"What wouldn't happen to me?" Casey asked.
"It's nothing, Case, forget I said anything."
Casey laughed, "Come on, what is it?"
"Okay, well, you sound like the way my mom was when she was pregnant!" Emily said laughing.
Suddenly Casey's laughing stopped. Emily looked over at her and there was a glossy glaze over her eyes and it looked like she was on another planet.
"Case?" Emily asked nervously, "That's silly, right? You haven't had sex, right?"
Casey sat in silence then said something, "Em...I think I should tell you something."
Emily put her face in her hands, "When, where, why, who?"
"Two months ago...my house...drunk...Derek."
Emily froze, "WOAH WOAH WOAH WHAT?! You had sex with DEREK and didn't tell me?!"
"It wasn't my proudest moment, Em."
"Ohmigosh, Casey, I really think you're preggers!"
Casey panted heavily, "We have to go to the store NOW."
She grabbed Em's hand and ran downstairs.
Emily grabbed her purse, "Sorry, guys, we'll be back in five minutes.
"Casey! Stop running so fast! It might hurt the baby!" Emily chimed.
"Stop it!" Casey yelled.
They ran inside the corner store and went to the toiletries aisle.
"What ones should I get?!" Casey asked impatiently.
"I don't know, I have my mom's credit card, just grab one of each brand."
They grabbed them and ran to the cashier only to see...Kendra.
"Kenda?!" Casey said in horror, "What are you doing here...with a job?"
"Ugh," she groaned, "My parents wanted me to learn some responsibility, so here I am."
Emily was already dumping the contents onto the basket onto the counter. Kendra's eyes grew wide.
"So who's got the bun in the oven?" She asked cocking her eyebrow.
"My mom." Casey stated, "She's freaking out making us buy all of these."
"Yeah, sure. Okay, that will be 140, and here, I'll throw some of these in for no charge...so your mom is prepared next time." Kendra said as she threw a few condoms into the shopping bag.
We handed over the credit card, took the receipt and ran home.
Casey and Emily ran back into the house to find Derek and Sam still watching sports.
"Hey, guys, we'll only be ten minutes, make yourselves comfy!" Emily said as they ran up the stairs.
"Oh, look, they dropped something." Sam said as he got up and went to go pick it up, "It's a receipt."
"Oooh! What'd they buy?" Derek asked, trying to be a snoop.
Sam looked at it and his eyes went wide, "Um, they bought make up and nail polish remover."
Derek waved it off with his hand, "Girls will be girls."
Sam sighed thanking God that his friend was so gullible.
"Okay, Em, so what do I need to do?"
Emily fumbled with the instructions, "Um, I guess you just pee on it!"
Two cartons of orange juice, seven pregnancy tests, and twenty-three minutes later was the moment of truth for Casey.
She made Emily leave the room and she slowly walked over to the tests.
Emily was in the next room over hoping Casey was okay when she heard a thump.
She opened up her bedroom door and saw Derek running up the stairs.
"What happened?!" Derek yelled.
"I don't know!" Emily said as she opened the door to see a passed out Casey on the ground.
Derek rushed to Casey's side, elevated her head, and tried to wake her up.
"Case, Case, babe, wake up." Derek chanted.
"I'll go get some vinegar to see if the smell will wake her up." Emily said as she ran away.
Derek held onto Casey as he waited for Emily to return. He wondered how this happened, so he looked around. In a matter of seconds, he saw the pregnancy tests and stood up to look at them.
Soon Emily walked into the bathroom again with vinegar.
"SAM!" Emily shrieked.
Sam ran upstairs, "What?" He walked into the bathroom to see Casey and Derek passed out on the bathroom floor.
Within ten minutes, Casey woke up.
"What happened?" Casey asked.
"Sweetie, you passed out...you're pregnant." Emily said sweetly.
Casey grabbed her head and tried to orient herself again. She looked next to her and saw Derek on the ground.
"DEREK!" Casey yelped.
Casey looked at Emily with worried eyes.
Emily nodded, "He knows."
Casey lied back down on the ground and curled up into a tiny ball.
Emily stroked her back and then Derek woke up. Casey heard him waking up, but she didn't want to say anything or even look at him.
"What happened?" Derek asked.
Everyone was silent.
Derek looked around. He saw Casey and smiled, but then he remembered the pregnancy tests and looked at the counter and sighed.
Sam and Emily went downstairs to give them privacy.
Derek ran his fingers through Casey's hair, "Case, are you alright?"
"No." Was all Casey could manage as she tried to hold back tears.
Derek knew he was terrified, or else he wouldn't have passed out, but he knew that this must have been even harder on Casey who tried so hard to try and forget that fateful night, but now it would be haunting her for the rest of her life. He knew he had to be strong for the both of them.
Derek picked Casey up and led her to the guest room where they could talk.
He put her in the bed, laid down with her, and put a protective/supportive arm around her stomach.
"Listen, Case, I know you don't trust me...but you've got to trust me now, everything is going to be okay?"
She ignored the question, "Tell me why you lied to me. Tell me now."
He drew in a deep breath and started, "I took your stuff because I like it. I like the way it smells like you. Even if you aren't with me, it feels like you still are, and I never want to lose that feeling...not ever, Casey."
Casey turned over and looked at him in the eyes, "So were you lying when you said you loved me?"
Derek looked shocked, "How did you..."
"Derek, come on, I wasn't really asleep...I'm a good pretender."
"I should have known better." He said as he gave her a kiss on her forehead.
Derek started to get up from the bed when he felt Casey's hand, "Derek, stay with me, please."
He looked into her eyes and knew he couldn't say no.
They laid there together for a good five minutes with out saying a word.
"What are we going to do about our baby?" Casey sighed.
"Well, we're going to raise it like a normal kid, with a mom and a dad."
"Do you really believe that we would be able to handle that?"
"Case, we could handle anything."
"Well, I guess we could get a townhouse when we go to Syracuse this fall, but it's probably going to be really expensive."
"We can have dad and Nora help us out." He said before he realized what he had said.
"George and Nora." They said at the same time.
Suddenly, Casey started sobbing uncontrollably.
Derek grabbed her in a huge hug and began stroking her hair, "Case, Case, it's okay, they'll understand."
"No...they...won't...she...trusted...me..." She managed in between sobs.
Derek honestly had no idea what to say back, because Casey probably would lose her mom's trust. So Derek just kept calming her down.
About fifteen minutes later, Casey was almost settled down.
"So are we going to tell Dad and Nora? Because if you think about it, you wouldn't be gaining weight until we're at school, so they wouldn't see you."
This brought another bout of tears. "I'm...going...to...be...huge...and...fat...and...ugly..." She cried.
"Shhhh, Casey, it's normal to gain weight, or the baby wouldn't be healthy...think of it's health! And of course you'll still be beautiful...you'll always be beautiful to me!"
"That doesn't mean anything! You have low standards on what's beautiful! You're attracted to any woman that moves!"
"Oh, come on, Case, you know you're gorgeous. Between your genes and my genes, our kid is going to be the best looking kid in the world."
Casey laughed and hugged him, "Thanks, Derek, I needed that."
By now it was around dinner time, so the two of them came downstairs to eat with Em and Sam.
As soon as Casey entered the kitchen, Emily saw her red eyes and gave her a reassuring hug. Sam clapped Derek on the back and congratulated him.
"What's for dinner?" Derek asked Emily.
"Well, whatever my parents left for me...which doesn't seem like a lot...but they left money too."
"Where are your parents, anyways?" Sam asked.
"Oh, they took Dimi on a month and a half long Alaskan cruise. I was totally jealous, but I really need to get ready for college this summer."
"Hmm." Derek thought out loud.
"What?" Emily asked as she eyed him suspiciously.
"Well, can Case and I take the spare bedroom while your parents are gone? I don't think it would be a good idea to be away from her during her 'fragile' state," Derek said as Casey pushed him playfully, "and we cannot go to our parents house without them finding out."
"Yeah, that's totally fine with me...but if you are going to have some hot hot sex, please warn me so I can evacuate the premises." Emily said.
Casey and Derek both laughed and Derek said, "Well, you might as well get out now!" as he grabbed Casey's waist and gave her a huge kiss and tried to look hot and heavy.
"Ew, gross, I suddenly don't have an appetite." Sam said as he got up from the counter.
"I'm with Sam." Em said, "We'll go out to dinner, you guys can help yourselves to anything...but please...don't have sex on my bed."
"I can't make any promises!" Derek said as he was still latching on to Casey's waist.
Casey just laughed as Em and Sam left.
They ate a quick dinner and headed upstairs.
Derek got ready for bed as Casey was already ready and reading in the bed.
"Hey, Case, I'm going to call the doctor tomorrow morning, okay?"
"Yeah, sounds good, just don't call the normal one...she'll call my mom."
He climbed into bed and within minutes, they both drifted off to sleep.
