Disclaimer: I do not own Life With Derek

A/N: Okay, I got this idea from a music video I made actually lol. It was one of the first ones I made with still pictures. Anyways, I just wanted to try it out. Tell me what you think. This is the ONLY story that I will be updating only if I get reviews on it. I usually hate that, but since I've got a few others going on right now I only will work on this one if I get enough reviews telling me to do so. And I ain't picky. :P 5 reviews a chapter (See how nice I am lol) and I'll update once a week. Deal?

Chapter One

"Derek you're going the wrong way"

Derek looked over at his step-sister "How would you know? Have you ever been there before?"

Casey sighed, "No. But according to these directions-"

"I don't need directions"

"What about that time you took me to meet Emily at the new mall?"

Derek rolled his eyes, "That was different"

"And when we all went on our family vacation."

"I got us there just fine."

Casey glared, "We were three hours late!"

"Details" Derek said with a smirk and turned his attention back to the road.

"And last week on the way to my dance recital"

Derek snickered, "That was on purpose."

"Der-ek!"

"We're here!"

Casey looked around in surprise, "Are you sure?

Derek parked the car and quickly jumped, "See ya inside Spacey"

"DEREK!"

Chuckling to himself, Derek walked up the sidewalk to the house. It was Casey's 18th birthday and Nora wanted to throw her a surprise party. As luck would have it, Nora ran into an old friend of her at the store almost a year ago and now that they were acquainted again, she insisted on having the party at her house.

Derek look up at the large door, "More like mansion" he muttered before knocking.

Casey caught up just as the door opened, "There you two are!"

Kelli Rollins greeted the teens with hugs and ushered them into the house.

"I'm sorry we're late" Casey started to gush "Derek went the wrong way and then-"

Kelli laughed and waved her hands, "The guest of honor is never late to her own party Casey. Relax. Leave your coats in there" she pointed to a room off to the right, "Then come on down to the living room. Your family's waiting."

Derek tossed his leather coat and heard it hit the floor with a soft thud.

"Perfect" he said with a grin.

"Uh! You are such a pig" Casey carefully laid her jacket over the back of a chair.

The two of them started walking down the hallway, "I can't believe you made me late to my own party" Casey hissed.

"Chill. You heard what Kelli said. It's your party. You can't be late."

"Whatever. I swear if you do anything else I-"

"SURPRISE!"

Casey let out a small scream and jumped back a foot, which caused Derek to break into hysterical laughter, "Oh that was so worth it!"

Nora came around the counter, "Are you okay honey?"

Casey took her hand off her heart and flashed a smile, her face bright red from embarrassment, "Of course I am. Just surprised."

Emily came up and gave her a hug, "That was the point. Happy birthday"

"Thanks Em"

Casey looked around, "Wow. Who didn't you invite?"

Derek, having finally gotten his laughter under control, threw an arm around Casey's shoulder, "Everyone but the teachers. And Max of course."

Casey's face darkened and Emily hit Derek on the arm, "Shut up Derek"

"What? What'd I say?"

Rolling her eyes, Emily took Casey's hand, "Come on. Let's go enjoy your party."

As Emily led Casey away Edwin came up to Derek, "Dude, I knew you were dense. But what is wrong with you?"

Derek frowned, "What?"

"Helloooo? Bring up Max?"

"I thought she was over him"

"She is. But that's besides the point."

Lizzie suddenly appeared at Derek's side, "No funny stuff tonight" she said sternly waving her finger back and forth between the two boys.

"Of course not" they answered in unison right before Marti ran up to Derek, grabbed his hand and dragged him off to dance.

It was late when the party finally died down and everyone left. Nora was in the kitchen helping Kelli clean up. Lizzie and Marti were already asleep on the couch, and Edwin was nodding off in his chair.

"Thanks again for having us here Kelli" Nora said as she put the last of the garbage in the trash.

Kelli flashed a smile, "It's no problem Nora. With John gone on his business trip and the boys at their dad's for the weekend; it worked out perfectly."

George stuck his head in, "You ready?"

Nora looked around before nodding and grabbing her purse, "Yeah. Let's get those kids to bed."

Kelli stood at the door and gave them each a hug as they left.

Casey smiled tiredly, "Thank you so much Kelli. It was the best"

"I'm glad you have fun. Have a good night dear."

Derek was just climbing into his car when Marti sleepily stuck her head out of their dad's car, "Smerek?"

Derek looked up, "Yeah Smarti?"

"Can I ride with you?"

Derek smiled but shook his head, "Not tonight squirt ok? I'll take you out tomorrow."

Marti slowly nodded her head, "Okay Smerek. Love you"

"Love you too Smarti."

Derek walked up to George, "Hey Dad?

"Yes?"

"Can I follow you back?"

George raised his eyebrows and Derek rolled his eyes, "I'm not exactly sure where we are…and I don't want to ask Casey about her stupid map."

George chuckled, "Of course you can."

Derek hopped into his car and carefully backed out of the driveway. He waited until George backed out as well then started to follow him.

Casey frowned, "Are you going to follow George home?"

Derek scoffed, "No."

"Then why are you following him?"

"Uhh maybe because he's in front of us?" Derek snipped.

"You could have gone before he backed out."

"Well I didn't. So drop it."

Casey waved her papers, "I have directions right here."

Derek grunted but didn't answer.

"Oh I see you'd rather follow your father home then take directions from a map"

Derek ripped the papers out of her hands and threw them behind him, "Casey will you drop it already?!"

"DEREK LOOK OUT!!"

Derek jerked his face forward and slammed on his breaks, "Shit!"

The car came to a screeching halt right behind George's car, which had stopped at a red light. Derek looked ahead and saw George glaring back at him through his side mirror.

"I'm gonna hear about this when we get home" Derek muttered.

"Well if you would just listen to me-"

"Casey." Derek looked over at her as they started moving forward "Shut up."

Casey grumbled but fell silently back into her seat. Her eyes fluttered shut and she soon fell asleep.

"Finally" Derek whispered then turned his attention to the road.

Casey woke up to the sound of rain of the windshield. She opened her eyes and saw Derek was still driving, "Are we almost there?" she whispered.

Derek glanced over and smirked, "Well well well, if it isn't sleeping...klutzilla. Have a nice nap? Hope it wasn't for beauty sleep…cause you might wanna keep trying."

Casey rolled her eyes and sat up straighter in her seat, "Real smooth Venturi. Are we almost there?"

Derek nodded, his eyes back on the road, "I'd say about another 20 minutes."

"Is that still Mom and George in front of us?"

"Yep"

"How long was I out?"

"Like I said, not long enough."

Casey opened her mouth to retort back, but instead she let out an ear piercing scream shattered the air around them. Derek swore again and slammed on his breaks, causing the car to slid all over the slick road before finally coming to a stop.

A huge black truck had run it's light and ran straight into the car in front of them. The car spun around a few times before hitting the sidewalk, and flipped up in the air. They watched in horror as it spun wildly around on its back before crashing into the side of a tree, the truck crushing the other side in.

Casey started to hyperventilate, "OhmyGodohmyGodohmyGod"

Derek gasped to breath as he scrambled for his cell phone. Once he had it he unbuckled himself and tossed the phone to Casey "Casey call 911."

Casey just sat shaking, her eyes wide. Derek leaned over and slapped her across the face, "CALL 911 NOW!"

Brought back to reality Casey burst into tears as she dialed and Derek took off running. As soon as he reached the car he dropped to his knees and tried to see inside, "Dad? Nora?"

It was dark out, but he could make out their forms, all were hanging by their seat belts. Except….

"Smarti?"

Derek ran around to the other side, "Marti can you hear me?"

Once he was sure she wasn't in there Derek jumped to his feet "SMARTI!!!!"

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