Chapter 3:
At the McDonald-Venturi Residence
There were two different types of music blasting throughout the house. Casey was in her room, working out at the beat of her music, trying to clam down her frustration. Derek also had his music on, blasting, although he wasn't doing much, other then just laying on his bed, upside down. Marti was in her room, playing wedding with her dolls, pretending they were Casey and Derek. Edwin and Lizzie was in Edwin's room, trying to write down all the events that happened, as well as everyone's reactions, in their research binder.
Nora and George were in the kitchen, drinking coffee and tea and trying to clam their nerves so they can think of something.
"Derek and Casey are mad." George stated.
"Thanks Captain Obvious," Nora said.
"Nora…"
"Think Georgie. Isn't there any way to reverse this?" Nora asked, trying to think of something, anything that will help her kids.
"The only thing I can think of is getting them annulled. But Smith and Priest already covered that we can't do that.
::Flashback::
"Now that you both are legally married, I don't want you see you without the ring on your finger." The Priest said.
"The marriage cannot be annulled." The Judge said.
"Why not?" George asked.
"The Priest and I went through trouble to see that this wedding takes place, hence, I am not letting them off the easy way. They are supposed to learn something from this." The Judge said.
"If they share a room or not, that will be up to the parents." The Priest said.
"They are suppose to act like a married couple," Judge added, "And I will be checking up on that with Mr. Venturi."
"Why are you doing this us? What have we done to you?" Casey asked, she was in tears. "You didn't even hear our side of the story."
"Which was…" The Priest asked.
"My bra got unclipped, and since I didn't want to be disrespectful while the wedding was going on, I asked Derek to clip it back on." Casey said. "Was that a crime?"
The Priest looked a little dumbfounded. Maybe I should have heard their side of the story first…
::End Flashback::
George and Nora turned their heads as they heard someone come down the stairs. Derek walked in, dragging Casey behind him.
"Ouch, Der-ek! That hurts." Casey said as he pushed her down on to a stool.
"Okay, here's the deal. No one knows Case and I are married besides the seven of us! No one else WILL EVER know that we're married. Here, take this," Derek said as he gave his ring to George. He also took Casey's hand, took off her ring, and gave it to George.
"We're going to go on as if nothing happened. NOTHING happened, alright?!?" The other three nodded, and looked at Derek as if he had three heads. "I'm still single, and Casey's still a nerd! I'm ganna go tell the other three. Remember, this gets out to NO ONE!!!
Derek left, and there was silence in kitchen.
"I agree with Derek. I'll make something up if Judge Smith asks." George said. Nora nodded along with him.
"I'm in too. I'm surprised we didn't think of this before. It would have been way easier then yelling, screaming and trying not to swear at either the Judge or the Priest." Casey said. "I'm going to head up to my room and do some homework alright?"
"Be sure to come down when I call for dinner." Nora said.
Casey left, and then came back five second later. George and Nora looked at her, expecting her to start talking.
"Ummm….George, would you mind if I keep my ring?" She asked.
"Oh." George was a little speechless. "Of course, here." He said after a little pause.
"Thanks." Casey said as she ran up to her room with it. She went to her jewelry box and placed the ring in the little pocket on the side, which was always empty for some unknown reason.
She closed the box, with the ring inside it.
The ring will not be forgotten that easily.
Ace!
