A/N: Whoa damn, this chapter is longer than expected too. Oh well. Glad you guys have liked my crossover. I wasn't sure if anyone would like it but I'm glad you all do, and I hope you all enjoy this chapter.
Casey shifts uncomfortably under the gaze of the Secret Service agent with dark hair pulled back into a tight ponytail. She can't help but feel like this woman knows everything about her, which she probably does, considering the circumstances.
"You don't have to be afraid of me you know. I'm not going to shoot you or anything…" Eliza says, feeling the anxiousness of the young teen radiating off of her in waves.
Casey ducks her head and gives a slight nod. "I-I know…I just…I'm nervous…I've never really…done this before and…it's just kind of nerve racking when your first date is with the first daughter…"
Eliza chuckles and folds her arms. "Ahh young love. It's refreshing to see teenagers actually be adorable about relationships rather than just plain vile and disgusting. However, I am sure that you will do fine, just as long as you keep Alex entertained she's very…well let's just say she's curious, and she needs to always be entertained."
"Are you talking about me Liza?" Alex asks, appearing in the corridor, playfully glaring at the agent.
"I only speak the truth. Stop me when I'm lying." Eliza responds, holding up her hands.
Casey swallows thickly, and she feels like it's gotten to be about a thousand degrees. She feels herself flush even more when Alex gives her a warm smile.
"Hi Casey." The blonde says, giving her date a small hug before pulling away, slightly bouncing with excitement.
"U-um….hi…" Casey mutters, averting her gaze to her shoes, silently cursing that she hasn't come up with anything better to say.
"We can get going, but my father wanted to talk to you first…" Alex says, only slightly embarrassed by her father's requests.
Casey pales at least three shades and her mouth goes completely dry. "You mean…as in...b-but…I…"
"It won't be that bad. Come on, he's in his office." Alex says, motioning for her to follow down another corridor.
Casey forces her legs to move and she lets Alex lead the way, with Eliza following not to far behind them. She hadn't expected that her first date would be this complicated, but she doesn't mind.
The two soon come to a stop in front of a door and Alex can tell that Casey is more than nervous, but…who wouldn't be nervous when they're about to meet the president?
Alex gives Casey one more reassuring smile before she opens the door and strolls into the office. Casey lags behind a little bit, and slowly follows when Alex motions that it's okay for her to come in.
She immediately takes in her surroundings and it fully hits her a full five seconds later that she is standing in the middle of the oval office. The oval office, in the White House, where the president is.
Casey's eyes then fall on the tall man with graying dark hair, making his way around the desk.
"Daddy, this is Casey." Alex says introducing the two. "Casey, this is…my father."
Robert smiles brightly and extends his hand towards Casey. "Robert Cabot, but you can call me Mr. Cabot if you would like."
"U-um….y-yes sir….its n-nice to meet you…sir…" Casey stutters, nervously shaking the president's hand. She mentally curses that it's so easy for her to trip over her words. She blushes once again as she hears Alex quietly giggling next to her.
"So, I hear that you wish to date my daughter." Robert says, this time causing Alex to blush as well.
"Daddy!" the blonde shouts, covering her face with her hands.
"Y-yes sir…I do…if that's okay with you sir…." Casey responds, trying to muster a smile.
"Well, then I guess as a father I'm supposed to lay down the 'ground rules'. Alex go wait outside." Robert says motioning towards the door.
Alex's jaw drops and she folds her arms. "But-"
"Go. I'll only be a few minutes." He says again, leaving his daughter no room to argue.
Alex huffs and exits the office, praying that she isn't going to regret leaving her date alone with her father.
"Have a seat Casey." Robert says, taking a seat on one of the sofa's in his office.
Casey nods her head and sits next to him, praying that it isn't blatantly obvious that she's scarily nervous about this whole ordeal.
"So, I've never had to do this before so bear with me here. You do understand that I expect you to respect my daughter, correct?"
Casey quickly nods her head at the question. "Oh, yes sir. I really like Alex, and I would never do anything that would be disrespectful, and would make her uncomfortable."
Robert hums and crosses his legs, relaxing onto the couch a little. "And how old are you Casey?"
"Sixteen sir…Alex and I are in the same grade at school, and we have a few classes together." She responds, semi confidently.
"You do also understand that I wish to have her back here by ten…ten thirty at the latest?"
Casey once again nods her head. She has never been on a date before but she's smart enough to figure out that when he says ten thirty at the latest, he actually means ten.
"Yes, I understand. I also understand that a few of your agents will be surveying our surroundings to assure Alex's safety. With all due respect sir, I really, really like your daughter, and the last thing that I would is put her in some sort of dangerous situation. I can assure you that I won't let anything bad happen to her."
Robert thinks for a moment before he smiles, showing off his perfectly white teeth. "I like you Casey. You seem like a good kid, so I will allow you to take Alex out this evening. Just keep in mind everything I said."
Casey smiles back and quickly nods her head. "Yes sir…I understand sir." She says, following Robert to the door of his office.
Alex scowls up at her father once he opens the door. She rolls her eyes when he smiles and shrugs in return.
"I think I did okay. Have fun sweetie." He says kissing the teen on the head before going back to his work.
Alex sighs heavily and rolls her eyes, praying to anything that her father didn't scare Casey in any way. It'd be a shame for her first date to be ruined by her father.
Outside
"I am so sorry for…him…" Alex says, a little embarrassed by her father's over protective tendencies.
Casey shrugs and puts her hands in the pockets of her jacket. "It's fine…I guess he was just being a dad. He was really nice so I didn't have a problem with it. So um…do you like animals?"
Alex stops walking and gasps happily. "Oh my gosh, I love animals! I've never been to the zoo though, I've always wanted to go."
Casey chuckles nervously at the blonde's excitement. "Well, great because that's where I thought we should go…it's not that far from here so I hope you don't mind walking, it'll give us a chance to talk and…stuff."
"That's awesome! I've always wanted to see the animals. What's your favorite animal?"
"Well…I really like sea otters. I like watching them swim and I find it really fascinating that they can move with such grace that they do. Plus…they're cute."
Alex grins happily and pokes Casey in the side. "I bet they aren't as cute as you. My favorite animal is the panda. They look like giant over stuffed teddy bears and I bet they're just so fluffy to hug! We are gonna go see the panda's right?"
"We can go see what ever you want. I'm open for anything." Casey responds, hoping that she isn't going to say the wrong thing. She knows that even as they walk together towards the Smithsonian Nation Zoo, they're still being watched intently by Secret Service Agents when tends to make things a little more awkward.
They walk in a comfortable silence for a few minutes before Alex speaks up again. "So, tell me more about your family. What's it like to have siblings."
Casey groans and runs her fingers through her hair as she tries to think up what to say about the three devil spawns she has at home that she calls sisters.
"My sisters are a real handful. Lindsey is eleven and she's at that age where she wants to get involved with literally everything. Sports, drama, cheerleading, music, you name it, Lindsey probably wants to do it. Hanna is seven and she's a little more…conservative. She can be a little shy sometimes, especially when she's around people other than us. She really likes books too. She likes it when I read books to her, and you should see her when she tries to read the big words in the books that I read. It's actually really cute. Cassie is super adorable. She's still five, so her little mind is still fairly innocent and oblivious about everything. She likes to figure out how things work, so sometimes, she'll take apart some of her toys just to see if she an put them back together. That annoys Mom sometimes though because she'll be finding pieces of toys all over the place occasionally."
"Wow, sounds like they are a handful. If you don't mind me asking…what happened with your Dad?" Alex asks carefully, knowing she's probably treading on thin ice.
Casey takes a sharp deep breath, and shoves her hands deeper into her pockets. She's never really talked about her father with anyone, but for some strange reason, she feels that she can open up to Alex about things in her life. How else would they be able to build a basis of trust?
"Um…well, he was a bit of an alcoholic, an angry alcoholic. He'd abuse my mother a lot verbally, and sometimes physically. She made sure that he never touched me or my sisters though. Right after Cassie was born, he literally just left, no reasons, and no means of contact, just left leaving my mother struggling to raise four girls on her own." Casey explains, succeeding in hiding her emotions and resentment towards her father.
"Wow…that must be really hard." Alex says sadly, not being able to imagine what it would be like with out one of her parents.
Casey simply shrugs it off as if it's nothing. "Yeah…things do get a little hard sometimes but we find a way to manage. My mom is looking for a job right now, and if she doesn't find one, we might have to move in with my grandma across the city."
Alex stops walking again and gives Casey a sorrowful look. "Across the city? Would you have to change schools?" she asks sadly.
"Nah, it'd just mean for an earlier morning, and a longer bus ride everyday. Even if we don't have much, I'm happy with my family and I love them anyway. That might sound a little lame but…yeah." Casey says, kicking invisible rocks.
Alex shakes her head and smiles softly. "It's not lame. It's really sweet."
"Yeah well…what about you? Growing up in a powerful political family and stuff?"
"My childhood was very…sanctioned. I was hardly ever around other kids, and when I was, I was being watched closely and carefully. Believe it or not, it wasn't easy growing up as a senator's daughter and an only child. I had to get used to being alone a lot of the time. That kinda changed when my dad decided to run for the presidency, but not by much. I guess I've just gotten so used to being locked up and by myself, that I haven't really had the time to be a normal kid." Alex explains, semi sadly.
Casey smiles and nudges Alex playfully. "Well, every normal kid just has to start at the zoo."
Later
"But Casey, we haven't seen the giraffes!" Alex whines, tugging on Casey's jacket.
"Alex we've been here for over an hour and a half, and there's something else that I want to show you. Plus, we've walked past the giraffes twice!" Casey protests.
"Well, I just wanted to see them again. They look so cute with their long necks and wiggly ears! But I do wanna see what else it is you wanna show me. Let's go!" Alex complies, once again dragging Casey towards the exit of the zoo.
Casey finds it thoroughly amusing that she under estimated Alex's excitement about the zoo. It was actually really adorable to see the blonde get super excited over seeing all her favorite animals.
At first she had thought that taking Alex to the zoo would be extremely lame, but she realizes that it wasn't at all that bad of a decision. In fact, she thinks that it actually turned out for the better. The zoo brought out a lot of childlike tendencies for the both of them, and it made for an excellent night.
"Whoa, I've never really been up here. Especially not at night." Alex says dumbfounded as they climb the steps to the Lincoln Memorial.
"That's the best time to come is at night. See." Casey says pointing out towards the reflecting pool. "You can even see how cool the Washington Monument looks from here."
Alex admires the dim lights that have found their way to the reflecting pool and are casting a small glow to the shallow waters. For the amount of time that she's lived in DC she can honestly say she hasn't really seen a whole lot of the monuments.
"I also like that surprisingly not a whole lot of people come up here at this time. I think that's when everything is just awesome to look at. Look, if you look reeeeeaaally far, you can see the capitol from here too."
Alex follows Casey's pointed finger and smiles when she does in fact see the brightly lit building way off in the distance. It amazes her how even on a breezy night, things can still be so peaceful and beautiful to look at.
She steps further into one of the nations monuments and stares up at the large, ghastly lit statue of the sixteenth president.
"Maybe my daddy will do something amazing for this country, and one day he'll have a statue." Alex says, admiring the statue.
"I think that he already did something amazing by having you as his daughter. As cheesy as that may sound it's true. You're really amazing and funny, and pretty and just…wow. I really like you a lot, and I know this is our first date and everything, but I was kind of wondering if you'd…maybe be my girlfriend." Casey asks nervously shuffling her feet.
A wide grin spreads across Alex's face, and instead of answering she simply settles on enveloping Casey in a tight hug.
"I would love to be your girlfriend." she says softly. She then slowly wraps her arms around Casey's neck, suddenly becoming well aware of their close proximities.
Swallowing nervously, Casey shakily wraps her arms around Alex's waist, succeeding in guiding their bodies closer together. Just when she's sure they're about to kiss again, Alex stops abruptly and cranes her neck.
"Liza, oh my god, I can hear you mumbling!" she shouts, suddenly remembering the present of Secret Service.
Eliza steps out of the shadows and crosses her arms tightly. "I know, I'm sorry. I'm just…I don't think I'm ready for you to grow up like this!"
Alex rolls her eyes and flushes with embarrassment as she hears Casey snickering quietly.
"Goodbye Eliza." The blonde says irritably, staring at her friend.
Eliza sighs heavily before she begins making her way down the stairs, joining the other eight agents that had accompanied them for the night.
"I'm sorry about her…she's just…overprotective. Now…where were we?" Alex asks playfully. In stead of a response, she feels Casey's lips suddenly pressed against her own, and it only takes her for a few seconds to respond to the kiss.
Sure they've already kissed like twice before this, but there is something about this time that's different. It seems…perfect, whereas the other kisses just seemed awkward and tentative.
After a few minutes of their intense lip lock, Casey pulls away completely breathless and panting.
"So does this mean that you're my girlfriend now?" she asks hopefully.
Alex leans forward and gives her a quick peck on the lips. "Yes, this definitely means that I am your girlfriend now."
Casey blushes but smiles widely nonetheless. Oh how she can't even begin to imagine the looks on their friend's faces when they get back to school on Monday.
Monday
"Kim is gonna squeal." Casey says as they make their way towards the lunch table outside.
"No she's not, Kim doesn't seem like the type of girl to squeal." Alex protests, making a face.
Casey shakes her head recalling the amount of squealing Kim did the night she was kidnapped for her make over. If anyone knew that Kim Greyleck was capable of squealing, it was Casey.
She smirks and gently takes Alex's hand in her own. "No, I promise you, she's gonna squeal."
Alex rolls her eyes and interlaces her fingers with Casey's as they get closer to their friends. The two of them can't help but laugh when they walk up on Amanda reaching over the table trying to receive something from Connie's hands.
"Everything okay?" Alex asks, reluctantly taking a seat on the side of the bench next to Amanda.
"Connie fucking took my phone." the shorter blonde grumbles, glaring hard at the laughing girls on the opposite side of the table.
"Cuz she's been texting this mystery girl and we wanna know who she is." Connie says, starting to go through Amanda's text messages despite the angry girl's protests.
Alex rolls her eyes and rests her head on Casey's shoulder, seeking a comfort that she just felt the need to accommodate herself with at the moment.
Kim stares at the two for a moment before her face brightens up like a kid in a toy store on Christmas. "Oh my gosh, are you two totally a thing now!?"
Casey smiles and holds their intertwined hands above the table letting the other girls know that they are in fact a 'thing'. She turns and gives Alex a look of self triumph when Kim squeals in excitement.
"That is so cute! You two are so adorable!" Connie exclaims excitedly, still keeping Amanda's phone at a respectable distance so she can't reach it.
"Yeah! It's like two cute little bunnies!" Amanda grumbles out still trying to reach her cell phone.
Casey smiles and lightly pecks Alex on the lips to show her affections. She doesn't know why, but being around Alex gives her a new found confidence.
They have all been sitting enjoying their lunch time for probably about fifteen minutes, when a very saddened Serena slumps up to their table.
"Can I…sit with you guys?" she asks the girls, who she's not even sure she can consider her friends anymore.
Alex, Amanda, and Casey stare at her curiously, while Kim has to physically force a glaring Connie to slide over on the bench to make room for the glum blonde.
Serena sits down at the table and wraps her arms around her self tightly. She can feel the other girls' eyes on her, and she isn't sure if it's just from curiosity or hatred.
"Are you alright?" Casey asks quietly, voicing the question of three out of four of the rest of the girls at the table.
Serena deflates and stares at the table, not really knowing what she can say to any of the girls. She feels sickly and embarrassed and she's sure that it shows.
"Not really…Abbie broke up with me…" she says quietly.
"Surprise, surprise." Connie mumbles sarcastically from the other end of the bench, earning her a sharp kick from Alex under the table.
"What happened?" Kim asks, pretty sure that she already knows the answer.
"She broke up with me on Friday after…" Serena pauses and takes in a shaky deep breath. "I let her take my virginity…after we had sex in my room on Friday she told me that she was breaking up with me. I just feel dirty, and icky, and used…"
The rest of the girls at the table remain silent not really knowing what it is they can say to Serena.
"I'm sorry that happened…" Alex says softly, speaking before anyone else as she sees the apathetic look on Connie's face. She knows that the brunette is just itching to say 'I told you so'.
Serena is about to say something, but shrinks closer to Kim when she sees Abbie and the rest of her clique approaching their table.
"So, you decided to return to your pathetic little friends now huh?" Abbie snickers along with the rest of her friends. "Sorry it didn't work out babe, you just weren't really my type." She concludes, not sounding sorry at all.
"Oh, then what is your type? Something has a pulse and you can fuck for your own personal delights?" Alex speaks up angrily.
Abbie snorts and folds her arms. "Watch it Princess, you don't know who you're talking to." She says watching Casey place a protective arm around the blonde. "Well, what do we have hear? Are you two a thing now? I must say, you do clean up well Novak, I'll give you that, I just never thought that the presidential daughter would be picking from the bottom."
"Abbie, why don't you just leave…" Kim says exasperatedly, wanting to end the ridiculous conflicts.
"I don't think she was talking to you." Olivia sneers venomously.
"And no one was talking to you. Why don't you find someone else to pick on." Amanda says, glaring hard at Olivia.
"Like who, you? What're you gonna do about it shorty? You're not scaring anyone Rollins."
"Yeah, and neither are you. All you do is strut around here acting like a badass when all you are is Abbie's whore. I bet she says jump, and you say on what." Amanda counters back boldly.
Olivia clenches her fists tightly at her sides and grits her teeth. "Why don't you come say that to my face you underprivileged piece of trash."
There is a pause for literally a second before Amanda shoots off of the bench and tackles Olivia to the ground.
The two groups immediately move to separate the two girls who have gone into an all out brawl on the ground.
Casey, however, hangs back a at the table, not being the one to engage in any kind of physical disagreements. She flinches and goes stiff when she suddenly feels a hand on her backside. She turns around only to be met with a devilishly smirking Abbie.
"Who knew that with the right kinda stuff, you could actually turn out to be hot? Maybe one day you'll let me show you a real good time." She says winking before she walks off, choosing to completely ignore the fight at hand.
Casey flushes uncomfortably and moves towards the circle where she wraps her arms around a worried on looking Alex. She can't explain why but she feels like a predator is on the prowl, and she has just become the prey.
Well…that's awkward…in a way…I guess…hm…leave a review?
Personal question: if someone cheats on you, and then a few months later comes back claiming how much they love you, asking for your forgiveness and a second chance, do you give it to them?