Casey's POV


There I was, enjoying a beautiful snow day with my family, when I get hit with something on my back. It was cold and hard, but broke instantly once it hit me. It was a snowball. I turned around to see Derek smiling hugely, holding six snowballs, and a large stack of them by his feet. Before I knew, a snowball was crashing against my face. I screamed and wiped the already-melting snowball off of my face.

"De-rek!" I shouted. I ran towards him and tackled him before he could get away or throw another snowball. He squirmed but I had him pinned. He was going nowhere.

"Casey, get off. It was just a couple snowballs."

"Yeah, aimed at my head!"

"Case, get off." My mom said to me, prying me off of Derek.

"Mom! Did you even see what he did to me?!"

"Honey, I'm sure it wasn't that bad. Now just calm down. It'll be okay." Mom said to me. Why does she always see the good in every situation? That makes me want to throw up. I rolled my eyes at her.

"I have an idea! Why don't you and Casey make the whole family some hot chocolate?" George said to Derek. "It's pretty chilly out here."

"Yeah, that would be perfect! You guys can resolve your issues without emotionally scarring the younger members of our family!" Mom said to me. I couldn't tell if she was kidding or not, so I just rolled my eyes.

"Fine." I said to my parents. "C'mon, Derek."

"Oh, and we are just gonna go behind to house to the woods. There's pretty good sledding hill I remember from when I was a kid." George said to my mom, winking at her. I looked on at them disgustingly.

They all left to find the hill, leaving just Derek and I.

"And then there were two." Derek muttered. I rolled my eyes, which I seem to be doing a lot now, and shoved him out of my way. It was time to make some hot chocolate.


I opened a cabinet in the kitchen and pulled out seven packages of hot chocolate mix.

"Derek, can you get out some paper cups? And find lids to fit."

"How do you even make hot chocolate, anyway?" Derek asked. I rolled my eyes again.

"You just add water into the mix, genius." I said to a confused-looking Derek.

I put the mix and water into all of the cups and placed them into the microwave. When they were done, I pulled out the steaming drinks and placed them on the counter.

"Derek, get some marshmallows out of the cabinet."

"What ever you say, Princess."

"Don't call me that."

"I can call you whatever I want." My mouth dropped. Derek is such a jerk.

"No you can't!" Derek just laughed.

"Watch me." I gasped.

Before I knew what was happening, there were marshmallows pelting my back. They didn't hurt, but still. I turned to see a laughing Derek.

"De-rek!"

"Mallows?" He asked, clutching his stomach, still laughing like an idiot.

I clenched my jaw and pulled the lid off of one of the cups and poured the hot brown liquid all over his chest. His mouth dropped open and he patted at his drenched jacket.

"Casey! That's hot! Like, really hot!" He said. He took his jacket off, then his t-shirt, then finally his undershirt, leaving him there shirtless, right in front of me.

"Sorry, but all my layers were soaked. I had to get them off." I couldn't help but look at his bare skin. He stomach was thin and lean and you could see some muscles poking out. I smiled and stared. I couldn't help it!

"It-it's cool." I said, still staring at his stomach.

"Uh, Casey." Derek said to me while laughing. I snapped out of my daze and looked up at his confused yet friendly face. "You okay?" He asked.

"Um, I'm fine." I turned and grabbed another package of hot chocolate mix since the other cup was all over Derek. Oops.

"Were you checking me out?" He asked.

"Me? Oh, uh, of course not. Why would I do that?"

"I don't know, that's why I asked." He replied. I didn't know what to say, so I just laughed nervously. I prepared the last hot chocolate in silence and poured it in the cup.

Then, before I knew what was happening, Derek came up behind me and started tickling my stomach.

"You were checking me out!" He yelled playfully. I couldn't do anything but laugh. He kept tickling me, but I started to break away. I ran away and hopped on the couch. He jumped on top of me and started to tickle me again.

"Casey likes me, Casey likes me!" Derek said in a singsong voice like a little kid. I kept laughing until I realized that me and Derek were lying on the couch together. Huh. Awkward!

He stopped tickling me soon after, around the time he realized what was happening as well. But neither of us moved, we just looking into each other's eyes.

"Uh, I-I-I guess we-"

"This is uh-"

"We need to get-" It seemed that neither of us could finish a sentence. I could feel the sexual tension between us rising by the second.

Then, out of nowhere, Derek pressed his lips against mine. He closed his eyes and mine fluttered closed soon also, until I realized who I was kissing. My step-brother.

"Sorry. Couldn't resist." Derek said to me. He started to get off of me, but I pulled him back down by his shirt.

I started the kiss this time, and he kissed me back without hesitating. After a few seconds, Derek broke away.

"You don't know how long I've wanted to do that." He said to me. I smiled and kissed him again.

Derek pulled away and put his mouth right by my ear and whispered, "Casey, I-". I wanted to hear what he had to say, but at that moment I heard a lock being unlatched. They were coming in the back door. I pushed Derek off of me and sat up on the sofa. Derek lifted his shoulders and raised his eyebrows at me looking really confused.

"They're coming in!" I whispered to him. Derek's eyes went wide and he quickly sat down in his recliner. I turned on the TV, and just before they came in, I leaned over the arm of the sofa to fix Derek's hair since it was sticking straight up. A second later, the family busted in the door.

"Derek, Casey, where were you?" Mom asked us. "We were waiting for you for 45 minutes! What were you guys doing in here?"

"Just resolving our issues Mom, like you said." I replied.

"So you guys are all good?" George asked.

"Um..." I looked at Derek. He smiled. "Yeah." I said. "We're great."


Writer's Note:

Two chapters in one night! What can I say, I'm in a writey mood :) The other chapter was really short so I wrote this one. Hope you like it!