A/N-Yo! Hello fellow readers. This chapter might be a tiny bit more romantically intense than the others. Nothing "bad" is going to happen but it is just a precautionary. Lots of smoochies, detailing and inappropriate morning lovin'. Make sure you review when finished & tell me what you think! Now, on with the chapter.

Breaking Rules

Chapter 21

It was silent for a few seconds before Casey burst out in tears. This stunned Derek and he felt cold. He zoned out as he took everything in perspective. The only thing his body told him to do was to wrap an arm around Casey; which he did. In return, she turned her body and came into him, hugging him tight as she sobbed.

He slowly put his arms around her tighter, his body and mind still mostly unresponsive. This was all he could manage to do. It was his instinct to try and help Casey first.

A few hours later, George had not come back to the waiting room, which could be bad or good. All this kids fell asleep as did Casey. Derek was the only one who was still awake. He was tired; you could see the rings under his eyes. His eyes drooped from tiredness as he looked out the window. He was watching the birds twitter around. It was five in the morning and the birds were up. There chirping was comforting for his ears.

Wasn't it the weirdest feeling knowing even in your own moment of pain…the world kept going? Everything changed for you but yet…nothing was different elsewhere. If he closed his eyes and let the darkness come over him, he would realize that everything was the exact same that it was twenty-four hours ago. He was still with Casey. Her in his arms. He was still eighteen years old. He still had a job, an apartment, friends, schoolwork and etc. in his life. None of that had changed. It was all the same. However, when he opened his eyes and looked at where he was, he would see that his family was crumbling apart. He would see that his new baby sister might not make it to see her first birthday let alone day two of her life.

Casey stirred in her sleep as she dug her head into his chest. He forgot that she was there. She mended so well into his own body. Casey slowly opened her exhausted eyes.

"Any news?" she whispered.

He shook his head giving her a comforting sweet smile.

"Did you sleep at all?" she asked quietly yawning.

"No." he said tiredly.

Just then, a female doctor walked into the room.

"Venturi?" she asked quietly noticing the sleeping children.

"Yes." Derek said as Casey and his stood up almost instantly.

"Are they okay?" Casey asked instinctively grabbing Derek's hand for support.

"Your mother is doing fine. We gave her some medication to sleep and she'll be ready for visitors in the morning."

"What about the baby?" Casey's worry had not dissipated in the least.

"She's a fighter." the doctor said. "She is doing very well for being only four pounds, but she'll have to stay in the ICU for a few weeks to be monitored."

"But, is she going to be okay?" Derek asked.

"If things go the way they are, she'll be just fine and ready to head home when she's at a healthy weight." The doctor smiled reassuringly before walking out of the room.

Casey let a few tears roll down her cheeks. She still wasn't convinced. Derek turned her to him.

"She's gonna make it, Casey." he said looking her straight in the eyes. "Trust me." Derek said truthfully.

She looked at him and suddenly wrapped her arms around him. She stood on her tiptoes as she whispered something into his ear.

"Thank you...for everything." she said before kissing his cheek slowly and intimately.

XOXO

The next morning, the family got to see Nora. She looked tired but said she was feeling well. She had a room full of balloons and flowers.

"What did you name her?" Lizzie asked.

"Evelyn Rose." Nora replied with a smile. "They might let you see the baby."

Casey felt excited but also got a pang of guilt to go with it.

When they walked into the room and first laid their eyes upon little Evelyn, they couldn't pull away. She was so beautiful. All the kids piled around the baby and watched her sleep.

After a few minutes, all the young kids headed back to see Nora. Derek was going to head back too before he realized the way she Casey was looking at the baby.

"Are you coming?" he asked quietly.

"She's so little." Casey said faintly.

"She's going to be alright." he said coming up next to her.

"I know but she's in the machine because of me."

"No, Casey. It had nothing do with us." he said shaking his head. "It was a mild complication in her pregnancy. It would have happened either way. You heard what the doctor told us."

Casey nodded before slowly backing away.

"Bye, baby Evelyn." she said. Derek had to pull her away gently.

Three and a half miraculous weeks later, the front door of the Venturi/MacDonald household was opened for Nora and the new baby. She was greeted by two dozen balloons and a pink welcome home sign for the new baby.

Evelyn loved the attention she got in her new crib. Now at a healthy six pounds, she had more toys than a Toys R Us.

Casey and Derek had decided to stay longer than expected to help Nora out. So far, the whole marriage thing didn't come up. Whenever George was in the room though, I didn't look Casey or Derek in the eyes. However, with things slowly going back to normal, it was time to discuss the trigger of series of events.

"It's time to talk about this." George said walking into the living room; where Derek and Casey were watching television. He flipped the television off and stood in front of it. The two teenagers looked at each other nervously before giving their attention to George.

Nora slowly walked into the room from the kitchen. She came to hear what George was going to say.

"It's time to hear the truth." he said finally looking them in the eyes. "How did this happen?" he insinuated the two. Derek was in his favorite chair while Casey was on the couch.

"It just happened." Derek said guiltily.

"No, marriage does not just happen." George said angrily. Nora was startled by his new tone. "Forgetting to turn off the lights just happens. Misplacing little things just happens. Getting married does not just happen!" He breathed in slowly trying to calm down. "When?"

"Vancouver." Casey said shamefully with her head down.

"You two don't even like each other." George said confused. Derek stood up quickly. It was his turn to be angry.

"You're right dad. I don't "like" Casey. I love her. "He said confidently. "And nothing you say or do is ever going to change that. We got married by accident but we stayed married on purpose. You can disown me and throw me to the curb but at the end of the day…Casey is still going to be my wife." his words were firm and grounded. "She's still going to wear my name."

He walked out of the living room quickly and slammed the front door as he left.

The used to be sleeping Evelyn started crying. Her obvious nap interrupted. Nora left the room to assist the baby leaving a startled Casey and an even angrier George.

"Casey." he sitting down next to her. "This isn't right. Even you know that this shouldn't have happened. You need to end this before it goes too far."

"George forgive me, but this whole thing is between Derek and I. I of course value my mother and you and what you think but Derek and I are old enough to make our own choices."

"They're the wrong choices." he said disapprovingly.

"Depends on your angle I guess." she looked down and then up at his face. "I know it's weird and strange for me to love Derek more than I should but…it's too late." She got up and grabbed her jacket and Derek's before proceeding to go outside to find him.

George didn't move. He felt too disrespected to do anything at the moment. Never in his life had he felt so humiliated. And by his own son of all people.

As Casey walked out of the house, it was snowing. She spotted Derek in the front yard; near the tree. He was leaning against the large tree with his arm against the bark for balance.

"Here." she said handing him his jacket. He turned his head around but did not move. He gave her a lazy look before turning his head back around. He didn't want the jacket. "Derek." she said slowly before he interrupted her.

"My dad…has gone too far."

"I know. But, you have to remember that he loves us. I mean you are his son and I am his…daughter."

"Step-daughter or daughter-in-law?" he asked still facing away from her.

"Both I guess…which creeps him out. Which creeps me out too actually." Casey said laughing quietly.

"Let's just got this trip over with and head back to Queens and move on with everything."

"You know. We never did actually get to go on a honeymoon." Derek said turning around.

"I think we've spent enough money on ourselves for the time being Derek."

"Yeah…we probably wouldn't have even left the hotel room anyway."

"Derek!" she said smacking him on the chest. He caught her arm, leaned in, and kissed her deeply. He pulled away and smirked at her. "Now, come on. Let's go back inside before we turn into snowmen." she turned around and headed back for the house. That's when she was nailed with a large snowball. "De-rek!" she turned around and watched him laugh. "You are such a jerk!" She retaliated and made her own snowball. But, nonetheless, he continued to laugh as she chased him around the yard with it.

XOXO

It was extremely early in the morning the next day.

"Psss…psss."

Casey slowly opened her eyes and saw Derek in Lizzie's doorway. He was holding the door open a crack trying to get her attention.

"What are you doing?" she whispered tiredly.

"Come on." he said closing the door. Casey got out of bed with an annoyed expression. She snuck out into the hall and closed Lizzie's door behind her.

"Are you aware that it's five in the morning?" she asked. He ignored her question, grabbed the side of her face, and kissed her hard. Overwhelmed by his assertiveness she leaned into him like a rag doll. There was something extremely sexy and sweet about a guy holding the side of your head with his hand. Something romantic about it. Casey took a second to compose her mind after he pulled away. A kiss like that was when you needed cold water thrown on your face. "Wh-what are you-?" she asked in a fog.

He grinned at her maliciously before he snaked his hand into her own. He grabbed it tight and pulled her down the hall. He pulled her into his room and closed the door; trapping her against it and himself. Derek then leaned against her and proceeded to lock the door.

"Morning." he said with a smirk.

"Is this what you call a wake up call?" she asked blushing.

"It's what I call…achieving a conquest."

"It's what I call a booty call." she said humoring him.

"It's not a booty call if you're my wife."

"It is if I'm your ex." she said tauntingly.

"Yeah, right. Like you could stand being away from this for more than 2 hours." he said insinuating himself.

"Derek, I went to bed at 1am thanks to your need to keep me out and build an igloo with you. I need my mandatory hours of sleep." she said tiredly.

He became serious and leaned in to her. He was close enough to kiss her but he didn't.

"Haven't you ever wondered what it would be like to hook up in this house with the everyone home?" he asked her slowly.

"Not particularly. Have you?" she asked with a small smile.

"Casey, it's one of those things where you know that you may possibly get caught."

"How is that fun?" she asked confused.

"Because it's…bad." he said trying to make her understand. "Because it feels good to do things you shouldn't do sometimes. It feels incredible to break the rules." he smirked at her.

"Derek, getting caught wouldn't exactly help our situation with the George." she said.

"Duh." he said like a smart ass. "That's why I locked the door."

That's when he leaned in and connected his lips with hers in a passionate and erotic kiss. More powerful than ever before. More sensual and sexy than any of her past kisses. Derek had a rush of excitement for doing bad things. He wasn't a bad person, of course. But, he loved the rush of possibly getting caught or heard. It made it that much more stimulating.

As he kissed Casey, he thought about how George would flip his lid if he found out. Thinking about George really pissed Derek off and Casey could feel the anger come out in the kiss.

His father didn't understand where he was coming from. Nobody ever would either. It's not like he expected them to. But, it was impossible to configure the fact that you could have deeper feelings for someone than you had originally planned; no matter who they were.

Yes--George would kill Derek if he found out what they were doing in his room at 5 in the morning. And he loved knowing that. He loved having the power. His rage and excitement came out in his feelings towards Casey. He pinned her hard against that door and gripped her waist close to him. His front teeth bit her lip and Casey was practically living on cloud nine at this point.

He ran his hands up her body slowly. Strong hands that fit better than the clothes she wore…well…the clothes she used to wear.

Different scraps of clothing landed on the floor consecutively. Derek pulled her over to the bed; while still kissing her. The faster he attacked her mouth, the more power he felt. Blood pumped through his body hot enough to set lava to shame. Casey was nothing but Jell-O. If you nailed her to a tree, she would just keep on sliding down which was the way she felt in Derek's arms right then.

He turned her around and slowly headed back for the bed. He broke away from her and sat down on the bed, smirking. He grabbed her hands and pulled her down along with him.

"Will this ever get less weird?" she asked him as he rolled atop her.

"Probably not." he said before kissing her neck. He looked up slowly and gave her an impish smile. "But, it's still fun."

XOXO

Two wonderful hours later, Casey opened Derek's door. She stuck her head out to make sure no one was in the hall. She opened the door fully before walking out. Her hair was is disarray but she ignored it. Derek who was wearing no shirt grabbed her arm before she ran back to Lizzie's room.

"I told you it would be so much more fun "trying" to stay quiet." he said arrogantly with a playful smirk.

"Yeah well, I think your sick joke of purposely trying to make me the loud one was extremely juvenile."

"Yet oh so satisfying." he said. "Not my fault you want to scream my name to the world. I can't help it if I have a natural gift."

Casey rolled her eyes.

"Not your fault? It was entirely your fa-"

"Morning."

"Marti?" Casey asked surprised that she was awake so early on a Saturday.

"What are you doing up?" Derek asked as surprised as Casey was.

"I couldn't sleep. My wall was shaking."

Derek held in what he could have a laugh. Casey on the other hand froze.

"What do you mean?" she asked cautiously.

"I thought the house was falling down."

Derek couldn't hold this one in. He had to turn his head away just to minimize the humor of it all.

"Honey, the house isn't falling down."

"Are you sure?" she asked.

"Yes."

"Because I thought I heard someone screaming." she said innocently.

Derek could not stop laughing. He couldn't even breathe anymore.

"Marti, don't worry about it. It was just a dream. You don't need to tell anyone about it either because everything is fine." Casey said comforting her.

"Okay." she said skipping down the hall.

"See what you did?" she asked angrily turning to him. He through her a glance after he wiped his eyes of the tears.

"Oh, I see perfectly well…what I did." and then he started laughing again.

A/N-Okay, make sure you leave a review. I'll be updating soon. Just FYI, I'm sad to report that this story is coming to end in about 2-3 chapters. So, stay tuned to see what happens and how everything pans out in the end.

P.S-I'm sorry for any grammar mistakes and misspellings. I am usually a very good speller but after I write the chapter, it's usually too long for me to want to re-read it. Lol. So please forgive me beloved readers.