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Note: This is not the sequel to 'Compatibility Quiz'.

Thanks: To the readers and reviewers. Hope you enjoy!

Spring Break with Derek

Rob was seated at his desk working on a paper for sociology class when his roommate banged through the dorm room door.

"Robby, my friend, wait until you see what I just scored." Derek gloated, waving around a blank DVD case.

"A movie, D? Not much of a score." Rob turned back to his laptop.

"Oh contraire, Rob. This..."

Rob turned to stare at his friend. "Contraire?"

Derek sat on the end of his roommate's bed and waved his hand dismissively, "Casey. Anyway this is not just a DVD." He leaned toward Rob and pushed the DVD case into his face. "This is research for our spring break trip." Derek smiled triumphantly and leaned back.

"Spring break trip?" Rob asked in confusion.

Derek sighed exasperatedly, "Keep up, Robby. Spring Break. Y'know: sun, sand, beer, girls in bikinis." Derek wiggled his eyebrows.

"Oh." Rob watched Derek insert the DVD into the player. He wasn't convinced this was a grat idea. It hasn't taken him long to realize his friend and roommate liked to dream big. Rob watched the screen light up.

GIRLS GONE WILD – MEXICO

UNRATED VERSION

"Derek," Rob said in shock.

"That's right, Rob." Derek said, his eyes glazed over, totally missing his friend's shock. "Just imagine it. One whole week in Mexico. Just the guys and random beautiful girls looking for one-night stands. It's perfect."

"I don't think Blair's going to like this." Rob responded glumly.

"Blair-Smair. She has no say in this. We're men. We do what we want, when we want, how we want." Derek said arrogantly.

Rob let out a sigh and covered his face with his hand. He knew better than to argue when Derek had that planning gleam in his eye.

LwD~

A week later, Rob entered the dorm room after class. He saw Derek sitting at his desk working on his computer. "So Derek," Rob started out a little unsure of how this conversation was going to go. "You know that whole Spring Break in Mexico thing?"

"You mean the Best. Trip. Ever?"

"Yeah that." Rob steeled himself. "You know how you said that your friends from high school were coming? Sam and Ralph?"

Derek turned and looked at Rob who was suspiciously beating around the bush. "Yeah."

"Well would it be alright if I brought someone?"

"Is that all? Sure! The more the merrier. Why were you so nervous to ask me?" Derek asked turning back to his desk.

"It's Blair." Rob cringed, expecting the eruption.

"What the hell Rob!" Right on cue. Derek jumped up from his seat and stood in front of Rob waving his arms in the air. "Why the hell would you want to bring your girlfriend? What part of Girls Gone Wild Guys' Only Trip did you not understand?"

"Look Derek, this is my spring break too. I want to be with Blair."

"Hmpf. I don't like it. You know what will happen if Blair goes. Casey will want to go too. And I absolutely will not take Princess Kill-Joy along."

"D, be reasonable." Rob pleaded as he moved past his friend and sat on the bed.

Derek rounded on him, still standing. "You want reasonable? I'll give you reasonable. You're out. I'll find someone else to take your place. Then you can go do whatever you want with Blair."

"Derek, that's not fair."

"Forcing me to spend my Spring Break with Casey isn't fair. I'm sorry, Robby. Is it going to be bros or hoes?" Derek stared Rob down, and after a minute, just like he knew he would, Rob broke.

"Bros." Rob said with a sigh and looked at his shoes.

"Now we're talking." Derek rubbed his hands together and walked back to his desk to sit down. "Let me show you the plans I made this afternoon. See I booked us at this all-inclusive resort..." Derek said turning back to his laptop, clicking.

~LwD~

"What! They're going where?" Casey screamed at her roommate Blair.

"Mexico," replied Blair quietly, trying not to flinch, rethinking her decision to tell the brunette.

"Why is this the first time I'm hearing about this? There's a ton of stuff that needs done. So much that needs planned." Casey whipped her head around. "Where are my index cards? We need to make a list."

"Uh, Casey..." Blair put up a warning hand, but her friend was too absorbed by planning to notice.

Casey gasped. "You're right! We need to go shopping. I only have one swimsuit and we'll definitely need at least two." Casey wrote furiously on the pink card. "And shorts, and tops. Oh, and shoes."

"Casey..."

"You're right Blair. We'll need manis and pedis too but we'll have to wait until a few days before we leave for that." Casey clapped her hands together. "Oh this is going to be so much fun!"

"CASEY!"

Startled Casey looked at her green-eyed friend. "What? Am I forgetting something else?"

Blair sighed, hoping Casey wouldn't shoot the messenger. "We're not invited, Case. Rob says it's a Guy's Only Vacation."

Casey blinked in disbelief, her mouth ajar for a few seconds. "Guy's Trip? Guy's? Do you know what that means?" Casey's voice raised an octave with every word as she paced the small room, waving her arms in the air. "Let me tell you what that means. It means they are going to spend a week getting drunk and hooking up with random girls. Is that really how you want your boyfriend spending his Spring Break?"

Blair opened her mouth to speak, but Casey plowed on. "Well... is it?" She stared down the blond, arms crossed over her chest, foot tapping. "I didn't think so." Casey started to pace again. "This has Derek written all over it. You need to tell Rob that either we are going along or he isn't going. You can't let Derek tell you what to do. I'll handle this."

~LwD~

"There is absolutely no way you are going along, Case." Derek stated with finality. They had been arguing for the last fifteen minutes and he was becoming really irritated.

"Look Derek. I don't know why you are arguing about this."

"Me either." He interrupted her. "You aren't going. End of discussion." Derek waved his hands in the air and tried to walk away, even though they were in his dorm room.

"Der-ek! You are such a jerk. You know that Mom and George will never let you go by yourself."

"I already told you, Loser, I'm not going by myself." He sneered.

"Hmpf. As if Sam, Ralph, and Rob are going to be able to keep you in line."

"Ha!" Derek crossed his arms over his chest. "As if you," poke, "could."

She slapped away his hand. "I would."

He smirked. "Would not, Case. You have no control over me whatsoever. Remember? What Derek wants, Derek gets."

"Look Derek, you can wipe that smirk off your face right now. You and I both know that if you want to go on this trip, our parents are going to insist on me going along."

"Our parents have already said I can go." Derek stated triumphantly.

Casey paused as she tried to figure this out. "Do they know where you're going?" She asked shrewdly.

"They know I'm going to hang out with the guys." Derek evaded.

"Ha!" Casey bounced on her toes and pointed a finger in his face. "I'm telling."

Derek slapped away Casey's finger. "Don't you dare even think about it."

"Or what?" She smirked, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Casey!" Derek exclaimed in exasperation. "You are not going and that's final."

"But why not?" She pouted, trying a different tactic.

"Uh, I don't know? Maybe because you would nag me the whole time and I wouldn't have any fun?"

Casey was hurt. "Derek that is not true. In fact, I bet we'd barely see each other."

Derek gave her skeptical look. "I doubt that Case."

"Derek," Casey started again, then stopped. "You know what? You're right Derek. I don't want to go with you. Blair and I will make other plans and you guys can go and have your fun."

"That's right," Derek nodded, before realizing what had happened. "Wait. Did you just say you are going to stop harassing me about going?"

"Yep."

"Just like that?"

"Yep."

"Why?" Derek's eyes narrowed.

"Why? Because I think this whole Girls Gone Wild thing is going to land you in jail, and I don't want to land in jail with you."

Derek rolled his eyes. "Loosen up Case. It's not really going to be Girls Gone Wild, and weren't definitely not going to end up in jail."

She raised an eyebrow. "We'll see, Derek. Just don't think you're calling me to bail you out."

"Ha! When have I ever needed you to bail me out, Princess. I think it's always the other way around."

"Whatever." Casey turn to Blair who had been silently watching the exchange with Rob. "Let's go Blair. We have some planning to do."

Blair looked at Casey a little uncertainly, knowing the brunette must have a plan. "Bye Rob."

~LwD~

It took Casey a couple of days to come up with a plan, and she was feeling pretty smug when she dialed Sam's phone number.

"Hey Sam, what's up?"

"Uh, hey Case." Sam couldn't help but be a little surprised by the phone call. "Not much. Haven't heard from you in a while. What's happening?"

Casey's tone was casual. "Oh you know, the usual stuff. Studying. Dance team. Planning for Spring Break. How 'bout you?"

Realization hit Sam. "Same old."

"Studying going well?"

Sam smiled, glad this conversation was over the phone. He laid down on his bed and relaxed. This would be an interesting conversation. "Yup. I got an A on my last Sociology paper."

"Good job! How about hockey?"

"Our team's doing well. I played a little in the last game."

"Great! So...um...have you been on any dates lately?

"Took out a cute redhead the other night. We had fun."

"Think you'll call her again?"

"Probably."

"Good for you. So...uh...do you have any Spring Break plans?"

Finally, thought Sam. "Yeah, a bunch of my friends are going to Mexico."

"Mexico!" Casey faked surprise. "That sounds fun. Where will you be staying?"

Purposely vague, Sam answered, "At a resort."

Casey didn't quite pull off the naivete she was trying to convey. "There are so many. I bet it was hard to pick one. Did you make your arrangements yet?"

Sam barely stopped himself from chuckling. "Yup, already made."

Sam could hear the frustration in Casey's voice. "So which one did you choose?"

"The nicest one."

"Sam!" Casey exclaimed unable to beat around the bush any longer.

"Casey, I'm not telling you where we're staying. Derek has already threatened bodily harm to anyone who tells you."

"C'mon Sam," she pleaded.

"No way, Case. I'm not telling you a thing." Sam shook his head even though she couldn't see him.

Casey sighed. "Fine. But I'm not giving up yet."

"You wouldn't be you if you did." He said affectionately. "Good-bye Casey. Have a good day."

"You too Sam. Bye."

Now what am I going to do, she thought. She slumped and tapped her fingers on the desk, looking at her computer. She watched as her screen saver flipped through pictures of family and friends. Suddenly, she sat up as she looked at a picture of her, Derek, Sam, and Ralph taken when they performed as D-Rock. Ralph. Casey picked up her phone and scrolled through her contacts.

…...TBC