A/N: Thank you guys so much for reviewing! I seriously appreciate it. This chapter was a little bit harder to write, just because I was unsure of Nora's reaction. Also, I spent a lot of time reading the new Harry Potter book this last weekend, and did nothing else as a result. I'm thinking that there will only be one more chapter after this. Let me know what you think!

Disclaimer: Still not mine. Still not making any money off of it.

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George looked at the two teens. "Well, is there anything you two would like to tell Nora?"

Derek looked back at him innocently. "No, not really. Why? Is there anything you'd like to tell Nora?"

"Derek! Shut up and tell her now!"

Derek looked at him questioningly. "How can I possibly do both?"

George gave him a look. Derek sighed. "Fine, fine. I'll tell her. Uh, Nora, Casey and I have been, uh, fooling around."

"Fooling around? As in…?"

Casey sighed. "Quit being such a big bunch of babies and just say it. Mom, Derek and I have been having sex for the last six months. We've used protection every time, we're not dating, we have no long term plans to be together, we still hate each other, and we're not going to stop."

Nora's mouth dropped open and she looked at her daughter. "Uh, you're joking, right?"

George answered for them. "No, she's not. I came home and caught them going at it in the living room."

"Casey, this is so unlike you. You're usually much more in control of your emotions."

"Mom, I'm still in control of my emotions. I still hate Derek. I don't want anything to do with him. When we have sex, it's purely physical. It's a release."

Nora stood there looking back and forth between Derek and Casey.

"Huh." She said, looking very confused.

"Huh!? That's all you have to say, huh? You find out that our children have been having sex for the past six months, and all you can say is huh?" George ranted at her.

"Well, I don't know what else to say, it's a little bit shocking, and I'm having some problems processing these thoughts." Nora just stood at the kitchen counter, looking back and forth between Derek and Casey.

"If you had seen what I saw, you'd have no problem believing it. It's pretty obvious that they're not making it up when Derek's got Casey bent over the couch with their drawers dropped." George continued to rant.

"Well, of course I didn't think that they were making it up, because that wouldn't make any sense. It's just kind of odd that they would be doing this." Nora said, calmly.

Casey looked at her for a second, then said, "Why is it odd? If it was Derek and another girl, or me and some other guy, you wouldn't think it's odd at all. The only reason you think it's odd is because you have been trying to make us into this twisted family unit, when it's obviously not going to work. Derek and I are just doing what our instincts tell us to do, if you hadn't forced us into this living arrangement we could do this without anyone freaking out."

"Well, Case, we are in this living arrangement, and we are trying to be a family, which is why what you two are doing is wrong." Nora said, finally catching up. Casey yelling at her brought her back to reality.

"No, it's not. It's not even illegal. It's only wrong because you think it's wrong. If you were more open-minded, then you wouldn't care." Casey said angrily.

Nora was about to say something back, when Casey stopped her. "Alright, it's obvious that we are never going to agree on this, so what if we just set some ground rules?"

"Okay, rule number one: You two can't have sex. Ever." George offered.

"Never mind, plan two: We discuss possible rules that we can all live with." Casey suggested, knowing it was better not to start another argument by telling them there was no way for them to stop now.

"Fine, then. What's your suggestion for rule one?" Nora asked skeptically.

"No sex in the house when other people are home." Casey offered diplomatically.

"Well, that won't work, because what if someone comes home and surprises you like I did today? We would really rather not expose Lizzie and Edwin to this, we don't want them to think that we condone this sort of behavior." George replied.

"Fine, then. No sex in the house period. We still have car privileges." Casey countered.

"Oh, but the car's not nearly as roomy. Can't we have, like, designated house time?" Derek pleaded.

"Derek, they're not killing us, and they're agreeing to not make us stop completely. I wouldn't push our luck." Casey cautioned them, as George and Nora just looked at them.

"Okay, that's cool. I can handle the car. Any other rules I'm going to have to try to work around?" Derek asked.

"Yeah, rules two and three: no one else finds out about this, and George and I forget we know anything. Unless things get serious, as in moving in together, getting pregnant, getting married, things of that nature, we don't want to know." Nora told them.

"Fine, those are the guidelines we were following anyways, so I think we can handle that." Casey stuck her hand out for a handshake and an official agreement. Casey and Nora shook, as did George and Derek, who both were glad that they didn't have to contribute much to the conversation.