Oh, my goodness. Another chapter. Chapter 12, to be exact... ((: Read it. Hopefully, you'll like this chapter. I think you will! SMILES!!!
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George was outside, waiting in the car when Casey and Derek exited the school.
He was pretty surprised to see Casey, though.
"Casey? What are you doing here?" George asked as Casey climbed into the passenger's seat, while Derek seated himself in the back.
"Um, I had Saturday detention." Casey said, buckling her seat belt.
"What? How? When? Why?" George sputtered incredulously.
"George." Casey said. "Let's talk about it later."
"Yeah, can you please just get us home?" Derek asked.
George sighed. "Sure thing. But your mom is going to want to know about this." George said to Casey.
"I know." Casey nodded, looking out the window, and seeing Derek's outline. "Later."
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Once home, Derek pretended to go upstairs, but instead seated himself on the stairs and listened to his father and Nora drill Casey.
Like a pro, Casey handled all of the questions cooly.
"Is it drugs?" Nora asked anxiously. "Honey, please tell me it isn't drugs."
"Are you having problems at school?" George asked, pacing. "Because if you are, you know you can always talk to us about it."
"Did Derek get you into trouble?" Nora asked. Derek grimaced at this.
"Hey! How come you assume it's my son that got her into trouble?" George came to Derek's defense.
"Well, George, it is Derek-"
"I'm not on drugs. School is fine. I know I can talk to you. And Derek didn't get me into trouble. I got Saturday detention because I swore and hit a fellow student. But he was asking for it, making inappropriate comments. I know I shouldn't have handled the situation the way I did, but I've learned my lesson." Casey said, calmly.
"Casey violence is not the answer." George said, as Nora said, "Well, as long as the boy got what he deserved and you learned your lesson."
"Nora!" George said.
"What? She's human. And guys can be condescending pricks. Sometimes we have to give them what they ask for."
Derek watched Casey grin.
Well, you go, Nora. Derek thought to himself.
"Nora-"
"She went to detention, she knows she did wrong, not let's let her rest, George." Nora said.
"Can I go to my room?" Casey asked. "I'm tired."
"Yeah, go on." Nora nodded.
Derek got up to go upstairs, but Casey saw him.
"You're too nosey, you know that?" Casey said, from the bottom of the stairs.
Derek turned and smirked.
"Everyone's nosey, Case." and then he continued to climb up the stairs, and go into his room, closing the door behind him.
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Derek paced around his room while Edwin sat on the bed watching his brother.
"Don't sweat this bro, Casey told me she likes you." Edwin said, stretching out.
"Really?" Derek stopped pacing.
"No." Edwin burst out laughing, but then seeing his brothers face, which said I'm going to kill you, he quickly said, "But I'm sure she really does."
Derek let out a groan of frustration, and went back to pacing.
"I'm serious, she probably does. And you guys nag at each other all the time. And that can only mean your feelings for each other are real. I mean, you learn that in first grade." Edwin said.
Derek nodded slightly, running his fingers through his already messy hair.
"I don't know when I should do it." Derek murmured.
"You make it seem like a jail break, not telling a girl you like her." Edwin pointed out.
"I wonder if I should approach her in her room." Derek continued talking as if Edwin had said nothing.
"Or maybe when we're fighting. Wait, no, I can't do the yelling thing."
"Stop trying to plan it! God, if you just wait for it to happen, it'll happen!" Edwin said.
"We both know I'm not that patient." Derek said.
"Well you've got to be patient." Edwin said. "If you really want Casey."
"So," Edwin said. "How was the truth or dare kiss?"
"It was," Derek said, sitting down on the bed with his brother. "Incredible."
"More incredible than..."
"More incredible that any other kiss with any other girl that I've ever had." Derek finished.
"Well, that definitely means something." Edwin observed.
"It most definitely does." Derek agreed.
-Meanwhile, In the next room-
"Casey, stop! You've straightened that picture twelve times. It's going to fall off the wall." Lizzie said from Casey's computer chair.
Casey turned away from the picture, and let herself fall backwards onto her bed.
"Oh, Liz, I'm just so anxious." Casey said. "What if he doesn't-"
"Shove it, Casey. That's ridiculous. He's going to tell you he has feelings for you."
"But what if he doe-"
"Once again, shove it. He does have feelings for you. Now will you shut up and let me go to my room?" Lizzie asked.
"But Liz, you can't leave me alone in my time of need!" Casey cried, sitting up to look at her sister.
"This isn't your time of need, Casey. This is a crush. It just so happens to be a little more nerve-wracking since he's in the next room."
"Yeah, he's in the next room! Do you know how stressful that is?"
"For crying out loud, Casey, you've liked him for a while, and the whole time, he was still in the next room! You'll live!" Lizzie cried.
Casey pouted.
"See, you know I'm right. So, I"m going to bed." Lizzie said.
Casey sighed louder than needed. "Fine."
"Okay. Night, Casey."
"Good night, Liz." Casey said as she watched her sister leaver her room, closing the door behind her. Casey threw herself back on her bed again.
Once in the hall, Lizzie let out a sigh. Before she could make her way to her room, she watched Edwin slip out of Derek's room.
"Geez." Edwin said.
"Ugh, tell me about." Lizzie said. "At least they're a tad less clueless."
"Yeah, now they're just more annoying." Edwin smirked.
"Amen to that." Lizzie said.
"Think hell tell her tonight?"
"No doubt about it." Lizzie said.
"Yup. Night, Liz." Edwin said.
"Night, Ed."
And they went their separate ways.
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Unable to sleep, or do anything but pace, throw herself on her bed, and readjust the picture on her wall -Until it fell. Lizzie was right.- , Casey stepped out of her room, planning to go get a magazine she had left downstairs. But she was stopped short by Derek, who was exiting the bathroom.
Unsure what to do, they both awkwardly idled in front of each other.
Okay, Derek, here it is. Derek thought. Don't screw it up this time.
"There are probably a million things I could apologize to you for." Derek said, thinking carefully of what to say.
"Derek, you don't have to-"
"I could say sorry for always drinking the last of the milk and orange juice before you've had any." Derek said.
"Derek-"
"I could say that I'm sorry for nick naming you Klutzilla." Derek took a step toward Casey.
"I could say I'm sorry for never letting you in the bathroom." Derek said taking another step toward her. "Or for not wanting you to date my best friend. But I was jealous as fuck." Another step.
"But instead," Derek said, taking a final step, so that he was so close, Casey thought she may be able to count his eyelashes. "I'm going to say I'm sorry for always trying to push you down. I only did it," Casey could see that there were flecks of hazel in his brown eyes. "Because I had already fallen for you."
Derek stood in front of Casey, his heart pounding rapidly in his chest, waiting for what Casey would say.
But Casey didn't say a word.
Instead, she slipped her hand around Derek's neck, and pulled him down until their lips met.
Of course they didn't notice two doors down the hall crack open slightly.
"I told you." Lizzie whispered quietly.
'Was there ever a doubt?" Edwin whispered back. They smiled, and then both doors closed once again.
Caught up in kissing Derek, Casey quickly pulled away from Derek, remembering something.
"What is it?" Derek asked.
"How come you had Saturday detention?" Casey asked.
"Oh that?" Derek said, breathing a sigh of relief that Casey hadn't suddenly changed her mind and decided that she didn't want to be with him. "I overheard Craig Vargas talking about you in the locker room, so I punched him." Derek smiled. "You know, you're a lot more sought after than you think."
"Well, that's too bad for them." Casey said. "I'm taken."
Derek smiled down at her.
"Yeah," he said, pulling her close. "You are."
And then he leaned down and kissed her. And why not? She was his now. And he was hers.
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-Tarryn