"Morning little miss do everyone in one night." Derek said as Casey walked --or stumbled rather-- into the room.
"I did that?" Casey's eye filled up with tears and she buried her head in her arm. Derek jumped up off his chair and looked at her he hated when she cried but after what he said to her last night he couldn't comfort her. Casey officially didn't want to talk to Derek at all. She ran up to her bedroom and locked her door. She changed into her own pajama's and crawled into her bed. She knew she probably would have remembered sleeping with someone even if she was drunk but she really didn't remember what her intentions were. She decided she needed to sleep so she closed her eyes. She finally got to sleep after about fifteen minutes of trying.
Derek went back up to the bathroom and took a shower then changed into something that he could go out in. He went downstairs and waited for someone to call him to go hang out. There was a girls beach volley ball game on the television that he was just getting into when the phone rang.
"Yo." Derek said into the phone.
"Hi, is Casey there? Its Colby." Colby replied into the phone.
"Nah, she's asleep." Derek said then hung up. He wasn't in the mood to talk to Colby or Sam. He wouldn't hold it against Sam because he was his best friend and he didn't know Derek liked Casey too. If he did know he would back off. But it didn't matter any way because he and Casey were over before they even began. Derek didn't know why he was doing this to him self. He knew he loved Casey but he didn't want to admit it to her again and have her reject him. In truth that was why he said it in the first place, for fear of rejection. Derek Venturi feared rejection from no one so he didn't know how to act. Now all of a sudden Casey had him wrapped around her finger just like that.
Derek got up and left the house because he knew Casey was up stairs and that was driving him crazy. He didn't want to be where she was. Where he had to see her smile about stuff that wasn't caused by him. When they had been in that weird world Casey's only reason for smiling was him and now that they are home Casey is smiling because of Emily, Sam, Noel, and now Colby. He was only part of the things making her smile now and it was driving him crazy. Derek needed to make her happy but now it was to late. He'd ruined it. He got into town and picked up his phone to call Ralph.
"Ralphie! Want to go babe watching with me?" Derek asked into the phone.
"Yeah man, pick me up Saturday you find the best girls at the malls!" Ralph exclaimed. Derek went to his house and called Ralph to come out. When Ralph climbed in Derek floored it to the mall. They first went up to the food court to get some burgers and fries.
"Check out that red head with the green mini skirt on!" Ralph exclaimed.
"Eh, she's a total Lindsay Lohan, hot but not up to Derek level." Derek boasted for a while about how great he was then he spotted Alice and decided he and Ralph better sneak off before she spotted him.
Casey woke up feeling less hung over and more sick. She went down stairs to find the thermometer. She had a fever and needed to call her mom. She didn't want to worry her but she didn't know where the Advil was, and she needed to take some to bring down the fever.
"Hi mom." She said weakly into the phone.
"Hey, Casey listen honey, George and I are going to have to stay in New York for the week. Can you phone you're aunt Fiona and ask her to take Care of Lizzie for the week. George and I already called Abby and Ed and Marti are staying there. What did you need?" Nora asked all at once.
"Mom, I'll call Aunt Fiona and where is the Advil?"Casey asked in return.
"Its in the bathroom cabnit." Nora said.
"Thanks I love you mom." Casey said as she hung up. She got the Advil and went to the sofa to watch a movie. There was no good movies on or even shows for that matter so she called Fiona for her mom. Then went and sat in Derek's chair and started reading a book. It was around dinner time when Derek came in the door. Casey didn't even look up from her book.
"I brought pizza for supper." Derek said awkwardly. Casey didn't look up.
"Want me to bring you some?" Derek put the box down and put a piece on a plate and brought it over. When Casey saw it she ran to the bathroom to throw up. She cleaned out her mouth then returned to Derek's chair. He knew she wasn't talking to him after what he'd said last night and this was going to be a long weekend.
"Oh by the way mom and George wont be back until next Sunday." Casey said sharply. Derek groaned. This is going to be a long week Derek thought. The phone started ringing so Derek went to answer it.
"Hello?" Derek asked.
"Hey, Derie, I had fun last night. Can I come over again?" Alice asked.
"Sure come on over but we're not doing any of that. Come over then we'll go out to see a movie then We'll come back." Derek said. He didn't care who it was at this point as long as he got away from Casey. He sat on the sofa beside his chair which Casey was occupying and started flicking through the channels. Finally there was a knock at the door. Derek rushed past Casey to the door while Casey mumbled something Derek didn't quite catch. Alice sat next to Casey on the sofa.
"Hey Casey, I'm sorry for being jealous over max. Judging by the book you're reading we'd get along well if I hadn't been rude." Alice said.
"It's fine Alice. You had the decency to apologize for it. I accept." Casey said looking at her book.
"So you like The Secret Garden too? I used to love that book." Alice smiled. Derek sighed.
"Yeah, I haven't read it since I was in the fourth grade. I saw it on my shelf and decided to re-read it." Casey laughed.
"Excuse me Casey but Alice is my guest." Derek interrupted.
"I wanna chill with Casey." Alice giggled. Derek grumbled something under his breath.