Life with Derek Drabbles
Author's Note: Here's another oneshot for everyone. Thanks for the great reviews. I'm glad everyone enjoyed the 'horoscope' oneshot and the 'jacket' drabble. I hope you guys like this one. It's called 'Cards'.
'Cards'
Casey and Derek were home alone, currently sitting in front of the TV watching nothing in particular. There were no hockey games on today, and no soap operas were on either. So, for once Derek and Casey were not arguing on what channel they wanted the TV. to be on. Nope, they were sitting there flipping through the channels, not stopping on anything.
"Hey, Derek? Do you know where the playing cards are?" Casey asked suddenly.
"Yeah, why?" Derek replied, not really interested.
"'Cuz I'm bored and I feel like playing cards!"
"Okay! Okay! You don't have to yell. They're in the game's closet."
"Okay. Thanks." Casey stood up and ran up the stairs towards the game's closet. She looked around and her eyes fell upon the "Be Divine Princess Rhinestone Kit", which brought back some memories…
"Well, have your meeting somewhere else 'cuz I need to…"
"Hide?!" Casey yelled, opening the door of the closet to find a scheming Lizzie, Edwin, and Marti, and a scared looking Derek looking back at her.
"Uh no, no. I'm just looking for… uh, the 'Be Divine Princess Rhinestone Kit'." Derek stuttered, picking up the random box of rhinestones out of the shelf and grabbing onto it for his dear life. Casey just rolled her eyes.
"Well, I need to talk to you."
"Can you just send me a memo?" Derek whispered as a last chance of survival.
"NO! NOW!" Casey grabbed onto Derek's shirt, twisted it in her grasp, turned the knob with her other hand, and pushed Derek all the way to his room. Then, she pushed him down onto his bed and began yelling at him like never before. She thought she saw a flicker of some "other" kind of emotion in his eyes, but ignored it and kept yelling.
Casey laughed at the memory. She and Derek had been getting along a little better for a while now. Their arguments haven't stopped completely, but they only bickered about things that really mattered.
'Sometimes I miss it, though.'
Casey found the pack of cards and walked out of the closet. She walked back to the living room in hopes that Derek would play a game with her.
"Derek, do you wanna play a card game?" Casey grinned at Derek.
"Yeah, sure why not? There's nothing good on TV." He moved from his chair onto the ground, Casey opposite of him by the table.
"Okay. Do you know how to play 'Spoons'?" Casey suggested.
"Ah, no. Um, do you know how to play 'Poker'?"
"Nope. How about 'Rich Man, Poor Man'?"
"WHAT?! How can you not know how to play poker?"
"I just don't, okay?" Casey retorted, feeling slightly offended.
"Okay… I don't know how to play 'Rich Man, whatever'."
They thought for a few more moments for a card game they both know how to play.
"Killer!" They both said in unison. (A/N: For those of you who don't know what the card game killer is, check the link in my profile.)
"Yeah, we should play that. But do you remember the rules?" Casey asked.
"Um, I think I do. The last I played was like in Grade 8. We used to play at lunch everyday!"
"That sounds fun. The private school I went to never let anyone do anything fun. That's why I kind of like it at a public school now."
"Wow. I didn't know that Miss Preppy Pants knew how to have fun." Derek teased.
"Hey, I know how to have some fun. Studying is fun, you know. You just don't do it right."
"Hey, that hurt. And I choose not to study correctly. It's gonna ruin my cool guy reputation." Derek said, flipping his collar up. Casey sighed, rolling her eyes.
"Okay, okay 'Cool guy', let's play."
30 minutes and 10 games of 'Killer' later
"De-rek! You can't put 2 Aces on top of my 3 Sevens! You have to put a triple higher than seven!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah! I know. I just don't wanna play anymore!" Derek whined, throwing his cards down of the table in defeat.
"Oooh, is the Great Derek 'Cool Guy' Venturi mad that he's being beat by his sister at a simple card game?" Casey joked.
"Hey! You're my STEP-sister. No blood relation." Derek corrected.
"Yeah, yeah… same difference." There was an awkward hush for a while.
"So, do you wanna play a different card game? I can teach you how to play 'Poker'." Derek said, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively at Casey.
"No, how about I teach you how to play 'Spoons'?"
"Nah. I'd rather not."
"Fine. Let's just watch boring TV, flipping from channel to channel endlessly, until our family comes home." Derek thought for a second.
"Spoons it is!"
Pairing: Look at it whichever way you want. I thought it was Derek/Casey bonding. Or it can be a Dasey.
Word Count: 773 words
Mood: Sleepy (Goodnight!)
Author's Note: Heh. My friends and I play cards almost everyday at lunch, and we're in the 10th grade. Just thought I should add that in. Please review and more shall be added soon! Till then… Au Revoir! (I hope I spelled that right. XP)