"Hey you're here." Derek said as he turned towards Casey with his duffle bag slung over his shoulder.
"I know! I know! I'm so late!" Casey panicked as she spun a few times trying to grab the other strap of one of her bags before everything fell. Derek rolled his eyes and pulled two out of three of the bags out of her grasp.
"Useless..." he muttered under his breath as he slung her bags over his shoulder as well.
"Case chill the bus isn't even here yet." Casey glared at Derek making Derek bit his lip.
"Don't you dare Venturi; I slept through my alarm, I dropped my shirt in the toilet, and forgot the crust-less cucumber sandwiches I made for the trip on the counter at home. You do not want to piss me off." Casey was closed to hyperventilating as Derek had and urge to back up slowly leaving her bags running.
"Okay." Was all he said as he turned around with wide eyes silently wowing. The bus pulled up as Mr. Tanner stood by the door.
"On the bus in your pairs!" he called. Casey walked in front of Derek and waited till they got to the front of the line.
"Alright. Don't turn them on ladies and gentlemen. We don't need to annoy the bus driver."
"Casey and Derek. I hope you don't mind, but you were so quick with your first project I wanted to spice it up for you." Derek groaned. More work was not what he wanted. Casey on the other hand beamed at the opportunity.
"Congrats Mr. And Mrs. Venturi. Twins!" Mr. Tanner passed a baby to Casey and another one plus the baby bag to Derek's already full arms. Casey threw a genuine smile at Derek only to have him sarcastically smile back as he struggled to get on the bus behind her.
It took a good ten minutes for everyone to pile onto the bus and finally get settled down. Casey was at the very back and had stolen the window seat. Derek sat down beside her as he held the doll by one arm.
"Derek!" Casey gasped.
"What their not turned on yet!" Casey kept glaring at him as she held the baby properly. Derek sighed and followed suit as the bus started to move.
One baby was in blue clothes and the other was in pink.
"What are we naming them?"
"Names? We have to pick names? Why can't we just call them thing one and thing two?" Casey hit Derek lightly on the shoulders scared to disturb the dolls.
"How about you name the girl and I'll name the boy?" she asked.
"Why do you get to name the boy?"
"Cause I have a name." Derek rolled his eyes.
"Okay Casey Jr." she gave him another look and he sighed. He had thought a couple time's what he would name his kid's if he had a daughter like his Smarti.
"What are you going to name him?" Derek asked.
"Tristan Derek Venturi."
"Destiny Cassandra Venturi." Casey arched an eyebrow at Derek.
"Destiny?"
"Yea…. Why? No good?"
"No… no… I just wouldn't have expected that… Why Destiny?" Derek shrugged looking down at the doll as he tugged on the pink snugly.
"We got twin's for a reason? And Fate sounded lame?" he said lamely. There was truth to what he said though, Casey thought. Everything does happen for a reason.
It was a long ride to the camp out in the middle of nowhere. About six hours, but Casey and Derek were nowhere near tired. They leaned close to each other with skull candy ear piece in their ears. Derek flipped through his Ipod only listening to about a minute of each song.
"Wait wait go back!" Derek groaned.
"Casey that is the lamest song in the world." Derek complained.
"Oh really? Why is it on your Ipod then?"
"Cause I stole your songs off your computer cause I wanted a lot on my Ipod… even if it is crap."
"Fine I don't care but turn it back!" Casey whined. Derek sighed giving up as he switched back. Casey took the Ipod so he couldn't switch it as she started to sing and dance in her seat.
I shouldn't love you, but I want to
I
just can't turn away
I shouldn't see you, but I can't move
I
can't look away
Derek rolled his eyes as he glanced around the bus. Everyone was sleeping or listening to their own music. His eyes flickered to Casey. She seemed to be in her own world where only Casey and this song existed and Derek envied her. But yet, he was mesmerized by her. This was his Casey. The Casey who he had lived with and annoyed. Her singing left no room for the strange façade that she had been playing around with ever since her return. He hadn't realized how much he missed it until he couldn't look away.
And I don't know how to be fine
when I'm not
'Cause I don't know how to make the feelings
stop
Just so you know
This feeling's takin' control
Of
me and I can't help it
I won't sit around
I can't let him win
now
Thought you should know
I've tried my best to let go
Of
you but I don't want to
I just gotta say it all before I go
Just
so you know
Casey got louder and held the ipod to her mouth like a microphone and started singing towards Derek Dancing in her seat and laughing through her harmony's Derek felt a genuine smile twitch in his cheeks. He turned away for a moment composing his face back to one of annoyance. She shook her finger at him as she proclaimed that she 'wont sit around' pulling her hand to her chest, she leaned towards Derek singing quieter. 'Just so you know…'
It's gettin' hard
to
Be around you
Theres so much I can't say
Do you want me
to hide the feelings
And look the other way
Derek was gulping as she sang faking her concert for Derek. he shook his head as he let the words of this cheesy song meld into his mind. He turned back to the window.
And I don't know
how to be fine when I'm not
'Cause I don't know how to make the
feelings stop
Just so you know
'Just so you know!' she sang loudly making Derek turn back to her laughing loudly.
This feeling's takin' control
Of
me and I can't help it
I wont sit around
I can't let 'him win
now
Thought you should know
I've tried my best to let go
Of
you but I don't want to
I just gotta say it all before I go
Just
so you know
This emptiness is killin' me
Im wondering why
I've waited so long
Lookin' back I realize it was always there,
just never spoken
I'm waitin' here
Been waitin' here
Always there, just never spoken…
mmm oooh
Just so you
know
This feeling's takin' control
Of me and I can't help it
I
wont sit around
I can't let him win now
Thought you should
know
I've tried my best to let go
Of you but I don't want to
I
just gotta say it all before I go
Just so you know
Whoa
Just
so you know
Whoa
Thought you should know
I've tried my best
to let go
Of you but I don't want to
I just gotta say it all
before I go
Just so you know
"Just so you know!" Derek joined in at the last moment as Casey burst into laughter.
"I hate you…" he mumbled.
"What? Why?"
"Cause now I actually like that crappy song!"
"Mr. Tanner there is a huge problem…"
"Gigantic!" Derek exploded.
"Oh right… your room…"
"Oh right? That's all you have to say?"
"Nothing else?" Derek exploded from behind Casey again.
"Amanda and Ellie are the only same sex female group… and Ellie is allergic to animals. And all the other groups are co-ed or same sex male…"
"What does that have to do with anything?" Derek and Casey screamed at the same time."
"The last people who used that room had an animal in there and we don't have a vacuum so we can't have her in that room. And I figured you two in that room would be the safest choice for a co-ed couple."
The discussion was over now. The room Casey and Derek had been assigned to had only a queen sized bed all the others had singles.
"This is insane. Your sleeping on the couch you do realize that." Casey stated. The room was about the size of the living room and dining room of the Venturi home with no wall's just a bathroom, a couch, a small TV, a sink with glasses in the cupboard, and a crib
"Uh I don't think so princess."
"Uh I think so, hubby." Casey glared unpacking her bags. When they finished Casey turned on the dolls that immediately started to cry.
"Casey!" Derek whined.
"It's our project." Casey stated as she picked up Tristan. "Can you feed Destiny?" she asked. Derek rolled his eyes.
"You do realize they are plastic right?"
"Yes, but for the project we have to pretend they are real."
Casey opened the diaper bag and started to take everything out of it. There were 2 bottles, 2 soothers, 2 bowls with 2 plastic spoons, two blankets, two cloths, two different outfits, 4 diapers, and a carrier bag that goes on the front of you and there were two places up put the twins.
"Wow… does Mr. Tanner know that they are plastic?" Casey elbowed him as he reached to grab the blankets. There was a piece of paper stating feeding instructions further. There was also a magnet in the spook and bowl. Each time you touched the magnet in the spoon to the bowl, it depolarized the magnet so it would set off the trigger in the baby. The soothers would put the baby to sleep only if the other needs were met, and diapers were to be switched back and forth when needed.
"Just feed your daughter." Casey said giving him a bottle. Derek thought he would cringe when she said 'his daughter' but he didn't. in fact he felt kind of happy… thinking about having a kid, he would love it if he had some one like Marti as a daughter of his own.
He cradled the doll in his arms and fed her the bottle. She looked amazingly lifelike for a doll. At first glance anyone would think that it was real. Maybe even in second glance. How much money did their school actually have?
Casey sat down beside him on the couch with a cloth over her shoulder as she fed Tristan. The babies started crying and the two removed the bottle.
"Awe come on… we fed you!" Casey rolled her eyes.
"And what do you do after you feed a baby a bottle?" Derek stared at her waiting for her to give him a hint. She groaned.
"Babies need to be burped Derek."
"It's a doll. It can't burp." Casey ignored him and started to pat Tristan on the back. After the tenth pat or so a burp erupted from the baby and then silence except for baby Destiny who was still crying.
"Now tell me… who's right?"
"The wife…" Derek mumbled as he patted Destiny on the back.
"Exactly."
It was dinnertime and Mr. Tanner had called everyone to the main building. At each table was a highchair but one table had two.
Derek followed Casey with Tristan and the baby bag and put Tristan in the chair like Casey did with Destiny.
Baby cries echoed through the diningroom as Casey watched her classmates in a frenzy trying to calm their babies. Casey laughed as she set out the bowls and spoons.
"What's so funny?" Derek asked glancing over to where her eyes were.
"Nothing… it's just, they are already freaking out and it's the only first day…" Derek examined her for a moment. She was right… they looked paniky; dropping the things in their bag, shaking hands… and then their was Casey, steady hands, actually treating the kids like they were real and not having any issues what so ever like she was made for this.
"Need help?" Derek asked reaching for the other bowl.
"Actually how about you go get us dinner?" Casey pointed with her spoon towards a line that was quickly being formed by partners eager to ditch their parenting duties.
Derek rose and walked over to the line full of mostly guys.
"I can't take it anymore! It won't stop crying!" Peter from the football team whined as he scooped some food onto his plates.
"I know! I changed it's diaper and gave it a bottle and it still wouldn't shut up." Derek stifled a laugh when Max turned angrily to look at him.
"What?" he asked as Derek put salad on a plate and grabbed ranch and Italian dressing.
"Well… come on… what do you do after you feed a baby so it doesn't up chuck on you?"
"Oh I know this one!" Peter stated trying hard to think. Derek rolled his eyes as he grabbed three burger buns and one hot dog bun loading it up.
"Burp dude, babies burp."
"Their just dolls."
"But they are programmed to be babies." Derek retorted placing the plates on his tray and grabbing a coke and a diet coke.
"Salad okay? I didn't know if you wanted ranch or Italian dressing…"
"Ranch is great." She smiled up at him until she saw what was on his plate.
"Holy… Eating for two?"
"Three actually." He said taking a bite out of a burger and glancing at the twins.
"So um, what was Max saying… you know when you were in line…" Casey brought up casually as she put another spoon full in Tristan's mouth while taking a bite of her own salad.
"Nothing… him and peter didn't know how to make their baby stop crying." Casey glanced over to where Max was sitting with his partner Amy. Derek followed her gaze as Amy smiled flirtatiously, flipping her blonde hair.
"And apparently Amy's impressed with your Parenting tips." Casey stated bitterly shoving more spoons into the baby's mouths while Derek smirked at the blonde.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Be gentle with our babies!" Derek hollered taking the food from Casey.
"It's okay, Daddy's here." Derek made baby faces at the dolls while Casey rolled her eyes with a small smile on her lips finding Derek's sudden paternal turnaround insanely cute. Derek saw her smile out of the corner of his eyes and smiled to himself genuinely.