Life with You
Casey stepped out of her early morning shower thinking of only 3 words. Every since she bumped into Derek a couple days ago she felt slightly off. Bet on it? She racked her brain running her fingers through her honey brown hair with a heavy sigh. What the hell does that mean? She wandered while toweling off. She hadn't seen him in a few days but his picture was still burned in her head. And suddenly she wandered how Edwin and George were doing.
"Daydreaming?" her eccentric roommate asked entering their dorm her purple and pink high lighted hair fluttering behind her.
"Hey Nat", Casey smiled now fully clothed in the middle of her room as she slipped on her Nike running shoes, she planned on working out with him like they did every Wednesday.
"Hey Barbie", Nat joked plopping her overnight bag on her messy bed across the room. Most people found Natalie strange but Casey found her interesting. It might not have looked like it, but she was actually a good roommate. She rarely spent time in the room and came and went as she pleased offering heartfelt advice here and there. When Casey had first moved in with Lizzie and Nora tagging behind her she was terrified at her lip ring and dark eyeliner. For the first few days she awkwardly avoided her until one night she was crying her eyes out and Nat actually woke up out of her sleep to comfort her. From that day on, they'd been good friends. They had their separate lives, just how they liked it.
"Don't tell me", Nat responded dryly plopping stomach first on Casey bed kicking her black chucks up. "You're working out with that air head jock?" she rolled her gray eyes toward the ceiling and pretended to gag.
"Yes", Casey smile proudly. "Why yes I am". She didn't take offense of her star athlete boyfriend, Nat considered every guy that played sports an airhead.
"I hate that guy", she proclaimed snatching out her loose ponytail walking toward her side of the room.
"Well I love him", Casey shrugged still grinning at her reflection in the mirror. Her long hair was pulled into a high ponytail that swung every time she walked, she sported a oversized gray U of M hoodie and fitted gray sweat jogging shorts.
"Have fun with steroids", Natalie teased with a smile wiggling her fingers when Casey pointed her Evian water bottle at her.
"Behave Natalie", she joked.
"Don't I always", Derek smirked in the early morning sun bare chest where he sat up in his bed with his navy sheets crumpled at his hard abs, as he smiled reassuring the auburn haired beauty leaving his bed.
"No", the girl objected tightly wrapping her arms around her body. She was in nothing but a white tank top and silky underwear. Derek groaned on the inside looking at his clock, it was always easy getting girls into his bed. The problem was getting them out. It was already 10:30 in the morning, and he had to be at the gym at 11.
"Sweetie", he smiled groggily stroking her hair as if she was the only girl in the world for him. "Of course I'll call", Derek winked smoothly before giving her a slow peck on the lips. From the look on her face when she pulled away she believed him. Call? Derek thought, I don't even remember your name.
"Okay", she smiled brightly hopping off the bed and pulled her jeans on satisfied. If it was up to her she'd lay in bed all day with the IT boy on campus, everybody wanted a piece of him. Derek threw the covers off himself and stood in his Tommy Hilfiger boxers to stretch walking toward his dresser to pull out some basketball shorts. Just as he lifted one door open a pair of pink underwear flew out onto his carpeted floors. He winced watching the underwear fall in slow motion, he knew from experience girls underwear drove girls insane.
The feisty auburn head girl dove for the underwear and dangled in front of Derek's face. "WHOSE are these?" she demanded to know. Derek froze turning, and smiled lazily.
"What?" he played it off casual and nonchalant. "Those are yours".
"Mine?" she inquired flipping her hair angrily. Derek's eyes searched for the right answer to get the girl of his room without making a scene.
"Hey babe", Chris Everett greeted holding his dorm room door once he spotted Casey waiting for him.
" I missed you", she smiled once he kissed her on the cheek. He was everything she always wanted, tall, good looking, smart, well-known family, he was surely on his way to become a future politician. Chris pulled her inside wrapping his muscular arms around her body as the cotton of his hoodie stroked her face. He pressed his soft lips to hers and was about to lengthen the kiss when someone barged inside. It was Rick, his obnoxious best friend from across the hall. He was in a white tank top and boxers. Casey turned her head, she'd already seen enough of Rick whenever he streaked at the frat parties.
"Dude", he exclaimed ruining the moment when he walked deeper inside to low five Chris and pat Casey's head. She did her best not to just slap him out of a whim. "D's out there with another chick".
"What?" Chris jumped from the bed excitedly following Rick with Casey trailing behind holding his hand clueless.
"Whose D?" she asked pushing through the now crowded hallway where everyone watched the apparent couples spat.
Rick turned and laughed as if she was a stupid girl. " Only the biggest player on campus besides me", he claimed and popped an invisible collar.
"He's not going to get out of this one", a red head with glasses confirmed standing outside his dorm laughing and turned to Chris and Rick.
"I bet 20 he won't", he stated pulling out a crisp bill.
"30", Rick stated reaching for his wallet.
"40", Chris added.
Casey was disgusted, who was this D guy anyway? She thought and the angrier she became. Stupid egotistical guys like 'D' and Derek was why most girls spent their nights crying.
"C'mon", Rick yelled over the noise shrugging to get a better view. Casey beat him to the punch her slender frame sliding through various people. There, the infamous 'D' stood halfway in the hall talking to a tall auburn haired girl.
Casey arched her eyebrow and shook her head feeling her stomach drop. Of course 'D' was Derek, it all made sense.
"Really?" the girl asked wide eyed standing inches away from Derek's face, apparently she didn't mind the crowd.
"Call you later", Derek winked flicking her chin affectionately and pointed to his cheek to show the guys on the floor how it was done. She leaned forward and pecked his cheek before slowly sauntering away switching in sky-high heels. A few guys hooted and other groaned pulling out money while the rest went back inside their rooms.
"You THE man!", Rick eagerly fist pounded Derek where he slouched against his door frame.
Derek smirked. "Tell me something I don't know", he joked ruffling his shaggy brown hair. Chris dragged a reluctant Casey to meet the infamous Derek.
"C-man", Derek low fived his floor mate with a grin until he saw whose hand he was holding.
"Hey, this is my girlfriend", Chris stated casually as Casey looked away.
"Casey", Derek said with less enthusiasm then before like he'd lost his breath all of a sudden.
"You know each other?" Chris asked skeptically looking left to right at both of them.
"Yo!", a loud mouth from the Kappa fraternity screamed excitedly. "Early morning kegger, be there or be square!" he screamed like a barbarian waking everyone up.
"Hell yea", Derek beamed at his future fraternity.
"Can this day get any better", Rick exclaimed throwing his fist in the air and high fived Chris.
"I'm down".
"What?" Casey asked alarmed. "We had plans for the gym-
"I know but babe, I'm pledging that frat and it's really important I be at every event".
Derek crossed his arms interestedly and watched for Casey's reaction. He smiled on the inside when her nose crinkled adorably like it always did when she was mad. He noticed that about her the first time they met. Most people didn't notice.
"Fine", she sighed and forced a smile. "But you owe me".
One of the best things Chris loved about Casey was how understanding and laid back she could be.
"You're the best", Chris quickly pecked her lips and sprinted down the hallway to catch up with the Kappa president.
"Well isn't this –
"Shut up", Casey pointed her finger angrily. The last thing she wanted to see was Derek, it appeared that nothing had changed about him whatsoever.
"What'd I do?" he joked casually admiring the way her ponytailed swished against her neck every time she moved.
"Do you think its okay to treat females like that? You're so barbaric and sexist. Women are human beings, not objects", she retorted.
"Same old naive Casey", Derek began. "Your little boy toy Chris wasn't exactly an angel when it came to the ladies either. The ladies don't complain so neither should you", he remarked simply with a wink.
Casey narrowed her eyes and looked ready to slap the smug look of his handsome but instead she just used her words.
"We're not having this conversation. This campus is big enough for us not to bump into each other. You have your side, I have mine . Hopefully I won't ever have to see your face again", she retorted angrily walking away once she realized they were inches apart.
It was just something that seriously irked her about Derek. She quickly turned around to make sure he was gone but instead he stood there smirking.
The nerve! Casey thought in disbelief hurrying out the hallway to get as far away from Derek as possible and hurry to the gym to relieve some stress.
Wander if she knows we're going to the same place? Derek grinned at the thought before closing her bedroom door closed.
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