Title: Years
Chapter: One
Couple: Casey/Cappie
Fandom: Greek
Words: 1,094
Rating: PG-13
A year ago today, you confessed to her that in ten years you just wanna be with her. That's all you wanted. And now you're standing here on the Zeta Beta Zeta lawn wearing an overly stuffy blue blazer trying to find the words to finish what you started.
It's freezing outside, unusual for Cyprus because as long as you've been here, there's been a weather bubble around Cyprus-Rhodes University. It could be twenty degrees in the rest of the state and students at CRU would be walking around in shorts, tank tops, and miniskirts, not that you have anything against miniskirts.
Casey's wearing a pink dress that hits right at the knee and despite the white sweater she's wearing over it, you can totally tell she's cold and it makes you smirk, to which she rolls her eyes in response.
A year ago, you stood on the other side of this street and watched Evan lavaliere her, raising your cup from the movie theater in response as anguish crossed over her face. And you secretly hope that she's realizes you're doing this today because of what happened last year.
And that you love her.
When the Omega Chis do this, they sing some little ditty about the qualities of an Omega Chi girl. About how pure she is. And how nice she is. And other so called "redeeming qualities" that girl posses.
Kappa Tau doesn't have a song because the last girl you can remember being lavaliered in Kappa Tau history was your freshman year when Kirby Frasier got his girlfriend pregnant and they hastily got married.
Right now, you managed to assemble Wade, Beaver, Heath, Ben Bennet, Tom, Donny, and Rusty. Rusty, Wade, Beaver, and Heath are the only ones who took this seriously besides yourself. Tom is hung-over. Donny is stoned. Ben spilt beer on his t-shirt. Beaver, Heath, and Wade managed to find their blue blazers, although Beaver's is a bit too small and you're pretty sure that it's the one in the douche bag bag. Rusty looks better than you, what with the pressed shirt and starched kaki pants.
You're wearing a tie, if that's any consolation. Sure, it's hanging loosely around your neck over your plaid shirt and your khaki pants have a stain on them but Casey's looking at you expectantly and all the thoughts in your head just flew the coup.
"Uh, Casey," you begin and then pause again. She nods her head a bit, encouragement to keep going, and you glance up at the Zeta Betas standing behind their president. Ashleigh's smiling at you, Frannie is too and you're a bit surprised. But then again, she's dating Evan, so the fact that Casey's with you is making her life a little easier. You glance over at the front porch of the ZBZ house, where Rebecca and a few of her pledge sisters are scowling at you.
You would have figured that after Rebecca's little dance with Will from Ohio Technical University during spring break and her comment of how you're not over your ex-girlfriend and how Casey's always been in this would make her get over you break up a little easier, a little quicker. But then again, she slept with both Casey's men and both of them ended up with someone else.
"Cappie, she whispers just so you can hear her and it's the first time you realize fear has settled into those beautiful brown eyes of hers. The first time you realize she's afraid you're not going to go through with this. The she passed around that horridly decorated candle in a circle twice for nothing.
"Casey, I love you," you manage to say. It's simple and straight forward but it's you. And that's all you've ever tried to be.
"I love you too," Casey whispers back with a smile and you can't help but return it. Turning behind you, you gesture to Wade to produce what you bought earlier this morning but Wade's making eyes a Kelsey Stevens and Beaver has to elbow him to his attention.
"Oh, yeah," Wade replies as he hands you the pink box he's been hiding behind his back this whole time.
"You bought a pie," Casey mumbles and you nod as you open up the pink box to expose a coconut custard pie, your letters placed on top of the whipped topping.
Casey gasps and you smile even bigger.
"Cappie," she says dragging out the second 'p' as she touches the side of the pink box.
"Coconut Custard," you reply as you hand Beaver the pink box. Picking up your letters, you both laugh as a glob of filling sticks to the Greek letters for Tau and Gamma. "Wear my letters?"
"Of course," Casey replies with a smile and you take a step forward to hook the necklace around her neck. She laughs as the sticky substance hits her sink and you return her laughter as you slide your hands under her hair and flip it out from under the chain.
Reaching up, she pulls the lapels of your blue blazer so your face is inches away from hers.
"I love you," you mumble as you capture her lips with yours. You wrap your arm her waist and pull her right up against yourself, her body molding into yours as the Kappa Taus cheer and the ZBZs clap politely.
"Finally," Ashleigh says over the cheers and excitement.
Breaking away, you both laugh and Casey throws Ashleigh a look before you resume what you were previously doing.
"All right, nothing to see here, folks," Beaver directs from behind you and you can feel the pie box being shoved in between the two of you. Breaking away from her, you glare at Beaver for interrupting as you accept the pink box back.
"Kappa Tau house," you offer with a smile and Casey bits her lip. "Wouldn't want this delicious pie to go to waste."
"No," Casey replies and you're not sure if she's saying no to wasting the pie or no to going back to the KT house.
"We certainly wouldn't," Casey tells you as she fingers your letters around her neck, the filling from the pie ending up on her fingers. Sticking her index finger in her mouth, she sucks the filling right off and you groan.
"I love you," you tell her again. "I know I don't tell you that enough but…"
She cuts you off, holding an index finger up to your lips.
"I know," she tells you with a smile. "I love you too."