Wow, to updates in two days! I am on a roll!! I just want to thank all the readers that didn't give up on me.

Also I want to thank Fran for letting me know that Edwin doesnt stand up to Derek.. ever. I just moved to my new apartment and I am.. *cough* lazy *cough* and havent got my cable yet. So it's been about two months since I have seen the show. I guess I forgot. Hopefully he is more in character in this chapter.

And, I love any kind of comments that you guys have, if I get a character way off like that. Just let me know and I will try to correct it the best I can!

Dinner was odd, to say the least. Casey and I stayed quiet. We normally have our bickering, but for some reason we were both tense. I know I was thinking about how to get out money back from Edwin. All he did was smirk at me throughout dinner. Which is odd, normally he would cower over and I would always win. Since when does the little brother blackmail the oldest? Man there is something wrong with this picture. Maybe Lizzie has something to do with this.

"So Derek, Casey, what did you guys do today?" Nora asked us trying to strike up a conversation. Edwin began laughing and Lizzie kicked him from underneath the table to get him to stop. Probably something only Casey and I noticed, since it didn't even faze Nora and my Dad didn't say anything.

"Oh we just watched a few movies and took it easy. I feel a lot better now than I did earlier." Casey replied.

"Yeah, now that Derek has gotten a hold of you." Edwin piped off. I could feel my face growing red with anger.

"Edwin. Don't." I said as I glared at him.

"Kids? Is something going on?"

"Oh no Nora, I think Edwin just got to much fresh air today, that now he is acting crazy. Didn't you Ed?" I asked still glaring at him.

"Uh… yeah. That's it."

"Could I be excused please?" Casey asked as she got up and left the table.

After dinner I wanted to go check on Casey to make sure she was alright, but I decided against it. Instead I went to Edwin's room to have a little chat.

"What do you think you were doing at dinner? You have your money so stop fucking with me."

"Whoaa, D, chill out I was on-"

"Oh no, don't you dare tell me to chill. I don't know what is going on with you, why all the sudden you seem to think you don't have to be scared of me anymore… well listen here little bro, you need a reality check, and it's right here. Don't you ever and I mean ever try to blackmail me again. You know what will happen if you do?"

He shook his head no, and started to get a more serious, scared look on his face.

"Do you want to find out what will happen?"

Once again he shook his head no.

"Good. I'm glad we had this talk Ed. Good night." I said as I left his room to go to mine. I looked at the clock and realized that it would probably be another three hours before everyone will be asleep. This should be boring.

At about 12:23 AM I figured it had been about thirty minutes since our parents went to bed. I signed off my computer and put some pajama pants on. I quietly opened my door and peeked down the hallway. No lights were visible from any room, so I knew the kids were asleep already. I tiptoed to Casey's room and walked in. I didn't bother to knock, since she knew I was coming anyway. If she was doing something I shouldn't know about, well then she should have waited.

She was lying down on her back at the foot of her bed playing on her phone.

"Alright Case, what is this masterful plan you have?"

"Oh hey Derek," she said as she rolled over to sit up. "I was thinking we could somehow catch them in something." She started to grin and I think I knew why.

"Are you thinking about… possibly catching them in their relationship?"

Her grin became more apparent as she nodded her head.

"Okay, I am with you so far, but how do you suspect we catch them? They never lead on that anything is going on between them. Can you imagine us spying like them? Our parents would defiantly know something is up."

"Most likely, which is why I have a plan where we wouldn't get caught spying."

"Alright what do you have in mind?" I asked curiously.

"I need a tape recorder and a video camera."

"You want to plant them?"

"Exactly. Now you're catching on." She said with a wink. "Now this is going to take some teamwork though. While one of us is downstairs, maybe distracting them, then the other can be up here setting everything up."

"One question Case, we don't have either of those things."

"We don't, but they do. I happen to know that Lizzie has a tape recorder that she hasn't touched in ages."

"Ahh, and Ed has a mini video camera but he might notice it's gone."

"I'll take care of the camera part." Casey said as she got off her bed and walked over to her closet. She pulled down a small box from the back of the top shelf.

"My old best friend from before I moved here had bought this. She was trying to spy on her boyfriend to try and catch him cheating. Well her plan kind of backfired and it actually caught her cheating on him. She said something about it being cursed and decided to give it to me."

"Wow, well…umm…Do you know where her tape recorder is?"

"Shhh, Derek do you hear that?" It sounded like a door just opened." Casey said barely over a whisper.

"Yeah I heard it too. Stay right here."

I barely opened her door and peeked around. I could see Lizzie, walking up to Edwin's room. I turned around and motioned for Casey to come look. We stood there watching as she opened his door and walked in, closing it behind her.

"Should we bust them now and get our money back?" I asked.

"I think we should wait. Until we get evidence at least, that way it's not just our word against theirs."

"What do you think they are doing?"

"I don't know Derek, they are still pretty young. I would like to think they are just talking."

"Come on, let's go." I said as I took her hand and drug her to Edwin's room.

"Shh just be quiet." I whispered to her.

We both put our ears up to the door and tried to listen. Neither one of us heard anything so we decided to just go back to her room.

"Maybe they are just sleeping…" Casey had suggested.

"I hope so… Come on, let's get some sleep."

"Wait Derek, we haven't finished the plan yet. Come sit on the bed with me."

"Oh Casey, are you coming on to me?"

"No, actually I wasn't."

"Oh… well what else did we need to plan?"

I sat down on her bed, kind of far away and she scooted closer to me. We were practically touching. I could take in her sweet smell of vanilla with her this close to me.

"Okay, I was thinking. Tomorrow when we wake up, and Liz and Ed are downstairs, you keep them distracted, so I can get the tape recorder. I think I know where Lizzie keeps it."

"Alright, then what?"

"Well once I find it I'll let you know and we can keep them busy downstairs and you can plant it in his room. It seems like they always go in there anyway, so we don't need anything in Lizzie's room."

"What about the video? Are we putting that in the room too?"

"Yeah, I think we should. What about you?"

"Yeah Case, if you think it's a good idea, then I'm all for it. I'm getting pretty tired though, let's get some rest."

I leaned over and kissed Casey on the forehead before I got up and started to walk to the door.

"Hey Der?"

I turned around and looked at her and before I could respond anything she asked me to stay the night again.

"Set your alarm for 6:00 AM."

Let me know what you guys think about Edwin now... more in character now?