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xXx Chapter 6 xXx
The worst possible thing to happen finally did. George and Nora knew, not everything, but enough to be very angry. After Casey got home and Derek explained the whole story to her, she completely broke down. She was angry with herself for being so careless with her stuff, angry with her mother for flipping out and some what mad at Derek for what all he said. The more she thought about the last one, the more she knew she wasn't really mad at him, just at what he said. He was only trying to help, but it seemed to make the problem even worse.
Casey was now sitting alone in her room. For a while she was pacing, but Derek came in and told her to stop, it would only make her freak out more. And he was right, she was so nervous she ended up vomiting twice already. She did everything she knew to calm herself down, listening to soothing music, reading a book, even stretching her legs from dance, and nothing worked. So now she was sitting on her bed, waiting to hear her mothers car pull up. After about 20 minutes of silence, she finally heard the inevitable. Another wave of nausea came across her and she ran to bathroom just in time. As she left the bathroom, Derek was standing at the door. He told her that her mother was home and would be up within a few minutes. Grabbing her in a tight hugged, he consoled her, telling her everything would be fine and that he loved her multiple times before letting her go. She told him thanks and grabbed his hand, leading him to her room, if she was going to face her mother she wanted Derek with her. The two sat in an uncomfortable silence for about 10 minutes before they heard a knock on the door.
"Casey, its mom." Nora said, opening the door. She had a grim expression on her face, but tried to smile at her daughter.
"Mom." Casey said, acknowledging her presence.
Nora looked at Casey, who was on her bed, gripping Dereks hand for dear life. She didn't look surprised, or even fazed at the events, just scared.
"Derek, I know your as big of a part of this as Casey, but I would like to speak to my daughter in private. Your father is home and waiting downstairs for you. After George and I have a talk, we will speak to you two together." Nora said, motioning for Derek to leave the room. Leaning over and kissing Casey on the forehead, he once again whispering that he loved her and all would be okay. Getting up off the bed, he walked to door, giving Casey one last loving look and nodding his head towards her before he exited.
Nora looked at her daughter, she could tell that there was a lot more then sex in the relationship, but that didn't stop her from being angry. Why hadn't Casey told her, why was it all some big secret? Was it that she didn't trust her own mother, or did she think she would disapprove? Not that she did approve, but in all honesty, she felt that her and George would have been completely helpless in this situation. She knew by the way Derek and Casey looked at each other when she had asked Derek to leave the room. It was the same look George gave her everyday, the same look she returned. The look of total and complete love, the look of completion.
"Casey..." Nora said, sitting next to her daughter. "When did this all begin? Why did you two decided not to tell us?"
Casey simply looked at her mother, the look she gave was heartbreaking. Her eyes were red and swollen, and a fresh batch of tears were building up.
"Late September..." Casey started before her mother cut her off.
"Almost a year?!" Nora asked in surprise and shock.
"Of grade 10. Almost two years ago." Casey finished.
"Two years? You and Derek have been having sex for two year and George and I never knew?" Nora asked, she felt as if she couldn't move. She was frozen with shock.
"No mother. Derek and I have been dating for almost two years, we have been having sex for just over a year. And we're safe, condoms, the pill everything,"
"Wait... you dated Derek when he was with Maggie, your good friend, and you never cared?" Nora asked, her mind was now racing.
"Derek and Maggie never dated. She was the one that told him to go after me, the one that finally got us together. She pretended for over a year to be Derek's girlfriend around the family, just so you would never find out. She did it because she cared about us." Casey told her mom, her voice was barely above a small whisper.
"Maggie knows? What about Emily, Cameryn and Sam?" Nora was confused.
"Everyone knows. The whole school, even Edwin and Lizzie, knows. At first it was a huge secret, but we just couldn't hide it, and we ended up telling everyone. They all understood, and some people even said that we took way too long to figure it out. Some people were a little freaked at first, but eventually everyone came along to it. No one thinks were freaks, or that its some strange form of incest, they know that were in love and that all that matters."
"Casey, your too young to be in love. It may feel like it now, but it will pass, you'll find the right guy when the time is right." Nora said, it was more like she was trying to convince herself.
"Mom, you don't understand. You never understand. First, you get married on a whim to some guy I never met, then you move me from all my friends in Toronto to here in London and expect me to adjust to not only a new school, but to a new house and a new family, whom I never met until the day before your wedding." Casey said, calmly but her vice was raising.
"It was hardly enough time to even get to know them, let alone be okay with living with them. Not only did you give me three new siblings, but one of them had to be really cute and completely untouchable because he had the new title of "step brother"! But I never looked at Derek as my stepbrother, he was just always the unattainable boy that happened to live in my house!" Her voice was getting louder now, and she had gotten off of her bad, standing in front of where her mother sat. She could feel the tears building up in her eyes.
"Then finally, as I am least expecting it, he comes and tells me that he loves me, that he always has loved me, since day one, and he never want to lose me. And I tell him that I love him too. Because I really do mom, I really do love Derek, just like how you love George, and I never told you because I knew what you would do. You would tell me that I hadn't given enough thought to the situation and that I shouldn't allow Derek to fill me head with silly childish thoughts!" Casey was finally screaming at her while the tears openly flowed down her face. All the adrenaline in her body had finally disappeared, and she threw herself on her bed.
"Casey. I don't even know what to say to this all. You and Derek should have came to us, and we would of found a way to fix this." Nora said, sitting next to her daughter.
"Mom, you don't get it. Nothing needs fixed." Casey said in between her tears. "I love him, and even though it might be hard for you to except it, he loves me too."
Nora sat silently for a moment, letting it all seep in. She knew by the look on her daughters face that she was one hundred percent sure that she loved Derek and that he felt the same.
"I know. I know you love him. Casey, I just don't know what can happen. Even if we allow you two to continue dating, what happens if you two brake up someday? What if your still in school, and in a few month you guys brake up, and you never want to see him again. There would be no way of stopping you from seeing him, he would always be there, and if he got a new girlfriend, you would have to see him with her. I can't just allow something that awful happen to my child." Nora said, choosing her words carefully. Before Casey even had chance to reply, she left the room, going to find her husband.
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Derek had entered his fathers room to see him surprisingly sitting down, and looking rather somber.
"Nora said you wanted to speak with me." Derek said, taking a seat at his father desk.
"Yes, I would. I want to tell you how incredibly irresponsible you were for not telling me. I always had a feeling that you liked Casey, but I never thought it would lead to this. I had my assumptions, what father wouldn't, though it wasn't exactly what I would have expected. I figured it was some faze, just like you used to go through with every new girl you met, and when you started dating Maggie, I figured it was over." George said, he was still rather calm.
"I know okay. I know I should have said something to you, but I couldn't. I couldn't tell you because of what you might do. I don't want to loose Casey, not now and not ever. I was stupid, okay? I'm a teenage guy, it's what we do, you know. We don't think things through when there is something that we want. Especially when you your in love with that thing." Derek told his father, his voice was somewhat bitter and he had this glazed over look in his eyes.
"I never even dated Maggie. She just pretended to be my girlfriend while around you and Nora so you two wouldn't get all suspicious." He finished, dropping his head into his hands prepared for the worst.
"I kind of had that one figured out. During Christmas this year, when Maggie was here, you two were doing all the couple things, holding hands, kissing cheeks, everything that a normal couple would do. What gave it away was the fact you couldn't tare your eyes from Casey the whole day, and with that gift you gave her, it just wasn't normal. I would have never guessed that you two would have been together though. Speaking of which, how long have you two been together?" George asked his son, hoping the answer was somewhere under a year.
"It'll be two years in late September." Derek answered his father. Georges face went slightly pale, he couldn't believe his son had stayed with a single girl for over a few months, let alone almost two years.
"And don't think we have been having sex that whole time either, because we haven't. We were together eight months before that even happened, and I wasn't the one who insinuated it either, that was all Casey. I wanted to nice, to give her time before we had sex, so she was sure about it, and she was. You may not believe me, but even if we weren't sleeping together, I'd still be with her. I love her dad, more then anything, more then hockey, more then the millions of girls I could be with, more then life itself. I never want to loose her."
"I was afraid you were going to say that. Don't get me wrong, I can defiantly see that your in love with her, I just don't now what we can do about it son. I know there is nothing wrong legally, your not blood related and you two met at age 15, so it wasn't like you grew up together. It's just a very complicated situation Derek. Don't you think everyone will find it odd that your in love with and dating your step sister?" George tired to explain lightly.
"Dad, everyone knows. Edwin, Lizzie, maybe even Marti, I'm not sure though, Sam, Emily, Maggie, Cameryn, everyone at school, they all know Dad. They don't find anything wrong with it, most actually can't believe it took me a year to fess up. Sure, some people didn't like it at first, mainly girls who thought they had a chance with me, but everyone eventually came to support us. I hope you and Nora will too, because it would brake Caseys heart to know her mother doesn't think she's in a good relationship."
"I can't speak for Nora, but I know by looking at you, you really do love her. There is nothing I could say to change your mind, is there?" George asked his son.
"Nothing Dad, nothing at all. I have my mind made up." Derek said, shrugging and standing from his chair.
'Then, what kind of father would I be to tell you that you can't be with her. I'm not saying anything is definite, I still need to speak with Nora, but as far as I'm concerned, I don't see a problem. Casey truly is a lovely girl, and your a very lucky guy to get someone as great as her." George said, standing from his seat, walking towards his son with a smile on his face.
"Wait, so you'll fight for us? Against Nora? You actually don't care?" Derek asked, taken aback by what his father said.
"Its not that I don't care, because I do. Its just that, I don't think there a way I could convince you otherwise at this point." George said, giving Derek a shrug.
Before George knew it his son had thrown his arms around him, telling him thank you a hundred times over.
"I've got to go tell Casey!" He yelled, running from the room, leaving Nora bewilder as she entered her bedroom.
"How did your conversation go?" George asked his wife, noticing her slightly upset face.
"I think she hates me." Nora said, sitting down next to her husband. "Derek seems extremely happy with you, I assume your conversation went better."
"He loves her. Plain and simple Nora."
"I know. She loves him too. What are we going to do?" She asked, contemplating if they could do anything.
"Legally, not much. Casey will be eighteen next week, and there no stopping them after that." George replied, sighing deeply.
"They are far too young to be in this type of relationship. At their age, they should be seeing other people every week, not staying with the same person for two years. I don't really think its very healthy." Nora reasoned.
"Nora, my son actually cares enough for a girl to be with her for two years, don't you think that's something right there?" George asked, raising his eyebrow at his wife.
"Yes, its defiantly something... But is it the real thing? I don't want to see my daughter get hurt, especially by someone she will have to see the rest of her life."
"Your not giving Derek enough credit dear. He's not a bad guy, he'll treat Casey like she deserves. So give him a chance, for our sake. All we need is them sneaking around again, and messing up and having it turn out a lot worse. We should just be happy that they are safe, and Caseys not pregnant or anything." George stated.
"I want her to go away for while. To her fathers, let her get away from the situation and clear her head, come home and decide if this is really what she wants." Nora said quietly.
"You really do want her to hate you, don't you? If we do that, she may never speak to you again."
"They need some time apart George, they need to think. Its not like Casey to jump into something, this just doesn't seem right." Nora said, getting up from her seat and walking across the room. Her hands were going all over the place, she looked as if she was going to have an anxiety attack.
"I will agree with you that they need to think, but I don't think it matters what we say anymore. They will do what they want to, and you better believe that. Dereks not one to listen when he really doesn't care of anyone's opinion. I am sure Casey will do the same thing, if what all Derek has told me is true. I think we need to let them be for now, give them a chance to figure it all out for themselves." George said, standing also. He walked over to Nora and put a comforting arm around her waist. "You need to trust them.'
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Derek had flown out of his fathers room. He ran to the stairs, taking them two at a time. With out even knocking, he opened the door to Caseys room, who at the moment was just sitting on her bed, her face red from crying. Casey looked up at Derek and noticing the smile on his face, she jumped off her bed and threw her arms around him.
"He's going to defend us Casey!" Derek exclaimed, grabbing Casey around the waist and spinning her. Setting her down on her feet , he kissed her deeply. After they broke the kiss they walked over to her bed and sat down, Derek wanting to tell her the rest of the conversation.
"He's going to tell your mom he thinks it will be fine. He said he's not really sure if he fully supports us, but he said there's nothing they can do about it. That were in love and not matter of talking will convince us otherwise." Derek told her. He had a stupid grin plastered on his face, no matter how much he tried it wouldn't leave.
"Oh my god. This is great. I'm not sure what my mother even thinks, all she kept saying was that she didn't want to see me hurt. I know she means well and all, but its like she has no trust for me." Casey said, leaning her head on Dereks chest.
"My dad will do whatever he can for us Case. That's all that matters. Even if your mom doesn't want us together, in a matter of days there is nothing she can do about it. Look on the bright side, we don't have to hide it from them anymore." Derek said, squeezing Casey slightly, kissing the top of her head.
"I know Derek. Lets just hope he can convince my mother. Speaking of which, how are we going to tell yours?" She asked, cocking an eyebrow.
Casey had only met Abbey Erickson ( she went back to her maiden name after the divorce) a total of three times. She was a rather, to put it nicely, perfect and clean person. Even more so then Casey. She liked everything to be nice and white, and she hated disorder. She also was a stickler on time and had every part of her day planned to a tee. She hated it when something "came up" and it ruined her perfectly planned day.
On the three occasions Casey had met the woman, Abbey was not in a pleasant mood. The first two times they were at the hospital with Marti. The first time she had gotten a jellybean stuck up her nose the day after Easter, God only knows why she put it up there, but for whatever reason it was, she had to get it taken out at the hospital. The second time was when Marti had gotten kicked in the face during recess. She ran in front of the swings, not noticing the girls on them, and ended up getting her nose broken by an eight years old shoe. The third and most recent time was when Derek had gotten knocked out during a hockey match and gone unconscious for 10 minutes. He had a major concussion, but everything was fine other then that, he only ended up with a bruised ribcage, and his ego was slightly deflated, if only for a day.
"I was thinking, we could just wait until the wedding. That way she wont get all fussy about it." Derek said, half joking, half serious.
"And who said I was going to marry you? You haven't even asked yet." Casey laughed.
"Maybe I will then." Derek said, all serious, not a hint of joking in his voice.
Casey just looked at him, she was in shock. "Are you serious? Your really going to ask me to marry you?"
"Someday, but not right now. Lets jump over this hurdle first before we add anything else to it." Derek said, holding her closer.
"Okay, I guess I can handle that." Casey said, smiling to herself.
The two sat and talked for a few more minutes until Edwin appeared at Casey door. His face held no emotion, so they were unsure if it was good, or bad.
"They want you two to go downstairs, in the dining room. They need to discus things with you." Edwin said, before he turned and left the room.
Casey looked at Derek, her face held every emotion imaginable. She was scared, who wouldn't be, but she also confidant in George. Derek squeezed her again, giving her a reassuring smile. The two got off the bed, and made their way down the stairs, Caseys arms wrapped tightly around Dereks waist, as he held her around the shoulders. Before they made it to the bottom landing, Derek gave her a quick kiss.
"All or nothing babe. I'll never leave you." He whispered into her ear. "I love you"
"I love you too." Casey said back, taking the last few steps down the stairs.
There fate was in the hands of their parents. One, supported them whole heartedly, the other was unsure if this was the right idea. All they knew was that they still loved each other, and no matter what their parents thought, they would overcome this barrier.
"Casey, Derek. We have something to talk to you about." Nora began, motioning for the couple to come into the room.
They entered the room, planning on pleading their case. They didn't care what their parents came up with, they would do what they felt was right.
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A/N: CLIFFHANGER! OMG, weren't expecting that, now were you? MWAHAHAHAHAHA! lol, sorry, had to get it out of my system, you understand, don't you? Other then that, Dereks thinking of marriage... wow, its crazy I know. But hey, he'll do anything to keep Casey, and if that's what it takes...
Already started next chapter, it will be out soon. In that you will find out what George and Nora have decided, and thats probably all. It will be pretty short, I'm sure of that. Then again, you never know.
I've noticed everyone is a lil OOC, sorry about that. It just sort of happens...
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