Chapter 5:

Nora walked downstairs to find George asleep on the couch. She walked over to him and gently woke him up. "George, have Casey and Derek come home yet?"

George woke up and looked at Nora "Huh?"

"Casey and Derek, where are they?"

"Uh they're probably upstairs asleep. I mean its 10:30, they should be asleep."

"Well I'm gonna go check on them." Nora walked upstairs to Casey's room but she wasn't there then she walked to Derek's room and of course he wasn't there. "GEORGE!!!!" yelled Nora from the top of the stairs.

(Meanwhile):

Derek looked at Casey who was curling up the ends of her hair with her finger. He couldn't help but smile, smile at her innocence and how beautiful she was then he stopped smiling and shook his head. How could he think of Casey that way? She was his stepsister! But she was so beautiful and so sweet, he was wondering why he never saw this before. It took him an entire day of being in a closet to finally realize it.

"Casey?"

Casey looked up from her hair "Yeah?"

"Your turn to ask me a question"

Casey smiled a little "Ok, um…Are you happy with Kendra? Is she who you really want?"

"Hey not fair, one question at a time."

"Ok, is Kendra the one that you want?"

Derek looked at her for a minute trying to find the right words but he couldn't think of any, so he said the only thing he could think of. "Pass"

Casey looked shocked, how could he pass? Casey knew how he felt for Kendra, so why not say it? "Pass? Your just gonna pass?"

"Yup, I think I am."

Casey stood up and looked at Derek "How could you do this?"

"Do what? Not answer your stupid question? Miss MacDonald has to freak out every time she doesn't get her way?"

"See that, that's what I mean!"

"What?" asked Derek turning into his smug self again.

"When something happens between us you have to go and screw it up by becoming the Derek who bugs me!"

Casey started to turn away from him but he gently grabbed her arm and turned her back so she was facing him. "What is happening between us?" asked Derek softly.

Casey and Derek looked into each other's eyes and before they knew it they were leaning in for a kiss. Derek's lips gently brushed Casey's then…the door opened. Casey and Derek pulled away from each other and looked at the open doorway.

"Derek, we're free."

"But how?"

Stranger things had happened that night so they didn't spend too much time trying to figure out who had opened the door for them they just got their stuff and walked out the door.

(Meanwhile):

Nora had her ear glued to the phone talking to the police. "Yes, they were last seen at school according to their friends and Derek's friend Sam said he wasn't at hockey practice. And I-"

"Ma'am listen, we're doing everything we can to find these kids. Don't worry, all you can do is sit at home and wait for them to get home."

"Ok, thank you." and Nora hung up the phone and looked at George. "Oh George, I'm worried."

George wrapped his arms around Nora to comfort her. "I'm sure their just fine, don't worry."

(Meanwhile):

Casey and Derek were walking home and not one of them had said anything the whole walk home. It was one of those awkward silences where you want to speak but when your about to the other person looks like their about to. They finally got closer to the house and finally one of them said something.

"What happened back there Casey?" asked Derek being blunt.

Casey rolled her eyes "Let's not talk about this Derek." Casey got to the door and put her hand on the knob but Derek stopped her. "Hey!"

"Casey you can't seriously do this to me."

"Do what?"

"Don't make me say it Case." Derek turned the door knob about to go in but this time Casey did the stopping. Casey grabbed his arm with impressive force brought him closer to her and kissed him.

What possessed her to kiss Derek she didn't know, but she didn't regret what she was doing, she did want to kiss him and now she knew he wanted it to so nothing was stopping her.

Casey finally pulled away leaving a dismayed and a happy Derek. She couldn't think of anything charming or romantic o say afterwards so she said the cheesiest thing ever "Good night." and she walked in the house to face Nora and George and maybe get some sleep tonight.

(Later that night):

Casey fell asleep about 12 in the morning after giving Derek another kiss, what can she say she loved kissing him. So this time she wasn't going to wake up screaming from her dreams, she was going to face it and she had a pretty good idea who her dream guy was.

(Dream):

"Casey…"

Casey turned to face the figure "I know who you are mystery man."

"Do you?"

Casey nodded "Yeah" then she ran up to him and kissed him. "Perfect" she said

The light began to dim a little and she looked into the eyes of the guy the universe was trying to pair her with. But the eyes she was expecting to look back weren't the eyes that were looking back. She pulled out of the kiss and her jaw dropped.

"Max?"

(Reality):

Casey woke up breathing hard and sweating then she began to cry a little "Oh god what have I done?"