Hey readers! Sorry it's been awhile...i was in mexico and florida for awhile...ooh and my brother got married and I had a ton of finals! Sooo anyways, i'm back! Enjoy!
"Em! It's me." Casey cried into the phone while hiding in her sister's bedroom.
"Case? What's wrong?"
"I'm at my parents house...we told them."
"WHAT?! No way! How did they react? Was your mom okay?"
"Umm, the kids were happy, George is giving us the semi-silent treatment, and my mom passed out."
"Ohmygosh! Is she okay now?"
"Yes, I hope so...Em, I think I just made a huge mistake..."
"Well, Case, you had to tell them someti--"
"No, not that," Casey said as she took a deep breath, "I just told Derek I didn't want to marry him and the baby was a mistake."
The other end was silent for a moment, but Casey knew she was still there.
"Can't you go tell him you're sorry?"
"It's different this time, Em...can I stay at your parents place with you tonight?"
"You know you're always welcome...I'll leave the front door unlocked."
"Thanks, Em, I don't know what I'd do without you."
Casey didn't even pack a bag because she didn't want to go back to her room and see him again. She ran out the front door before anyone could stop her and went right into Emily's house.
"Case." Emily said as she enveloped Casey in a giant hug.
"Em, I really screwed up." Casey said, crying.
"We all screw up sometimes, babe, no worries, I'll think of something."
Casey laid down on Emily's bed and soon fell asleep...meanwhile, Emily took out her phone.
"Derek?" Emily growled into the phone.
"Hey, Emily." Derek said solemnly.
"You need to get your ass over here. Casey is sleeping in my bed at the moment and I don't want her living here for another two months like before! I love Casey, but that was complete hell!"
"Emily, I can't, she said she doesn't want to marry me...which basically is code that she doesn't want to see me. I just need to give her time. Send her back to our townhouse if you need to, I guess I could stay here in London."
"Ugh! You're so lame, you know you love each other! I have no idea how I always get stuck in the middle of this shit!"
With that, she hung up the phone.
Derek sighed on his old bed and fell asleep.
Next thing he knew it was morning and he heard a knocking on his door.
"Go away." He said, like a moody teenage girl.
Edwin soon appeared in his room.
"Dude, I have some news you might like to here...it's why you shouldn't have told Nora so suddenly."
Derek sat up, alarmed, "What is it?"
"Derek, Nora has hypertensive heart disease."
"Leave it up to Edwin to say things no one understands." Derek said as he played with his phone.
Edwin rolled his eyes, "It's a heart disease. Her heart can't just take news like that. She can have a heart attack and die!"
Derek was silent...then he spoke up, "Does Casey know about this?"
"No." Edwin stated, "Nora is trying to figure out how to tell her."
Derek got up, left the room and headed downstairs. Nora was sitting on the couch knitting baby booties.
Derek walked right over to her and gave her a hug. She started to laugh and looked at him.
"What was that for?" She asked.
"I had no idea about your heart."
She seemed shocked at first, "Does Casey know?"
"No, Edwin just told me. You really need to tell her, Nora."
"I know, Derek, I know, I just don't know how to tell her. Can't you just tell her?"
Derek looked down and his hands and held up Casey's engagement ring, "Umm, I don't know if we're really speaking at the moment."
"Ohh, Derek, what happened?"
"Basically, you and Dad scared her." Derek stated.
"Oh, Derek, this is all my fault, if only I'd been happier for her..." She thought for a moment, "Ya know what? We need to fix this."
Nora stood up from the couch, "Family meeting, pronto!"
The kids and George all eventually filtered into the family room.
"Family," she addressed, "Casey dumped Derek!"
Everyone gasped.
"We need them together...we know they belong together and the baby doesn't want to have a broken family from the get-go!"
The family voiced their "yeahs."
Marti piped up, "So what are we going to do?"
All Nora and Derek smirked, they were thinking the same thing...
Mmmmmmmmmk more to come...hopefully soon...I'm heading to nyc this week, so i'll see what I can do...as always, please review! thanks!
