Brandonha: I'm so0o0o0o sorry. I sent you a message and I have no idea how to read mine. So if you sent me a message back, I'm really sorry, but I have no clue how to get it. lol, again, sorry!

& another thing: SMiiLEY4 Has a new Story, its a Dasey & I think you would really like it. You should give it a try (: Its one of my favorites (: Its called 'There's Nothing To Save: Dasey' trust me, you'll love it!!

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"Why?" Casey looked confused as she starred up at him. "Your mom and my dad are fighting." Derek whispered, trying not to let the kids hear him. "Well, I'll go clam them down." Casey said, starting to get up from her chair, but Derek pushed her back down. "Case, you cant just fix things like that." He said.

She looked at him as if he were crazy. "Derek, Their fine, I'll just to talk to them." Casey chuckled and tried to get by him, but Derek didnt let her. "Casey! Sit down! This is one thing that you cant make better!" Derek sat her down and then realized that the kids, and Casey were starring at him like he was crazy.

"Derek, can I talk to you in the hallway real fast?" Casey asked, still a little zoned out in confusion. Derek and her stepped into the hallway and Casey folded her arms as she looked him in the eyes and leaned agisnt the wall. "Whats going on? Why are you over reacting?" Casey asked.

Derek took a deep breath and started to talk. "My dad cheated on your mom." He said really quick. He could tell Casey was about to bitch, so he kept talking to prevent it. "Thats what he did to my mom, thats why they got divorced, and its NOT pretty. Trust me. I dont want the kids to see that." Derek said. He rested an arm on the wall, right over her shoulder.

"Do you really think that their getting a divorce?" Casey looked scared. "I dont know." Derek whispered. "But I know its only gonna get worse and that we need to stay out of it." He took a deep breath and held his hand out to her.

She looked back and fourth from him to his hand. "What?" She asked, not knowing what he was doing. "Shake it. If were going to be going through all this. We need to be friends." He whispered.

--END OF FLASH BACK--

"Right, Just friends." Casey said, starting to walk towards the door. "I'll call you tonight!" Derek yelled after her as she pressed the big meatal doors open. "Alright!" She yelled back.

As she walked outside, she saw Abby, Marti, and Jamie all waiting for her. "Okay, It was nice to see you, Abby." Casey painted on a smile and gave her a quick hug. "You too, Marti." Casey gave her a longer hug and brushed her bangs out of her face. "Come on, Jame." She said, taking Jamie's hand and walking her to her car.

"Casey?" Jamie said, looking up at her. "Yea, Sweetheart?" Casey asked as she stuck a key into the car. "Does my daddy still love you?" She asked as Casey stuck her in the back seat. She stopped and looked down at her. "I'm not sure he ever did in the first place." She whispered.

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Marti walked into the house and yelled, "HOME!" Nobody really cared anymore, but she figured she would let her dad know. "Where have you been!?" George asked, walking into the room. "Me and mom went out to eat after we saw Derek." Marti said as she kicked her shoes off and put them on the steps."

"Do you think its alright to not call and tell me where you were!?" George yelled, walking over to her. She tried to go up the steps, she knew what was coming, but George grabbed her arm and pulled her back down. "I was with mom!" Marti yelled, trying to get his hand off of her arm, but he wouldnt let go.

"I dont care who you were with! You need to call and check in!" George yelled, pushing her down onto the steps. She quickly tried to run up them up he pulled her back down again. "Dad! Stop!" She yelled as she tried her hardest to excape him.

"I don't know who you think you are these days!?" George yelled. He threw her down on the steps and she quickly ran up them. She tried to ran as fast as she could to her room as she saw him running after her. She scaremed when she opened her bed room door. She slammed it shut right in his face and locked it. "I have a key, Marti!" She started to cry as she looked around the room and panicked. She put her hands on her forehead as she heard George walk down stairs, which ment that he would be getting the key. She grabbed a bunch of her clothes and threw them into a bag. She opened her bedroom window and dropped the bag to the ground, then jumped out after it.

She scooped it up and started to run as she pulled her cell phone out of her pocket. "Hello?" She heard a familar voice on the other end of the phone. "Hey, Emily. Listen could you do me a huge favor?" Marti asked. She tried to stay as clam as she could. "Sure, Huney. What do you need?" Emily asked.

"Can you pick me up, I'm about two blocks down." She said, out of breath as she was running. "Okay?" Emily sounded confused, but hung up the phone anyway. Marti was scared to stop running, but she had to.

She plopped down on the corner and prayed that Emily would be there in time.

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Derek walked into Maggie's office and plopped down in the opisite chair that he usually sat in. "Changing chairs, Are we?" Maggie asked, looking at him over her papers. "No, Casey sat here before." Derek said, closing his eyes and wishing she still was.

Maggie raised an eyebrow, then rolled her eyes and shook her head. "I'm taking that as a sign that you miss her?" She said, putting all the papers into order. "Yes." He whispered. Maggie sighed and looked him in the eyes.

"You have been hiding things from me, Derek. I really need to know whats been going on with you and Casey if you want me to help you." Maggie said, folding her hands. Derek took a deep breath and opened his eyes. "Alright. What I'm about to tell you, will not leave this room, promise?" Derek said, sitting on the edge of his seat. Maggie put her right hand up and whispered, "Promise."

"Okay, Casey was always so independent. So she would never want anybody's help. Which meant she would never let you know if she needed it." Derek said, scooting around a bit in the chair. Maggie nodded her head, telling him to go on.

"Well, I noticed that she was coming home from her dates with bruses, and stuff like that. I would ask her about them, but she would get so angry, and tell me to stay out of her busniss. It didnt take long for me to find out what was going on." Derek said. "Tom was hitting her."

Maggie nodded her head again. "Tom was my friend back in Jr. High, I always thought that he was pretty cool. Well once, he took it too far, and completely beat her up, So, I went after him, and completely beat him up." Derek made an angry smile, remembering how good it felt to punch him in the face. "If Sam hadnt pulled me off of him, be probably would have died." Derek said.

"Wow." Was all Maggie could force out, but that wasnt even half of the story. So Derek went on, "Casey found me beating him up, and she was the one who told Sam to get me off of him. She got mad and went to Emily's house for a party, and for the first time in her life, Little Miss Perfect, drank away her problems." Derek rolled his eyes. "I found her at the party, and then I started to drink. After she was drunk out of her mind, she kept thanking me for beating him up and stuff. And... Things just happened from there." Derek shrugged his shoulders and looked expectingly at Maggie.

"Why did you beat him up?" Maggie said, leaning back in her chair an chewing on her blue pen. "Because he hurt my step sister." Derek said.

"Did he hurt your step sister, or did he hurt your girl?"