Casey POV
I wake up to the sounds of Marti and George. It's just another day; Marti screaming and George trying to get her ready for school. I get out of bed and walk down the hall to the bathroom thinking that I was up early enough to get in there before Derek, Lizzie, or Edwin did. I was obviously wrong because the door was locked.
I knocked on the door and in response heard, "What? Can't you see the door is locked!"
Of course, Derek. " Hurry up in there! I need to use the bathroom!"
"Well, you're going to have to wait because, if you haven't noticed, I am busy" Derek replied back.
I stood at the door, so that I could ensure my spot to be next in the bathroom. About 5 minutes later, out stepped Derek with his hair filled with mousse. He stood there in the doorway with his trademark smirk that he knew would anger me.
"OK, Princess. I'm finished. It's all yours." He said while slightly laughing.
"Ugh, Derek, you sicken me"
He jut smirked again and said, "You know you want me, I'm irresistible"
I just ignored him and walked into the bathroom to get ready for school. Once I was done, I walked downstairs into the kitchen for breakfast. The kitchen looks like a bomb exploded. There are plates, dishes, and food everywhere. Typical look for our kitchen. Living with Derek and Edwin is like living with a bunch of pigs. George doesn't help either because he really isn't much better. Of course, I walk in and see the whole family in there. Edwin has his feet on the table while he is shoveling food in his mouth. I look over to Derek and see him eating cereal out of the box and drinking out of the milk carton. Lizzie is sitting there just watching them with a disgusted face and eating her breakfast. George is still running around trying to get Marti dressed and ready for school.
"Hello my darling stepsister." Derek says sarcastically with a mouthful of cereal.
" Ugh, why do we live like animals?" I say as Marti runs into the room.
"Come back here Marti!" Screams George.
" No! I'm being a birdie!" She says back. As she is running around flapping her arms around, she knocks over the milk carton that Derek was drinking out of and milk flies all over Derek's shoes and pants. All I can do is stand there and smirk slightly at the sight of Derek's feet and legs being splashed with milk and watch as this scene unfolds, the scene known as my family.
"Marti! Look at what you did! Look at my shoes and my pants!" Derek screams so loudly that I almost jump back. He glares at her with anger. Then I look over at Marti. She's just standing there with tears in her eyes. Derek never yells at Marti. He's always so nice to her and usually finds things like this funny.
"You're mean!" She screams and runs out of the room crying. I look over at Derek and his head falls.
"Derek! Why did you yell at her? It's just milk, it's not going to kill you!" I say to him.
He looks at me and then says, "Yeah, I guess I should go apologize to her." George nods and hands him Marti's jacket. Derek walks out of the room and I can now eat breakfast without all the chaos.
Derek POV
I just yelled at Marti. I never yell at Marti. She's my baby sister. I'm here to protect her, not to yell at her and make her cry. Guilt washes over me as I head up the stairs to go see Marti. I walk down the hall and find her in her room wit her back faced to the door and she looks like she's coloring something. I walk in front of her so that I can talk to her. As I look at her, I feel a pang of guilt. Her eyes are red and she looks like she's been crying.
She's the first one to talk. "Do you hate me Smerek?" I look at her and she just looks so innocent and I feel even more guilty.
"Of course not. I could never hate you, I love you. You're my Smarti."
"Why did you yell at me? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to spill the milk on you, Smerek. Did it hurt you?
"No, it didn't hurt me. I have other things going on right now and I guess I just took it out on you when the milk spilt on me. I really am sorry."
"What things?" She asks.
"Just grown up things" I tell her.
"OK." She looks down again.
"OK, so you gonna be alright now?" I ask her.
She nods. I pull her into a big hug and I hear her say a muffled, "I love you" . I whisper back, " I love you too"
After that, I went to school, it was just another day. It was boring. It was Friday, though, so that meant no school for the weekend. Later that day after school I came home and saw a note on the counter in the kitchen.
Dear Derek and Casey,
We are all out with the kids . We're taking them to the zoo after school. We'll be back after dinner, so find something or order out.
Love,
George and Nora
Ok, so no one was going to be home for a while. I wonder where Casey is. She isn't home yet. I just forget about it and figure she must be with Sam, my best friend, her boyfriend. I sit down at the couch to watch some TV. I wake up several hours later when I hear the door slam shut.
