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Casey walked into the apartment and dropped her keys on the table with a heavy sigh. Her hair was a mess and her make-up was smeared down to her jaw. Her eyes were red and filled with anger and sadness. She was falling apart -As usual these days.
"You look horrible." Derek said bluntly, as he sat across from her at the table, reading the newspaper. "Gee, Nice to see you too." Casey said sarcastically as she rolled her eyes and plopped down in the chair. "I was crying." She said to her defense, in a low and sad voice.
"Oh." Was all he said before he went back to reading the paper.
"Since when do you read the news paper?" Casey asked, running her fingers through her tangled hair and taking a deep breath. "Since I need to find an apartment." Derek said, knowing it would lead to another fight. But, Casey just let her head fall into her hands.
"What happened to the agreement that we made?" She asked, her head still in her hands. Derek took a deep breath answered her. "Casey, we cant live in the same house. Its horrible for Jamie. She cant stand the fighting... She told me herself." Derek said, taking a sip of his water. As it ran down his throat, he waited for her to start yelling.
Casey sighed again and closed her eyes. "I cant talk about this right now." She whispered, but still didn't bother to get up from the table. She was too tired, and too drained.
"Whatever, I don't know why you have to take everything so seriously." Derek said under his breath.
"Shut Up, Fat ass." Casey shot back, immediately lifting her head and grabbing his attention. "I'm not fat." He said, throwing down the papers. Casey just made a bitter laugh. "Derek, Its perfectly normal to gain weight after getting off of the drugs." Casey said through a harsh smile.
"What do you know about 'perfectly normal'?" He said, forcefully pulling the paper back up to him, to cover his face so she didn't see him roll his eyes. "Your the craziest person out there."
"Jr. High called, They want their attitude back." Casey said, knowing that he was making some type of face behind the paper.
"Did they ask for their come-backs, too?"
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Casey stood in front of the mirror and curled her hair. She was so tired, She got barely any sleep last night. There was too much on her mind.
If Derek was going to move out, what was she going to do about the person growing inside of her? She couldn't think about it without starting to cry, so she tried as hard as she could to block it out, but you can only ignore it for so long.
"I'm going out!" Derek called into the bathroom.
"Where?" She asked curiously, raising an eyebrow. He stopped in front of the door and looked her square in the eye. "The gym." He said shamefully.
She just burst out laughing, causing him to make an angry sigh and walk away. Soon after he left, Jamie walked into the bathroom with sleepy eyes and held on tight to her teddy bear. "Up so early?" Casey asked, looking at her through the mirror. "I heard you and daddy talking..." She said, rubbing her eyes.
Casey smiled and picked her up, placing her on the counter. "Jamie...?" Casey asked, going back to her hair. "Yea?" She said, groggily.
"Did you tell daddy that we fight too much?" Casey asked, looking at her with sadness in her eyes, but Jamie didn't say anything. "I know what its like to have parents who fight. Its not easy, sweetheart. But, me and your daddy love you very much, and we just want whats best for you..."
Jamie seemed to block out whatever Casey was saying, and went into a totally different conversation. "Is it alright if I just call you Casey for now on? I don't really remember calling my real mom 'mommy'. I think its easier to just call you Casey." Jamie said, leaning against the wall, and folding her legs under her.
Part of Casey's heart sank, but the other part understood. "Its alright, Sweetie." Casey said, smiling.
And their day got started off normally. Casey got her make-up done, then got Jamie dressed and did her hair. After, she dropped her off at Nora's house, then was on her way to work.
-- 9 HOURS LATER --
Casey had left Jamie at the house with Derek, and told them that she was just going for a drive, but that wasn't the truth, and Casey couldn't tell Derek where she was really going. He would have protested in a second.
She nervously knocked on the big, ugly, wooden door. She was even more nervous when she saw an older woman standing in front of her. She was about in her late forty's, or early fifties, but it was obvious she didn't take very good care of her self.
"Hi, You don't really know me. My name is Casey McDonald. I'm Derek's... Room mate." She searched long and hard for a short word that wouldn't scare the poor woman away, and all she came up with was 'room mate'.
"Hi." The woman had dark hair, a little longer than her shoulders and was quite chunky. "I was wondering if you knew where Sadie was." Casey said, playing with the string hanging from her purse.
"Why? What do you want with Sadie?" The woman asked, she seemed angry that Casey brought her up, and seemed like she really wanted Casey to leave, but she was determined to find Sadie.
"Well... Umm.. Jamie is staying with me and Derek, and we were supposed to keep in touch with her... But we really don't know where she is.." Casey said, trying to put it the nicest way she could.
"Its my fault you lost her?" The woman was clearly upset now, but Casey didn't know what to do or say to get her out of this mess. "Well... Your her mother? Shes only 14? Shouldn't you know where she is?" Casey asked desperately.
"Look, Its not my problem if the girl wants to run away with some guy. I can't stop her." The woman said, getting ready to close the door, but Casey held it open. "Excuse me? She ran away? With who!?" Casey was getting more angry by the second.
"If I knew, don't you think she would be here!?" The woman said, before slamming the door in Casey's face. She was shocked. How could you not care if your 14-year-old daughter ran away from home? There was something seriously wrong with this woman.
Casey slowly walked back to her car and just sat there and cried. She was going to have a baby with a man who tried to leave her everyday. She wasn't even sure that he would want this baby. But there was one thing she was sure about...
Neither of them were ready for it.
Casey started the car and drove back to the apartment, where her boring, horrible, drama-filled life was lived. She hated every minute of it, and wished she could just slip away into Heaven for a little bit.
As she walked into her apartment, about 20 minutes later, Derek was fuming with anger. He was pacing back and fourth and had his arms crossed tightly and held against his stiff body.
"Whats wrong with you?" Casey asked, shutting the door behind her, and dropping her purse on the small coffee table. "No, Whats wrong with you?!" Derek put his head in his hands and made a small groan. "Just stay away from my daughter... Okay!?" He yelled, surprising Casey and bringing tears to her eyes.
"What!?" She screamed. She had no idea what was going on. "What are you talking about!?" She yelled when Derek didn't answer her.
"Jamie came out of the bathroom, crying," He started. Casey nodded her head, telling him to keep going. "Blood... dripping down her arm... because she 'wanted to be like Casey'." He said, more angry then Casey has ever seen him, which was pretty angry.
Casey gasped and held her hand over her mouth as she cried even harder. "Shes 5-fucking-years-old, Casey! She cant be exposed to this shit!" Derek screamed walking over to her. She had to admit, she was getting pretty scared, yet she still yelled back.
"Like its all my fault!? When she starts doing coke, are you gonna blame me for that, too!?" Casey screamed, brushing her hair back. "I'll admit, I was wrong to expose her to that, but I wont take the blame for your stupid mistakes, too, Derek!" She yelled as more tears started to come from her eyes.
Derek just plopped down on the couch and for once, let the tears fall. "God, Case... The drama has to stop. Now. We cant keep doing this to her." Derek said, refusing to lift his head and let her see him cry.
"I'm so fucked up when I'm around you... But when you aren't around... I'm even worse." Derek whispered. "I need you. But then I need you to go away, I don't know, Casey!? I cant live with you, and I cant live without you!" Derek jumped to his feet, and Casey almost died when she saw him cry.
"I'm so in love with you that... I don't think its healthy." Derek made an angry chuckle through his tears and Casey fell to the floor. "So you do love me?" Casey asked from the floor.
"More than anything, Case! You have no idea! You have the power to destroy me, and the power to save me. Its all in your hands." He confessed.
Lol, apparently everybody forgot about chapter 17? (Or I just sucked at writing that chapter) hahaha, Derek and Casey did have sex, I just didn't go into detail or anything, I kinda just skipped into 45 minutes later. haha, you guys are the best, though! I'm getting soo many reviews! I LOVE YOU GUYS!! But yes; they did have sex. & don't worry; Dasey always ends up together... don't they?? (;
I might be going on vaction next Saturday, so0o0, that means no chapters for a week :( but I'm not sure if I'm going yet, I'll let you know :)