"Sam, living with Derek has effected me in a bad way. I did something awful and I'm going through with it." Casey ranted in the car. Sam was taking Casey home. She had convinced him to pretend he was going out with her now and that she had been at his house the whole night. She knew how wrong this was and didn't want to go through with it. But she had started it and had lost her virginity in the process. Not that she really minded that last part.

"Well Case, maybe its not as bad as you think." Sam said. Casey rolled her eyes and sat back in her seat. They were almost to her house and she was getting nervous. Sam parked on the curb then they got out and walked to the door. Casey paused before unlocking the door. She walked in to find Derek pacing in the living room.

"Casey! Why did you leave in the middle of the night!" Derek hollered.

"Um... Derek... I never came home..." Casey lied.

"Casey you came home you were wearing that dress... No wait the one you were wearing was red..." Derek trailed off.

"Derek I left the house last night, with Sam wearing this dress. You were gone when I left. I didn't come home." Casey shoved past him. He put his hand on her shoulder and spun her around. Sam could feel the tension building up from Derek. Derek didn't even notice Sam was even there.

"Casey, I had sex with you and you say you weren't here? It was the best sex I've ever had I couldn't have dreamed it." Derek said. Sam and Casey's jaws both dropped.

"Der-ek! Thats disgusting! If you haven't noticed you are my STEP BROTHER." Casey continued up the stairs. "Come on Sam." She added. Sam fallowed her obediently, like a lost puppy. Casey brought Sam to her room and put some music on. Derek wasn't going to be swayed so easily. He went up to Casey's room and barged in. He sat on Casey's bed next to Sam. Casey gave him a dirty look.

"You can get out. Now." Casey wasn't going to give up her little game. He wanted to play dirty she would play dirty-er.

"You can tell me whats going on, now. " Derek countered.

"If you don't mind Sam and I have stuff we would like to do in private." Casey said.

"Then explain." Derek wasn't giving up.

"Okay, you had a sick and twisted dream about me having sex with you. Now leave." Casey Demanded.

"It really didn't happen did it?" Derek's eyes looked so sad that Casey felt really guilty. Derek went back into his own room feeling like he was going to cry and Derek Venturi never cried over any one. He wasn't going to let him self cry over a dream. But it couldn't be a dream there had to be some proof. Derek was willing to even clean his room to prove that it happened. His room was spotless and still he found nothing that would suggest that Casey had ever been naked in his room. Nothing to suggest that she'd even been in there at all except her mixed CD that she'd thrown at him before their trip.

It was about seven when Sam left. Casey knew that Derek would be coming to her room any second for an encore performance of the night before and that was when she'd tell him the truth. But he never came. She waited half an hour then finally went into his room. He looked up from his comic book at her.

"Why haven't you come to my room demanding an explanation yet?" Casey asked.

"Because you made it clear to me that I am seriously not as good at getting girls as I thought I was." Derek said quietly. Casey looked confused. Did Derek really just say that? Do I have that much of an influence over him? Casey though as she walked over and sat on Derek's bed.

"Derek... What are you saying?" Casey looked deep into his eyes trying to read his feelings.

"Casey, what I said at that party was my jealousy talking. I didn't really mean it. The reason I went with Alice was because you went with Sam to the party. I thought he was your date. Then I knew once you saw me with Alice you went straight to Colby to get back at me. I got mad and said some stuff that wasn't true. I'm sorry. And now I know I'm crazy... About you because I had that dream and thought it was real." Derek replied looking back to his comic book.

"Oh" Casey said. With that she left the room. She couldn't tell him now because if she did she would hurt him even more. She also couldn't tell him how she felt because he'd betrayed her like that. Also because she had two guys head over heals for her. She decided she would tell Derek after she broke up with Sam, and Colby. She would do that in the morning because she had homework due the next day that she had barely touched.

Derek on the other hand was pouting about how he'd just spilled his guts and all he got was an "Oh" From Casey. He knew something was up because Casey was the most talkative person on the planet. There was no was she wasn't thinking about what he had said. He knew though, if he went in there now she would just send him away and it would ruin his chances of them ever being together. Them being together was the one thing he wanted. More than to win the hockey championships. More than Pizza. More than life its self. He was head over heals in love with Casey McDonald.

Casey finished her homework at about nine and she was really bored. There was nothing to do. She decided to go ask Derek if he wanted to go to a movie with her. She went into his room and he looked hopeful which made Casey quickly consider making him a deal.

"Derek... I like you... But I want to take it slow. Like just start out dating and then if that goes well we'll start actually going out." Casey said.

"Okay I like that idea." Derek smiled the smile that made Casey melt.

"Lets go out now. To a movie. Your choice." Casey said.