So by now, we all know the rules. I was tagged by degrassichick (Sam) and considered it quite an honor.

Almost everyone I know has been tagged but I would like to see the following people write one of these:

EarnedDisillusionment

Some One Stole My Cookie

fanficrulez

keriberi2003

ECIsMyHero

Why couldn't she just realize how he really felt about her? He knew she was still hurting from Max's death and then the added fact of the baby and how Max's aunt and uncle had reacted.

He knew that she knew he was there for her. But he couldn't understand how she couldn't see his true feelings. This wasn't a brotherly concern. This wasn't wanting to take care of her as a friend. This was full blown love and an emotion so strong that sometimes he didn't think he'd be able to handle it.

He didn't want to pressure her, because he didn't want to scare her away. Having her in this capacity was better than not having her at all. But in his heart, he hoped that someday she would realize that they were perfect for each other and that there would never be another for him but her.

(Takes place during "Life Changing Moments" before Derek confesses his love to Casey.)

Song Two: We Are the Champions – Queen

'Oh God, Oh God,' Derek thought to himself. It was sudden death and it had come down to one shot. He looked into his young son's eyes and tried to encourage him without putting too much pressure on him.

"Jase, just go out there and do your best. I know you can make this shot. Look that kid straight in the eyes and give him your best Venturi smirk and then blow it by him, okay?"

Eight year old Jase just nodded and grinned at his dad before he headed out on the ice. Derek glanced up in the stands to where Casey and Kristen sat. Casey gave him a reassuring smile and the thumbs up sign.

Derek watched in anticipation as Jase dropped his stick and in true Venturi form, rared back and let it fly. The puck flew right past the goalie, Jase sealing the victory for his team.

The peewee hockey players flew onto the ice and mobbed Jase, and at that moment, Derek knew that nothing he had ever accomplished professionally had ever felt this good. Not the Olympic medal, the MVP, nothing could match the look on his son's face after winning the championship for his team.

(Takes place after "Through Darkness Comes the Light")

Song Three: Don't Take the Girl – Tim McGraw

"Dad, why do we have to take Whitney?" ten year old Cameron whined.

Sam put an arm around his son's shoulder, "Because, Derek's coming with us and Whitney wanted to come too."

"I don't understand why she always has to tag along. I wanted it to be a guy's day."

"Someday you might think different," he said with a smile.

"Nu-uh," he said with a frown.

"Where's your head?" his friend Spencer asked as he sat down by him in the auditorium.

Cam looked up on stage where Whitney was singing with Cody. He felt his heart break. How could eight years make such a difference? He used to beg his dad not to take her with them and now all he wanted to do was make sure that Cody didn't take her from him.

(A little preview for all my "Moments in our Lives" readers)

Song Four: Da Doo Run Run – Shaun Cassidy

Casey stepped up on the porch and turned to look at Noel. "Thanks so much for walking me home. I really appreciate it. Max was supposed to pick me up after practice but evidently he had something come up."

Noel could tell that she really didn't believe what she was saying but that she was trying to convince herself that it was true.

"No problem," he said with a shy grin. "I don't mind at all."

"Well, do you want to come in or something? My mom made cookies and if Derek hasn't already eaten them all, we could have some."

"Sounds great," he said as his heart began to beat a little faster.

Casey opened the door and the walked into the kitchen. Noel watched her as she pulled two glasses out of the cabinet and got the milk out of the ice box.

Max was such an idiot and if he wasn't smart enough to see what he had, well Noel would just be smart enough to hang around and be ready to pick up the pieces when something inevitably happened.

So that's what he did, he waited with the knowledge that some day soon he would be able to make her his.

Song Five: Head to Toe – Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

The stupid car wouldn't start and of course their parents were busy and couldn't pick them up. So there they were walking home in the rain.

For some reason he looked over and saw the raindrops catching on Casey's eyelashes and he couldn't help himself. Something just took over his body and before either one of them realized what it was that was exactly happening, he had pulled her behind a tree and was kissing her senseless.

It was pure craziness, but there was just something about Casey. From head to toe she was just perfect, perfect for him.

Song Six: Pretty Woman – Van Halen

Finally, there she was, coming out of the library. He had looked everywhere. He should have known to look there first.

He jogged towards her until he was directly behind her, "Hey pretty woman."

She turned and looked at him with one eyebrow raised, "Is that the best pick up line you've got? I think I deserve better than that."

"It's always worked before," he said with a smirk.

She stood there looking unimpressed as Derek went on. "You know you could come home with me, it's getting kind of late for a lovely lady such as yourself to be out and about."

"I don't know, I heard a pretty big jerk lives there, someone who doesn't appreciate his wife."

"Come on Case, you're not going to make me beg are you?"

When she didn't respond he finally got down on his knees. "Have mercy?" he asked with those puppy dog eyes.

She just turned on her heals and began to leave.

"You're kidding right?" he asked as he panicked for a moment. But then he began to smile as she turned around and walked back to him.

Song Seven: On Broadway – Smokey Joe's Café Soundtrack

She really thought she could do this. Her dance instructor back home said she was destined for greatness and she believed him. But month's later all she had to show for it was a dead end job as a waitress at a dive. She was barely scraping by and she hadn't had one call back.

Sure when you go to the Broadway district the lights are bright and you could just feel the magic in the air, but it wasn't her magic, it was someone else's. The glitter had rubbed off for her.

She was tired and homesick. Well actually, she was Derek sick, but she'd never admit it. The only happiness she found was when she was on the phone with him. But he was off playing hockey for the summer, in a different city every few days.

It was time to give up and go home. The only thing she wanted was to feel safe and secure. Yes, Broadway had been her dream, but it was time for reality. And her reality was in London.

(Takes place during "In Sickness and In Health", before Casey meets up with Derek on the plane when she's leaves New York.)

Song Eight: It's Tricky – Run DMC

Ralph snuck around the back of her house. Her parents had grounded her after they found them in a compromising situation in her room. No, they weren't doing it, but yah; they probably would have if they hadn't found them.

He hoped that she was looking out her window and would see him so he wouldn't have to throw something up at it. It was too risky already.

He was excited to see her looking down for him and he grinned at her as she smiled. He liked everything about her. He loved her wild curly hair and her huge mega smile. He loved her bubbly personality and the way she laughed at him when he complimented her shoes for the first time.

He watched her as she shimmied down the lattice work on the side of her house. He was busting her out. Her parents could try and keep them apart, but it wouldn't work. He and Emily belonged together and sooner or later, they'd have to realize that.

(I know this only fits the first part of the song where it talks about the girl's curly hair and breaking her out, but I was desperate on this one!)

Song Nine: Jack and Diane – John Cougar Mellencamp

Casey stood at his grave. They had just put her whole world inside the ground and covered him up. She'd never see him again. How was she going to live without ever seeing him again?

She placed her hand on her stomach. The stomach that held her and Max's baby, the baby she had only found out about days earlier, found out about at the same time she found out that Max was gone.

How could this happen? Max was the quarterback, the football star. She was his girl and they had a great future ahead of them. Now it was over. She'd never see him again and he'd never see their baby.

They kept telling her that life would go on, but for her the thrill of living was gone. It had gone into the ground with Max.

Just then she felt a hand on her shoulder. It was Derek saying, "Come on Case…"

(Takes place during the first chapter of "Life Changing Moments" when Casey is standing at Max's grave.)

Song Ten: Lip Gloss – Lil Mama

Jenna opened her locker door and finished applying her lip gloss, before rubbing her lips together and popping them. 'Perfect as usual,' she thought with a smile.

She didn't even have to turn around to know that the boys were checking her out. She was the "it" girl, the one every boy wanted to be with. And she had been generous, dating a lot of them. But it was just dating, there were no real relationships. She liked it that way, and besides, none of them could hold her interest.

She reached into her locker and took out the picture she kept in there. It was a picture of her big brother Gage and his best friend Jordan that had been taken during their senior year. They were now both gone to their respective colleges and had been so for three years.

She had swiped the picture from Gage's room but he never even noticed. She ran her fingers across it. Sure she loved her brother, but her fingers lingered on the other boy in the picture. Now Jordan, he was a totally different story. That boy had held her interest for years.

(Pre-scene before Moments in our Lives)

I hope you're not disappointed that so many of these are tied to my stories. But it felt so good to revisit a couple of them in the first shuffle mix I did, that I knew if I got the chance to do it again, I'd be using as many of my stories as I could.

Thanks for picking me!