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A/N: Thank you everyone for the reviews! I hope you have enjoyed the quick updates, but they won't be as quick anymore. I started school today. =( But I hope you will be patient (if that's how you spell it) Now, happy reading!

Casey's POV

"Hey Case!" Emily greeted me at my locker. "How was your weekend?"

"It was great," I told her. "Thanks for the surprise baby shower by the way, minus the surprise part."

"Sorry about that, but I couldn't resist." She said. "I knew you were going to have fun, which I'm guessing you did by the huge smile on your face." She said noticing that I was incredibly happy.

"You're right, it was a ton of fun." I told her. "And plus I got a bunch of great stuff for the baby!"

"Well I'm glad you had fun, but we have to get to class." She said taking my arm and dragging to class.

I couldn't help but notice the stairs I got from my fellow classmates. I knew they all thought I was some kind of hypocrite, but none of them would ever say anything. There were the few nice girls, the ones that came to the baby shower, that didn't judge me. But the rest of the school was giving me dirty looks throughout the day. I was trying to look past it, but it was hard. I heard the things they whispered as I walked by and the rumors that were going around. But I chose to ignore it and keep a smile on my face.

"Casey McDonald." The teacher called my name, I didn't know what for because I had spaced out.

"Yes?" I answered.

"Go to the councilor's office." She told me. That was strange, I hadn't been in there since before the party. Not to mention that I had never been called in there before, usually I went in willingly.

"Ah Casey!" Paul greeted me as I walked in.

"Hey Paul, what did you need me for?" I asked him.

"I've heard about your situation." He told me.

"Yeah, that." I wasn't sure what to say. Everything I had ever talked about was how I couldn't stand Derek, now I was dating him and having his baby.

"Do you want to talk about it?" He asked, I just shook my head. "I'm here for you if you need to talk."

"Thank you, but I have things under control." I told him.

"Are you sure about that Casey? I know teen pregnancy can be hard on an average teen," He said. "and given your reaction to surprises, well, I've been worried."

"I'm fine, I promise." I told him. "Can I go now?"

"Yes." He said giving up.

Derek's POV

"Hey Case." I greeted my girlfriend at her locker. "What did Paul want?"

"He wanted me to talk." She said. She seemed really down, it was the complete opposite of how I had seen her this morning.

"What's wrong?" I asked now worried.

"Nothing, I gotta get to class." She said walking off. This was great, now I was going to be worrying about her and not paying attention in class. It wasn't like I did anyway, but I still didn't want Casey to be just the slightest bit sad.

I was right, all through class I couldn't take my mind off of Casey, something was upsetting her and I didn't know what it was. I decided that I was going to find out tonight at home, no matter what it took. I still had some tricks up my sleeve.

Casey's POV

"Derek, what are you doing?" I asked him. It was a stupid question considering I was actually watching him cook, but I didn't know why.

"Cooking." He said simply.

"But why?" He never cooked for himself.

"I'm hungry and I'm guessing you are to." He explained. I give up trying to figure him out.

"Okay, well I'm going to go upstairs and do my homework." I said leaving him to quite possibly burn the house down.

I was working on my homework when I was interrupted with a knock on the door.

"Come in." I told whoever was at the door.

"Hungry?" Derek asked me with a plate full of food.

"Wow, you made all of this by yourself?" I asked impressed.

"I had some help from Lizzie, but it was mostly me." He said sitting the plate down in front of me.

"Thank you, this is amazing!" I said taking the fork from his hand. "Wait." I paused. "What's the catch?" I asked suspiciously.

"Can I not cook my girlfriend a nice meal without there being a catch?" He asked hurt. I just gave him a look that told him I didn't believe a word he was saying. "Okay, okay, I want to know what's been bothering you."

"Nothing, I'm fine." I told him. It wasn't a total lie. I could handle it, they were just stupid teenagers. It didn't matter what they thought of me.

"That's a lie." He said seeing right through me.

"Fine," I gave in. "it's just that people at school are spreading rumors." I told him. "But it doesn't matter, I know it's all lies."

"If their bothering you than I will take care of it." He told me.

"No, it's okay." I stopped him.

"Are you sure?" He asked. I just nodded my head. "Okay then, but if it starts to bother you let me know, okay?" I nodded once again. "Now enjoy your dinner." He said with a smirk. "I have some things to do." He then left me alone to eat. I really didn't want to know what he 'had' to do, I'm pretty sure someone was going to be unhappy.

A/N: You like?

~Domi~