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"I…Do you really not want the kid?" Derek asked.

Casey looked away for a moment.

"I don't know…I just don't think I'm ready for a kid, I can't raise it all by my self…" Casey said.

"Who says you're raising it all by yourself?" Derek questioned, sitting down next to her on her bed.

"Well your never home half of the time, you're usually with some other girl everyday, I'm surprised you're even at home right now...Its like you can't cope with one girl…So that only leaves me to take care of the baby" Casey said.

"Case, the only reason I don't stay with one person is because…" Derek's voice trailed off as he realized what he was about to say.

"Derek what da hell are you doing, nobody can know the reason!'

"Because, what?" Casey asked curiously.

Derek took a breath.

'If this will stop her from doing anything to the kid then I might as well..'

"Because I'm afraid of rejections or breakups… See the girls I go with seem desperate to be with me so, their free stuff, but if I get into a relationship…I'm afraid the girl is gonna leave me and then I'll just be all screwed up…You know what I mean, kinda like what happened with you after you broke up wit Sam" Derek said quietly.

Casey stared at Derek in surprise.

"Oh my god, Derek's afraid of getting hurt'

"But isn't a baby too much for you?...I mean, sure you care right now, but later your not gonna care anymore and leave…" Casey said. "Just like my dad did" Casey finished in a near whisper.

"Case, I would never do that, I'll stay with you the rest of my life…What happened with your dad.." Derek said.

"Lizzie was also a mis…uh…an accident…my dad said he'd help out and everything…But a little while after Lizzie was born, he said he couldn't take care of her anymore and…He left" Casey said, with tears in her eyes.

"Oh, Case I'm so sorry" Derek said, wrapping his arms around Casey, and let her cry on his shoulder.

"I would never do that to you" Derek said.

Casey looked up at Derek.

"But…would you do that to me?" Derek asked.

"Why would I?" Casey asked, in shock that Derek would think she would do a thing like that.

"Well who knows, you did break up with Sam, didn't you" Derek said.

Casey looked into Derek's worried looking eyes.

"I left him…because I couldn't be with someone if I loved someone else more…" Casey said, whipping away tears that's had fallen.

Derek looked at her curiously.

"You…" Casey said quietly, looking at her fingers, she was twiddling the ends of her blanket.

Derek looked at her in surprise.

"I always loved you Derek, it just took me a while to admit it to myself, I thought I was falling for you like everyone at school was, and I thought I'd get over you, I went out with Sam hoping I'd forget about you.." Casey said before she was interrupted by Derek.

"You mean you never liked Sammy boy?" Derek asked in surprise.

"Of course I did, but it turned out that I love you more and you can't be with someone if you have stronger feelings for someone else" Casey finished.

"So…does that mean you'll keep the baby?" Derek asked, with hope in his eyes.

Casey looked away for a moment, when she turned back to face Derek, she realized something.

'Derek really does love me'

"Only, and only if you promise to never leave me" Casey said.

"I promise" Derek said in relief, pulling her into a hug.

…

"Ha ha, see right there, early Saturday cartoons!" Lizzie said, pointing to the day listings on the internet.

"Uh...there must be a mistake, technical difficulties, yeah, that always happens" Edwin said.

"Face it Edwin, you just can't stand to be wrong" Lizzie said in his face.

"Don't you ever get tired of being right?" Edwin asked sarcastically, crashing his lips against Lizzie's.

Lizzie responded almost immediately to Edwin's kiss. After about 10 seconds of kissing, Edwin backed away for air.

"Uh, yeah, I'm gonna go to bed now" Lizzie said, chuckling slightly.

"Yeah ok, I think I'll also go to bed" Edwin said, with a smile on his face.

"You think?" Lizzie said sarcastically, cocking an eyebrow.

"I mean I am" Edwin said.

Lizzie chuckled and left the room.

'God I love her'

…The next day…

"Ughh…stupid birds" Derek mumbled, rubbing his eyes trying to clear away the sleepiness. He looked at his alarm clock.

"9:00!" Derek said in shock.

Derek mumbled again, and then tried to get back to sleep, but he couldn't. So he just laid there with his eyes shut.

"Derek?" A quiet female voice asked, opening Derek's door, and standing at the doorway.