Chapter 2:
"Where am I? Hello?"
"Casey…I love you"
"Who are you?"
"Casey…Casey…Casey…"
"Who are you?!" yelled Casey waking up in geometry class breathing hard.
"Ms. Macdonald?" asked her teacher looking at her confused "Is everything alright?"
"Uh…" Casey turned red and slouched in her chair "Yeah I'm alright."
"Why don't you go get some more chalk? I'm out, their might be some in the utility closet in D hallway."
Everyone gasped and looked at Casey as if they felt sorry for her. They had all heard the rumors that some kid and his girlfriend were making out in the utility closet in D hallway and some guy who was jealous of him took an letter opener and stabbed both of them and now their ghosts haunt the hallway and seek revenge on the kid who murdered them. But Casey didn't believe this and even if she did she wouldn't even care about going to D hallway, she was far to tired to care. Casey got out of her seat and slowly walked to D hallway.
"Chalk, Chalk where are you?" she asked herself searching the messy shelves.
Suddenly the door shut behind and she shrieked. Casey started breathing hard then finally gathered herself together and calmed down.
"Relax Casey, it's just a stupid rumor, no one died in this hallway there are no ghosts. The door just shut on its own" she heard a loud thud and shrieked again.
"I'm out of here!" she grabbed the knob but it wouldn't open. "Uh oh."
(Meanwhile):
"Pst, Derek, where's Casey?" asked Emily
"How should I know?"
"I hear she went to D hallway during 1st period and no one's seen her since."
Derek tried to hide his concern but just couldn't. "D hallway you say?" Emily nodded. "Great thanks" then Derek walked away heading to D hall.
(Meanwhile):
"Ok Casey calm down, someone's bound to come down this hall. It's not completely" she gulped "abandoned." Casey started freaking out and began to panic.
Suddenly she heard another pounding and started to breathe even harder.
"Please don't kill me. I'm sorry some psycho kid killed you with a letter opener but I promise I'm not that kid."
"Casey?"
"Derek?"
The door swung open and there was Derek. Casey looked at him and noticed something about him, something she had seen before but not because he was her stepbrother and she saw him everyday but something about him brought back a memory and a feeling but Casey couldn't put her finger on it.
"Casey are you ok?" asked Derek walking into the utility closet.
"Derek don't shut the-" the door shut behind Derek trapping them both inside. "You idiot!" Casey wiggled the knob but nothing happened they were both stuck.
"Idiot? I'm trying to save you from the ghosts of D hall."
"Kind of hard to do now that we're both locked in here!"
Derek rolled his eyes. "We're not locked in." Derek jiggled the knob but of course nothing happened. "We're locked in."
"This is all your fault!" yelled Casey angrily
"My fault?!" snapped Derek "Who came down to D hall in the first place?"
"It's not my fault, I wasn't thinking straight. I haven't slept in days so excuse me if my reasoning is a little off." Casey slid down to the floor and buried her hands in the knees.
Derek never really felt the need to comfort someone especially Casey of all people but right now he actually felt bad. He couldn't explain it, but he felt bad.
"Casey, look at me" he said gently
Casey kept her face in her knees not looking up.
"Look at me Case." Casey finally looked at him with his face close to hers. "We're gonna get out of this. Just calm down." he moved away and sat opposite of her.
(Meanwhile):
George typed away on his laptop and talked on his headset trying to prepare for his big case. Nora came downstairs with the laundry humming to a little tune.
"George?"
George was a little preoccupied with his work he didn't even pay attention to Nora.
"Uh yeah Nora?" he said hastily.
"Where are Casey and Derek?"
"Derek should be at hockey practice and Casey said something about Emily and Sheldon's anniversary and helping her get ready."
"Oh ok." Nora took the laundry into the laundry room and George continued working on his computer then the phone rang, it was his client, he knew it was going to be a long conversation.
(Meanwhile):
"Ok I have my cell phone but I only have one bar, that's maybe good enough for 3 calls." said Derek holding his cell phone in hand. "Who should I call first?"
"Uh, Mom and George they're probably worried."
"Ok" Derek dialed the number and put the phone to his ear.
"Hello?" said George
"Dad? Hey I need you to come-"
"That's great Derek, listen I've got a client on the phone and I have to go, but have fun!" and with that he hung up.
"He hung up on me."
"What?" Casey took the phone "Hello? Hello….?" she groaned. "Ok I'll make the next call. She dialed Emily's number knowing she'd be waiting for Casey to come over and help her get ready and wouldn't be doing anything else but waiting.
"Hello?"
"Em, it's me Casey. I need your help."
"Uh Casey I'm kind of in the middle of my date with Sheldon so I'll call you back later ok?"
"What? Em NO!"
"Bye Casey" and she hung up.
Casey pulled the phone away from her ear and closed it, with a horrified look on her face. "We're gonna be stuck in here forever aren't we? I'm gonna die in here with you of all people! I'm gonna miss my prom, marry that mop in the corner, grow old and die in here! And I'll never figure out who my-" Casey stopped herself before she completely made a fool of herself.
"Figure out what?" asked Derek
"Uh, nothing I'm just getting a little crazy, I'm gonna try to get some sleep."
"Yeah please do."
Casey shut her eyes and tried to sleep but it was so uncomfortable and freezing but nonetheless she fell asleep. Derek looked at Casey and smiled, he never realized how cute she was when she was sleeping. He scooted beside her and took off his jacket putting it on top of her knowing she was probably freezing. Then he took one more look at Casey and smiled then fell asleep too.