AN: I don't what to say... :) I guess just read on. hahah

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"Do you ever still think about that day?" he asked her.

She didn't look at him, "What day?"

"Come on, Casey." he chided.

"Seriously, what day?" she looked at him finally.

"The day of our going away party?" she stared at him, "Our dance together? We, you know?"

"We what, Derek?" she raised an eyebrow.

"We slept together?" he said a bit loud seeing he was frustrated.

"We did?!" she looked shocked, "When?!" He blankly stared at her. He then walked off into the path ignoring her. She ran to catch up with him; laughing, "Derek!" he turned to look at her. "Of course, I remember."

He glared at her with a hint of a smile, "You're crazy, you know that?"

"That's what you tell me." stealing a phrase out of his book.

They continued to walk up the path, "So..." he stared ahead, "do you ever still think about it?"

"Sure." she shrugged.

He looked over at her, "Really?"

"Yeah, every now and then." she stared ahead.

He snorted. "Yeah, right." he muttered under his breath.

"What?"

"Nothing." he laughed some more.

She elbowed him, "What?! What is it? Why are you laughing at me?"

"I'll tell you later. I promise."

"Fine." she looked down, "Do you still think about it?"

"Yeah, every now and then." he mocked her in a girlie voice. She elbowed him again, "Ow! I'm going to be bruised by the end of our little outing, aren't I?"

"Probably, because you're such a smart ass." she muttered.

He smirked, "I'm glad after all these years you're willing to admit it!" she couldn't help but laugh at him, "Thanks, Case."

"No problem." she played along. She looked back down at her guide, "Okay what other animals do I wanna see..." he watched her as she scanned through the guide, "Oh! Okay! Sloth Bears. That looks interesting huh, Derek?" she looked at him.

He laughed, "Yeah. Sloth Bears. Let's go, Honey Bun."

"Okay, Sugar Muffin. "

"Do you need me to hold your hand, child?" he held out his hand.

"Shut up, Derek." she smacked his hand away, "You're the one that suggested this place." she scowled, "So you're the child."

"Yeah, I'm still 10 but don't tell anyone alright?" he joked. There he went joking again and she found it pretty refreshing to be around.

"Don't worry I won't." she played along once more, "So that makes me 10 too then, huh?"

"Exactly, which is why you need me to hold your hand!"

"Whatever you totally just wanna hold my hand."

"Whatever you say." he said in a sing-song voice. He held out his hand and she grabbed it, only to squeeze it hard. "Ow!" he pulled his hand back, "Damn when did you become a Canadian Gladiator?" he joked. "Steroids isn't the answer, Casey!"

She laughed, "Shh! Don't tell anyone!"

"I won't I promise."

"Witty Banter eh, Derek? Gotta love it." He nodded; laughing. "See. I miss just joking around with you." she admitted.

"You know we never really did, Casey."

She was silent as she thought. She finally looked him, "We really didn't." she realized. "It's so weird though because it seems so natural now."

"Yeah." They made their way over to the Sloth Bears. "This thing is crazy looking. Look at those nails!"

"They look like Sloth's nails." she was fascinated. "Gorgeous."

"Well, Casey, I actually think it's hideous but whatever you think is gorgeous..."

"Shut up, Derek" she nudged his shoulder forcefully, "I meant it's all just gorgeous. All the animals, the scenery, the day, the.." she coughed, "company."

He grinned at her, "Aw, just admit you're having fun hanging out with me. It's not that hard. Just say, 'Derek, I'm having so much fun with you. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else in the world but here with you'" he laughed, "Go on and say it."

She looked down and looked back up at him, "Derek, I'm having so much fun with you. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else in the world but here with you." she nodded slowly assuring herself.

He raised an eyebrow, "Well that wasn't hard for you to say." He scoffed, "I thought you would have kicked my ass before you gave in and said it."

She shrugged, "Maybe it was easy because it's true?" she walked up quickly.

He caught up, "Casey--"

"Is there a store around here?"

He arched his eyebrows at her changing the subject, "Um, yeah? You wanna go?"

"Yeah I wanted to get a souvenir of some sort. I wanna remember coming here."

They went to the souvenir shop and Casey looked around for a while and Derek was getting restless. He hated waiting around for people when they shopped. He went over to her, holding a plastic bag. "Here" he handed it to her.

She stared at the bag, "What's this?"

"I bought you some stuff. Can we get out of here now?"

"I'm not even don--" he grabbed her hand and led her out of the store.

"Ah," he sighed in relief, "much better." he looked at her angry face, "Sorry, Casey. I just hate staying in a store packed full of people."

"Fine." she was about to open the bag. He stopped her abruptly; putting a hand to keep the bag closed.

"Don't open it yet."

"Why not?"

"Just don't. Please." he pleaded. "Wait till you get on the plane or something."

She just remembered she has a plane to catch, "What time is it anyway?"

He looked at his cell phone, "3:24."

"I guess I gotta leave soon, huh?" she smiled sadly.

"Yeah." he did the same. Suddenly he pinched the bridge of his nose and let go, "Casey, you could be a little late right? Plane isn't taking off till 5:30 anyway. The airport isn't too far from here."

She smiled with relief, "Yeah. I just wasn't sure if you still wanted me around."

"You thought wrong. Well how about we take one last stroll around the park? There's one in front of my building."

"Sounds good." And they went.

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They walked around the Park. Casey really seemed to like it. Derek noticed she lit up like she did at the Zoo.

"This place is pretty nice, Derek." she looked over at the water, "Reminds me of the pond near our old house."

"Yeah, it kinda does doesn't it?"

"So do you like where you're at, Derek?"

"Um," he shrugged, "I like it, I guess. There are so many things I want to do, but I end up not doing much."

"What kinds of things?"

"Travel," he nodded, "I wanna travel."

"Travel where?"

"To Toronto to see you in your new happily married environment."

She snorted, "No you don't."

He laughed, "You're right. I don't." he stared ahead, "To finish answering your question um, I guess I'm used to it. The people are pretty cool. The girls are amazing. So yeah, maybe."

"Maybe." she repeated his word.

"There's a lot of 'Maybes' aren't there, Casey?" he chuckled.

She smiled nodding, "Sure, because we never have a definite answer, Derek."

"And why is that?"

She shrugged, "Because we are human and we are afraid to express how we really feel about things."

"So what if we were just truthful with one another?" he asked her seriously; not staring her in the eye.

She turned her head to look at him and snorted, "Truthful? You and Me? Truthful?"

"Yeah." he shrugged.

"Okay. Here's one."

"Shoot." he looked at her anticipating this question.

"Why didn't you come to my wedding?"

doot doot... I love you guys...sorry I didn't have anything else to say : )