After the whole episode with Sam and Casey, we became…well I guess you could call it friends. We acted like that night never happened, and we still fought but there was a now a playful undertone to it. We even hung out. Right now Casey had just come over after her dance class. She was in sweats and a tank top, and as she walked into the room I couldn't take my eyes off of her. It took me a moment to realize she was talking to me,

"Derek?" I snapped out of my trance and smirked at her,

"Sorry I was thinking about all of things me and Marissa did last night." She rolled her eyes and sat down on the couch next to me,

"You are so disgusting!" I laughed and went back to playing Babe Raiders, "I can't believe you play this game it's so…" I cut her off,

"Sexist, I know, but Casey I'm not your boyfriend so I'm not going to stop playing just for you." She fell back against the couch with her arms crossed and huffed,

"Even if I was your girlfriend you probably wouldn't stop!" I nodded,

"You are probably right." She rolled her eyes and started watching me play.

I don't know how it happened but somehow during the time she was watching me play I had convinced her to pick up a controller, and I had to say she was pretty good at the game. Finally, we stopped playing and I turned on the TV, to hockey of course. Casey reached for the remote but I snagged it off of her and held it over her head. She dove on top of me to grab it, and we rolled onto the floor. Before I knew it we were in an all wrestling match. We only stopped when my dad walked in the door and was staring at us. I got up, and gestured to Casey,

"Dad this is Casey. Casey this is my dad, George." Casey waved from the floor and my dad shook his head and headed into the kitchen.

I turned around and grabbed a pillow off the couch smacking her with it. She laughed and grabbed another pillow. We continued to pillow fight, and I thought, what has this girl done to me? I'm pillow fighting for Pete's sake. All of the sudden there was a knock at the door and I went to answer it. Standing there was a woman, who said,

"Is Casey here?" Casey walked to the door and said,

"Hi mom what are you doing here?"

"I need you to watch Lizzie, I have to go to an emergency PTA meeting and…" She stopped and I looked behind me, my dad had just walked into the living room,

"Hello I'm George and you are?" She snapped out of her stare and said,

"Nora, I'm Casey's mom." The both just stared at each other until I finally said,

"Awkward moment." Then I turned to Casey, "I guess I'll see you later?" She nodded and dragged her mom out of the doorway,

"Later Derek." Once they were gone I turned to my dad who was still just standing there,

"Dad?" He shook his head,

"Oh yeah—uh, what do you want for dinner Chinese take-out or pizza?" I just chuckled, same old dad.