Author's Note: Hello there! I know, its crazy that I am contributing this much! haha I don't know why, I just have a lot more time on my hands lately. & I have been feeling EXTRA Dasey-ish. lol if humanly possible. haha. I was mentioned in When0Derek0Met0Casey's goodbye video on youtube as an under-rated, amazing vidder. haha It made me BEYOND happy. :] In case you didn't know, I'm kthxilyxxx on youtube ALSO. Other than that... this idea kind of came to me while reading Jannika's review [dasey_snark on Livejournal!] of "Take your step-kid to work day". Someone had said that Casey and Derek basically can't go a day without talking to each other, and it dawned on me that its COMPLETELY TRUE. haha Anyways. This is a result of a plot bunny I guess. Enjoy! ONE SHOT!!!!! So don't put it on your story alert, because there won't be more! haha
We Can Do This...
Living Without Derek?
(No, thank you!)
A life with Derek fan fiction
I DON'T OWN LIFE WITH DEREK, unfortunately. :(
Derek could hear her through the wall connecting their rooms. She had been crying for a good twenty minutes now. Of course it wasn't a full-on crying fit, but more like multiple sets of soft sobs.(Yay for alliteration!) He really wished she would give it a rest already. He really needed some sleep and her noise was disturbing him.(Yeah, like the noise was the only reason...)
After another ten minutes of listening to Casey trying to suppress her whimpering, he decided that he'd had enough. He flung the covers off of himself and stomped out of his room angrily before opening the door to her room and walking inside.
"Casey! I'm trying to sleep and its pretty hard to do when I can hear you crying in here!" He scolded her and she wiped the tears from her face to give him a fake-apologetic look.
"Oh, I'm sorry." She started sarcastically, "But in case you haven't noticed, tomorrow is our last day together for quite a while!" She said and immediately realized she had made a mistake. His eyebrows rose and she quickly continued, "I mean the family! We're off to university and who knows what's going to happen then!" She looked away in discomfort.
"Casey, you're going to come back for the holidays and you can see them then!" He reasoned. She knew he'd have an answer to that and realized she'd probably have to come clean.
Not wanting to reveal anything to Derek, she sighed loudly. She tried to just get him to leave by laying down in her bed, under the covers. "You're right, Derek. Just go back to bed. I'm just being emotional." She said, turning to face away from him. "Just do me a favor and turn off the light on your way out." She said, voice shaking. She held back the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes.
"I'm not leaving until you tell me the real reason you are crying." He said, taking it upon himself to sit on her computer chair. It was one of the only things in her room that wasn't covered by a box.
"I already told you." She replied, biting her lip to stop it from quivering.
"And I'm not buying, Case. You aren't the best liar." He smirked. She rolled her eyes and sat back up on her bed, inching towards the foot of it to get closer to Derek.
Once her eyes hit his face she couldn't hold back the tears any longer. No whimpers or sobs escaped her, just tears streaming down her almost emotionless face. He cringed at the sight of her tears and thought about bolting out of the room at that moment, but he couldn't bring himself to move.
"Fine." She spoke, trying to wipe the tears away, "You want to know why I'm so upset?" She didn't wait for his obvious answer, "I'll tell you. But I'm going to warn you. You are going to freak out and run back into your room for sure. You still want to know?" She explained before looking away from him. She was almost certain that he would just get up and leave right then but was rudely awoken as he answered.
"Yes." He replied simply. She looked back up to his eyes before taking a deep breath. Now or never, I guess... she thought.
"Alright... The reason I have been crying... is because after tomorrow, we'll be in separate universities and I won't have to wake up and wonder what prank you'll pull on me that day; or- or- I won't be able to see that stupid smirk that you parade around with on your face when you know that you are getting what you want. Derek, after living with you these past three years, I've gotten used to you. Do you even realize that we practically can't go a whole day with out at least thinking of each other?" She explained, not even letting herself be embarrassed.
Derek couldn't believe what he was hearing. Did she seriously just say that she was going to miss me? He thought. She just continued, realizing that she should just get everything out in the open.
"And I don't mean, 'oh my dear older brother, I shall miss thee!'" She started again, as she acted the last part out as if she were in a play from Shakespearean times. "Don't get me wrong, I will miss you but.. we were never family; never will be." She started. He just sat there, trying to process just exactly what was going on.
"Derek, I know this is going to sound crazy but I honestly don't think I can go a day without at least hearing your voice... in case you haven't gotten this by now, which is quite possible, knowing you... I love you. Now if you don't mind, you can just get the disgust you are feeling right now out of the way so we can just go on with our lives." She finished, fumbling with her hands.
"No." Was all he said to everything she just admitted.
"No? What do you mean, 'no'?" She asked. He didn't respond. (at least not with words) Instead he rolled the chair closer to the bed and grabbed the back of her neck, bringing her close enough to take her lips with his for a kiss that explained to her that she wasn't alone. This kiss let her know that he felt the same way about her as she did about him. It wasn't very long, but it definitely didn't lack passion.
Afterward, they looked at each other and for the first time that night, Casey was speechless. She probably could have ranted forever about how much she loved Derek and every little thing that he does that makes her happy. Now, however, all thoughts left her as she just stared into his eyes.
"Casey. I'm anything but disgusted." He admitted.
"Uh huh..." was all she could come up with at the moment.
"There you go, using those big words." He laughed. She blushed, smiling sheepishly.
"Right... well I'm just a little... surprised is all." Finally words were forming.
"Really Case? Really. You're surprised to find out that I feel the same way?" He sounded as if someone just told him that he wasn't good looking. (Because even though he finally admitted his feelings for Casey doesn't mean he isn't conceited any more.)
"Well, I could feel it... and its one thing to have a hunch; but its a whole 'nother thing to find out that your hunch was right." She admitted, and he gave that 'Derek Venturi' smirk.
"I'm just sorry that you were right." He said and her brows furrowed in confusion which made him stutter, "I- I mean that we really can't go a whole day without thinking about each other. You're right... I mean, after being with each other all of this time in such close quarters, we don't have much room for compromise. How are we going to get through all of college when we can't go one day without each other?" He wondered out loud.
"I don't know." She said, frowning.
"Well I'm not letting you get away from me that easily." He said taking her hand in his own.
"What do you propose we do?" She asked.
"We won't be that far away from each other. Maybe an hour or two maximum... I'll just come see you every weekend. Not to mention we could talk to each other every night on the phone." He suggested.
"You'd really do that?" She hoped.
"For you? Of course. Case, I know I act like a jerk, but you have to realize that its just how we are. That's why we work so well together, we get under each others skin, and I love it." He replied.
"I wouldn't trade it for the world, Venturi." She smiled and he brought her hand up to his lips and kissed it, all the while looking into her eyes.
"So its settled then. Every weekend, I road trip to your dorm and we hang out, go out, whatever we feel like?" He offered.
"Sounds... perfect." She smiled before noticing that his face became more serious.
"I love you, Casey... and you know that I'm not big on talking about my feelings, so it must be true." He smiled.
"I love you too, Derek." She answered him, wrapping her arms around his neck. He responded by holding her closer, by her waist.
"We can do this." He said and this time... her tears were strictly happy ones as they silently traveled down her cheek.
"I know." She whispered into his neck, and they stayed in each others arms until Casey fell asleep. Derek lay her down on her bed and tucked her in before getting up to retreat to his own room.
"Goodnight, Case." He whispered as he turned off her lights.
Author's note!: Alllllllrighty then! Ace Ventura Pet Detective! haha Wow, that was random! Anyways. I hope you enjoyed it. I think maybe I might make a sequal of sorts that explains how things go as they get to college and whatnot. Let me know what you think.