I was going to use this later on in another story I have, but I thought it still works as a one-shot. Hopefully everyone enjoys this!!
Disclaimer-I do not own Life With Derek.
"Smerek! Smerek! Wake up, it's time to go!" Marti yelled as she jumped up and down on my bed trying to wake me up. "Oh hey Smarti, is it morning already?" I asked keeping my eyes closed.
"Yes it is, now get up! Come on Smerek we are going to be late!" I still had yet to open his eyes when I asked, "Smarti, care to tell me what time it is?"
"I think it's before nine, but I don't really know. Nora said that we can get there as soon as they open so we can get more of a selection, or something like that." Marti responded. I didn't reply because I then new what time it really was. I had glanced over to my clock on the table and it read 7:58 AM. I then pulled the covers farther over my head. "Smarti, I don't have to get up yet, we still have two hours before the place even opens."
"No Smerek, get up now. Everyone else is already awake. We are waiting on you. Nora said we can get some breakfast before we get there, so get up now Smerek!" Marti yelled at me. "Come on, even Casey is up and ready."
"Casey's going?" I asked as I shot up out of my bed quickly. "Yes she is going. You're silly Smerek. Come on!"
Well of course Miss Princess is going. Miss 'I'll do anything for this family.' Miss 'my life is just perfect' with her stupid perfect football playing boyfriend, and her stupid perfect grades and he stupid perfect self.
I scoff at the thought of her as I got out of bed and went to the bathroom to get ready. "Who the hell gets up this early on a Saturday morning?" I asked aloud to myself. Once I was dressed and ready I went downstairs to be with the rest of the family. Of course Marti was the first to yell at me, "Smerek! You took forever! What if the dog I want is gone already?"
"Marti dear, the place still isn't open; you can still have whatever dog you want." Nora said.
Ah yes, the dog; the only reason for this family trip so early in the morning.
We all piled into the car, leaving Casey and I in the very back row, alone.
Great, now I have to ride the whole way there with her sitting 'oh so close' to me and all I can do is look at her. Look at her, and sit here wishing all the things I could say to her; the things I could do to her. Isn't this just perfect?
Not.
After breakfast we got in the car again and once again Casey and I are forced to the back row. Probably so our parents would be far enough away that they could tune out the fighting that was more than likely to occur. Once the car started I leaned my head back on the seat and closed my eyes. I recalled the scene from last night that led us to our current situation; getting a new dog.
"Kids, could you all come down here for a minute?" My dad's voice trailed throughout the upstairs hallway. Casey walked out of her room with the phone attached to her ear. "I am on the phone with Max, can this wait?" I scoffed as I walked past her and mocked her, "I am on the phone with Max, blah blah blah. Casey, no one cares." I said as headed down the stairs. "Dad, what's this all about?" I asked. Just then Lizzie and Edwin came running down the stairs. "Yeah George what is wrong?" "Are we in trouble?" Edwin asked. "No, no one is in trouble; this is actually a good thing. But where is Casey?"
I smirked before replying, "She said she is on the phone with Max, and asked if this could wait."
"No this can not wait. Casey! Get down here right now!" George yelled, but not in an angry 'your in trouble' sort of way.
"Please, just ten more minutes." Casey yelled from the top of the stairs. I stood up and said, "I'll go get her."
Once I got to her bedroom, I opened the door. Well more like swung it open. "Casey, we are having a family meeting and since you are apart of this family, you need to be there too." I said with a smirk.
"Max, could I call you back later… yeah I guess it is important since they sent my annoying brother up to get me… okay…yeah…that sounds like a plan…yeah see you later Max." Casey said hanging up the phone.
"See you later Max." I said mocking her again. I can't help it, she is dating a loser. Who wants to date a football player anyways? Oh yeah that's right… Casey does. She wouldn't ever want a hockey star like, well say like me. No that sort of thing never happens.
"Come on everyone is waiting for you." I said as I grabbed her arm to take her downstairs to the living room where the rest of the family awaited. "Get your dirty hands off of me. I can walk myself you know." She shot back at me. I immediately dropped my hand away from her arm and pushed myself past her until I was at least seven steps ahead of her. "Whatever." I mumbled under my breath. Once I was downstairs I sat in my recliner and waited for 'The Princess' to grace us with her presence so we could get this family meeting started. Once Casey was situated she looked over to our parents, who were grinning like maniacs.
"So Mom, George… what's this all about?" Casey asked. Dad looked around to all of us and then back to Nora before he finally responded to our questions.
"Kids, I…sorry, we have decided to get a family dog."
Various reactions came from each of us. Of course Marti was thrilled beyond belief. She even started jumping up and down on the couch until Nora picked her up and told her to jump on the floor instead. Lizzie and Edwin both yelled, "Sweet" and "Awesome" then began to give each other high fives. Casey looked like she was about to protest and I just said "cool." Then Casey spoke up.
I knew this was coming.
"Where are we getting it from?" She asked. "…Because, I don't like those places that kill them if they don't get adopted with in a certain amount of time. It is wrong, and I don't want any part of it."
"But Casey dear, wouldn't you want to save one that could possibly be put to sleep? That way we could save its life. That's why I thought we should go there." Nora reasoned with her daughter. "Yeah, I guess you are right Mom."
"Good, I'm glad you came around on this Casey. So what kind of dog does everyone think we should get?"
Marti was the first to speak, "I think we should get a big one!" Dad looked at her and smiled. I got up from my chair and turned towards her. "You want a big one Smarti? How big?"
"As big as you Smerek!" She answered. "Well we will just have to see what they have when we get there." I said to her.
"Okay Smerek."
I felt the car come to a stop and I knew we were there. We all got out of the car and went inside the office. Dad was the first to speak up. "We are looking to get a new dog."
The lady at the desk responded with a smile. "Oh good, first I need to you sign in here on this sheet of paper. State that you are here for a dog and then once you are finished just follow the paw prints on the floor through that door over there. There should be someone in there to unlock the cages for you so you can see how they act with you and your family. Once you find the one you want, just bring me the little slip with their information on it, it should be in a pouch on their cage."
"Thank you very much Ma'am." George replied.
Casey turned towards Marti and picked her up. "Come on Marti, lets go in so we can get a head start before anyone else gets in there." I followed behind them and went through the door just as the lady had stated. Once in there Casey put Marti down to the floor and watched her as she ran to each cage, yelling every once in awhile, "Oh I like this one." Casey was standing at the third cage looking at a brown dog. It was medium sized and looked very soft. "What is your name little one?" I heard Casey ask as she lifted up the information card on the dog. I walked over to her and stood next to her. "Who names a dog 'Puddles'?" I asked once I saw the name on the card. Casey looked over at me and grinned. I felt my heart sink just a little when she answered, "Well it says here on the card, that 'Puddles' is not house broken. Duh Derek can't you read?"
I hate how she can do that. How she always does that. She can make me feel incredibly stupid in a matter of minutes.
"Jeez Case, I didn't read that far on the card. No need to be rude about it." I said as I walked off to be next to Marti.
"Do you see anything you like Smarti?"
"Yes, I want all of them. Except that one." She pointed over to a cage that had a big grey dog in it. He looked like a Great Dane. "What's wrong with that one? He is big like you wanted."
"He didn't like me, he made scary noises when I walked by him."
"Oh I see well, let's go to where Dad and Nora are at and see what they have found."
"Okay Smerek!" I picked her up and led her to our parents.
"Marti, do you like this one?" Nora asked. Lizzie and Edwin came over as well as Casey.
"I don't know can I pet him?" She asked. "Of course you can sweetie." Nora said. We turned around to find the guy to unlock the cage and he was already on his way over.
"So you want to see Princess?" The guy asked. I looked over to Casey and began smirking and she just rolled her eyes. Can't I do anything right around her? The guy took the puppy out of the cage and handed her to Marti. "Let me go get a lease and we can take her around back and she how you like walking her." He told Marti. She was a Beagle and appeared to still be very young. The family all walked out with Marti but Casey stayed behind looking at all the different dogs. I heard her mumbled something about it being a shame that if they didn't get adopted that they would be put to sleep. I walked over to where she was and stood next to her again. "You okay Casey?"
"I am fine. Just leave me alone Derek." I looked at her with shock. "What if I say no?"
"Then I will just keep walking away from you." She said as she turned on her heel to walk away. I grabbed her arm to stop her and she turned around to look at me. Her face was red with anger. "What do you want? Why do you always have to be around to bother me? I just want to be alone."
"Why? Why do you want to be alone? Why can't I be with you?" I asked only realizing how I said it. I turned around to walk away but it was her who stopped me this time.
"What do you mean, 'be with me?" I stood there staring at her, not answering her question. "Hello? Earth to Derek."
"Nothing, it didn't mean anything. I'll just leave you alone." I said as I headed to the door that the rest of the family went out. I heard her sigh just before I opened the door and walked out. Once outside I saw Marti playing with Princess. Once she saw me she came running up holding a lease attached to Princess. "Dad and Nora said we can get this one! Aren't you excited Smerek?"
"Very excited." I said. "Come one kids lets go sign the papers and get Princess to her new home.
"But I like the name Princess!" Lizzie yelled.
"Well I don't! It reminds me of my stupid pig-headed ignorant step-brother!" Casey yelled.
Jeez, I am still in the room here Casey.
"I want to name it Marti!" Marti tried to say louder than every one else talking. We all stopped and looked at her to question her choice of name.
"Why do you want to call her Marti?" Casey asked. "Because it's my favorite name of course!" She answered.
"Why not Bella?" Edwin threw in his suggestion. "Oh come on Ed, you only want to name it Bella after that character from that movie we saw last week." Lizzie said to Edwin.
"I don't like Bella!" Marti yelled.
"What about Daisy." I offered. Everyone stopped and turned towards me, being that this is the first thing I have said since we got home.
"Oh Smerek, I like Daisy."
"Yeah me too, so Daisy; like the flower?" Casey asked with a smile.
No I picked it because Dasey is Derek and Casey put together.
"Yeah, like the flower."
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