When Two Worlds Collide- Dasey and Jommy Story

Chapter 2: "See Myself In You"

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN THIS CHAPTER dafuturesingingsensation DOES!! THIS FIC WAS CO-WRITTEN BUT WE CAN'T DEAL WITH EACHOTHER SO AFTER CHAPTER 2 EVERYTHING IS MINE!! EXCEPT THE SHOWS OR SONG!!


Casey and Spied burst into the studio ten minutes later to find everyone staring at them. "What?" Casey asked worriedly.

"Did you two get lost on the way here from Darius' office?" Derek asked, icily rhetorical.

Casey turned away from Derek's piercing gaze, but Spied put an arm around her shoulders and pulled her close reassuringly, and then turned to face Derek. "Relax, dude, we played a game of chase."

"Funny, I didn't think chase could be part of the recording process," Derek retorted acidly.

"Well, for Lady Harrison and Lord Squinty Frown, it is," Spied remarked innocently.

Jude and Tom smiled at the memory of their own game that morning, but their smiles melted from their faces when they saw Derek glare at them. Tom quickly decided to step in. "Derek, it's your band's first day here. You guys are allowed to goof off a bit. I mean, look at Ralph. He's been playing with that board since he got here." He motioned towards Ralph, who was sitting in front of the soundboard and pushing buttons and sliding (what are those things called?) levels while Kwest watched to make sure nothing got broken.

"Well, that's Ralph," said Derek dismissively. "He's simple. Casey's a keener. She's not supposed to goof off. It's against her nature."

"What if I wanted to have some fun for a change?" Casey found her voice and bit back. Derek turned to look at her.

"I find it odd that whenever I've tried to get you loosen up, you resist, but when this guy comes along"—he jerked his head toward Spied, not even wanting to say his name—"you're suddenly a fun-loving gal."

"This guy has a name, and maybe I wanna spend time with him because he's funny and not a controlling JERK," she snapped.

"Controlling jerk?! You gotta learn the business mentality! Time is money!"

"TOM JUST SAID—"

"BEFORE Tom said what he said!"

"GUYS!" Jude and Tom stormed over to Casey and Derek, respectively, grabbed their arms, and pulled them outside.

"What?! S/HE started it!" The teens pulled away from their captors and pointed at each other. Jude and Tom growled. "Is this how you always act?!"

"You asked that before, and yes," Casey responded.

"Well, that ends now," Jude declared. "Derek, Spied's a nice guy. You can trust him with Casey." Derek looked like he didn't believe her, but grudgingly nodded.

"And Casey," Tom spoke in a paternal tone so that she would listen to him. "You shouldn't let Derek get to you, whatever he says. The main reason you and he fight all the time is that you choose to start it by making something out of nothing." Casey opened her mouth to protest, but Tom silenced her by raising his hand. "You know it's true."

"Tommy," Jude spoke slowly, "why are you talking like a dad to a girl right around my age?"

Tom's eyebrows rose in shocked realization. "I have no clue. Sorry if I freaked you out, Casey."

Casey smiled. "No problem. I liked the dad talk. Reminds me of Paul."

Jude and Tom stared at her.

"The school guidance counselor," Derek explained. "She sees him regularly."

"Oh!" Tom exclaimed. "Those people are good."

"How do you know that?" Jude asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I used to go to one at my school to stop getting into fights before...stuff happened," he finished lamely.

Jude rolled her eyes. "Come on, Tommy. I know you got kicked out of seventh grade."

Derek snickered, unheard to Tom, whose eyes flashed as he turned to Jude, "How'd you know about that?"

"A little bird told me," Jude retorted.

"Damn Sadie, I thought I could trust her!" Tom muttered to himself, but Jude still heard him.

"She's my sister, Tommy, and you were drunk!"

Casey and Derek stole a glance at each other, and then coughed in a subtle manner to remind the other two that they were still there. Jude and Tom stopped arguing, looked at Derek and Casey calmly sitting in front of them and watching them fight, and their faces flushed crimson. The entire situation was a bit too much like parents getting caught fighting in front of their children not to be realized by all as such.

"Well, you guys seem to have your own problems, so we'll just go back inside," Derek informed them.

Casey nodded concurrently, and she and Derek looked at one another, grabbed hands to portray their camaraderie, and returned together to the studio. Jude and Tom watched them, dumbfounded.

Tom turned confusedly to Jude. "Weren't they trying to kill each other just a minute ago?"

"Well, so were we," Jude admitted. The two thought deeply about all that had just happened for several minutes, and then decided not to think about it anymore, and went back into the studio themselves.

They found everyone preparing for recording, Kwest showing Casey how to set up the mike and Derek watching attentively to learn as well, even while he tuned his guitar, and Sam having taken over Kwest's former position of making sure Ralph didn't break the soundboard he was still messing around with.

"So, are we ready to do this?" Tom asked when he and Jude came into the room. Everybody looked up at them, and Kwest gave them a thumbs-up. Everyone went to their proper places, Derek moving away from Casey to give Spied his necessary space next to her and moving off to the side, and Kwest adjusted the mixing board. When everything was perfect, Kwest gave up his seat to Tom, who took it with a nod, and spoke into the mic in front of him, "Take One." And D-Rock's first day of recording began.


A/N: I think it was mai:nly meant to lay down some of the foundations. You got some jealous Derek at the beginning, you got some Dasey/Jommy connection, and you even get some Dasey at the end!

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-JJ