Author's note!: Alright! So with the recent spoilers of the end of the series, I have come to the conclusion that the Life with Derek writers... just may not know what they are doing... haha. I won't go into detail here, because I don't want to spoil anyone! However, if you do NOT want to be spoiled, I suggest you do NOT read this story! BUT if you would like to know more about the spoilers or just would like to talk about them one on one... then you may PM at any point in time! haha I'll be more than happy to give you some info and tell you all my feelings about them! ANYWAYS! I have realized, now more than ever, I want to post this story. Its been floating around in my head for months now and its very much what I would love to happen. It's my version of the Life with Derek movie. I figure if anyone should write it, it sure as heckski should not be the Life with Derek writers. So here it is:
Only In The Movies
Kthxilyxxx's version of the "Life with Derek" movie
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Life with Derek because if I did, it wouldn't end the way that it does.
WARNING!: May contain spoilers, seeing as how this takes place AFTER the series ends!
(One more thing: this format may seem a bit weird... but its as close to SCRIPT form as I'd like to get without ACTUALLY being a script)
(Music Starts)--(This is supposed to be the opening credit scene, and the lyrics GO ALONG with the actions following them SIMULTANEOUSLY. If that makes sense.)
She's burning out on apathy, unsure of where she wants to be.
(Casey's alarm clock woke her up and she beams brightly at her new surroundings)
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If He could change the world I think he'd rather sleep...
(Derek's alarm clock sounds and he lifts his head up to check the time, only to groan and slam his hand on the snooze button, dropping his head back down in the process)
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Eighteen and feeling out of place, frustrated that she can't relate, knee deep in disillusion of her mental state...
(Casey stretches and frowns as she looks at a picture of her mother and Lizzie, remembering that she isn't at home anymore and could just run to her mother like she used to. Looking over at her still hibernating roommate, she fave a half-hearted smile)
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In time, you will learn to stand up on your feet...
(Casey's feel are planted firmly on the floor)
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'Cause only in the movies can you replay every scene, until it comes out clean.
(Casey started moving towards getting ready and walked over to her amoire.)
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Moved to a lower, east side dorm, she's got some friends to call her own. Still can't get used to living far away from home.
(Casey grabbed some clothes out of her wardrobe and set them aside as she scoped out her dorm room again. Neat and tidy on her side, but on the other, a bit messy due to her lovely roommate Rachel, who liked her things lightly disheveled)
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(Close up on Derek's feet; quickly zooming up to the back of his head)
So bored to death of being bored, ambition seems to go ignored. His disposition is decaying at the core...
(Derek stumbles lazily to his dresser, tripping over some clutter on the way. Taking a quick look at his sleeping best friend, he chuckles.)
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In time, you will learn to stand up on your feet...
(Casey moves from sitting at her vanity mirror, applying her make-up for the day and stands up confidently.)
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'Cause only in the movies can you replay every scene, until it comes out clean.
(Shows Derek searching through a pile of unknown for a book.)
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All things are good-
(Shows Casey picking up her books from her desk and going over to her door to leave.)
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-and some are bad-
(Shows Derek putting his leather jacket on and striding towards his door.)
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It's really what you make of it; You're locked inside a world-
(They both leave their rooms and start walking)
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-That's planned out just for you...
(Casey and Derek meet head first in the diamond shaped room that connects for hallways together.)
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(Music fades...)
Derek and Casey stumble back from their head-on collision milliseconds before, both holding their foreheads in pain.
"Der-ek!" Casey screeched.
"Cas-ey!" Derek quickly retaliated. She rolled her eyes.
"Ugh! It's bad enough that we're going to the same school again. Could you please try to stay out of my way?" Casey complained.
Derek smirked, "Now where's the fun in that?" He asked. One more eye-roll.
"It's not supposed to be fun! It's supposed to be practical! You and I both know that we should stay as far away from each other as possible considering we make each other miserable. So that's what we'll do!" She explained rationally to him and he just chuckled.
"Well that's going to be pretty hard to do when our rooms are practically right next to each other again." He replied, motioning to the two hallways that they just arrived from. She sighed outwardly.
"Don't remind me." She started and he raised his eyebrows in amusement, "Just... just stay away from me, Derek." She stated and turned away to go to her class. Derek watched her walk away with his eyes narrowed before continuing in the opposite direction of her to his class.
(Blue Screen!Casey)
"Going to university can be an exciting thing... even if your annoying step-brother is there with you. But even though I am happy to be in school; it's always weird not to be at home with my family." She states with a lopsided frown/smile.
(Transitions to Casey walking down another hallway to get to her class.)
Casey was heated by the argument she just had with Derek so much that she wasn't really paying attention to her surroundings. Without warning she felt herself crash into someone for the second time in five minutes. Casey broke out of her angered daze and glanced down at the books that were now strewn about the floor due to her most recent collision.
"Oh my gosh! I am so sorry!" Casey offered, bending down to help the young woman pick up her books. This young girl was definitely Casey's age, but was much shorter than most teenagers. She had blonde hair that fell just past her shoulders and had some subtle red highlights layered through. She had blue eyes, but not the same shade of blue as Casey's, not that you could really tell as the rectangular, black, plastic glasses she was wearing hid their true color.
"Don't sweat it. It's no big deal." She replied, grabbing the books from Casey and standing up straight with a smile.
"I really should have been paying attention. Its just I ran into someone obnoxious a few minutes ago and he got my blood boiling so I was kind of distracted." She explained.
"It's alright, Just chillz." The girl said chuckling encouragingly. Casey smiled. (At the fact that the girl was being so nice, not because the word 'chillz' was almost always spilling from a certain someone's mouth, RIGHT?!)
"I'm Lily..." The girl said, offering her free hand to Casey who immediately took it in hers for a friendly hand-shake.
"Casey." She answered.
"You seem... flustered. Something wrong?" She asked curiously.
"Just not having the best first fay..." She replied with a slight frown.
"Well I hope it doesn't stay that way! But I'm sure we both have classes to get to right now. So... do you want to meet for lunch and we can talk about it? Say... 12:30?" She asked.
Casey was hesitant but didn't know why exactly. Lily seemed nice enough, but Casey wasn't exactly the most extroverted person in the world, so she wasn't completely positive about this. She decided to give it a shot.
"Sounds great." Casey replied happily.
"Alright! So I'll see you in the second floor cafeteria at 12:30!" She smiled making her way to her classroom.
Casey got out her planner and recorded her newly acquired lunch activity before continuing her travel to her first class of her college career.
(Blue Screen!Derek) (AN: Yes, I believe he should get his own blue screens in the movie!)
"I made it to university! Isn't it unbelievable!? I know! Yeah, well... I'm not too fond of having my keener step-sister here with me, but what can you do? I'm just glad to be out of that house!" He says, flailing his arms like he always does.
(Transitions to Derek entering his classroom.)
Derek was trying to search for the right person to sit next to. Just as he was about to lose hope he spotted a cute blonde haired girl in the back of the second to last row of seats. (Looking quite familiar to the audience, of course.) He strode smoothly to the seat next to her and instead of sitting down he leaned on the desk with his palm and glanced down at her. Once the young girl felt his presence she topped writing in her planner to look up at him.
"May I help you?" She said, putting down her pen before crossing her arms over her chest. Derek smirked before pulling out the seat that he was standing behind and sitting down.
"Maybe you can," He started smoothly, "You see, I've got nothing to do this Friday night and I think it'd be wonderful if I spent it with someone as beautiful as you." He explained.
The girl smiled before speaking, "I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name?" She replied sweetly.
"Derek." He smirked.
"Right. Well, 'Derek.' I'd appreciate it if you didn't hit on me, considering I don't even know who you are. By the way. You aren't as great as you think you are." She shot back before gathering her belongings and moving to a different seat closer to the front of the class.
"Women." Derek said to himself.
Author's Note!: So this is the first installment of my Life with Derek movie! I hope you like it so far! I also hope it isn't confusing, I know I threw in like five different kinds of formats, I just don't know which way to do it. I seemed to be making it a script in the beginning, and then it just ended up being like a regular story at the end. OH WELLS. I understood it. haha If you think its confusing, tell me. I'll try to change it up a bit, but most of it from now own with be the prose(story) form, so it shouldn't be confusing anymore. Its just you know, the beginning is supposed to be like the opening credit scene, and those always have and awesome song and stuff, so that's what I was going for. WAY more to come. Hope you enjoy it. :)
BTW! I am aware that I changed the lyrics to the song in the beginning but only to make it match wayyyy better. haha I don't own the song either, its called, "Only in the movies" (My inspiration for the title) by Diffuser.