"Really Em! This guy is totally right for me!" Casey exclaimed. The date with Derek went way better than she had imagined. She knew since they weren't actually going out she shouldn't tell Emily and jinx it. He was Derek after all. But she knew that he wasn't going to do anything to hurt her.

"Who is it?" Emily asked.

"I don't want to jinx it but as soon as we make it official you'll be the first to know. Either you or Sam." Casey let the last part slip.

"Why would you tell Sam before me?" Emily was quite upset at this.

"I wouldn't Derek would. He is Derek's best friend after all."

"Wait where does Derek fit into all this?" Emily choked out. Hoping she didn't mean that Derek was the guys he was dating. Right as Emily said that Derek came up and wrapped his arms around Casey's waist and kissed her ear.

"I had a great time last night Case." He whispered. She smiled and turned around to kiss him. "Me too" She said into his lips.

"So you two are dating?" Emily asked.

"Yes" they replied at the same time.

"But..." Emily just stood there astonished.

"I have to go break it off with Sam." Casey said as she walked away. She walked over to Sam's locker.

"Sam, I'm sorry but I'm going to have to end our little fling." Casey said.

"Finally got with Derek?" Sam asked.

"How did you-"

"We could all tell he's been in love with you for a long time." Sam said. The bell rang and the halls cleared but Casey just stood there. The next thing she knew it was lunch and Derek was dragging her to the car to take her home. She had a fever from being out side in the middle of march in a spaghetti strap dress with no jacket. Derek took her home and crawled into bed with her. He just wanted her to be comfortable . She was just lying there because she didn't know how to handle the fact that Sam knew all along.

"Casey! Casey!" Nora yelled trying to get Casey to wake up.

"Yeah Mom?" Casey said. She had been sleeping for most of the day so she didn't know Derek called her mom.

"How are you feeling?" Nora asked.

"Sick." Casey replied.

"Well we're taking you to the Doctor so he can tell us exactly what is wrong with you." Nora handed Casey one of Dereks big sweaters that he'd given her to give to Casey. Derek was already in the car all too eager to know what was up with Casey suddenly getting so sick. He felt it his fault for some odd reason he had a feeling it had to do with that night that she said he had that dream. When she came home she wasn't wearing a coat. The got to the Doctors and had to wait in the waiting room for what seemed like hours to Derek. It was really only a half an hour.

"Casey McDonald!" The receptionist called. Casey and Nora went in leaving Derek by him self.

"Get dragged along while your sister had to go in?" The receptionist asked.

"No, I wanted to come and she's not my sister she's my step sister." Derek replied. He was now playing with the little knob that was coming off the end of the chair.

"My name is Alex." The receptionist pointed out.

"Thats great." Derek said. Casey and Nora came out and Derek went up to Nora to see what was wrong.

"She has a cold and has to stay home from school tomorrow." Nora said before Derek could ask. Derek was happy it was not something awful. He was letting Casey get to him and he didn't care. But what they didn't think about is what would happen when Noel and Sally found out. Noel was still Crazy about Casey and Sally well Sally would never talk to Casey again.

"Mom? Lizzie? Edwin? George? Marti? DEREK!" Casey shouted the last name. She didn't know what was going on it seemed highly unlikely that everyone was out but it could be. She didn't look at her clock or really remember much that happened after Sam said he knew Derek was in love with her. After getting no response Casey looked at her clock. It was eleven am. She was feeling much better and much hungrier so she decided to go down to the kitchen and get food. She wasn't alone after all though because Derek was sleeping on the sofa. She walked over and sat in his chair with a banana in hand. His head was facing the chair so Casey watched him sleep during commercials. She couldn't resist touching him so she ran her fingers through his hair. Derek woke up and moved up so he could turn around.

"I see you're feeling better." Derek Yawned.

"I'm sorry I woke you up." Casey said.

"I know you can't resist touching me." Derek replied.

"Oh can't I?" Casey asked.

"Okay maybe I can't resist you touching me. Please, don't ever stop." Derek replied.

"Good. I don't ever plan on it. Oh and I guess we're going public now huh?" Casey was running her fingers through Derek's hair.

"Yeah, We'll tell Dad and Nora tonight." Derek purred. He loved it when she stroked his hair like that. It drove him crazy.

"Hmm... How much of a mess do you think things are in back home?" Edwin asked.

"Ed, you know Casey she would clean the first sign of a mess." Lizzie laughed.

"Lizzie, Lizzie, Lizzie, I meant their relationship. How much do you want to bet Derek did something stupid and Casey is mad at him?" Edwin finished with a question.

"Oh, He definitely did that. But I think that he probably fixed it and that they are Dating." Lizzie replied.

"I'll bet you chores for a week that it they are still fighting." Edwin said.

"You're on." They shook hands.

"Lizzie, Edwin!" The teacher yelled. It was gym but they did stop playing the game to talk. Lizzie starting running around the gym and Edwin shortly fallowed. Their gym teacher was being rough on the two of them lately because they were flirting non stop in class. Every one in the class was noticing Jamie and Michelle especially. They were starting to talk more to consult about it.

Hey guy's and Gal's! I'm going to reply to your reviews here!

sballLuvr5: Yeah I wanted her to do something more Derek like.

brandonha: Yeah she is but as you can tell she gets less crazy again.