Well here it goes a first try at LWD so they might be OOC but I tried so that should count for something. Some people were saying it was hard to read so I spaced it out so now it seems really long.
DEREK! The scream of a very angry Casey could be heard throughout the entire McDonald-Venturi household and most likely half the neighborhood.
"What?" was the bored reply from a seemingly unfazed Derek.
Casey scoffed "What do mean 'What' you just stole the remote from me and I was watching that show!" said Casey with a death glare.
Derek was aimlessly flipping through channels from the recliner "I didn't Steal it from you it was in the middle of the couch which is open territory." he stated matter-of-factly.
"Why do you have to be so immature!" she screamed as she threw a couch pillow at him and stomped up the stairs.
Derek gave a triumphant sigh as he settled on a channel.
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In the kitchen sat the rest of the family members that were still eating the lunch that two oldest of the children had been excused from due to a previous argument. George and Nora exchanged glances, today was one of the rare occasions that they both got the entire Saturday off. They looked at the other three children that sat at the table and they appeared as if there weren't at all disturbed by two fights by their older siblings in the past twenty minutes.
Nora sighed "So is everyone used to this?" she asked the three looked at her.
"Used to what?" asked Marti who was obviously having another 'Purple Day' by the looks of the feathery purple boa, clip on earrings, costume jewelry and smeared purple play make-up.
"Never mind that answers the question Marti." George replied as he stood up and started to clear the plates.
"Well Casey and Derek Fight all the time." stated Lizzie as she crumpled her napkin.
"Yeah, it wouldn't be normal if Casey and Derek didn't fight like fifty times a day." continued Edwin as he walked out of the kitchen and was soon followed by Lizzie and then Marti.
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Dinner came by slowly that Saturday. In the few short hours between lunch and dinner Casey and Derek had argued over what to watch on television, how long it should and shouldn't take for Casey to apply make-up, who stole which Cds, if Casey was wearing her own socks (Derek said they were his),and who drank the last of the soda which Derek generously spat back into the bottle causing yet another argument. The family of seven sat at the dinner table that soon filled with the excited chatter of school news, soccer highlights, and what Marti found under Derek's bed. Nora soon noticed that two oldest were for the first time in hours not arguing let alone speaking.
"What happened now?" said Nora causing silence to the rest of the family.
Casey and Derek were both silently glaring at their plates when Casey finally spoke "So George do you want to know what your son did yesterday?" she was looking directly at Derek who was glaring daggers at her. Casey made eye contact with both her mother and George.
"He ruined my new shirt with spaghetti sauce in front of the entire cafeteria!" said Casey getting frustrated just thinking about it.
"What!" said George his voice slightly rising from a mixture of anger and disbelief.
"What!" said Derek taking on the same tone as his father while staring at Casey.
"You tripped! But that's not anything new is it Klutzilla?" Derek said teasingly while massacring his chicken.
Casey's jaw dropped "Yeah on your foot!" she said as she dropped her fork to her plate.
"See was that so hard to admit?" Derek said calmly
"I can't believe you! You know you swung your foot out in the isle so you could trip me!" She said pushing her chair out and standing up
"I don't know anything." he said without thinking while Casey, Lizzie and Edwin started to laugh.
"That's not what I meant!" he said now rising out of the chair himself.
"Are you sure because you don't know anything" she stated matter-of-factly as she mimicked one of his smirks
"What!" now he was mad but before he could retaliate, she had already said she was going to go and take a shower.
"Wait! Wait! I was going to take a shower!" he said about ready to start another argument.
"Enough!" shouted George and everyone became quite once again.
"Derek sit down and eat or go upstairs, Casey will use the shower first." he stated, clearly fed up with all the arguing.
"Thanks George" said Casey as she went up the stairs.
Derek sat down at the table angry and confused. 'She just won an argument with me how did that happen?' He thought. His thoughts were interrupted when he noticed Lizzie and Edwin staring at him "I'm going to bed" he grumbled and he stormed up the stairs.
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Later that night George and Nora sat in their bed. George reading the newspaper while Nora tried to read the new Novel she picked up at the bookstore earlier that day. It was useless she couldn't concentrate on the words she kept thinking about how many arguments there were today and then realizing that the arguments were getting worse as the days went by.
"George, what are we going to do about Casey and Derek?" she asked sounding exhausted from listening to the constant bickering.
George folded up the newspaper and rubbed his temples "I don't know maybe they will work it out themselves. " he sighed.
"Our families have been living together for five months and they still don't get along if anything they get worse as time goes by." she said while placing the book on her lap.
"Well they are close in age just like Lizzie and Edwin so they will probably start to get along soon." he said placing his hand in his wife's to comfort her.
"George, Lizzie and Edwin are still children and Casey and Derek are teenagers and their both sophomores in high school." she emphasized. "What are we going to do they fight more then an old married couple." she forced a laugh but George could see she was obviously worried.
"Wait, what did you say?" he said with an expression that looked like he was hit by a ton of bricks.
Their widened eyes shared a glance at each other but both landed on the book in Nora's lap. It was a romance novel.
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It was only nine o'clock on a Saturday night Marti was sleeping, Edwin was teaching Lizzie how to play Babe Raider, Casey was studying, and what was most shocking Derek didn't have a date but was instead on the computer in his room. Nora and George had talked it over for an hour and decided to take the 'Frontal Assault' version of how to talk with the two teenagers in the house, they were just gonna lay it all on the front line. They called for the two to come down to the kitchen table.
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Casey came down in her pink pajama pants and spaghetti strap t-shirt with her hair pulled back and Derek was wearing an old hockey jersey with plaid pajama pants looking as if he just woke up even though he never went to sleep. The four sat in silence for a few minutes.
"Well as interesting as this is I have more music to download ." said Derek as he stretched and started to stand.
"Sit down Derek." George said rather seriously
"Ok…" said Derek as he sat down once again this time questioning his dads serious tone.
"Um…so Mom, George what did you want to talk about?" asked Casey who had also taken note of the serious look on her moms face.
"Well Casey, George and I have been talking" she stopped and looked at George.
"And?" questioned Derek who was getting aggravated about how he was called down here and nothing was being said.
"And we were talking about the two of you." said George as he placed his hands on the table.
"Oh" Casey and Derek replied in unison both staring down at the table.
"And about your relationship" said Nora staring at Casey who sat across the table.
"HUH!" they both bolted upright and stared in bewilderment at their parents.
"We get that you to both used to be oldest of your siblings and were used to being in charge and now that you have become a part of a bigger family that you both probably feel that lines and limits have been crossed." said George who hadn't finished but was interrupted by both Casey and Derek.
"Exactly" Casey half shouted anxiously.
Derek relaxed against his chair "Dad, you read my mind" he said as the signs of nervousness left his face.
"But he wasn't finished yet" Nora said almost in a teasing matter, the kind when your parents know something you don't.
"Ok so can you two move this along so we can get back to our lives, or at least those of us who have them?" Derek said in annoyance while Casey just rolled her eyes at his snide comment.
"Well we realized that you both are teenagers…" George trailed off finding the conversation harder then planed.
"Really" said Derek in distain. George gave a warning glare to his son and to in a deep breath.
"What we are trying to say is that you are fifteen and sixteen years old and, that you probably don't consider each other siblings" he said and was once again interrupted.
"You've got that right" both said under their breath but were still completely audible, Casey scoffed.
Nora picked up the conversation "Look, you both are healthy growing teenagers with a lot of confused emotions running through your bodies." Derek's eyes almost popped out of their sockets as he choked on air, Casey's face flushed she knew where this conversation was going.
"Mom, Mom we already had this conversation no need to go through it again, please, please." her words were pleading and full of desperation.
"Yeah dad do we really need to go into this? I mean that's what health class is for." Derek's words were laced with anxiety as he silently begged for a natural disaster to hit the house.
"Well son health class doesn't go over how to handle yourself and hormones when you're living with someone of the opposite gender who you don't consider as a relative. Derek's jaw dropped and looked over at Casey whose mouth was also agape and staring at him they both quickly turned from the others gaze hoping they wouldn't give their parents any more ideas.
"Well let's start with hormones…" said Nora as she started on her long lecture.
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Thirty minutes later the living nightmare was over. Nora and George said they were finished and Casey and Derek both stood up and silently walked out the kitchen. They desperately tried to avoid the others direct gaze as they made they way over to the stairs in silence and once the stairs were in sight they both dashed trying to get to their rooms as quickly as humanly possible. They both reached the banister as their hands grazed each other momentarily before Derek pulled back and let Casey run up the stairs first.
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Derek's Room
'I can't believe that they actually think that we might want more then just a "family" relationship' thought Derek as he walked over to his stereo and pressed the power button.
'What were they thinking? Me and Casey don't even get along! And they have the nerve to tell us that it's sexual tension…aghh and then to go as far and give us the group version of The Talk.' he groaned and threw the mess that was on his bed to the floor.
"There is no way that I like Casey" He told himself out loud in a less then convincing tone. He sat on the edge of his bed with his head in his hands and elbows holding him up while they rested on his knees.
'This isn't happening don't let what Nora and Dad said get to you!' he mentally scolded himself for thinking of Casey as almost attractive for a split second.
'I don't think of her like that!' he told himself. Derek lay in his bed as he tried to think of why his father and Nora would suggest that he thought Casey was 'hot' as they put it.
He could probably never hear that word again without thinking about this more then awkward conversation. Sure they pointed out some reasons like with Sam; Derek rolled his eyes subconsciously at the mention of his friend. Casey and Sam had dated a little more then a month before Casey finally broke it off. He didn't know why exactly just that Casey had told Sam it wasn't working out. Although he could have told her that it wouldn't, he hadn't wanted her to date Sam in the first place. Of course he said it was the male code but Nora and George took it as jealousy. He wasn't jealous. He just didn't want Sam telling him how perfect she was or her being all giddy whenever she talked about him or wanting to spend every moment with Sam. That wasn't jealousy right? No of course it wasn't he couldn't be jealous of Sam.
There was also Vicky or rather Victoria and the fact that there was an obvious resemblance between her and Casey. Victoria was a completely different person then Casey she was rude, cold and some what uncaring, leaving Derek to ponder further into why he kissed 'icky Vicky'. He wasn't trying to make Casey jealous or compensate for the fact that he couldn't have Casey, like his dad thought. He had not been out on a date in while was the reason Nora brought up. He had answered lamely by saying he just wasn't interested in anybody. That was a shock to the three sitting at the table, Derek not interested in anybody they all gave him a 'yeah right' look.
Lastly was the fighting apparently it was the only way to let out the built up tension. Derek turned over onto his stomach as he continued to think everything over. Sure he got a rise out of making Casey mad, see how many buttons he could push before she got angry enough to smack him or throw something at him. Truth was he liked it when she would get all red in the face and yell his name for everyone to hear or place her hands on his chest to push him away.
'Wait, what? That doesn't mean anything …
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Casey's room
Casey ran to her room as fast as she could shutting and locking the door behind her, she didn't want her mother to come in asking if she had any questions. She could hear Derek turn on his music as she grabbed her headphones off of her dresser. She slipped them on over her ears and tried to listen but it was no use she couldn't focus.
'How could she do this to me! That was the most mortifying situation I've been through in my entire life!' she thought bitterly as she lay on her bed.
'And that's saying a lot considering my nickname is Klutzilla!' she slammed her head into her pillow in frustration.
'Klutzilla! How could Derek be so insensitive and give me nickname like that!' Casey's face contorted to a look of disgust at the mere thought of Derek. Casey inwardly groaned.
'How could Mom think me and Derek like each other like that, if at all?' Casey sat up and pulled the hair tie out and then laid back down.
'Derek, he actually looked embarrassed! Come to think of it I don't think I have ever seen him embarrassed for the entire five months I've known him… Not that I blame him though.' Casey got up from her bed and started to pacing feverishly around her room.
"It's possible that you and Derek are attracted to each other." that sentence ran through her mind like a broken record that just kept repeating itself. How could her mom say that as if it was nothing? As if it was part of the family dinner conversations or everyday chit-chat.
'I am not attracted to Derek Venturi. The Derek Venturi that made my life miserable for the past five months.' she was still pacing anxiously as she tried to forget her mother's opinion.
Her mother and George had given their reasons as to why they thought she was attracted to Derek just as they had for Derek. The first reason was the same for the both of them…Sam.
'Why must everything lead back to Sam?' She questioned herself.
They said that she probably did like Sam but also wanted to go out with him to make Derek jealous like he did with her. Sam was a nice guy and he was cute but they really had nothing in common. She realized that soon after their one month anniversary when she thought about how Sam hadn't really cared that they had been dating for a month or that she hadn't really cared that he broke up with her briefly on their anniversary. She figured that if there was supposed to be a spark between them then it should have mattered, so she called it off.
As for the second reason of Casey being jealous of all of Derek's dates she literally laughed at that now, her jealous of Derek's floozies and bimbos, yeah right more like disgusted. She calmed down a bit and stopped pacing.
'Sexual tension' she laughed half heartedly at the idea.
They were wrong her and Derek don't argue because of built sexual tension! They fight because he gets on her nerves he loves to push her buttons and she knows it but she can't help it, he annoys her. He's like that kid in first grade that loved to tease her, he would pull her hair, say mean things about her, push her around and she would do the same to him. Of course the only reason she put up with that kid was because she secretly had the biggest crush on him.
Casey gasped 'I did not just think that! I don't like Derek like that…
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'….Right?' Both teenagers sat in their rooms unknowing that they simultaneously shared the same question.
Well that was my first LWD fan fiction so no flames please but constructive criticism is wanted so please let me know what you think or if i screwed up with the grammar or something like that and I think these are my own thoughts but I read so much it's kinda hard to tell so let me know . Thanks please R&R I hope its easier to read.
