Thunder, Lightning, and Kisses

"Finally, we are back, I thought we would never get back to the hotel. My feet are killing me.", Casey complained. Derek and Sam agreed.

"How about we go down to the pool and relax?", Casey suggested.

"Um, Case, its 40 degrees out.", Sam said confused.

"They have an indoor pool dummy.", Casey laughed.

"Ok, lets get changed and get down there before it closes.", Derek interrupted.

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A few minutes later, Derek and Sam were in the pool waiting for Casey.

"Come on Case, the water is heated and no one else is here. What's wrong?", Derek asked.

"My swimsuit is stupid, you guys will laugh."

"We promise we will not laugh. Right Derek?", Sam asked pointedly.

"Yes, we will not laugh at you Case. Now come on."

Casey unwrapped her towel to show a turquoise string bikini with white hearts on it. Sam was unfazed, but Derek's mouth dropped at the sight. After getting into the pool, Casey noticed Derek's expression and took it the wrong way.

"See, I told you you'd think it was stupid.", she said panicking. This brought Derek out of his questionable thoughts.

"No Case, that's not what I was thinking."

"Yes it was"

"No, it wasn't"

"Then what were you thinking."

Knowing he couldn't be completely truthful without freaking her out, he decided on telling her part of his thoughts.

"I was thinking you look hotter than the last time I saw you in a swimsuit.", Derek blushed, causing Casey to blush.

"Really?", she asked with wide eyes.

"Yeah, really."

"That's sweet, sortof." They both laughed.

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The trio swam and had stress free fun for the first time the whole trip. Casey finally let loose which caused Derek and Sam to loosen up more. They swam until the pool was closed and the hotel manager politely kicked them out. On the way up to their room, the hotel trembled from thunder outside causing Casey to jump.

"You gonna be ok in your room tonight Space Case?", Derek joked.

"Ye-yeah, why wouldn't I be?", Casey asked nervously.

"Because you are scared of storms.", Sam replied.

"No I'm not, I just don't like them.", Casey reasoned.

"Well, just don't wake me up in the middle of the night cuz your afraid and can't get back to sleep.", Derek laughed. At Casey's annoyed and hurt expression, he laughed. "I'm just kidding Case, you know you can stay in my room if you want." That caused Casey to smile.

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Later that night, a long and loud rumble could be heard throughout the hotel, which caused Casey jolt awake. 'ok, Casey, its just thunder, nothing to be afraid of, just close your eyes and take deep breaths and you will be asleep in not time' Casey thought.

Looking over at the clock on her cell phone and seeing it was two in the morning, Casey let out an annoyed sigh and cautiously walked out to the kitchen to get a glass of water. When she reached the fridge, another loud rumble could be heard and she saw a bright flash outside of the window making her jump and spill the water.

After she got the mess cleaned up, Casey poured herself some more water and drank it slowly. Knowing she wouldn't get back to sleep in her own room, she quietly walked into Derek's room to see if he might be awake.

The sight caused Casey to giggle. Derek was on his stomach with his sheets wrapped around him like he had been tossing around all night and one of his arms was hanging off the side of the bed almost touching the floor.

Another streak of lightning lit up the sky. Casey quickly made her way over to the side of Derek's bed and carefully shook him awake.

"Case? What is it?", Derek asked groggily.

"Can't you hear the storm?", Casey asked.

"No, I can sleep through them.", Derek replied half asleep.

"Well, I can't…would you mind if I…well…" Casey didn't have to finish her sentence, because Derek got up to fix his sheets and lay back down. "Come on Case."

Casey got under the covers and got as close to Derek as she could while he wrapped his arm around her protectively.

"Better?", Derek asked drifting off to sleep.

"Much.", Casey said, already falling back to sleep.

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The next morning, Casey woke up to Derek staring at her with a smile.

"What are you staring at?", Casey asked quietly.

"You look cute when you sleep.", Derek replied.

"Thank you, so do you.", Casey laughed.

"Hey Case, I have a friend who likes this girl he has known for a long time and he wants to tell her how he feels but he is afraid she won't feel the same way. I don't know what to tell him, what would you tell him?", Derek asked carefully.

"Hm, well I would tell him to tell her, its better to just get something like that out instead of bottling it up."

"Well, he doesn't want to ruin their awesome friendship if he doesn't have to. What would you do if you had a really good friend who had feelings for you and he told you about them?", Derek asked.

If I had feelings to, I would tell him. But if I didn't, I would let him down gently.", she replied slowly.

Without any warning, Derek crashed his lips with Casey's in a sweet kiss. A kiss he hoped told her exactly what he felt for her. After the shock wore off, Casey began to smile into the kiss and kissed back, slightly deepening the kiss making Derek smile too. But before they could get any further, Sam barged in.

"Hey D, where's Casey, I checked her room and she isn't there.", Sam said looking up. "Oh, uh, found her.", he said slightly shocked.

Derek and Casey quickly pulled apart and began to blush. Once the shock wore off, Sam started to grin.

"I knew it!", he exclaimed.

"You knew what?", Casey asked dumbly.

"I knew you too had a thing for each other, and I also knew this trip would make you realize it! Its about freaking time.", he stated while walking out. "Back to what you were doing."

"We better get up and get ready. We don't want to make everyone wait for the mall, I know better than to make a girl wait for something like that.", Derek laughed, causing Casey to laugh too.

"Ok, but I get the shower first.", Casey exclaimed while jumping out of bed and running to the shower, beating Derek who had quickly followed her.

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When Derek and Casey got home, they each told their families about them getting together, and no one was surprised. None of the girls bothered Casey again. Emily found out the stuff Jasey and Andy had said about what Casey was telling them wasn't true, and after a lot of apologizing and some time, she and Casey became friends again.

!Dunzo!

A/N: alright, they are finally together! Haha the next chapter will be the last but I am thinking of making a sequel if everyone wants one, so just write a review telling me if you would want one and I will write it.

Adios!