So, this is my newest Life With Derek story. It is based off of Beatles songs, or songs by the Beatles. (Yes, there is a difference. I mean, if George Harrison wrote and performed his own song, for example) It will consist of 48 chapters. Each chapter is the length of the song. For exaple for 'Hello, Goodbye' the song is 3:27 minutes long. So, there are 327 words. It will be that way for each chapter. Some are as short as 119 words while others reach about 400.

The title is subject to change. I'll take any suggestions I can get!

Lastly, I have a question for all of you:

Should the chapters be arranged:

- Chronologically (regardless of ship)

- As written (meaning, randomly, seeing as these were based of a CD)

-by Person/Ship, then chronologically (as in, Dasey, then Lizwin, then Shemily, then Genora)

Dedicated to: kkbeatlesfan who recently got an account and made the Beatles CD for me!

Hello, Goodbye 3:27

He professes to not like school, but the magnetism sections in his science classes always interested him. If two magnets were close enough, their two opposite magnetic poles would attract. He'd never put much stock into that old adage, but after his sophomore year, it was on his mind more. He had always wondered what Casey would have thought of that. After all, there was no one more opposite of him, than her.

There's another thing about magnets though. If two poles faced the same direction, they'd repel. Simple science, right?

Any time he thought he was the last bit attracted to her, his magnetic poles flipped, firmly countering her hold on him. But, it was getting harder all the time. They'd just graduated, and found out they were going to the same school. It was only a matter of time, before his father, or hers, or her mother, or his would suggest they share an apartment. Derek wasn't entirely opposed to that.

But, Casey had to go and flip her magnet.

"Brother."

"Step-brother."

"Same difference."

She chose to say the one thing that could repel him. That convinces Derek of one thing. Casey knows him better than anyone else.

And, if he has his way, she won't be able to 'flip' quick enough.

Sure, he may have…drifted… during their vacation. But, hello, didn't anyone notice that Roxy looked a lot like Casey? Or, that, after she told him about her opportunity to go to New York, he didn't talk to her for a week?

Obviously, she ends up going to Queens with him. Why? Because, he knows just what to say. After all, he knows Casey better than anybody else. He told her to go to New York. And she stayed, like he knew she would.

The thing about magnets is, once they're stuck, it's hard to get them apart. That's why he has hope. When she's ready to say goodbye, he'll be there, saying hello.

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