A/N: I am SO SO SO sorry that I took so long to write this chapter. To be quite frank, I had no clue where Derek and Casey were going. haha. Um, I am Ok, with the results of this chapter. I think it could have been better, I was sorta off my game (That is if I found my game yet). Thanks to all of you that are still keeping up with this story!!

Anyways. I think this chapter turned out kinda lame. Sorry. Tell me what you think though!

Derek dragged Casey into the car, threw the movie bag into the back, a turned the key.

"Derek, seriously. Tell me where we are going." I Love his surprises but I really want to know this time.

Derek rolled his eyes, as they drove off. "If I told you that, that, would ruin it, now wouldn't it?" He looked over to her, and she had her arms crossed around her chest, knowing she was acting two years old.

"I promise you will like it. Have I ever taken you somewhere you didn't like?", Derek said speeding down the highway now somewhat.

Casey's eyes widened. "Uh, yeah. Two months ago you took me to that sports bar..."

Derek sighed. "Ok, Scratch that then."

Casey put on her puppy dog eyes. "Can I at least have a hint?", she said take her hand and strokeing his hair on the back of his head, knowing he could not resist.

Derek put on a huge smile. She's so not playing fair. "One hint. Where we are going..."

Casey looked really eager now. Derek glanced over at her, still smiling, and pushing down on the accelerator.

Casey sat patiently, waiting. Derek turned into a parking lot. "Where we are going is riigght...here."

"And where exactly is here?" Casey said looking all around them. "This parking lot is empty. The sun is going down too. What would we do here?"

Derek got out of the car, ignoreing Casey, and went to open her door, but she was already out.

"Casey Mcdonald, you are waay too curious."

Casey smiled, she still loved it when Derek threw her a bone, and gave her an insult. She saw a sign. She suddenly knew where she was. Casey smiled and looked at Derek. "How are we going to get in? The lock the gates?"

Derek grined, knowing now that Casey knew where they were. "We are going to hop the fence."

"Derek! We can't do that! I don't want to go to jail!", Casey said getting some high pitched preppyness to her voice.

Derek turned to Casey, and grabbed her by the shoulders. "This is going to be fun. I promise you, I will kick anybodys butt that gets near you."

Casey's face brightned up a bit, knowing that Derek would stay true to his word if necessary. They walked around the fence, and they found a gap in it.

"Perfect," Derek said.

Casey and Derek were getting excited now. They ducked down to walk through the fence.

Derek grabbed her hand and smiled at her. Casey suddenly realized something. "What about suits?"

Derek got a mischievious grin on his face. "We won't need them." Casey smiled too.

It was getting darker now. There was some sunlight left, but not much. They walked closer towards the pool.

Derek was suddenly getting a tad self conchise. Casey started to take off her jeans. Dereks eyes widened. I can not beilieve I am the one getting nervous about this.

"What's wrong?", Casey said looking up, and folding her Jeans.

"Uhhh...nothing...It's just...You look great, Case."

Casey returned the compliment with one of her most dazzling smiles. Casey took off her T-shirt, to reveal a Hot pink Lacy bra underneath.

Derek actually felt faint, and he had a face to match it. Derek took off his shirt, but kept an eye on Casey neatly sticking her clothes in a stack away, far enough not to get wet from the pool. Casey turned around and gave him an all knowing smirk. "Derek, are you just going to stand there and look at me, or take off your jeans."

He took off his jeans quickly, and set them on a table near by. He was wearing a pair of black boxers, with red lips all over them, a pair Casey had happen to pick out for him at Gap, not so long ago. Casey slowly walked toward him. I am so killing him right now.

Derek thought he really was going to pass out if he did not touch Casey soon. She is killing me. When Casey got to him, she put her hands on his chest.

She had done this with a shirt on, but never off before. She felt tingly. All this time they had been waiting for the right moment, to spend this sort of time together, and finally it had come. There had been so much anticipation they both felt weak. They just sat down next to eachother on the steps of the pool in the shallow water for a little while. That is all they needed.

Finally, Casey broke the ice. "Nice boxers," she said mischieviously.

Before Derek could say a word, she dived into the pool with a grin.

Derek went in after her. The chlorine stung his eyes at first, but he didn't care. He was too intoxicated to see what Casey looked like in her lacy bra and underwear underwater to care. He had always imagined seeing Casey underwater, she just had that mermaid vibe about her.

Casey saw him and grinned, and quickly swam over to him. They both came up together, but did not get all that much air when the rose up. Their lips locked into eachothers and stayed there. It was like no other kiss they had ever had. There was contemptment in the kiss. They knew they had found eachother, and nothing would break them apart. Nothing. Once they finally pulled away, a tad blue, from the lack of oxygen, Derek had one of the most serious looks on his face. "I love you, Casey. I always will."

Casey put on a dazed smile, almost thinking she was in a dream. "I loved you since the first argument we had when you moved in...I was just in Denial. I never really got to tell you that, since it had been a whirlwind of love right after."

Casey decided to quickly finish up the conversation, kind of uncomfotable about talking about the days they used to argue, not knowing when Derek started to like her. "Um, ok?" Casey suddenly felt like she was going to ball, but she knew she had to get it out, that was one of her last secrets, although she had a suspicision, that Derek liked her during the fights too.

Derek gave Casey one of the tailored smiles that he used to give all his girls, but Casey knew it was all hers now.

"That is more then okay, Mrs. Venturi, I think I loved you since the day you came through that door, and changed my life forever. I was also in Denial. But what matters is now, and the rest of out lives."

Casey was releived to here that last sentence. And returned it with one of her tailored smiles.

They proceeded to stay in the pool for another hour, and finally decided to leave. They knew they had to still tell their family the news right away.

A/N: As you can tell, there is STILL one more chapter.There will most likely be some flashbacks in the next chapter to catch everyone up. I know. I am a horrible author. I promise, the next story I write, I will write a couple chapters, ahead. I am thinking the last chapter will be my favorite. This one seemed sorta lame. Leave a review, so I know if you thought the same, also since my next will be the last chapter, please put any ideas you have for the ending, I think I am going to buzz ahead, 10 years. Thanks SO much, if you are still reading this story, and I hope you forgive me for the very long wait. I will have the next chapter up within a week!