Summary - A short five chapter series, that tells how Casey lightens up Derek's world in five ways.
Disclaimer - I do not own Life with Derek. However, this story is mine.
thoughts - These mean they are Derek's thoughts.
Sound – Terrible Player
Derek Venturi loves to play hockey, but he also loves to make music. He has his own band, one that he's been working on for ages. It was his salvation. The only thing though is his fantasy is about to turn into reality.
When they played, to Derek, the music was wonderful. His band members think so too. And they even planned on debuting this coming weekend too.
"D-Rock." Said Derek, "that's what we'll call ourselves."
And so the week past and the weekend finally came, but it was not as they expected. It started out pretty normal, to say the least. They were excited at performing in front of a crowd, even it was just in a small restaurant. They started playing.
The drummer began playing and Derek and the main guitarist started playing the guitar. Derek grabbed the microphone and began singing. To Derek, this was like a dream; here he was in a crowd performing. It was a once in a lifetime chance. But to the crowds it was entirely different.
They threw food at them even empty or full cans. This was not what they came for the music was terrible, but the singer? It was even worse.
"Your voice stinks!" shouted a man from the back.
"I agree!" shouted a woman.
Their dream was destroyed. The owner of the store kicked them out and told them never to come back. But most importantly his dream too.
Weeks passed and it seemed as if there was no hope for Derek. He may have hockey, but what about his band? Will they fall apart? They tried to set up many more concerts, but everywhere they go it was the same. Derek had given up, after three weeks. The band members were no longer meeting up for practice. They just gave up on it. Then one day everything changed.
He was passing down the main hall of his house, when he suddenly heard a female voice singing from the bathroom. To Derek it was the most beautiful voice he had ever heard. Her tone was good and her voice didn't seem to go strain as it the high notes. Derek then decided to see who the mystery voice.
Since it was his house, Derek had very few options, on which this person could be. First of all it could be Nora, but it was her would she look good in their band clothes. His second option was Lizzie. Lizzie was okay, but she would bug him to bring Edwin along all the time; not a good idea. Third was Martie, but could she sing so well at a young age? Finally the last one, the one Derek dreaded the most, was Casey. She was very bossy and annoying, at least to Derek. If she was in the band, she would make sure all the band members had equal right. Derek hoped to God that it wasn't her.
Then Derek heard the waters being turned off. He decided to go to his room and peer from there. At least there he wouldn't be seen.
The bathroom door was beginning to open and a light mist was coming out. Apparently the girl used too much hot water. Her hair was wrapped in a towel and she looked like she was in her teens (her back was facing Derek so he couldn't see). Okay, Lizzie and Marti out, there's no way they could be that tall. That means there's only Casey and Nora left.
The girl turned around. Derek could not believe who he just saw.
Sound – Voice of an Angel
The girl went out and turned around. Derek could not believe who he just saw. It was his longtime rival, stepsister, Casey.
Derek was shocked, how and why must it must it be her? His stepsister? The world was crazy! There was no way that he would let Casey join. He wouldn't be able to stand it. But wasn't she their only hope? Derek decided to confront his friends about it the next day at school.
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"Casey?" asked Sam.
"Well she sure is pretty…." Laughed a goofy looking guy.
Derek hit him in the head.
"Shut up dude. That's my stepsister were talking about." Said Derek as he glared at the guy.
"Yeah, but you said she sang good, right?" asked Sam.
Derek thought for a moment. Casey voice earlier even though it was muffled, from the bathroom door, her voice did sound good. A lot better than those girls that came to audition for our band.
"Yeah she is better." Answered Derek.
"Better than those chicks?" asked the goofy guy looking guy, referring to the girls who had tried for their little audition.
"Yes, Ralph. Definitely."
"So you are you going to ask her?" asked Sam.
"That is the problem." Said Derek.
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Derek was pacing back and forth in front of Casey's bedroom door. He was having troubles deciding on whether he should ask Casey or not. It was for the band, Derek had reasoned to himself earlier before. But is she the only solution? Being at his last resort, he had to ask.
Casey, I'll give you a chance.
Derek made a knock at the door. A small muffled voice can be heard saying "Come in."
Derek went inside.
He saw Casey with her books spread out across her bed. She appeared to be doing her homework, as her was tied up in a ponytail. She always does this when she's doing homework.
Casey looked up at him, setting her books aside. She sat in Indian style, her attention set on him. She gave a slightly annoyed look.
"What do you want Derek?" she asked.
Derek gave her a hesitating look, before deciding to answer.
"I need to ask you a favor." He replied.
Casey gave him a small glance, from the corner of her eye.
"Oh, what kind?" she asked.
"You sing good, right?" he asked.
"Yeah…how did you know?" Casey asked.
"Two reasons." Answered Derek. "One, Nora told me the other day, that you can sing, but I didn't believe her. Two, I heard you singing in the bathroom."
"Oh." Was all Casey could say.
Derek decided to get straight to the point.
"So, I was thinking. Do you want to sing for our band?"
Casey had her thinking look again; her hands were to her chin and one side of her hair was tucked neatly behind her ear. She was looking up at the ceiling, considering her offer.
"Okay, I'll do it." She finally answered.
At the sound of her confirmed answer, Derek immediately had a big grin plastered on his face.
"Okay, then this weekend. My band is going to come over. You're going to practice with us, okay?"
"Sure." Casey replied.
Derek was at the door now, he was still smiling. Before he left though, he decided to leave her a comment.
"Don't you dare mess up on me, McDonald."
Casey could only shake her head, grinning slightly before going back to finish her homework.
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The week finished before it even started and the thing Derek knew, it was Sat. morning. He sleepily got out of his bed and made his way downstairs. He decided to get a bowl of cereal to eat with orange juice for a drink. He didn't see Casey come down yet. Must be still sleeping.
Ten minutes, later, he finished his breakfast, before going upstairs back to his to change. Then as if right in cue, the doorbell rang. Derek hurriedly went down and opened the door.
His band was here and they decided to set all of the instruments up. He and Sam plugged in the guitars and drums, while Ralph set the microphone.
"Yo, dude, where's Casey?" asked Ralph.
"Hold on a second, let me call me her." Said Derek as he ran to her room.
"Casey, are you there? Casey?" yelled Derek as he rammed the door.
"I'm right here."
Derek turned around. There was Casey in a simple outfit: blue jeans, a short sleeve purple shirt, and a pair of pink slippers wrapped neatly on her toes. Cute.
"Derek?" asked Casey. "Are you okay?"
"Huh? Yeah…" said a slightly dazed Derek.
His back was turned on her, as he slowly made his way down the stairs. "Go downstairs, were going to practice."
A few minutes later, Casey was rushing down the stairs. The band turned to look at her.
"Alright let's hear you sing." Said Derek.
The band members each got to their proper instruments. They started playing out slow and then Casey sang.
Casey sang very beautifully. Every so often Derek would momentarily stop playing his guitar, and turn to look at her, before remembering where he was and tried to focus on the band.
Then the music stopped and Casey stopped along with it.
The band was in awe.
"You're in." said Derek.
Hi guys! As you can see this is the first chapter of Five Senses. The next one will be coming out soon. Though, this time it will involve sight. Anyways, remember to review before you leave this page!