He Said She Said A/N:
Disclaimer: IF I owned LwD, I wouldn't treat it as crappily as the stupid Disney Channel and if I told everyone the new episode would be a certain day I would effing PLAY IT that day! Gahhhh. Um sorry.
Chapter 10: The Great EscapeNo matter how close Casey edged toward the car door, there would never be enough room to gain a satisfying space between her and Derek. Then again, she couldn't exactly edge her seat to South Africa. So she remained with her head lying on the open window, allowing the wind to block out all sounds, smell, and since her hair was being whipped into her eyes, sight of Derek.
It seemed like hours before their parents were able to pick them up. In reality, it was only about twenty minutes. In that period of time, Derek remained in the green room while Casey slumped to a sitting position outside. The camera crew and Connie returned to the set to show the audience the wonderful footage they had just caught on tape. Sure, it was still confusing as hell since they didn't know the background story, but it was drama and that's good enough for any daytime talk show.Derek tried to focus his attention out the window, but after the five millionth insurance billboard, he couldn't help but let his attention drift elsewhere. Derek glanced over at Casey. He knew she was trying to fake like she was asleep, when really she was silently trying to cast curses in his direction with her mind. This was going to be a long car ride…
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Casey would stumble around the empty amusement park,
flashlight in hand. She was searching, but she wasn't even sure
what she was searching for. Then she would lay eyes on the fun house
and some crazy bell would go off in her head like this was what she
had been looking for all along. She would run toward the fun house
and yank the door open, looking around the room wildly. Directly in
front of her, she saw herself. Confused, she would finally realize
it's a mirror, but there was something different about this mirror.
The Casey that stood in front of her had tears streaked across her
entire face. And there she would stand, alone and confused, until the
ground collapsed and she fell through, barely being able to contain
her screams as she jumped up in bed, wide awake. Groaning,
Lizzie sat up rubbing her eyes. "Casey…" she grumbled
irritatedly. "Sorry, Liz", Casey looked apologetic. "I'm
seriously going to go sleep in the tub now." "Don't
bother", Lizzie smiled at her and pointed to the clock on the side
table. "It's morning." Casey laughed but still
apologized once more. She had kept Lizzie up all night with her
sudden awakenings. Edwin on the other hand had remained passed out
and completely oblivious to all of this. Typical… Somewhere
in the four walls that surrounded her, she could hear her family
waking up in the separate rooms. With a heaving sigh, she threw
herself back under the blankets, unable to face any of them. She
wasn't sure what she feared more: the parental lecture, or the rage
from Derek. After several
failed attempts from Lizzie to get her sister out of the bed, she
gave up and then headed toward her other impossible test: waking
Edwin up from his death snore. Casey wasn't sure how long
she remained there. Bored and a little anxious, she headed into the
bathroom to slowly get ready. And by slowly, she moved at the rate of
a snail if it meant she didn't have to see her family right away. After taking a shower, getting dressed, and styling her hair, she was
finally applying her makeup before she heard a knock at the door.
Casey reached for the knob without thinking (Lizzie and Edwin had
been pestering her to come out all morning). "Fine, take the
bathroom! Can't I have a minute of pri-" Casey stopped abruptly
and her eyes turned cold. As if
reading her mind he simply shrugged and said "I let Ed and Liz use
my bathroom. Seems someone was hogging theirs with a two hour shower.
Lizzie isn't happy with that by the way. Something about how water
isn't such a renewable resource like it used to be…?" Derek
stared off into space for a minute before shrugging again and going
to sit down on the bed. "Um leave? Now?" Casey's
question wasn't really a question. It was a demand. Which only
meant that Derek was intrigued and would stay even longer. Groaning
loudly at Derek's smug grin, Casey walked back into the bathroom to
finish her makeup. Before Derek could even begin the
interrogation, there was a loud knock at the door, and before either
person could flinch, the door burst open and George and Nora walked
in. They shut the door firmly behind them and eyed the two teenagers
angrily. No matter how much they despised each other right now, they
couldn't help but pass an agonizing "here we go" look between
themselves. George raised a hand dramatically and opened his
mouth to yell, but Nora was way ahead of him. "Do you guys have any
idea what we've been through yesterday? We nearly had a heart
attack when we found you weren't anywhere in the hotel. And then we
find you locked inside an amusement park? What kind of-" "Mom!" Casey was rarely one to raise her voice at her mother, but
this was so not the time. "Look, excuse us for faulty doorknobs
inside haunted houses. I'll take full responsibility if you would
just not do this right now. Yes, we're aware we're in trouble.
But just go ahead and ground us or something, I'm in no mood to
stay in this room with this… "Casey!" George and Nora yelled after her, outraged. But she was
already around the corner and down the hallway. Derek, who sat
quietly on the bed, amused by this whole spectacle, leapt up and
followed Casey out the door. "Bad girls, Bad girls. Whatcha
gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?" Derek sang,
skipping easily along Casey's fast, angry stride. The angrier
Casey's expression became, the wider Derek's grin would spread.
"Aww, what's wrong? You don't like sing-a-longs Case?" Casey stopped so short, she nearly toppled over, but before she
could, she rounded on Derek. "You think this is funny?! We're
probably going to be grounded for eternity. And ugh! Why am I even
talking to you?" "Oh I don't know. It's probably my
damn irresistibility. And it's only an added bonus that it
irritates you so much." "You nauseate me." Derek continued to laugh at her as the elevator doors closed in his
face. "Finally", Casey sighed the second Derek's
taunting gaze was out of view. She slid to the floor and let herself
cry. She hated herself for it. So much. But she was so lost she
didn't care. She needed this. The elevator doors opened
again and she sped through the lobby and out the front doors. Little
did she know, Derek found the stairs much quicker. He was on her
heels in no time. "I'm kind of hungry. Mind if we stop and get a
bit before you continue your rage sprint?" Casey didn't
even react to his presence. She headed straight for the bus stop and
sat down, firmly turning around so that her back was to Derek. "GO AWAY!" Casey didn't mean for her voice to
crack. She was supposed to sound strong and resentful. Now she just
felt pathetic. Derek quickly managed to force the reflection
of surprise out of his eyes. Casey rarely screamed…and rarely
sounded so weak doing it. Derek sighed heavily and threw up his arms
as a sign of giving up. He was ready to turn on his heel when she
finally spoke. "It's just…" Casey took a deep breath
and let it out. She sniffed, breathed again, and began to start over.
"It's just that I really don't want to bring this up. What
happened, I mean. Ever again. And you're making this really
difficult to accomplish right now." "Well don't think I
like to bring it up either-" Derek was cut off by a loud sound of
disbelief from Casey. "Please! You'll do anything to make
me feel miserable. It doesn't matter what it is, because nothing
affects you in the least. It's like you feel absolutely nothing."
Ouch. This made Derek angry. He could see how she felt that
way from her point of view, but he needed to defend himself. That's
not how it is. "Casey, as difficult a concept as this is for you to
grasp, I am a human being. I just don't analyze and knit pick every
stupid detail of the day like a girl does." "So you're
saying the fact that you made out with your step-sister is just
another stupid detail of the day?" Derek couldn't decide if Casey
was angry, sad, shocked, or a combination of the three. Either way,
he really didn't like the look in her eyes right now. And the way
they changed from a fierce emotion to practically dead so quickly,
scared him. "Just forget it. You never understood and you
never will." Casey stared away with blank eyes. "Oh my
Gahhh! That's exactly it, right there! Maybe I would have a fucking
clue if you told me what the hell you mean half the time!" Casey shrugged. She seemed unabashed by his sudden outburst. "If
you have to ask, you'll never know." "Yeah, ok, thanks
for the straight answers Confucius. I think I'll just go jump off a
bridge now. Anything makes more sense than you." Luckily,
Casey thought, Derek didn't notice the wince she let out when he
said that. Despite her feelings of wanting to go back to the hotel
with him, she refused. She would rather be on a bus ride alone to her
house, than be locked up in a car with Derek Venturi for that long.
Again. Sighing as the bus pulled up, Casey hoped her family
would be decent enough to bring her clothes back to the house. Derek had slightly bigger things to worry about once he got back to
the hotel. Namely, how in the hell he would explain Casey taking off
on a bus by herself. The more he thought about it, the slower he
walked. He didn't want to be anywhere near that hotel. He had only
heard about 1/500 of the lecture earlier he was sure to hear when he
got back. With no real conscious thought at all, Derek turned
back the other direction and began walking at a faster pace. His
steps quickened when he saw the bus pull into view. When he saw Casey
step on he nearly made a run for it. With a slight crash into the
side of the doors, Derek fumbled up the steps and ducked into a seat
at the front. Casey had dragged herself toward the back. Derek would
talk to her eventually… right now he just had to stop his mind from
spinning and also let Casey cool off. "So you're saying
the fact that you made out with your step-sister is just another
stupid detail of the day?"…those words kind of stung. He hated
that she had to throw the dreaded "s" word in there. It made all
this seem so much worse than it was. So he thinks Casey is
attractive. So it was just a random moment where they couldn't
control their hormones. So what if he had maybe wanted to kiss her
since the first day she moved in? Wait, what?! Derek slammed
his head against the window, willing himself into an unconscious
sleep. If there was one thing he couldn't stand, it was to analyze
things. That's the girls'
department.
Casey woke with a sudden start. Stupid
dreams…well…nightmares would be the correct term. She couldn't
escape them last night. And to make it worse they really didn't
make a bit of sense. But they all ultimately ended with the same
scene:
She came to the conclusion that she disliked them both
equally and would therefore avoid like crazy.
Who let Derek in here?
"Wow. Running away on a bus. How very " teen drama" of you.
Only one problem Case…you're supposed to run AWAY from home. Not
to it."
Derek cringed. That window really did hurt.
He sighed loudly. This made Casey unwillingly snap one eye open to shoot a hateful glance at him. But he wasn't looking at her. His eyes were now closed. It was time for him to fake sleep.
Casey took the opportunity to sit up and stretch a bit. She kind of wished she had fallen asleep though, because now George was pulling the car over so they could all get a bite to eat at one of those cheesy fake 50's diners. Casey groaned loudly, Nora sighed, and George just laughed.
"Everyone out! Time for a family dinner. I think we could use one." George bellowed. Even though Derek's eyes were closed, it was quite obvious he was rolling them.
'Family?' Casey cringed harshly. This definitely didn't sound like a good idea.
Yeeeah, kinda short. Sorry! But hey, better than
nothing right? Or hmm maybe you'd prefer nothing. lol
Ok so,
the A/N at the top is a little old. Not THAT old, but I'd just like
to add (in case no one heard) that Ash confirmed to me and the people
that were on the chat, that there WILL be a 5th
season and possibly even two movies. What Jordan wrote in her
blog…yeah idk what's up with that. Weeeird. Oh! And just in case
"a very Derekus Christmas"
drops our belief in Dasey,
Ash said that her and Mike had a say in whether they wanted Dasey or
not. So that pretty much means it's happening. Right?
xo,
Christina