A/N – Sorry it took me like forever to update! I've been so busy making videos and everything that I sort of abandoned it, sorry about that! But don't worry, I will update soon after this too.

It was the day of the dance. Derek never dressed up formally but this, however, was an exception. He combed his hair the same way he did for Kendra when he was trying to act mature. And he was actually wearing a tux. Yes. Derek Venturi was wearing a tux, for the first time too. He was always a casual kind of guy. He was always finding some way to get out of dressing up. But for some reason, this time he did.

Derek could hear his eldest step-sister getting ready. He could actually even smell her. He wouldn't admit it, but he always thought that Casey had a lovely scent.

Casey came out of her room. Derek couldn't take his eyes off of her. This was making her feel very uncomfortable.

"Derek, will you please stop staring. Yeah, I know. It's not Halloween. Please could you refrain from telling me another one of your lame jokes. I'm not in the mood."

"Okay, I'm sorry," Derek said as he left Casey staring at him in stock.

"Kids! Are you ready to go?" Nora yelled out from the kitchen.

Derek and Casey walked down the stairs all dressed up and pretty much answered Nora's question.

Later at the dance, Derek and Casey were both sitting by the table with a big bowl of fruit punch. They were both very bored since they both were dateless. Derek would have asked some girl to dance, but for some reason he just didn't feel like it. He enjoyed sitting with Casey. He felt ashamed to say it, but he wanted to dance with Casey. So he was trying to pluck up the courage to ask her. He thought it would be fun to dance with her.

"Casey,"

"Yes, Derek?"

"Casey would you like to-"before Derek could finish, Casey's boyfriend Max appeared at the door.

"Max!" Casey said as she ran to him.

And they kissed.

Derek woke up with a start. He felt relieved, but also very confused. The rest of the night, Derek kept tossing and turning and thinking about the dream he had just had. What did it all mean? He kept asking himself.

When his alarm finally went off he hastily got up and got dressed. He only slept 2 hours that night, which was obvious by the huge bags he had under his eyes, and the fact that he was wearing his shirt on inside out.

When Derek came into the kitchen for breakfast, he saw Casey looking at him with a very confused look on her face.

"What's with you?" she asked as Derek sat down, staring into space.

Derek didn't answer her.

"Derek?"

"Deerrreekkk!"

"huh" he said finally.

"Are you okay Derek? This is your usual "Annoy Casey" time."

Before Derek could respond to that, Marti hopped in the kitchen.

"Smerek, are you going to a dance today?"

Derek looked up at the calendar. "Yes Smarti, I guess I am," Derek hadn't realize that until now.

"Can I come with you, pppplllleeaaasseee Smerek?" asked Marti with an extremely adorable expression on her face.

"Sorry Marti, but only people at that school, like Derek and Casey, can go," George replied as he picked up his youngest child.

"Awww, that's no fair," Marti replied with a very disappointed look on her face.

"So, who will you two be going with?" George asked after he let Marti go and she ran off.

That hasn't came across Derek and Casey's mind. They both looked at each other, wondering what the other one was thinking. Is our deal still on? Are we going to go together? What should we say?

Casey was the one who finally answered. "We're not really going with anyone I guess" Derek's expression looked somewhat disappointed. "We're just going to hang out at the dance I guess. Since Max isn't here… I'll probably just hang out with Emily. Not sure what Derek will do."

"And let's keep it that way, sis." Derek added as Casey rolled her eyes.

After school was over, Derek and Casey quickly arrived home to get ready for the dance. Casey rushed to her bedroom right away, even though it was 3 hours before the dance started. Derek was his usual relaxed self, sitting in his chair, watching TV. Not until the last hour before the dance, did Derek start getting ready.

Derek had a weird déjà vu feeling, because this was just like in his dream, him putting on his nice suit and everything.

Casey would yell at him every few minutes to ask if he was ready yet. He knew this was only because Nora was going to drive them to the dance.

Finally, when Derek was ready, he came out of his room, and saw Casey. Casey looked gorgeous, which he absolutely hated admitting. She was wearing a beautiful long blue dress, and she had her hair nicely curled. Casey thought Derek looked great too, in his black suit and with his hair neatly combed. Because they both thought they looked good, neither Derek nor Casey said anything. It was as if their motto was 'If you can say something nice, don't say anything'. They just glanced at each other, and then looked away.

"Are you two ready?" Nora asked as she was making her way upstairs to see them. "Well, you two look very nice," Nora said when she saw them.

"Yes mom, I think we're ready to go."