AN/ I just figured out that I have almost no idea where this story is going… but I have been having lots of Dasey dreams lately, so some aspects might come from that, and you may see many more LWD stories from me in the near future! :)
Anyways, this is the most diligent I've been about posting regularly, so please continue to support me with your feedback! ONWARDS!

5 minutes later, the two were seated next to Emily and across from Sam, who noted that Casey was wearing Derek's jacket, but chose to remain silent. Mr. And Mrs. Thurston came out of the kitchen carrying a huge, pink birthday cake. A chorus of 'Happy Birthday' started as the lights went dim and the candles illuminated the room.

Emily was looking at Casey in awe, but Casey didn't notice; she was too busy singing in harmony to 'Happy Birthday' while Derek watched her incredulously. Emily then turned around and caught Sam's eye, they shared a knowing look; Casey was wearing Derek's jacket, and something was up.

After the candles were blown out and there was a round of applause, the cake was passed around. When a plate was passed to Casey, Derek quickly snatched it away.

"DE-REK!" she cried

"I'm hungry!" he stated with a mouthful of cake

"And you couldn't have waited for like 2 seconds?"

"Why don't you?" he responded, as another plate was handed to Casey

"Because that was MY piece!" she whined, ignoring the plate in front of her.

"Aw quit being a baby, you have another piece now and it makes no difference."

"That's not the point! It's just rude to take someone else's plate!"

"That's what you're trying to prove?" he asked "Fine…you still want your slice?" he said opening his mouth wide.

"De-REK!" she protested, disgusted.

By now, the entire table had turned to watch them bicker.

Casey finally caught on to the fact that the majority of the table was watching them, and turned back to her plate, looking down and blushing. Derek smirked and resumed eating Casey's original piece. The rest of the table assumed that the show was over and returned to their previous conversations. Casey mumbled to Derek, still looking down and blushing;

"I cannot believe you did that…"

"Really? Because I figured it was believable. After all, pigs ARE pigs."

For some reason, this caused Casey to burst into a fit of silent giggles, and Derek looked at her in confusion.

"Oookay, one question, no biggie…what the hell is wrong with you?" He whispered harshly as a few people turned to watch Casey laughing uncontrollably. Her laughter subsided as she answered;
"Geez, I have no idea."

"Maybe it's Derek's jacket that's making you crazy," suggested Emily. Sam chuckled to himself, knowing that Emily was trying to wrench something out of the two.

"Oh crap! I forgot to give it back, here Derek…" in a hurried frenzy Casey tried to get out of his jacket.

"The damage is done…besides, if I took it, I'd have to carry it around, since I'm not cold and all." He said, putting and arm on Casey's shoulder to stop her, which surprisingly, seemed to have a calming affect on her. Emily and Sam shot each other a look of pure surprise as Casey smiled at Derek and they returned to their plates as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened. Something was definitely changing between the two stepsiblings. Sam and Emily excused themselves and found a secluded area in which they could talk.

"SO," Emily began "Casey and Derek…"
"Getting along?" Sam questioned
"No, no…I've seen them getting along before, this is different…"
"Getting along MORE?" Sam suggested
"No, no…if they were just getting along, it would only be when they found it necessary. Derek has been genuinely nice to Casey…well for the most part,"
"And their fighting is more playful than hurtful…I see where you're going!" finished Sam.

"They're SO into each other!" said Emily
"They're finally becoming friends!" said Sam, simultaneously.
"No!" they said. "Yea!" they both responded. Emily began laughing.
"Wow Sam, that was too much…"
"I know, can we stop talking at the same time. It's confusing me."
"Obviously lots of things are confusing you, because otherwise you'd see that they have feelings for each other!"
"Derek? Casey? Noo… she's not his type, and visa versa. It wouldn't work!"
"That doesn't mean it's not there!" retorted Emily "I must say, on top of getting along better, I've caught Casey looking at Derek in class during the past month or so."
"Well, Derek has looked at Casey too, but…he was probably thinking of a prank!"

Emily simply shrugged her shoulders and went back to the table. Sam decided that he'd pay more attention to the situation between his friends and followed.

As he reached the table, Sam noticed Derek give a large obnoxious yawn; Casey quickly rushed to cover his open mouth with her hand. He turned to Emily, who just gave him a look, and turned back to her plate.

When the cake was done, and the plates cleared, Derek noticed Ralph walking up to their area. He quickly grabbed Casey's hand pulled her out of her chair, turned to Emily and said, "Come on. Let's go home." Emily shot Sam a puzzled expression as she pulled out her chair and walked away from the table. Sam followed, and by the time Ralph reached the table, they were all gone.

"I could've sworn they were here a second ago, right Sally?" he said, turning around. Sally wasn't there. Ralph stopped, completely confused and then shrugging his shoulders went back to find her.

In the driveway, Derek was already getting into the car, while Casey was saying goodbye to Sam and Emily, who had decided to stay a bit longer.

"You sure you're ok with getting Emily home?" Casey asked Sam for the millionth time.

"Yes, Casey. All is well. Go home!"

With Casey in the car, Emily turned to Sam with a Derek-worthy smirk. Hopefully some good would come out of this car ride. Sam wasn't so sure, but smiled back anyways. After all, Emily did have quite a bit of hallway research to back up her ideas.

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AN/ I saw the yawning thing with this couple on the train, thought it was cute. Ralph is funny, don't be mad at him, or at me about the Sally thing, he's just kind of oblivious…poor Ralph :(

P.S. OMG, Derek was so cute in that last episode :D, even though it gave me this nagging feeling that Dasey might not happen… :(

Oh well, writing stories about it is still fun I guess…anyone care to find me hints of Dasey in DDD? I need to renew my faith! (Geez, I sound like some religious nut job, lol…no offense to anyone.) THE DASEY FAITH! hehe

OK, my excuse for this madness: it's late.

I need to shut up.

I'll post this tomorrow.

Review bitchezz! (Yet again, purely jest…I love you all, you're not bitches. I swear.)

'rw4life, SHUT UP!' what? Who said that? Me? Nah not me…

Chill.