Title: Casey's Code of Chivalry
Rated T
Summary: After Sally breaks up with Derek Casey offers to help him win her back. The catch? If she can turn Derek into Sally's knight in shining armor Derek has to wait on her hand and foot until she tells him otherwise. Will chaos ensue? Probably. .:Dasey:.
A/N: Hello and welcome to my newest Life with Derek fanfic. This idea first hit me when I was cleaning out my closet. I stumbled across my old English notes when my class was going over Chaucer and out of no where this plot bunny attacked. Those bunnies can be sneaky. Be warned that I'm not always the fastest updater around but I do plan on finishing this. Thus said, I hope you enjoy!
Prologue
"It was so random! One minute everything was fine but the next thing I know she's complaining about something that comes out of no where and then she breaks up with me!" Derek Venturi exclaimed with confusion in his voice. He propped himself up on the bed so he could face his step-sister. Casey McDonald appeared to be listening intently to Derek's rant from the comfort of her desk chair but then blinked.
"When and why did I let you in my room again?" She asked, bewildered.
Derek frowned at her. "Come on, Space Case." He whined. "I'm in a dilemma here!"
"I don't see how." Casey scoffed, averting half her attention from Derek so that she could continue writing in her diary. "You don't make yourself upset over other relationships. Why should this one be any different? Unless…" Casey almost dropped her pen as it hit her; her blue eyes grew round with amusement.
"Unless what?"
"Unless you've fallen in love with her!" Casey exclaimed.
It took a moment for Casey's words to sink in. "Hold on a second." Derek stuttered, sitting fully up on Casey's bed. "I am not in love with Sally."
"Of course you are. You're just in denial right now." Casey beamed as Derek twitched, the way he often did when he knew she was right and he was wrong.
"It doesn't matter anyway." Derek said finally in a flat voice. "Sally won't even answer my phone calls or speak to me at work."
"What did you do to make her that mad?"
"Well, she said something about how I wasn't romantic and that I was becoming an insensitive jerk."
"Der-ek!"
"Hey, in my defense she's at fault somehow in this mess too." Derek protested.
Casey raised an eyebrow. "Really? How?"
"I don't know, I'm just trying to make myself feel better." Derek groaned, plopping back down on the bed so he was now looking up at her ceiling.
"Well then, why do you need my help?" Casey asked. "Just talk to Sally and ask for another chance."
"It's the same reason I came to you last time," Derek sighed. "I don't speak girl!"
Casey frowned. "I don't know what I could possibly say to help-" She paused and her eyes lit up. "Hey! I've got an idea!"
"Already?" Derek lifted his head only to find Casey rummaging within her desk drawer.
"Yes, I still have them," She said happily to herself.
"Still have what?"
"The answer to your problem." Casey showed him a couple of stapled note book papers. "Derek, what do all girls want to be at one point in their life?"
"Is this a trick question?"
"No! Now focus." Casey scooted her chair so she could present the papers. "Every girl wants to be a princess!"
"So what?" Derek snorted, sitting up on the bed again. "Are you saying I have to act like Prince Charming in order to win Sally back?"
"Not exactly." Casey grinned and handed him the papers. He glanced at them.
"English notes?"
"On chivalry." At this Derek made a noise that sounded like a suppressed desire to laugh.
"You're kidding me, right?" He asked with a smirk. "Chivalry is dead so there's no way it could be the solution to the problem."
"Chivalry is not dead!" Casey declared. "Hear me out: obviously there's no way we could turn you into Sally's prince charming-"
"Hey!"
" -So, instead why don't you try the next best thing?" Casey asked, her eyes twinkling. "I can make you into Sally's knight in shining armor!"
"What!?"
"Come on!" She protested. "Sally wants you to be romantic, right?" Derek nodded. "So what's more romantic than a heroic knight sweeping a princess off her feet before riding off into the sunset!" Casey sighed dreamily before continuing. "It's simple. All you have to do is learn this code." Derek gulped as he glanced over the long list.
"You call this simple?"
"This will work." Casey assured him; a thought crossed her mind and she smirked. "Of course, it'll work if you're willing to pay the price."
Derek blinked. "I thought you were going to help me for free." He muttered.
"Do you want Sally back or not?"
Derek asked himself this question again: Did he want Sally back? Yes, he decided. He totally wanted her back.
After giving his reply to Casey, she grinned. "Okay, then listen up. If I turn you into Sally's knight in shining armor you have to wait on me hand and foot until I tell you otherwise."
"So that means there's a possibility you'd make me a slave for life?"
"Yep."
Derek sighed as he chanted mentally: Sally was worth it, Sally was worth it…
"Okay," He muttered, knowing that he'd most likely regret this agreement later.
"Great!" Casey exclaimed, rolling back to her desk. "Now, get out of my room and go to sleep. We're going to start your transformation early tomorrow so I want you up and ready by 10 o'clock sharp!" Derek nodded wordlessly and obeyed. Casey figured that he was either shocked at himself because he accepted her price or he was depressed that they would have to work together…again.
Casey knew though that their hard work would indeed pay off once Derek learned the code of chivalry because when she was done with him, Casey would have turned Derek into a knight in shining armor that would have put Ivanhoe to shame.
-Fin-
A/N: Keep in mind that this story is going to be long; 20+ chapters. I already have it all planned out so I'll try and update as quick as I can. Thanks so much for reading! I hoped you were intrigued by the prologue. Don't worry, there's a lot more to come. Until then, guys!
"Never let go of the one you truly love."
-December'sRose