Hey everybody, sorry it took so long to work on this. I had it written out then someone went on my laptop and didn't know how to work it so my chapter was lost… so I had to redo it and I had a tough time recreating the magic, so hopefully this works, hope you enjoy!


Derek opened his eyes and stretched. He turned to look at the woman lying in bed beside him. She was lying on her stomach, her hair sprawled on the pillow. She looked like a sleeping angel—his sleeping angel.

He rested his head on his arm as he looked over her. He was still in shock that he had her back with him again. He knew deep in his heart that he would be thankful to the almighty for having the chance to be with her again.

He found it amazing that they were here—in Bali, together. He felt like his life was almost complete. His life had been a misery after the previous Christmas when Casey announced to the family that Max and she were engaged. His first game back on the ice, he was out in the box for one hell of a fight with the captain of the San Jose team. He got checked and all his anger from Casey's engagement announcement came out and he just went at it.

His coach threatened to bench him for the rest of the game if he didn't get his act together. He got into another fight which was instigated by one of the forwards. His coach didn't bench him even though he looked like he wanted to but because the fight was instigated by the other team.

He knew he had to get over it and he did but it was hard for him to imagine Casey spending the rest of her life with someone that was not him. He spent months in a slump, playing his heart out but still not with the same gusto that made him the Derek Venturi, hockey god. All he knew now was that his prayers had somehow been answered and he felt somewhat invincible.

He leaned down and kissed her on the forehead as he brushed a loose strand of hair from her face. She seemed to smile in her sleep, but remained deep asleep.

Derek could only imagine her mental exhaustion. He knew that it had not been easy for her but was glad of the outcome; he just had to take care of her now.

That would be no hardship; he smiled as he got up from the bed. He pulled on a loose pair of cotton pajama pants, grabbed his cell phone and made his way to the open veranda overlooking the private pool.

It was a few hours later when she shuffled over to the lounge chair on the veranda. She was stretching her arms above her head when she swept down beside him and planted a warm kiss on his lips.

"Hey lover," she smiled lazily at him as she curled up in his arms.

"Hey," he smirked as he ran his hands down her back. "Did you get a good sleep?" he asked her.

She blushed.

"Hey," he said, tipping her chin so that she was looking at him. "You need the rest. You've had a rough week and you're probably more drained than you realize."

She gave a small smile.

"Now let's go check out the sights of the place," he said, giving her a warm kiss.

She let him help her to her feet then she went and grabbed a shower, pulling him in with her. Afterwards she pulled on a bikini and covered up with khaki shorts and a loose linen shirt.

Derek stared at her as she stood, checking her purse.

He wanted her again and he just had her twenty minutes ago. He took a deep breath as he kissed her neck.

She moaned and turned to kiss him passionately on the lips.

Finally Derek pulled back. "We better go and see the island otherwise we'll just spend the whole time worshipping each other."

She smiled brightly. "I could enjoy that later."

He winked at her.

She kissed him then pulled her purse over her shoulder. "Come on lover boy, the volcano awaits."

They went in a jeep ride to Gunung Batur and did the hike and checked out the great beauty of the volcano. They returned to the villa later that evening and got ready for dinner. They went to the Terrace and enjoyed the view of the golf course and the ocean.

They were enjoying the Gai Hor Bai Toey and a few other dishes, while Derek was sweet talking her.

She smiled when they finished the dinner and then left to go walk on the beach.

She was holding her shoes and walking in the small waves as they caressed the sand around her feet.

He was holding her hand, as he walked in the sand alongside her.

They stopped at a palm tree that was down, stretched across the sand.

He lifted her off her feet so she was sitting on the tree.

"Casey," he said as held her hands and looked deeply into her eyes, pulling them into their own private world of just the two of them.

"Yes," she said breathlessly.

He kissed her gently on the lips. "Marry me," he said.

"What?" she said, pulling back to look at him more clearly.

"Marry me, spend your life with me," he said, holding her hands tightly and staring intently into her eyes.

She gave a small smile.

"I can't imagine spending the rest of my life with anyone else and I would love the chance to spend the rest of our lives together, have children, grandchildren—everything. I want to spend my whole life with you."

He pulled something out of his pocket. It was a silver and opal ring. It was simple with a tribal design on the band.

"I know its not the big diamond I imagined I would be able to give you but I wanted the moment to be special and thought I would have a ring from Bali to signify our new beginning. I wanted to have something we could look back on and remember how we got our fresh start with each other again."

She positively beamed at him.

"Let me try and make you happy, let me have the chance to show you how much I love you and want to spend the rest of our lives together. Please, marry me and become my wife so we can share the rest of our lives together."

She felt a small happy tear slide down from the corner of her eye. She gave him a glowing smile as she threw her arms around him.

"Yes!" she said. "Yes! I will marry you!"

After he slid the ring on, he grabbed her and spun her around, kissing her fervently. They clung together in the embrace.

"I say we get married here and be done with it," she grinned. "I think Lizzie was right when she made sure we had some formal clothes."

Derek smirked and kissed her again. When he let her go, he smiled sheepishly.

"I figured that it was a great idea so…"

She frowned.

"While you were sleeping this morning, I made some calls."

"And?"

"And everyone can be here tomorrow afternoon and we can be married either tomorrow evening or the next morning."

"Derek!"

He smirked, "what?"

She was frowning at him but suddenly burst into a bright smile and laughed.

"It's brilliant," she said as she threw her arms around him and kissed him.

"When do you want to get married then?"

She pursed her lips as she thought. "I would say let's just do it, but let's give them the chance to adjust to coming all this way. We'll get married the next afternoon."

He smirked. "I knew you would say that."

"You did not!"

He laughed. "Okay, so I didn't know that you would say that, so that's why I arranged for the ceremony to be held that day. Tomorrow we can go and get the registration completed and get all the papers we'll need and do all the arrangements so that we can make this the perfect little wedding for the two of us."

Casey shrieked in excitement as she threw her arms around him. "Oh my god, we're finally going to do it! We're going to get married!"

He kissed her.

"Shall we go back to the villa?" he asked her in between kisses.

She smiled in the kiss.

"Sounds perfect, let's get the honeymoon started."

He arched a brow. "I like the way you think soon-to-be wife."

She smiled brightly. "Mrs. Casey Venturi… I like the way it sounds."

He grinned as he scooped her off her feet and started walking back up the beach. "I like the way it sounds too—I'd like it better if I could say it in the privacy of our own villa."

"Lead the way Venturi."


Dun dun dun…. I know, you're dying for the wedding, the real wedding. Well, you'll just have to wait. I'm working on it, should be brilliant!! Give me 10 reviews, and you've got it… that should give me enough time to get cracking on the next chapter, but now that I'm finally better, I should be able to get going on this again, so please review, show the love and I will show mine by giving you the Derek/Casey wedding