Disclaimer: If you're looking to gain the rights to LWD, you've come to the wrong person cuz I certainly don't have to rights to it, sry


Last night Derek and Casey had what was supposed to be their last conversation about the situation between them. And this morning Derek had been walking through the halls looking for his best friend, to talk to him about the last couple of days, when he finally found him at his locker, go figure.

"Hey, Sammy Boy" he said when he walked up to him.

"What up, D?" Sam asked.

"I can't believe you're giving up" Derek replied, not really answering the question but Derek didn't want to beat around the bush, he just wanted to get this done and over with.

Sam confused, asked "What are you talking about?"

"Casey" he simply stated.

"Oh" was all Sam said.

"Yeah, oh. Casey and I had a very enlightening talk, last night. She told me all about you're guy's conversation" Derek explained to him.

"So you know why I dumped her, right?" Sam now knew where Derek was going and he wasn't going to fight him about it.

"Of course, it's obvious like you said. Anybody could figure it out, well anyone but Casey" Derek said, shaking his head at the last part of this.

"You mean she doesn't know?" asked Sam. He knew that Casey didn't know at the time of the break up but he thought that she would have figured it out by now. Well, this is Casey he thought.

"Has no idea" Derek confirmed.

"Does that upset you?" Sam asked in response.

However, Derek just ignored the question and asked his own, "You're not even going to try?"

"I don't think I could even if I did" Sam answered ignoring the fact that Derek avoided his question but didn't feel the need to press the matter, it wouldn't do him any good to try, with Derek, about this.

"I can't believe I call you my best friend, I might have to switch back to Ralph, again." Derek joked while shaking his head and acting disappointed in Sam.

"Ha Ha" Sam pretended to laugh at Derek's joke, closing his locker.

"I thought you'd be happy. Weren't you against us going out in the first place?" Sam asked as the two walked away and heading down the hall.

"Sammy, Sammy, Sammy, think about it." Derek said to his question. "You know I was at first and then I thought about how cute you two kids were together." Derek joked.

Sam shook his head at his best friend but he thought about it like Derek said. Stopping, he asked "So is that all you talked about?"

Derek stopping as well to look back at his best friend, answered. "No, she said that she was going to stop with the 'Derek you're my best friend from the past' interrogation" making sure to mimic Casey at the end.

"I bet you're happy." Sam responded to the news.

"So when are you going to ask her out again?" Derek asked.

"D, I'm not going to ask her out." Sam replied looking at his friend incredulously.

"Suit yourself, Sammy-boy." Derek said starting to walk down the hall again. Sam went to catch up with Derek as he made his way to their first class of the day.


Casey walked through the front door after school, putting her coat on the rack she heard her name being called from the couch in the family room.

"Hey Marti" she replied back.

"Casey, can you sign my petition." Marti asked Casey hopeful that her answer would be yes.

"What is it for?" she asked back.

"Well, you know how I've always wanted a pony, right?" Marti began to explain.

"Right" Casey answered trying not to laugh at her. "So this petition is for George and my Mom to get you a pony." Casey finished.

"Yep" Marti nodded. "So are you gonna sign?"

"Sure thing, Marti" Casey answered.

With that Marti's face lit up, "Thanks Casey. You can sign right here" she said pointing to the spot where she was suppose to sign.

Just then the front door opened. Casey turned and looked towards the door, which was now closing. "Hey Derek" she said turning back around to hand Marti the signed petition back and then moving to sit on the couch.

"Hey Case." He replied back.

"Smerek, can you sign my petition to get a pony" Marti asked walking up to him while holding the petition out to him.

"Later okay, Smarti? I've got hockey practice and I'm already running late" Derek asked.

"You promise?" Marti asked in return.

"Promise." He replied back.

"Okay Smerek" and with that Derek bounded up the stairs and a few minutes later came running back down and out the door.

Casey and Marti had been on the couch watching TV for about an hour or so, when the rest of the family arrived home. Nora and George home from work, Lizzie home from soccer practice and Edwin home from Teddy's. When they came in, Lizzie and Edwin immediately headed upstairs and Nora and George went into the kitchen.

Shortly after, Marti too went upstairs to get Lizzie and Edwin to sign her petition, leaving Casey by herself on the couch. Flipping through the channels one more time Casey decided to go upstairs herself and work on her homework some before dinner.

About an hour later, Derek arrived back home from hockey practice and was met by his father when he walked into the kitchen for an after practice snack. "So I heard about Nora's and Casey's conversation from yesterday."

"And…?" Derek asked not really sure where his dad was going with this.

"Well, son, it was very nice of Casey to let you off the hook." George began to explain. "So now, you two won't be fighting about it all the time. It leaves time for bonding."

"Dad" Derek wined, not liking where this was going.

"Derek, it's time for you and your sister to bond, over something we both know you have in common." George responded to Derek's wining.

"No, you know what's going to happen if I do." Derek tried to reason his way out of it.

"Derek, this isn't an option" George told him.

"Fine" Derek gave in grudgingly.

"Good" George said and with that Derek grabbed his snack and headed to his chair to watch some TV. About a half an hour later Marti came running down the stairs to Derek.

"You promised you would sign my petition Smerek" she said sticking the paper in his face.

"Where do I sign?" Derek asked taking the petition in his hand.

Marti excitedly pointed to the spot she designated for him. "Thanks Smerek, now all I have to do is bring it to school and have everybody sign it" with that she ran back up the stairs to put it in her school bag.

The rest of the night, continued to go normally for the McDonald-Venturi household.


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