Originally i wrote this as a script, but had to change it due to Fanfic guidelines (urgh) So because of that, this story is very awkwardly written and definitely no my best work, at all. If anyone has any suggestions as to how i can fix the transition from script to story, or wants to see the script version. LET ME KNOW! Now i hope you like...
MY DISCLAIMER!(hehe)
Not mine, if it was; Edweirdo would be Edwins real name, Casey would loosen up, Derek would date ME and only me FOREVER (or Casey i guess works too...lol), Marti would be my pet and the Venturi-McDonalds would have a goldfish...I don't know why, but they would.
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Family Fun?
"Ok kiddos, we're all packed. Now everyone into the car! Marti, got your backpack?" Nora asked, as she stood in the doorway.
"Check!" replied Marti, reaching the foot of the stairs and holding up her bag. Nora put it on for her before ushering her out, "Ok, out you go! Edwin? Lizzie?"
"Yup!" "Check!" responded both Edwin and Lizzie before following Marti out the door.
"Derek! Casey!" Nora yelled up the stairs
_D&C come down the stairs, bags in tow, in the midst of a fight. _
"...Honestly Derek! One would think you'd have grown some BRAINS by now!"
"Huh? I've got a brain. Besides, Klutz, its not my fault you decided to plant yourself in front of my bag."
"Excuse me, but your bag happened to be right—"
"KIDS!" Nora interrupted, "This is SO not the time! I see you have your bags, now lets move move move!" (Leaves)
(D&C trudge to the door, purposely knocking into each other along the way.)
"Watch, where, you're (gasps as she falls) DE-REK!" yelled Casey from the floor.
"Klutzilla…" chuckled Derek, before smirking and leaving the house. Still sitting on the floor, Casey gave an exasperated sigh.
~~~~ OPENING CREDS, CUTS TO BLUE SCREEN CASEY~~~~
" Every so often, it's important for a family to spend nice, quality time together…that is of course if your family doesn't happen to include a horrible, insensitive jerk of a stepbrother."
~~~ CUTS TO CAR #1, w/ G, N, L, E, &M~~~
" I still don't think it was safe to put them in a car together. I mean, did you see the fighting on the way out?" Nora said uneasily from the passenger seat.
" I'm sure it was all in good fun." Replied George offhandedly.
" George…" Nora sighed, obviously not buying it.
" Besides, it's only reasonable." He amended, "It's a long trip, and this way they can switch off between who drives… and it gets them out of our hair." He added as an afterthought
" George!"
" It's not like you weren't thinking it,…" he mumbled embarrassedly
(N gives G a 'look')
"Besides, what's the worst thing they could do to each other in a car?" he finished. Norah simply sighed and continued looking out of the window anxiously.
~~~ CUTS TO CAR #2, w/ D&C~~~
" Derek, will you quit drumming your fingers on the steering wheel like that? I can't concentrate." Casey snapped after several minutes into the car ride.
" Pfft, and what could you possibly be doing that requires 'concentration'?" Derek mocked, pausing his tapping.
" I'm TRYING to work this stupid radio (fiddles with knobs some more) UGH!" she responded, growing more irritated with every word.
" It broke." Derek said casually.
" WHAT! No, no, no. Are you telling me that I'm sitting in this car, with you and no source of entertainment?" Casey exclaimed, as she sunk down further into her seat.
" Welcome to Hell!" He responded cheerily
" I am not spending hours in the car with you and nothing to do." Casey groaned.
" Read something. You seem to do that even when it's not necessary or suggested." Derek said, hoping she caught the slight insult.
" No." she responded, rather quickly and curtly.
" Wh-what?" He stuttered in surprise as he turned to look at the girl next to him.
" Eyes on the road." She commanded quickly, to which Derek surprisingly complied with. " If you must know," she then continued, "reading in the car makes me feel sick."
" Reading should make you sick in general." Derek quipped, smirking, "But never mind that, it's not like I want puke in my car anyways."
" OUR car." Casey pointed out
"MY car." "OUR car" "MINE" "OURS" "MINE!"
" Geez!" Casey concluded, "You know what? I refuse to participate in this. Unlike OTHERS in the car, I'm not 6." She crossed her arms across her chest and leaned back into her chair.
" 6+10, actually." Derek grinned
" Oh goody! You do math!" she responded sarcastically before rearranging herself in her seat, (pause) "I'm going to sleep." She decided, leaning against the window.
" Umm, no you're not." Derek replied quickly
" Yeah, I think I am." She retaliated
" NOPE" "Yes" "NO" "YES!" "NO!"
"I CAN DO WHAT I WANT!!" Casey finally shrieked, growing fed up with the pointless banter.
(Derek looks taken aback, and gives C a look of pure horror. Breaths out deeply and returns to normal.) "Not in MY car." He then supplied
"Oh boy, not this again…" Casey sighed, as she rested her head in her hands.
(D gives a smirk, which is followed by a pause in the convo.)
" And why exactly am I not allowed to sleep?" Casey questioned after deciding there was no use anyways.
" If you sleep, not only do I have to listen to you snore,"
" I do not snore!" Casey argued, but Derek continued as if uninterrupted, "But then I have nothing to do."
" like tormenting me…" she mumbled, leaning her head back against the seat.
" Exactly!" Derek congratulated while Casey simply sighed and looked out the window.
~~~ CUTS TO CAR #1 ~~~
" I want to start a bet." Edwin decided after a long lull in conversation.
" Edwin…" warned George, looking through the rearview mirror.
" What?" Edwin defended, "No money involved, I promise."
With this in mind, George simply shrugged. "George!" Nora reprimanded.
" What, it's a harmless little bet!" he retorted before reverting back to Edwin, "let's hear it…"
" I bet a week of chores that by the end of this trip, Casey and Derek will be worse than before." He smiled, obviously proud of his idea.
" Oh G-d I hope not…" Nora said worriedly as she rubbed her temple.
" I'll take you up on that, I think they actually might get along better. " Lizzie said bravely as she reached out to shake Edwin's hand. (George snorts)
" George!" Nora scolded, removing her hand from her head in surprise.
"Are we singing Old McDonald?" Marti mumbled as she woke up, "Cause that's a pig."
(E, L, N, G laugh, they begin singing Old McDonald)
~~~ CUTS TO CAR #2 ~~~
(C is asleep & D is tapping the steering wheel and humming)
"Hey, hey Case. Space Case wake up!" Derek said finally, turning to Casey and nudging her in an effort to wake her up. After some time, he gives up and hits her on the arm harder, and causing her head to fall and hit the door
" OW!" Casey yelled, sitting up suddenly.
" Ah, so you're a klutz even when you can't trip!" Derek smirked, turning back to face the front.
C: (while rubbing her head) "you are fully aware that it was your fault, so I won't even bother pointing it out." Casey said decidedly, while rubbing the back of her head. "What time is it?" she questioned, lowering her hand.
" Much later than before." Derek offered.
" As in?" Casey pushed, to which Derek responded, "5 minutes since you last checked."
" De-rek! You can't even let me sleep for 5 minutes?" Casey whined, while staring at Derek in shock.
" Actually," he stressed, "I can and I did."
To this, Casey simply folded her arms across her chest once more and gave a big 'humph', "You honestly can't go more than 5 minutes without talking to me?"
" Heh?" He said, making a face (You guys know the face I'm talking about, right?) "Talking? No, no, no, no, no! BOTHERING is the word you're looking for." He corrected, rather quickly.
" So you admit that you love to bother me?" Casey said.
" Nah, I just love seeing you ticked off." He responded, to which Casey gave a small smirk. Noticing his mistake, he began trying to fix it, " When I'm bored!" Casey simply raised eyebrow, smirk still intact. "Oh you know what I mean!" He huffed, shaking his head, before explaining, "Bothering you is more fun than tapping on the steering wheel."
" You could try talking to me…" Casey pointed out. To which Derek responded dryly, " I'd rather tap thanks."
" Suit yourself." Casey replied indifferently before grabbing a car manual from the floor of the car.
~~~ CUTS TO CAR #1 ~~~
" Daddy, I'm bored!" Marti whined from the back seat, after a few games of roadside Bingo.
" Why don't you count trees?" supplied George tiredly.
" I did, but they went to fast so I couldn't get them all and it made me dizzy!"
" Get Lizzie or Edwin to play with you." He suggested next.
" They're sleeping." She sighed.
" Why don't you listen to some of your books on tape, or play with your monkey?" Said Nora, joining the conversation. To this suggestion Marti simply made a face, and proceeded to poke Edwin.
Hearing that Marti was no longer complaining, Nora turned to George, "I'm worried about Casey and Derek."
George checked his mirror before responding, " They're still right behind us."
" Yes, I know" Nora replied in an obvious tone, "but maybe we should stop, you know. Just to check?"
" Nora, come on we've lost enough time as it is, we can see the car from here and we agreed for our pit stop to be in an hour." George reasoned, turning to Nora with an apologetic glance.
" Yeah, I guess…" She sighed, facing forward once more.
After a slight pause, Edwin jolts awake after being poked repeatedly by Marti "Señor vacuum will NEVER defeat Edweirdo!"
~~~ CUTS TO CAR #2 ~~~
After a few moments, Derek glanced at Casey, who was still immersed in the manual. "I thought you said that reading in the car made you sick."
Hearing Derek speak, Casey looked up suddenly, which worked to make her queasy. "What? Oh no, I don't feel too good." She said, noticing the odd feeling in the pit of her stomach.
" Oh gross Casey," Derek said wincingly "here drink some water and open a window" he suggested, revulsion still evident in his tone. (throws a bottle of water to C)
" Thanks…" Casey said weakly before taking a sip and opening the window. "Oh we're closer to the woods, can you smell the trees?" she noticed, forgetting about her queasiness and taking a deep breath.
" Mmm, yeah. Great." Replied an un-amused Derek, paying no attention to the now slightly giddy Casey.
" No really," she pushed, now turning to Derek, " it's like a pine scented breeze. Smell!"
" Yeah Casey, air smells fantastic. You happy? Now chill." He said, with absolutely no enthusiasm.
" Fine, mood killer. Let's see you make an interesting observation." Casey said looking at Derek expectantly.
" Umm, the sun is bright?" he supplied, in an effort to stop her remarks. To this comment, Casey simply crossed her arms. "No, no…I got it. There are absolutely no clouds in the sky." He fixed, seemingly more pleased with his choice.
" Nope, pine air is still better." Casey smiled. "The sky today is the same color as your eyes…" he tried again.
" What, blue?" Casey said, unimpressed, " Yeah, not so good."
" No, it's no just blue. It's like a really deep blue. It's nice." He amended, to which Casey blushed before muttering, "Um, thanks…I think."
" I-I meant the sky. Nice. Not you. I mean your eyes." Derek stuttered, (A pregnant pause follows)
"Man I wish the radio was working." He sighed, causing Casey to laugh.