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Chapter 12: All Good Things…

Some nearby park

"I can't run anymore—," Casey pants. "—exhausted," she finished, pulling Derek's shirt. Derek stops and turns around, "They'll catch up with us though." He pauses to catch his breath, and notices Casey shivering, "Sorry, the temperature outside wasn't on my mind when I grabbed you." He wraps Casey up in his arms, rubbing her back. Casey buries her face into Derek's chest, and speaks though slightly muffled, "It's okay, but why did we run?"

"Too many people there, all eyes were on us. I had to do something. We'll just wait till every ones gone and go back and meet our makers." Derek replied. "I can't believe Edwin did that, how the hell did he know. I'll show him mercy alright."

Casey breaks away from Derek, "This isn't Edwin's fault, and punishing him should be last on your itinerary for the week. What I'm worried about, is explaining to our parents, Noel, and Sally." Derek smirks, "What's there to be worried about? It's not like they're going to burn us at the stake for heresy." Casey let's out a little chuckle. She suddenly remembers something, "Oh, I can't believe mom's pregnant!" Casey's face turns gloomy. She looks up at Derek, "I hope our surprise won't stress her out that would be bad for her and the baby. We need to go back now and talk to them." Casey turns around.

Derek grabs her and spins her around, "Wait just one second. She'll still be the same when we go back, later. Loosen up a bit, everything will be okay, trust me." Casey takes his arm off her, "Trusting you, is what got us in this predicament. Lying to everyone was your idea, not mine. And look where that got us." She turns to her right, "Humiliation, disappointment, and hearsay." Derek moves in front of her, "Oh so now you care about those things?"

Casey looks up at Derek, with water filled eyes, "It's not just that, it's just…this is not the way I wanted them to find out." Derek brushes a strand of hair from Casey's face, "I'm sorry." Derek gazes into her moon lit shimmering eyes, "Please don't cry. If you cry, I'll just…well, I'll leave." He replies, trying to change the dreary atmosphere. Casey embraces Derek impetuously, releasing her tears on his shirt. Derek looks up at the sky, "I said I would leave, but now it's kind of hard with you strapped on my body." Derek cloaks Casey's back with his arms. Casey speaks through her sobbing, "You're warm." She says tightening her grasp around Derek's back. Derek holds her tighter, "That's all we need to get through this, warmth…and maybe some new identities." Casey takes her face out of Derek's chest and looks up at him flustered.

"Kidding," Derek smirks.

Derek sees four shadowy figures appear in the distance, "It looks like we're going have to explain earlier than planned." Casey turns her head to see what Derek's staring at. She takes a big breath, and turns to Derek, "I'll do the talking. If you talk, you'll just end up telling them it was a misunderstanding again."

"Would not," Derek retorts.

"Would too."

Derek grins, "Yeah." Casey shakes her head, and turns back to the dark figures getting closer. Derek nudges her, "Well, Ms. Affirmative? Game-time." Casey sniffs and wipes the tears off her cheeks, moving towards their location with Derek following behind her. The six finally meet at the swing set. Casey's eyes lock onto Sally, who inherently has hers on Derek, though the impression she gives off is not as much as heartbreak but that of absurdity. "Hey guys," Sam and Emily say nervously stepping over to Casey's side. Casey gives a half-smile and nod. Noels takes a step closer to Casey, "Casey, no more phony excuses. The truth is what we want." He says turning to Sally.

Casey gulps, "Well…uhh…what you all saw on that video…is true." Casey pauses to assimilate their reactions. "It all started Saturday when we went to the mall to get fitted for our suits for the family picture. We left the store and we we're approached by one of the mall's events organizers and she asked us to participate in a couples contest they we're hosting. I was against it but the prize was a trip to Hawaii, and Derek was so persistent, so I gave in, not expecting what would soon happen afterwards. We ended up winning the contest and too please the crowd, Derek ended up laying one on me. At first I struggled, my mind was telling me no, but body was…well…it felt right." The agony in Casey's voice still hasn't let up. "What happened at the mall shined a light on all these hidden, repressed feelings for Derek that I wasn't even aware of. I tried to ignore them, hoping it was just a hormonal anomaly, but the next day after the party, I realized it wasn't just a fluke. At that moment of my sudden realization, Derek confessed to me."

Sally folds her arms and looks at both Derek and Casey, "Why did you lie to me about the party?"

Casey looks over at Derek, and he looks at her. Casey speaks up, "We…or Derek had this plan so that no one would find out about us. He would still go out with you, but over time make you want to end it. He just didn't want to hurt you like that. I know that's not the smartest way to do it, but—."

Sally stops her mid sentence turning to Derek, "Derek is this true? Is this why you lied to me? So that I would gradually hate you, and that you wouldn't feel guilty?" Derek scratches his head, and sighs, "Yes."

"How can that be so easy for you?" Sally questions. Derek closes his eyes.

"You don't understand."

"Your right, I don't, enlighten me." Sally replies, moving closer to Derek.

Derek takes a look around and returns to Sally, "I've loved Casey since before I met you. I just never acted on my feelings till now."

Sally's jaw drops, "So what was I? A distraction?"

Derek's facial expression turns solemn, "I'm sorry." Sally closes her eyes and shakes her head. She turns to Noel, "I'm sorry this happened to you too." She glances at Casey, "You deserve better too." Casey gives an apologetic look. Sally turns around to head back to the street, while not even shedding a tear.

Casey looks back at Noel, "I'm so sorry Noel." Noel looks down at the ground, "Was I a distraction too?"

"No. I had real feelings for you; it's just that my feelings for Derek are greater." Casey replies, trying to hold back the tears.

Noel lifts his head up, "I see. So that's how it is." He takes a look at Derek, and then at Sam and Emily.

"Good night." Noel mutters. He heads to the same direction Sally went.

Sam and Emily move in front of Derek and Sally, and their eyes widen.

"Whoa. I can't believe this just happened," Emily replies.

"Yeah, I know," Sam agrees.

Casey and Derek look at each other with the same grim facial expression. Derek embraces Casey, and she can no longer hold back the tears.

Suddenly all the street lights in the area lose power.

"Power outage? The weather's nice tonight; I wonder what the problem is." Sam replies.

Casey and Derek don't even notice.

Sam turns to Emily, "I'll be right back. I'm going to go to the street real quick to check this out." Emily nods.

When Sam gets to the street, he sees the power outage extends more than a few blocks. "Well shit." He replies.

A high pitched noise envelopes the air around the four. They cup their ears. Derek speaks up, "What the hell is this. My head feels like it's going to explode." They can't hear Derek, the noise is too overwhelming.

Everything goes dark.

16 Hours later

Casey opens her eyes. She has a splitting headache. She shakes her head to try and clear her blurry vision. She spots a figure right by her. The only light she can see is too dim to find any defining features of her surroundings.

"Casey, Casey." Someone says, cupping her face. "It's Derek."

"Derek?"

Fin

A/N: A cliff hanger for an ending? That's just stupid. Or is it? Find out soon.

Thank you all for reading my first fanfic, I really appreciate it. I hope you all come back and read my next one, lol. Here's a little spoiler for the sequel, "Dasey in Sci-Fi." Okay, that's really just the title, lol.

Lates.