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Casey hadn't been going to school since the 'Beeyoch Attack' as Casey mentally dubbed it. Every day when Toni went to school one of the McFly boys or Busted, with the exception of James went to stay with Casey. Toni said it was so she wouldn't be board, Casey knew it was so she didn't do something stupid like forget to eat… or move. It wasn't exactly depression, but Toni thought it was pretty close. Casey had told her she "slowly, but surely slipping deeper into the suffocating abyss of boredom" and Toni thought she was going emo. Unbeknownst to Toni, when she left the room Casey was laughing her butt off.

Today all the boys were there, even Danny although he hasn't talked to Casey since the 'Beeyoch Attack'. Toni had to go to school early because she had two test today, so they decided to come for breakfast. Danny and Harry had eaten breakfast at their places, but the other half of the band didn't. So as Toni got a quick breakfast ready to eat on the go Tom and Dougie got theirs ready to eat at the table while Danny and Harry were setting up Tom's X-Box in the living room. For weeks now Tom and Dougie had noticed some change in Casey, she wasn't the same girl they visited in California only a few months ago and met during the Just My Luck movie shoot a year before. They didn't know what it was, but somehow the move seemed to have made her quieter and more secluded.

"What's up with Casey?" Tom asked suddednly Toni as he took a drink from his orange juice.

"Ya, she seems a little… off." Dougie said agreeing with Tom's concern as he grabbed Tom's plate and pulled in front of himself. Tom glared at his actions. Toni watched the boys as her thought wandered to her younger cousin. She hadn't told the others what happened with Danny, he hadn't either, so she just told them she was sick. In a way Casey was sick, from her encounter with those girls, she had changed and seemed different. She let out a sigh, then let her gaze drop, that was only part of the reason and Toni knew it. This made the guys pause and stare at her with concern and confusion etched on their faces.

"I don't know she doesn't tell me stuff or talk to me anymore… ever since we moved here. I think she's still pissed at me for moving us over here. It's just so… ugh! Sometimes I feel like I'm her mother or something, nagging her to get up and go to school, always fighting about things we never use to. But I don't know what it is, she wasn't like this before. We used to be so close like sisters or best friends, but now she's just…" Toni shrugged not knowing how she could possibly finish.

"We could talk to her for you if you like." Tom casually offered. Toni looked up to see both of her friends looking at her with a hint of pity in their eye, probably as they imagined have just lost your father/ only real parent left and now having to raise your younger cousin who's going through a teenage rebellion stage of her life, all when your just becoming a legal adult, while going to college full time. Toni sighed, glanced down at her watch and stood up.

"You guys can do whatever you want because if I don't go now I'm gonna be late for class. See ya later." They mumbled their goodbyes as she flung her backpack over her shoulder, grabbed her coffee and toast and rushed out the door.

Tom and Dougie looked at each other, thinking about what to do.

"You want to go talk to her?" Dougie asked Tom as resting his chin onto his hand. Tom shook his head, "Na, she' closer to you anyways. You can go talk to her."

"Gee, thanks…"

"Casey? Can I talk to you for a minute?" Dougie called from outside her closed bedroom door. He knocked on the door again. After a few minutes of standing outside her bedroom like a loser he decided to just walk in, "Case, I'm coming in now!" he slowly turned the knob, half expecting to have Casey start yelling things along the lines of "Dougie get out, I'm naked!" (Implying she just stepped out of the shower… of course) or the horror movie loving part of him expected to find her hung by the neck in the middle of the room. He paused slightly when the horror movie thought entered his mind. Shut the hell up and get in there! He didn't get either reaction though, he walked in and her room was empty. He looked around and called out, "Casey? Hello?"

He heard something from Casey's bathroom, it sounded like a gagging. He rushed over and opened the door to find Casey with her head hovering over the toilet… puking.

"Oh Casey… sorry, I didn't mean to umm…" Dougie walked over to her, feeling awkward as hell, and held back her hair. Once it sounded like she was done he grabbed the toilet paper and unrolled her some. They cleaned up as best they could then went to the kitchen to get something inside Casey's stomach.

"Do you still feel sick? You're not gonna..." Dougie started making gagging sounds. Casey smiled a bit and shook her head. Dougie stopped and grew quiet, he knew what he needed to ask, he just didn't know how to ask it. What the hell? he thought with a mental shrug.

"You weren't by chance... umm. What I mean is you didn't make yourself… you know." Dougie shrugged getting uncomfortable, but knowing the guys and Toni would kill him if he never asked.

"No! of course not! That's gross!" Casey exclaimed shaking her head. Dougie raised his hands in defense, "Hey I knew you wouldn't do anything like that, but I had to be sure."

"Yeah, I get it. I've been messed up lately." Casey shrugged looking at the piece of toast and juice in front of her.

"Messed up… that's the understatement of the century." Dougie joked, looking for a reaction to make sure it was okay. He figured he was in the clear when he saw a smile on her lips.

"Yeah, ha. About that." She smiled wider and they sat in comfortable silence for about two minutes.

"I don't know what's wrong with me? I've been having problems for a while, and not the whole mental issue kinds, okay. It's just been some weird couple days." She continued eyeing her fod, not sure it would stay down if she ate it.

"What kind of stuff? You mean the puking?" Dougie asked. Casey nodded with a shrug.

"More or less. I mean yeah I've been puking the last two days and I also- umm never mind. I don't think I should talk to you about this stuff." Her cheeks went red with embarrassment, but Dougie looked confused.

"What kind of stuff?"

"Girl stuff." It took those two words to make him blush and drop the subject… for about five minutes.

"I guess you can talk to Tom about that stuff, he has a girlfriend!" Dougie nodded, pleased with his idea. Casey shook her head while rolling her eyes, "You have a girlfriend too, dude." He laughed like he always did when she called him 'dude'.

"Fine then talk to his girlfriend about it." Dougie said, "Here's her phone number if you don't have it." He pulled out his phone and found her name and gave it to Casey to write it down. She got a napkin and a pen lying on the table. Casey looked at the phone number and smiled to Dougie, reassuring him she'll be okay.

"Thanks Dougie."

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