movie nights - casey gardner (discontinued)

season 1 - chapter 4

Harriet woke up on the Saturday morning at 11:30 pm, which was about 2 and a half hours after she usually awoke. She turned onto her back and looked at the ceiling. She decided it would be a good idea to get up and shower so that's what she did.

After her shower, she decided to pay Casey a visit and see if she was awake. She slowly opened up the door, being careful not to make it creek. When the door was fully open she could see Casey laying in her bed, brown hair splayed over the pillow. She smiled at the sleeping girl and sat on the bed gently shaking her.

"Brown, wake up." Casey groaned and Harriet kept shaking her, "Wake up!"

She opened her eyes. "What time is it?" 

"It's 12:00 pm, Elsa's gonna wonder why we slept in."

Casey pulled the covers over her head and Harriet smiled. "Come on." She paused trying to think of something that would get her out of bed. "If you get up now we can catch the end of the cartoons."

Casey slowly moved the covers off of her head, "Spongebob?"

"Spongebob."

Casey sat up in the bed, Harriet laughing. "Get out and let me change." 

"Okay." And with that she got up, heading to the living room, closing Casey's room door on the way out.

Fifteen minutes later, Casey came down stairs wearing a tank top and jeans. She sat down next to her best friend and they sat and watched cartoons all day. 

Monday rolled around fairly quickly after the uneventful weekend, Casey and Harriet spend most of the Sunday finishing up their homeworks or running. Sam didn't come out of his room for most of the weekend, he was 'doing research', Harriet couldn't see what good research would do in trying to win a girl over but she left him to his own devices. 

It was now 4pm on Monday and she was waiting outside her therapist, Steven's, office tapping her foot on the floor. She had her headphones in playing "Somebody to love by Queen. 

Steven came out of his office and waved his hand telling her to come in. She pulled her headphones out and walked into the room she had spent an hour in every week for the past year. She sat on the couch and looked at the man who sat in front of her. "So, how was your week?"

"Well, Sam..., you know Sam right?"

"Yeah, Sam Gardner."

"Yeah, well he started trying to date and obviously with his autism it's a lot harder and I'm a little worried about him. The other day me and Casey snuck out and went to McDonalds and it was a lot of fun but it got me thinking about the older times when my parents were here and... I don't know... I guess, I just miss them."

Steven nodded, he told her how to deal with it and they talked for the rest of the hour about her parents and how much she misses them. They also talked about Fred Kingsley and how everyone expects them to get together but she didn't like him back. He told her just to do what feels right and not to date him just because everyone expects that. 

When she got back Sam was talking to Casey on the step, he must have gotten a ride from Elsa. Harriet liked to walk back home from therapy, it gave her a chance to take in everything that Seven said to her and make the decisions she had to make. 

She walked up to them and heard Casey say, "Just assume she doesn't."

"Hi, Harriet." Sam said, beaming at her. "Can you tell me about girls? And please, be specific."

"Um, well, just be kind to them and treat them nice. Compliment her, tell her she's pretty and um, yeah that's it." She laughed.

"Good advice, thanks." He said writing down what she had said. She sat down next to Casey who, by the looks of it, was going for a run.