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CHAPTER 1

"Who's Casey again?" casually inquired Rob, Derek's roommate, teammate, and best friend at Queen's.

Derek raised an eyebrow, suspicious, "Why?"

"Oh no reason," replied Rob nonchalantly, "you just mentioned her in your sleep - again."

Derek sighed. How could she be getting to him when she wasn't even here? "She's…a girl I went to high school with. Our families are close." He was definitely not going to tell Rob how close. What guy murmurs his step-sister's name in his sleep? What a loser; and Derek Venturi was not a loser.

"And where is she now?" continued Rob.

Irritated Derek snapped out, "What's with the twenty questions?"

"Oh, touchy! Well if I have to hear about her every night, I think I should know a little more about her," challenged Rob.

"We're. Not. Going. There," Derek hissed with finality and grabbed his coat walking out of the room.

In NY...

"Casey, you need to focus," sighed a slightly frustrated Jesse.

Casey apologized, "Sorry. I really am sorry. Let's try it again."

"No, let's take a break. Why are you so distracted lately?" questioned Jesse as he sat down and took a drink of his water.

Casey sat too. "I think I'm homesick. I just miss my family."

"Casey, it's only been a month since you last saw them."

"I know," Casey lamented, "but I really do miss them. Maybe coming here was a mistake."

Jesse was annoyed, "If you had gone to Queen's you wouldn't be seeing them either, Casey. Why is New York so different?"

Casey knew that Jesse was irritated. This wasn't the first time they had had this conversation. She knew he didn't understand. Casey didn't even grasp why she missed her family so much.

"Let's just try that part again okay," Casey said brightly.

Jesse shook his head but stood up and restarted the music.

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