If Only Life Was Like A Movie

This is not good, this is not good, this is soo not good…Those were the only thoughts that crossed Charlie's mind over the weekend. She kissed Derek VenturiShe kissed Derek Venturi. She kissed Derek Venturi! The worst part was, deep down, she sort of enjoyed it. The thought of seeing him that morning was giving her a headache. I guess we'll simply have to avoid him.

"Charlie?" Casey's voice said, pulling Charlie out of her daze. "You listening?"

"Yeah," Charlie said sheepishly. "You, Sam, your porch, mushy stuff, ya da ya da..."

"Are you okay?" Emily asked. "You seem a little…off."

"I'm good," Charlie said. Casey and Emily stared back, unconvinced. "Really." She suddenly spotted Derek coming down the hall and her heart started racing. Had he seen her? "Sorry guys, I gotta go…gotta ask Mrs DiMarco about the…thing…in math…yeah…bye!" And Charlie scurried down the hall, in the complete opposite direction of Mrs DiMarco's classroom.

"Hey," Derek said, approaching Emily and Casey. "You guys seen Charlie?"

"She went that way," Emily said pointing in the direction Charlie had gone.

"Thanks," Derek said, and jogged away.

"I smell something fishy," Emily said.

"No, I smell something Derek-y," Casey said.

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"Okay, spill," Casey said, slamming her lunch tray on the table where Charlie was enjoying her meatball sub.

"Come again?" Charlie said.

"You and Derek have been acting weird all day," Casey said. "And I want to know why! Right now!"

"Look," Charlie said. "It's nothing, okay? Just a little misunderstanding between us. Nothing to worry about."

"Well," Casey retorted. "Derek's been acting really arrogant today, more than usual. So whatever the problem is, could you fix, soon?"

"Gotcha buddy," Charlie said. "You ready for your big scene with Sam after school?"

"Oh my gosh," Casey said, blushing. "That's today?"

"Yup," Charlie replied, grinning. "We got so much done last week, and I managed to edit a whole bunch on the weekend. If we kick it into overdrive this week and this weekend, we should be able to wrap up filming!"

"That's great!" Casey said, as she took a bite of her lasagna. "When's the festival?"

"Two weeks from Friday," Charlie said. "I think we should be ready by then."

"Cool," Casey said.

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"Okay people! Places everyone! Five, four, three, two, one…ACTION!" Charlie yelled. The school day was finally over, and the whole cast and crew were gathered in the gym. They were filming the final scene of the movie.

"What made you change your mind?" Sam said to Casey.

"I realised how naïve I was being," Casey replied. "At my old school, everybody liked me because I they thought I was pretty. They didn't care what kind of person I was. It never really mattered to them. Not like it does to you."

"In that case, would you like to dance?" Sam said, smiling, putting his hand out. Charlie pointed at a girl who was standing next to the sound system, and she turned it on. The Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah" started playing.

"Hey there Delilah
What's it like in New York City?
I'm a thousand miles away
But girl tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do
Times Square can't shine as bright as you
I swear it's true."

"I'm sorry about the way I acted," Casey said as they waltzed around the gym, through the extras, through the other couples.

"It's fine," Sam said, still smiling.

"It's really not," Casey said. "I blew you off, and you're the only one whoever really saw me for me."

"Hey there Delilah
Don't you worry about the distance
I'm right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice it's my disguise
I'm by your side

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me.

Hey there Delilah
I know times are getting hard
But just believe me girl
Someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar
We'll have it good
We'll have the life we knew we would
My word is good."

"I'm over it, really," Sam said.

"You really sure?" Casey said.

"Hey there Delilah
I've got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away
I'd write it all
Even more in love with me you'd fall
We'd have it all

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me."

"Positive," Sam replied.

"I really don't deserve a friend like you, Dylan," Casey said.

"You really don't," Sam said, laughing.

"A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they've got planes and trains and cars
I'd walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
and we'll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way
Delilah I can promise you
That by the time we get through
The world will never ever be the same
And you're to blame."

"You can make it up to me," Sam said.

"How's that?" Casey said.

"Don't pull away," Sam said.

"What?" Casey said. Suddenly (well, actually, not that suddenly, it was in the script) Sam leaned in and kissed Casey. Charlie saw, out of the corner of her eye, Derek put his hand over his eyes, and she laughed. But Casey and Sam hadn't seemed to notice, because they kept on kissing as the music played on.

"Hey there Delilah
You be good and don't you miss me
Two more years and you'll be done with school
And I'll be making history like I do
You'll know it's all because of you
We can do whatever we want to
Hey there Delilah here's to you
This ones for you

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me."

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"Well that was gross," Derek said from behind Charlie. They managed to film the kissing scene, and a couple more. Charlie was heading to her locker to get her school bag.

"But," he said, grinning. "It gave me an idea…" He leaned in to kiss her, but she quickly put her hands up to her face and Derek's lips found themselves pressed against her palm. "What's wrong? I thought…when we…on your porch…"

"I'm so sorry, Derek," Charlie said sadly. "It was an accident. It was a mistake. I got caught up in the moment. You kissed me. Sorry."

"But you kissed back!" Derek yelled.

"Sshh!" Charlie said, waving her hands warningly. "Look, I don't want this to ruin our friendship, okay? Can we just pretend like it never happened?" And she walked away.

"I'm so sorry. Really."

But sadly, her words of pity could not mend his broken heart.