AN: You guys wanted it. So here's the sequel :)

Before you read, I have a pretty funny story. So okay, Thursday I had sometime to kill before lab and I started typing up this story on my laptop. Amazing what boredom and Metric's music can do to a person. So I'm on a roll and getting a lot of stuff down and I turned it off because class was starting. I turned it on later than night and my dang screen won't turn on! Fast forward to yesterday and Tech support says I gotta get it repaired and all my data will be erased. So I had to re-do this chapter and like 2 after it. GRR.

So I hope you realized I lied when I said it was a funny story. It's not. LOL. boo.

Alright so to the story. This'll be the aftermath of everything. It'll start off where we left off. The story will probably be over the span of a few days and getting everything settled and what not. We'll hit DC, Toronto, and London.

Bare with me :)

Will again mostly be conversations between the characters because I find that fun and amusing.

Alright, here. I hope you guys like...

Disclaimer: I don't own anything... especially a working laptop

Chapter 1: Contagious Jokes and Freak-outs

"Casey?"

"Mhmm..?"

"You know you're going to miss that flight."

"Yeah, I know."

"So you're staying then?" he whispered.

"If it's okay with you?"

He pulled back and smiled at her, "It's more than okay with me, Casey."

"Good." They both leaned in for a kiss that neither one of them had experienced for the last 7 years, "Okay...that was just like I remembered it was." she mumbled.

He laughed, "Yeah, it is." Suddenly he stared at her with a bit of worry, "Umm.."

"What's wrong?"

"Casey, you're still marr--" she shut him up with another kiss.

--

She turned over to look at him. She smiled, "Hey." she expressed groggily.

"Hey." He pushed some hair behind her ear, "You're quite the sleeper."

She laughed, "Yeah, I haven't been able to get that much sleep due to the book tour. Flying in and out for the past few months have been crazy. Thank goodness DC was the last stop."

"Yeah." he propped up on his elbow and scanned her face as if it was his first time seeing her, "Casey?"

"Yeah?" He ran his hand in her hair.

"What is this?" he asked quietly.

"Umm...It's hair, Derek." he stared at her blankly. A few seconds later they both busted out laughing, "See, I can be funny too."

He nodded; smiling, "Yeah." He quickly got quiet, "But you know that I meant."

She nodded, "Derek--" Just then Derek's cell phone started to ring.

He stared at her wide eyed, "Do you think that's..."

She looked terrified and shrugged, "I don't know. Check who it is."

He got up and went over to his computer desk. He picked up his ringtone singing phone and looked back at Casey, "Umm...It's Nora." She didn't say anything. She brought her knees up to her chest and hugged it tightly. "Casey!"

"What?!" she was starting to freak out.

"What should I do?!" he was freaking out. She couldn't help but laugh because she hadn't seen him this way in what seemed like forever, "Why are you laughing?!"

She stopped or tried to, "Sorry." the phone stopped ringing, "She stopped calling. There. Problem solved."

He glared at her, "This isn't the first time she'll call, Case." Another nose came from his phone. He looked down at it, "Great," he muttered sarcastically, "she left a voice mail."

"What are you going to do?"

He stared at her in disbelief, "What am I going to do?" She nodded, "The real question is what are you going to do!"

She couldn't hold it in any longer. She laughed hysterically. He glared once more, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It's just I don't ever think I've seen you freak out like this." she offered him a smile.

He smiled for a second until everything washed over him again, "Well Casey, I kinda am freaking out about this. I think your freak-outs are contagious and I caught it from you or something."

"You know you're cute when you're all flushed with worry."

He blushed then covered it quickly with a snort, "Casey, I don't understand how you're not worried about this..."

"Because she called once. Maybe it was George just checking up on you..."

Another noise came from his phone. Derek checked it, "Looks like you're wrong," he looked over at her.

"What is it now?" she had a bit of worry wash on her face now.

"Edwin just texted me asking if I know where you are!"

"Dammit."

"Good to finally see you worrying about this, Casey." she ignored him and got out of the bed. She grabbed her phone, which was still off. She paced back and forth looking down at it, "Casey!"

She looked at him, "What?!" It was his turn to laugh, "This isn't funny, Derek!"

He scoffed, "But it was funny when I was freaking out?"

"Yes, because that is comedy gold." she grinned.

"You know what..." he couldn't think of anything. Shocking. "That's something I should be saying to you!"

"Well I guess your lame ass jokes are contagious too." She laughed.

He groaned, "Just look down at your phone and leave the 'un-lame ass' jokes to me."

She did look back down at her phone. She realized that this was a problem and began to freak-out again, "What should I do?!"

"Alright. You hold the on button then it'll turn on--"

"Der-ek!"

He laughed, "Sorry. Seriously though, turn your phone on."

"I bet I have a million messages..."

"Yeah, I'm not going to argue with you on that one."

"Derek.."

"Yeah?"

"I'm so going to get it when I get back."

He face fell, "Mikey...right."

She stopped freaking out for a second to realize Derek was actually hurting, "I actually meant a long and serious lecture from my Mom," She walked over to him and gave him a hug, "Derek..."

"Yeah."

"I'm gonna leave him..." she whispered.

"Do you think it'll be that easy?"

"If I have you it will..." she pulled back and looked at him, "I uh..I have you.." she looked down and reluctantly looked back up at him, "right?"

He sincerely smiled, "Of course. I didn't admit I loved you for no reason."

She let out a sigh of relief, "Well great because I didn't either."

"So what are we going to do?"

"I don't know!" she shrugged, "You're the one that's good at this kind of stuff."

He sat on the bed and though. She stood in front of him looking back and forth between Derek and her phone, which she yet turned on. He tapped his finger on his lip and stood up quickly, "Ah-ha!"

"This better be good.." she muttered.

He rolled his eyes, "Okay, I'm gonna call our parents and tell them I dropped you off at the airport on time. Then I'll put on an act that I'm worried. They freak out for a few hours..."

"Okay...this isn't sounding too good."

"Casey!" she shut up, "Before you rudely interrupted me--"

"Sorry." she muttered.

"Again, interrupted," he grinned, "you then call them and tell them you were delayed and your phone died--"

"If my phone died how would I call them?"

He thought again, "You're right..." he sat back down, "Dammit." Suddenly she smacked him over the head, "Ow!"

"Genius!" she muttered sarcastically, "Katie was supposed to be on the flight with me. That's probably how they know I didn't get on the plane!"

"Duh," he mentally smacked himself, "I almost forgot about her." he chuckled. "Well you think of something."

They both were quiet as they thought of a plan. She sighed, "I gotta go back, Derek."

"Yeah, I knew you were going to say that."

Of course it wasn't gonna be that easy. lol