"What are you up to this weekend?" Casey asked her best friend after the final bell duo left their classroom and began walking down the hallway to their lockers.

Emily ducked her head shyly. "Well…" she began, pausing for a moment to seemingly gather courage, "Sam asked me out," she confessed quietly.

Casey stopped dead in her tracks, pulling Emily back to stand in the middle of the hallway with her. "You and Sam?!" she asked excitedly, beaming for her best friend.

Emily looked up at her best friend, sighing in relief. "So, you're not mad or anything? I mean, he is your ex."

"No!" Casey immediately assured Emily. "I'm so happy for you! And Sam! Plus, I have Derek now. This is great!"

Emily smiled widely, happy to have her best friend's blessing. "Speaking of Derek, are you guys doing anything? A date perhaps?" Emily asked Casey as they both reached their lockers.

Casey shrugged, reaching in her locker to grab a couple books she needed. "We've been spending the last couple days just talking everything out, we haven't really talked about going on our first date," she admitted surprisingly.

"Well, this weekend would be as good a time as any," Emily commented, shutting her locker.

"Yeah," Casey let out, smiling at the idea. "I actually have an idea, but I'll just tell Derek tonight."

"Tell Derek what tonight?" he whispered into her ear.

Casey whipped around quickly, surprised by the sudden voice. "Der-ek!" she hollered when she saw it was him. "You scared me half to death!"

"Sorry," he apologized half-heartedly, grinning teasingly at her. "Now, what is this about you telling me something?" he wondered, looking at the two girls curiously.

"I'll just tell you at home," Casey assured him, shutting her locker door.

"You sure?" Derek asked, smirking down at her. He had a mischievous twinkle in his eyes that made Casey furrow her eyebrows.

"Yes…" she answered unsurely.

"Okay," he said, letting the subject drop for now. "You ready to go?"

Casey looked in her bag to make sure she had everything she needed. "I think so."

Derek grinned at her. "Great!"

Before Casey even had a chance to say goodbye to Emily, Derek whisked her away to the Prince.

…

"What's the big hurry?" Casey asked Derek as he quickly drove out of the school's parking lot and out on to the main street.

"No hurry," he spoke, keeping his eyes firmly on the road.

Casey raised an eyebrow at him. His one hand was tapping along the steering wheel restlessly and he wasn't fighting her over the radio station. He looked like he was up to no good.

"I know I'm good looking, but there's no reason to stare, Case," he stated cockily. He looked over at her long enough to send her his signature smirk before turning back to the road.

Casey scoffed. Sure, he was good looking, but she didn't have to feed his ego all the time. "You're acting weird," she observed, looking him over. "Did you do something to Lassiter again and need to make a quick runaway?"

"You'll see," was all Derek let on as he continued to drive.

Casey rolled her eyes, but decided not to press the subject. She'd get it out of him once they got home. It was then that she noticed that Derek was driving her nowhere near their house. "Derek, where are we going? You passed our turn."

"Oh, we're not going home just yet," he said, grinning excitedly.

"Derek," Casey began, "where are we going? You know I don't like surprises!"

"Calm down," Derek instructed as he pulled into a parking lot. Casey quickly realized it was the parking lot for the arena Derek's team played their home games at.

"I thought you didn't have practice today."

"I don't," Derek said simply, parking into one of the many vacant places. "Come on!" he said, getting out of the car.

Casey got out of the car curiously, but stood rooted next to the vehicle, apprehensive. She hated surprises and wasn't so sure if she would like this one or not.

Derek sighed when he noticed she wasn't following him. "I promise you it's not anything bad," he assured her.

She crossed her arms and pursed her lips, clearly not amused. "I don't like this."

He walked over to her and placed his hands on her waist. "Stop making cute, pouty faces and just come inside," he asked her, squeezing her hips playfully. "Trust me."

He was giving her his own puppy-dog pout and she had no resolve. "Fine," she gave in.

Derek grinned triumphantly, pecking her quickly on the mouth. He then took her hand in his, tugging her to the entrance of the arena excitedly.

He took her down a couple halls before they reached the area where the actual ice rink was. There, inside the center face-off circle, was a blanket laid out nicely with a picnic basket.

Casey gasped. "Derek," she let out softly, truly speechless.

He squeezed her hand affectionately as he continued to guide her closer to the rink. Once at a certain section of the boards, Casey saw it was opened for them to easily get on the ice.

"Hold on," Derek instructed, making sure he had a firm grip on her hands as they both stepped on the ice in their regular-day shoes. "Try to keep Klutzilla from surfacing," he teased as they slowly made their way to the blanket.

"You're lucky I need you for balance or else I'd push you," she said, huffing in annoyance.

Derek laughed. "You'd really be so mean to me after I did all of this for you?"

Casey stuck her tongue out at him. "Are we even allowed to be here?" she wondered, taking in the empty arena as they finally reached the blanket safely.

"Of course," Derek assured her, rolling his eyes. "Coach owed me a favor."

"Your coach trusted you with a whole arena?" Casey asked doubtfully as they both sat down.

Derek sarcastically gasped. "Are you implying that I'm not responsible?"

Casey snorted, shaking her head amusingly. "Never," she mockingly swore.

"You hurt my feelings," he let out, sighing dramatically.

"I'm sorry," Casey said, babying him. "What can I do to make you feel better?"

Derek smirked gleefully. "A kiss would be a nice start," he responded, pointing to his lips.

"If I must," Casey said, crawling the little way to Derek.

She leaned over to drop a small, quick kiss on Derek. However when she pulled away, Derek cupped her face and pulled her back down to continue the kiss just a little bit longer. She could feel him smiling, which spurred a smile of her own.

"I think that warrants some cheesecake," Derek said when he pulled back.

Derek reached into the basket by his side and pulled out two plates that had a piece of cheesecake on each. He got them both forks and napkins, along with something to drink.

"You know, Derek, this is quite romantic," Casey admitted, taking in her surroundings. "I'm impressed."

"Good," he let out, clearly relieved. "Just don't expect me to feed you or recite poetry. I'm not stooping down to that level of cheesiness."

Casey laughed. "When did you even get to the time to get this all ready?" she asked before taking another bite of her food.

"Skipped last period," he replied nonchalantly.

Casey put down her fork and stared at him, appalled. "Der-ek!"

He shrugged. "Not like anything happens in that class anyway. Plus, Sam's in there so if I did miss something, he'll let me know."

"As much as I appreciate this, please don't skip class again for me."

"So I can skip class for myself then?" he questioned with a quirked lip.

"No!" Casey exclaimed, pointing her fork at him sternly.

Derek chuckled, finishing up his cheesecake. "Okay, Princess Keener."

Good-humoredly, Casey threw the remaining parts of her cheesecake at Derek. Giggling, while he sputtered at the impact.

"How dare you!" he let out playfully, crawling quickly to Casey's side to rub the cake around her face too.

"Ahh, Derek! Stop!" she hollered, laughing frantically.

He leaned back, letting out a few laughs himself. He threw Casey's napkin at her, then used his own to wipe his face off. "You ready for the second part of this date?"

"I'm listening," she said.

Derek went back to the basket, but this time pulled out two pairs of skates. "We are going to go skating, of course!"

…

After skating a few laps around the rink, Derek had a suggestion for her.

"How about I teach you how to skate backwards?" he asked, leaving her side to move in front of her, demonstrating it.

"I'm just going to fall on my butt," Casey answered, already dismissing the idea. She was happy skating regularly.

"Come on!" Derek goaded. He stopped, causing Casey to skate right into him. Years of hockey allowed him to barely budge. "I'll be right here. I won't let you fall."

"Fine," Casey gave in, knowing Derek would keep bugging her until she did. "But the first time I fall, I'm done." Derek nodded.

Derek took both of her hands in both of his, holding them tight. "Alright, now you want to make your legs go out and then together and then out again. Just keep doing that."

Casey slowly tried stepping backwards, but fumbled almost immediately. But true to his word, Derek held on to her steady.

"Go on. Don't think about it so much," Derek advised. "And bend your knees."

She took a breath, trying to do as he said. She bent her knees and tried pushing herself backwards. She pulled her feet outward like Derek told her.

"Pull your feet in now," Derek reminded her with a patient smile.

She smiled back at him as she pulled her feet inwards. She continued this until they reached the other end of the rink.

"I did it!" she exclaimed happily.

"Yes, you did," he said, proud of her. "Do you want to try without me?" Casey immediately shook her head, to which Derek laughed. "Okay, okay. I won't push you that much."

Derek pulled her around so that she could go back down the way she came.

"I think I'm getting the hang of it," Casey said, pushing her legs in and out confidently.

"You're doing really good," Derek encouraged.

Casey chanced a look over her shoulder – to judge how much room she had left to go – but the action threw her off balance and she stumbled over her feet. Derek was surprised by the action himself, so he didn't have enough time to steady himself to catch her. Thus, Casey fell down, pulling Derek down with her.

"Umph," Casey let out as Derek crashed on top of her.

"Sorry," Derek said, quickly moving to the side.

They both laid down, shoulder to shoulder on the ice, catching their breath.

"I guess I don't have the hang of it," Casey confessed, beginning to laugh. Derek laughed along with her.

After their laughter settled down, Derek turned on his side to view Casey. She did the same.

Slowly, Derek's hand reached up to Casey's face, caressing it delicately. "You alright?"

Casey leaned into his touch and moved her hand to shadow Derek's. "I'm fine."

"Good," Derek said, smiling softly at her.

He leaned forward to kiss her, letting his hand travel from her cheek to the back of her neck. Her own two hands fisted around his shirt, pulling him closer to her as they continued to slide their lips over the others.

Derek pushed her, causing her to lightly fall onto her back again. The sudden coldness from the ice made her gasped, which Derek saw as the perfect opportunity to slip his tongue into her mouth – tracing her bottom teeth before reaching for her own tongue.

A moan eventually fell from Casey's mouth, causing a groan to escape Derek's. They pulled apart then, staring at each other with dark eyes and heavy breaths.

"Case," Derek started, still panting, "will you be my girlfriend?"

Casey laughed. Derek would ask her in this sort of manner, but, really, it felt sort of perfect. "Yes," she answered with a huge grin.

…

"Derek, you need to need to tone down the happiness," Casey commented, giggling. "Or else the family is going to think they need to send you to the loony bin."

It was true. Ever since they got back home, Derek couldn't keep the grin off his face. So much that at dinner their family kept sending him questioning looks and asking him what he was up to. Casey had bite her lip from laughing although she found it extremely adorable.

"I can't help it," he stated, looking at her with so much emotion behind his eyes that Casey felt a shiver run up her back.

They were currently sitting in the living room, watching a hockey game on the couch together.

Derek reached out to hold her hand. "You have no idea how long I've wanted this," he whispered, diverting his eyes to their linked hands – embarrassed and uncomfortable with his sudden admission.

Casey and Derek have talked a lot about multiple things the past week, but the longevity of Derek's feelings have never come up, nor the depth. But from Derek's tone just now and his overall happiness, Casey could only guess that he had liked her for a long time and that his feelings ran very strong.

Casey took her free hand and cupped Derek's face so that she could lift his head, making their gazes meet. Once Derek's eyes locked with hers, Casey leaned in to give him a kiss.

"Casey? Derek?" astounded voices spoke, breaking the teens from their kiss.

They were met by the shocked eyes and slacked jaws connected to their parents. Casey and Derek instantly put space between them.

"What is going on here?" George asked as he and Nora walked further into the living room.

Derek and Casey shared a nervous look.

"Um, you see," Derek began, "Casey was just trying to teach me the proper mouth-to-mouth technique for CPR, you know, in case-"

"Derek," Casey quickly cut in before he came up with the most atrocious excuse known to man. One look at their parents and anyone could tell they already didn't believe a word coming out of Derek's mouth.

Derek's brows furrowed in confusion, silently asking her what she was doing. She tried to reassure him with a smile, though it was tight with nerves.

Taking Derek's hand in hers, Casey bravely faced George and Nora. "Derek and I are dating."

Nora immediately took a seat in the arm chair in the corner, while George stood stock still in front of the television with his hands on his hips.

"Well this," George began, motioning to the couch and the hockey game on TV, "whole set up makes a whole lot of sense now."

He didn't sound mad, per se. Casey took that as a good sign.

"How long?" Nora spoke up quietly.

"Derek just took me on our first date today," Casey answered, not exactly wanting to go too into detail.

Nora nodded along. She was obviously trying to digest it. George too, if his glazed, far away expression indicated anything. They were both probably trying to pinpoint when this all happened with extra scrutiny.

"Mom, George" Casey said, calling for their attention. When they both looked at her, she continued. "We really like each other. I promise this isn't some reckless, rebellious action for attention. We're serious about this."

George sighed. "I know you're serious, Casey. However, my son…" he said trailing off.

Casey saw Derek divert his attention. She instantly knew Derek was hurt by his dad's words.

"George," Casey said, speaking up, "if anything, Derek is more serious about this relationship than I am."

The older Venturi's eyebrows skyrocketed to his hairline. "Is this true, Derek?" George asked, definitely flabbergasted by Casey's statement.

Derek looked his father dead in the eyes. "Of course," he stated softly and earnestly.

George looked at Nora, who looked back at him. Their eyes were speaking a conversation that their mouths weren't. Suddenly George nodded, having come to a conclusion.

"We're going to support you in your relationship," George said, "as long as you are responsible about this and treat this relationship seriously."

The two teenagers nodded their heads, agreeing eagerly.

"Also," Nora piped up, rising from her seat. "if you are in the other's room, the door must be open – just like if it was any other boyfriend or girlfriend."

"And no funny-funny business under this roof," George quickly added, though his attention was mainly on Derek.

Casey blushed profoundly, but Derek smirked. "Sure thing, dad," he said, winking.

"I mean it, Derek," George said sternly.

Derek reluctantly nodded his head, promising their parents that they would behave and stick to their rules.

"Nora and I are going to head back downstairs now," George commented as him and Nora started walking away. "But remember, no funny business!" he reminded them again, wagging his finger in disapproval before Nora pushed her husband into the kitchen, waving at the pair as she did.

Derek chuckled at the scene before he turned to his girlfriend. "So, you told the rents."

Casey nodded her head shyly. "I mean they pretty much had it figured out, but…I don't want to hide this from anyone anymore."

Derek eyes softened as a smile spread out over his face. He then picked up her hand and held it up to his lips, kissing it sweetly. "I just wanted to be able to show you off."

"I'm not a trophy, Der," she lightly chastised him.

Derek rolled his eyes. "At least now Noel won't try to hit on you."

Casey playfully swatted her boyfriend on the chest, laughing. "You're so bad."

"Good thing you like bad boys then, eh?" Derek countered smoothly, dipping down to give her a quick kiss.

"Oh, yeah," she drawled, sarcasm dripping off her words. But nevertheless, Casey scooted closer to Derek and laid her head on his chest.

Derek immediately put his arm around her shoulders. "This is nice," he murmured into her hair as he laid a kiss there.

"Mmm," she hummed pleasantly, snuggling comfortingly into Derek's embrace.

"What was that thing you wanted to tell me?" Derek questioned minutes later, just as the first intermission began.

"What thing?" Casey asked innocently.

"When you were talking to Emily after school today, you said you were going to tell me something," Derek clarified.

"Oh!" she let out, realization kicking in as she shot up from her seat.

"Case?"

"I almost forgot, but I have a surprise for you," she said, quickly walking over to her purse by the front-door.

Derek raised a questioning eyebrow at her, while watching her pull out an envelope from her bag. She made her way back, handing the envelope to Derek as she sat back down next to him.

He looked at his girlfriend quizzically. "Nothing's going to fly out at me, is it?" he humorously asked, shaking the contents to try and figure out what was inside.

"Just open it!" she said, practically buzzing with her excitement.

Derek finally opened it, smirking at the contents immediately. "Maple Leafs tickets."

"I want to try and redo that date," Casey said, biting her lip.

He flashed her a smile. "I want a redo for that date too."

"And look who they're facing," Casey further said, pointing to the tickets.

Derek barked out a laugh. "Tampa Bay, eh?" he said, shaking his head. "Do I have to worry about that Stamkos guy sweeping you off your feet?"

Casey shook her head, before cuddling close to Derek, letting him engulf her in his arms securely. "Not a chance."

A/N: Andddd that's it! I really can't believe I finally finished this. Lol. It's very bittersweet. I am working on other stories for LWD, so you might see those in the future. But also, if you have a prompt or just want to talk, don't be shy to send me private message on here or a message on my tumblr oopsydasey!

Slightly off topic, but HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN ASH'S VIDEO AND MIKE'S TWEET about doing something for LWD's 10 anniversary?! Like I'm so hyped, you have no idea! What could they possibly be planning? It's making me nervous. Lol

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: Well, this is the last chapter. I'm sorry if you wanted more. Thanks for reviewing though!

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