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Derek had the nerve to make out with me one minute and flirt with some blonde bimbo the next. I guess I should have expected that. What was I thinking making out with my stepbrother?
Never again, I promised myself as I closed my eyes and tried to relax in the sun.
Stupid Derek.
"How about we go get some ice cream, kids?" George suddenly called to all of us.
"George, the kids haven't had lunch," Mom said.
"Ah, so what. It's their vacation," George replied, and Mom reluctantly gave in.
We all piled in to the minivan. I was glad that the blonde slut wasn't joining us. Derek sat down in the way back, and jerked his head, motioning for me to sit next to him. I turned my head and sat in the middle section with Lizzie.
"What's up with you?" Derek hissed in my ear as we drove.
"Where's Barbie?" I retorted back, not giving him the satisfaction of even looking at him.
The rest of the car ride was dedicated to Marti, George, and Mom singing stupid kids songs like "The Wheels on the Bus." They kept trying to get the rest of us to join, but we just stared at them as if they were nuts.
"How far away is the ice cream place?" Lizzie whispered to me, obviously as sick of the car ride as I was.
I smiled, feeling the same way. "It better not be too far from here or I'll jump out of the van."
Lizzie giggled a bit at that.
The ice cream shop was only about twenty minutes away, but it seemed like an hour at least. I got my favorite, a strawberry ice cream cone, and walked outside to eat it alone. Of course, Derek followed me.
"Are you mad that I was talking to Leah?" he asked incredulously, eating a cup of chocolate ice cream with crushed Oreos on top.
Way to make me feel like the jackass. "No, I'm not mad that you were talking to Slutty McSlutty-pants."
Derek chuckled. "You're jealous," he said as if having a revelation.
"I am not!" I snapped.
He grinned. "Yeah you are." He moved in closer to me. "She's got nothing on you, Case," he breathed into my ear and then walked off, leaving me speechless.