Alright, so I know quite a few people read my story except not many people reviewed… which makes me so sad, so I guess I will have to go to my old rule and require 5 reviews before I post the next chapter. Hope you enjoy the chapter…

"Oh my god Casey!" her mother exclaimed, throwing her arms around her. "Please save me from your aunt," she whispered in Casey's ear.

She squeezed her mother in return. "And how is Vicki?"

Nora faked a loud laugh. "They leave Monday morning, that is all I know," she whispered aside.

"Ah," Casey said. She then let go of her mother. "I've missed you all."

George hugged her next. "I'm glad that you're here. Getting excited about the wedding?"

She plastered on a smile. "Yeah, it's going to be fabulous."

"And there's my future son in law," Nora said, engulfing Max in a hug.

He smiled at her. "Yes, it's coming up fast."

He then turned to Casey. "I will let you visit with your family tonight. I will see you tomorrow."

She smiled. "Sounds good."

He kissed her on the cheek, said good-bye to everyone, and then left.

Casey let her mother drag her and Lizzie into the living room where they were bombarded on questions about their past week in New York together.

"Oh it was great, Casey and dad made sure that we checked out some of the real touristy things. You know, the statue of Liberty, the Empire State building, Ellis Island, Central Park—of course Casey took me to a few great restaurants and we went out to a couple great clubs."

Casey smiled. Lizzie had loved everything about New York. She of course didn't want to live there but she had loved everything about the whole visit.

"Dad took her to most of the touristy stuff while we did more of the shopping things."

"Of course it would have been nice to catch a game, the Leafs were playing," Lizzie grinned.

Casey felt a sudden pang. She remembered Lizzie's disappointment over not going to the Rangers game. Casey would have liked to have gone too despite the pain over seeing a certain star forward on the Leafs team. The game was sold out and despite the contacts that Casey and their father had, they were unable to get any tickets.

Marti came bounding into the living room. Her black and purple hair bouncing as she stopped at the bottom of the stairs. Marti was sixteen almost seventeen. She grew into quite the beauty, but liked the glam Goth and emo mix. She was very stylish and probably the most popular girl in school. She definitely took after Derek.

"Casey!" she said.

Casey stood and let the young girl hurl herself at Casey in a rib crushing hug.

Marti then started in on her ramblings about her life and her excitement for Casey. She was going to be one of her bridesmaids.

Finally George decided it was time for dinner. They battled over take out or going out. Finally Nora declared that since the next night was the rehearsal dinner and it was going to be a big shindig downtown, take out won.

Again, Casey felt the anxious feeling seep through her blood and knot in her gut. This was definitely not looking good. She decided it had to be cold feet. She loved Max, she did.

George took care of the ordering the Chinese food while Fiona and Harry shared about their last anniversary.

Soon they were all caught up, full, and Casey found herself a little tired.

Nora looked over at her daughters. Lizzie was chatting animatedly with Marti about something. Casey was looking pretty drained. She would need some rest for the next couple of days.

"Casey, sweetie why don't you go to sleep in your room," Nora said stroking her on the back of her head.

"I thought Vicki…"

"Vicki took Lizzie's room this morning. She figured that you would need your room for the wedding day, so it was just easier for her to switch over to Lizzie's room."

Lizzie lived in an apartment with her boyfriend Jamie about twenty minutes away from the house. Lizzie looked like she was ready to escape from the family and return to her own sweetie.

Casey gave a grateful smile as she said goodnight to everyone then made her way upstairs. She paused when she passed Derek's door. She ran her fingers over the pictures and the keep out sign. She laughed. It had never really worked on her. She had some fond memories in that room. She sighed as she placed her hand back at her side and continued on to her room.

She entered her room and was amazed at much it was the same. She flopped down on her bed and stared at the ceiling. She tried to figure out where her feelings and dread were coming from.

Max was a great guy. Sure he had some quirks, like he was too stubborn, and he could really become an ass when they got into an argument. But every couple had their problems. Nothing was perfect.

She turned onto her side and then noticed a picture. She smiled. It was a picture of her and Derek when they were 17. It was after his birthday when they managed to become pretty good friends.

"Here Derek," Casey said, holding out the present she had gotten for Derek for his birthday.

He looked at the present then at her, grinning. "It better not be a book."

She scowled at him then put on a small smile. "Just open it," she said, pushing it at him. She was practically out of the room at his door.

He tore off the paper off the small box. It was a cd – the newest Jack White and the Raconteurs. He had been wanting this cd for a while and hadn't had the chance to get it.

"Thanks Case."

She smiled. "Yeah, you're welcome."

She left him in his room and went back to her own. He could discover the real gift later when he would play it; hopefully he would play it that day or sometime during the week.

Suddenly she heard a shout then a quick running then her door slammed open.

"How did you get these tickets?"

She turned and smiled. "I'm sorry?"

"I asked you how you got these tickets."

She shrugged. "You know, I stole them."

He just stared at her. "Did you make a joke?"

She grinned. "I am not going to tell you how I got the tickets. They are my birthday gift to you."

He came over and hugged her tight. "Thank you so much."

She let him hug her. "Alright, so we have a family feel good moment going on. I never thought I would see the day."

He scowled at her. "This is not a family feel good moment, it's I can't believe you got me tickets to see Sydney Crosby. He's my idol. And I will get to see him play the Leafs. This is the best birthday present ever."

"Better than your car from George?"

He smirked. "Yeah, way better."

She shrugged again. "So who are you going to take to the game?"

He just stared at her. "Oh—I guess I…"

She shrugged. "You have the week to think about it."

He smirked at her again. "Alright, well I'm going to go listen to my new cd," he said as he rose from her bed. He leaned down and kissed her on the head. "Thanks a million Case."

She watched him leave her room. She stared after him. That was the sweetest he had ever been.

Throughout the week a bond grew between the two of them. The fighting practically became non-existent and the house seemed to fall into a peace time.

Casey had assumed that Derek would have taken Sam to the game but he surprised her by choosing her. It was Saturday afternoon and Casey had just gotten off the phone with Emily when Derek burst into her room.

"Hey, knocking is always nice," she said.

He smirked. "I guess but well, I had some good news. Make sure you're ready for the game, we need to leave at five thirty."

She frowned. "What?"

He arched a brow. "It will be an experience, trust me. Going to a live game is almost better than coming to one of my games."

She rolled her eyes.

"Sydney Crosby, come on, you know you want to go."

He left her to get ready. She made sure she was ready to go and let Derek lead her out of the house.

The game was great and Casey really had a great time. Derek got himself a jersey and Casey bought a hat.

It was after the game that Casey would remember the most. They went to Smelly Nelly's for a bite to eat. They shared a bunch of appetizers then drove back to the house. They went in quietly since everyone else was asleep.

Derek's hand went to the small of her back as he followed her up the stairs.

They stopped outside her bedroom door.

"I had a blast, thanks for taking me Derek," she smiled at him.

He gave a cross between his smirk and a genuinely sweet smile. "Well, I figured it was only fair since you were the one that went through all the trouble of getting me the tickets. If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have had the chance to meet him."

She smiled. "It was still very sweet."

He handed her a bag that held her hat.

She turned and went into her room. "Goodnight Derek."

"Goodnight."

She entered her room and got ready for bed. She opened the bag to take out her hat when she realized that it held Derek's jersey. She smiled. She would have to give it back to him the next day but in the meantime what was the harm in her wearing it to bed.

She was lying on her stomach on her bed with her feet bouncing on her pillow as she listened to her Ipod and went through the pictures of her and Derek at the game. She was so absorbed in the song that she didn't hear Derek come into her room.

Derek froze at the sight of her on her bed. She looked hot and he had never felt so conflicted in his life. She was in his new jersey signed by the great one and normally he would have been pissed but damn, he wanted her so badly.

She felt his presence in her room; she turned to look at him. Then she saw it. The look of desire, lust, friendship, like—love. She just stared at him.

Then before she knew it Derek was beside her on the bed and they were kissing. She felt herself falling deeply into the kiss and just felt that it was the most right moment of her life.

Casey sighed as she picked up the photo of her and Derek at the game. That was the start of their relationship. The years that she went out with Derek were some of the fondest memories of her life.

She sighed again as she closed her eyes.

Alright she was beginning to have doubts about the wedding. But it was just cold feet, wasn't it?

She looked at the picture of her and Derek. "Oh boy," she muttered to herself. "I'm still in love with you," she whispered to the picture.

Alright, so I just keep leading you on, showing you all these great memories with her and Derek. You'll just have to review to find out what will happen next. I mean what will Derek do when he shows up at home again? Will she go through with the wedding? Review and let me know what you thought and what you think will happen. Laterz :P