"This way!" Rosalia said as she pushed a leaf out of the way. Derek was still flirting with her and it was still driving Casey crazy. Derek was enjoying Casey's jealousy. They were getting really tired and the walls of the village were very long.

"How much longer? Its getting Dark." Casey was hopeful.

"There are three days of walking left to get past the walls. But tonight we will stay in my hut. It's safe there." Rosalia replied.

"How are the sleeping arrangements?" Derek asked.

"Derek, you will sleep in the same bed with your sister tonight." She replied.

"Woah! Derek's not my brother! He's my step brother." Casey corrected.

"What does that mean?" Rosalia asked.

"Her mom married my dad. I have a different mom and dad then she does but my mom and dad aren't married anymore and neither are hers. So my dad married her mom and now we live in the same house." Derek replied. They continued walking until they came to a little hut. Rosalia went inside fallowed by Derek. Casey stood outside the door because she wasn't comfortable going in there with them. She started walking again because she wasn't feeling very well. She didn't want to interrupt their fun, it was bad enough that she had to watch them flirt but they would probably do other stuff inside the hut. A hand came out fro m behind her and pulled her into a warm body. Then another hand wrapped around her other side pulling her into the person. She was too scared to look back to see who it was. She could feel the hot breath on the back of her neck.

"Where do you think you're doing Ms. McDonald?" A familiar voice said. Casey turned around to face Derek.

"I didn't want to interrupt you two doing what ever it is you want to do to her." Casey whispered.

"Casey! I don't want her. There is only one girl I want right now." Derek said. He said too much.

"Who's the girl you want?" Casey was intrigued by his response.

"Sally." Derek lied.

"Oh... You're still hung up on her." Casey peeled out of his embrace and walked into the hut. Rosalia turned around and smiled. Then looked very confused because Derek didn't fallow Casey into the hut. It was pretty big for a hut there were two beds and a wood stove. There was even a shower like thing. Casey took a seat on at little chair at the table and threw her head in her arms.

Derek sat down on a rock and put his head in his hands. He really didn't like the idea of him feeling bad for making Casey up set. He needed to get her off his mind he needed to be Derek he needed to get home and be Derek. At home right now he would be showing some girl his moves not being stuck in some silly little hut with a vampire and his stepsister. In fact vampires weren't even supposed to exist outside of horror movies and books. This was certainly not the winter break he had planned on. He got up and walked over to the hut to find Casey helping Rosalia cook something. ever since Casey moved in the food had been better when ever she did the cooking.

"What are you guys cooking?" Derek asked.

"Its a surprise." Casey said.

"Aw come on Casey." Derek was growing impatient.

"No. You'll have to wait and see. Rose and I are making it especially for you so stop whining." Casey said. The less of his voice she heard the easier it would be to concentrate on making this meal perfect for him. If she made him a perfect meal he might get off her back. Its a small price to pay for silence. Rosalia was a pretty easy person to get along with. She had alot of questions about Casey's world. When they finished they set the table and put out every thing perfectly.

"Derek, its ready." Casey said softly. Derek yawned and stretched. He had been asleep pretty much since Casey denied him knowledge about what she was cooking. He sat up and walked over to the table.

"This looks good! What is it?" Derek exclaimed.

"Its chicken pasta. I made the sauce and chicken." Casey replied. Derek sat down and looked up at Casey her face was lit up like when she found out that Sally and Derek broke up. At that time she said "Good, she deserves someone way better than YOU" Derek got really upset that night. He loved to see her face light up but he always hated the reaction that came along with it. Casey sat down next to him and started eating hers. She would look up every once in a while to see Derek staring at her. He hadn't even touched his food.

"Do you not want it?" Rosalia asked putting her fork down.

"Why are you staring at me so intently?" Casey added.

"Yes I want it and I'm wondering where the mean comment is." Derek replied.

"Mean comment? DER-EK!" Casey was hurt. She didn't think that she'd made him feel that bad in the past. So bad that he'd think that when she did something nice for him that he would think that she was going to say something mean. "Sorry."

Did Casey just apologize to him? Derek must have been going crazy. There was no way Casey Apologized to DEREK. Derek picked up his fork and shoved a fork full of pasta in his mouth. As expected it was really good. Why was Casey so good at every thing. When Rosalia wasn't there anymore he'd show Casey how men survived in the wild. He'd been camping with his dad and Ed many times so he shouldn't have a problem showing Casey how its done.

Casey woke up to the sound of the rain hitting the tin roof. Rosalia was already up and ready to go. Casey got up and changed into one of the dresses that Madlin gave her. It was the purple version of the one Rosalia was wearing. Derek woke up to see Casey wearing a dress that fit every curve of her body perfectly and tapered out like the ones from the sixteen hundreds. It was just like Rosalia's entire wardrobe.

"Derek hurry up we're losing day light." Rosalia said softly.

"I'm getting up." Derek put on one of his outfits and looked like a prince. Casey started laughing.

"Derek that out fit is so out of character for you!" Casey laughed. Derek glared at her as he picked up his bag and headed out the door. Casey and Rosalia soon fallowed. The few days passed by fast and they got passed the wall because they walk faster than most, fighting and whatnot gives them energy to be used.

"I'm afraid tis time for us to part ways. I hope to see you again my friends." Rosalia said as she disappeared through the bushes.

"Man is she hot." Derek said his gaze fallowing her until she was out of sight.

"Derek I thought for once you wouldn't be such a pig but I guess I was wrong." Casey stormed off in the way of the sun. The sun was in a new faze already. It was a darker purple than it had been the day before. This made Casey a little worried She knew that that meant the sun was going to turn blue with in the next week and they wouldn't have a chance. They'd stayed to long at Rosalia's house, then it took them too long to get to where they were. Hopefully they could at least get to one of the caves before the snow started so that they would have some where to stay through the storm.

"Derek... Do you think we'll ever get home?" Casey asked in a small voice.

"Casey... Of course we will." Derek felt the need to comfort her now more than ever. Casey hugged him and this made him tense up.

"Why are you so tense Derek?" Casey asked.

"I don't know I just heard something I guess." Derek lied. Something inside him told him that if he knew what was best for him he'd shake this little crush he was developing on Casey and fast. She was his stepsister. To many people that was even considered incest. Even though there is not blood relation at all. Casey let go of him and kept on walking. To her that looked disgustingly like a scene from a children's movie. Which is bad because EWW it was DEREK she was hugging. They got to a hollow tree that was pretty big so they set up the bed.