"I like the hockey off-season. I like it when you get to spend large chunks of the daytime at home with your writer wife while your kids are at school."

"I know you do. It's one of the reasons we have so many kids."

Derek and Casey were standing in the kitchen. The kids would be home from school soon, so they were dressed and looking like respectable parents, and not like the two newlyweds they had resembled an hour ago. But just because they were respectable parents did not mean that Derek's hands weren't allowed to explore his wife's body in the last few minutes of quiet before the door went. In fact, a last minute grope was compulsory.

"Der-ek!" Casey giggled as the front door crashed open.

"God dad, put her down. You're too old for that sort of stuff now."
Derek ignored his eldest son and bent to kiss Casey one last time. As he straightened up he smirked at his son. "And too old to consider taking you to the Leafs game?"

"You're kidding?"

Casey reached into Derek's back pocket and removed the tickets, waving them in the air.

"Okay. So maybe you aren't such a lame rent after all."
Derek smirked. Casey rolled her eyes.

"How was school?" She asked. Derek and Stig looked at her as if she was speaking a foreign language. She pulled a face at them both.

"I am still allowed to ask that question. Mom prerogative."

"School was its usual, unbelievable self. Although today was made slightly better by a particularly good Klutzilla moment."

Derek looked up, amused to see the expression on his wife's face.

"Klutzilla?"

"Lucy. Tanked it going down the stairs and bit some random guy's ass."

Casey's eyes whipped round to fix Derek's. And he was trying so hard not to laugh.

"Lucy?"

"Lucy "Klutzilla" Morgan. Keener, grade grubber and Klutzilla."

Casey interjected "who just happens to be gorgeous, bright, intelligent."
"…annoying, irritating….do you need more?" He stomped off to his room.

Derek looked at Casey.

"So erm, Case…when are the Morgan's coming to dinner?"

"Saturday. While Stig's at Lizzie and Edwin's."

"Great. Not a moment too soon."

Casey laughed and let him start molesting her again.