Sorry for the wait, I just got finished finals this week.
Disclaimer: I don't own Life with Derek or the song Beautiful.
I woke up this morning a lot less confused than yesterday. After taking a shower and changing, I went downstairs for breakfast. Once I reached the kitchen, I found that Shannon was present again, but this time, so was Derek.
"Morning Space Case", he says. I feel myself rolling my eyes at him.
"Morning Derek. Morning Shannon", I say.
"Morning Casey", she says pleasantly. "I made French toast, if you want some".
"Sure", I answer. French toast sounds good.
Shannon then gets up and puts some on a plate and then places it in front of me. I thank her, she smiles at me, and then sits back down.
"So Case, do you have anything planned for tomorrow night?" asks Derek.
No. What a silly question. What could I possibly have planned? The only thing that is more pathetic than my academic failures is my recent social life. Heck what am I saying? What social life?
"No. Why?" I ask.
"Well tonight is the premiere for my new movie Stan and…" he starts.
"I really don't want to go to the premiere. I don't think I'll feel very comfortable in that setting and plus, isn't Stan kind of a scary movie?" I ask.
"It's a psychological thriller Space Case, not a horror movie", he says mocking me a bit. "Anyway, what I was going to ask if you want to head out to dinner with me tonight to celebrate?"
"Sure, but don't you go to your premiere?" I ask. Don't most directors attend their own movie premiere? Is it considered bad luck or something?
"Derek has never shown up to any of his movie premieres. He overslept and missed the first one and it was the most successful movie of the summer. So now, he has a tradition of missing them all. I'm going in his place", explains Shannon as her face lit up when she says that she gets to go.
"So you, me tonight for dinner?" asks Derek.
"Yeah sure. I haven't eaten out in forever", I say honestly. "Are we going somewhere expensive because I don't have any really nice clothes".
"Way ahead of you" says Derek, smirking at me. "Shannon is taking you to the mall so you can pick out something. She also needs a dress for the premiere".
About an hour later, I found myself in a limo heading to the mall. To tell you the truth, I don't remember the last time I've been to the mall. I feel like I should be more excited than I actually am. However, my mind is completely on tonight and I'm feeling…anxious. I don't know why either, since it's just dinner with Derek.
"Excited about tomorrow night?" asks Shannon.
"Yeah, I haven't eaten out in decent place in a long time", I lie…well sort of. There is some excitement, just way more anxiety.
"Are you excited about the premiere?" I ask.
"Oh yeah! I get to hang out with the producers and the cast. Maybe even Eminem will show up, since his song did inspire the movie and I just love Eminem. He's one of my favorite artists of all time", she says.
"Sounds fun", I say, trying to sound as enthusiastic as possible. "So what's it like to work for Derek?"
"Honestly, it's great. I mean I've seen so much of the film process first hand and done so much more than any other director would allow. Plus Derek also gives me a lot of fun assignment like our mall expedition. I just enjoy working for him and he's sort of like a big brother to me now", she says.
Funny how Shannon sees Derek as an older brother, but I hardly see him as family. I'm not sure if I'll ever come to think of Derek as a brother. I know I've said some things to him in the past to suggest otherwise, but that was more me trying to convince myself. The truth is: I'm not sure what Derek and I are, but I know we aren't siblings.
After we got out of the limo, Shannon directed me to her favorite store to buy clothes. Shannon was able to find her dress pretty quickly. It was a black dress that looked absolutely gorgeous on her. My search was a little trickier, which is ironic since the only person that it's really for is Derek, while Shannon will be out in the public eye representing Derek in front of a ton of people. However, I tried on dress after dress, and nothing was acceptable for me.
Finally, Shannon found a blue dress that I absolutely loved. I tried it on and it was perfect. I looked in the mirror and for the first time, in what feels like forever, I felt beautiful.
Shannon then took the dresses to the cashier to pay for them (although I'm sure she charged to Derek's account) and we headed out.
The remainder of the day just dragged on. I spent most of it in my room trying to add to my poem (unsuccessfully might I add). I am having trouble concentrating because I'm still focused on dinner with Derek tomorrow. Why is it consumer all my thoughts? Why? Oh great I have a headache. I think I'm just going to take some aspirin and go to bed.
I go into the medicine cabinet and took a couple tablets from the opened aspirin bottle. As I put the bottle back, I accidentally knocked over another bottle, which was for painkillers. I guess I'm still a klutz. When I picked it up, I realized that it was empty. That's strange, but then again that's Derek for you. I can't tell you how many times he used to put back into the fridge empty juice cartons.
Before I go to bed, I go into Derek's room and find him already in bed. I promptly leave, to make sure I don't wake him up. It's amazing how I used to wish that Derek never entered my life when I was younger and yet it is because of him that I'm not homeless. It's funny how fate works.
I guess I better get to sleep. I feel like tomorrow is going to be very interesting.
Not the most exciting chapter, but it sets up a couple things for future chapters. The next chapter will contain the first major Derek/Casey interaction.
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