The three walked down Greek Row for a little while until they were stopped by a couple of Casey and Ashleigh's sisters.
"Look who's feeling better." Claire said.
"Nice to see you out of your room." Brittany added.
"Feels good; it's so nice out today." Casey smiled, enjoying the nice sunshine.
"Does this mean you're feeling good enough to go to the Omega Chi mixer tomorrow night?" Claire asked.
"I'll think about. I'll see how I feel tomorrow and if I'm up to it I'll see you there." Casey replied, not wanting to give too much about her condition away.
"Well we have to get back to the house. We'll see you guys later." Brittany said.
"Oh hey while you're there, can you make Casey's bed for her?" Ashleigh asked.
"You want us to touch her germy nasty bed." Brittany said.
"I just washed all her sheets. There's no more germs now." Ashleigh said.
"As long as there's no more germs, we'll do it." Claire said.
"Thanks guys." Casey said.
"No problem. See you later." Claire and Brittany said, heading back towards the ZBZ house.
"Omega Chi mixer?" Cappie asked, concerned for the wellbeing of his child.
"Ooh, we need to get you a dress. Let's go dress shopping." Ashleigh said excitedly.
"I almost forgot about it. I've been so sick I kind of put everything on the back burner." Casey said.
"So you're going?" Both Ashleigh and Cappie asked, Cappie much less enthusiastic.
"I guess so." Casey said. She was a little unsure. On the one hand, she wanted to get back to a somewhat normal life, which included going to mixers. On the other hand, she didn't want any of the Omega Chi's, or her ZBZ's, finding out about the baby.
"Good. Now let's get you a pretty new dress." Ashleigh said.
"Yeah, I don't think I need to be there while you pick out party dresses." Cappie said. "I'm going to head back to the KT house."
"Have fun Cap." Ashleigh said.
"Thanks Ash." Cappie said. He turned to Casey, "Case, I'll check in on you later."
"Ok, Bye Cap. See you later." Casey hugged Cappie goodbye.
"So what color dress are you going to get?" Ashleigh asked while she looked through the racks of the dress shop.
"Not sure yet. I already wore red to the Greek Ball." Casey said, also looking through racks of dresses.
"Red's more of a fall color anyway. You need something summery." Ashleigh replied. "Ooh, I know; you should wear teal, or some other shade of blue."
"You think that'll look good?" Casey asked.
"Trust me; you'll look smokin in a cute little blue cocktail dress." Ashleigh said, pulling a dress from the rack. "Try this one."
Casey went to the dressing room to try it on. She had a very disappointed look on her face when she emerged to show her best friend.
"You…look…hot!" Ashleigh exclaimed when she saw her best friend in a strapless royal blue fitted dress.
"I look fat. And it's too tight." Casey complained.
"It does look a little snug." Ashleigh asked, "Isn't that the size you normally wear."
"Yeah…normally." Casey sighed, noticing the size on the tag.
"Just get one size bigger. Nobody will notice." Ashleigh replied, hoping to relax Casey a little.
"Nobody's going to notice me gradually getting fatter and fatter." Casey argued.
"Not in one night." Ashleigh counter argued. "For one night you will look fine in a dress one size bigger than what you normally wear."
"Yeah whatever." Casey complained.
"At least try on the dress before you totally bash it." Ashleigh said, handing the bigger dress to Casey.
Casey reluctantly agreed and tried on the dress. Ashleigh was right; the dress did look better. Maybe nobody would notice she had gained a pound or two.
"See, what did I tell you." Ashleigh smiled, loving being right.
"Yeah, yeah." Casey replied. "I still need shoes."
"Well as long as your ankles haven't swollen up like watermelons yet you shouldn't have a problem finding any." Ashleigh laughed. "And don't worry, I still need some too. We'll go to the shoe store once we're done here."
The girls paid for Casey's dress and then hopped in Ashleigh's car to go to the shoe store. When they got there, they were awestruck by the number of different shoes.
"Every time I come here they always have new stuff." Ashleigh smiled. If she could she would buy the whole store.
The two went to town through the store, picking up every pair of shoes that would fit them. After about 2 hours, and a hundred pairs of shoes, they both had it down to their top two choices.
"Case, should I get the wedge or the stiletto?" Ashleigh asked, having one of each on each foot.
"The stiletto; the wedge is too 'backyard barbeque'." Casey said.
"Good thinking."
"Ok, now what about me. The heels are cute, but the flats are really comfortable."
"Normally I would say go with the heels and screw comfort." Ashleigh said. "But in your case the flats are probably a better choice."
"Flats it is." Casey said, putting both shoes back in their boxes and bringing the box with the flats up to the register. Ash did the same with her stilettos.
"What I wouldn't do to wear stilettos again." Casey sighed as they walked out of the store.
"Just think, in a few months, you'll be back to your normal self. You'll be pushing that baby stroller down Greek Row with Cappie wearing the highest heels you can possibly get." Ashleigh said as they drove back to campus.
Casey hoped she was right. She wanted to be able to wear sexy dresses again without feeling fat and not have to give up the heels that made her legs look fantastic.
A/N = Claire and Brittany are two of Casey and Ashleigh's sisters. I figured with 50 girls in the house I would include more than just the ones mentioned on the show. And Casey's flats are blue to match her dress.
