Chapter 4:
"Ok, have you ever…hmm." said Casey thinking about what question to ask Derek next in the "Honesty Game".
The rules were pretty simple: Whoever lies first loses and you can pass on a question but if the other person answers the exact same question truthfully they win. And the most important rule was no one could know what questions or answers were said, it was completely secret.
"Have you ever cheated on Kendra?" asked Casey.
Derek laughed a little "Oh come on Casey."
"Remember honesty, I can tell when you lie too."
Derek began to turn a little red "Once, but nothing happened."
Casey laughed then looked back at Derek "What happened?"
Derek sat back and put his arm on top of his knee "Well, I flirted with this girl and she took it a little too seriously and she kissed me. But that was it I promise!" then he held up his two fingers referring to scout's honor.
"Derek, oh my gosh you flirted with another girl?"
"Oh come on, it's not like you didn't flirt with guys when you were with Max."
Casey looked away "No, I actually didn't."
Derek looked surprised "Never?"
"No, I really liked Max."
Now Derek was even more confused which brought on his next question "Why did you break up with Max?"
Casey face completely changed from smiley to shattered. She hadn't talked about why she broke up with Max, not even to Emily. Everyone just assumed that her and Max got in a big fight and were no longer talking to each other and hated one another. But in reality, Casey didn't hate Max at all, in fact she thought and thought about her feelings for him but she was still unclear. She still cared about Max a lot, but they had been avoiding each other to avoid talking about what had happened.
"Do I really have to answer this question?" asked Casey
"No, you could always pass…" Derek smirked.
"Ok, Max and I got into a fight and broke up."
"Ok…What was it about?"
Casey tried not to cry again, it hurt just as bad as it did the moment they broke up. "Honestly, Max broke up with me, alright?"
"Why?" asked Derek.
"Well, it all happened 2 weeks ago on our 2 month anniversary." all this talk about her and Max seemed to send her back into a time warp of the day Max had broken her heart.
(Flashback):
"Hey Max" said Casey greeting her boyfriend with a kiss. "Are you ready for tonight?"
Max's face was mixtures of sorrow hidden behind a fake smile "Casey we need to talk, you got a second?"
"Yeah of course"
Max sat Casey down on a bench and looked in her eyes "There's no easy way to say this."
Casey started to freak out "Ok well please say it already, you're scaring me."
"I met someone else and she and I have been seeing each other a lot." Max looked very sorry. "Casey, I'm really-"
"For how long?" interrupted Casey
"Come on Casey don't do this"
"How long?" she interrupted again.
"4 weeks and 5 days."
Casey tried not to cry "You've calculated to the exact day…wow."
"Casey I hope we can still be friends." he put his hand on Casey's but she pulled it away.
Casey began to tear up "Don't talk to me again ok? Just leave me alone." Then Casey grabbed her bag and walked to her next class holding back all her tears and playing it off like nothing had happened, like her and Max just decided to call it quits for no reason.
(Back to the closet):
"So he cheated on you?" asked Derek a little angry at this point
Casey nodded still holding back the tears she never cried "He wanted something better. He deserved something better, and he got it."
"No, he didn't. Cause theirs no one better then you Casey." Casey looked at him trying to process what he just said but it still didn't make sense. "Casey have you even cried over this?"
"No" said Casey in her crying voice still trying to hold it back.
"You cried over Sam but you won't cry over someone who broke your heart?"
Casey shook her head "I was able to get over Sam, but I can't get over Max. I thought I loved him."
Casey finally gave in and cried, cried all those tears that had been held back for 2 weeks now. She put her face in her hands and cried then to her surprise Derek pulled her closer and hugged her.
Casey was dismayed by what was going on but she still managed to put her arms around him, hug him tightly, and cry and she wasn't going to let go till her tears stopped or when Derek pulled away. But Derek wouldn't pull away, he held on to her as tightly as he had when he started hugging her. Casey felt safe and she felt like no one could touch her she felt so safe she even forgot where they were and what their current situation was. Nothing else mattered to them, everything just disappeared.