Casey POV
Why is Derek being so nice to me? It's probably just because of what Sam did to me. It's kind of cute how he got all protective of me. Wait! No! I can't think he's cute! He's Derek! And he's my brother. Well… technically he's my stepbrother. No! Casey stop thinking about him that way!
"Casey! Hello? You alright there?" I hear Derek calling me.
"What? Oh, yeah, I'm fine."
"Ok, cuz you just spaced out there for a while." I nod. We get to the movie theatre and try to find a place to sit. I look over in the back row and I see Sam and another girl. I do a double take and notice that the girl is my best friend, Emily. All I can do is stare as the tears start to roll down my face no matter how hard I try not to let them. Derek notices.
"Hey, Casey. What's wrong? You were fine a second ago. Why are you crying?" He looks really concerned.
"Look." I choke out.
He looks over and sees our ex-best friends making out in the back row. "You want to leave?" I shake my head "no" and we go sit down to watch the movie. Derek hugs me right before we sit down and lets me know everything is OK. I'm not even crying because of Sam anymore. I'm crying because my supposed best friend is making out with my ex. It hurts. I settle down a little and try to enjoy the movie as much as possible. At the end we get up and leave the theatre.
"You want to go home, Case?" He asks gently. He's so cute when he's concerned. No! I'm thinking about him the wrong way again! I don't know what's wrong with me.
"Um, actually can we go get some ice cream first? I'm kind of hungry" I tell him.
"Of course. Let's go." He says and we head to the car to go to the ice cream place.
"Derek?" I say once we get into the car.
"Yeah, what's up?"
"Um, you know when we saw well you know them in the movies," I start off and he nods. "Well, um, I don't know, but I want you to know that I am OK. I'm fine. Sam is history now. The reason why I was upset was because I couldn't believe that my best friend was doing this to me." I pause and try not to start crying again. "It just hurts that she could do that to me. You know?"
"Yeah, Case. But don't worry about it. You don't need any of those people who hurt you. I'm here for you and I will never hurt you, I promise. Not to get all mushy on you, but I won't and I just want you to know that I'm always here for you." There he goes again acting all cute. I get teary eyed listening to him. "Casey, you OK?"
"Yeah, its just," Stop crying Casey. He's going to think you're a weirdo. "Thanks, Derek. I really appreciate it." He stops the car at the ice cream place, reaches over and pulls me into a hug.
"You're OK?" I nod. "OK, so let's go get some ice cream."