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Casey sat down at one of the tables with the puppies to prepare for departure, Derek and Will sat down on the leather chairs and Winnie laid down on the couch.
They were soaring at 30,000 feet and Derek decided to pay Casey and the dogs a visit. He sat down at the table next to her and grabbed a puppy.
"What do you want, Derek." Casey asked; gently stroking the puppy and not making eye contact with Derek.
"Listen, I'm sorry I've been a jerk-"
"You should be." She interrupted him.
"Lets just make the most of this...it should still be a fun trip." He suggested.
She shrugged.
"And I promise I will help to take care of the puppies."
He saw her smirk and that's all he needed. He got up with the puppy and went to a chair to watch TV.
Within a few hours, they arrived and got off the plane. The bags were picked up and they filed into the limo waiting for them.
"I hope there is a lot of food because I'm really hungry." Derek whined.
"Me too!" Casey chimed in.
"With our luck, there will probably be some old cheese and wine left." Will said.
"We probably should go grocery shopping. When we get there it will be like 7pm, so we can buy stuff for dinner or go out." Winnie suggested.
"Let's just have someone go get groceries. I kinda just want to relax." Casey said.
After about two hours of driving from Denver to Breckenridge, they were finally at the house.
They all ran around to claim their rooms.
"Umm, Winnie?" Casey called out, "Most of these rooms don't have furniture."
"Oh, dagger, I forgot. Mom is re-doing most of the bedrooms. Hmm, what shall we do."
"There is no way I'm sleeping in Mom's room," Will said, "I don't want to know what goes down in there."
"Ew!" Winnie squealed, "Thanks for reminding me!"
"Well, I guess Will and I could take the only other bedroom that isn't being re-done. Which would leave my mom's room for you and/or Derek." Winnie smiled.
"Ugh! Winnie!" Casey whined, "I don't want to sleep in your mother's bed! Gross! I just want to sleep in a guest room! Plus, why with Derek? I will get absolutely NO sleep with that, 'thing.'" She said gesturing to Derek as he picked up an urn and looked inside. When he realized they were talking about him, he almost dropped it and smiled innocently.
"Well, I think the bedroom in the basement is free...it's next to the wine cellar and game room."
Casey ran to the bedroom to claim it as her own and Derek quickly followed.
"Mine!" Casey said as she jumped onto the bed.
"Case, can't we share." He asked, giving her said puppy eyes.
"Hmm, let me think." Casey said.
After about a minute of Casey "hmm"-ing and tapping her finger on her lips, she let out an abrupt, "NO! Hahahaha," she laughed, "I really had you going for awhile!"
"Not cool, Casey...just for that I decided that I am going to stay in here with you." He said.
"Wait, what? No."
"Yup."
He left the room and went to the kitchen were Will and Winnie were.
"We have wine in the wine cellar...that's basically it." Will said.
"Unless you're into 6 month old milk..." Winnie said.
Pretty soon Casey was down in the kitchen with the rest of them.
"How about two of us go grocery shopping and the other two change the sheets on the beds and clean up a bit."
"Ugh, I really hate going shopping," Will began to say, and mischievously looked at Winnie, "Noses!"
With that, Will and Winnie touched their noses.
"You guys are too weird." Derek said as he rolled his eyes.
"Yay! We get to stay home!" Winnie said as she and her brother high fived.
"Lets go, Derek." Casey grunted.
"Here are keys to the Tahoe...it should be near the end of the driveway." Will said as he tossed Derek the keys.
They grabbed their coats and headed out into the snow.
"Good thing I brought my GPS!" Casey said proudly, "If you went all alone, you would totally be lost."
"Mhmm." Derek mumbled.
They pulled up to the store and ran inside to avoid the cold.
"Here." Casey said as she handed Derek and sheet of paper.
"What's this?" Derk asked, eying it up.
"It's a list I made in the car for you...and here's one for me!" She said as she held up her own.
"I figure if we each have our own list with different things on it, it can cut our shopping time in half!" She said proudly.
"Yeah!" He said with sarcasm and fake enthusiasm, "Great idea, Casey!"
"Winnie said they have a credit card on file here, so we can charge to it...meet you in the front of the store in an hour."
They split up and began their adventures.
Derek looked at his list:
-Soyjoy
-Kashi cereal
-organic carrots
-salad mix
-...
Is she serious?! He thought as he kept reading the ridiculous things he was supposed to buy. I'm sure she won't mind if I make some substitutions...like chocolate cake for whatever the hell Soyjoy is!
An hour later, they were both checked out and loading the bags into the SUV. Something fell out of the bag.
"Derek? Why did you buy Cheetos?" Casey asked.
"I think the better question is, why weren't Cheetos on the list you gave me?!" He said back.
She rolled her eyes and continued loading up. She picked up beer case after beer case and didn't say a word...Derek just smirked and climbed into the car.
They arrived home and put all the groceries on the counter.
"Cheetos! Beer! Yes!" Winnie exclaimed.
"See, Case...why can't you be more like Winnie?" Derek said, laughing.
"I like beer...didn't you notice I didn't complain?" She smirked.
"Jeez, sassy much?" Will laughed as he entered the room.
They sat down and had Cheetos and beer for dinner because they were too lazy to actually make something.
After a couple of beers, Casey and Derek were dancing in the great room.
"Do you know what would be fun?" Casey daringly asked.
"What?" Derek asked...drunkly.
"We should go dance in the snow!" Casey laughed.
They ran outside into the snow...the whole time Derek would lift his bottle and some would splash out all over Casey, but they didn't care. After about one minute of dancing in the snow, they were both freezing, so they came back in.
"I'm...gonna gota bed." Casey slurred as she downed her 5th beer.
She stumbled down the stairs into her room and laid down on the bed without even slipping under the covers.
"I'm...gonna go too." Derek mumbled.
Completely sober Will and Winnie watched their friends retreat.
"Wow, all the UST." Winnie sighed.
"Totally." Will said as he sipped his coffee.
"We should do something about it...they like, complete each other! It's so cute!"
"Yeah, we totally need to devise a plan this week. Hopefully we can get them totally smashed again, they're funny when they're drunk."
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The next morning Casey woke up and felt extreme pressure all over her body.
Dagger. Hangover. She thought. She tried to get up without opening her eyes, but she couldn't. She slowly propped them open and looked around. The pressure she felt was half of Derek's body slung over her!
"Derek!" Casey scream whispered.
"God, Casey, not so loud." He said as he put his hands on his head, "Wait...Casey? Why are you in my bed?"
"Derek...recap: we're in Breckenridge sharing a room! I guess I just assumed you would take the couch!"
"I was drunk, I didn't know which way to go!" He reminded.
"Fine, it's not like anything happened." Casey said as she attempted to stand up, "Oh shit." She said as she took off to the bathroom.
Derek heard her throwing up her empty stomach and he suddenly felt the need to hurl.
Casey walked back into the room, "Sorry, I'm usually nauseous when I'm hungover...I'll go work it off."
He threw a disgusted look at her as she left. About a half hour later he was upstairs making breakfast for everyone...well Will and Winnie were still asleep...but he was hungry. He had no idea where Casey was...but then he saw her doing yoga in the Great Room.
"Casey, what the hell are you doing?" Derek asked.
"Yoga...it really makes the headache go away and you feel refreshed. Try it with me." She offered.
"Can't," He replied, "too busy making our breakfast."
She immediately put herself into a standing position, "Mmm pancakes?"
"Just the way you like them." He said. Who says 'just the way you like them?' What am I? Her mother? I don't know what has come over me...this sudden bout of niceness... He thought.
She smiled and hurried into the kitchen.
He leaned over the counter from the stove and put the pancake on her plate.
"Mmm!! Pancakes with strawberry and mini chocolate chips! I thought you would have forgotten by now!" She said as she took a bite and savored the taste.
"How can I forget, Nora and Dad always had me in charge of Saturday morning breakfast...and I don't think you ever wanted anything besides your pancakes."
"That's because you are just so darn good at making them!" She said as she reached over and pinched his cheek.
Within two minutes she was done, "Thanks, Derek! I'm going to go change so we can hit the slopes!" She said as she pecked a kiss on his cheek.
People 'peck' each other all the time...I peck my cousins and that doesn't mean anything... Casey thought.
After finishing his pancakes, Derek headed downstairs to put on his ski clothes.
"You decent, Case?" Derek asked as he knocked on the door.
"Yeah!" She called back.
Derek walked in to pick out his outfit.
He changed in the bedroom while Casey changed in the attached bathroom.
They were done around the same time, so she left the bathroom to grab her make up bag.
Casey and Derek walked into the bathroom door frame at the same time.
"Ugh, Case." Derek said as he tried to turn around, but they just ended up facing each other.
"Derek, I have to do my make up." Casey whined.
"Well I have to fix my hair...wait, why do you need to do make up if your face is going to be covered by goggles?" He asked.
"Why do you need to do your hair when it will be underneath your hat?" She asked as she cocked an eyebrow.
"Touché." He said.
At that very moment Derek and Casey's lips collided...but not on accident.
A few seconds later they broke apart.
"I always wanted to know what it would feel like to be kissed by Derek Venturi." Casey teased.
He didn't respond, he just kissed her again.
And the whole time, Will and Winnie were watching from the game room.
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