A/N: Hi everyone! I realize that it's been a while since I've written anything but here I am with another Life with Derek work. This is my first multiple chapters story, hopefully it's good. It's a future fic and there are slight differences making it A/U from the show. Edwin and Lizzie are slightly younger than what they are in the show for this story to work. Please read and review.
Six years ago, I left my family and friends to start a new life. At first, I thought it was the best decision of my life. But now, I'm not so sure. I mean, I have everything I ever wanted, a beginning to a good career and a home…well sort of. I live with my fiancé Dylan and we are a perfect match. He's a top notch lawyer and I'm the number one accountant for his law firm. You would think that being part of the same company meant that we run into each other often, but with the law firm having many different departments, we've never met, that is until we were both made to be errand people and grab lunch for our own respectable department, from there our relationship sky-rocketed; we spend a great amount of time together except lately, Dylan's been staying late to finish his many cases, meaning that our time together has dwindled. Soon though, we'll be leaving for a small family reunion, my family reunion to be more exact.
I haven't seen my family for over two years being that the law firm kept holding Christmas dinners and parties that were mandatory for staying in the social sphere. I missed them, I truly did. Mom and George are still happily in love, even though I'm pretty sure they still aren't over the fact that they have to raise each other's kids, or trying to at least. Mart is a fantastic kid who still gets over excited; Edwin and Lizzie are hormonal teenagers who each have their respected list of exes. And as for Derek, well we haven't spoken to each other since I moved out. All I know about him is that he too moved out, but stayed close to home. We saw each other three Christmases ago but with both the Venturis and McDonalds, it was hard for us to actually sit down and catch up. And as for the kids, I hope they remained the same since I last saw them.
"Casey? It's me Dylan, call me as soon as you can. I have some urgent news I need to tell you."
I checked my voicemail as soon as I got home from a shopping trip for the family reunion as I couldn't turn up empty handed. And Dylan was working late again.
"Dylan, you called? What is it?" I asked as soon as he picked up his phone.
"Hey sweetie, I have some good news and some bad news to tell you. The good news is that I got the Smith vs. Truman case."
"That's excellent Dylan," really, this was the biggest case of the year, of course I was excited for him, if he won the case, his reputation would improve immensely, not that he wasn't well known before, as I said, he is a top notch lawyer.
He continued on speaking. "The bad news is that I can't make it on time for you reunion."
"Oh." Well that certainly put a damper on things.
"But don't worry, you go on ahead first and I'll be with you a couple days later. This way, you'll have some extra time to stay with your family."
"That's fine. I'll meet you there."
"Okay, I'll be home a little later. I love you Casey."
It took a beat before I answered. "I love you too Dylan."
This was going to be harder than I thought; facing my family with Dylan was one thing, facing them alone was another.