Casey is 24 Weeks Pregnant

"Derek! Wake up! First birthing class today!" Casey said as she bounced on the bed.

"I'm up." He said as he tried to open his eyes.

"No you aren't!" She said as she crept over him, "Time to tickle!"

"Ahhhhh!" He yelped as she dove for his sides, "Okay, okay! I'm up!"

"Good, I'm going to go make breakfast then we can go."

She walked off to the kitchen.

That woman is going to be the death of me. Derek thought to himself.

They ate quickly and headed off to the class.

"Okay, let's begin by saying our names." The instructor began.

"This is a really big class." Casey whispered to Derek as she looked around the room.

Derek nodded as they looked around, then it was their turn to say hello, "Hi, I'm Derek Venturi and this is my fiancé, Casey."

"Hi Derek and Casey." The crowd replied.

"Derek?! Casey?!" They heard from across the room.

Derek and Casey shrunk back in horror...someone they knew was here...

Suddenly the person came into sight... "Sheldon?" Casey managed.

"Yeah! Hey guys!" He said as he made his way over to them.

"Sheldon, what are you doing here?" Derek asked, kinda rudely.

"My mom is pregnant! Kinda crazy, huh? I'm here because my dad's at work."

Then his mom appeared.

"Casey, Derek! Who would have thought?" Mrs. Schlepper said.

"Haha, not us!" Derek responded.

"Wow, your parents must be thrilled you're actually getting along!" She laughed.

Derek and Casey were silent.

"Wait...do they know about this?" She asked as she pointed at Casey's stomach.

Derek moved his hand protectively over the her stomach. And they were silent again.

"Oh my goodness! How could they not know?"

"Well, we moved out here for college, so it never came up...you aren't going to tell them are you?" Casey asked with fear.

Mrs. Schlepper thought about this... "No...You are." She said as she cocked and eyebrow.

"What?" Derek responded.

"You need to tell them. I couldn't even imagine if one of my kids had a child with out telling me...let alone two of my kids!"

Derek and Casey sighed.

"I'll call them tomorrow night, so if you didn't tell them by then, they're hearing it from me."

"Okay, class let's begin!" The instructor said.

The rest of the class was simple and as soon as it was over, they darted to the car to avoid further conversation.

Derek drove very fast home so they could decide what was going to happen. Suddenly he heard sobs next to him.

"Case, what's wrong." Derek asked, concerned, reaching out his hand to hold hers.

"I can't tell my mom." Was all Casey said.

"Come on, Case, you heard Mrs. Schlepp, she's going to tell! And don't you think Nora and George would have wanted to hear it from us?"

"Yes," Casey pouted, "But my mom always thought I was the responsible one...not the terrible teenage mother!"

"Case, you're not terrible, and as far as I'm concerned, you're going to be the best mother ever. You read every parenting book and you love kids. There is nothing to worry about."

"I'm worried about my family." She said, ending the conversation.

They soon arrived home and Casey retreated to their bed to lie down.

Derek had no idea what to do, so he followed her.

"Case, I'm going to call them now. They are going to find out sooner than later, and I'd rather them hear it from us."

"Fine." She said though her tears.

Derek grabbed his cell phone, dialed the home phone number and put it on speaker.

"Hello?" He heard Nora's sweet voice.

"Hi, Nora, it's Casey and Derek."

"Oh! Hello! How's school! We miss you!"

"We're...good. Is the family home?" Derek asked as Casey's eyes filled with panic.

"We can't tell the whole family!" Casey whispered.

"Yes, the family is home...why?" Nora responded.

"Well, we kinda need to have a family meeting via conference call." Derek said.

"Okay, let me round them up and I'll put you on speaker.

Derek held Casey's hand as they waited for the family to be ready.

"Okay, we're all here!" Nora said.

"Okay." He began, taking a few deep breaths, "Casey and I have some serious news."

The other end was silent.

"I'm pregnant." Casey said flatly.

The other end was still silent until, "Yay! A baby!" Marti squealed.

She then quieted down, "Pregnant?" Nora repeated.

Casey nodded even though she knew they couldn't see her.

"Who in the hell is the father?!" George asked angrily.

"Me." Derek said quietly.

They suddenly heard a thump on the other line.

"...Nora!" George yelled.

Casey looked at Derek, "Mom! Mom!" She yelled into the phone.

"This wasn't the best timing, Bro." Edwin said into the phone and hung up.

Casey and Derek just stared at the phone.

"We have to go to London. Now." Derek said as Casey was already getting up and heading towards the closet.

"Derek, call the airport, we need the soonest flight...I'll pack the bags."

Casey frantically shoved a bunch of their clothes into a small duffel bag, because a lot of their stuff was still back home.

"Okay, our flight leaves in an hour, let's go." Derek said as he grabbed the bag.

Casey started heading out the door with him and to the car.

They were on the way to the 481 when Casey said, "Derek, pull over."

"What? Casey I can't, there's too much traffic." Derek pleaded.

"PULL THE DAMN CAR OVER!" She screamed.

He swerved over dodging cars and she opened her door.

"Casey?" Derek asked.

Suddenly she threw up all over the side of the road. Then she climbed back in as she wiped her mouth.

"Case, are you okay, sweetie." He asked as he rubbed her back.

"No." She answered.

He continued onto the airport and made it there in 10 minutes.

They went though security and proceeded to their gate.

Eventually the plane boarded and within an hour they were in London, Ontario.

They grabbed a cab and went home.

When they opened the door, Nora was on the coach with an ice pack on her head, George was sitting at the table with his head in his hands, Liz and Ed were at the coffee table talking in hushed voices, and Marti was playing with her Barbie dolls.

"We're home." Casey said quietly.

Everyone looked up.

Nora rushed off the couch to her daughter's side.

"I'm so sorry!" Nora cried and Casey started crying, too.

"No! I'm sorry, Mom, it was so irresponsible of me!" Casey said.

Meanwhile Derek walked over to his dad, "Hey, dad."

"I can't handle this now Derek." George gritted through his teeth.

"I'm not asking you to handle it, I just said 'hello'."

George got up and walked to the kitchen.

"Casey!" Liz said as she hugged her older sister.

"Liz, I've missed you!" Casey laughed.

"So is it a boy or a girl?" She said staring at her stomach.

"A boy." Casey smiled as she looked a Derek.

"Eww!" Marti said, "We don't need any more boys here!"

"Haha, sorry, Marti, they wouldn't let me choose."

They all sat down at the dinner table to eat their dinner...all but George.

"I'm sorry about George. He was freaking out because he didn't want the same mistake happening to you that happened to him and Abby. After all, he was only 20 when Derek was born."

"This isn't a mistake." Derek said as he put his hand over Casey's stomach.

Nora looked horrified, "Well it's not like you planned on it!"

"No, we didn't, but we are still going to love it like we planned on it." Casey said.

Suddenly Edwin chirped in, "Woah, Casey, nice rock!"

The whole tables' eyes glared to Casey's engagement ring.

George walked in, "Seriously? You two seriously think that you are going to be able to stay married? Marriage is one of the hardest things in life! Especially when you're as young as yourselves!"

"Dad, we have everything under control." Derek said calmly.

"You obviously don't if you knocked up your step-sister!"

Casey ran up to her old bedroom.

"Thanks, dad." Derek scowled as he went up to follow Casey.

"I knew this was a mistake...but now it's too late to have an abortion."

Derek was shocked at what Casey was saying, "Casey, come on, I love you, you love me, we love our baby boy and he's not even born yet!"

Casey stared at him.

"George was right." Casey mumbled.

"What was that?" Derek asked as he leaned closer.

"I said GEORGE WAS RIGHT!" She shouted, "I can't get married!" She said as she started to take off her ring, "I'm just a kid! I don't know how to raise a family! I just want to be a normal college student."

By the end of her rant, she was crying.

"Casey, don't do this." Derek warned.

"I'm sorry, Derek, but there's really nothing else we can do. I'll have this baby and put it up for adoption or you can take him."

Derek's heart sank, "I don't believe you, Casey MacDonald."

"Well you're going to have to trust me on this one." She said as she left the room and went to Lizzie's.

Derek just laid back on her bed.

"What happened to me?" He said out loud to himself, "What the hell happened to us?"