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Derek stalked off into the other room, face burning. He was kind of relieved she didn't believe him, but also disappointed. Then again, he thought, I didn't directly tell her that I love her, I just sort of pointed it out. He sighed again. He had just recently come to terms with his feelings, so his heart jumped every time he thought about the word 'love.' Oh great, he groaned in his mind, that sounds like something from a soap opera, I sound pathetic, I used to be able to scare the wits out of her, and now I can't even say 'no,' to her.

"Hmm?" he turned to see a widely smirking Simon. "What was that all about?"

Derek rolled his eyes. "Shut up, Simon, I'm not in the mood right now."

"And why is that?" Simon walked in front of him. "Something Chloe said, perhaps?"

"Why do you need to know?" he asked, averting his eyes. He never could lie to his brother.

Simon spent a minute studying his brother's face. "Hmm . . . your face is red, won't follow my gaze, won't talk about what Chloe said, and you protect her even if it costs all your strength-," he put his arm around Derek's shoulder. "-Ah~ so my brother finally falls in love, I've been waiting for a girl to come and spark your interests."

"I . . . I don't-!" Derek was cut off when Simon put both his hands up.

"Don't even say that you don't love her, because I just wanna tell you that you two started out rocky, but now you fell for her, I understand, and I think she'd make an awesome girlfriend for you." Simon gave him a wink and a thumb up.

"So . . . how long have you known about it?"

"Awhile now, and I'm serious, Derek, if you don't tell her how you feel, it will be an epic fail for both of us."

"Both of us?" Derek raised an eyebrow. "Why you, too?"

"Because I'll always have known but never pushed you to tell her your feelings!" he slapped his back. "Now I demand you to tell her before a year passes!"

"As long as Tori isn't with us at that point," Derek shuddered at the thought of her comments. 'You can buy him a flea collar in the summer and a heart shaped tag as an anniversary present!'

"Yeah, I can see why . . ." Simon trailed off, thinking the exact same thing. "Well, anyway, just tell her and make sure she gives you an honest answer!"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm not really the type for a pep-talk."

"See ya later, bro." And with that, Simon walked back into the den of Andrew' house, a.k.a back into the-room-with-all-the-fans. Once Simon left, Derek turned around and sighed, glad he was gone. And just when relaxation set in . . .-

"H-hey Derek, can we talk?" Chloe nervously played with the button on her shirt.

"C-Chloe?!" Derek near jumped out of his skin. Chloe let out a small laugh.

"Werewolf getting scared by a necromancer?" she laughed.

"I'm not the one who can talk to dead people."

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********************** TBC in Ch. 3 of Clueless: Final Confession!