Derek's POV


I woke up in my queen sized hotel bed at 10:42 AM, and I couldn't have been happier. I was in Switzerland and I was planning to go snowboarding all day with no distractions. I looked over to see Edwin still asleep in his own queen bed, so I wrote a note that simply said "Snowboarding. -D" and placed it on his chest for him to read when he woke up.

I quickly threw on my snowboarding clothes and headed for the slopes. I knocked on Casey's room first though so I could ask if she wanted to join me. Marti opened the door.

"Smarti, where is Casey at?" I asked politely.

"Casey said she was gonna go get hot chocolate. She left a few minutes ago." I nodded sadly, disappointed that I couldn't see Casey fall on her butt when I tried to teach her how to snowboard. But I still had 13 days left in my vacation. I had plenty of time to see Casey embarrass herself.

I walked to the slope and hopped on the ski lift, taking a 10 minute ride up to the top of the mountain. There was an annoying girl my age with brown hair sitting next to me on the way up, but I didn't talk to her much.

After going up and down the slope a few times, I decided to go find Casey at the lobby. Maybe she would go snowboarding with me or even try to skate on some ice. Whatever she wanted to do, I would go along with.

I stopped by my room first to change out of my snowboarding clothes. I threw on a pair of jeans and a green sweater. Edwin was still there in the room, sitting on his bed, just watching TV.

"Ed, what're you doing?" I asked while brushing my hair. I wanted to look my best for Casey.

"There is a James Bond marathon on. It goes until 2 PM tomorrow." He said, his eyes glued to the TV. He hadn't even changed out of his pajamas yet. I know I shouldn't be one to talk, but really. We're in Switzerland and he was sitting alone in the hotel room.

"Ed, let's go snowboard or something," I said, hoping to get him out of the room somehow.

"Derek, I gotta watch these. They're in HD."

"Edwin, we are in Switzerland. Go do something fun or productive or whatever," I said quickly. He just shushed me and went back to watching his TV. I gave up and walked out of the room and headed for the lobby.

On the way, I thought about Casey and I. Sure, we may be step siblings and this whole thing with us is a really bad idea, but it just feels...right. I've gone out with a LOT of girls and I never thought I would fall for my step sister, but that's exactly what I've done. Casey and I have so much chemistry, and I had felt it deep down inside ever since the first time she opened her big, demanding, beautiful, mouth. And I think Casey and I may last.

My wonderful thoughts were interrupted when I heard a loud laugh. I knew that laugh. I had heard it a million times.

It was Casey's.

So she wasn't in the lobby. Saves me some walking.

I found her about 100 feet behind me, laying down in the soft puffy snow lining the roads throughout the resort. She didn't know I could see her. She was still laughing, spots of snow on her chest.

Why was she laughing so hard?

Then, he appeared.

He jumped out from behind a sign that said "Anlage Resort" (the resort we were staying at). He had blond hair and wore a fancy uniform that also said Anlage down the arm.

The boy had two snowballs in his hands, and he threw them at Casey (who was still laying down) one by one, both of them landing just under her boobs. Casey just kept laughing and the boy did, too.

He tripped over his own feet and fell down next to Casey.

And he didn't get up.

They were just laying there.

Then he placed his hand over hers.

I needed to stop this.

I walked-no, ran-to them and leaned over Casey so she could see me. She smiled up at me until she realized who I was, which was about the time when her smile faded.

She stood up quickly, pulling the boy with her.

"Hey there, Casey," I said rudely.

"Derek," Casey squeaked quietly.

"Who's this?" I asked, pointing to the idiot in the uniform.

"Derek, this is Oskar." Oskar held out his hand for me to shake. Ha. As if I would shake the hand of the psychopath that was trying to steal my girl.

"Casey, who is this?" Oskar asked quietly.

I stepped in between the two, blocking Casey from Oskar. "I'm her brother," I said roughly.

"Step Brother," Casey said, pushing me out of the way.

"Wow, Casey, I thought you still liked that one guy," I said slowly. She looked confused until she realized that by "that one guy" I meant me.

"Oh, yeah. Well, I really need to talk to him. Alone," she said to me. She turned to Oskar and whispered something to him. He nodded and then started to walk away.

Before he got too far, he yelled "I'll see you tonight!" back at Casey. She just smiled. Then she turned back to me.

"Casey, who the heck is that guy?" I fumed.

"He's just a guy I met yesterday," she said nonchalantly.

"Yesterday? And you're already holding his hand?!" I asked. I can't believe this.

Casey giggled. "Sounds like someone is a little jealous..."

My face immediately hardened. "I'm not jealous of your little Swiss beanpole."

She laughed again. "Derek, you are quite the interesting person."

"What is that supposed to mean?" I asked defensively.

"You get jealous of a guy I met yesterday. He's just a random waiter," she said, chuckling.

And with that, Casey walked away.

I didn't know what to think or say. Does Casey like this Oskar guy? Does she think he is hotter than me? Is she gonna pick him over me?

But one thing is for sure.

I'm gonna be with Casey and Oskar when they are together tonight.


Writer's Note:

Sorry for the kinda short chapter. Last night, I spent about 3 hours writing an amazing chapter that had a lot of cool and plot twisting stuff in it. The chapter was about 5,000 words long, which is REALLY long for me. And as I was going to press "Save", my internet quit out and my whole chapter was deleted.

Yeah. Deleted.

It sucked.

You know that girl Derek met on the ski lift? In the chapter that got deleted, I actually wrote out their conversation and the girl was really awesome. I will write her in later, but not this chapter.

I was really mad and disappointed my best chapter yet got deleted and I wish you guys could've read it, but I will try to make up for it :)