casey, the only one who cares about the stepsibling thing are you, everyone else just want you two to be happy. The joke? He cares about your family's opinion, but he cares more about you. The guy made all of this, including the song, happen and the way you guys were dancing, he doesn't think this is a joke. Talk to him Case, allow yourself to be happy with him"

"Fine Em. What if it work out, I mean Derek all his girls, will he be faithful?"

"Casey, come on. Derek is a lot of things but he wouldn't cheat on you, I'm 99 percent sure he is in love you, and he wouldn't mess that up. What's important now is this, do you love him?" Casey looked over to Derek who somehow sensed she was looking at him; he turned to smile at her.

"Of course I do, he's Derek Michael Venturi, how can I not love him?" Casey smiled back and Derek patted Sam on the back and mad his way over to Casey.

"Then give it a chance, go get your man" Emily gave Casey a gentle push and Casey went to meet Derek halfway.

"Do you think he will confess" Sam asked.

"He already have, that song, that dance. I know Casey is like super smart, but if she doesn't get it by now, she is so slow it's scary" Kendra said and laid her arms around Sam's neck and flashed a evil smile.

"You do know you are screwed right? How are you going to top this for my birthday?" Sam sighed loudly.

"Damn you Venturi. I'll think of something, but I know, I'm screwed. How about I spend rest of my life making it up to you" Sam plead.

"That sounds like a marriage proposal"

"It's not, I don't deserve you for life, not yet, but I'll find a way. I love you Kendra."

"I love you to, now let's sneak a bit closer I want to hear what Derek says".

"Hey birthday girl how's your party?" Derek captured her waist.

"Amazing, it is missing one thing though, but they night is young" Casey winked.

"You are a little dangerous you know? Especially standing this close to you, it makes the friend's zone a tough place to be" Derek looked Casey in the eyes, before he leaned down a little to rest his forehead on hers.

"Derek, I never asked you to stay in the friend's zone"

"Casey McDonald, may I step out of it? Will you consider dating me?"

"Derek, we eat together, we live together and we occasionally share a bed. I think the question is will I consider kissing you on a daily basis"

"Will you? Kiss me? Every day?"

"On one condition?"

"Name your prize woman"

"I don't want our first kiss to be here, in front of all our friends, can we wait till we get home? Discuss it there?" Derek was a little disappointed, but he wasn't a PDA fan so it was okay.

"Sure princess, enjoy your party, see you later"

"Your leaving me?"

"No, I just can stand this close without kissing you, so I'll grab a beer, want anything?"

"Grab me a glass of champagne, I'll meet up with Sam and Kendra" Then Derek gave her a kiss on the cheek and left for the bar. Casey went over to Kendra and Sam.

"So, what was all that about?" Kendra was wearing a huge smile.

"Like you don't know?"

"Okay, I totally heard everything, I'm so happy for you!" Then she whispered.

"You call me tomorrow I want details" Casey laughed.

"I'll see, I think you have been sitting on more information than me for a while, so maybe I will returned the favor. Hey thank you both for all of this by the way. You are the best friends we could ever ask for" A pair of arms found Casey's waist from behind and a glass of champagne appeared in front of Casey.

"Two minutes and we are already a 'we', you work fast darling" Derek joked and kissed Casey's naked shoulder.

"You better love us, because we are so going to hang with you when we are retired and our children have married each other and Sam has found a new ugly ass hat" Kendra smiled and Derek and Casey laughed.

"No worries Kendra, I will help you burn every one of Sam's hats for the rest of my life"

"A Der-Bear, you are such a romantic"

"Kendra never say those words again"

"Just Der then?" Kendra bargained.

"Fine. But just you, no one else" Casey turned in Derek's arms.

"I can't? What should I call you? Jerk, asshole, jackass, idiot?"

"How about God, like in Oh my God Derek you're so big?"

"Really Derek? You want me to sound like a bad porn star every time I call your name?

"Fine, how does boyfriend sound?" Kendra squealed.

"Perfect" Casey gave Derek a hug.

"That's smooth D, by the way thanks for ruining every chance of doing something romantic for Kendra" Sam shook his head.

"No worries Sam, I got your back. Thanks for the help tonight man" Derek gave Sam a man hug and got 'awww's' from the girls.

"Whatever it takes to get you your girl, be good to him Case" Sam gave Casey a hug.

"Congratulation on finally confession Der, but hurt her and you will suffer" Kendra pointed seriously to Derek.

"Not a chance, my happiness is forever linked with hers"

After talking to more friends and dancing half the night away Derek and Casey returned home. Casey barely had time to unlock the door before Derek pushed her in and closed the door and captured Casey's lips. He pressed her up against the door and took her hands in his and held them firmly in place over her head.

A moan escaped Casey's lips and Derek's eyes were filled with lust as he stopped to look at her.

"I love you Casey McDonald"

"Good because we're waiting to have sex. I'm a virgin and all though this night has been perfect, I want to see that we work before taking the next step"

"No problem, but you are my girlfriend, and you'll let me kiss you everyday?"

"I am and I will. But I need to know something, why did you joke about us to our family?"

"Princess, I know you, you wouldn't be with me if our family was okay with this, and that way you knew"

"What if they hadn't?"

"I kind of talked to everyone in the family to see if any of them were opposed to me asking you out"

"You really are amazing aren't you?"

"Yes, and I'm all yours my beautiful girlfriend". Casey kissed him again, this time more love, less lust. They would need a lot of kisses to kill this tension that were between them.

"Okay, that's all I can take for tonight, I'll have a cold shoulder and go to sleep, you should get some sleep to. There comes a day tomorrow too" Derek winked and gave Casey a quick kiss before walking over to the bathroom.

"By the way, I love you too Derek Michael Venturi, also know as boyfriend of Cassandra Noelle McDonald"

One day that will be Cassandra Noelle Venturi, but I'll let you worry about that later.

Authors Note: First, some details are incorrect, like Casey's name, I have creative differences with the original series. Second, It will be a while before my next update, as I'm struggling with the next part of the story, but I hope you enjoyed it so far. And know that just because there is no update, doesn't that mean I have given up on this story. Thank you all for reading and reviewing. It means so much