How did this Happen?

Chapter 14

Casey POV

"Hey Casey can I talk to you it's about Derek?" Edwin asks at my door.

"Why don't you ask someone else okay Ed?" I say. I didn't want to talk about Derek he just ruined my chance to get him out of my head. Who cares if Sam was just planning to use me. Oh that's right I do!

"Please Casey I don't anyone else to talk to him. He needs to talk to you because believe it or not he listens to you." Edwin explains.

"Edwin, Derek does not listen to me. He thinks I'm annoying." I say.

"When you first came here you challenged him to a duel with all the good kids spots that needed to be shared. He listened to you then." Edwin states.

"There was competing involved of course he listened." I say. Edwin looks at me. I sigh. "What about Derek?" I finally say.

"I think he is under a lot of stress." Edwin says.

"Stress? Derek? Not possible he is worry free." I say sitting up on my bed.

"I know which is why I'm worried now please go talk to him." Edwin was on his knee's begging me.I roll my eyes and walk to Derek's room. "Thanks Casey!" I hear Edwin say in the distance of the hallway. I get to Derek's door and knock. No answer. I knock again. Nothing. I knock a final time before I decide to say something.

"Derek open up now." I yell. When he finally opens the door I walk in and stand in the middle of his room.

"What?" He asks with a sandwich in his mouth. God he was a pig. "You can sit if you want." He says finishing his sandwich and laying on the bed.

"No that's okay." I say. "I'm here because Edwin is worried about you. He thinks your stressed." I explain.

"Edwin needs to mind his own business. Now get out." Derek says trying to push me out. I however shove him off and push him back on his bed.

"No not yet." I start. He leans back on his bed." Are you stressed?" I ask.

"Honestly. Yea I am." He says with a smile.

"But your care free Derek. Your not suppose to be stressed." I state. e just starts laughing. Not like a lol type of laugh it was more hehe.

"That's the act I put on Casey. Inside I'm under a lot of pressure and stress." He says. His story was kind of sad. I felt bad for Derek. Then I thought about how he could just be bullshitting me.

"What could possible be stressing you out?" I ask.

"Well let's see here. I have Hockey, Edwins problems, girls falling all over me all the time, Sam wanting to fuck your brains out, and finally You drive me insane." He only had five things that stressed him out? I start to laugh realizing he has it easy. "Why are you laughing?" He asks me.

"Oh no reason I'm just thinking how you have it easy." I say.

"EASY! You think I have it easy? Your little miss organized who has everything under control. What be stressing you out I'm dieing to know." He says.

"Well let's see here." I begin mocking Derek. " I have school because I care about that, Cheerleading, Dancing, Sam flirting with me all the time, Max starting to eyeball me, Emily wanting to come over all the time for you, Lizzie needs help with everything, Edwin needs help when your not around, Marti has no supervision because you don't watch her properly, This house is always a mess, my feelings are way out of line, and Finally I have a huge crush on my step brother and I really want to date him but he doesn't like me and I don't know how feel about him thinking that and I really just want to die when ever he insults me or makes me feel bad or anything like that." I was in tears. I had lost it. I just told Derek my true feelings for him and now I'm crying. Then all the sudden I feel arms around me. I open my tear filled eyes to find Derek hugging me. "I can't do this anymore Derek. I should just disappear from this world. No one would miss me." I say hugging back.

"Shhh. Casey don't say that okay. This family would be nothing without you. We need you. I need you." He says kissing me on the lips.