Hey guys. I am so so so so so so so sorry. It been a really crazy year. I moved twice. And my computer crashed again and when they sent my computer back it wouldnt exept my cds that had my stories on them. So again sooo sorry. I hope you dont want to kill me. But i understand if you do. But to make it up to you guys I made this chapter super long.

PS. Thank you for reviewing last chapter!

Casey's head was throbbing and her feet hurt like hell. She could barely raise her eyelids. Struggling a bit; she managed to sit up on her bed. She nearly gasped as Derek's sleeping figure on the bed next to her. She looked around and realized she was back in her and Derek's cabin.

She scrunch her eyebrows in confusion. She had no idea what had happened or how she'd gotten there. The last thing she remembered was going towards the water platform and jumping on the surfing board. After that everything seem to have gone blank.

"Oh my god! Casey?" Casey turned to the bathrooms door and saw June's happy relieved face. "You're awake"

"Yeah" Casey whispered trying not to wake Derek up. "My head and feet hurt though."

"Oh I'll bet" June said sadly smiling. "Derek was really worried."

Casey sighed and looked over at him again.

"Look Casey I know we just met and I don't know anything about you or what you're going through. But Derek seems to care for you an awful lot." June said.

Casey looked up at June. "I know he does"

LWD

Derek stirred and opened one eye; just to check up on Casey. She looked fine; sitting there, talking to June.

Wait what?

He shot up and both girls looked at him amused.

"I'm going up to downstairs to the pizza place, I'm starving." June said after a few moments of awkward silence. She walked towards the door. "I'll see you guys later"

Once she was gone Derek looked at Casey with worried eyes.

"How are you feeling" He asked somewhat awkwardly.

"Well my head feels like its been hammered and my feet feel like they've been walking non stop for days. But other than that I'm just dandy" She said smiling.

Derek laughed, and smiled back at her. After a moment or two of silence. His mouth turned back into a frown and he became serious again. "Look Case…"

"No Derek, I don't want to talk about it." She said firmly.

"We're going to have to talk about sometime."

"No. We can't" Casey looked at the wall, her eyes brimming with tears.

"I know what you think of me. But I don't care. Those kisses meant something to me. You mean something to me. It just took me awhile to figure out."

"They meant something to me too. But in case you've forgotten we're supposed to be family, who know have to share a sibling. And you have a girlfriend. And she's my best friend" Casey lowered her voice sadly.

Derek shook his head angrily. "I don't care about our family or Emily, or any of it. All I know is I want to be with you. And if you tell me you don't honestly want me too, I won't bother you anymore."

Casey sighed as tears came down her cheeks. She though about what her mom would say. Or how betrayed Emily would feel. And suddenly she couldn't do it. As much as it killed her, she couldn't make her family or friends suffer for her own selfish happiness. "I don't want you"

Derek felt a pang of anger, sadness and disappointment hit his chest. He should have figure she would have said that, but it didn't hurt any less to hear the words. All he wanted was her happiness, even if that meant taking away his own.

"Fine you don't want me" He smiled sadly and left.

Leaving her shocked and she suddenly began crying, sobbing, knowing she was losing something special.

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Derek sat at the bar bitter and angry. He was mostly upset with himself for being so stupid. He took a gulp of whatever he had ordered.

"Is it the Lady?"

Derek looked over to his right and found Sean looking at him. "What?"

"Well I figured it was a girl, they do so much trouble these days." Sean said chuckling. "It's Casey isn't it?

Derek looked at Sean shocked. "How in the world did you know that?"

"I'm old, not stupid."

Derek smiled half heartily. "I guess so"

"I saw the way you looked at her at the table yesterday" Tom patted Derek's back. "I was kinda surprised to hear Emily was yours though."

"Yeah well…" Derek put his head in his hands and groaned. "I'm so confused right now."

"If you want to be with Casey then man up and be with her."

"I would, but it's really complicated."

"How?"

Derek had forgotten he hadn't told Sean about him and Casey. "Casey and I are stepsiblings"

Sean nodded his head understanding the state Derek was in. "I see"

Derek nodded and took another gulp of his cup.

"And I bet now you're wondering why she says no. Even though you already know why. You think about what your parents would say. You're wondering if she's worth it."

Derek stared at him again. How does this guy know so much?

Sean smiled. As if he was reading Derek's mind. "In case you've forgotten I'm married to my stepsister."

Ahh…

Derek now understood. Just like Sean understood him so perfectly it seemed a little creepy.

"Just love her and you'll find out what to do from there" Sean looked at Derek seriously one last time before he headed out of the bar.

Derek looked at his cup intensely. Just love her and you'll find out what to do from there.

And just like that, it was as if a light bulb blinked on in his head

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"He hates me now, doesn't he?" Casey said through her shook her head. "No, of course not."

"But how could he not. He told me he cared for me and I basically blew him off and told him I didn't have any interest in him at all" Casey wiped a few tears off her cheeks.

"Look after what you just told me, I can understand your reason for telling him no." June sighed "But I can also understand him."

"But why can't he understand that we can't happened." Casey said angry hinting in her quivering voice.

June laughed. "The crazy in things you do when your in love."

Casey eye's widened "Love! He can't be in love. And I refuse to believe that I am."

"Well after everything he just told you. You can't still think he just likes you. Can you?"

Casey looked down at the floor thinking. I can't be in love with Derek! The same Derek who's annoying, self absorb, ignorant, wonderful, cute…Casey get a hold of yourself! He isn't in love with you. This is the same guy who took three different girls to the homecoming dance, probably all telling them he cared for them too. So you aren't in love, you just have some silly little crush that in time will go away.

"He isn't in love; its just a game to him. You don't him like I do. He has countless girlfriends probably telling them all the same he did to me" June stood up from Casey's bed and sighed in frustration. "Believe what you will Casey, but you guys are definitely in love"

June walked towards the door and stop at it for a brief moment. She turned around to Casey once more. "I'll see you later"

Casey didn't respond back, she was deep in thought.

June smiled and shook her head. "Totally in love" She said to herself before leaving the room.

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Derek rushed down the stairs of the ship.

He'd completely forgotten that dinner was at six. Once he had found out, it had been 5.45. He had quickly went to his room and found it empty which didn't surprise him. He changed into his black suit that he had to bring. Derek tried to avoid wearing anything too fancy. But tonight was mandatory, since it was a formal night.

He finally reached the Romeo and Juliet Dining Room and was surprised to find his principle waiting at the doors of the dining room.

"Ahh Derek, better late than never." The principle said amused.

Usually Derek would crack a joke with the principle. But right now he wasn't really in the mood to do anything.

"Yeah well its nice to see you too" Derek said somewhat bitter.

The principle didn't seen to like his tone. "Derek Venturi, we have rules, and you only granted three strikes. This will be counting as one, lose two more and I will make sure you lose all your privileges and as soon as we get to port. You're on the next flight home." He said firmly.

"It wont happen again Sir."

"Better not" The principle shook his head. "Now go on inside"

Derek nodded and left into the dining room. He quickly found his table and found everyone smiling and laughing at the joke that had just been made. He said hello to all the table.

He looked over at Casey and for a second held his breath. She was wearing white gown, had barely any makeup on, and wore her hair up in a messy bun and she looked completely beautiful.

Casey caught his eyes. She stared at him for a moment before glancing back down at her food. Derek sighed and sat down.

"Hey Derek" Emily said looping her fingers with his. He slowly pulled them away and mumbled a hello. Emily stared at him in shock but Derek looked at Casey.

"Hi Casey" He said softly.

She looked up in surprised. "Hello Derek"

They looked at each other for a while. But sensing the tension in the air, Sean finally cleared his throat.

"How was your day kids?" Nancy asked.

"Great" Emily said happily. "Me and Derek went to Flow Rider, and he did really well."

"Yeah" You could barely hear Derek say.

"That's great" Nancy said. "What about you Casey?"

"I went there too but I ended up twisted my ankle on the Flow Rider." Casey said embarrassed.

"Guess they don't call you Klutzilla for nothing." Emily mumbled bitterly.

Casey looked at Emily seriously. Why is Emily acting this way? She asked herself. Since the beginning of the trip Casey had been seeing that Emily had been acting colder towards her.

Derek was also staring at his girlfriend in astonishment. He knew she hated Casey. But why? That was something he didn't know…yet.

"Um I'm going to use the restrooms. Excuse me." Casey said getting up from her chair.

"Too much info. We really don't need to hear a play by play." Emily said smirking.

Casey felt her eyes sting. But she wouldn't let them see her cry. She quickly got up and left the table and headed for the restrooms.

"Why are you acting this way?" Derek whispered to Emily harshly.

Emily just shrugged and continued eating her salad. "If it makes you feel any better, I'll go talk to her."

"Em-" He couldn't finished his sentence because she'd left.

He had a very bad feeling about this.

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Casey finished washing her hands, she dried them and went towards the doors. She was surprised to see Emily come through them.

"Surprised huh?"

Casey nodded crossing her arms. "Yeah I wanted to talk to you."

"Me too" Emily sighed. "Look your probably wondering why I haven't been acting like my lame self.

Casey didn't say anything but looked at the ground.

"Well if you hadn't already figured it out. I hate you."

Casey looked up at Emily with her eyes welled up in tears. "Why?"

"Because you're a perky know it all. That's been trying to steal my boyfriend for the past 3 days." Emily said smirking. "You still think I'm stupid. I know you've been in love with him for the past 4 years. But I never thought you'd actually do anything about it. I finally have my chance to be with him and you kiss him."

The plane ride. Casey thought.

"Emily, I didn't mean to hurt you-" Casey said softly.

"Yea well it's too late for that, you did." Emily said harshly. "You have always gotten what you wanted. You wanted Sam, Max, Truman. And you've gotten all of them. But this time you went too far…You wanted Derek." She paused. "But you know what I've never liked you Casey. The only reason we stayed friends so long is because I wanted to get close to Derek."

A tear slide down Casey cheek.

Emily smirked and continued. "Now that I'm with him. I can finally tell you what I think. I was happy each time you had your heart broken and now I'll be more than thrilled about it happening again."

Casey choked out a sob. For a minute she couldn't breath, she couldn't think. She had to get out.

She quickly ran out of the restrooms and hit shoulders with the one and only Derek. The one who was making her life impossible.

He grabbed her wrist before she could get away. His eyes looking as worried as ever.

"Casey, what's wrong? What happened?"

She sobbed again and he pulled her to him.

"Emily" He barely heard her say.

His whole body tensed. And he pulled her in front of him and met her eyes. "Casey I want you to go to our room and stay there. I'll be up in 10 minutes. Ok?"

She nodded and went around to the elevators.

Once she was gone. Derek headed straight to the ladies room. And there was Emily washing her hands happily.

"What the hell did you just tell Casey?" He said glaring at her.

"The truth, that she shouldn't be falling in love with guys who are in love with someone else." She smiled at him and looked back at the mirror.

"How could you do that to her? I thought she was your best friend."

"Yeah right. Best friends do not go around kissing other best friends boyfriends. But then again I've only been her friend for the four years to finally get what I wanted. You."

Derek paused as realization hit him. "You used her?"

"Don't look so surprised Derek" Emily smiled at him. "I know that's why you wanted me to get close to her."

"How could you?" He said gritting his teeth. "She has been nothing but a great friend and you use her and then think you can throw her away just like that!"

Emily looked a him wide eyed, shocked and speechless.

"Guess what Emily?" Derek smirked. "We're through."

Emily didn't say anything but felt tears filling her eyes.

Derek smiled and walked towards the doors to leave. But right before he touched the door handle he looked back at her.

"Oh and by the way. I'm in love with her too."

And with that he left.

A/N

So I hope you liked it. The next one will be out I have know idea when. But I'm gonna try to update much sooner. Thanks for reading!