Okay!! So, I'm not sure what to do with this chapter. So, I'm going to wing it! Thank you guys once again! And please review!
Disclaimer: I do not own Life with Derek. Darn. I do own this plot. Yay!
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Marti giggled at us with a smile on her face. Derek and I froze and stared in horror at her. Oh, gosh, Marti had seen us! I thought Derek closed the door! Marti must have opened it in the middle of our kissing. Crap.
But, Marti loved Derek. She'd probably keep her mouth shut. Thank goodness for that.
"I knew it!" Marti shrieked, her smile still plastered to her cute, little face.
Derek rubbed the back of his head awkwardly, "Umm, heeey, Smarti. What are you doing here?"
"I knew you guys loved each other!" Marti acted to old for her age, gosh.
"Ummm, yeah, Smarti. Could you keep this a secret, please?" Derek bend down so that he was eye-level with Marti.
"Yeah, Smerek!" She agreed and happily skipped off to her own bed.
Derek turned to me, wide-eyed, and let out a sigh, "That was close. Good thing it wasn't Dad or something."
"Yeah, well, good night, Derek," I sighed in relief.
"Good night, Casey," He said again, walked out the door, closed it, and headed to his own bedroom.
I laid back on my bed and looked at the clock. It read 8:46. It was still early, but I was really tired. I just got under the covers and drifted off to sleep.
I woke up to the sound of a car outside. I got up, looked out the window and saw that the whole family was inside the car and leaving. They were leaving without me? Where were they going? I calmed myself down. Obviously, they were just going out to get breakfast and I had woke up late and they didn't want to wake me.
I walked lazily down the stairs and into the living room. I plopped down on the couch and stared at the ceiling.
"Good morning," I jumped at the sound of Derek's voice.
"Oh, hey, Derek. Everyone obviously just left without us. They like to do that, don't they?" I said to Derek as he sat down next to me and draped his arm around my shoulders.
We sat like that for a while, not knowing what to say or do. What were we suppose to do? It was a boring day, and there was really nothing to do.
Derek leaned over and kissed my temple. I looked over at him and smiled.
"What's going on here?" Derek and I heard from behind us. It came from Lizzie, who was standing behind the couch with Edwin, staring at us.
Derek and I jumped away from each other and clung to the opposite sides of the couch. We tried to make it look like nothing, but they obviously saw the kiss.
"It's obvious what's going on here! Derek's got himself another girl. Who just so happens to be your sister," Edwin replied to the question that Lizzie had directed towards us.
"Heh, heh," Derek said nervously, looking from me to Edwin to Lizzie and then back to me.
I looked everywhere but at the three other people in the room. This was very, very awkward.
"Umm, listen. Could you guys, like, keep this a secret. You know, not tell Mom and George?" I asked them sweetly, finally having the guts to look at them.
"Why should we?" Edwin questioned. Of course, he was going to question.
"Because we are going to tell Mom and George. Soon. Okay?" I said with a pleading look on my face.
"Welll, okay," Edwin shrugged.
"Sure, no problem, sis," I knew Lizzie would have my back. She was always my favorite sister. Wait, I only had one sister. Oh, well, I still loved her.
"Oh, thank you, guys," I said.
About an hour later, our parents came home with Marti and I was nervous. I was afraid that Edwin or Lizzie or Marti would just blurt out that Derek and I were dating. I'm paranoid, man.
"Hey, kids, how are you doing?" My mother asked us and looking oddly at Derek who was sitting next to me on the couch instead of in his chair.
"Fine!" "Great!" Derek and I answered at the same time.
"Okay, yeah, sure. Not going to ask," Nora sighed and went to put the sacks, which I'm sure contained christmas presents, up in her bedroom.
While Mom, George, and Marti were out, Derek and I decided that we would tell Mom and George after Christmas. Until then, we needed to act like we normally did, but that was hard.
By day, we pretended to fight and Derek pranked me like he normally does. By night, we had our intimite moments consisting of passionate kisses and long talks filled with sappy words that no one needed to hear.
We continued with our charade for as long as we could and Mom and George looked pleased that we were back to acting the same way. Which was exactly what we were doing: acting. Lizzie and Edwin knew what was going on and smirked at us, teasing us.
Marti just looked sad. She had really thought that we were actually fighting, but we got a chance to explain to her that all we were doing was pretending to fight. We still loved each other.
Christmas was the big party at our house that George said he had every year and since we moved in, we did have it every year. It was awesome to be at a Christmas party, but I dreaded it this year. I feared that someone, cough cough Emily cough cough, would accidently spill the beans to Mom and George. And I really, really didn't want to spill the beans.
And unfortunately, that's exactly what happened.
On Christmas at 7:00, I was ready, decked out in a gorgeous, knee-length, red dress. I was ready to attend the party.
It was a pretty awesome party, too. Except when I heard the loud, shriek of surprise from, none other than, my own mother, "What? You're kidding me, right?!"
I looked over to where my mother was standing with Emily. My mother was staring at me, shocked, but she didn't seem to look upset, just shocked. I smacked my head and moaned under my breath, "Emilyyyyy."
George was standing with her and his mouth was hung open in shock, like he had just won the lottery or something and couldn't believe it.
I heard Emily say, "She didn't tell you? That she got a B on her last test in Chemistry?" Oh, thank God. I sighed. Man, that was too close.
"Oh, and she's dating Derek," I froze. Darn, you, Emily. Now, I have to kill you for revenge.
"Whaaaat?!" My mother said louder than the first shriek.
"Ohh, heh, heh, she didn't tell you, did she?" Emily looked over at me, pleading that I wouldn't kill her or use chinese water torture on her. She edged back into the crowd and dissappeared.
I moaned loudly and went to go find Derek. But, to my misfortune, George and mom had found him first. I turned back around and started to head in the other direction, hoping they wouldn't see me.
"Casey, come here!" I stopped, moaned, and plastered a fake smile on my face. I turned around and headed over to them.
"Yes, mother?" I asked nicely, hoping she would kill me right then.
"Casey, we need to talk after the party, okay?" She said to me with a, it can't be! A smile on her face? What? What is going on here? Maybe, she just wants to talk about the test. I can explain that to her. I didn't get enough sleep that night! Yeah!
George and mom then left. I sighed. Derek looked at me, "They know."
I moaned loudly, "God, I am so killing Emily!"
The party sooned ended and George and mom made the other kids get washed up and off to bed. While, we had to wait and suffer on the living room couch. I stared at the t.v. and supported my head with my hands. Well, there's nothing we could do now.
George and mom stood in front of us, "Sooo? Anything you'd like to talk about with us?" My mother questioned, smiling.
"Umm, yes, the snowman cupcakes were delicious, mom. What's the recipe?" I asked, trying to drive her away from the topic I knew she was heading towards.
"Casey...please explain," My mother said sternly but still smiling.
"Oh, I just want the recipe so I can make the cupcakes some time," I smiled innocently.
"Casey! We know about you two. Now explain," My smile fell away and I moaned and I went back to staring at the t.v.
Which brings us to now, I'm sitting on the couch, staring at the t.v. while the bimbo next to me tried to explain. I sighed and continued staring. The bimbo, who is also my boyfriend, Derek Venturi, was not doing a good job at explaining, but he managed to get through it.
"Well, finally," George sighed.
I jerked my head up and Derek and I asked together, "Huh?"
"Nora and I have been waiting for this to happen ever since you guys moved in," George explained.
I sat up straight and looked at them, "Wait, so you're not mad? You're not going to punish us?"
"Punish you? That's rediculous. What did you think we would do? Put you in a white room to live there for eternity?" George was laughing now.
"Heh, heh. Actually, yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking," I rubbed the back of my neck.
"Well, that's crazy, honey," My mother said.
"Now, I want you to go bed and get some sleep, okay?" My motioned towards the stairs.
Derek and I walked to our bedroom, still stunned.
"Well, that was...interesting," I said, standing in front of my door with Derek in front of me.
"I'll say," He said and leaned down and kissed me on the lips, "Good night, Casey."
"Good night, Derek," I said and entered my bedroom and laid down.
So, there you have it, it all started with a look and now Derek and I were together and surprisingly enough, our parents were happy for us. And everyone else that we knew was happy for us, too. What a strange world.
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So, how did you guys like the ending? I know this chapter like rushed, but I figured that I needed to end it soon. Haha. So, I had fun writing this and I'll be starting on a new story. Please read it! Thank you, guys!