13/12/2007 21:47:00

It's short yes, but I think it's totally worth it.

Disclaimer: Nothing to disclaim cept for LWD. Oh and smooches.

.:winkwink:.

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Later Wednesday Night

Casey looked over at her clock to see that it was just after midnight. She smiled and got out of bed, deciding that two hours was long enough to torture Derek. Sure she knew from the moment he left her room what she wanted to do about his confession, but having the upper hand with Derek only happened every so often and she was going to let it last for as long as she could.

Walking into his room, she glanced at him before quietly closing his door. She turned around and took notice that Derek eyes were closed and that he was sitting cross legged in the middle of his bed. The backs of his hands were resting on his knees, each thumb forming an O with each index finger. She crossed her arms and suppressed a laugh when he let out a soft, moaning, "Omm," the last letter dragging.

"Uhh Derek? What are you doing?"

At the sound of Casey's voice, Derek's head whipped around and he pushed himself off his bed, one hand moving to rub nervously against the back of his neck.

"Uh, nothing!"

Casey continued to stare at him, smug amusement playing across her features. "Were you meditating?"

He chuckled nervously, letting out a "Phff!" and waving his hand at her dismissively.

"Oooo I'm so gonna use this," she said evilly, narrowing her eyes.

"Hey you always said it was a surefire way to relax and since I've been waiting with nothing to do for, oh about two hours, I thought I'd give it a try. Didn't work by the way."

"You probably did it wrong," Casey replied shrugging.

"You can't meditate wrong!" Derek exclaimed.

"You can! Besides don't you always say that you're the exception to every rule?"

Derek rolled his eyes at her, deciding to give up on their pointless argument. They stood in silence looking at each other for a moment before they felt the weight of their situation return.

"Casey—" "Derek—", they started at the same time.

"Go ahead," Derek told her, using his hand to gesture for her to continue.

"Thanks." Casey took a deep breath before she started pacing, wringing her hands together in the process. "Derek, There are so many things going through my head right now. So many questions I have and so many things that need to be discussed at length."

He nodded his head, looking uncomfortably at the floor as she took a step closer to him.

"I've been thinking for the last two hours about all the things that were suddenly totally and irreversibly changed by what you said." She paused, gathering her courage. "But amidst all the complications, only one thought, or rather, one question, consumed me."

She paused again, taking another step closer to Derek, who was still gazing intently at the floor. Taking another deep breath she stated calmly, "What the hell took you so long?"

Derek's head jerked up and the nervous shuffling of his feet paused. They stood in silence, their bodies frozen as they searched each other's eyes.

Derek took a giant step forward and grabbed Casey by the waist, thrusting her into his arms and into his kiss. She let out a moan of surprise, her arms clutching at his biceps to steady herself. When she fully grasped what was going on, she smiled into his lips and kissed back, her hands trailing up his arms to wrap around his neck.

After a moment he pulled back, his arms moving to wrap around her back in a tight embrace. She opened her eyes to see his sparkling ones looking back at her from less than an inch away. They shared an overjoyed smile, their eyes remaining locked together as their lips reconnected over and over in small loving kisses.

They separated slightly, huge smiles still covering their faces and Casey pulled Derek into a hug to which he responded with such enthusiasm that it lifted her off her feet.