Hey guys! I know it's been a while but I've been working on a new story. This one is almost finished and i'm getting excited about it! So I bring you chapter 12!

It was just before five in the morning when Derek had woken up. Casey was at his side, still sound asleep.

She had given him his one more night but in the back of his mind, he knew that it wouldn't be enough. He wanted to wake up and go to sleep to her everyday and every night.

She suddenly moved next to him and woke up. Her brilliant blue eyes looked up at him and she smiled a little. He smirked and got comfortable with her again.

"Morning," he whispered to her.

"Morning,"

"Sleep good?"

She nodded and snuggled in closer to him. Derek pressed his body closer to hers, just to get the feel of her skin against his.

"We have to be up in three hours," she whispered to him.

"I know," he said to her, softly. "I don't wanna think about it right now,"

She said nothing to him. All she did was let his hands wander all over her body. He kissed her softly and that one kiss turned into a passionate roll beneath the sheets. And when seven came around, Derek kissed her and left her room.

It was going to be a long day today.

--

Around noon, they were all in the process of getting ready for the wedding. Nora was to be wed in an hour and she was more calm than ever. Casey on the other hand, kept to herself while her make up was being done. Amy and Vikki were constantly looking at her, trying to silently ask her what was wrong and failed. Lizzie was worried as well, but she knew that if she asked, her sister would lie and say that nothing was wrong.

And Marti, well she was just sick and tired of the whole wedding thing and just wanted to get out of her dress and party.

And thankfully there was a second beach house next to the main house they were staying at making it so the men could get ready as well. And when no one was looking, Derek sneaked out to try to talk to Casey, one last time.

He opened the door, trying to make himself unnoticed and he heard a throat being cleared. He tensed up and turned around to see Vikki standing there with a towel wrapped around her waist and curlers in her hair.

"Can I help you?" She asked him.

"I had no idea that you liked curlers." He said to her.

"Enough with the bull shit, Casey is up in her room,"

Derek nodded and rushed up to her room. He knocked and then walked in. He saw her sitting at her vanity and she looked at him through the reflection in the mirror.

"Derek,"

"Hey," he said to her.

"What are you doing in here?" She said him.

"I have no idea," he said after a few minutes of standing in her door way.

She watched him walked towards her and when he reached her, he cupped the side of her neck and kissed her softly. She pushed him away and he looked at her confused.

"Casey-"

"Derek, we can't so this anymore, you promised,"

He nodded and turned to leave her room. He stopped by the door and looked back at her.

"You look beautiful by the way,"

"You can't say that to me," she whispered to him, a single tear sliding down her cheek.

"Why not?"

"You know why," she said to him. She brushed away her tear and looked away from him, "I'll see you at the wedding,"

He watched her turn around, back to her vanity, and he left her room. As he walked down the hall, he heard Fiona and Nora talking in the room.

"It's just cold feet, sis," he heard Fiona say.

"I don't know, I mean I still think that we should wait." Nora said, "There's something not right about Casey and how she's handling all of it,"

"Well what do you expect? She's pretty much getting a new family,"

Cold feet.

Derek's brow furrowed together and he turned away, leaving the hallway.

--

All the quests were sitting on the white folding chairs, waiting for the wedding to begin. There were many different conversations going on about what it would be like to mush a family together and what could happen.

"I can't see Derek keeping himself together what with his new hot step sister around," his older cousin, Randy, said to his girlfriend.

"That would be kinda gross don't you think?" She asked him, "I mean they would be related,"

"Actually," a female voice cut in, "it wouldn't be gross because they would only be tied together by marriage,"

"Who are you?" Randy asked.

"I'm Casey's cousin, Rachel."

And on the other side, they were talking about the same thing.

"I can't believe Case gets to be sortof related to someone so hot like Derek," Casey's younger cousin, Bridget, said out loud to herself.

"Oh get over it, and Derek isn't that hot," her older sister said.

And then the music started. They all stood up and turned to the end of the aisle. And at the beginning of the aisle, George was having a mini panic attack.

"Mr. V. chills," Sam said to him. "You've done this before,"

George glared at him but dropped it.

"I know," he said, "it's just cold feet,"

"Cold feet?" His youngest son asked.

"Don't worry son, I just feel that I'm not thinking about you guys," and that was when he noticed that his eldest wasn't present, "where's your brother,"

"Sorry," he said running up to the group of men.

"Where were you?"

"Not important," Derek said, "and this is our que,"

And right as Derek said that, the bride's maids walked to the end of the aisle. Lizzie stood next to Edwin, Amy next to Sam, and Casey next to Derek. Marti stood in front of Edwin and Lizzie and started pushing her father lightly.

"Go, dad,"

"Wish me luck," he said before he walked down the aisle.

Marti watched for her que and started walking, doing her flower girl part by littering the ground with petals. Edwin and Lizzie walked a few seconds later, arms linked and he leaned into her a little.

"Have you been paying attention to Casey?" Edwin whispered.

"I don't really think that that is an appropriate subject to talk about right now," Lizzie whispered back to him.

"I know, but I've been paying attention to Derek and I think he might do something drastic,"

And Lizzie looked at him when they went to their sides. He mouthed to her 'calm down' and she tried to get a glimpse at her sister but had no luck.

And when Sam and Amy were walking down the aisle, she was pushing a conversation of her own.

"I can't believe Casey isn't even going to tell her mom about her and Derek." She said shaking her head lightly.

"Amy, it's done and over with," Sam said to her, "it'll be better like this,"

"No, it won't." She whispered to him a bit rudely, "They still love each other and we need to do something,"

"Amy, let it go,"

"Fine," she said to him when they split, "but I won't like it,"

"Won't like what?" Lizzie asked.

"Nothing,"

Marti simply looked at her and shook her head.

"Okay, the next time I hear about your bro and Casey, I'm gonna barf,"

"I think Derek's gonna stop the wedding,"

And finally, Derek and Casey walked down the aisle, not saying anything. But then Derek decided he should tell her what he wanted to do.

"I'm gonna tell them," he whispered to her.

"No you will not," she snapped at him.

"Yes, I am," he said firmly.

"Derek, I will not let you ruin my mothers wedding,"

"You're not gonna stop me Case,"

And before she could say anything, they had walked to their sides and Derek looked at Sam.

"I'm stopping the wedding."

"I'm surprised that you haven't already," Edwin muttered. "And I can't believe dad is so oblivious,"

Nora was then expected to walk down the aisle. When she didn't, everyone was a little worried that she was pulling a run away bride act on George. For a split second, Derek thought that he was home free to be with Casey.

Derek looked at his father and saw a flash of panic in his eyes.

"I'll be back," he said to his dad. And not waiting for an answer, he rushed down the aisle to find Nora.

He didn't want to, but he knew he had to because it was his father. And he loved his father.

When he figured out where Nora would be, he saw Fiona and Vikki knocking on the door.

"Please, sis, come out," Fiona pleaded with her. "Remember when I had cold feet with Harry? I realized that I actually did want to marry him,"

"Aunt Nora, it's not that bad, I mean George is…nice,"

"Victoria," her mother scolded. "Nora, please,"

"What's going on?" Derek asked.

"Your new step mom is being stubborn and refuses to come out." Vikki explained.

Derek pushed his way through and tried the handle. It was locked.

"Nora, it's Derek," he said, "unlock the door please?" Nothing. "It's your wedding day and you've locked yourself in a room," He sighed, "open the door?"

"I'm gonna go spill the heartbreak," Vikki muttered.

"Victoria," her mother scolded again.

"Well, it's obvious that she doesn't want to marry him," she reasoned with her mother.

Derek watched Vikki and Fiona walk away and he was left at her door. He remembered his senior prom, when he picked up Casey at Emily's house and she refused to come out of the bathroom.

Emily was standing next to Sam with a worried expression on her face.

"I don't know why she won't come out," she said to her friend's date, "I mean you've seen her dress I don't know why she's nervous to come out."

Derek's brows furrowed together and he knocked on the door.

"Case, babe, come out please?" Derek pleaded with her. There was no answer. He sighed and turned back to his friends. "Can I get a minute?"

Sam and Emily nodded and left Derek standing alone at the door.

"Case, it's just me out here, can you open the door?"

He had no idea that she was standing at the sink with a box on the counter. Her hands were shaking, her heart was pounding a million miles a minute and she was pretty sure that if she gnawed on her bottom lip for another minute, she'd bite it off completely.

There was no way that she could be pregnant. She was a senior, and she was going to her prom. She thought that she and Derek were always safe and they had only done it a few times.

"Derek can you just give me a minute?" She asked with a shaky voice.

"Case, come on, please?"

She sighed and walked over to the door and she unlocked it. She stoop back by the sink and took a deep breath.

"Come in,"

He walked in and looked at her, worried.

"Everything okay?" He asked her.

"I don't know, I haven't check yet,"

"What do you mean you haven't checked?"

She grabbed the box and showed it to him and his heart sunk.

"But I th- I mean- we've been safe haven't we?" He stammered.

"I thought so, but it's been two weeks," she explained to him.

Derek took a deep breath and moved closer to her. He grabbed her hands and nodded.

"We'll be okay," he said to her, "whatever the result is, we'll be okay,"

--

Casey sat on the edge of the bathtub almost ten minutes while Derek, was leaned against the sink.

Time drug on and on and it was driving Derek crazy. He looked at his phone for like the millionth time and finally it was time.

"It's time," he said to her.

She stood from her seat and walked over to the toilet where the plastic white and pink stick was rested on the lid. She took a deep breath and turned it over. Her back was facing her boyfriend and he looked like he was about to cry when she faced him. A smile grew on her face and she tossed the stick on the sink. He looked back at it before she pulled him in for a deep kiss.

"It's negative," she said to him, out of breath.

"Thank God,"

"What?" she asked, a little put off.

"I mean, right now," she looked at him with no expression at all, "lets go to prom."

She smiled at him and agreed.

He heard a faint click and he knocked softly.

"Nora?"

He opened the door and he saw her standing in the center of the room in her wedding dress. And he knew that it was weird to think it but he thought she looked amazing. It was no wonder where Casey got her beauty from.

"I don't know what to do," she said to him.

"Get married,"

"What if I can't walk down that aisle to your father?"

"You can," he said to her, "look, Nora, I have never seen my dad crazy about someone like he is you. I know my dad loves you and I know that you do too."

He looked around the room briefly and then back at her.

"You look great, so there isn't anything you need to worry about. All those people are out there for you and my dad, to watch you two blend a family, to state your love to everyone and…" he trailed off and shook his head. "You should be out there, walking down the aisle to my dad,"

And the next thing he knew, he was back where he was before, standing next to his father.

The music started again and this time, Nora walked down the aisle. She looked amazing; there was no doubt about that. And even thought her dress was pretty simple, it was perfect on her. She stood before George with a bright smile and he smiled back.

Now, Derek nor Casey were paying any attention to anything that was being said, but when the priest asked if there was any reason why the two should not be wed, Derek moved slightly and looked at Casey and she pleaded with her eyes not to say anything. So he stepped back to where he was. He looked down and closed his eyes, preparing his heart for the break.

"Wait!"

And I realize it's short but oh well...