Chapter 3:
"Casey, look at me." said the figure
"Who are you? Tell me who the hell are you?!"
"Casey, look at me."
"Just tell me who you are!"
Casey woke up but this time not screaming like an idiot. She just opened her eyes and noticed she was asleep on Derek's shoulder and his head was resting on hers. Normally Derek would be on the other side of the closet wearing his jacket hogging all the room but this time he was actually being nice, like a human being. Casey should've moved away from him or wake him up but she couldn't, she couldn't explain it but it felt good she felt safe; she had never felt that with a guy before. So instead of moving away she stayed and shut her eyes.
(Meanwhile):
Lizzie walked into Edwin's room looking for Casey but she saw she wasn't around.
"Ed, have you seen Casey anywhere?"
"Nope, have you seen Derek anywhere?"
"No. That's odd…."
"What?" asked Edwin
"Their both missing and it's" Lizzie looked at her watch "5 o'clock and no one's seen them."
"Yeah that it weird." said Edwin with a puzzled look on his face. "Did you try calling either one of them?"
"I called Casey but she left her cell phone here then I called Derek but I think his phone died." Lizzie sat down on Edwin's bed "I hope their ok."
"I'm sure they are." Edwin thought for a second then got wide eyed. "Do you think their together?"
"Together…?"
Edwin rolled his eyes "I mean together get it?"
Lizzie laughed loudly then stood up "Think about what you just said! Casey can't stand Derek and Derek's mission in life is to make Casey miserable, they couldn't possibly be together."
Edwin thought about it then laughed too "Yeah you're probably right, what was I thinking?"
(Meanwhile):
Derek and Casey finally woke up and tried again to open the door but were not having the best of luck.
"Ok on the count of three you pull me and I'll pull the knob." Casey nodded "Ok, one….two…three!" Derek pulled the knob and Casey pulled Derek.
As Derek pulled the knob broke off the door and Derek fell backwards and landed on Casey.
"Ow…" groaned Casey
"Are you ok?" said Derek looking at Casey but still not getting off of her.
"Yeah I'm…" she looked at his hand and saw the broken door knob "Oh perfect! Now get off of me!" Casey pushed Derek off and grabbed the door knob. "That's great, just great. Now what do we do Derek, huh?"
"How am I supposed to know? You're the nerd shouldn't you be able to fix it?"
"I'm the nerd? Well you're the idiot!" Casey got up and brushed herself off and tried to put the knob back on but it just wasn't fixable. "Wow Derek, I have to applaud you. First you shut the door locking us both in here then you break off the knob and don't bother to charge your phone so we could only make 2 calls! Now I'm stuck in an enclosed space breathing the same air as you."
"I think you need to relax. Besides it's your fault we're in here!"
"My fault!?" yelled Casey
"Yeah, your fault, if you hadn't of come done here in the first place then I wouldn't have to come save you."
Casey started to get mad "Save me? You don't even care about me why would you come down to D hall in the first place?"
Derek looked at her then shrugged "I don't know, I don't know what I was thinking." then he sat on the opposite of the closet and turned away from Casey shutting her out. Casey sat far away from him and looked away. They both tried not to look at each other but they couldn't help it. Derek glanced at Casey then looked away, and then Casey glanced at him then looked away.
(Meanwhile):
Kendra called Derek's cell but of course there was no answer, so she decided to leave a message.
"Derek, its Kendra I just wanted to know where you are. Max is also looking for Casey he said he needed to talk to her about something so…give me a call back! Ok bye." Kendra hung up her cell phone. "Where is that guy?" she dialed her cell phone again but this time she called Derek's home phone.
"Hello?" asked Marti
"Hi Marti, is Derek there?"
"Hmm…nope, he and Casey have been gone all day."
Kendra looked confused and hung up her cell phone. "Casey and Derek have been gone all day?" Kendra was so confused, why would Derek and Casey be together in some secluded place?
(Meanwhile):
"It's been 10 minutes Casey."
"Thanks father time. If you're hinting we should start talking again then you can forget it."
"Fine." said Derek looking away like a pouty 5 year old.
Casey folded her arms and did the same 5 year old expression. Even though she and Derek never really got along, she still felt bad about what she said to him about it being his fault they were stuck in the closet. It really wasn't, it was technically her teacher's fault but it wasn't even hers either, it was that stupid kid who had to murder those 2 other kids but then it wasn't even his fault, if the 2 kids never made out in the closet then they wouldn't have been sliced up with a letter opener, but then it wasn't even their fault…Casey could go on and on about whose fault it was, but it wouldn't make any difference at all, they'd still be stuck in there.
"Derek?"
"What?"
"I'm sorry; it's not your fault that we're locked in here. I was wrong to say those things to you."
Derek looked at her then said "Who are you and what have you done to Casey MacDonald?" Casey laughed. "Oh so you do laugh."
"I know I've been so uptight lately, I guess it's from sleep deprivation or something."
"I don't get it Casey, what dreams are you having that are so bad you have to wake up in the middle of the night and not even bother to finish it?"
Casey thought about what Derek said and it hit her, she had never finished the dream. But part of her didn't want to finish the dream she was to scared to see who the mystery guy would be what if it was someone who she didn't love back? Then she'd feel so guilty by not having the same feelings.
"Well, if I told you the dream you'd probably think I was insane." replied Casey
"I don't need the dream to think you're insane."
"Ok, well it starts out as me in a long hallway or something and theirs this bright light that is so blinding I can't see anything but that light and a shadowy figure."
"Sounds more like a nightmare."
"No its not, because whenever I see this figure he's always telling me he's in love with me. But I've never passed that part of the dream so I never get to see who it is."
"Why?" asked Derek
Casey looked at him "Why what?"
"Why don't you finish the dream?"
"I don't know, I guess I'm too scared to find out."
Derek laughed a little and looked back at Casey. "Afraid of your dream guy?"
"Yes! Dreams mean something, they all do. Whenever you have a scary dream it's telling you you're either overly stressed or you shouldn't have eaten those 4 pieces of pie. And I think this dream is trying to tell me who I should be with, or who I'm meant to be with."
Derek snickered again "You can't let a dream pick who the perfect guy for you is Casey, that's dumb."
"It's not dumb, it's logical. The universe is trying to tell me who my perfect match is."
"The universe isn't trying to tell you anything Casey! It's just a stupid dream."
"Why do you care anyway?" asked Casey
Derek looked at her "I just don't think you should let the universe pick who you should be with. You have to pick who that right one is."
Believe it or not, Derek had a point this was so shocking it was usually Casey who was giving the advice and Derek was the one who ignored it. This was quite a switch. All of a sudden they heard a loud bang coming from outside of the closet.
"What was that?" asked Casey mildly freaking out.
"I don't know."
They both scooted closer to each other and wrapped their arms around each other as if they were holding on to one another for life. They looked at the crack at the bottom of the door and saw a shadow walking back and forth in front of the closet. Casey was about to scream but Derek put a hand over her mouth and whispered "shh…" The shadow kept walking back and forth in front of the door pacing slowly.
Derek whispered "We're gonna be ok."
Suddenly, the shadow was gone and Derek and Casey sighed with relief. But before they could stop whispering someone started bang on the door trying to get it open. They violently banged on the door making things fall off of the shelves as if it was an earthquake then it stopped. Not slowly or stopped then started again, it simply just stopped and was gone.
"Oh my god." said a panicked Casey. "We have to get out of here."
"I'm with you there." replied Derek "We need to find something to push the lock open, like a knife or something flat." Derek and Casey began to search the shelves frantically.
"I found something." Casey wrapped her fingers around a shiny smooth object she found at the back of a shelf. It wasn't till she pulled it out she realized what it was.
"What did you find?" asked Derek
Casey began to get chills and shake "A letter opener" she dropped the letter opener and backed away from it.
"Casey who need to stay calm, you're Miss Logical, so be logical! There are no such things as ghosts."
"You were the one who believed in that lie!" said Casey
"Yeah I still do, but I want, no I need you to stay logical so I can be logical and I need you t stay calm so I can be calm. Alright?"
Casey nodded "Ok, I'm calm."
"Ok" Derek picked up the letter opener and attempted to pry open the door but instead it bended the letter opener like it was nothing but aluminum. "It didn't work."
"Oh forget it." Casey sat down on the ground "Someone's bound to realize we're gone and come look for us, I mean its 7:45. Don't worry, someone will come."
Derek looked puzzled "Why are you all of a sudden so calm?"
"Cause you need me."
Derek looked at her and smiled smugly "I need you?"
Casey realized what she had said and corrected herself "You need me to stay calm, that's what I meant."
"Right…" Derek sat down beside her.
Just as things got calm again they heard another noise, but this time it sounded like a rumbling.
"What was that?" asked Casey
"My stomach, I'm starving!"
Casey laughed "Yeah I could eat too." She looked around the room and noticed Derek's jacket. She looked through his pocket and pulled out a slightly melted candy bar. "Here, your dinner." she handed him the candy bar which was appealing to both of them despite being melted.
"No, you take it." Derek handed it back to her
Casey smiled "Why don't we split it?" She broke it in half and handed a half to Derek. "Dig in." They smiled at each other and ate their appetizing meal.