Episode #7: Celebrate Good Times
Setting: A few weeks after #6
Synopsis: Cappie and Casey celebrate their one year anniversary, and the KTs plan a party.
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"Hello," Casey answered her phone groggily as it rang before she woke up one morning.
"I'm sorry," Cappie said immediately, knowing by her voice that he woke her up. "It totally slipped my mind that you had today off work, and I just ruined your sleep until noon plans."
"It's okay," Casey smiled. "I've got enough to do around the apartment today that I don't need to be sleeping until noon. Like getting it cleaned up a little before you come back on Thursday."
"You know by now that you don't have to clean for me," Cappie said with a laugh. "Besides, I never care if the place is clean or dirty when I come back from a week or more at work; all that matters is I'm coming back to you."
"Aww, I can't wait for you to come home," Casey said. "Especially because the day after you come back is our anniversary!"
"Yes, speaking of our anniversary, I can't wait to show you the surprise I have for you," Cappie said.
"Ooh, what is it?" Casey asked excitedly, but knowing he wouldn't tell her anyway.
"Now if I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise, would it," Cappie said. "Just be prepared to be amazed."
"Oh I'm more than prepared," Casey said happily. Just then she heard someone knocking on the door. "Someone's at the door. I better go, but we'll talk later. I've got some preparations of my own to do for our anniversary."
"You don't have to go all out," Cappie said. "Isn't that the guy's job."
"If the girl cares enough, it's her job too," Casey said. "And I care and I really want it to be special. This is our first full year we've been together."
"It will be special, I promise you," Cappie said. "I'll let you go get the door. I love you; I'll call later."
"Okay, and I love you too," Casey hung up the phone and went to answer the door.
"Hello, delivery for Casey Cartwright," a woman dressed in a FedEx uniform was at the door with a large box sitting on a wheel cart beside her.
"That's me," Casey said. "I'm pretty sure I know what this is."
"Here, I'll help you bring it in," the woman said, grabbing one end of the box as Casey grabbed the other.
"It's my boyfriend's anniversary gift," Casey said. "It's kind of a present for both of us actually, but it's my surprise for him."
"That's nice," the woman said. "I hope he has quite a surprise planned for you, too."
"He said he does," Casey said. "I'm excited to see what he has in store."
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"Here, have a flyer," Pledge Barney handed Ashleigh a piece of paper when she entered the KT house looking for Rusty.
"KT Foam Party, this Friday," Ashleigh read to herself. She saw Rusty coming downstairs toward her, and he was stopped by another pledge.
"I called my aunt who talked to her boyfriend who called his cousin," Pledge Barf said. "And he's going to bring us the foam machine for the party."
"Great, thanks pledge," Rusty said. "Go pass some of those flyers around, would you."
"I can't wait for this party," Pledge Barney said. "A foam machine and sorority girls in bathing suits; it's gonna rock!" With that the two pledges left the room.
"As you can see we're having another awesome party," Rusty said to Ashleigh as they started walking toward the living room. "Pledge Barf's aunt's boyfriend's cousin works for a party machine company and he's letting us use one of his best machines."
"I'm kinda surprised I went through four years of college without seeing the KTs throw a foam party," Ashleigh said with a laugh. "Hey, you know Cappie and Casey's anniversary is also on Friday? I was talking to Cappie online earlier today and I convinced him to tell me his surprise for Casey. She's going to absolutely love it; I'm so excited for her right now."
"He was telling me about his possible plan when he was in town," Rusty said. "So I'm guessing it came through."
"Yeah, it did," Ashleigh said with a smile. "You know I really think he wants to propose to her. His surprise just shows he's thinking seriously about a future with her."
"I think you're right," Rusty agreed. "Some things he said back during Founders Weekend made me think he might be thinking about marriage. You know when I first met Cappie freshman year, 'one woman man' or 'the marrying type' weren't things I'd use to describe him. But after seeing him and Casey and the fact they're finally making it work this time around, I have no doubts that they're going to get married. And I couldn't be happier for them."
"Me either," Ashleigh smiled. "You know what I think? I think he's going to ask her sometime around Christmas. I can see him wanting to ask your dad first, who we'll all see at Christmas, and then he'll propose to her soon after that. Oh, how romantic would it be if he asked her on New Years'!"
"I'm thinking he might wait a while longer," Rusty said. "He might be thinking that she isn't ready to get married, what with her just starting her career and them only being in D.C. a few months. But I can see him asking her sometime next year."
"I don't know; something just tells me it's gonna happen sooner," Ashleigh said. "If he had a plan, he'd probably propose to her on their anniversary."
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"Sounds like you guys are really coming along on this project," Calvin said as Heath and Ashleigh were talking to him about the work they'd been doing on their international business project.
"We've been working on the recruitment portion of our hypothetical organization," Ashleigh said. "So we've been thinking of strategies to get college students interested in volunteering overseas."
"Heath and I have a meeting with the organization we volunteered with in India over semester break to talk about where we're going after graduation," Calvin said. "And we can ask them about letting us do some campus recruiting."
"Marketing anything is all about finding your right target, first and foremost," Ashleigh said. "For volunteering overseas, you want people who like to travel, who work hard, and can live in third world countries. You can even use the project to pitch them some ideas, unless you're saving them to use for yourselves someday."
"I think we should give them some of the ideas," Heath said. "Like volunteer training; some of the people we worked with in India really shouldn't have been there. It's like they didn't even know what they were getting into."
"Yeah, some of them were lazy and probably just wanted a free ticket out of the country," Calvin said.
"Think of it like the Greek system," Ashleigh said. "That's something college students can relate to. It's all about finding the right guys or girls during Rush, and it should be the same way for finding the right people to volunteer on overseas projects."
"And then they go through training, which is like Hell Week," Heath said. "Then if they pass, they're initiated and become volunteers."
"I better get to my class," Ashleigh said after checking the time on her cell. Calvin and Heath said goodbye and they began walking toward Greek Row, and on the way they ran into Calvin's little brother, Rick.
"I've been looking all over for you," Rick said.
"You know I own a phone," Calvin said with a laugh.
"That you apparently forgot to turn back on after class," Rick said. Calvin took his phone out and sure enough it was on silent and he had a missed call.
"Sorry," Calvin said. "So what's up?"
"I think a girl just asked me out," Rick said. "You know Dale's sister, Rachel, who I was set up to go to the formal with. We've been friends since then and she asked me if I wanted to go to the KT party together. I thought nothing of it thinking she meant just as friends, but then some of my pledge brothers said they think she likes me. I don't want to lead her on; I don't know what to do."
"I've learned from personal experience that in a case like that, the best solution is to be honest," Calvin said. "If you like her as a friend and think you can trust her, then what do you think of telling her?"
"I don't know; you two have been the only people I've been able to tell at CRU because you're like me," Rick said. "I just don't know about telling anyone else yet. Hey, maybe I can just fake the flu; that's what I did when this girl in fifth grade asked me to the junior high formal."
"But what if she wants a rain check?" Calvin asked. "I'm not trying to push you to do anything you're not ready for, but think about it. Heath and I are here for you; we've both been there."
"Hey Cal, don't you think it's time we take him to Gentleman's Choice?" Heath spoke up.
"You know you're right," Calvin said. "We should."
"The strip club your friend runs?" Rick asked confused.
"No, there's another one," Calvin said. "It's a gay club. You've been surrounded by so much straight since coming to college; what do you say? I'll cover for you if we run into anyone we know."
"Wouldn't hurt I guess," Rick said. "I've never really been to a gay hangout before."
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"I smell ham and shrimp!" Cappie exclaimed happily, entering his and Casey's apartment. "And…citrus air freshener?"
"Hey you," Casey greeted him with a smile, walking over to him and kissing him. "I'm so glad you're home."
"I'm glad I'm home too," Cappie smiled, hugging her. "Did you seriously make ham and shrimp sandwiches? I love you right now!"
"Just right now?" Casey asked jokingly. "I thought you loved me all the time."
"Of course I do," Cappie said. "How did you remember that they were like my favorite thing to eat back at KT?"
"After finding about the third moldy half-eaten sandwich when I used to clean out your room," Casey began. "It kinda stuck in my memory. I thought I'd make them for you as a welcome home dinner, and to start our anniversary celebrations a day early."
"I'm all for that," Cappie said. "But what's up with the citrus air freshener?"
"That was my way to try to get rid of some of the smell," Casey said with a laugh. "Ham and shrimp together-not exactly my kind of combination. That's one of the smells I couldn't stand in your room that caused me to clean it with lemon scent more than once."
"I have to say the citrus is better than the lemon," Cappie said. "To be totally honest, I thought the lemon always smelled like pee. But it didn't smell worse than having a drunk Beaver actually peeing in my closet."
"So note to self, don't buy any more lemon scent air fresheners," Casey said.
"Please don't," Cappie chuckled. "Citrus I'm okay with."
"You ready to eat?" Casey asked. "The ham and shrimp is all yours; I made regular grilled ham and cheese for me."
"Let's dig in," Cappie said as they headed for the kitchen. He then noticed something large up against one of the walls in the living room that was covered with a bed sheet. "Hey, what's that sheet covering over there? I don't think it was there when I left."
"That, you'll just have to wait to find out," Casey said teasingly. "It's just a little something I put together."
"You're not gonna make me wait until tomorrow, are you?" Cappie asked with a slight whine.
"I was going to," Casey said. "But if I did, you'd come out in the middle of the night like a five-year-old on Christmas who tries to sneak a peak at his presents. So I'll show you later tonight. I hope you don't mind that my surprises are coming a day early."
"I don't mind one bit," Cappie said. "That'll give me all day tomorrow to surprise you."
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"I can't believe I'm stuck being sober sister for the KT party tomorrow," Rachel said with slight exasperation as she saw Dale and Laura in the ZBZ kitchen. "And I have a date besides, which makes it ten times worse."
"Well given your past experience with alcohol and parties, this might be a good thing," Dale said. "I might have suggested to Rebecca that she have you be sober sister."
"What, why would you do that?" Rachel asked annoyed. "I'm not in high school anymore; if I want to drink I can drink."
"Need I remind you of the incident in eleventh grade with you and alcohol," Dale said. "And the one last Saturday at the Omega Chi party."
"Okay, so I like to party," Rachel said. "Big deal; it's college and that's what I'm here for. It may have taken you three years to learn to actually have fun in college, but that doesn't mean I'm waiting that long."
"No matter how much you think I'm trying to ruin your life," Dale began. "This one's really for your own good. I'm going to check on the laundry."
"I think I can take this from here," Laura said.
"What do you mean, 'take it from here'?" Rachel asked Laura once Dale left. "Did you two plan some kind of intervention on me? Seriously?"
"Well how do I put this," Laura began. "You've been acting a bit Betsy-ish at parties, to say the least."
"A bit who-ish?" Rachel asked confused.
"Betsy; a sister who graduated this year who's been in and out of alcohol rehab twice," Laura said. "And we found out a few weeks ago that she's back in again. You falling into the bushes at the Omega Chi house last weekend was a classic Betsy move."
"I basically spent my entire senior year of high school under constant watch of my parents because I got drunk at a party the end of my junior year," Rachel said. "But now that I'm eighteen years old and 500 miles away from Mom and Dad, I can enjoy myself again. I'm not becoming an alcoholic, I swear. And I'm sure I can find some way to handle sober sister tomorrow."
"All the pledges have to do it sometime," Laura said. "And even the actives. I'm not gonna tell you what I did to get out of it one time, or else I know it's going to give you a bad idea."
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"I think I'm ready to show you my surprise, Cap," Casey said as she turned off the TV and got up off the couch.
"Good, cause I've been debating what could be under that sheet for the entire two hours we've been watching Grey's Anatomy," Cappie chuckled and also got off the couch. "But honestly I've got no idea whatsoever."
"Go ahead; I'll let you take the sheet off," Casey said. Cappie removed the bed sheet and underneath was a display case filled with Cappie's KT stuff, Casey's ZBZ stuff, and some of their favorite pictures from their time at CRU.
"This is incredible, Case," Cappie said with a smile, looking at everything that was in and on top of the case.
"I'm even going to hang our pledge paddles and a few other pictures on the wall above it," Casey said, opening a nearby drawer and taking out their pledge paddles. "I didn't want to do that before you got here, or you might have wondered why they were there. I figured why leave all of this stuff in boxes; CRU was where we became who we are, and now this is going to remind us of that every day."
"Thank you so much," Cappie said, taking Casey in his arms. "I was actually thinking about hanging my KT stuff up somewhere. I didn't want to be like Lasker and just chuck it all in the back of a drawer never to be seen again."
"We hadn't really gotten a chance to decorate the apartment yet, so I thought this would be a good start," Casey said. "And you'll be proud of me; I put the display case together myself. I ordered it online so of course it shipped in pieces."
"I am proud of you," Cappie said. "This really is the best present I could have asked for, because of the thought you put into it. I didn't want you to go out and buy something expensive."
"Well then I won't tell you the price of the display case," Casey said with a laugh. "But I'm really glad you like it. This has been my plan since soon after we first moved in here."
"It's perfect and I love it," Cappie said. "And from now on, I'm leaving all the apartment decorating up to you. I love you so much."
"I love you too," Casey smiled and they kissed.
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"Looks like the foam machine arrived," Rusty said as he came back to the KT house after class the next day, noticing a large truck just pulling out of the driveway. He walked out back and sure enough it had been delivered and set up.
"We can't figure out how to turn this thing on," Pledge Curly said when he saw Rusty. Pledges Larry, Curly, and Moe were by the machine trying to learn how to operate it.
"Have you tried pushing that button?" Rusty asked once he walked over to them.
"That would be the strobe light," Moe said once the light came on after pushing a green button.
"Oh, what about this one," Larry said, pushing a blue button. As soon as he pushed it, all four of them were blasted with foam from above.
"Okay so blue button, foam," Moe said.
"Great, now how about turning it off until tonight," Rusty said, after none of the pledges made a move to turn it off.
"Right, sorry," Curly said, pushing the button again and stopping the foam from raining down on them.
"Hey, I thought the party wasn't until tonight," Spidey said jokingly, walking out back and seeing Rusty and the pledges covered in foam.
"We were just figuring out the technicalities of this machine," Rusty said, grabbing a towel that was on the picnic table.
"Looks to me like it works," Spidey said. "So I need to talk to you about a situation I've managed to find myself in."
"What kind of situation?" Rusty asked.
"My sort-of girlfriend and my friend both think I'm their date for the party tonight," Spidey said. "Kelsey and I have always gone to parties and Greek events together, but she knows Hillary and I have been casually dating I guess you'd call it since the formal. I don't know what to tell either of them."
"The formal was almost a month ago," Rusty said. "There comes a time when casually dating isn't casual anymore. If you're sure you're dating Hillary for the right reasons, you can have a chance at a real relationship, if that's what you want."
"That is what I want," Spidey said. "But with Kelsey it's like she always expects we're going together to parties or whatever else. She didn't even really ask about tonight; she more or less assumed we were going together."
"Well I learned from personal experience that you should never jeopardize a friendship for a relationship," Rusty said. "But if Kelsey technically didn't ask you first and you just talk to her, she really doesn't have a reason to be mad at you. Even though she's your friend and has a boyfriend out of town, that doesn't mean she can take away your right to date someone."
"You're right," Spidey said. "All Kelsey and I will ever be is friends, and now I think I might have found someone else I really like, so I have the chance to go for it."
"I'm really happy for you," Rusty said proudly. "Hey, you hungry?"
"Yeah, let's grab some lunch," Spidey said.
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"You've reached Casey Cartwright," Casey answered her phone as she sat in her cubicle at work.
"Hi Casey, just letting you know there's someone here to see you," the office secretary said.
"Okay, I'll be right down," Casey said and hung up the phone. She made her way to the front desk and was surprised to see who was there.
"Cappie!" she exclaimed, a little too loudly. She walked over to him. "I wasn't expecting to see you until tonight."
"I figured I'd come over and take you out to lunch," Cappie said. "And I figured what better day than to visit you at work and see your office. Oh, and these are for you. I figured they'd be nice for your desk." He handed her a vase with some flowers.
"Thanks, Cap," Casey smiled. "You can come back with me a minute; it's about time for my lunch break."
"How about going to Good Stuff Eatery?" Cappie asked.
"I'd love that," Casey said. "You know that's one of our favorite places to go." They arrived at Casey's cubicle and she set her flowers on her desk. "This is where I work most of the time. It's small since I'm new here, but I'm not complaining. Because when I'm not here I get to do some work with my aunt over at the Capitol building."
"I know how excited you've been when you come home after those days," Cappie said. "You have got to get me into the Capitol sometime; I want to see what the hype is about."
"It just really excites me and I love being there," Casey said. "That's where the laws are actually made. Eventually once I move up, I hope I'm working there full time. Once that happens, then I might be able to see about getting you a free visit." Casey grabbed her purse, then she and Cappie made their way out of the office and toward the restaurant.
"Remember the first time we came here when we first moved?" Cappie asked as he and Casey arrived at Good Stuff Eatery.
"Yeah, you were so excited that we got to meet Spike Mendelsohn from Top Chef," Casey said. (A/N- I've been there, great place, and Spike from Top Chef is the guy who started the restaurant)
"And I thought if I told any of the guys that I'd have to get about twenty autographs from him," Cappie laughed. "KTs really love cooking shows, which may sound surprising due to the limited amount of cooking that gets done around the house."
"But it paid off for the Founders Day dinner," Casey said. Just then Cappie's cell rang; he noticed it was an unfamiliar number but he answered anyway.
"Hello," Cappie answered. "Oh, hi. Yeah, I'll be there in about an hour. I'm with Casey now so I gotta go. Okay, bye."
"Who was that?" Casey asked curious.
"Oh, it was Tom," Cappie lied. "He just bought a new recliner and he wants some help, and the use of my Jeep, to get it home."
"I thought he worked all day during the week," Casey said.
"They gave him a day off so he decided to go recliner shopping," Cappie said. "I mean have you seen his chair; I think the thing's older than you and me."
"Uh huh," Casey said suspiciously. "I'm just going to pretend to believe you and be a good girlfriend and not pester you about what you've got up your sleeve."
"You'll find out soon enough," Cappie smiled at her.
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"Is there a yard here under all this foam?" Rebecca commented as she and her little sisters arrived at the KT party that was now in full swing.
"It looks like so much fun; come on!" Kelsey said, and just then her phone rang, and she took it out and put it to voicemail.
"You know that's the fifth time that's rang in the last half hour," Heather pointed out. "You sure you don't want to answer it; what if someone's in the hospital? I hope that's not the case, but…"
"I'm not answering it," Kelsey interrupted. "I know exactly what it is, and no one's in the hospital. I'm being stalked from three different directions: from my boyfriend, my parents, and his parents. Ever since the formal weekend it's gotten worse. Our parents are constantly, quote, 'checking in to make sure everything's all right between the two of us'. And Robert doesn't trust me at parties, not that I've ever given him a reason not to. It's not like I go around hitting on other guys; I just come to hang out with my friends, and in this case play in the foam."
"You know that for every good thing you say about Robert, you say about five bad things," Rebecca pointed out.
"If you've known him forever like I have," Kelsey began. "You'd see that he has a good side." Her phone rang again. "But the stalking lately by him and our parents is getting to be a bit much."
"Jell-O shots, anyone!" a KT pledge said, approaching them with a tray of shots.
"Come on, let's take some," Kelsey said to the girls. "I could really use some alcohol tonight."
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"Oh my God, that guy was hilarious," Casey said as she and Cappie walked out of DC Improv, a comedy club and restaurant he took her to for dinner and the show. (A/N- I've been there too and loved it!)
"I thought so too," Cappie said. "I'm glad you liked it; I know you talked about wanting to go there."
"I love going to comedians," Casey said. "And I haven't been to one in a while."
"Remember when he was making those jokes about men who get their wives or girlfriends horrible gifts for their birthdays or anniversaries?" Cappie asked.
"And he mentioned lingerie," Casey said. "Ironic, huh, since I distinctly remember someone who tried to pull that once."
"I really wasn't," Cappie tried to convince her. "I was just making you think I was, to throw you off."
"Sure," Casey laughed and leaned up against him as they continued walking down the street.
"So now, are you ready for the big surprise of the night?" Cappie asked.
"Go ahead and wow me," Casey said with a smile. Cappie led her over to a limousine that was parked on the side of the street.
"Our ride awaits," Cappie said, as the driver got out and let them in.
"You rented us a limo?" Casey asked surprised. "Okay, now I'm really curious where we're going."
"Oh, you'll see," Cappie said. "Champagne?"
"Yeah," Casey said, and Cappie grabbed the bottle of champagne and two glasses from the bar.
"Cheers to our first full year together and many more to come," Cappie said once their glasses were filled.
"Cheers," Casey smiled and they clinked their glasses, and looked out the window as the limousine took them through D.C.
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"Dale, I think you should know your sister's drunk and won't come out of our bathtub," Rusty said, finally finding Dale in the midst of the Kappa Tau party crowd, where he was with Laura.
"What!" Laura exclaimed. "She's our sober sister tonight, and I thought she was clear with that."
"I can't believe this," Dale said, as the three of them shook the foam off themselves as best they could and entered the KT house. "What's she doing in the bathtub?"
"She was just lying in there," Rusty said. "Pledge Barf found her. True to his name, he threw up on her accidentally because he's a little drunk, and then she threw up." Rusty, Dale, and Laura walked into the downstairs bathroom and saw Rachel attempting to spray herself off with the shower hose. Once she saw them enter, she turned the hose on them.
"I have a hose!" she said, continuing to spray them.
"Turn that off!" Dale said, running over and turning it off himself.
"Aw, what'd you do that for?" Rachel asked, and then she grabbed his shirt a moment later. "You're wet; did Eddie push you in the pool again?"
"Help me take her back to ZBZ," Dale sighed and said to Rusty and Laura.
"No, we can't take her there," Laura said. "Rebecca or Abby can't find out that our sober sister was found drunk."
"We can take her upstairs," Rusty said. "Maybe there's at least one of the spare rooms that doesn't have a drunk couple hooking up in it. By the way, who's Eddie?"
"Our cousin," Dale said. "She thinks we're at our grandparents' house and Eddie pushed me in the water again." Dale, Rusty, and Laura eventually got Rachel into an empty room upstairs, and she was out as soon as they put her on the bed.
"She's going to be in some serious trouble tomorrow," Dale said. "I should just go and tell Rebecca right now."
"Don't," Laura said. "I'll take care of it. I'll tell Rebecca she got sick and hopefully nothing happens that'll make us need a sober sister, and we'll both talk to her tomorrow." Laura walked out of the room to find Rebecca, then Calvin and Rick entered the room.
"Hey, Rick's been looking all over for Rachel," Calvin said. "Whoa, what did you do, taser her?"
"We found her drunk in the bathtub," Rusty said.
"I think this might be partly my fault," Rick spoke up. "I told her…something I probably shouldn't have told her in the middle of a party, and then she said she was going to the bathroom and never came back. I'll stay here and watch her if you guys want to go back to the party."
"Thanks pledge, but I think this one's on me," Dale said.
"Trust me, Dale, let him watch her," Calvin said. "He'll call if she wakes up."
"Okay," Dale agreed. "I admit I was rather enjoying the foam machine."
"Last one back in it's a rotten egg!" Calvin said and took off running downstairs, with Rusty and Dale following close behind.
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"We're at a house," Casey said confused as the limousine pulled up at an unfamiliar house in a residential neighborhood in the suburbs of D.C. Casey and Cappie thanked the limo driver as he let them out, and he drove away back down the street. "Who lives here? And how come your Jeep is here?"
"Well my Jeep is here so we have a way back home," Cappie said. "As for who lives here now, it's a friend of my dad's from college and his wife and son." Cappie led her over to where his Jeep was parked in the driveway, and took her hands when they stopped. "I was talking to Tobias soon after we moved into the apartment, and he started talking about one of his friends who lives in D.C."
"Well they've got a nice place here," Casey said, looking at the house. "But I'm still confused why we're here."
"My dad's friend and his wife are retiring and moving to Florida in three years when their son graduates from college," Cappie said. "When that happens, they're selling this house. And they're selling it to us."
"What?" Casey asked surprised.
"When we were in college, I saw how important it was for you to know where you were going to be in ten years, or just in the future in general," Cappie said. "But I didn't think it was important to me then, and that's what caused things to go wrong between us in the past. But now, I know where I want to in ten years career-wise, and I know where I want to be with you. I want us to be living here, if you like the place. This is my way of showing you that I'm thinking about our future together. Consider it my unofficial proposal; I figured why have all the surprises in one night, but I promise there'll be an official proposal."
"Cap, it's perfect!" Casey exclaimed, throwing her arms around him. "It's like you knew exactly what I want in a house; close to D.C. but not right in the city, enough space to live in but not some expensive mansion, and not a huge yard because I hate mowing the grass."
"And you haven't even seen the inside yet," Cappie said. "Tobias' friend is going to take us through. I really hope you like it, Case. I could have gone out and bought you jewelry or something, but I thought that this would…" Casey cut him off by kissing him.
"Like I said, it's absolutely perfect," Casey said, smiling widely. "This means so much more than anything from a store would, because of the thought you put into it about our future. You know how much that means to me, and I love it. As for the proposal, you don't have to worry about what my answer's going to be. You can do your thing and ask me when the time's right."
"Believe me, I will," Cappie said. "And I can tell you now that I wasn't recliner shopping with Tom after lunch today; I was here. I love you, Case. Happy anniversary."
"I love you too, Cap; happy anniversary," Casey said and they kissed.
"You ready to see the inside?" Cappie asked after they broke away. "You're going to love it."
"Let's go," Casey said happily, and Cappie took her hand and led her to the front door.
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"Hey there, how y'all doin?" Kelsey said, obviously drunk, as she approached Spidey, Hillary, Rusty, and Ashleigh at the party. "Isn't this a great party?"
"It's awesome," Spidey said. "Looks like you might have reached your limit on the Jell-O shots, though."
"I'm fine," Kelsey said. Her phone rang again. "But I'd be finer if these people would quit calling me! I'd shut the darn thing off, but then they'd send the state police after me!"
"Hey where's Rebecca?" Ashleigh asked.
"She's with Evan here somewhere," Kelsey said. Just then, conga music began to play and a line was forming in the yard. "Conga line in the foam; come on now!"
"I hope I get major boyfriend points for coming here," Evan said jokingly to Rebecca where they were standing in another corner of the yard.
"Coming to see me at a Kappa Tau party might get you a few," Rebecca said. "You can't tell me you're not having fun, though. I'm not the only one of us that's covered in foam."
"I'll admit it's helping blow off some steam after a five hour study group session," Evan said. "We've been discussing divorce law, and Jan gets way too fired up when talking about anything divorce-related."
"I thought her and Jim already divorced," Rebecca said.
"They're still in the process," Evan said. "Jan's divorce lawyer is apparently 'a stupid idiot, just like Jim' in her words. She's trying to get a new one."
"Hey Bex, Evan, join us!" Ashleigh said, as she grabbed Rebecca's arm as the conga line passed them.
"A conga line where most of the people are drunk," Rebecca said. "This should be amusing." She grabbed Evan and they both joined in.
-GREEK-
"Where am I?" Rachel asked, waking up the next morning and noticing she was on an unfamiliar bed with Dale and Laura asleep on each side of her. She poked them to wake them. "Where are we?"
"We're at the Kappa Tau house," Dale said. "You, who was supposed to be ZBZ sober sister, got drunk at the party. Do you remember anything that happened last night?"
"Oh man," Rachel groaned. "The last thing I remember was the guy I thought I liked telling me he was gay, and then the next thing I know, well, this is the next thing I know."
"Oh wow, Rick's gay," Dale said. "It all makes perfect sense; he seemed different than most of the pledges and a lot like Calvin. Are you still friends?"
"Of course I'm still his friend," Rachel said. "I'm not intolerant, geez. It may have bothered me at first, but not for that reason. You may find this hard to believe but I did learn from my mistakes with my friends growing up, and I'm not making them again."
"What about the getting drunk?" Laura asked. "You know we saved your butt from Rebecca and Abby."
"Thanks, I won't forget it," Rachel said. "And it just happened that I got drunk. I was just going to come here and hang out, but then I had one drink and I guess that led to a lot more. You won't have to cover for me like this again. I'm not going to become like that girl Betty."
"Betsy," Laura corrected. "And believe me when I say I'm going to make darn well sure that you don't end up like her."
-GREEK-
"Ahhh!" Kelsey said startled as she was awoken by someone shaking her.
"Relax; it's just me, not an axe murderer," Spidey joked.
"Why was I asleep on your floor?" Kelsey asked, finally seeing where she was. "I vaguely remember saying hi to you guys last night, but I don't know how I got here."
"I didn't even see you here when I went to bed cause I didn't turn the light on," Spidey said. "But remember the last time you were drunk, you ended up on my floor, too."
"I guess it's cause your room is a safe place in the house during a party," Kelsey joked. "So how was your night, by the way?"
"I officially have a new girlfriend now," Spidey said happily. "Things are going really well. We're going out for brunch in a few."
"Well that's great," Kelsey said. "Do you mind if I just sack out here a little while longer? I can't muster up the energy to walk back to ZBZ just yet."
"Go for it," Spidey said. "But get up and use the bed; I'm sure the floor's not all that comfortable."
"Thanks, you're the best," Kelsey smiled.
-GREEK-
"Morning, Case," Cappie smiled as he woke up next to Casey. "It's Saturday, I'm home, and you don't have to work, meaning we've got the day all to ourselves."
"I'm glad," Casey said happily. "Even though I don't think anything we do today can top yesterday and last night. I can't stop thinking about that house; it's like it was made for us."
"I think it was," Cappie said.
"And I have thought before about how hard it would be to find a decent house at a decent price in this area," Casey said.
"And now you don't have to," Cappie said. "Don't you love how things are just falling into place for us? We're really lucky to be where we are and know where we're going."
"I think it means that we're truly meant to be," Casey smiled. "You know what they say, if it's meant to be it will be."
"That's the truth," Cappie said. "I don't know about you, but I'm a little hungry myself. How about some breakfast?"
"You know, I think there's some leftover pie still in the fridge," Casey said suggestively. "We could have that and stay in bed for a little while longer. We don't have to go anywhere today."
"I'll go get it," Cappie said excitedly and jumped out of the bed. "Be right back."
A/N: Hope you liked Cappie and Casey's anniversary! And a little KT party stuff thrown in there. Next chapter it's Thanksgiving, and Cappie and Casey will get some visitors from CRU. As always, thank you to those who review; I really appreciate reviews and would love to hear anyone's thoughts about the story! :)
