I DO NOT OWN LWD!!!!!! ONLY KAYLIE AND DEAN!!!

Chapter Eight:

So did she

KAYLIE'S POV:

School was killer today, things were tense between the group today. Dean looked like a puppy with his tail between his legs, Sam and Ralph just stayed out of it and Derek wouldn't even look at me. I knew I had messed by forgetting about me and Derek's date and then running off with Dean and I knew it looked bad, really bad. I swear it wasn't like that, I don't really feel that way about Dean...I think. I don't know, he's sweet and I know he likes me. I mean he practically goes out of his way to show it, and I know Derek sees it to. To be honest, I just wanted this day to be over with.

" You have seven new voice messages." The operators voice came from my phone.

" Great." I mumbled as I listened to them.

" Hey babe, I'm here. Where are you? I guess I'll just wait to order until you get here. Call me back if you can't make it." Derek's came through the speaker.

" Babe, seriously. Where are you?" He was irritated, I could tell.

" Kayls, where are you?! It's been half an hour and you're still not here. The waiter is about to take my face off. Hurry up." He was angry, and I grew more guilty.

" Kaylie? Where are you? Please tell me you're okay? You never do this. Where are you?" His voice was sad.

" Alright, I'm leaving. It's been an hour and you're still not here. You better be home dying because I can't think of another reason why you would leave me here like this." He sighed just handing up the phone.

" Kay, it's Casey? Where are you? Derek came over freaking out. Call me back." I sighed.

" Kaylie, Derek and I are going to Smelly Nellie's. If you get this come and join us. We're worried sick. Bye." I pushed the end button and threw my phone in my bag.

It was starting to look really bleak, sitting on the front steps of the school. I really don't know why I was sitting there, Casey had gone home a while ago, also soccer practice was over, and Derek was just getting out of practice. Not that he would even talked to me if I went there to see him.

" Ugh!" I put my head in my hands.

HONK

I looked up and Derek drove up, and rolled down the window closest to me.

" Get in." He said not looking at me, but I did what he asked.

" Look, I'm sorry. I honestly forgot about our date and I had no signal which is why I didn't answer your calls." I blurted out, after he started driving away.

" You could've told me before you left, or called when you got back into town." He spat out and I looked down at my hands.

" I know, I just didn't think about it. Me and Dean always hang out and it didn't occur to me that I had to tell you that." I mumbled.

" Exactly, you're always with Dean. On weekends, at school, helping with service projects, when we're supposed to have a date. I mean why doesn't he just become you're new boyfriend? Huh? It sure seems like he already is." His knuckles were turning white from gripping the steering wheel so tight.

" What did you just say? Did you just imply that I'm cheating on you?" I stared at him.

" I-I don't know." He kept his eyes on the road.

" Let me out." I said.

" What?" He looked at me.

" Let me out." I yelled at him and he pulled over to the side of the road.

" I'll let you know Venturi, that I am not a cheater. I would think that my best friend and boyfriend would know that about me. Clearly, I was mistaken." I yelled at him. " I will also tell you that I wasn't the only one out with somebody that night. I know for a fact that you went out with Casey, and from what I know you two hate each other." I got out of the car.

He stared at me in shock for a couple seconds before nodding his head and turning away from me. I slammed the car door and started walking in the opposite direct, there was a plaza there where I could calm down. His tires screeched as he drove away, I didn't even look back.

CASEY POV:

Kaylie slammed the front door on her way in from practice that evening. Mumbling things under her breath, and I watched her from my spot at the island in the kitchen as she walked in looked in the fridge and then slammed it shut. She then proceeded to grab a plate and violently setting it on the counter and then opening the fridge again the put the left overs on her plate and then practically throwing it into the microwave.

" Kay, is there something wrong?" I asked cautiously.

" Yea, I went to the stupid store to get some ginger ale and they didn't have any! What's the use of being in Canada if they don't have any stinking Canada Dry!" She was pounding her fork into her warmed up meal at this point almost in tears.

" No, seriously what's going on?" At that moment Derek decided to walk in through the back door.

" I'm telling you! They didn't have any Canada Dry! I mean come on, it makes sense Canada, Canada Dry!" She was now officially in tears, not noticing Derek stopping shocked and standing there watching Kaylie like I was.

" Kaylie, calm down." I tried to walk over to her and she stopped looking at the ground.

" Kayls, I'm sorry okay. I didn't mean it the way it sounded." He took a step forward to her and looked just as upset as she did.

" I officially hate Canada." She walked away and ran upstairs.

" Mean what?" I turned to him. " What did you say?"

" We got into an argument after her practice and...I might have implied that....she was cheating on me." He looked down.

" You what?!" I screamed.

" It just came out. I didn't mean it, I was just so angry and then I said that and she shot back that I was out with you. Then she just got out of the car and stormed away." I reasoned, trying to calm me down.

" Derek, how could you say something like that? You know she would never do that!" I poked his chest while yelling at him.

" It just came out!" He yelled at me.

" Go up there and apologize to her." I pointed to the stairs.

" I just tried to and she blew me off!" he yelled.

" Fine, sorry if I thought trying to fixing your relationship with your girlfriend and only God knows why I would do that!" I yelled at him, walking towards the stairs to see what was wrong with Kaylie.

" What is that supposed to mean?" He said from behind me, clearly angry.

" Nothing.." I said softly, realizing what I had said.

" Oh, really? It didn't sound like nothing." He took a step closer to me.

" I'll get her to talk to you." Was all I said running up to Kaylie's room.

I paused at the top of the stairs until I heard the front door slam shut. Letting out the breath I didn't know I was holding I opened Kaylie's door.

" Kay, you okay?" I walked up to her, she was sitting by her window head in her hands.

" I can't believe he said that." Was all I heard.

" He didn't mean it." I sighed looking out the window, that so happened to face Derek's house.

" I know he didn't, but he's right." She looked up at me.

" What?!" I gasped.

" No, not cheat cheat on him. I mean emotionally cheated on him." I sighed.

" Oh, okay. How?"

" I don't know. It just happened. Ever since Dean and I have become friends I have just felt...weird. Derek is amazing but him and I could never last. He's my best friends, and I love him but I don't think I'm in love with him." She had calmed down.

" And you're in love with Dean?" I asked, looking out the window and saw Derek looking at us from his bedroom window.

" I don't know, yet." She looked down at her hands again.

" I think you should find out." Me and Derek had locked eyes.

" What?" She looked up at me and then out the window where she saw him.

" Find out, and see what happens." I looked at her with a smile.

" And break up with Derek?" I frowned.

" Do what you think you have to." I looked out the window again and saw him sitting on his bed head in hands.

" Alright, thanks." She hugged me. " And Casey?"

" Yea, what is it?" I smiled at her.

" Do you have feelings for Derek or were you just being a good friends and cheering him up?" She was looking away from me.

" No, I was just being a friend." She smiled at me and then left me standing there in her room.

What was I doing? Why did I lie to Kaylie? I promised myself I wouldn't let my feelings for him get in the way, and here I was. Standing at my step-sister's window looking out at her boyfriend and wishing he felt the same way. Turning away I walked out of her room, down the stairs and out of the house. I walked over to Emily's house, I needed my best friend maybe she could talk some sense into this. k

" Em?" I looked at her, my voice full of emotion.

" Let's go upstairs." She opened the door wider for me and let me in.

DEREK'S POV:

You know, a part of me wishes that Kaylie was cheating. Of course the other part of me is grateful that she didn't. I care about Kayls, I really do and she means a lot to me. We're best friends and I wouldn't want that to end, and maybe in order to protect that friendship we have to break up. Right now, things are in jeopardy and I don't like it. Me accusing her of cheating was a huge no-no, and I know she didn't and because I accused her of doing that she's hurt. I thought that if I could keep my emotions in check that she wouldn't be, I mean I practically looked for an excuse to break up with her. If she was cheating that would be a good one, but it was stupid since she isn't and what about Casey? What I almost did at Smellie Nellie's and what she said. What did she even mean by that? That she really doesn't want me and Kaylie together? Maybe she feels the same way? I don't know.

I was pacing in my bedroom now and I could see Casey in Kaylie's room talking to her. When I looked over she was looking at me, and for a moment our eyes locked. She was saying something to Kaylie but she never looked away from me, and I got this feeling that she did feel the same way. Deep down she did, but she knew that she couldn't do anything about it. Her eyes were almost sad, and this made me sad because it was true. There was nothing we could do, not without hurting the person we both cared about. I sighed sitting on my bed, holding my head in my hands.

" Why can't I just tell her?" I fell back unto my bed.

Closing my eyes, I tried to think of ways to tell her, to tell Kaylie that I was falling for her step sister. Which ever way I put it, it was wrong. We would be sitting there talking and she would ask me what I needed to say to her and then I would explain to her these feelings I had, but she would always look at me and then start yelling and cry. Just like early today, and I didn't want that to happen.

All time had escaped me when my bedroom door opened and I felt someone sit on my bed next to me.

" I know you're not asleep." I heard kaylie's voice.

" I was thinking." I sat up and looked at her.

" I thought I saw a pig fly." She smiled.

" Since when do you know how to fly?" I teased.

" Aren't you just so clever." She nudged me.

" I'm sorry." I said after a moment.

" I know you didn't mean it." She looked at me. " It was just hurtful because in a way you were right. I mean, I don't know how I feel towards Dean. I know he has feelings for me but I'm not sure I feel that way." I looked at her.

" I understand." She nodded.

" I know you do." My eyes went wide. " I saw what you did when Casey was crying that day and then you went to her after I stood you up. That just proved it to me more." I sighed.

" I wanted to tell you." I looked down and grabbed her hand.

" I know, so did she." She smiled.

" What?" I looked at her.

" So, I finally figured out what to do for your birthday this weekend." She stood up and so did I. " It's a surprise so don't get up before noon." She turned to walk away.

" Wait, what did you mean 'so did she'?" I had grabbed her and turned her around.

" Der, seriously don't get up before noon this Saturday. You'll ruin the whole thing if you do." She kissed my cheek and left.

Did she mean that Casey felt the same way too? Or did she just say that to make me feel better? No, that's not like Kaylie. I would have to find out for myself and Saturday seemed like the perfect day to find out. Yet I had this strange feeling in my gut.

CASEY'S POV:

" And I just don't know what to do, Em. I mean I practically told her to dump him, and it was wrong but I don't feel guilty about it." I ended my explanation to Emily about all my feelings.

" I don't know, Case. It seems that he kind of has the same feelings but he's dating your sister. That is posed to create some problems. His birthday is this weekend and I know that Kaylie has a huge things planned. Who knows maybe something will happen and everything will work itself out?" She reassured me.

" Yea, maybe..." I sighed.

" Enough of this depressing talk. Let's do nails." Em smirked at me holding up different nail polishes.

I laughed and held out my hands. Hopefully Emily was right because I wasn't sure how much longer I could keep all this in.

SORRY IT HAS BEEN SO LONG AND THAT THIS IS SO SHORT! A BETTER ONE IS NEXT, YOU CAN COUNT ON THAT!!

LOVES, AVA