Alright guys, I am so sorry that it has taken so long for me to update…I have been literally swamped with school work. Then I was swamped with work…but I am going to be writing up a storm this week. I am hoping to bust out a few chapters this week…so stay tuned to all of you who have been keeping up with this story! Thank you for your patience!

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CPOV

Derek wandered miserable from class to class with nothing driving him through the day except for the movement of his feet. He was unable to stand anything anymore. It had been two weeks and Casey still wouldn't talk to him. Oh, he had tried…tried more than his damn pride wanted him to that was for sure. But Derek thought that he could eventually wear her down…after that didn't work, he just decided to wait it out. He didn't seem to make much of the situation with Kendra. She still was following him everywhere…actually now that he thought about it, a lot of people seemed to follow him and want to talk to him. Funny thing…the more he tried to ignore them, the more they wanted to talk to him. Without him even knowing, he had become popular.

He didn't know how it started, but he sure didn't want to encourage it, but the more he denied it, the more people wanted to be his friend. Kendra definitely wasn't helping. Since she was the cheerleader, she was helping it on. In fact, in last week's school newsletter, they were making Kendra and him the cutest couple of the month, which according to Kendra was a really great honor or something.

Derek tried not to care about it all…he really did, because if he cared he would get angry. He would get angry that Casey wasn't talking to him and that every time he turned around Casey was talking to…Sam. He would get angry every time Sam touched her…even though it was always innocent, he couldn't help the possessive feeling that he felt toward Casey. He needed to figure out what was going on with them. The only thing anyone would tell him is that they were friends. He hardly talked to Sam anymore…so he couldn't really ask him up front about it.

Derek was leaving his locker and about to head to class when he saw something out of the corner of his eye. It seemed Casey had another supporter today. Sam and some dark haired guy were standing at Casey's locker. Sam seemed to be introducing the two. Derek had never seen the guy before, but then again he hadn't been at this school very long so maybe he had just missed him.

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"Casey, I'd like to introduce you to my cousin, Trevor. Trevor, this is a friend of mine, Casey." Sam said as he introduced his cousin and friend.

"It is nice to meet you, Trevor." Casey said a little embarrassed since she was shy by nature.

"The pleasure is mine, Casey. Sam didn't mention that you were so pretty." Trevor said, charm dripping from his lips. Casey couldn't help the nervous giggle that came from her lips. As she shook his hand though, Casey felt a tingle up her spine…not a good one. More like a shock of awareness…to be on the guard. That is really weird, I wonder what caused that…

Before Casey could make much of nothing, Sam was speaking to her again.

"Trevor is from the next town, he comes to visit from time to time, but technically he is new here. His family just moved here permanently. I told Trevor that you are editor of the school paper and I was hoping you could just show Trevor around a bit since he was editor at his other school."

"Is that right? You were an editor?"

"Yea, that's right. Don't worry though; I won't be attempting any competition with you, although I wouldn't mind maybe getting on the team."

"I am sure that could be arranged…what lunch do you have, Trevor?"

"I have the second lunch…"

"Oh…I usually have that lunch, but I have been taking a study hall and working with Mr. Hannon as a teaching assistant. I'll ask him if I can take off today and I will take second lunch today."
"Thanks for doing that, Casey."
"It's no problem, Trevor. I am a firm believer in our paper, and if you are as good as Sam is advertising you are, then you must be on our staff."

"Sounds great…I will see you at lunch then."

"Great see you then. Well, I am going to head to Spanish. Bye Sam, bye Trevor."

"Bye Casey." Trevor and Sam said at the same time.

As Casey walked to her next class, she began to contemplate this Trevor guy. He seemed nice enough. Anyone who looked at him would see a tall, dark and handsome guy, but Casey really didn't see much other than he seemed…different. She wasn't sure what kind of different, but he seemed like a nice enough guy. Plus, he was Sam's cousin and Sam was a good friend to her, so she would try to help Trevor, if for nothing than to keep her thoughts in the right direction. It had been two weeks since she had told her story to Derek and it had been two weeks since the nightmares reappeared. Just all of the sudden, they were back…the same as they used to be. Well not the exact same. After being attacked, Casey would dream about it over and over again and it was always the same. She was walking back from the library when someone grabbed her and pulled her behind the trees. Then he tried to pull at her clothes so she kneed him in the groin and punched him in the face. She tried to run and escape but he didn't seem to be phased by the punches and the kicks. He just seemed to laugh. Then he would slap her across the face and she fell on the ground. Then he would kick her in the gut and in the face. She would look up at him with a sharp pain in her side and something wet and sticky falling from her nose. With all her strength she tried to look at his face…to know who was doing this to her. But all she could see was the black shadow of him. He would lean down, inches from her face, and even though he was that close, she still couldn't make out his face, but she definitely heard his voice. He said something to her in a husky whisper. "Next time, you will be a good little girl…won't you?" Next he would grab her hair and pulled his fist back to punch her, but before his fist would make contact she would wake up sweaty and crying.

Casey never knew what to make of her dreams; she only knew that they seemed to be getting more frequent. She hadn't had one in so long, but now they seemed to be back in full swing. Casey was hoping that they were just a reaction from talking to Derek about the attack, but they weren't going away. All she could do was wait it out though…and hope that they went away again.

Casey finally got to Spanish was heading toward her usual seat, but she noticed that there was a note on her desk. She looked over at Derek who still sat behind her, but he was obviously trying to keep his eyes from meeting hers. When she finally sat down and opened the letter, she was surprised at what she saw:

Casey,

I was just wondering if you could do me a favor and come over to my house after school today…I really wanted to see if you could help me with the Spanish project coming up. I am completely lost and I don't know what to do. Anyway, I knew you wouldn't actually talk to me in person so I decided to give you this note…don't think I am a dork.

Derek

As Casey read the note, she couldn't help but giggle a little at the gesture. As she giggled she heard a huff behind her and assumed it was Derek. It took Casey a while to decide if Derek was just being sneaky or what…it had been a while, maybe he had forgotten about the whole incident where she dispelled all of her deep dark secrets. Well, there was no better way than to figure it out head on. Quickly, Casey wrote something back on the paper and laid it on Derek's desk before she could meet his gaze.

DPOV

Okay, see you after school.

Casey

Derek was thanking his lucky stars for this one. He was almost one hundred percent positive that Casey was going to turn him down flat. Now that she had said yes, there was only one other thing to do: "break up" with Kendra.

Derek had had enough of this pretend thing going on with Kendra. He didn't like hanging out with her so they never did. The only time they really saw each other was at school and sometimes she would call him at home. For the most part, Derek thought she was only "dating" him because he seemed to be gaining in the popularity. Well, no more…he was putting a stop to it today…then, he would make things right with Casey.