A/N: Sorry it has been awhile since I have updated. I guess I just had some writers block. But I think this came out alright. It's a pretty long chapter at least. The longest one so far.

Disclaimer: I do not own LWD or the movie 'The Notebook'

Enjoy!!

I awoke a few hours after Casey came in. I leaned over and gently kissed her on her cheek before I woke her up.

"Case, you have to get up before someone sees us."

She started to move around before she finally spoke.

"I.dont.wanna.get.up." She said very slow and miserable sounding.

"We can't get caught. Come on. Please."

"Okay."

She started to sit up and swung her legs off the side of the bed. She placed each arm on either side of her and dropped her head down to her chest.

"This headache is killing me."

"I'll get you some more aspirin and then I will meet you in your room."

I walked over to the side of the bed she was on. She still had her head down to the ground. I lifted up her chin and looked her in the eyes.

"Everything will be okay. I remember my first time I was hung-over. It sucked, but you will live. Be right back." Then I kissed her on her forehead. I headed to the bathroom and opened the medicine cabinet for the aspirin. I headed back down to Casey room, and when I got there she was already laying back down in her bed.

"Here, take these. I'm actually really proud of you Case. Most people when they get hung over for the first time, they get sick. You are holding out like a trooper."

"idntflllkeatrpr"

"Umm, what was that?"

She pulled her face away from her pillow and took a deep breath.

"I don't feel like a trooper."

"You don't look like one either, you're kind of pale. Go take a hot shower. It should make you feel a little better."

She just sighed and then finally agreed to it. I made sure she took the aspirin first before I walked down the hallway with her to the bathroom. Once we reached the door I kissed her on her cheek again and told her I would meet her downstairs once she was finished. Once I made my way about halfway down the stairs, I felt my stomach begin to grumble. Man I am starving! I made it down to the kitchen where I found Nora making something for Marti and Lizzie and Edwin sitting at the table. It looked as if they were scheming something, because when I walked by to hit Edwin in the back of the head, they started to shuffle all kinds of paper around as if they were trying to hide what they were doing.

"Edwin. Cereal. NOW."

"Coming Derek." He had said as he jumped up to pour me some cereal. I took my rightful spot in front of the TV in my recliner. I heard Nora talking to my Dad about being late and for him to hurry. Her voice was too muffled that I couldn't quiet here what exactly they were late for.

"Derek! Could you please come in here?" I heard her yell. I groaned a little and kicked my feet in the chair before I finally got up. I slowly walked towards the kitchen when Nora turned the corner so fast she didn't see me and almost knocked me down.

"Derek! Oh there you are."

"Yeah?"

"Your father and I are taking the kids out today. I'm assuming that you don't want to go?"

A day alone with Casey; hell no I don't want to go.

"Well where are you all going? Maybe I want to spend some quality time with my family." I said all too sarcastically.

"We are going to take Marti to the zoo, she has been bugging your Father and I for awhile now to take her. Then Edwin and Lizzie said something about that new Spy1 Store that just opened up and how they wanted to check out some of their equipment there. I don't know what is up their sleeves."

"Yeah, well as much fun as that sounds, I think I am just going to stay here for the day."
"Alright, have you seen Casey? I need to tell her to get ready. I don't really feel comfortable leaving you two home alone. Especially after last month when we came home and you had started a food fight with each other. Plus you both were bickering before you even left for the party last night. I'm shocked you are both in one piece today."

"Oh… umm… I think I heard her in the shower when I came down. And besides, I can't help it she is such a dork. It's her fault we always fight anyways. She sets herself up on most occasions."

"That's enough Derek."

Shit. She is going to make her go. No 'day alone with Casey' anymore.

"Alright kids, everyone dressed and ready to go?"

"Yay! The Zoo!! I love the Zoo! I can't wait to see all the animals!" Marti was screaming at the top of her lungs. "Smerek! Are you sure you don't want to see the animals with us?"

"I'm sure Smarti. You go. You will have lots of fun!"

"Ok Smerek!" Marti yelled as she gave me a hug.

"Where's Casey? I thought you said she had to come since Derek is staying home." I heard my Dad ask Nora as he searched for his keys. This caught my attention, but I tried to make it as obscure as possible that I wasn't listening.

"She isn't feeling well. Her face is all pale so I told her to stay in bed and get some rest. Oh and Derek, please don't pick on her today, and no fighting. I hope she isn't coming down with something." Her voice trailed off.

"Alright guys lets go!" My Dad said as he finally found his keys under some paperwork.

"We will be home around 8 o'clock. Bye Derek."

I waited until I heard the car start and back out of the driveway. I ran to the window and made sure they were finally gone before I went upstairs to Casey's bedroom. Her door was closed so I called out for her. I heard a muffled 'come in' before I proceeded through the door. She was freshly showered and her room smelled of Vanilla. She did look a little pale, but she wore a smile on her face as soon as she saw me.

"Are you still feeling bad?"

"A little weak, I think maybe I need to eat something."

"Alright; I'll make you whatever you want. Lets go downstairs, you can relax on the couch and watch some TV."

"Okay." She said quietly.

We walked down the stairs together and I handed her the remote after she got comfortable on the couch. She said nothing really sounded good to eat, but I insisted that she had to have something. I made my way to the kitchen and started looking for something to make. This is so unlike me. Cooking for Casey; making sure she feels okay. What am I doing? Ahh I guess when you really like a girl, it can make you do some crazy things. I found some toast and thought that would be good for her to eat. I made the toast and then poured some orange juice. When I brought it to her she sat right up and started eating the toast so fast.

"Mmm, this is good Derek. Thank you."

"Not a problem. What are you watching?"

"I don't know. Here you pick something to watch." She handed me the remote and I started to flip through the channels. Nothing seemed to be on.

"Want to watch a movie or something?"

"Sure. What kind? Comedy, scary, drama…" Her voice trailed off when she noticed I was just staring at her.

"What?" She asked.

"Nothing, you pick the movie. Whatever you want to watch, I'll watch."

She smiled and then went up to her room to her view her DVD collection. About five minutes later I heard her coming down the stairs. She had a smile so wide on her face; I couldn't help but get a little scared.

"Why are you smiling like that? What did you bring?"

She started to laugh and finally said, "The Notebook."

"What? Isn't that some kind of chick flick love story?"

"Yep. You did say anything. Remember?"

"Come on Case. Please don't do this to me."

"It's a beautiful story. Derek, just watch it."

"Fine." I said, not happy at all. She put the movie in and fast forwarded until the main menu came on. I took in a deep breath as she hit play.

"You better not tell anyone I watched this."

"I Promise I wont."

The movie started and her eyes immediately were glued to the TV. I got out of my chair and went to the couch and she started to sit up so I would have room.

"It's okay; you can lay down still just move your legs for a second." I sat down at the other end of the couch and she placed her legs over my lap. My eyes trailed from the TV to Casey then back to the TV. She was so into this movie she hadn't even noticed that I was watching her. Every once in a while she would let out an 'Aww' or a 'That was so sweet.' I will never admit this to anyone but I was starting to get into the movie, once I saw that there was a 'naughty' scene showing on the screen. After a few more minutes, Casey sat up and announced she would be right back. She then paused the movie and went upstairs. I can't believe I am watching this movie. Shortly after she returned and before she pushed play she turned towards me.

"So…?" She asked.

"So what?"

"So how do you like the movie so far?"

"It's a chick flick. No way am I ever going to like it."

She sighed and then turned back to the screen and pushed the play button on the remote. We continued watching it for a little while longer, when she paused it again. The two main characters were standing in the rain yelling about him not writing her letters when she left. Then he yelled back and said he did write to her. Something else about it not being over, and then they kissed. Casey had this goofy smile on her face and her eyes looked as if they were tearing up when she turned towards me.

"Isn't this movie so sweet?"

"Casey, I am a guy. I don't think movies are sweet. And are you crying?! Casey it's a MOVIE!!"

"No I am not crying!" She said as she turned away and wiped her eyes real quick and then pushed play again. We continued watching the movie. At certain times I heard Casey sniffling. She is such a chick sometimes. I scooted closer to her and our bodies were almost so close to touching, but not quite there yet. She had looked over at me as if she was questioning my actions. I just smirked and turned back to the TV.

"Well that's what we do, we fight... You tell me when I am being an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you are a pain in the ass. Which you are, 99 of the time. I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings. You have like a 2 second rebound rate, then you're back doing the next pain-in-the-ass thing."

I laughed when I heard that line in the movie. Casey turned to me and pushed pause again.

"Did you just laugh?"

"Yeah, why?"

"I… I don't know; just curious, that's all."

"Push play. I want to see how it's going to end"

"Aww Derek! You are getting into this movie."

"Just.Push.Play."

"Okay."

We finished watching the rest of the movie and by the end Casey was bawling. She tried to make it unnoticeable, but I sure did notice she was crying. I put my arm around her shoulder and pulled her in closer to me. I told her it was just a movie and she didn't need to cry. She just kept mumbling something about it being just 'so sweet.'

"Well what should we do now? We still have the house to ourselves for a few more hours. Are you feeling better now?"

"Yeah, I am feeling really good now. And I'm not sure what we should do. Do you have any suggestions?" She asked me.

"Well… I do have this one idea, but I don't know if you are down for it."

"I have to know what it is first before I will agree to anything."

"Alright come here." I pulled her in and started to whisper in her ear. All of the sudden she got red in the face and yelled her infamous 'De-rek!' before she got a huge smile on her face and agreed. Today will be really fun.

So how was it? Decent at least?