A/N: So this is long chapter… well to me, but yes. Hope you all like it. And please Review!

Chapter Five. Hanging in the park.

The next day, Casey and Derek woke up with both genuine smiles on their faces. Casey haven't had that much fun ever since she was in Toronto with her old friends there. Lizzie knocked on her door, where Casey let her in.

"Hey Case, how was the movies yesterday night?" Lizzie asked as Casey scooted over to make room for Lizzie to lay in bed with her. They use to do this before, when either one went out, the next day, they'd talk in bed about it. It always put a smile on each other's faces.

"It was… fun. I-" Case was about to continue, but Lizzie cut her off.

"Come on Case, tell me, what happened!" Casey just laughed at her little sister as she moved a strand of her from her eyes.

"It went well. Picked me up, went to the movies, watched Hostel: Part II, we held hands in the movies, and we were cupcaking. Um, we went to go get food, and then he brought me home." Casey said as she looked at her little sister's grinning face. "What?"

"Held hands? And cupcaking? Really huh? So what does that mean? Did you take my advice and take a chance?" Lizzie asked hoping she did.

"I don't know, I do like him, but I'm still keeping my guard up. You know me Liz; it takes a lot for me. But Derek is helping me, even though he doesn't know it" Casey said smiling.

"At least you're giving him a chance. It's good to see you going back in the game." Lizzie said as Casey laughed. "So did he try to kiss you at the movies?"

"No, he was really sweet. He got me to laugh so much, and joked around and stuff. We flirted a lot and held hands and everything. He tried to kiss me when we were saying bye, but instead I hugged him and kissed him on the cheek before I left him on the porch."

"Why didn't you kiss him?" Lizzie asked and Casey smiled.

"I'll never kiss them on the lips on the first date. It's never fun and you always get them to keep coming back, if you make them wait for a while you know?" Casey said as she fixed her hair. Lizzie was smiling like a mad woman. "What?"

"You said date. I thought it was a 'get together'" Lizzie said using emphasis on the last two words.

"Well I meant get together." Casey tried to fix, but knew it was hopeless. "Come on, I'm free today, what do you want to do?" she asked as she got up to get some clothes to take a shower.

"How about we call Derek and Edwin up and hangout with him? I want to see Edwin."

"What's happening with you and Edwin anyways? I know you've been blowing up their phone, cause I hear you and him on the phone almost every time I get home."

"Well, he told me he likes me and he kissed me yesterday when you were gone." Casey eyes beamed when she heard this.

"How do you feel about him?" She asked as Lizzie helped her make her bed.

"He's so nice, and sweet, and cute, and funny. And I really like him."

"That's cute Liz. Well I approve of it so if anything happens, I better hear it from you, and not from Marti, or Derek" Lizzie nodded and smiled. "Go get ready while I'll call Derek and Edwin, they'll probably say yes anyways." Lizzie nodded and walked out of the room, while Casey grabbed the phone and called the Venturi residence.

It took two or three rings till Edwin picked up the phone. "Hey Edwin, can I talk to Derek, it's Casey."

"Sure." She heard a door open, a couple of yells from Edwin for Derek to wake up, then a groan, and then a pillow hitting someone's head. She heard Edwin say she was on the phone then Derek's husky voice.

"Hello."

"Hey Derek, did I wake you?" She asked smiling knowing she did.

"Yeah, but it's fine. I was going to call you when I woke up." Derek said as he got up from his bed rubbing his eyes. He looked at the clock, and it read 12:46.

"Oh, really, huh?" Derek knew she was smiling, and he chuckled.

"Yeah. So what's up?"

"Well, Liz and I were planning on doing something, but don't know yet. But were wondering if you and Edwin wanted to come with us." Casey said as she lied on her bed.

"Sure." Derek said as he walked downstairs towards Edwin. Marti and George were at work, since Marti liked going to his work and play in his office.

"Okay, I'll see you and Edwin in a while then."

"Alright." Derek said and hung up. Edwin looked at him and asked, "What was that about?"

"You and I are hanging with Casey and Lizzie. So get ready." Edwin smiled since he was going to see Lizzie and ran upstairs. Derek laughed at Edwin as he went to get food to eat then get ready.

Derek went upstairs to take a shower and get ready. About twenty minutes later, he and Edwin were ready, waiting downstairs.

Lizzie was downstairs waiting for Casey fixing her hair. "Case, come on!" Lizzie yelled out.

"Okay I'm ready." Casey descended down the stairs. She was wearing a pair of tight jeans, a white shirt that showed more cleavage than before with a black shirt underneath it. She put black and white shoes to match with her outfit. She left her hair down, and put light makeup.

Lizzie was wearing a blue shirt that showed a few skin at the hem of the shirt. She wore a skirt with it, with black and blue shoes. Half of her hair was tied up, and then Casey curled the bottom part for her earlier.

"Liz, looking good." Casey said as she opened the door and walked out.

"Thanks, you too." She closed the door and walked beside Casey to the Venturi's residence.

They knocked on the door, and Derek and Edwin opened both gawking at the MacDonald sisters. Casey and Lizzie giggled a little bit till Casey walked forward to both and made their mouths close.

"Nice to see you both too." She said as she and Lizzie laughing and Derek and Edwin just scratched their heads. Lizzie looked at what Edwin was wearing and it was a black shirt with some jeans and matching shoes, Casey looked at what Derek was wearing, which was a green and black shirt with some baggy pants and matching shoes.

"Hey Edwin." Lizzie said as she went to go hug him.

"Hey Casey you look gorgeous," Derek said making Casey smile. Casey went to go hug him, and then whispered in his ear, "Green really suits you, it looks good," sending chills up and down his spine.

"So where do you guys want to go," Derek asked as they walked out of the house and into the car.

"How bout the mall?" Lizzie suggested.

"I don't feel like shopping." Casey said. Derek and Edwin agreed.

"Okay, then how about the park?" Lizzie asked. They all looked at each other, and then nodded. They got out of the car, since the park was only a couple of blocks away from their house.

When they got there, Lizzie turned towards Derek and Casey, "So Edwin and I are going to walk around the park, so what time do you want to meet up?" she asked as Casey looked at her phone.

"Uh, meet us in an hour or so."

"Okay, see you later!" Lizzie said happily as she walked to Edwin and held his hand. Casey smiled at them and thought they're so adorable. Derek noticed this and raised his eyebrow.

"What's with that smile?" Casey looked at him and smirked. That looks like my smirk, he thought to himself.

"What? I can't smile?"

"I never said that." He was about to continue, but she cut him off.

"But you implied it. I was just smiling because I thought Edwin and Liz are adorable together."

"They do look good together, and he really likes her." Casey just smiled when he said this and nodded.

They went to the swing, and Casey sat on the swing started to push herself, while Derek leaned against the pole of the swing staring at her with a small smile on his lips. Casey looked at him and saw the small and ask, "Venturi, what are you smiling about?" Derek smile just grew as he went behind her and began pushing her.

"Don't worry about it." was the only response she got. She shrugged it off and continued to feel the breeze against her face, as Derek continued to push the swing for her.

"So Derek, when are you ever going to show me you playing hockey?" She asked casually as he continued to push the swing.

"I'll show you the way I play, when you show me one of your dances." He challenged back as looked at her turn around and smiled.

"Deal," she winked at him, and then turned around. Derek just laughed. "So other than hockey, what else do you do?"

"Well, hockey is basically everything. School is a drag like always, but hey, what isn't." He joked.

"And the ladies are apart of it also, correct?" she asked raising an eyebrow.

"Well, of course. But for now, I'm preoccupied to only one now," he said continuing to push her on the swing. She turned her head back towards him raising an eyebrow.

"Really? And who might this lady be?" She asked looking at the grin on his face he stopped pushing her, with their faces only inches apart from each other. He looked down at her lips seeing her bite down on her bottom lip.

"I think you'll figure it out." He said as he moved his face closer towards hers. He looked down at his lips, heart racing really fast, mind screaming to kiss him.

"Oh really," she said, "So what are you going to do about her?"

"This." And with that he smacked his lips with hers. They felt sparks fly from their lips throughout their body. He moved his hands from the swing, and moved it towards her waist. She put her hands on his chest, roaming her hands a little bit. He moved around the swing and broke the kiss, only to get her off the swing, and get himself seated on it, having her straddling him, and then putting his lips on hers again.

She put her arms around his neck and felt him lick her bottom lip. She opened her mouth, and felt him slide in his tongue, as they fought for dominance.

After a couple of minutes of kissing each other, Derek broke the kiss because lost of breath, and began to give feathered kisses along her jaw, down to her neck, sucking on it. It started forming a hickey while Casey straddled him, finally coming to senses of what was happening. I just kissed Derek Venturi was all that was running through her mind. All horrible flashbacks of her and her ex boyfriend Jacob came rushing back to her. She started feeling uncomfortable and self-conscious. She started pushing Derek away, but he just held onto her waist tighter, pulling her closer towards her.

"Derek," she said in a raspy voice.

"MMM," was the only response from Derek, and he pulled her even closer.

"Derek," she repeated again, in a louder tone, but he continued to nibble on her neck.

All of Jacob's action came rushing back to her so quickly that it hurt her, and she started tearing up. She pushed Derek harder, finally getting his attention.

"I'm sorry," was the only she said as she turned to walk away, but Derek grabbed her.

"No I'm sorry, I didn't mean to kiss you," Derek said out of breath.

"No, it's fine Derek. It's just, I don't know." She said as she fell to the floor sobbing. Derek went to her and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"What's wrong then?" Derek asked as she fell against his chest, sobbing onto his shirt, but he didn't care.

"It's just hard for me right now… to be…" she stopped sobbing for a second, while Derek rubbed her back. "Ever since my ex, it's just hard for me," she finished as she buried her head into his chest.

"It's okay," Derek said rubbing her back and hugging her tighter.

"No, he scarred me. He hurt me so much, that it's hard for me to trust guys, or be like…" she moved back pointing at each other, "this."

"Talk to me. It's easier to talk about it and get over with, when you talk about it." Derek suggested and Casey stared at him, and then nodded. Derek looked at his watch and an hour already passed.

"Come on, let's go look for Edwin and Lizzie, and then we can talk at me place." Derek stood up as he held out his hand for her to grab.

"Okay," she said as she grabbed her his hand for help to stand up. He held her hand, hoping she wouldn't let go, which she didn't and they started to walk around looking for Lizzie and Edwin both in silence.

They walked near a picnic table, to find Lizzie sitting on Edwin making out like crazy. Casey stopped dead on her tracks, and Derek looked at her questionably, since he didn't see them first. He turned and finally saw what they were doing.

He cleared his throat and then finally spoke, "So, is this what you do when I'm not at home?" The both moved away from each other, with Lizzie wiping her mouth.

"Uh, so how long have you been there?" Lizzie asked smiling sheepishly. She looked down at their hands that were entwined together and Casey noticed it. She go, Derek saddened with the coldness rushing through his hand from the lost of Casey's hand.

"Liz, can I talk to you for a minute?" Casey said as she went to Lizzie and pulled on her arm. She turned towards Derek, "this won't take long, I just got to have a word with her." Derek only nodded.

When they were far from ears to hear, Casey turned to Lizzie, "So making out in the park is your thing? Seriously Liz, not around here alright?"

"I know, we didn't mean for it to have it out of hand, but it just did. I'm sorry." Lizzie said lowering her head.

"Just don't do it in public. Do it on your own time, when no one else could see you," Casey said sternly. Lizzie nodded.

"What happened to you? Your eyes are puffy and somewhat red, and then you were holding hands with Derek."

"Derek kissed me," Casey said looking down at her hands, "Well we kind of made out, more or less."

"Really, I'm intrigued," Lizzie joked.

"Stuff it. But I totally freaked out, cause everything about Jacob came back into my mind, and I started crying about it."

"It's okay, you just need time. He understands right?" Casey shook her head.

"I haven't told him anything yet. We came to look for you guys after my whole freak out show, and then I'm going back to his place to talk about it. I'm just going to go all out and tell him the truth. I need to get it out now." Casey explained.

"Alright, well I'll be hanging with Edwin if you need me" Lizzie said smiling.

"Shut up Liz and let's go, I think your boyfriend is waiting for you."

"So is yours." Lizzie said pointing at Derek. Both Derek and Edwin were looking at the sister with an eyebrow arched up. "Seems they must be thinking the same." Casey laughed shaking her head.

"Whatever." And with that they linked their arms together and began walking to the brothers. Casey's mind was racing about how much she was about to expose to Derek when they got back to their place. Derek walked up to Casey and began walking beside her.

"Let's go?"

"Yeah," It's all or nothing now. "Let's go."