Disclaimer: And here we are at Chapter 3, I still don't own LWD or much of anything for that matter : Definitely not Dwight Schrute

A/N: Yeah... don't feel bad. I'd definitely feel :X if it was his actual mom also your correct its just fiction. And yes it is definitely different. So much Dasey going on... The idea actually came to be when I was talking with fellow Fanfic writer Tojju about his LWD story, a Dasey, and I won the priviledge to write the Dora so thanks for sticking it through thus far. XD I really appreciate the reviews and views considering its my first and all. Anyways, here we go...

Derek had just kissed and confessed how he felt towards Nora. Nora sat their opposed from Derek in complete shock but she couldn't help but feel touched by it all. Her thoughts were completely scattered as she idled looking at Derek in amazement.

Derek was clearly relieved that he finally expressed his feelings, but it wasn't joy that took him, but much more concern. It hadn't dawned him before the "possibilities" of his actions... what if Nora had told his father? What if his siblings had found out? How would Nora think of him? How would their relationship even as child and parent be? All these and many more questions instantly rushed to mind as his embrace was broken by Nora.

They sat there looking at each other for several minutes when Derek started to break the silence, "...Nora, I..." before he could finish his sentence Nora just shakes her head slowly from left to right and he is quieted.

Nora calmly looks at Derek and exhales and then she puts on a half-hearted smile.

"Derek, I'm sorry... you know this can't happen and I... It's too much Derek. This it didn't happen okay. I... I have to get back to my work. So... I...", Nora says trying to make sense of it and also quell it before it goes any further. Without fully expressing her intentions she gets up mid-sentence. She stops and looks back at Derek who looks up at her and then she continues on and heads to her bedroom downstairs.

Derek sits there looking at the spot where Nora was just sitting, reminiscing to everything that had transpired just moments before. He smiles lightly, her aroma still clouding his air, the taste of her palette on his, the joining of her soft lips to his, her hair brushing up against him. The rush of emotions leaves him alien. He sits there for sometime thriving on the moment and then slowly and methodically he makes his way upstairs to his room to rest.

With Nora however...

She lays on her bed looking up to the ceiling wondering if what had just happened actually happened. She can't get Derek off of her mind. She wonders what happened to make him feel this way and why her heart was racing at the same time.

"Why does it have to be me? Why can't he like some perky young school girl? I mean isn't that every young guys thing!...I... I just don't know what to make of all this. I mean... I have to tell George right? I can't. I... DEREK LOVES ME! I'm so confused, but why do I feel... touched by it all?" All these thoughts rapidly-fire through her mind as each second passes on.

Then images of it all rushed back to her. She saw Derek's curly auburn hair that mimicked his fathers. She could smell him on her and she recalled his smooth touch and the feel of his creamy skin. She recalled his wide smile and feel of his lips to hers. She blushed at the thought. She was completely flustered.

Nora sat there flustered at the absurd situation she had been brought into.

"I just can't believe he actually...he kissed me." Nora thought to herself with a certain amused calm. She laughed a little then went back to wracking her brain in search of an answer to this.

She didn't know what to do.

"If I tell George... I can't even fathom what will happen. Will he be mad at me? Will he be mad at Derek? Maybe if I just leave it alone, it will go away... I don't want to confront Derek about it." She thinks to herself trying to weigh her choices.

She lays there thinking quietly with the occasional toss and turn out of frustration or bewilderment.

Back with Derek however...

"I, Derek Venturi, have gone where no man... well not no man but few men! Have gone before..."

he imitates a generic press member.

"Derek! Derek! What exactly happened today?! And are you insane?!"

he pauses and responds to his question amusingly.

"I think I lost my mind... I love Nora... I kissed Nora... I definitely lost my mind."

Quietly thinking now... "What if she tells dad? What if Case' finds out? Oh god this is like the real world but instead of moderately attractive women fighting over me, no ones fighting over me and i'm kissing my step-mom... and I guess its not like the real world at all... but I digress! What am I going to do?" He grabs his head in frustration rolling back and forth over his pillows.

"I guess the best place to start at to understanding how I got in this big mess is to retrace my footsteps." He thinks to himself.

As Derek starts to mentally retrace his footsteps on just exactly how this all came to be Casey came into his room, he was too focused to notice.

"So Mr. Venturi, What are you looking like a convicted felon for?"

Derek quickly snaps out of his thought and rolls off the bed. He quickly pops back up...

"Geez Case! Can't a young handsome smart man like myself have a moment of privacy? Ever heard of knocking." Derek jokingly says trying to conceal his very much apparent nervousness.

"Well.. Well... Mr. Ideal", she scoffs sarcastically, "That didn't answer my question, whats up with you? You haven't annoyed me nearly as much lately and on top of that I haven't heard from you all day." Casey says with a bit of concern.

"Casey, Casey... tsk tsk tsk. Letting your imagination run wild again I see... I'm fiiinnneeee", he says in a comically reassuring way.

"Your sort of cute when you lie, the way your eyes roll around your in your empty head like marbles", Casey comically retorts.

Derek was sort of caught off guard and starts to blush a bit and Casey notices.

"Awww isn't that cute here I am teasing my step-brother, that make you flustered widdle baby", she playfully eggs him on.

"QUESTION: When did we change personalities?, FACT: NEVER! So lets leave insulting and teasing to the master toots", he says mimicking Dwight Schrute

"Alright... Alright... I'm just teasing, but seriously cheer up. Its unbecoming of the notoriously zestful Derek Venturi and oh yes i've noticed. Everyone else might not, but you've been secretly skulking around for the past two weeks deep in thought. I've got you all figured out, little do you know, mwuhahaha", Casey replies trying to comfort and amuse Derek.

"Thanks Case'", Derek says and he smiles up at her.

She walks over and gives him an uncharacteristic hug. Derek looks shocked but he appreciated it.

"Well... thats that. I've said what I had to say! Derek Fighting!" Casey cheers before she makes her way out of Derek's room.

She looks back and they smile at each other, Derek appearing visibly and morally uplifted.

It is at this time that George returns home, he left the kids at the Party. Its still fairly early in the afternoon. He sees no one in the living room and the house is relatively quiet so he heads downstairs to the basement and runs into a resting and contemplating Nora.

"Hey hon' hows your day been?" George affectionately says.

"Oh... oh! Hey... I didn't realize you had came in. Its been pretty easy going, I got all the work that I brought home done so now I'm just relaxing. For a bit" she casually replies.

"Anything interesting happen today?", The moment he says this Nora has rapid flash backs of her kiss with Derek and she starts to feel warm.

"uhm nah, nothing really" she nervously says with a light laugh.

"Thats good, What about Casey and Derek?" he asks.

"What do you mean?! Oh I...", she lightly laughs regaining her composure, "They haven't done too much of anything. I think Casey mentioned she was going to go hang out later, but other than that nothing heh..." she cooly plays off her near-slip.

"hmm... Well i'm going to get a quick bite to eat before I have go pick up the kids from the party." He reaches down over her looking down at her face, she seems a bit flustered and nervous as she doesn't even make eye contact. He continues further to give her passionate kiss but right as their lips touch she gently pushes him away saying that she didn't feel well.

"Oh... erhm... well i'm headed up to the kitchen, you want me to bring you anything to drink? Some tylenol?" he says feeling concerned and a bit curious as to what was wrong.

"Oh... no... it's fine. I'm just going to rest for a bit. Come get me when you go back to get the kids, I'll go with you." Nora says calmly.

"Gotcha" He nods with a warm smile and heads up stairs.

Nora rolls over on her stomach and puts her face down into her pillow and yells.

"Why is that kid on my mind!? I can't even kiss my own husband! Do I really have feelings for him too? Do I love Derek?!"

Chapter Notes: It was definitely a difficult chapter. I'm trying to cram in so much even if it seems like its not much, I also sorta approached some Dasey on this one. Hell I even considered a plot line where Casey becomes interested in Derek. If I keep thinking like this, It may not be form fitting. However I hope your enjoying it : Stay tuned and come back for more : D Also sorry for the mostly narrative nature of this Chapter, but I really just want to get into the emotions and actions of the characters. Also a note. Of course Nora loves Derek in a maternal sense, so when she says Do I love Derek its supposed to definitely come across clear as a romantic love ;D