Thanks for all the reviews everyone…they really do inspire me to write more

Thanks for all the reviews everyone…they really do inspire me to write more. I love them! If you like the twisted web of jealously then you are going to love this chapter. I am a fan of the emotion in stories as well so I thought I would put some into my own story. Enjoy and keep reviewing!

Spanish class had never been so long in her entire life; especially with HIM behind her. All Casey could do is look forward and hope that he wasn't looking at her…she could feel it, she could feel him watching her. Finally when Casey couldn't stand it any longer, she pretended to turn around to look at the clock and as she began to turn around again she caught a glimpse of Derek. Sure enough, he was looking right at her face now. Quickly, Casey turned around and waited as patiently as she could for the next 20 minutes to go by.

Derek had been staring at her all morning; when they got to school, when they would pass in the hall, and now in class. Casey wasn't sure what was going on…it was just a kiss. She needed to talk to him before she developed a distinct case of paranoia.

Casey knew that Derek would be going to lunch next and since she just had study hall, she doubted that the teacher would even realize that she was gone. She was putting her plan in action when the bell finally rang.

Casey ran out of the room so fast that Derek knew he wouldn't be able to catch up to her. As Casey walked down the hallway, she knew that Derek would go to his locker first and then to the lunch room. So she went to her locker as quickly as she could and changed books so after talking to Derek she could go directly to study hall. After she switched her Spanish book with her Trig and History book, she walked to the janitor's closet and waited.

Derek was so confused as to why Casey wouldn't talk to him. It was just kissing; it wasn't like they had done anything so wrong. He just couldn't understand why Casey wouldn't talk to him or even look at him for goodness sakes. Well, she would have to talk to him eventually; they were neighbors after all.

When Derek was finally on his way to the lunch room, he had been walking only a couple of minutes when out of the blue a door opened in front of him, the janitor's closet door, and out of which came Casey. As he was about to say something to her about being in there in the first place, she grabbed him and pulled him into the room with her. She then proceeded to close the door and lock it.

"Okay…um…should I be worried?" Derek asked a little nervously.

"Derek, we need to talk and I really wanted to do it before anything else happened."

"I have been trying to talk to you, but you have been avoiding me like the plague."

"I just wasn't sure what I was going to say to you when I finally talked to you."

"And now you know?"

"Yes, now I know."

"Well, are you gonna share it with the class?"

"You don't have to be so…never mind. I just wanted to say that I don't think it would be a good idea if we saw each other anymore. Not in a sense that we are dating or something, but we should just stay out of each other's way. In fact, it would probably just be best if we weren't even friends."

"So you don't even want to talk to me…ever."

"Exactly"

"Well, I have to say I am a little surprised, but at the same time I don't think I am."

"All I can say is that I am sorry for leading you on the other day, and I want to let you know that I want to just forget it ever happened."

"You will never forget it…and neither will I."

"What? I mean it Derek. I just want to pretend it never happened…"

"Never…"

"Well it won't happen again."

"It will if I have anything to do with it."

"It wasn't even very good anyway."

"It made you hot."

Casey began to blush and knew that if she didn't get out of there as soon as she could, then she might not be able to control herself anymore. She knew that she enjoyed kissing Derek, but she couldn't. He was more experienced and she wasn't even sure how she felt about the situation anyway.

Derek knew that he was weakening Casey. He also knew that she was scared…that would be the only reason for her to be nervous about her feelings. He still didn't know how he really felt about her, but he also knew that he wouldn't mind kissing her again.

"Derek I have to go."

"I don't want you to go yet."

"I can't do this…it's not good."

"Well let me improve the situation to your tastes."

At that moment, Derek grabbed Casey around the waist and pushed her against the wall of the closet. He kept his arms tight around her back so he wouldn't hurt her, while roughly pushing his mouth against hers. At first, Casey let Derek kiss her with more need than she thought anyone could possess, but after a split second she began pushing against his chest. Knowing she had to stop this, she pushed harder when he didn't let go. Derek realized that Casey was pushing him away, so he disconnected their mouths, but did not let her go.

"What?" Derek said, sounding a little exasperated and annoyed at the same time.

"We can't do this, Derek….we just can't." Casey said a little more breathless than she thought she was.

"You know you want to…"

"It doesn't matter…what matters is that this is wrong on more than one level."

Derek leaned into Casey's neck and whispered into her ear as he began licking the sensitive skin behind her ear.

"So does this feel wrong to you? Cause it feels very right to me."

"Derek…w-we can't…I c-can…"

"Casey…shut up."

Derek kissed Casey along her jaw line to her throat where he could feel her heartbeat racing and her breath becoming erratic. Casey reached up and ran her fingers through Derek's hair as he started unbuttoning her shirt. When he was finally at the last button, he moved his mouth down to the top of her bra, licking and sucking while Casey let out a tortured breath. Not wanting to bother with a bra clasp, Derek just pushed her bra up and without giving Casey time to react to the action; he covered his mouth over her nipple. Casey let out a moan of pleasure, making Derek only do more. He sucked a little and bit the tip of Casey's very erect nipple, then wet the sensitive skin with his tongue. As he treated one breast to this treatment, he squeezed the other with his hand.

Without thinking about what she was doing, Casey put her hands beneath Derek's shirt and ran her nails across his back while she groaned at the sensations she was feeling all over her body. Especially the specific hot and tingle sensation that she began to feel strongly between her thighs. Derek hissed at the contact of her nails to his back and couldn't control himself. He brought his face back up to hers and kissed her hard, while pressing his throbbing erection into her hips making her gasp at the contact.

"Feel what you do to me, Case...do you want that?"

"Ooh…God, Derek…"

"Answer me…do you want that?"

"Yes…I want it…"

As Derek was about to kiss her again, Casey pushed him hard against his chest and ran to the door of the closet. She unlocked it and quickly opened it almost running out to the hallway and to her room. Thank goodness no one was in the hall so Casey had plenty of privacy to put her shirt and bra back to sorts. On her way, she stopped in the hall and bent her head against a locker while she tried to sort through the emotions that were racing through her mind and her heart.

Derek didn't know what was going on…one minute she was just as receptive as he and then the next she was gone. What had he done wrong? Well, no matter what was going on…it would have to wait. Derek still had a very obvious issue in his jeans that wouldn't go unnoticed if he didn't wait to leave the room. Wow…Casey, where did you go?

Meanwhile, Casey was just starting to get herself together when a boy came up behind her and startled her into jumping and turning to see who had interrupted her private moment.

"Oh my God!"

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, Casey."

"Its okay, Sam. I am usually easily frightened anyway…no big deal."

"Okay, I was just going to…Casey are you crying?"

It was in that moment that Casey realized that she had some kind of wetness on her cheeks that she had not noticed before. She quickly wiped away the signs of her distress and put on her best smile that she could muster at that moment.

"Oh that, it's nothing, I just made a discovery that I am not sure I wanted to realize."

"Well, I am not big on the whole feelings topic, but I am a good listener if you ever need a shoulder to lean on."

"Thanks Sam, that is really sweet of you."

"No problem"

Casey walked closer to Sam and reached up to give him a hug. As she pulled away, Sam left one arm around her and they talked as he walked her to her study hall class.

Derek hid behind the corner as he watched Casey hugging Sam and Sam being quite cozy with her…right after she was thoroughly making out with him!! What the hell was that?! Why in the world was he holding her like that. He can't just… Derek stopped at that thought because he realized that he was having a much more possessive quality coming out of him which he should not have been feeling. Casey was not his even though she did feel like it. How could he get her out of his head? Maybe getting her out of his head wasn't the problem…maybe there was a different part that he needed to get her out of…his heart!

Derek headed to the lunch to think. When he got to the lunch room, he didn't even want to eat, he just wanted to think. He was just sitting there when he felt a hand run across his shoulders, and when he looked up he saw Kendra sit down next to him at the bench.

"What are you doing sitting all alone by yourself?"

"I was just thinking I guess."

"Sounds like a waste of time to me."

"Why would you say that?"

"I guess I have always felt that thinking is useless because if you over think too much, then nothing in your life will be worth anything. It is the things we do spontaneously that make our time in this poor world worth it all."

"You know, Kendra. That is probably the smartest thing I have ever heard!"

"Well, thanks."

"You want to walk to class with me?"

"I'd love to."

Derek felt a little bad for using Kendra like this, but he couldn't help himself. He was just following her advice after all…being spontaneous. As they were walking through the hall, they stopped at Kendra's locker, just as Derek had hoped. And also as he had hoped Casey was at her locker too which was just across the hall from Kendra's. When he saw Casey gather all her supplies and turned to look at them, he went for it.

"Hey Kendra."

"Yea, Derek?"

As she looked at him, Derek bent his head and kissed her. He pulled out all the stops. He pulled her body to him and rested his hands on her hips and he lightly kissed her. After what seemed like a lot longer than it was, he released Kendra. He glanced over her head and sure enough, he saw Casey with a certain greenish look about her. However, something he hadn't expected was the pain that he could see in her expression. This made him feel like shit! To make matters worse, Kendra smiled up to him with such a bright smile that he knew she was serious about what had just happened.

"Wow…well, I gotta go to class, but…that was really nice, Derek. I'll see you later, ok?"

"Yea…ok."

When Derek looked back in her direction, Casey was already gone. If matters could be worse, the whole second that he had kissed Kendra, he had been occupied by something else. He had been thinking about his kisses with Casey and comparing them to something as non-comparable as Kendra's kiss. Maybe I shouldn't have done that…I guess I just wanted her to feel the jealousy that I had felt when she was getting all comfy with Sam. I didn't want to hurt her. Man, what have I done?

A/N: How will Casey respond to Derek's idea of payback? What will happen when he has a REAL REASON to be worried about Sam? I guess you will have to just review and see! I have a good idea of where this is going to go now...so I am pretty excited about this story. I'm back to school now, so it will still be some time for me to get chapters up...sorry! But reviews make me want to write and therefore skip homework for you all! I know it's a sacrifice...but I am willing to make it ;)

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