Casey's POV


Yesterday was the last day of school for the year. It is the 18th of December, and I am officially off school for Christmas break. It's been three days since Derek barged into my room and said a bunch of stuff about a spark and then he kissed me.

Jeez.

I sure do have a messed up family. It's alright though, because at least now I get to sleep in.

I walked downstairs at about 10:45 AM to see everyone sitting around the dining room table except for Derek and me, of course. Oh no. Are we busted? Have they realized what Derek and I are doing and are having a secret meeting about us? My heart started to beat faster and I'm sure my face went pale. I cleared my throat, and everyone turned to face me, just now realizing my presence.

"What's going on?" I asked reluctantly.

"Oh, Casey. Will you go get Derek please? We need to talk to you guys," Mom responded to me slowly. I nodded my head and turned my back to them. I sprinted up the stairs and ran to Derek's room. I practically broke down the door to find him still asleep. I closed the door behind me and jumped onto his bed next to him. I shook him fiercely until he woke up.

"Casey, what do you want?"

"They're onto us, Derek. They know what we're doing."

"What?" Derek asked. He sat up in his bed and rubbed his eyes. "They don't know."

"Yes, Derek, they do. They were all talking about us."

"Casey, it's ok."

"No it's not! Don't you see what this means?! This could possibly break up our whole family!"

"Casey, as always, you're overreacting." I couldn't take it anymore. I started crying. This was all too much for me.

"Ohh, Casey, please don't cry. Please. It's fine. They probably aren't even talking about us." I don't even know why, but that made me cry even harder. Derek took me in his arms and smoothed out my hair.

"Come on," he said to me. "Let's go see what they want." I nodded my head and stood up. I wiped my eyes and gave Derek a quick hug. We walked downstairs to the dining room to see the family still talking quietly.

Then my mother saw us. She opened her mouth to say something.

Here it comes. We were trying so hard to be careful. I guess it just wasn't meant to be, Derek and I. At least we gave it a try.

"Listen, Mom, we-"

"We're going to Switzerland!" My mother shouted, interrupting me.

"What?" I asked, confused.

"We are going to spend this Christmas break in Switzerland at a beautiful ski resort! We have it all planned out. We've been planning all week. We wanted to surprise you and Derek!" My mouth dropped open.

To my left, I heard Derek laugh to himself. He was right, they weren't even talking about us at all. I smirked at my own ignorance and smiled.

"I can't wait, Mom."

"Well, you don't have to wait anymore! We are leaving in about 45 minutes. You need to start packing, guys. The rest of us are already packed." My mouth dropped in disbelief.

"Uh, okay," Derek said happily. We went upstairs and he followed me into my room.

"I guess they aren't onto us," I said, embarrassed. Derek chuckled.

"You're down and then you're up, Casey. You're like a Yo-Yo." I laughed. Derek took a step closer to me and wrapped his right arm around my waist. His other hand was cupped on my face and he pulled me close and placed his lips on mine. I wrapped my hands around his neck and kissed him happily. After a few minutes, I pulled away and threw my arms around his hips.

"You are quite the charmer, Derek Venturi. Quite the charmer." I pushed him out of my room and closed the door. I started packing up all of my sweaters and gloves.

I had a feeling in the pit of my stomach that this was going to be the best vacation of my life.


Writer's Note:

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