a/n: Sorry for delay. I wasn't too happy in this. Not really much happened. Its just Casey trying to find herself and ends up finding a new cute guy and a way cool friend. There are pictures of what trent and tammy look like on my profile.

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Chapter 5: In Flames

The next morning when Casey woke up she really wanted to start her life over. She woke up around 4 in the morning when no one was awake. She got up and grabbed her corset before she went down stairs and started the fireplace. If she was going to be a new Casey she had to start now. Once she saw the flames roaring she tossed it in watching it burn. It was sad, she was giving a part of her away but she had to. She had to make herself better.

Next thing to do now is to re arrange her room completely. She wasn't going to hide behind the girly girl even though that's who she was. That's all she ever was. She just loves pink and everything that has to do with it. She didn't want to be punk like she was before. Somehow she was going to make this work. She was going to fuse her girlyness with her gothic side (if she could find it again).

And who cared about Derek? Yes she was mad at him no, furious but she had to start over. And with starting over with herself she had to start over with…him. It's okay to forgive him, just not get any close. She wasn't going to keep anyone close to her at all. Only her sister and Nora. Everyone else is basically the enemy. She couldn't even trust her best friend, her only friend on the entire planet. She went upstairs and passed Derek who was on her way to the bathroom. Why is he awake this early in the morning? She went in her room and slammed it, locking it making sure he doesn't get any ideas and comes in. She didn't expect him to apologies because that's not him, but you never know. Some people change just like she did.

She went in her closet and took out everything that reminded her of her old self. That left…nothing. Okay maybe she kept a couple of jeans but basically everything was trashed. Then she spotted her diary. Where she kept all her feelings. She had to throw it away because in it was Derek and everything about him. Even her obsession with him. It was love she didn't like him, she was just obsessed. Also another reason why Paul ordered her to wear the corset. Obsession over him was eating her alive. She had to write more just to put an end to herself. So she sat down and she wrote for about an hour. About hockey4life about all her feelings about him. She had to end it all write here right now. Then along with the corset it will perish. A knock was at the door right when she was about to finish her sentence. It was Derek, she recognized his knocks. She could interpret the knock if he was jealous, angry, or sad. But this knock seemed desperate. For what…me? She got up from her desk and opened the door. He stood in the doorway in shambles.

"We need to talk Casey." Derek said solemnly

"There's nothing to talk about I don't care anymore." Casey said folding her arms

"So we're not going to talk about what happened last night about, what you saw in the email that Sam sent?" Derek asked

"Nothing happened and I didn't see any email. I don't no what you're talking about so since you can't come up with anything worth talking about I'm needed down stairs." Casey then pushed past him and continued downstairs leaving a cold mist in her place.

Derek noticed something different in her. Like she was completely different than the annoying girl that he sort of fell for. Well he didn't know that he fell for her until he met her on the internet. He met a different Casey. Talking to her online made him understand why Sam was in love with her, what she would be like if she wasn't his step sister. She was sexy. He was about to leave and go into his room when he saw an opened notebook on Casey's desk. He knew that snooping wasn't right but he had to know what she was thinking. He crept in her room and stole her diary making a dash in his room and locking his door.

After reading every word he was shocked. He couldn't believe that someone could hate someone else so much. It actually hurt him that she would think that way about him. He never hated her. He just liked to tick her off. He really didn't know what to think of her and all he could do was tease her. If he had known that she would feel that much hate he wouldn't have even started with her. He would stop talking to Sam after that email but it wasn't his fault. He didn't know that Casey would read it. It was know ones fault except his own. He crept back in her room and put the diary back in its place and decided to go to the library. If she wanted to change so could he.

Casey came back upstairs and took the diary and went back downstairs throwing it into the flames. After that she left. She noticed that Derek's car was gone too. Hopefully she couldn't bump into him. She decided go to the mall, and buy some clothes. She first store that she decided to stop at was Hot Topic. She looked so out of place in that store. She was still dressing in preppy clothes. As she was skimming thought the very cute selections she spotted this guy that was totally cute. He worked there. He had bright green eyes with black short hair with red in the front. He was tall, lean and had a lip ring. She would never go for this type before. His pants were so friggen tight, tighter than hers. Is he gay? She tried to make eye contact but he wasn't having it. He was helping some emo chic and flirting with her. Casey decided on a cute outfit that fitted her.

She picked out an Atreyu tank top. It was white and the lettering was black. And the skirt looked kind of slutty to her. It was way short and way tight. She had to see what it looked like on her though. So she picked it up and went into the dressing room and tried it on. She wasn't sure though what it was supposed to look like. She ventured out of the dressing room and spotted the cute guy. He was cominv over.

"Hey I'm Trent. You find anything you like?" He asked

"Well yeah I found this but I don't know how it looks on me." Casey ansered

"I think it looks great on you and you like Atreyu? I love them." Trent said. Casey didn't even no what the hell Atrey was, she just thought it was some kind of brand.

"Oh Thanks well I'm Casey. You look around my age I never saw you in school." Casey said.

"Oh, I'm a freshmen in College I'm actually 19 well 19 tomorrow." Trent said.

"Wow, I'll be 16 in a month." Casey said shyly looking down to the floor.

"That's not that bad I thought that you were my age actually." Casey and Trent both shared a small giggle.

"You know I might actually need your help. I don't know what I want to get this outfit looks great but I've never shopped in this store before." Casey said.

"Maybe my sister can help you she works here too I'm not too good with helping girls pick out clothes. I like them in the clothes and I can see if it looks right but that's not my department." Trent said. He then pointed his sister out and waved her over. She then came over and Trent explained to her what Casey needed. Casey took a good look over Trent and his sister. Her name was Tammy. She looked pretty cool and emo like her brother. She walked around with Tammy and picked out a bunch of clothes. When she put her regular clothes back on Trent was shocked.

"Oh so that's who you are? There was this girl staring at me and it was weird now it's not so bad after all." Trent said smiling. Nah Trent can't be gay. She was starting to like this guy. Tammy seemed pretty cool she could be her new friend and Trent was way hot he could be her boyfriend. Every thing was falling into place. She was going to have the best party ever, the best life ever. All thanks to Derek. I guess there's good in him somewhere.

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