Sorry it took so long to update this story, so I figured why not get two for one. ENJOY!
..................................................................................................................................................................................
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN LIFE WITH DEREK!
Chapter 3: Meeting Derek and Casey
A/N: Alan's thoughts are underlined.
After class, the students exit out. Alan leaves the classroom and sees Casey picking up her books. Derek is just waking up from a nap. Alan walks out and looks at his schedule. After his next class he has lunch.
At lunch time, he goes down to the cafeteria. He looks around and finds an open table. He takes out the brown bag and begins to eat. He looks around a sees a few of his fellow classmates.
"Hey, Alan." The girl from gym says.
"Hey ..." Alan begins
"Emily." The girl says.
"Yes, Emily." Alan says. "Sorry, I'm still learning names here."
"It's okay. I remember when Casey first moved here." Emily says. "You want to talk about shy. She looked like she wanted to drop off the face of the earth or go back to her old school."
Alan laughs. "Yeah, I met a girl named Casey in Paul, the guidance counselor's, office . I'm willing to venture a guess she is that girl."
"Well, yeah. I just came here to actually introduce myself to you." Emily says.
"It is great to meet you." Alan says. "Since I saw you in P.E. I wanted to meet you. You seem nice and a great friend to a lot of people."
"Well, sometimes I tend to be the gossip girl around school, but I'm really a good person." Emily explains
"Well, it is my first day and I don't know you well, so I'll take your word." Alan says. "Do you think you can tell me about this one girl I've met. If you know her."
"Sure I've got a few minutes before..." Emily says
"EMILY!" Casey screams.
"Hey, Casey." Emily says.
Casey walks over to the table and notices Alan. She has a look of fear when she looks at who Emily is talking. She walks over with a fake smile now on her face. She sits down next to Emily and looks at Alan. Alan now has a look of fear on his face.
"Hello." Alan says weakly.
"Hello." Casey says.
"Well, I guess I'll introduce you to my good friend, Casey McDonald." Emily announces. "Casey, this is Alan Young."
"I know." Casey says. "We kinda met in Paul's office this morning."
"Well, now we can formally meet." Alan says as he shakes her hand.
"Yeah. Emily do you mind if I talk to Alan alone." Casey says.
Emily leaves Casey and Alan. She turns around to watch as Casey and Alan begin to talk. She sees something in Alan's eyes that wasn't there before. Emily ignores it and walks away.
"So..." Alan begins.
"Well, listen. I wanted to tell you I'm sorry for before." Casey says. "I should have knocked on Paul's office door before entering."
"Listen, don't worry about that." Alan says. "I can only imagine what you had to deal with this morning was big."
"It wasn't that big." Casey says. "Trust me. Sometimes I tend to overreact."
"Thanks for the warning." Alan says laughing.
Casey smiles as well. Alan looks at her for a few minutes and notices her face. He looks into her deep, big blue eyes. As if he is entranced he listens closely to her every word.
"Well, now that we have formally introduced each other, we can get to know each other." Casey says.
"Okay you go first." Alan says.
"Why?" Casey asks
"Because you already learned a little about me in English." Alan explains.
"But you didn't tell me anything about your former home?" Casey questions
"No, you are right. However, all I know about you is that you need serious psychological help." Alan states.
Casey glares at him and stomps on his foot. Alan only squints a little in pain. He looks back at her and she sees he is not bothered from the pain.
"I'm sorry, Casey." Alan says. "But you can see my point. I just made an assumption because I only met you a few hours ago, in the guidance counselor's office. You were yelling as soon as you got to the door assuming Paul was alone. Then in English when you were hit with a spitball you immediately glared at me, without any proof it was me. You look directly at me when it was that kid, Derek Venturi."
"WAIT! It wasn't you. It was..." Casey begins. "Derek!"
"So unless you tell me that my first impression of you was just a bad morning, I'll just assume that you are this crazy all the time." Alan says.
"Well, welcome to my nightmare." Casey says. "You met part of my life."
Alan stares at her and again makes another assumption about Casey's life. A look of worry appears on his face.
"Oh, I didn't mean to anger or upset you." Alan says quickly.
"Why would you upset me?" Casey asks.
"I didn't know Derek was your boyfriend." Alan says.
Casey froze in time. Her face cease to show any emotion or expression. She stares at Alan. Alan looks back at her waving his hand in her face to break her out of her trance. She finally breaks out of her trance and begins to laugh hysterically. Alan doesn't know how to react to her outburst and watches as she continues to laugh.
"So your family?" Alan says trying to stop Casey from laughing and continue the conversation.
"Oh, my family." Casey begins. "Well, my mom remarried two years ago. Now I have a sister, stepfather, two stepbrother, and a stepsister."
"Wow, four siblings." Alan says. "It must be a fun and crazy house."
"Well, my mom and George, my stepfather try to control the chaos in the house. They don't do a good job because I always feel as if the family is out of control." Casey explains. "My siblings, they are not well. The youngest, Marti, well... She lives in her own little world, but she has matured a lot in the past two years. The middle children, Edwin, my stepbrother and Lizzie, my sister, are around that time in life where things change."
"Ah, puberty." Alan says.
"Yeah, but that doesn't make them normal, it makes them quite stranger. Lizzie, she used to be independent, tomboyish and athletic. Now, she is still athletic, however, she is acting more like a girl, and spending time with boys. Edwin, he is just as strange as when we met him two years ago. Now, however, he's beginning to take after his brother." Casey continues. "His brother is a nightmare. When I first move in I ask for a few changes from him and you would have thought I had asked him to sell his soul to the devil. But what am I saying, he IS THE DEVIL. A player, prankster, and completely obnoxious."
"Wow, he sounds pretty bad." Alan says.
"He is. And even though he has "grown up" he still acts childish." Casey sighs. "He is the reason our house is crazy. The bain of my existence, my stepbrother, the one the only, Derek..." Casey begins.
Then all of a sudden a piece of food comes flying past Alan's head. Casey continues to talk until the piece of food landed in her face. Then Alan hears loud laughter off in the distance. Casey is covered in some kind of sauce from her face down and when she removes the piece of food from her face and glares behind me.
"DER-EK!" Casey screams. "Excuse me, Alan. I need to wash up for the next class. I'll talk to you later." Casey walks out of the cafeteria.
"Okay, see you later." Alan says.
Alan waves goodbye as Casey leaves. He then turns around to see Derek with two other guys. The one in the cap he recognizes as Sam. The other he doesn't know, but Alan can see that he looks confused and lost. As Derek approaches the table Alan begins to move.
"Hey, kid. Sit." Derek says.
"My name is Alan." Alan says.
"Alan, this is Sam, my bud." Derek says pointing to the kid in the cap. "And this is Ralph." Derek says as he points to the other kid. "Now enough with formalities."
"Listen, you may not know how things work here so I'll explain." Derek begins. "One I don't think you know a single thing about hockey. I was only playing along with the moment you had in English. Two, I am the king of this school. My word is basically law here. I am the cool guy in school, nobody can EVER take that from me. Three, new kids are at my mercy. I am a prankster and I have no self control for my fun."
"Okay." Alan says.
"This is where you run away in fear because you have no idea what I can do to you. And trust me, I can find you and make school life difficult for you." Derek says.
"Well, Derek. If this is some way of protecting your girlfriend from the new kid, I get the message loud and clear." Alan says confidently. "I'll back off, but for your information Casey came up to me."
Alan leaves the table, leaving Derek laughing just the same as Casey did when Alan mentioned Derek being Casey's boyfriend. When Alan looks back again Sam and Ralph are staring wide eye at him.
I must be naïve or stupid or something. I don't know. When I saw Derek and Casey together they looked like a couple. I mean they were fighting but what couple doesn't have their arguments. And what couple doesn't tease each other in a fun joking manner. I know my father and mother always fight and joke around about something once a week.
Unless, there is something I'm missing. A piece to the puzzle that is unclear. However, my first instinct about this seems right. I mean they were both trying to divert the conversation by laughing. I may want to look out for more clues about their relationship 'cause I know that there is definitely something going on between those two.
..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
A/N: So Alan has now met Casey and Derek. He does have some interesting thoughts on those two.
The next chapter will basically be details about the next couple of months during the school year and the interactions between Derek and Casey, observed through Alan's eyes. Then it will lead into the drama of Derek and Casey's relationship and the secrets both hold.
Read and Review.