*I don't own the life with Derek or any of the characters in this story.

Chapter Three:

Derek glared over at Noel. He seemed so calm and happy and perfect. It made Noel and Casey's engagement so much worse to see Noel so secure about it. It was as if he didn't see Derek as a threat. He used to see Derek as a threat, before Derek knew he wanted to be a threat. But not now. Nope, now he thought he had Casey all to himself. Derek sighed, the worst part was that he did. Derek almost refused to believe it. Casey hadn't picked a date, she hadn't started planning, and she was always fidgeting with that stupid ring whenever he was in the room. But then she would turn to look at Noel a certain way and all of Derek's hopes shattered. They were in love and Derek was just the guy that accidently fell for his step-sister. Every night, every dinner was the same. Derek escaping to his room and trying his hardest to be the tough guy he made himself out to be. So watching them giggle quietly to each other, Derek made a decision.

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"Sally! So good to see you."

Derek sauntered over to the table she was sitting at.

Sally rolled her eyes, "What do you want, Derek?"

Derek pretended to look shocked, "What, a guy can't call up an old friend just to talk."

Sally smiled, "Cut it out, Derek. We both know you want something."

Derek sighed and slid into the seat across from her. "Your right. I do want something."

Sally's smile got even bigger.

Derek lowered his eyes to the table, allowing his face to show his true emotions. "I've fallen in love, Sally. But I'm afraid that she doesn't love me back."

Sally put her hand on top of his, "But, Derek, I do."

Derek rolled his eyes. "Me and you are through, Sally. We have been for years. I've fallen in love with Casey."

Sally quietly withdrew her hand, "Then what do you need from me?"

Derek looked up to meet her eyes, "I need you to split up her and her fiancé."

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"You did what?!?!?"

Derek rolled his eyes at Sam. "Your being over dramatic."

Sam looked at him like he had lost his mind. "You're an idiot, you know that? Derek, that was the stupidest thing you've ever done."

Derek looked down at his feet. He knew it was stupid. Heck, he knew it was selfish. But he couldn't stand the fact that he was losing Casey forever. It was killing him and he refused to listen to any reason on the subject. Even Sally had tried to convince him otherwise, but Derek refused to budge. The only way the pain would go away is if Casey and Noel were through.

Sam sat down beside Derek. "As much as you try to fake it, Derek, we both know how bad this is hurting you. It's kind of like when I first met Casey. She was so pretty and so smart that I couldn't help but like her. You got so jealous; you were determined to hurt her and your best friend just to keep us apart. Every guy she was even slightly interested in or that was interested in her, you tried to sabotage. But we both know it has gotten you nowhere. We both know that she doesn't even truly know how you feel."

Derek closed his eyes. He could still picture every guy, every joke, and every tear that had anything to do with Casey. He could still remember how he felt when Truman broke her heart. And how it felt to break Truman's nose for doing just that. He could still remember the time when Kendra had tried to set Casey up and he ruined it for her. Yet somehow she ended up with Max. But the worst of those memories was when she thought that Noel was dead. How he would lay awake at night listening to her cry. How he usually ended up crying himself. How the thought of her loving Noel ripped his heart in two. How bad he hurt her when it was all over. The taste of her lips….. A tear slid slowly down his face.

"I don't care what you say, Sam. I'm not going to change my mind."

*Sorry this took so long, I lost my inspiration. I recently gained it back my making a new trailer for this fanfic. And by plotting out a touching moment for Derek Venturi. I think the end of the show really discouraged me for all things Life with Derek. I say this because I couldn't write, I couldn't make videos (about them), I couldn't watch videos that had anything to do with Life with Derek. I went into a bit of a Life with Derek depression. So I pulled myself out. By pretending that Derek broke Truman's nose. Lol. The sad thing is this happens to me a lot. Kyle XY? Yea still cant do anything involving Kyle XY.