Kendra's side.

I do not own LWD. Sadly.

Kendra liked her life. She had loads of friends, a rich family and she was the queen of her world. It suited her just fine.

Kendra wasn't hard to figure out. If the guy was sexy and had enough dough then he was the guy for her. When she set her sights on Derek Venturi nobody was all that surprised. It was only matter of time and seeing as Derek was the king of the school it was only natural that he would go for the queen, for her. But one thing she hadn't counted on was Casey. Smart, uptight, klutzilla Casey.

Kendra wasn't dumb. It didn't take long (just one date) to know that Derek thought of Casey as more than a step-sister. He talked about her constantly. But still, Kendra thought she could deal with it. They were, after all, a match made in heaven.

Kendra was tired. Kendra was tired of the way Derek would turn his head every time she entered a room, and tired of the way they would fight, fight, fight but nothing would ever happen. Kendra hated that every time Casey would storm off mad was the time when Derek wanted to go up to his room. Kendra hated the fact that whether she 'got some' or not all depended on that prissy little brat. Kendra was tired, tired of it all, so she decided to do something about it.

"What?" Casey McDonald screeched. Kendra resisted the urge to cover her ears and cringe.

"Yep, we're gonna find you a boyfriend," she said and even thought she knew Derek would kill her for this she just couldn't take it anymore. Either her or Casey had to go and Kendra was never one to give up.

"I don't think that's wise…" Casey trailed off, looking quite terrified. Kendra waved away her doubts.

"Nonsense. You are pretty, intelligent and totally dateable," she said and wondered how hard this was actually going to be.

"You did what?" Derek shouted at her and she winced. He surely couldn't be that mad, could he?

"No. No, no, no, no. I am not letting you throw a party here just so Casey can find a boyfriend," He said the word boyfriend through gritted teeth and Kendra sighed. It took two hours (two, long, goddamn hours) for him to give in. After the first hour Kendra had begun to wonder if this was worth it, but Kendra wasn't a quitter.

"You look so pretty," she gushed to an upset looking Casey. She turned to Derek, who stood in the doorway, a stony look on his face, and smiled encouragingly at him.

"Doesn't she look pretty Derek?" Kendra asked and then immediately wanted to take the words back. Derek looked at Casey for a moment, an unreadable expression on his face and then shrugged. Kendra breathed deeply and then her smile was right back in place.

"Come on Casey. Its time for your dates!" she chirped happily (although she was anything but) and grabbed Casey's arm.

It was official. Kendra resented Casey. It definitely wasn't because all of the guys that had met Casey were now begging Kendra for the brunette's number. Nope. Nor was it due to the fact that Derek had spent more time talking with her than any other girl in the room, including his girlfriend. No, it was because Casey had won. Kendra wasn't dumb and Kendra never gave up, but when she had seen the way Casey's eyes had lit up and the way that Derek had laughed she knew that it was over. So Kendra had gotten her coat, waved goodbye to a few people and left the house, deciding not to even meet with bachelor number nine.

Kendra was done.

I've made changes to every single chapter of this story today and this is the one I changed the least. So I guess it was the one I was most pleased with...?