helloooo. :) so yeah this is my Life With Derek Fanfiction about Casey and Derek . i dont even know how i thought of doing a fanfiction for this show. it origally was going to be based arounf Lizzie and Edwin but i just love Casey and Dereks relationship so much more, because there is so much more you can do with it, its different, its heated, its complicated, its difficult, its hott, its dargerous and forbidden. i just felt there was so much more to do there. and i know this chapter is kinda like the starting point and cliched but just roll widhff it please. i swear it gets better. but anyway here is chapter one.

Chapter One: Finally Breaking

Normal. A word that is used so freely. Just like the word perfect. But things in life are never normal nor are they ever perfect. Especially for the McDonald-Venturi family. The loud dysfunctional family down the block that people are kinda scared to walk by because they might just get hit by a hockey puck or go deft from screaming. Not normal. The family that has six kids the two girls not blood related to their two brothers and their little sister. Not perfect or normal. The family that has secretive middle children who love to spy on others, the loner little child who doesn't have a companion, and the discombobulated whacked out love-hate relationship older children. No, no not normal. The family who's two older children are on two different spectrums. The proper, misguided McDonald girl and the care free, misjudged Venturi boy. Who's relationship is not normal. By far. They get into fights, which seems normal, but over things like taking all the girls clothes and hanging them to the tree in the backyard or painting the boy's beloved car pink with hearts. Un-normal pranks. But then have protective sibling instinct for each other, which again seems pretty normal, comfort one another and help them either let loose or crack down. But they both kick it into overdrive when something happens to the other, get a little too intense. As if their trying to show what their hiding. Defiantly not normal. But then again..what's to hide.? Right.? Because people are going to turn a blind eye and say 'their just a normal family, with perfectly normal problems.' when nothing is normal. Nothing at all.

The Venturi-McDonald household was quiet. An odd event that rarely happens. But this was only happening because half the family was out of the house. George and Nora had taken Marti out to the amusement park for the day and Casey was out with Emily. That left Lizzie and Edwin, who had stuck to each other like glue and Derek.

Derek Venturi. The guy that all the girls wanted to date. The guy that all the boys wanted to be. The guy that drives his oldest step-sister, Casey McDonald, insane. Derek sits on his personal recliner, watching hockey. One of the very few things Derek cares about. He tries to drown out the sounds of Kendra and Sam's bickering on the phone with the TV but it just seems like they keep getting louder and louder. He simply says a 'yes' and 'mhmp' every so often so they don't think he's totally oblivious. "God can't you two just shut up.." Derek mutters to himself. "can this get any worse?"

The front door whacks open, making Derek flinch a bit. The immediate sound of sob over takes all the commotion. The door slams shut just as loud as it opens, if not louder and Derek turns around to see Casey, eyes full of overflowing tears that trail down her cheeks. She drops her purse and quickly makes her way up the stairs to her room, not even making an effort to close her door.

Crying. The one thing that Derek Venturi could not handle. He rubbed his forehead fighting against himself to go see if Casey was alright. Without a goodbye he hangs up on the continuing arguing of the two, and heads up the stairs to her room. Casey's crying and whimpering made him nervous and a little bit nauseas. Derek doesn't do good with crying. Never did with any girlfriend, Sally, Kendra or Emily, or any other unimportant girlfriend, he just got overwhelmed at the sight and sound of crying. Derek leaned himself against her door pane and folded his arms. "Space case are you okay?" he grumbled just high enough for her to hear. The distraught brunette lifted herself from her pillow.

"Go away Derek." Casey sneered bitterly. The old tone confused him. She usually enjoyed and wanted comfort. But not now. She just wanted to be alone. She was alone now. She regretted going out with Emily today and all Casey wanted to do now was curl up in the corner of her room and cry herself to sleep. But on the other hand she wanted comfort, someone to understand what's going on. Lizzie is too little to understand, only in 10th grade and hasn't had a solid boyfriend she would be no help. And Derek is way too insensitive to understand even if he was her brother.. Step-brother. So what was he even doing there? Standing at her door asking her what's wrong. Sure, he helps her out when she needs it, but right now she just wanted to let things sink in. He pushed himself off the door pane and walked over to sit down next to her limp body that lay dreary on her bed.

"C'mon princess what's a 'matter?" Derek pushed.

"Go away Derek." she repeated into her pillow.

"Case, it can't be that bad." he pushed Casey's hair out of her face and tried to make her sit up. She mumbled the same statement again more serious and angered. "God Casey you gotta let go of it sometimes." that was the wrong choice of words to put out there for Casey's ears to hear. For they shot her blood pressure up, and anger skyrocketing past it's boiling point. She shot up from her depressed position as frustration and remembrance filled her.

Casey started to think about her outing today.

Emily pulled up to the mall with a jerky stop. Casey held onto the seat like a cat with claws. A bit frightened at her friends driving skills, wondering how she passed the test. They exit the car and wander the mall for a while. "So why aren't you with Max today?" Emily asked as they sat down at the food court. Casey looked at Emily strangely, her friends' expression was hard to read and the tone in her voice made Casey nervous.

"Uh. I don't know. He said he was busy and that his older brother was in town today." Casey explained. Emily tried to collect herself. She took in a large breath then exhaled.

"Well he sure looks busy. But I don't think with his brother." Casey gained a confused expression from Emily's words. What did she mean? Obviously Emily could tell Casey was puzzled and pointed a finger behind her. Cautiously, she turned around to see Max kissing a ultra-thin red head. Now Casey wasn't a stick. She had an hourglass shaped figure and was proportioned nicely but the image in front of her made her conscious. Only for a thousand and one deadly thoughts to pass though her mind and pushed the comparison comment out of her mind. Anger and confusion were the only two emotions rushing through Casey at the moment; she stood up at made her way over to the pair.

"Hi max." Casey said arms folded.

"hey." he smiled still looking at the red headed, then turned to see Casey. The smiled cashed and his eyes widened. "Uh. Casey what are you doing here."

"Could ask you the same question. I cannot believe you Max.! How could you!" max rolled his eyes, uninterested in Casey's words.

"Casey-"

"I mean max it makes no sense. I'm done." she said feeling like she had won the situation to her best advantage.

"okay." max replied flatly. Casey's eyes widened and mouth came to a small gape.

"That's it.? You're not gunna even fight for Me?" she said quietly like a vulnerable little bunny.

"Casey, listen I can't deal with you anymore. You're too high strung and it's like every second of the day you need me by your side. I'm sick of it. You and your constant needy attitude. You need to get a life." his words stung. Hit her like a ton of bricks. He didn't fight for her and thought she was a no life loser? Max gave a evil smirk and walked away with the red head hand in hand.

Then finally snapped in her head. "You wanna know so badly! Me and Emily went to the mall and saw Max hooking up with some girl! Okay! And when I went up to him he told me I was too high strung and need to get a life! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW DEREK!" Casey screamed with more anger and hate than anyone thought she could of contained. Derek was shocked at her outburst, but her words didn't process at first. But when they did the brotherly overprotection kicked in. But so did a sudden feeling of pain and rage flickered though his system. One of Derek's hands balled into a fist and the other pulled Casey into a hug as the defensive wall she put up fell and began to cry. He wondered why he felt this sudden overly overprotection over Casey.

Casey couldn't understand why Max would do that to her. It made her look stupid. Stupid that she got played by him. The comfort that Derek was giving her made her feel a bit better. Casey and Derek tried to ignore each other during school but at home he was the annoying step-brother that played pranks on her and brought her to parties that she rather not go to, and had some kind of protectiveness over her. For after all they did mean something to each other, even if they didn't say it all the time. She didn't even know why she was so sad. Maybe it was just the shell shock. When she thought about it having max in her life and having max out of her life really didn't make much change. Max didn't do anything worthwhile in their relationship to cry over either. He never played around with her teasingly, never took her to parties and made her have fun, he never asked her to help study or even ditch class, and he never ever said I love you. He didn't even fight for her back? But the idea of crying just helped her vent better than talking at the moment.

It was hard for Derek to process the thought of how you could hurt Casey. Even if she is a klutzilla. She does everything to please everyone all the time, and tries so hard to be this perfect girlfriend for max. But no matter how hard Casey tried he always thought her and max would never last. Their relationship made Derek cringe, all of her relationships did. And Derek had nothing against max, well now he does, but it just made him uneasy and irritated.

"Let's go for a drive." Derek rubbed Casey's back sympathetically. Trying to cheer her up a bit. She tried to restrain her crying but not enough to say an answer so she shook her head. "Yes princess we're going for a drive. Now get up or I'm going to carry you out the door." he threatened, having a famous Venturi smirk plastered to his face. Casey shook her head again. His smirk turned to a grin as he flipped her up into a bridal style carry. She shrieked at the sudden change in position, from hiding in comfort of Derek and her pillow to being carried fearfully.

"der-ek.!" Casey shrieked. He chuckled darkly.

"There's my Spacey Casey." the sentence sent slight flutters through Casey and just held onto him for dear life.

"If you drop me.. Oh god so help me." Casey threatened hollowly and vaguely. Derek gave another smirk, knowing that her threat meant nothing.

"Yeah cause your really frightening princess." he carried her down the stairs and out to the Prince, opening the door and dropping her into the passenger's seat. Casey sat in shock that he took her from her room against her will.. But wasn't mad. Derek rounded the front of the car, sliding on the hood then popped into the driver's side.

"Cause your cool." she snorted.

"of course I am, cause I'm" he popped his leather jacket collar "Derek Venturi." Casey scoffed out a laugh at her step-brothers self-conceded-ness. Derek started the car, backed out of the drive way quickly and zoomed down the street.

Casey held on for dear life. "der-ek!" she screamed as the wind hit her face. All he did was laugh as a response. He got his Casey back. "Where are we even going?" she asked closing her window as they stopped at a red light.

"A place." he said simply as if it wasn't obvious. "Where would you like to go?"

"Home." Casey grumbled.

"wrong answer." Derek chuckled hitting the gas. Casey couldn't yell 'der-ek' this time she couldn't even scream. The wind was knocked out of her from the extreme speed they were going at.

Derek's speed slowed down after a while as they pulled up to a lake. Derek parked the car and proceeds to get out. He looks over at Casey who just sits in the car nervously. "coming space case.?" he asked chuckling. She looked over to him.

"Shut up Derek." Casey groaned as she exited the car and came over next to Derek. He leaned up against the car and fell silent for a few minutes. Derek went to ask her what happened but Casey started off first wearily.

"I hate him." she grumbled. Derek pulled Casey in and rubbed her shoulder.

"It's okay Case. It 'appens." he shrugged. Derek realized what he was doing wasn't helping. "What happened?" he asked.

"Exactly what I said. Me and Em were at the mall. Max was there with this girl and I said it's over and he said okay." a light breeze came by and pushed the hair out of Casey's face, the tears starting to well in her little blue orbs. Derek might not be able to handle tears well but seeing Casey cry was the utter most worst.

"Whelp it looks like me and little Maxie are going to have a problem." Derek tried the cliché big brother thing at first but Casey's retain to her own memory stayed the same. "Listen Casey, I know that this sucks really badly right now. But max isn't worth these tears. It's like.." he thought out his words. "It's like showing that he won. And you can't let him win. But trust me on this one Princess, you are someone's princess." but of course Derek has to ruin the heart-felt advice he just gave by adding some Derek-ness in there. "Way, way out there when you're much, much older." Derek sounded more like a father than a brother when he said this. He gave a little smirk, hoping that shed laugh. She didn't.

It was quiet. Casey would never shut up and now he wanted her to start talking a lot. It made him nervous to see Casey so quiet. He wondered if she was really that broken.

"He didn't even fight for me." Casey's voice is quiet and cracking, she looked in the opposite direction. "it just.." she took a breath. "It made me feel like I'm not fighting for."

The adrenaline rushed inside Derek. He just wanted to.. Well.. Beat the shit out of max. His free hand crumpled into a tight fist again as Casey let out a light whimper. Derek pulled Casey in closer trying to soothe her tiny cries. Casey tried not to cry knowing Derek fears and hates tears. "You are defiantly worth fighting for." Derek said sternly into Casey's ear, rubbing her shoulder again. "You got that.? You are defiantly worth fight for."

Edwin and Lizzie sat together in the game closet. Fingers intertwined and Lizzie on Edwin's lap. "I don't want to go to school tomorrow." Lizzie groaned.

"Well tomorrow is Friday. Then we can hang out all weekend." Edwin gave a smirk. Not as perfect as Derek's, but pretty decent.

"But." Lizzie started "it's s whole seven hours where I can't do this." she pecked his lips. "Or this." she held up their clasped hands. "or this." she held him in a longer and more lustful kiss this time opposed to the peck.

Edwin was awe struck. A bubbly smile and a light in his eyes. "wanna ditch.?" he sputtered out. Lizzie giggles.

"Nah, I think I'll make you suffer." Lizzie gave a wink. "Now. I am going to make some pancakes. Care to join?" she stood up leaving the game closet with Edwin closely behind her.

so did anybody like it.? :D.? reveiw please negative or positive. oh and does anybody know what channel Life With Derek plays on, i know it used to play on Disney but i dont even think it plays at like 3 am anymore. comment. :3

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