N/A: Listen, I feel completely horrible about not writing anything for a while, but things have been bad so I've been struggling a little, and I had writer's block so… Yeah, this moment here is one I made up myself, if you don't understand it they had to do a project together and he messed it up by getting into an argument with her in the middle of class and the teacher gave them an F for it. Simple, but I really apologize because my heart was in this story and I almost lost it.
A couple months ago
She was running at him, he could hear her sneakers squeaking against the hall's porcelain floor. He mentally groans in annoyance, his eyes darting through the doors for some sort of escape. All the classrooms just had to be occupied.
"Don't even think about it, Derek; you got us into this mess, and you're going to get us out of it."
"Us? What the hell do you mean us?" He immediately growls out, turning to face her and then stopping all sudden movement when he saw the state she was in, frustrated and in tears.
His body tensed.
"Case…-"
"Oh grow up, Derek, I don't care about your no crying, or feelings, or emotions policy! You're going to have to get over yourself someday and maybe then you'll be more considerate to… others."
She only choked up more when she saw an unusual, unfamiliar look on his face, one of fear and even regret. Being the insensitive jackass he was and how he always held up a strong unwavering vibe it was almost shocking for him to snap his façade so quickly; and in front of her (his bane of existence) no less.
She closed her mouth slowly and took her time thinking about what just happened until her vision refocused from the tears to see him about to bolt to the nearest exit with wide eyes.
"Uh-wait!" she found her words and he instantly stopped as she calmly walked to his side and took his shaking hand. She wasn't used to treating him like this after all these years, and apparently neither was he as he seemed to jump at the contact and look at her incredulously.
"I'm just" she took a short breath in "overreacting, y-you know. I guess that's just how I am. It's-It's alright." She smiled uneasily, because they both knew they weren't familiar with this kindness for each other thing. It made them slightly more tense then normal but relieved non-the-less.
A/N: Review Please.
