Derek didn't wake up until he felt someone kick him. He didn't remember going to sleep with anyone else. He knew he wasn't out last night partying. He went out to dinner and then went home, and he didn't go to dinner with anyone besides Casey and there would be no way she was in his bed. He figures it must be Marti who got scared during the middle of the night. She has done it a few times but she would usually wake Derek up before she climbed into bed. Derek was thinking that maybe because he was so tired she couldn't get him to wake up. He decided to not worry about it and to just let her sleep. Within a few minutes he found himself drifting back to sleep again. The next time he woke up it was ten o'clock. He decided he would get up now. That is when he noticed his hands were around someone's waist. That is when he started to freak out. This wasn't Marty next to him this was someone that he went to bed with last night and he couldn't remember how they got in his bed. He couldn't help but get a little scared by this.
"Oh my god! What is going on!?"
"Derek shut up! I'm trying to sleep."
"Casey! Why are you in my bed?!"
"What are you talking about your in my room?"
"Case, open your eyes."
Casey was a little reluctant to doing what Derek said. She was afraid that he had something up his sleeves and she was just going to be falling into one of his traps like she always did. It took her some time but she finally opened her eyes and when she did she started to freak out. She couldn't believe where she was. The room she was in wasn't hers or Derek's. She wasn't sure where she was. She didn't remember going anywhere else after they got home. Maybe they went to a party and somehow they convinced her to drink and now she can't remember what happened. The way Derek was acting made her feel like he didn't know what was going on either. She just wanted to get home now and figure out what happened.
"Derek this isn't your room wither!"
"Yeah I know, I'm trying to figure all this out."
He got up and started to look around the room. There were picture all over the room. IN the frames on the dresser were of three little kids. There was a big picture in the middle of the three kids. On both sides were picture taken by them or at school. The oldest one was a boy and he looked 7 years old, the middle child was a girl and she was around the age of 4. The youngest on looked 3 years old and was a girl. When looking at the picture Derek noticed how much they looked like him. He was trying to figure out everything, could this be what the fortune cookie told him last night. That couldn't be true because if it was than Casey wouldn't be here.
"Um, Derek something is not right."
"Really? What gave you that idea?"
"No, I mean by the way you look."
"Casey, what are you talking about?!
"You look older!"
When she said that Derek walked over towards the mirror on the wall. When he looked in the mirror he saw an older looking man looking back at him. He was shocked by what he saw. He wondered how old he was. That is when he turned to talk to Casey. He noticed how beautiful she was. That however many years it has been has only made her look better. That's when Derek noticed the picture next to the mirror. This one didn't have any kids in it this one was of Derek and Casey. When he looked at the picture he realized it was his wedding picture. He then looked down at his left hand to see that he had a wedding band on his hand. He was trying to figure out how Casey and himself would ever marry. They never got along with each other, how this marriage would ever work.
"Casey look at your left hand."
"Okay you're acting strange."
Casey looked down at her left hand to see a diamond engagement ring and a gold wedding band looking back at her. She remembered her fortune cookie but she would never have thought that it would be true. Derek was her husband! She would have thought she would have found a nice guy and she would have married him not the one guy she couldn't stand to be around.
"Oh my gosh! Derek are we, are we married!?"
"I think we are look at this picture."
"Derek, I can't believe this!"
Derek told Casey to quiet down because just has he covered her mouth a little head popped through the door. This must be one the children that they had together. He could tell she looked a little concerned by what they were yelling about. He wondered how much they fought around the children. Was this a regular thing or did they never fight and got a long prefect.
"Mommy is everything okay? You and Daddy are fighting and you guys never fight."
"Oh, everything is okay."
"Well the other two sent me in here to check on you two."
"Baby girl just tell them that your daddy said to go downstairs to get ready for breakfast."
"Sure will do."
Then they door closed. Derek looked back to Casey. He just felt happy that his children seemed to be happy at least the one did. He wondered what their names were. He had a feeling what he wanted to call them but he wasn't sure if Casey would agree. He was sure that Casey had some ideas what he wanted to call her children and he had no idea what they were and if he would agree to them.
"Wow we have kids too!"
"Yeah we have two girls and one boy."
"Derek we have a problem."
"What is the problem?"
"We don't know their names. I have a feeling about the older girl but not the other two."
"Then what is your idea?"
"I think her name might be Lucilla."
"I would never allow you!"
"I think you did because that is the name I always wanted to call my girl."
"We have to find out the rest then."
The two walked down the stairs and that is when Casey first saw all three of her children the boy looked just like Derek. The older daughter looked like Casey a lot. It was like she was looking at herself again as a child. She couldn't believe that the youngest child looked like both of them. When she saw her and how there were traits of both Derek and herself she could only smile. Seeing the look in their eyes of hope and so much love just gave Casey a great feeling in her stomach.
"Mommy, Lucilla won't stop bugging me!"
"Sweetie what is she doing?"
"She keeps calling me a baby!"
"I did not call her a baby!"
"Yes you did! You called me a three year old baby!"
"That's a lie! I would never call Katie a baby!"
"Okay you two enough! Lucilla apologize to Katie."
"Sorry Katie."
"See that is what big girls do."
"Daddy, what's for lunch today?"
"Well how about we start out with breakfast first which will be cereal."
"Cereal but dad I don't like cereal!"
"Derek stop complaining! You liked cereal yesterday!"
"Kids please go into the kitchen and get ready."
The kids walked into the kitchen and got everything out for the cereal. They all seemed to work together to get the meal ready. Derek and Casey stayed behind. Derek couldn't believe how happy he was in this moment. He always wanted to have a son to teach him all the things that he knew. He always wanted someone to be able to look up to him and be proud of him. He knew he made mistakes but having kids he knew he would do better.
"Casey!?"
"Yeah Derek what's the matter?"
"Casey! You gave me a junior!"
"Is that a good or a bad thing?"
"Casey that is such a good thing."
"Derek what happens if we can't go back to the way things were."
"Casey this might sound wrong but I don't want things to go back to the way there were before."
"Why don't you want to go back because you have a son named after you?"
"No because everything seems how I dreamed it would be when I got married."
"Except me, you didn't except me to be the one you were married to."
"No Case don't say that. You are the perfect wife."
"How do I know I can't even remember anything before today? The last thing I remember was coming home from the restaurant."
"I know me too."
"Derek we are 17 trapped in an adult body."
"Casey maybe there is a reason why we are here."
"Derek I want to go back to being seventeen again."
"Well until we can figure out how too, we need to go take care of the three kids we have."
They walked into the kitchen and Derek went and got the cereal. Casey was wondering how Derek knew where everything was. Then Casey had something pop into her head. She knew today was Tuesday and it had been 10 years later. That she had to help her son get ready to go to school. She didn't know how she knew but all that she knew was she had to do this. She wondered if over time things would start to come back to them. Casey didn't want to mess up. She knew that the kids expected one way of living and didn't want to mess up their lives.
