Okay guys, this is my first fanfic ever, so be nice! Hahah. So, I know that this first chapter isn't the best, but I promise that it gets better. So review! Constructive criticism is appreciated (:
Under the Mask
Chapter 1: Bathroom Antics
"Jerk," Casey muttered under her breath as she pounded on the bathroom door furiously. Derek was hogging the shower—again—and she was already behind schedule. Casey usually woke up at six and was able to use the bathroom before her evil stepbrother, but she hit the snooze button nine times and ended up waking forty-five minutes later. Not a good way to start a Monday. "Derek, get out! I'm gonna be late for that chemistry test!"
Twenty minutes later, the door opened and Casey almost fell inside. She looked up to see none other than Derek smirking down at her. Casey faintly heard, "All yours, sis," as she forced her way inside. "Finally," she muttered, as she hopped into the shower and let the cool water trickle down her face. Of course, Derek had taken all the hot water. It didn't matter, because all Casey wanted to do was get a little peace and quiet. The shower seemed like the only place to do this, since Derek seemed to make sure that he went everywhere that she did. Casey rolled her eyes thinking about her annoying stepbrother's actions, and then proceeded to wash her hair.
Derek was not a morning person. At all. After he emerged from the bathroom, making sure to take extra time doing his hair to annoy Casey, he stumbled down the stairs and into the kitchen. There sat his brother Edwin, and his other stepsister, Lizzie, eating breakfast and quietly conversing with each other. Derek frowned as he noticed Ed and Lizzie stop talking as soon as he walked in the room. "Whatcha talking about?" He asked, glaring at the two. "Nothing!" was the reply, and they continued to eat their cereal. Derek usually made it his business to know exactly what was going on in his house, but he didn't push the matter. Edwin and Lizzie had grown close, and Derek figured that they were just talking about something from school. If it was anything else, Derek decided that he really didn't want to know. He grabbed his cereal from the cupboard, and then heard something from above. "Was that the water just turning on?" he asked the twosome. "Probably. I think Casey's in the shower," replied Lizzie, and thought nothing of it. Neither Lizzie nor Edwin noticed the gleam in Derek's eye, the same gleam that appeared whenever he thought of an awesome prank. Derek ran down the stairs just as George and Nora were coming up. Nora asked Edwin what was going on, to which he calmly replied, "Teenagers." A few seconds later, Derek dashed up the stairs and waited.
"DEREK!"
George and Nora sighed before going to dress Marti. Their two oldest children were known for teasing each other, Derek more often than Casey. Derek began to laugh, and Edwin stated, "Dude, she sounds really mad." Lizzie agreed, and then sighed, "What did you do this time?" Derek didn't have to answer. Casey came running down the stairs, shampoo still in her hair, and a towel wrapped around her body. Derek nearly doubled over with laughter at this sight, and Casey simply glared at him. "Derek, I do not have time for this! You know that we have that test today and I need to get to school early to study with Emily! Go turn the water back on. Now."
"Or what?" he replied, a devilish look in his eye.
With that, she simply pulled some of the sudsy shampoo from her hair and flicked it in his face. Casey smiled as Derek stood there, astonished. Casey hardly ever did anything back to him. She usually just glared and ran off in a huff. He said, "You are going to pay," and walked down the stairs to the basement. As he left, Casey held the same look of astonishment that Derek held a few seconds ago. The only reason Derek would go downstairs was to turn the water back on. Or turn something else off, but Casey hoped that it was the first reason. Since when did Derek listen to her? Seeing her younger siblings staring at her, she quickly closed her mouth and ran up to the bathroom. Edwin and Lizzie looked at each other and shrugged.
Teenagers.