"Emily!" Casey shouted, running after her. "seriously Derek?" Lizzie asked, crossing her arms. "what?!" he shrugged. "ugh." Lizzie sighed and left, leaving Derek to his thoughts. "She kissed me. Casey kissed me." he whispered to himself. "Hey." Edwin said, walking in and sitting on his stepsister's bed. "So, you and Casey, huh?" he asked Derek while nodding in approval. Derek responded by hitting his brother on the shoulder and walking away.


"Em!" Casey called, finally catching up with her on the front step. "How could you? You lied to my face!" she yelled at Casey, causing their neighbors to stare. "no, I did not, Emily." she said. "you said you did not kiss Derek!" "Well, I didn't! He kissed me, Em!" she shouted back, equally loud. "Well, you lied about the lip gloss!" Emily said, folding her arms across her chest. "For all I know he could have talked about strawberry scented gloss from two years ago." Casey shrugged, trying to calm Emily down. "listen, I don't know why we kissed, Derek called it insanity, actually, but I didn't kiss him, that's why I've avoided him, because I know how much you like him." Emily looked down. "What about today?" she asked quietly. "Today was... I don't even know." Casey laughed, and soon Emily joined in. "C'mon. Let's get some ice cream." Casey smiled, then led her back into the house.


"So, Emily actually forgave her, like that?" Edwin asked Lizzie once they reached the game closet. "Yeah. But there's still the problem of Derek and Casey." she frowned. "wait, are we trying to get them together or apart?" Edwin asked her seriously. Lizzie paused for a minute, before answering, " together, I mean, with each other they at least seem relatively happy." she shrugged. "I know, we could find Emily a boyfriend so Casey and Derek can go out!" Lizzie said enthusiastically. "yeah!" Edwin agreed, before running out of the game closet together.


"Hey, Space Case." Derek said the next morning, walking down the stairs. Casey sat at the island eating a sandwich quickly. "Derek." she said before taking another bite. "Why are you being all stuffy to me now? You kissed me this time, remember?" he asked, sitting down next to her and taking a swig out of the orange juice carton. "Fine, whatever." she said quickly, then she ate the last bite of her sandwich and left. "Casey!" Derek called, grabbing a piece of toast and following her out.