Chapter 2: Waking Up to Realizations

Casey awoke to the blinding sun flooding through the window. Stretching, she felt a hard body against her. She opened her eyes and found that Derek's arms were wrapped around her waist and her legs tangled in his. Casey blushed at the intimacy as she thought of all the times they had been in close contact but never acted on they're tension.

Casey sighed. She had no clue what she was thinking last night. She just got caught up in the moment. She was usually careful but she was always reckless when it came to Derek. Her gaze drifted to his face and she noticed he had a smile on his face. He was a completely different person when he didn't know it was her. Granted he still had sex with her. He'll probably always be a player.

I should probably leave before he realizes it was me and freaks out, Casey thought to herself.

She carefully untangled herself from his embrace and watched as he shifted in his sleep. Casey looked around his room for her clothes. She noticed that his room was still as messy as ever. Casey found her clothes next to a box of half eaten rotten pizza and picked them up with disgust. She put her clothes on and with one last look she left the apartment.

Derek stirred from his sleep as he heard the door shut. He sat up expecting the woman to still be in his bed. Looking over to the other side of the bed he found nothing but rumpled sheets.

Laying back down Derek closed his eyes and tried to get the goddess out of his mind. It felt right and familiar when he was with her. Now he probably won't see her again. She left leaving him without a name from her. With her face in mind Derek fell back asleep dreaming of his goddess.

____________________________________________________________

"Where did you disappear to last night?" Emily asked her best friend that morning in the local coffee shop.

"I, uh, wasn't feeling well last night. So I went home early?" Casey unconvincingly said.

"Case, you are the worst liar ever!"

"I know," Casey sighed.

"So what really happened? Did you hook-up with a guy," seeing Casey's face turn red Emily squealed. "You did! Spill!"

"IsleptwithDerek," Casey mumbled.

"What?"

"I slept with my step-brother!" Casey practically screamed for the whole café to hear. If even possible Casey's face reddened at the confession.

"Edwin?" Emily asked with disgust.

"Ewww, no it was Derek."

"Derek," Emily laughed.

"Em, this is not funny it's a disaster."

"Sorry Case but it was bound to happen. You and Derek have the sexual tension thing going on," Emily explained.

"Sexual tension?" Casey repeated

"When you guys fought I was surprised that you didn't jump each other's bones right then and there," Emily said after taking a sip of her coffee. "I'm surprised that you two aren't shacked up in his bedroom right now. Why aren't you with Derek right now?"

"Derek doesn't even know that he slept with me," Casey admitted.

"You raped Derek?" A shocked Emily asked.

"No, he just thinks he slept with a random girl and not his step-sister. What was I thinking?"

"Well obviously you weren't thinking at all," Emily replied. " Anyways, what are you going to do when you go home and Derek knows it wasn't a random girl he slept with?"

"Crap. I forgot about the family dinner." Casey said as she banged her head on the table gaining weird looks from people. Getting an idea she lifted her head. "I'm just going to have to avoid him as much as possible."

"That's what you're going to do," Emily said deadpanned." Case I know you're smarter than that. Do you really think avoiding Derek is going to last long?"

"No," Casey said desperately, "but I don't know what else to do."