Okay. I haven't said this yet, but I DON'T own any of the Life with Derek characters. I did make this plot up though. Yuppee. Now, on with the story.

Chapter Two: The Rumor

"Casey! Wait up!" yelled Derek, running towards Casey. They were walking to the doors of their school. It was 7:15 now and school started at 7:30. Casey liked being early so she could talk to Paul and Emily before school started.

"Fine, Derek!" Casey said and stopped where she was so that Derek could catch up with her. Finally, when Derek caught up, Casey began to walk again with a fast pace so that she could get to her locker and put her things she didn't need away.

Derek breathed in a started to walk fast to walk with Casey. "Casey, I told you to wait up, not walk faster after I catch up with you." Casey just ignored him and walked into school. She opened her book bag and put her books in her locker that she didn't need and kept the ones she needed on the top of her locker so when she started school, she would just open her locker and get her stuff.

Derek watched Casey as she shut her locker gently and looked at him. "What?" she asked Derek. Derek just shrugged.

"Don't forget you need to find a guy in a week. I say you try one of the losers that wear geeky clothes." Derek said and turned to look for a girl that he was going to ask out for dinner tonight. Surprisingly, Derek hasn't had a date for two weeks for some strange, odd reason. Everybody was guessing that Casey and him were going out for a while, but that wasn't true. They got that rumor over with when they knew step-siblings couldn't go out.

Casey rolled her eyes. She already knew that. She's been trying to look for a guy that looked perfect for her, but most of them already had a date for the prom.

Searching everywhere, she found the one guy that looked perfect for her. His name was Frank Sizemore and he was a last minute guy also. He was pretty cool, but especially smart and wore glasses that made him look better than he actually looked. He had dark brownish-black hair with tan skin.

"Hey, Frank?" Casey said, trying to look pretty. Not that she wasn't, but she had to make sure.

"Huh?" asked Frank, wondering why Casey the Klutz was talking to him.

"Do you have a da-" Casey began.

"Yes." was all Frank said before he walked away from Casey. Of course he thought that Casey was pretty but he didn't want to go out with someone Derek likes. WHAT A SECOND! Yes, he didn't want to go out with a girl Derek LIKES. I will repeat that one more time. He didn't want to go out with a girl that Derek likes. Not that Derek really liked Casey, but Frank obviously thought so. So did most of the guys. Except one. Sam. He knew that Derek didn't like Casey. Or at least he thought so. He hoped so too because Sam was going to ask Casey to the prom on Tuesday. Tuesday meaning tomorrow. Tomorrow was Tuesday and today was Monday. (just to make sure you realized that.)

Casey frowned and went to look for Emily. She usually came to school ten minutes earlier and Casey and Emily would always talk. The past couple of weeks all they have been talking about was the Prom and how it was going to be here in a month and that it was exactly 27 more days until the Prom and stuff they that. Emily was asked to the Prom already by Jeremy, but she declined, hoping Derek would ask her to the Prom. She knew that Casey could find a way for Derek to ask her.

"Emily!" Casey said enthusiastically as she saw Emily close her locker door.

"Hey Case. Did Derek say anything about asking anybody to the Prom today?" she asked Casey with a wide grin spread on her face.

Casey thought for a few and then nodded. "Yeah, kind of. Derek bet that I couldn't get a date for the prom in a week and if I do get a prom date, he'll have to go out with Stinky Stacey." Casey stated and nodded again.

Emily's grin turned into a frown. "He must really think you can't get a date. I bet Stinky Stacey could find someone to go out with for the Prom before…" Emily finally realized what she was saying and covered her mouth. She was about to say that one rumor that everybody thought was false, but looked like it was true. Emily was going to say that Stinky Stacey could find someone to go out with for the Prom before Derek let's Casey go out with another guy besides him. But knowing Casey, Emily knew she couldn't just say that before she said it in a calm, slow fashion.

Oh, wow. That seemed short. Next time I'll make the chapter longer. I promise. -pinky promises everybody that reads this story- okay okay thx for reading! Can you pretty pwetty please review? thanks if you do!!! just don't make it tooooo harsh :( thx! .

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