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The sky was a dark purple-blue with yellow and white stars spattered across it. Derek Venturi lay on his trampoline wrapped in blankets, a sleeping bag, and the girl of his dreams. It was an unconventional romance. She was everything a conventional girl should be. Perfection at it's finest. But with Derek she let herself live, let herself smile for real and risk something. For the first time in her life she was risking her heart. For him she was making him become a better person in many ways, he cared about school, he was caring about college and the future, hell they even cared about kids. It was an incredible and rare thing to find. They didn't change each other to fit their own mold, they changed each other the way destiny had planned them to. Derek Venturi kissed Casey MacDonald on the forhead before snuggling deeper into the blankets to watch the stars peek out into the night.

Unbeknowest to the couple inside their parents were watching them. Step-Siblings. MacDonald to Venturi. Nora had an odd feeling brewing in her stomach, her ex husband would not be happy with this at all. As far as he was concerned Casey had to be everything that her mother wasn't. The memory made Nora lurch for the bathroom, leaving a stunned George staring out the window at his son . . . his changed and reformed son. His happy son. He hadn't been happy since Abby died. He'd always had that Venturi front on his face, that face that said tell me i'm wrong, tell me I'm happy you'll see what happens. It'd led him down a path George had also been through . . . but to George's amazement he'd come back. He just wasn't sure how they'd break the truth to the two madly in love teenagers. It's amazing what emotions do to people. He shook his head and went into the bathroom to help Nora in whatever way he could. His Nora. He loved her. She was no Abby. But Nora was...his love in herself, in her own way.

I know I've been mistaken, but just give me a break and see the changes that I've made, I've got some imperfections, But how can you collect them all and throw them in my face?

The day of the change. The truth. The trial. Was Derek and Casey's two year anniversary. The day where everything changed, where their happiness was ripped out from under them. Where Derek put his mask of happiness back on and Casey became Conventional Casey, hiding her reality and herself underneath mountains of books and work. Neither of them showed how bad it hurt, they just became what they were before each other.

Now Derek and Casey were, yes, an unconventional couple. Something not totally uncommon, step-sibling attraction. But the love that was behind it, the way they complimented each other and the way they could read each other's thoughts and actions. It was something else. Derek Venturi and Casey MacDonald equaled true love, what their parents did they had no right to do.

But you always find a way to keep me right here waiting

You always find the words to say to keep me right here waiting

Casey shivered slightly and turned, facing Derek. Running her slender finger down his face onto his jaw bone towards his lips she sighed before planting a kiss on his lips, cheek, and forhead. "I love you," She whispered. She could see his eyes fluttering, the corners of his lips twitching, he was trying so hard not to smile. That made her smile more. They never tried to hide their relationship. If someone didn't like it they didn't care. Because they had their friends and each other. Their parents all but ignored it. They put their foot down to sharing a room. Casey shook her head and threw it back on one of the blanket-pillows. Quickly she jumped. "Derek!!" She cried, laughing hysterically as he began to tickle her. They were laughing at eight o' clock in the morning. What a time to be alive if you were Casey or Derek.

"Are you sure George?" Nora said slowly. He nodded. What other choice did they have? None. Casey's father wasn't about to let his oldest daughter have this 'renegade relationship.' No way in hell. George cleared his throat before yelling through the kitchen window. "Casey! Derek! Come in here please." He said slowly, closing the blinds. He hugged Nora. They had no idea what they were about to do, they had no idea it would destroy their children in unimaginable ways. They had no idea it would stop the insane fights, the fights that although they were a couple had not ceased in the least, that they would lose their children in a way.

"Yeah Derek, for godsakes. We have to go in..." He pressed his lips into hers, holding himself above her. She pulled him closer, her shorts and tank top and his boxers the only thing seperating them. They heard a now in the distance and both groaned. "Fine!" Casey yelled towards the house in exhasperation, Derek ran a hand down her face. The heat and blankets had covered the two in a sheet of sweat, they were glistening not only in sweat but in love. They made the sweat look just right. What a laugh.

And if you chose to walk away I'd still be right here waiting, Searching for the things to say to keep you right here waiting

They grabbed their blankets and sleeping bags and dashed into the house. Smiles on their face, the ring Derek had given Casey shimmering as it hit the light with the rhythm of her walk. Derek's necklace from Casey looking as if it were made for him. They matched each other, anyone with a brain could see that. Nora could feel it eminating from them. She felt nausea sweep over her, she sat down, nodding towards two chairs for the teenagers.

"You two..." She began slowly. Her stomach heaving, she nodded at George.

"Cannot be together." He finished for his wife. He saw a light go out from the kids eyes, but their was something else shining in their. Defiance. He had to do it now. Finish it.

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Derek reached over to Riley and took her hand in his, waiting for a response before he continued. She squeezed gently. "I had no idea she was my real sister until that day." Derek finished slowly. Although the paternity tests, the birth certificates, the baby pictures all proved it...he still didnt' believe it. He couldn't believe it. Because if it were true...he'd feel it. Right? He felt Riley rip her hand out of his own, before he was out of his chair he heard her slam the door behind her. He knew that no girl could accept the fact that he'd been with his sister, his twin sister. And he knew that they'd never be able to grasp that the love between them could never be twin love, sibling love. Never. He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. This time he wasn't going to chase Riley. He was done chasing Riley. Until he heard another slam of the front door. The whole family jumped.

I hope you're not intending, to be so condescending, it's as much as I can take, and you're so independant, you just refuse to bend so i keep bending til i break

oTBCo