Okay! Now that I have my first Dasey fic out of the way.. its time for something more serious. If you have seen the movie 'Raising Helen' you will notice that this fan fiction is loosely based off of that. Obviously it has been written to fit the Life With Derek storyline.. But enjoy! && Review, I love reviews. My updates will vary in time, but I will try to write at least one chapter a week, possibly more. But my life is very up in the air at the moment, so who knows how well I will keep up. But! The more reviews I receive the more inspired I will be to update more often. Oh, and this is obviously a future fic ;)

xxoo, Bee.

DISCLAIMER: I obviously don't own Life With Derek. If I did, I think everyone would be pretty pleased with where I would take the show though! ;) Also, I don't own "Raising Helen".

Raising Dasey;

Chapter One- The Accident

Casey McDonald walked through the doors of Lenox Hill Hospital with a typical smile on her face. It was only her second month as a doctor, though she had worked in the hospital as a doctors assistant, and as a nurse. The now twenty six year old had graduated at the top of her class at Queens, and was then off to Columbia for medical school. No one in her family was very shocked to see that she had become a doctor, it was after all number two on her list of possible careers, only after professional dancer. Her dreams of being a dancer were still there, but she realized in her second year of University that if she had any kind of accident, her career would be gone. Being as clumsy as she was, she went for the safer career choice.

"Good morning Dr. McDonald" one of the nurses smiled at her, she never got tired of hearing the title 'Dr.' in front of her name.

"Morning" she beamed, her blue eyes lighting up as she made her way towards a room to check on one of her patients.

As she rounded the corner to the room, the now darker haired woman heard the sound of her pager going off, looking at it was coming from her own office. She sighed a little and made her way back to her office, once there she noticed someone very familiar waiting for her.

"What are you doing here?" she growled towards the brown haired man in front of her. She waited for him to say something that would piss her off, but as he looked up at her she saw a look of pain across his face, "Derek, whats going on?" she questioned, fearing the answer. She and Derek had somehow both ended up in the same city. Their years at Queens had brought them slightly closer together, but they still had their differences. They still fought like cat and dog, only in the later years it had become more of a game that only the two of them were allowed to play with each other. No one else was ever allowed to fight with the other like they did, that crossed lines.

"Casey, we need to go home. Now." his voice was hard, and very strained, she knew whatever was going on was serious.

"Tell me what is going on" she demanded, her eyes never leaving his.

"There was an accident.. We need to go, now. I've already booked the flights, we leave at noon" he explained, swallowing hard.

"An accident? With who? Are Marti and Nate okay? and mom and George?" it was obvious to Derek that Casey was in full freak out mode. Her panic attacks had gotten better since med school, but still, unknown situations like this one were promised to trigger one. "Tell me everything, now, how serious is it? What happened? Why haven't I gotten a phone call?" her questions were endless.

"Casey! Stop!" Derek grabbed her shoulders, "I've been trying to reach you all damn morning! It was a car accident, Nora was driving and someone ran a red light. Dad was with her, they're both in the hospital. There is no time for this Casey, we need to go, now!" he finished, watching the panic in her eyes.

"I'll meet you at the airport at eleven" she said numbly, and Derek was out the door. He knew by the calm sound in her voice that the next stage would be the tears, if he knew anything about Casey freak outs, that would be the moment that their flight took off.

Without any hesitation Casey grabbed her bag from her desk, and was out the door on her cell phone. She first called her boss to let him know that there was a family emergency, telling him she had no idea how long she would be gone. By the time she was off the phone, she was in a cab headed towards her apartment. She couldn't register any of the thoughts in her head, nothing was making sense. The only thing she knew for a fact was that the feeling that washed over her the second she looked into Dereks broken eyes was telling her that her world was about to be turned upside down.

Once inside her apartment it took her exactly thirty minutes to pack, which was amazing considering it usually took her a week. She threw everything she thought she'd need inside her suitcase, not bothering to organize it, or even fold it. An hour later she was in the airport, and to her surprise Derek was already waiting for her when she finally got to her gate. They didn't say a word. They just sat in silence, waiting for the other to say something.

"Tell me what you know Derek" Casey finally said, her voice a low whisper.

"They spent the night at a hotel for their anniversary, Marti was left in charge of Nate.. They were driving home when someone hit a red light, it hit on Noras side.. the car is totaled. Dad wasn't wearing his seatbelt and got ejected from the car.." the lump in Dereks throat was making it harder to finish, he up at Casey and saw in her eyes what he knew he would, complete brokenness. "The doctor talked to me.. he says its not looking good"

"Oh God" Casey mumbled, her head in her hands for support, it was only moments before the tears would begin, "Have you talked to Lizzie or Edwin?"

"Edwin is with Marti and Nate now.. Lizzie's on the first flight out of Winnipeg, she'll get in about an hour after us" he explained, moving his hand to her knee.

"Flight 1496 to London International Airport is now boarding at gate C6" Casey looked up as the announcement was made, quickly she stood, grabbing her purse, and followed Derek towards the line.

Once they were in their seats, there was more silence. What did you say in this kind of situation? Neither of them new all of the details, and both of them were hoping for the best, but overall, expecting the worst.

"Welcome aboard flight 1496, to London, the estimated arrival time is 4:34pm. Please look towards the front of the plane for safety instructions." Casey tuned out the voice of the flight attended and kept her eyes focused on the back of the seat. She had made sure to buckle her seatbelt, and was completely zoned out when she felt the plane start to move, she looked to her left and saw Derek looking mindlessly out the window. Without thinking about it, Casey grabbed his hand, no matter the situation, she was no fan of flying, it seemed to be the take off and landing that got to her the most. Though the Derek she knew would make some sarcastic comment, the man next to her simply tightened his grip on her hand, letting his thumb trace her hand calmingly, keeping his focus still on the outside world.

Four and a half hours later, the plane made its landing in London. Most of the flight had been silent. Caseys quiet cries, Dereks trying his hardest to comfort her, to try to keep himself together in the process. Stepping off the plane was a nightmare, the news playing on every TV at every gate. The headline on the screen, "Fatal Car Accident; No Survivors"

"Casey.." Derek whispered, seeing her eyes glued to the TV screen. Casey didn't say a word though, she kept up her strong face and kept walking through the crowd of people. He followed closely behind, not knowing how it was possible that Casey wasn't hysterical already. As quickly as possible, they got their luggage and were off to meet Marti at the hospital. How was it possible that this was happening to their family? Marti and Nate, now left without anyone to take care of them.

As soon as the two walked through the doors of the hospital, Casey felt her stomach drop. Dereks heart felt like it was about to explode, but as soon as they walked down the hallway, they saw a sight that would be burned into their brains for the rest of their lives. A sixteen year old Marti Venturi, dark brown hair down to her back, black makeup smeared on her tear stained face, holding a seven year old boy in her arms. His hair was light brown, and his eyes bright blue, and his heart was shattered, he had just lost his entire world.

"Marti!" Casey yelled, rushing full speed towards the teenager that had become her little sister twelve years ago, Derek was quick to follow behind, taking the teenager into his arms. She was sobbing, her grip on her older, and favorite brother was so tight it was actually beginning to hurt him. Nathanial, or Nate, the last addition to the family was in Caseys arms, holding on for dear life.

"Derek, Casey" an man in his early twenties said as he walked with a doctor towards the grieving family.

"Ed" Casey sighed, with Nate still in her arms, she wrapped her free arm around her brother.

"The doctor wants to talk to you" Edwin choked out, wiping his eyes on his sleeves before letting Casey hand Nathan off to him. Marti reluctantly released Derek, who now had tears streaming down his own face, and the two eldest followed the doctor sceptically. What else could they possibly need to tell them? The news said it all. No survivors.

"I know this is a very hard time for your family.." Dr. Madison began, "and I'm very sorry for your loss.. but we need to talk about a few things"

Casey knew this speech, she'd seen it before. Parents with small children would die, a single parent, a widow, anyone, and the care of the child was automatically thrown out there. It seemed so routine when she was the one giving it, but now that she was on the other side, all it did was anger her.

"I know what you're going to say" she growled, "and I know that you mean well. But we just lost our parents, our siblings are out there alone, and they need us. We'll be staying with Marti and Nate until something else is figured out, so will you PLEASE just us go be with our family?" the doctor looked a bit taken aback as Casey calmly told him how things were going to go, but of course, he opened his mouth to talk.

"I understand Miss.. but" he started.

"No, this is how its going to happen, we are going to take our family home, make arrangements to have our parents BURIED and then we'll talk about what the fuck we're going to do, understand?!" It was obvious that Casey was heated, and if it was any other situation, the way that she cursed at the doctor would have made Derek grin, but this was their parents death, so instead, he took her hand, and they walked back towards their family, leaving a speechless doctor in the dust.

"I talked to Lizzie.. her flight just landed, she said that she'll meet us at the house" Edwin told the pair as they walked back up.

"Lets get him home" Casey said quietly, "we have a lot that needs to be discussed." With that, the family rushed off to their own cars, Casey and Derek taking Nathan with them. Twenty minutes later, the group of five sat inside the quiet house they had grown up with, completely lifeless. No one knew what to say, no one knew how to comfort the other without breaking down themselves, the only person that any of them would touch was Nathan. Finally, Lizzie made it home, she had brought dinner, and they all sat at the table in the exact spots they had when they were younger, with the addition of Nathan. No one could bare to look up at the two empty chairs, but most of the food on their plates went untouched.

Hours later, Casey looked around the silent house and frowned. She couldn't remember a moment when this house was even remotely quiet. She could actually see sixteen year old versions of herself and Derek, wrestling on the couch over the remote. She could see Derek spinning around in circles with a eight year old Marti over his shoulder, Lizzie and Edwin sneaking around to spy on everyone in the house. Looking over at the table, she could see the entire family, Nathan included, only two months ago, eating Christmas dinner. It had been the last time the whole family has been in the same house together, she never would have guessed it'd be the last time forever.

Casey jumped out of her daze when she heard the sound of someone walking down the stairs.

"Hes finally asleep" Derek told her, knowing she knew who he was talking about. It was silent again. The two just stood there, both knowing they had a lot to talk about, but neither wanting to face it.

"We have to figure out what we're going to do.." Casey finally spoke, not looking at her brother.

"We'll figure it out tomorrow." he promised, walking towards the basement door.

"What are you doing?" she questioned, seeing where he was headed, she followed close behind him.

"I just.." before he could finished, she nodded, completely understanding as she followed him down the stairs to their parents bedroom.

It was dark, though they had only been away for two days, it felt empty, like it wasn't suppose to be touched again. Casey sat down on the bed, looking around the room mindlessly. So many memories, the first being her and Dereks first real fight. The bedroom that started the endless screams.

"Casey?" she heard Lizzies voice call after her, and soon enough the twenty one year old was in the room with the two, she stayed silent and sat next to her sister. Twenty minutes later, there was a group of six in a king sized bed. Derek and Casey close to each other, with Nathan between them, who had woken up after only being asleep a half hour and ran to the comfort of his sisters arms. Marti on the other side of Derek, her head on his shoulder. Lizzie next to Casey, with Edwin on her other side. All six of the siblings, curled up next to each other, none saying a word. Eyes began to close, and they all drifted off to a light sleep, everyone wishing they'd wake up and realize that it was all a dream, but five of them knowing that tomorrow would be a day that everything would change for them.

Again, not my best work.. But I have a lot of ideas for this story. So, please review! Also, since a few people have suggested it, I might add on to "Pictures Of You". showing what the other partners discussed and how things went for them. Thanks for reading :) Oh & I promise that the next chapter will be longer. If you have any ideas for this story, please suggest them. I do love constructive criticism, but please don't flame me!