Read with caution.... This chapter has a really heated scene...... Now I gotta give props where props are due..... Some of this was inspired by some of my favorite authors and favorite stories on here..... Thank you for giving me help through my writer's block..... Bet you wouldn't have thought of that

Disclaimer: I don't own LWD..... but Micheal Seater will be in love with me someday :)

It was finally Friday.

Nora had just called and told the kids that they were getting close to the house.

Derek had been acting weird the last few days. When Teirney started to scream in the middle of the night, Casey had to force him to go calm her down. But, when she was calm and in her sleep would beg who she thought was Stephen to stay, he would just put a pillow or something in his stead and go back to his room.

Casey walked into the kitchen where Derek was eating some cereal that they had picked up two days before.

"Mom just called…. They just got off the interstate…." She told him sitting next to him.

He just nodded.

"What the hell is up with you?? It seems like ever since that day with Josh you haven't been yourself…"

"Nothing's wrong…. I'm just not as excited as you that the family is coming…."

"Bull-Shit Derek!!!! You are missing Marty and I know it…. Something is up and I want to know now….." She nearly screamed, "I mean you're not even trying to calm Teir down when she has nightmares….. I thought you were practically in LOVE with her…."

"Things change…. And anyway…. Wasn't it you that said that I shouldn't be falling in love with her…..? That I JUST met her??"

"Yea… but when does what I say stop you from doing what you want??"

"When that thing has a deeper past than I thought….." Derek mumbled to himself.

"What was that??" Casey asked leaning in closer to hear him.

"I SAID…." Derek shouted. "When that thing has a deeper past than I thought…."

Casey pushed her chair away from the table in a huff. "I'm disappointed Derek…. I thought you would want to cling to her tighter…. Knowing that she needs you more now…. She has no one besides us…. And you're just pushing her aside like she's a toy that you got tired of…. I'd thought you'd grown Derek Venturi…. But I guess I was wrong…." Casey left the kitchen and went outside to wait for the family.

Teirney walked into the kitchen grabbed a bowl and a spoon and sat across from Derek at the table. She then picked up the cereal and milk and poured them in the bowl.

Derek just sat quiet eating his cereal and he suddenly heard her spoon drop in the bowl.

When he looked over her head was buried in her hands. She was sobbing uncontrollably.

Derek's heart started breaking and he got up from his seat and went and held her.

Teirney just turned into him and cried on his shoulder.

Derek stroked her hair. "Everything's going to be alright Teir…. I won't let anything harm you…."

She lifted her head and looked at him. "Thanks Derek…. I'm just scared…. Josh is just a force I can't fight…." She said through her tears.

He wiped a tear off her face. "We'll fight him together!!" He couldn't let anything hurt her. Casey was right. They were all she had. And as much as he wanted to fight it right now, he was falling in love with her.

They stared into each other's eyes for a few seconds, and then they heard the door opening.

Chattering was coming from the front hallway.

Teir and Derek went and joined the commotion.

"SMEREK!!!!!!!" Marty yelled running and leaped into Derek's arms.

"Hey Smarty…. My you've grown since I last saw you…"

"That was only a week ago Smerek…. "Marty said with a giggle.

"Well you've done a week's worth of growing…." Derek tickled her stomach and Marty just laughed.

Stephen laid there lifeless in the coffin.

"Before he died Stephen had asked that his sister Teirney get up and say a few words on his behalf." The preacher said as he stepped away from the podium.

Teirney wiped the tears from her eyes and walked up to the podium.

"My brother was a great guy… He was the star of the hockey team…. And he was my best friend..."

Teirney looked down at her mother who was sobbing carelessly.

"I know Stephen wouldn't want us to be grieving his death right now… He'd want us to laugh and have a good time…." She chuckled a little bit through her tears. "He'd basically want us to have a roast on his behalf…" She sucked up her tears and looked the audience straight in the eyes." Well I'm gonna honor my brother's wishes and embarrass the spit out of him till we're all laughing at how silly and dumb he was…."

"You ok Teir??" Lizzie asked.

Teirney shook her head. "O…. Yea I'm fine….. How was ya'll's trip??"

"LONG!!" Nora said. "But it was adventurous…. You live LONG ways from your parents don't you???"

"Yea…. Well since Stephen's death …. My parents and I just haven't seen eye to eye…."

"O is that why you moved in with your boyfriend??" Nora asked like a mother would.

"No…. That was one thing we agreed on…." Teirney laughed. "No we just couldn't stop fighting over what we should do with Stephen's things….. So yea…."

Nora just coughed and changed the subject quickly. "So which room will we have??"

"The adults are staying in the master bedroom…." (Which happened to be Josh's old room). "And the girls will be in Casey's room…. And Ed is staying with Derek…." Teirney said pointing towards the directions of the rooms.

The family went and got the suit cases and the teens helped them put them in their rooms.

After they all settled in they went into the living room and sat around and just laughed and talked about the week they had. (Although the teens left some things out.)

Soon everyone was getting hungry.

"We can either cook here…. Or go out to eat, our treat??" Derek mentioned.

"WELLL…. If it's your treat Derek then…. I guess we better cook here…. Because I've had my dollar menu fix for the week… "George said.

Everyone cracked up laughing and then they decided to go out and George would pay so the kids would have money to spend on groceries and things they needed.

"What's a good restaurant around here??" George asked.

"Well… there's of course Mexican…. Italian…. Vietnamese…. Chinese…. Anything you'd like…. I think we got it…." Teirney said with a laugh.

"Ok…. Let's get in the car and drive till we find a place…." George suggested.

They all got into the family car and they drove till they all decided on El Mexicano's.

When they were all seated everyone ordered and had a good time just talking some more.

Teirney started to feel like she was the family again. She loved that feeling. Even though it wasn't just her and Casey and Nora, it was still great.

After dinner everyone wanted some ice cream, on George again. Then they went home and decided to watch a movie.

They all agreed on Pirates of the Caribbean.

After the movie ended everyone headed to their rooms to go to sleep.

Teirney was lying in her bed reading her book when she had a tap on the door.

"Come in" She announced without lifting her head from the book.

"Hey Teirney…." A voice said walking in, "Are you ok from this morning??"

She put down her book and looked up. There sat Derek in just his pajama pants.

His body wasn't perfect, but at this moment she needed to take a deep breath while looking at his nearly chiseled body.

"Yea… I'm fine… Just was tired…." Teirney said putting a bookmark in the page she was on and setting it down on the pillow next to her. "You can come in and sit down." She said gesturing to her bed.

"No…. I was just checking up on you… Good night…" Derek said turning around and starting to walk back to his room.

"Derek…." She called out after him, "Please stay with me…. Just a few minutes….. "

He turned around to look at her; she looked so cute her in PJ's.

She then made a puppy dog face that he just couldn't resist. He walked in and sat on the end of the bed.

"Thought that might work…. Stephen was always a sucker for that face….. "She said smiling at winning.

He just smiled at her.

They sat in silence for a while, and then Derek became brave and decided to talk.

"Can I ask you a question??"

"Sure…. What's up??"

"You remember when you first had the nightmares at the house??? And you ended up sleeping in my room??"

"Yea why??"

"Well you remember how you said that you wanted to wait till marriage to do anything with a guy….. Then you whispered something under your breath??"

Teirney looked down and sort of started blushing. "Yea…."

"What did you whisper…..? If I may ask??"

"That it was really too late for that…." She said just looking at her hands twirling her thumbs.

"O… I'm sorry that happened Teir…." Derek said reaching out his hand and put it on her leg.

She just looked up and smiled. "Thank you…."

They just smiled at each other for a long while till there was another knock on the door.

Without looking away from Derek Teirney asked, "Who is it??"

The door kinda cracked. "Is Smerek in here??" A little voice came in through the crack.

"Come on in Smarty…." Derek said turning towards the door.

"Everything ok Marty??" Teirney asked as Marty came in and climbed in Derek's lap.

"There was a big guy at the window of Nora and Daddy's room…." Marty said.

"You sure it wasn't just a tree or something Marty??" Derek asked as he swept her hair from her face.

"No….. It was a guy…. The window was open and he told me to go unlock the front door for him….."

Teirney's eyes got wide. "Did you??"

"Yes…." Marty said.

Teirney just looked at Derek and then ran out of the room.

There stood Josh at the end of the hall. "You know you have a nice family staying with you right now Teir Bear….. I would hate for something to happen to them…." Josh said holding a gun in his hand.

"Josh don't you dare do anything to this family….. I'm warning you….." Teirney said inching towards him.

"What are you gonna do Teir Bear??? You're unarmed….. And you're one of the most scared people I know when it comes to fight with me….. You can't do it Teir….. You're too weak….."

"I AM NOT WEAK!!!!" Teirney suddenly screamed as she popped up in her bed from the bad dream.

Derek ran in at the noise.

"You alright Teir??" He said opening the door.

"Yea…. Just another bad dream I guess…." She said rubbing her eyes and sitting up.

"O ok…. That's good…. Well goodnight then…." He said walking back to his room.

"Derek…. Please stay…. I can't stand being alone in here right now….."

Derek turned around, she was wide awake….. Her eyes were wide open and she was asking for him to stay with her…. This wasn't her dream…. It was her.

He walked in and sat on the bed next to her. Teirney then scooted over and put her head under his arm and laid on his chest.

Derek began to rub her arm. They just laid there for a long while.

"Derek…." Teirney finally said.

"Hmm…" Derek mumbled with his eyes almost closed.

"Have you ever been in love??"

Derek sat up immediately pushing Teirney off of him. "Ummm….. Well yea kinda I guess…."

"So in love that even though the person did something so awful to you….. You can't help but still love them??" Teirney said staring at his face.

Derek turned and wrapped Teirney into his arms.

"Teir…. You deserve so much better than Josh…. You deserve someone that is actually in love with you…. Cause by the looks of it…. Josh only wanted one thing….."

"I know…. But I still love him for some odd reason…." Teir said almost crying.

"That's because…." Derek then lifted her face to where they were eye to eye. "You haven't found someone else to fall in love with…."

Teirney just looked into his eyes. She couldn't look away. "That's where you're wrong…."

Teirney then leaned in closer.

Their faces were inches apart…. They were both breathing heavily.

Their lips got closer and closer……. Till finally they touched.

The kiss started slow but then progressed to something deeper and more passionate.

Soon the teenagers were laying on the bed and Derek started toying with the possibility of taking off Teirney's clothes and ravishing her body, but he didn't want to push her into something that she just wasn't ready for.

Their lips parted and Teir got right in Derek's ear. "Derek you have my permission….. Take me…."

With that Derek kissed Teir again and his hands were exploring her body. He then felt hard as they pressed their bodies together so he reached to remove her shirt.

Once the shirt was off there were her perfect breast and Derek was hooked.

Derek started kissing a path from Teirney's neck to her chest then when he got to her stomach he looked up at her. She had her eyes closed and had a semi pained look on her face and let out a little moan. He could tell she was a little uncomfortable so he moved back up her mouth and started kissing her there again.

They started rolling on the bed again and she ended up on the top and she decided right then and there she was in love with him, he was not Josh, for one he didn't take advantage of the fact that she was letting him in. She then started massaging the swelling with one hand and soon she had his boxers that he was sleeping in off.

He then hooked his thumbs in her pajama pants and thong and started to remove them.

She then slid herself on the top of his member and took him completely in. Derek took her hips and guided her thrust; they stifled their moans for fear of waking up everyone in the house. Derek had the strongest urge to just throw her back on the bed and take over this activity but he knew if he did that she would push him off and kick him out. Their lips met again and their tongues wrestled with each other while they grind and made love.

They started slow and loving, but then they progressed to going faster. Derek rolled Teir onto the bed and kissed down her neck again. She bit her bottom lip as her stopped on a spot and bit. Derek then massaged Teirney's clit to give her an orgasm. She wanted to scream so bad. She grabbed the head board and pursed her lips so it just came out as a muffled moan. Soon they both reached climax and fell on the bed.

They were wrapped in the blankets and sheets. They laid in each other arms. Derek stroked Teirney's hair and Teir ran her fingers down Derek's chest to his belly button. She stopped there and traced it.

"I wouldn't do that…. We might just have to go for round two…." Derek smiled grabbing Teirney's hand and brought it to his mouth and kissed each finger.

"Derek…. I love you…." Teirney said looking into his eyes.

"I love you too…."

"Derek…. Derek….. Why are you sweating??" Teirney asked.

"Huh??"

Then he woke up to Edwin over his head.

"Derek…. Why are you sweating??" Edwin asked.

Derek quickly sat up and examined where he was. He was in his room and there was no Teirney in sight.

"And who do you love??" Edwin asked confused.

Derek grabbed Ed's shirt, "Don't you repeat ANYTHING you heard to ANYONE!!!" Derek threatened.

"Alright…. Whoever this girl is she must mean a lot to you…" Ed said going and laying down on the pallet he had on the floor.

Derek lay back down and remembered his dream, smiled and went back to sleep in the hopes that he would dream it again.

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