Okayy so here's my newest story :) I hope you enjoy reading it!
[When he first met her, he never expected to fall in love. He never thought his entire being would rely, completely and totally on her. And he most definitely never thought he would be the one who needed her more than life itself.]
He kept a thick shell around his heart, not letting anyone in, and keeping his emotions buried in the smallest corner of his heart. His mother was the first to truly touch his heart, only to crush it several years later. His mother was never there for him and his siblings. He blamed her for all his problems, simply because it was the easiest way around his cold lump of a heart. He made her the boy with the unfixable heart.
She was nothing short of a complete mess. Growing up, her father had an affair with a women she never wanted to meet but always feared she already had. It wasn't long until her mother found out. He left them, all of them. She felt as thought it was her parents fault for never being able to commit to a relationship, something was always wrong with them. They made her the girl with the relationship issues.
He remembered the day they first met. Their parents set the meeting up in Grand Park. He struck her as the most beautiful creature he'd seen. Her long tan legs were hardly covered by the rather short white dress she wore that day. Her waves of brown hair cascaded down her back ending just above her tiny backside. The sun luminated her face, she looked like an angel. Her sky blue eyes shone brightly. She had a slight smirk on her face, "You must be Derek." She said turning the corners of her mouth into a fake smile. "Save the manners for the 'rents." Her eyes scrunched into a scowl, looking into his eyes. "I knew it! Is your father as impolite as you?" He crossed his arms, "Leave him out of this." he said bitterly.
Once she met him, she was appalled. His dashing looks couldn't mask his attitude. He was rude. and arrogant. Those were the two things she hated most in people. "Well, I would love to say it was nice meeting you, but it wasn't. Bye!" She said spinning around. "Casey, right?" He said. She rolled her eyes, "Aren't I supposed to be leaving?" He chuckled, "Face it, No woman can turn away from me." She scoffed at him, "You just wish Venturi." She said successfully turning around and walking away.
2 years later.
"De-rek!" He loved how she broke his name, it made him feel completed. "I didn't do it!" He yelled. As expected she opened his door and flounced in. Her eyes burned with fury, "I haven't even told you what you did yet." He layed on his bed barely glancing at her, "Knock much?" He said sarcastically ignoring her. "Derek! You destroyed my science essay!" He sat up in defence, "Hey, I didn't ruin it, I made it better!" Her eyebrows furred together, "Erasing my entire essay is not making it better!" He rolled his eyes, "Oh come on Space Case, I was doing you a favor! No one wants to read that crap." She through her arms in the air, "Damn it!" She cursed slamming the door as she walked out.
A few hours later he decided to get something to eat. He ran down the stairs and into the kitchen. She was sitting on a stool scribbling fiercely in an old notebook. "What are you doing?" He said curiously. "None of your business. Now go away." She spoke in a low, almost whisper. "It's a free country princess." She ground her teeth, "I am not a princess!" He laughed walking over to the cupboard.
He opened it slowly hoping to find his potato chips. Instead an entire bucket of water came flying out, drenching him. He could hear her laughter, he looked back to see Casey literally rolling on the floor laughing. "Derek." She said breathlessly, "Oh my God. Your too easy!" He spun around, "Excuse me! I am not an easy target." She struggled to get up holding her stomach. She walked up to him, leaning dangerously close to him. "Derek, just admit it. Your loosing your skills. Nothing to be worried about. I mean everybody else is going to enjoy it." She whispered into his ear. "Never." He whispered back. He placed his hand on her sides, she let out a quick gasp. "Derek." She said firmly. "I have to go." He released his grip. She grabbed her coat, and flounced out the door.
His eyes rested on the forgotten note book, laying on the counter. He picked up the book, it read several I hate him's all over the page. His eyes glanced over the page, his heart sunk low. Written, than scratched out were the words, I love him. His throat became suddenly dry. This, wasn't definitely not for him. He knew it. It just couldn't be that her of all people could ever love the boy with the unfixable heart.
As she walked, further and further from the house she realized she'd left her notebook on the counter. Her heart dropped, "Crap." She whined, she could almost see him reading the damned thing. She turned around and half ran to her house. As she opened the door and rounded past the stairs she saw him. He was sitting on the exact same stool, eye's glued to the notebook she was just writing in. He looked up at her, "Who's this for?" He said. Her mind scrambled for the nearest thought, "Max... He and I, got in a fight!" His face sank, "Oh, I see." He flopped the notebook down on the counter causing a loud smacking sound. He got up from his seat and scrambled up the stairs.
'Of course she couldn't love me.' His mind scoffed at his thoughts, 'C'mon man, you don't even like her, why do you care?' He slammed his door shut and crumbled onto his bed. He raised his hands ran them through his thick locks. The words on the page were burned into his skin. He could see her perfect hand writing scrawled all over his body. His mind began to spin, he got up and ran to the mirror. He peeled open his shirt examining the same writing. His eyes drew attention to the words placed specifically on his heart. He could almost hear her words, 'I love you.' She whispered. "Stop it!" He said firmly. 'Derek, do you honestly think I could ever love you?' He grabbed at his hair curling over, "Stop it!" He screamed collapsing onto the ground.
The minute she heard him scream she was at his side. "Derek! Derek! What's wrong?" He lay on the floor of his bedroom screaming in pain. "Mom! George! Someone please!" She shrieked in horror. Lizzie and Edwin came to see what was going on, "Go get mom!" She said. Their faces were blank, "Now!" She yelled. They obediently ran to their parents room. Tears streamed down her face as they hauled him out on a stretcher. She didn't know what was wrong with him, she feared no one would either.
Several hours later the doctors came and told them he was suffering from schizophrenia. She couldn't comprehend what the doctor was saying. "He's experiencing delusional thoughts. He believes someone is taking to him, he is continuously scratching at his skin. He told us he needed to burn the words away. We had to wrap up his hands to stop him from scratching. We are still trying to decipher what is going on. He wanted to see a Casey?" His words shocked her, "Me?" She finally spoke. "Are you Casey then?" She nodded, "Alright follow me." She looked back at her families pained faces, as the doctor lead her.
Her stomached churned when she saw him. He was curled in a bawl facing away from her. His arms reached every inch of his skin trying to claw at it unsuccessfully, the bandages served its purpose. "Derek." She whispered. He didn't respond. She moved closer to him reaching her hand to him, "Don't touch me." He said bitterly. "Derek." She whispered again. "What are you doing here." He snapped. Tears gathered in her eyes, "They said-" He sat up violently in his bed, "They lied." She nodded her head at him, "O.K, I'll... I'll leave." She said voice breaking, tears now running feverishly down her face. "Casey." He said, tears cascaded down his face as well. "Please don't leave me." He said in a broken tone. She ran to him wrapping her arms around him. "Derek, I'm so sorry." She held his face in her hands looking into his eyes, "You need to get better. Please, just get better." He pushed her away violently, "There's nothing wrong with me!" He screamed. "Get out! Get out! Now!" He screeched at her.
She ran into the dimly lit hallway. She collapsed into a pile on the ground. She grabbed at the pieces of her heart trying to make it stop hurting. Her tears rolled down her face and soaked her shirt. She cried his name over, and over. She didn't understand what was happening. Why this was happening to him. A few minutes later she collected herself and walked to the rest of the family. "Mom." She said trying to keep a calm tone, "I-I'm gunna go home. Alright?" Nora nodded her head and grabbed Casey into a hug, Casey whispered into her ear, "You can't let the kids in there, Not yet." Nora agreed and let her go. Casey stumbled her way out the door.
Once she was home she sat infront of her computer staring blankly at the screen. She needed to know more about what was happening. Her eyes scanned through the pages, the words danced around the page. Schizophrenia are characterized by delusions, hallucinations, and disturbances in thinking. Although it is a serious mental illnesses, schizophrenia is treatable and most people do go on to live lives of recovery.
She felt a wave of comfort when she read those last few words. He could be her Derek again. She continued researching through out the night, hoping to find out more. She found a few interesting pages, there were clips of patients before and after treatment. Needles to say they terrified her to no belief, but still comforted her in some twisted way. Because now she knew, that he might just be o.k.
Alright, well I was looking around the 'Dasey Community' and saw that there really wasn't any stories about mental illnesses... and if someone knows about one let me know! A few of my friends actually have Schizophrenia and they still lead normal lives, so don't worry! Alsoo if you want to find out more go ahead and go to google and search it up. The underline means that I got it from another webpage. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed reading this first chapter, R&R, flames and constuctive cristism welcome :)
A/N I do not own LWD, or any information that will be posted in further chapters.