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Friday morning: August 15, 2014

After endless apologies from the family, Casey told them she forgave them. They just wouldn't stop though. It was apology after apology. Something about "I don't even know how I could've forgotten about you!" or "What kind of a sister am I to forget you?!" Casey knew why they forgot about her... it was because of herself. She's the one that decided to not be in touch as much and she only had herself to blame. So she vowed to call at least once a week if not more. She hated that feeling of being left out. It tugged at her insides. "Time to be positive, Casey. You can do it."

She had Friday off and she decided to just relax today and work on a way to fix her problems. You know, get back to that Casey McDonald we all know and love. 'Where's Paul when you need him?' She was interrupted in thought by a knock at her door. She got up and opened the door. To her shock she sees him. Yeah him. Derek.

"Derek?" she poked her head out the doorway to see if theres anyone with him. "Why are you here?" sounding a tad bit rude.

"Nice to see you too, Case." he smirked leaning against the doorway.

"Oh sorry. I didn't mean to seem rude. Just didn't expect you of all people." she said feeling like an idiot.

He waited a good few minutes for her to invite him in, but she stood there obviously shocked, "Can I come in? Or are you going to make me stand here the whole time."

She let him in, "Of course. Come in. I look like crap, though. Thanks for warning me before you came." she joked. She noticed a grin that could only be followed by a sarcastic comment. She saved herself the embarrassment. "You say nothing." she pointed at him.

He raised his hands in defense. "I didn't even speak. So is your Dad here?" They both sat on the couch.

"No. He's hardly ever home. That guy is a crazy work-a-holic. I'm even lucky to see him in the mornings before I leave. He usually gets home after I'm asleep."

"Oh. Well what are your plans today?" he went straight to the point.

She raised her eyebrow. "Uh. It's my day off so I was just going to rel--"

He interrupted her "..come out with me?" he smiled big.

She gave him a chided look. "Derek.."

"What?" he grinned. "Come on Case. We never hang out anymore" she snorted. "Hey I'm serious. It's your day off, why not spend it with me?" He smiled really, really big.

"Where's..Jamie?" Casey asks reluctantly.

Derek frowned. "She's back in Toronto. Come on Case. I'm free today. Plus I wanted to look at some stuff for my place here."

"You got a place already?" she asked enthused.

"Yep. It's actually not too far from here." he stated matter-of-factly

"Convenient" she muttered under her breath

"What?"

"Nothing."

He raised an eyebrow,"Okay..." Then got his smile back, "Well you helped me out with my other apartment, I trust your judgment" he took her hand and practically begged.

"Is this not at all weird to you?" she questioned with a concerned smile.

"Casey, its only weird if you make it weird." he assured her.

"Fine." she gave in reluctantly. "Let me get ready."

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After going to a bunch of furniture stores for 3 hours Derek was starting to get frustrated. "I'm hungry!"

She looked at at him like a crazy person "You're the one that wanted to look at furniture, Derek."

"I know, but I'm hungry! Can we eat now?!" She laughed at him. "What?"

"You're cranky when you don't eat." she remembered from before.

He scoffed. "As if you didn't know already, Case."

"Yadda Yadda. Let's go find some place so you can stop crying." she joked. He glared at her.

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"Sorry Derek, but they don't have you're sushi pizza." she teased him.

"Break my heart why don't cha" she didn't laugh. "Sorry."

"It's okay." She waited a few minutes, "So I've been meaning to ask.." she trailed off playing with the straw in her water.

"Yeah?"

"Why New York?"

"Well I got drafted here, Case. Duh."

She scoffed. "Yeah. I found out like the rest of the world." she said bitterly.

He put his hands on hers when a tiny shiver sparked for both and he quickly pulled back, "Sorry. If its anything though, I reminded them." he offered her a smile which she faintly returned.

"Yeah, I know." she relaxed a bit better now. "I meant like you got no other offers from other teams?"

"Well..." his turn to trail off.

"Well what?"

He started to fidget with his napkin. "Uh...after I tried out for them, I had an offer with the.." he said something she couldn't make out.

"Could you just sit up and speak up? What'd you say?" he sat up.

"The Maple Leafs.."

"DER-EK! THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS?!" she literally jumped out of her seat.

"Casey chill!" people started to stare their way. "Sorry, she has a bad case of Turrets." he addressed to the people. Casey leaned over and smacked him over the head. "Ow! It was a joke!"

"No! You dolt! You turned down the Maple Leafs?!"

"Yeah don't remind me" he whined rubbing his head.

"Why?" she asked confused.

"Why what?" she glared at him. "I don't know, okay. Don't you think I've gotten that question endlessly in the last few weeks?"

"I know you know. Just like I still know when your bullshitting" she told him serious.

"Let's just change the subject okay. I'm here in New York and you'll just have to put up with me. I know deep down your happy about it." she rolled her eyes. "So be happy." He smirked to get her to relax. And there he saw a little smile hidden on her lips.

She raised an eyebrow at his sudden positivity, "I'll let it go for now only 'cause our food is coming." she smiled proudly.

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"Let's go for a walk." Derek suggested.

"Weird 'cause I thought what we're doing right now constitutes as walking?" she joked

"Haha Casey! Funny." he said sarcastically. "I meant let's go for a walk in the park or something. You know? We could talk about random stuff. Just the two of us?"

She stopped abruptly and he did too to look at her. She smiled remembering their first date was a walk in the park. "Yeah. I think I'd like that."

He grinned in victory, "Awesome. Lets go."

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They walked around central park for about an hour now. Laughing, reminiscing, and generally just having fun. It was comfortable. Like old times. There was a question that floated Casey's mind the whole time, she just didn't know when to ask. So finally she did. "So.. is Jamie..is she going to move with you here?"

He shrugged. "We haven't really talked about it."

"Do you want her to?" she piped in fast.

He laughed at her eagerness, "What's with the interrogation?"

"Sorry." deep down not satisfied with not getting the answer.

He quickly changed the subject. "So have any special men in your life?" she opened her mouth to answer but he interrupted her again, "And I'm talking real people, Case."

She glared, "Hey. That's not funny. And if you really want to know... yeah. Sorta. Maybe..."

He was taken aback 'cause he honestly didn't think there'd be someone. Well deep down he hoped there was no one. "Oh yeah?"

"Oh come on. Don't pretend to be hurt. You're the one in a longer lasting relationship than ours ever was." she joked but he didn't laugh. "Sorry" she muttered.

They walked in silence for a few minutes as Derek waited for her to speak. She didn't, so he did. "Well you gonna tell me about him?"

"Uh. There's hardly anything to talk about." he raised an eyebrow showing he isn't convinced. "I'm serious. We literally went on like one date... and I totally made a fool of myself that night." she admitted quietly.

He smirked, "A-ha! Klutzilla lives on!" he said really loud.

"Shut up!" she playfully punched him. "It's all your fault anyway."

"How is it my fault?" he was intrigued.

"When I went out with him, there were all these TVs everywhere. Sports. Sports. Sports, you know?" he nodded for her to continue, "So we were actually having a great time until I heard your name on TV. I nearly choked on my food, I think he was even in the middle of saying something when I totally just walked away and headed toward the TV." she laughed "That's when you were drafted. So then I was totally on edge the rest of the night. I swear he probably thinks I'm crazy. I still talk to him at the office and whatever but the flirting totally went out the window."

"Good" he grinned while walking.

She stopped for a second and stared at him. 'Incredible..' Then she ran to catch up. "What do you mean 'Good'?"

"You know exactly what I mean." he said seriously.

"So what? You're allowed to be happy but I can't?" she snapped at him

"Who said I was happy?" he stopped this time to look at her.

She bit her lip. "You're not?" she questioned.

He leaned down a bit. Right in front of her face, he smiled and softly admitted, "I'm happy right now." She blushed and there came those rapid heartbeats and feeling like she can't breathe. How does he manage to do this to her?

"Is it bad that this feels right?" she mumbled in front of his face.

His heart raced. He missed feeling this close to her. "Not at all." He leaned in closer and closer as she closed her eyes.

Just as he was about to brush his lips on hers, he instantly felt a sharp pain on his leg. He looked down and saw a toddler with a stick. "Shit! Shit! Shit!" Derek yelled as he jumped up and down on one leg. Casey can't help but laugh. "Not funny, Casey" he said as he glared at her.

Trying to hold it in, "I'm sorry." Derek sat on the ground while he rubbed his leg. Casey looked at the kid, "Hey Sweetie, you shouldn't hit strangers with your stick. Now where's your mom..." He ran away from Casey.

"Case don't even--" WHAM! the kid hit Derek on the side of the head with the stick. Blackout.

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"Derek?.. Derek? Are you awake?"

"Casey?" he grumbled.. totally dazed.

"Yesssss. That's me. Now wake up!"

He opened his eyes and saw Casey sitting at the edge of the bed. "Where are we?"

"We're back at my place. Don't even ask how I got you here. I don't want to talk about it." she shuddered at the thought.

"What the hell happened?" he groaned. "Why does my head hurt?!"

"That devil child hit you on the side of the head with his stick."

"Damn kid." he muttered while holding his head. "Did I bleed?" checking his hand for blood.

"Nope, no blood. You just blacked out for a few hours. If you couldn't tell its dark out now." she lightly laughed as she gently touched the wound.

"Casey could you check it again?"he voiced seriously.

"Why? Does it hurt still?" she asked concerned as she leaned down closer to his head.

Just when she got close enough to his head, he turned it and kissed her. Casey's heart fluttered and blushed red. He pulled back and smirked at her. "Okay." she breathed. "Was that part of your plan?" she asked raising an eyebrow.

"You know I couldn't resist" he all knowingly grinned. She couldn't resist. She gave in.

She kissed him back. He wrapped his arms around her waist and brought her on top of him. She was straddling him. This kiss. This kiss that both have missed for the past 5 years. Shivers running down both their spines. Colliding heartbeats. He immediately turned her over without breaking the kiss. She let out a slight moan into his mouth. He hurried to take off his shirt exposing that body Casey missed waking up to. She leaned up on her knees and started to kiss his chest. Just then they stared at each other realizing how much they missed one another. He put his hands on the hem of her shirt. She put her arms up and he slowly lifted up her shirt as he stared into her eyes. Her blue eyes giving him the answers screaming "YES!" at him. He lifted her shirt off and he slowly brought her down. She lifted her head back, giving him better access to her neck. He slowly left a trail of wet kisses from her neck to her jawline, running his hands all over her body. She moaned loudly. He slowly made his way to her bare shoulder. The place he knew made her squirm. He kissed it and felt her shake from underneath him. She leaned up to his earlobe and blew really lightly making him shiver.. giving him a taste of his own medicine as she slowly whispered in his ear. "Now... Derek... I need you now." She put her head back onto the mattress and he nodded.

Quickly they both took off all the remaining clothing and went on through the night.