Hey guys!! This is my first story so please be very nice.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters I am writing about… I'm just going to borrow them.

It was Friday afternoon and the television was on almost as loud as it could be when Casey stormed in the door. Derek was sitting in his chair when he heard Casey scream "God I hate school!" Now normally Derek would have just ignored her, but this statement peaked his interest. What was keener Casey going on about now?

Derek turned in his chair to look at her. "Did I just hear you say you hated school?" Derek asked. Casey just rolled her eyes and glared at him. "Where is mom or Lizzie I really need to talk to one of them."

"George took her and the kids to a movie then to stay at some overnight lodge. You do know what that means right? We get the house all to ourselves. Wait did I just hear you say you of all people hate school?" As he said this he turned back around and continued watching the hockey game. That's when Casey broke down and started crying. When Derek heard the sobbing he turned around to look at her.

"Honey, are you OK? What's the matter? What happened at school? Did somebody hurt you, because if they did they are going to regret it. No one messes with Derek Venturi's girlfriend." At this point Derek was fuming and Casey was looking at him like he was crazy.

While Derek was yelling Casey came over and sat in his lap. "Derek in order to defend my honor you would end up telling everyone that we have been dating for the past 6 months. And no, no one did anything, well unless you count Kendra telling me that I will never find anyone who loves me and will always be alone". Derek looked at Casey and just smiled.

"Well you do know that you could just tell everyone about us right?" Derek said as he started to kiss her neck. Casey started giggling."Der, you know that no one at school will understand it. I mean we're steps."

"OK I know how you feel but I think that they would understand. But since I know how you feel how about I make it up to you. As I said earlier, the parents will be gone until tomorrow night. How about we have a movie night? You go change into your pajamas and pick the movie while I change, order the pizza and pop the popcorn. Do you want pepperoni with black olives?" Casey looked at him with a huge smile.

After the pizza was delivered, the popcorn popped, and both were changed they started the movie. Casey had picked the movie Step up. As he saw the look on her face, he reached down and kissed the top of her head. "This is my favorite movie ever!!" Casey cried at the end.

Derek looked at her and said," Just so you know, I am never wearing tights for you."