"I don't get how you still don't understand." His chest heaved, his nostrils flared. Never had Casey seen Derek so angry.
"Explain it to me." She threw the word back at him, forceful and just as angry.
"You're it. It's always been you. It will always be you. Casey, I will die loving you."
Around them, the party had long since fallen silent, but Casey was only aware of her rapidly beating heart and frustrating inability to form a sentence beyond a romance novel cliched, "Oh."
They stared at one another until Marti's voice rang out, "Now kiss."
They did.