Okay!! So, I hoped you guys liked the first chapter. I think I'll actually like this story. I'll try to make it pretty funny. Who knows? I might even do a sequel. I'll just have to see how far this story goes. I don't really know what my inspiration was for this story. I just sit around my house most of the time and think about random storylines and I came up with this. It popped into my head, and I was like, "Hmmm, rather interesting." Well, enough of my blabbing, on with the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Life with Derek. Darn. I do own this plot. Yay!
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I think they were wrong when they called this place a 'facility'. It sure does look like some fancy boarding school. With all the nice brick and white collumns decorating the front. And the gothic style windows were really nice.
There was a woman standing in front of the two, giant, cherry wood double doors that was the entrence to the place. The woman was wearing a pinstripped suit and had curly, brown hair. She looked pretty nice and appeared to be waiting for us because she stared at us with a smile as we came closer.
I guessed she was the Headmaster. She looked like she should be one, anyways. We finally reaches her and stood in front of her, Johnson and tall man 2 on either side of me.
"So, you are Cassandra McDonald, correct?" She asked me, the smile still plastered to her face.
"Yes, I am she," I was always so polite.
"Great, Johnson, Micheals, you can go now. I will take it from here," She nodded towards Johnson and Micheals, signalling them to leave.
"Bye, you guys!" I waved at them, "The I Spy was fun!" Micheals shook his head and they continued walking away.
"Okay, Cassandra, come with me and I'll show you around the classrooms and them take you to the dormitory section to show you where you will be staying," Wow, it really was like some fancy boarding school. They even have classrooms.
"Okay," I said, smiling. She guided through the huge double doors and into the building. We passed some people that looked about my age and were wearing some sort of cloak. Great, I was at Hogwarts. I assumed that I would be getting one of those cloaks and, sure enough, our first stop was at what appeared to be a main office that had a closet full of these cloaks.
"Here, is your cloak, put it on. The rest of your clothing is in your dormitory. You will be having a roommate. Let's continue on with the tour," I shrugged on the cloak, which was actually very warm and made off black satin, and followed her around.
We went to several classrooms and she informed me that class was over and everyone had already either gone to their dorms or were walking about on campus.
"This is the mess hall, this is the great hall, this is the hall that leads outside, let's go." She signalled me to follow her out the end of the hall that leads outside. How many halls can one place have? Geez.
We walked outside and into the courtyard, it was big, very big. 10 foot tall hedges surrounded the school and there were concrete, circular tables outside, with matching slabs that were obviously used for seats. There were several people sitting outside, talking.
"Casey?!" I turned to my left to see Derek, who was reading (odd). "Wow, Case, I didn't expect to see you here."
"Hey, Derek," I said smiling at him.
"Oh, yes. Derek Venturi. He is your step-brother. We got him 5 months, 3 weeks, 1 day, 3 hours, and 4 mintues ago." Gosh, could she get anymore specific?
"Ummm, yes, he is my step-brother. I'll see you later, Derek. She is showing me around." I said to him.
"I know and happy birthday, Casey." He smiled and waved to me. I returned the gestures and left with the Headmaster.
"This is field where many students come and practice or to be alone or to just play sports." She said gesturing to a very large, very green field that was located at the back of the school. To the left of the feild were two large structures that I assumed were the dormitories. We headed towards them.
"This is the boy's dormitories," She said gesturing to the one to the right of us, "And this is the girl's," She said gesturing toward the one that was to the left of the boy's dorms. "Come along. I must show you where you will stay. I assume your step-brother will help you fit in and everything or maybe your roommate will."
We walked inside and up the large stairs that were located directly in front of us when we walked through the doors. It was a nice place. Wood flooring, deep red walls. Wasn't red suppose to make you angry? Or hungry? Or something?
We walked up the stairs and down a hall to the left. She stopped in front of the third door on the right, room number 206. She opended the door with a key that she immediately gave to me afterwards.
"This is your key. Try not to lose it," She said and walked inside of the room.
No one was inside but the right half of the room looked like it belonged to someone. I guessed that I have the left. There was a large dresser next to my bed. I opened the top drawer and was greeted by nicely folded sets of uniforms.
"I suggest you put on the uniform once I leave, then you can have fun with walking around the campus and get to know it even better," She smiled and left, closing the door behind her. I took out one of the nice uniforms.
I slipped of the cloak and the rest of my clothing and put on the white, button-up shirt and black and red plaid skirt. I tied the tie around my neck and pulled on a pair of white knee socks and slipped into the black penny loafers.
I looked at my self in the mirror doors of the closet. Could I look any more Harry Potter than this? I slipped on the cloak. Okay, yeah I can. I put my other clothes in the empty space in the drawer and walked out of the dorm room, locking it behind me and sticking the key into the pocket of my cloak.
I walked down the wood staircase and out of the large double doors. I headed towards the courtyard, hoping to find Derek because right then, he was the only other wanderer I knew at this place.
Upon arriving at the courtyard, I found Derek sitting in the same place as before, reading still. I walked over to him and sat down on the slab of concrete in front of him. He looked up and smiled.
"I wouldn't think that you'd be a wanderer, too." Derek said, saving his place in the book and closing it.
"Yep, me either. So, what's this place like?" I asked Derek, setting my head on my hand.
"It's pretty cool, actually. And I'm actually reading! The people are cool. And it's just like school. Except, well, cooler!" Derek laughed and I joined in. It was rather strange. I guess not seeing him in so long has made us more calm around each other.
"So, how have you been, Space Case? Missed me?" He said, smirking. Well, I was wrong about that earlier comment. He still called me the same names and he was still as cocky as ever. And that smirk seemed to never go away.
"I've been good. And I'll never admit to missing you," I replied. I did miss him. It was quieter once he was taken away.
"Well, by saying that, you just admitted that you did, in fact, miss me," He smirked. I opened my mouth to reply but we were interupted.
"Hey, Derek!! Who's the new hottie?" Some guy with shaggy blonde hair asked, wiggiling his eyebrows at me, then looking back at Derek for an answer. My eyes bugged out at the word 'hottie'. Back in Toronto, that was definitely not what I was. Well, at least, that's what I thought.
"Back off, Shane. She's my girlfiend, Casey," Derek had a ravaged look in his eye and he growled the words. What the heck was with hi-Wait, did he just say girlfriend? What the hell?
"Ohhh, so this is Casey? You weren't lying, dude. I'll back off. We're still cool, though, right?" He asked, seeming to be really sorry for hitting on me. Wonderful, so now to everyone, I was Derek's girlfriend!! I needed to talk to him about that.
"Yeah, now leave us," Derek still had that ravaged look. Shane left and he turned back to me. Then, that's when he seemed to realized what he had just said and smacked his forehead with the palm of his hand.
"Yeah, Derek. What the hell was with that? Your girlfriend?! And what did he mean by 'you weren't lying'?" I hissed at him. I actually liked the sound of that title: Derek's girlfriend. Now, that I could live with. But, I wouldn't admit that to him. I'd be stared at like I was a bafoon or something.
"I don't know!!" His head was on the table now.
"Yeah, right, Derek," I sighed. What did that guy, Shane, mean by 'you weren't lying'? I shook my head trying to clear my thoughts.
"Just never mind, Derek. I'm going to my dorm. Bye," I stood up, waved goodbye, and headed to my dorm.
I sighed when I was walking up the stairs. So, tomorrow I was going to be introduced to everyone else. I hope I don't trip on my way to my seat like I did back in Toronto. That would suck. I headed to my dorm, pulled out the key, unlocked the door and walked in and was greeted by a girl who looked not much older than me with black, shoulder-length hair. Her bangs were almost covering her crystal blue eyes as she read a book on her bed.
I guess this was my roommate. She looked up from the book when I walked in. She smiled, closed the book, stood up, and held out her hand to me, "Hi, I'm Anna-Molly. Most people call me Anna." She seemed nice enough.
"I'm Cassandra. Most people call me Casey," I said shaking her hand.
"So, you're my new roommate. Awesome!" She said, sitting back down on her bed.
"Well, this is my room, now. And obviously it's your's, too. So, I guess, yes, I am your new roommate," She laughed at my response.
"You're funny, too. I think we'll get along great!" Well, thank God for that!
"That's funny, I've never been called funny before. Just Space Case, Klutzilla, Grade-grubber," I said, chuckling. Why in the world was I telling her this? She'd probably think I was a freak or something.
"Naaah, from my first impression, I think you're pretty cool. Besides, I'm a klutz, too." She waved her hand like it was no big deal. I felt myself relax. I had a friend. Well, at least things weren't terrible, like, having a complete monster for a roommate. That would be torture.
"Oh yeah, Happy Birthday! My birthday was last week. So, I'm pretty new here, too. I've already gotten use to the strange things around here. I'm sure you will, too." She smiled brightly again.
"Oh, thank you." I think I am definitely going to like this place. Seems totally awesome already. I mean, nothing really bad could happen, right? I sure hope so. And I hope I don't jinx myself.