"Casey! Come on you have to at least tell me why!" Derek Whispered loudly.

"I told you I was giving you what you wanted now get out of here!" Derek had Casey pinned to the bathroom door in only her towel.

"You make out with me and now you're saying you wont tell me your feelings?" Derek asked. Casey looked at him and gave him a shove.

"Derek I need to be sure that you want me." Casey said simply. "Now please leave me alone."

"Fine what ever." Derek left the bathroom and went back into his room. He waited until he heard the bathroom door shut. today was going to be their first day back to school since the start of winter break, and Derek had plenty of explaining to do as to why he wasn't playing in the hockey games. Witches, Phoenix's, and Vampires, were not going to be part of his explanation. Casey wasn't worried as much about everyone else so much as Noel. He'd been really into Casey lately and to be truthful Casey was sort of leading him on. She'd now have to tell him that her feelings had changed while she was gone. Which is true they had changed but not toward Noel.

Casey left deciding to walk rather than sit in the car with Derek. Casey hated that she had to act so distant toward him for now but she just wasn't sure how to face him after thinking so much on the issue of girls and Derek. She was deep in thought when she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Casey! I've missed you so much!" Emily squealed. Happy to see her best friend after so long Casey turned around and gave Emily a huge hug.

"I've missed you too Em. Listen I need to get out soon are there any parties this week?" Casey asked.

"Yeah, Kennedy Nicholson is having a big party at his mansion tonight, but are you sure you're up for it? I mean Max is going to be there." Emily replied.

"Well Em, I'm completely over Max now. It doesn't anger me to see him with Allyson any more. Now lets get going and tell Kennedy that we'll be going." Casey said.

"Okay, Um Case... I have something to tell you... You see..." Emily trailed off. Casey sensed it was something bad like her sudden loss of her new found popularity or Max suddenly wanting her back. Nothing could have prepared her for what Emily said next.

"Well um... Noel has changed because you disappeared. He is dressing like Derek now. He is still him self but he just lost it." Emily said. Casey's face went blank when she heard the word Derek. The rest of the walk was silent, Emily hiding her face and Casey staring blankly at the horizon.

When they arrived everyone swarmed Casey. She saw everyone except the one person she wanted to, she had to convince Noel that he had to go back to the way he was. She could only handle one Derek, she could only want one Derek. She walked to her locker and got her stuff then went on a search for Noel. Finally she saw him in the cafeteria.

"Noel!" Casey exclaimed. Noel got up immediately and rushed over to her.

"Casey its so good to see you!" Noel looked confused when she didn't say the same thing back.

"Its not so good to see you... Looking like that. Why do you look like Derek?" Casey asked.

"I thought that when you came back you'd want a guy like Derek and since you can't have him since he's your brother, I thought I'd change with your tastes." Noel replied.

"Okay. One: He's not my brother he's my STEP brother. Two: I could get him if I wanted him but eww. Three: I liked you because you weren't like Derek!" Casey fumed.

"Sorry for assuming that I just really like you." Noel looked at his feet and took off the leather jacket and shoved it aside.

"Well I can't return the feeling." Casey said. She walked away fuming when she ran into Derek.

"Casey? Come on we're leaving." Derek said as he dragged her to his car.

"Derek I can't skip we just got back." Casey sobbed. Derek pushed her into the back seat then climbed in.

"I know but you are going to tell me who I need to pound." Derek said.

"You don't need to pound anyone Derek. I just got in a fight with Noel." Casey looked at Derek's leather jacket. He took it off and handed it to her. Then got off of her and pulled her to her feet.

The rest of the day went by the slowest it possibly could. Casey avoiding Noel then trying to hide the fact that she had Derek's jacket hidden in her locker from Emily. She was glad when it was finally over. She got a drive home with Derek which went pretty well. One thing she had noticed was that he hadn't been all over all the girls at all during the day. Casey was really happy to get out of the house for the party though. She couldn't wait to get there and get drunk. Now that wasn't like Casey but she couldn't care less.

Derek was getting ready for Kens party. Kennedy was on the hockey team so of course Derek was going to be invited. That also obligated him to actually go. Now usually Derek wouldn't turn down a good party, but after the adventure he and asey just had, he didn't want to go. He put on a regular pair of jeans and a t-shirt then put on his leather jacket. As he was putting on his jacket he realized it still smelled like Casey.

Casey on the other hand put on a tight pink tank top that showed a lot of cleavage with a button up see through over shirt, that was buttoned to just below the point where it would have met the tank top, and a tiny pink mini-skirt. She pulled her hair back into a messy bun and put her shiny pink eye shadow on with some clear lip gloss. She grabbed a light pink zip-up sweater and put it on. She then walked out the door to meet Emily. Sam had agreed to pick the two up at Emily's and drive them to the party.

Derek looked out the window only to see Casey get into Sam's car. This made him mad because he knew Casey knew that Sam still had feelings for her and was using him to make Derek jealous. Derek decided he was now going to do the same to Casey. He was going to hit on some girl at the party and see how Casey reacted to that. There was no way he was going to let Casey get away with it. What he didn't know was that Casey didn't actually know about Sam's feelings and was going to the party to get drunk and hang with the girls. Derek picked up his phone and called Alice Benson.

"Hello?" Alice asked into the phone.

"Hey its Derek Venturi. Do you have a date to Ken's party?" Derek used his smooth voice.

"No, but if you're asking I'm like so in!" Alice fell for Derek's charm.

"Great I'll pick you up in five."

"I can't wait." With that Derek left the house to go get her. She was waiting at the door when he arrived. She looked really good. She was wearing a baby pink halter with a pair of tight jeans, and a baby blue leather jacket. Derek pictured Casey in that outfit and was impressed. Alice was a blond volley ball player. She was skinny and have big boobs. To Casey that was Derek's favorite kind of girl. But in reality Casey was Derek's favorite kind of girl.