Disclaim.

---Casey---

Derek eventually got the message when I didn't look at him to go away. A first for him really considering he usually waits until I acknowledge him. I wasn't going to give him that satisfaction. And that was how I spent the remainder of my lunch period.

The rest of the day was great. I didn't see Derek for the rest of the day where it could be avoided. If I had class with him, that's different. Otherwise, I didn't see or talk to him.

"Hey, Princess." I stand corrected. It was nice while it lasted though.

"What Derek?" I snap. I don't want to deal with him right now. I'm meeting up with Becca and Lucas, remember?

"I can't leave without you, you know. I would be killed by my dad," he responses like it's the most obvious thing in the world.

"You can go. I don't need a ride from you. I'm hanging out with Luke and Becca. Catching up, you know?" I tell him, saying the last part like it's so obvious just to mock him.

He looked a bit hurt, but it passed so quickly to anger, I could have been mistaken. "Fine. Go hang out with your boyfriend. You could have told me at lunch, you know. I have better things to do than play taxi for you." He responds hotly.

"Jeez, Derek. You don't have to have a cow. It's not like it's that big a deal," I respond astonished that he's getting so mad at me for absolutely nothing. I guess that he'll always have new tricks, huh?

He doesn't even respond. He just walks away. I roll my eyes and turn to go to my locker before I meet up with Becca and Lucas.

"Hey, babe. You ok?" I hear as an arm slips around my waist.

"I'm fine. Derek's just being a jerk .That's all. Let me get my stuff, and then we can go. Sound good?" as I keep walking toward my locker.

"Sounds great. Just hurry. I can't wait to tell you what's been happening."

"Can't wait," I say as I turn the dial to my lock. Once it's open I grab my coat, put my math books away and close my locker. "Ready?"

"Always," he whispers as he kisses my forehead. I smile.

As we walk toward the entrance of the school, Becca and Emily come up to us.

"Hey," they both greet in unison. We all laugh.

"I see it doesn't take long for all of us to fall into place."

"Yeah," Emily responds. "It's almost like we all were from another plane or something, and never met. Now that we have, we can't be separated."

We all look at her with wide eyes. 'You couldn't have hit the nail on the head any more, Em.'

I laugh nervously. "Hey, Em , why don't you come with us to hang out? It should be fun."

Lucas and Becca look at me with the same look we all just gave Emily. I look pointedly at them telling them not to worry. She'll be ok.

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Lucas drives us all to an area not far from Emily and my house. It was nice: white fence, brick house with white trim, and a side garage. It was something you would expect my parents to buy for us to live in. The perfect 'white' family home. Makes me sick.

"You're dad is sort of holding house up for us. He gave me enough money to get started, and keep up if need be, for awhile. B's living with me. There are three rooms and two and a half baths. Very spacious. Better than an apartment, right?"

"True," I state simply.

"I thought you said your family moved around a lot and you just moved back. And Becca, I thought your mom got transferred and you couldn't go to private school," Emily said sounding incredibly confused.

"Em, let's go inside to discuss this. It's very important. Ok?" I say to her trying to sound reasonable.

She nods and we all get out of the car to go inside.

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Ok, I just wanted to get this out there. The next chapter will be Emily finding out about Casey not being from her own universe. I know it's a bit early, but come on. Her best friend should know, right?

Anyways, I know that this is short, but please bear with me. I'm trying to get this story going, and 'How I Feel' isn't working out so great. The reasons for lengthy delays, man. And I'm sorry for that. I might not even continue with it. I have so many other stories I want to put up that I have all worked out. Now mind you it's not all on paper yet, but it will be almost fully done before I upload it.

I love you all. I know that there are people reading. I just wish that those people reviewed. Oh well. I write for fun anyways.

Peace, Love and Granola,

~Tori