Alright, so this is my first time writing a story, and I have a lot of hopes for it. So tell me how you all like it. I'm going to read other fanfiction on this website for the first time, YAY!! Oh P.S., my friend read over this and said it makes it more powerful if you read the chapter while listening to 'It Ends Tonight' by The All-American Rejects.
Disclaimer: I do not own Life with Derek or the All-American Rejects.
Chapter 1- The End
Derek ran from the doorway, past the family room blasting with music, out the door, and straight to his car. When he got into his car the tears began to fall from his eyes. His heart was shattered. This is the only time I will cry over her, he thought to himself.
Your subtleties
They strangle me
I can't explain myself at all.
And all the wants
And all the needs
All I don't want to need at all.
Casey ran from the door crying. Her hair was disheveled and her make up was smeared across her face. She ran to her mother's car and drove home in the rain that was just beginning to fall. When she arrived home she saw Derek's car in the driveway and couldn't run inside fast enough. The rain, steady now, was pounding down on her, feeling like needles across her skin, but she didn't care. Upon entering the house she saw no lights on downstairs, seeing as it was past midnight, so she ran up to Derek's room. When she opened the door she saw him sitting on the bed. Immediately she ran to him and held onto him as tight as she could.
The walls start breathing
My minds unweaving
He stood there, a mixture of soaking wet hair and tears from a sobbing Casey drenched his shirt. He had yet to hug her back. He pulled himself away from her, and all she saw was his cold, emotionless face.
Maybe it's best you leave me alone.
A weight is lifted
On this evening
I give the final blow.
"Derek, what – I--," she was trying to form words, but she was still sobbing. She went to latch onto him; she needed him to just hold her right now.
"It's over Casey. We're over," he stated, with a cold voice, pushing her away yet again. He turned and walked to the window where he looked out at the lighting that was cracking in the sky.
When darkness turns to light,
It ends tonight
It ends tonight.
A falling star
Least I fall alone.
"What? Why?" Casey asked, genuinely confused.
"Why? WHY?" he yelled, "You know exactly why."
"No --- I," but she was interrupted.
I can't explain what you can't explain.
Your finding things that you didn't know
I look at you with such disdain
"Two years Case, two damn years and you do this. You always thought I would be the one to do this to you. I never, in a million years, thought we would be here." As he said these words he had began to pace the length of his floor. Casey went a grabbed him by the shoulders.
"What are you talking about? What did I do? I can't handle this right now Derek." A new set of tears had now begun to pour. These were different than her previous tears; these were tears of heartbreak.
"News flash Case, this isn't about you," he yelled. "Casey I saw you, at the party and I will never forgive you or forget it," he said, his eyes revealing pain.
"Derek you have to listen to me please," she begged him.
"No, we're done. There is 6 months left until we graduate. Don't talk to me; don't even come near me. I'm not your boyfriend anymore, so just go, leave." He said as he turned his back on her and walked to his computer desk.
The walls start breathing
My minds unweaving
Maybe it's best you leave me alone.
A weight is lifted
On this evening
I give the final blow.
When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.
Just a little insight
won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.
"Derek don't do this. Please just let me explain."
"No Case," Derek yelled frustrated, slamming his hands down on his desk.
Casey went up behind him and placed her small hand on his shoulder. "Please, please," she said desperately, "I love you Derek."
"I don't," he said, still facing away from her, with tears running down his face.
Now I'm on my own side
It's better than being on your side
It's my fault when your blind
It's better that I see it through your eyes
All these thoughts locked inside
Now you're the first to know
"What?" she asked in a whisper.
"I don't love you anymore, I can't."
When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.
Just a little insight
won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.
Casey felt like someone had punched her in the gut. She felt herself beginning to break down, but she didn't want to do that around him. She ran from his room and into her own. The fight had awaked their parents. George went to attend to Derek, while Nora let Casey cry on her shoulder. Both Casey and Derek told the events of the night. When each parent left their child's room at two o'clock in the morning, they each faced each other saying one thing.
"We have a problem."
It ends when darkness turns to light
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.
Just a little insight
won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.
Close to four o' clock, Casey was still crying her eyes out in her room. She was laying on her bed, clutching onto Derek's black leather jacket, and looking out the window. Little did she know Derek was seated outside her bedroom door listening to her cry. He left an hour later when he knew she was asleep. He still cared, despite what he had said. Derek hated the fact that she was crying, but it was her fault. Now, at five o'clock in the morning he was off to his own room to drown in heartbreak.
I will not let my emotion show. Tomorrow I go back to the old me. Not the romantic and sappy guy who fell for Casey, but the one who knew never to get hurt by a girl. Just like I told my dad, tomorrow I will be the old me. Ignoring Casey and doing whatever I want, whenever I want. With these thoughts he fell asleep.
Tonight
Tonight
Insight
When darkness turns to light,
It ends tonight
