Okay. Hope you guys like it. Been real busy. But yes. Here it is
Chapter two: Dinner with the Venturi family.
As the MacDonald girls finished settling down in their new home, the time past by quickly. By the end of the day, Casey was laying down on Lizzie's bed exhausted, thinking about how much she misses Toronto.
"So what did you think about Edwin's brother?" Lizzie asked, knowing exactly what Casey thought.
Casey smirked and replied, "He's okay. He's good looking and seems like a nice guy, but I'm not putting myself out if that's what you're trying to get at."
"I know. You never go for any of the guys who ask you out. You ruled the school, but never got said yes to anyone. What's the deal with that anyways?" Lizzie asked looking at Casey quizzically.
"Look, I'm not that easy. I mean I go on dates and everything but-"
"But you don't stay in a relationship. The last guy you were with was in eight grade. And the guys you dated were guys out of Toronto. Just watch out for Derek. From what Edwin told me he's a ladies man." Lizzie said.
"He may be cute, but I'm not letting him in that easily." Casey replied.
"Case! Liz! Get ready to go to Venturi's residence! We're leaving in an hour." Nora yelled from the kitchen.
"Okay!" They both yelled and Casey got off of Lizzie's bed and went into her room. She took a shower and fixed her hair. She then went inside her room to put on a fitted black and white tank top that showed off her curves, with some low-rise jeans that showed a little skin at her stomach. As she began to put on some make up Lizzie ran into her room.
"Casey? Can you put on some make-up on me?" Lizzie asked. Lizzie usually didn't wear make-up, but she thought Edwin was really cute, so she wanted look good for him. Casey smiled and nodded.
Casey looked at her little sister's outfit and smiled. She was wearing low-rise jeans also, and a yellow and white halter-top. Lizzie was growing up into a young woman that Casey could see.
After putting make-up on Lizzie, she put some one herself, then put on some sneakers that matched her outfit and went downstairs to meet up with her mother and Lizzie.
"Ready?" Nora asked, "Yup." Lizzie nodded, "Let's go." Casey said. And with that they all walked out the front door towards the Venturi residence.
Nora ran the doorbell, while Casey and Lizzie were talking about how much they were missing Toronto.
"It's not the same Liz! Here, we know no one. We have to start all over. My life was great. I had everything I wanted. Here, I'm nothing." Casey exclaimed aggravated.
It was true; Casey had everything a girl could want. She was popular. Every guy wanted to be with her. Every girl wanted to be her or was jealous of her. She always played hard to get, so guys would want her more. She was a dancer, a cheerleader, a smart student, and a basketball player (A/N I love basketball xD). Everything went downhill when Nora told them they were moving because she got a new job offer.
"I miss it too, but what can we do?" Lizzie asked.
"Leave and go back to Toronto!" Casey yelled out.
"Casey… don't-" Nora warned but Casey cut her off.
"Don't what?" don't start? We were better off in Toronto, and not this bullshit place! And you know I'm right!"
"Casey!" Nora yelled, upset with Casey's outburst.
"Whatever." Casey said and walked off.
"Case, where are you going?" Nora asked, as the door opened, showing Derek behind the front door. He stared at Nora's back, then two figures walking away from his house.
"The park!" Casey yelled back.
"Casey! Come back here!" Nora yelled.
"No! I don't want to be here! You knew from when you told me we were moving I'd be acting like this. Just… ugh. Let me just blow some steam." Casey said continuing to run away.
"Casey, wait up!" Lizzie yelled trying to catch up to Casey, but Casey wouldn't stop walking.
Nora let out a loud sigh shaking her head. She turned to Derek and said, "I'm so sorry. Casey is having a hard time dealing with moving."
"Oh no, don't worry about it. Was the park she was talking about across the street?" Derek asked getting his jacket.
"I'm pretty sure. You don't have to go after her. She just needs to cool off." Nora said.
"No it's fine. Edwin, come on! We're getting Casey and Lizzie!" Derek yelled out. Edwin came running from the kitchen grabbing a sweater from the sofa. Derek turned back to Nora and said, "Don't worry, we're be back in a while. Dad! Edwin and I are going to get Casey and Lizzie!"
"Alright son." George said from the kitchen.
"Thank you so much Derek and Edwin." Nora said walking into the house. Edwin and Derek gave her a nod and began walking.
Once Edwin knew he was away enough to begin speaking, he began. "So what exactly are we doing?"
"We are getting the MacDonald daughters." Derek said, putting his hands in his pockets.
"Is this a way to get Casey into going out with you?" Edwin asked suspiciously. Derek just gave a smirk.
"What Derek wants, Derek gets." Derek said grinning.
"Well I think you're going to have a tough time with her."
"Why you say that?" Derek asked looking down at his little brother.
"Because Lizzie told me. She maybe real cute and all, but she's hard to get. All the guys at Toronto didn't even get a change." Edwin exclaimed.
"That's because Derek Venturi wasn't there." Derek countered.
"Well I'm just telling you. She's a challenge."
"I love challenges." Derek said smiling. Edwin just shook his head laughing and continued walking till they heard yelling… well Casey's telling and sobs. They stopped at the picnic table and Derek sat down.
"Maybe we should wait for a while." Derek suggested. He couldn't take it when girls cried.
"Yeah. Let's let her cool down first." Edwin replied and Derek nodded.
Meanwhile, with Casey and Lizzie, Lizzie was trying to calm Casey down, but Casey wouldn't listen.
"Come on Casey! It'll get better." Lizzie said.
"Mom didn't let us have a chance to have a saying oh whether or not we wanted to move. I mean I'm trying, but we left when our cousin was in need, and she needs us. I may not be cool with her, but family is family and I will help. But we can't now because we left!" Casey yelled out dropping to the ground sobbing.
Lizzie stood there for a moment, then walked over to her sister and put her arm and they stayed like that till Casey crying went down.
"Don't worry… she'll be fine. We'll be fine. I know it's not Toronto, but it'll be fine. We could ask mom if we could visit Victoria (A/N I know, they hate each other so much in the show, but they still do in the story but Casey still cares about family.) for the weekend. She probably would let us stay with dad. Come on, they're probably waiting and worried about us. How about when we go home, we can watch some movies and each a lot of junk food and then get sick and stay home," Lizzie said trying to cheer up Casey.
"Thanks Liz. You always know the ways to make my day. Love you kiddo." Casey said hugging her little sister.
"Love you too Case. Come on." Lizzie got up and pulled her sister and they began walking. They stopped dead on their tracks when they saw two figures sitting at the picnic tables. The two figures stood up walking towards them showing Derek and Edwin.
"Hey. We came to pick you up, but we didn't want to disturb your venting so we waited here. Are you okay?" Derek asked. Casey looked at her sister and smiled then looked at Derek with her blue teary eyes.
"Yes I'm fine now. I'm sorry you had to hear me yell. I'm just new around here, and I miss my home so much." Casey said.
Edwin and Lizzie were walking forward with each other speaking quietly leaving Derek and Casey walking beside each other. All four of them got to know a little bit about each other. Edwin liked a new girl every day when he was little. Derek is captain of his hockey team and very popular. Lizzie plays soccer and will be attending the same school Edwin is attending. And Casey is very smart and will be attending the same school Derek was attending.
This will be interesting… all three of them thought when they got into the Venturi's house.
"Dad! We're back." Derek yelled out.
Nora came running out of the kitchen and hugged her daughter. "I'm sorry honey I never asked you what you wanted."
"It's okay mom. I'll be fine. I just need some time to… adjust." Casey said and Nora nodded.
"Well let's eat!" George said walking out of the kitchen. Everyone nodded and sat at the table. On one side, it was George, Marti, Edwin and Derek. On the opposite side it was Nora, Lizzie and Casey. They began eating and George and Nora began to speak.
"So what do your daughters do?" George asked nonchalantly.
"Well Lizzie plays hockey, and loves it so much. And Casey here does a lot of things. She plays basketball; she was a cheerleader at her old school, and a dancer. She still is, and I think she's planning on doing it still, right honey?" Nora asked looking at Casey. Casey smiled and nodded. Derek smiled when he heard she dances and does other things than that.
"Yes, hopefully I'll make it on the school squad and dance on some team or something." Casey said.
"I can put in a good word for you to the cheerleaders." Derek suggested. Casey turned red and smiled. "Thanks. That'd be helpful."
"George what about your kids? What do they like to do?" Nora asked.
"Well Edwin, he's a maniac. And he does whatever he wants. Marti is great in her special ways. And Derek, well he's captain of the hockey team. And the ladies man." George said. Derek smiled and Casey looked at Derek. Ladies man huh? She thought to herself.
After eating dinner, Nora was helping George clean the dishes, and the kids were in the living room. Marti was already in her room getting ready for bed.
"Hey Lizzie, want to play some games in my room?" Edwin asked.
Lizzie nodded and they walked upstairs to play some games leaving Casey on the sofa and Derek on his recliner.
"Your brother seems to have an attraction to my little sister." Casey said looking at Derek.
"Yeah, well your sister seems to have a thing for my little brother also. Would you like a tour of the house? Since Lizzie and you were at the park, you didn't get to see the house." Derek suggested. Casey nodded and they stood up and began walking up the stairs.
"So the house isn't that big, but it fits perfectly for all of us. The first room is my dad's. And this room is Edwin's" Derek said as he opened the door to find Lizzie and Edwin sitting next to each other very close playing some video game. When they saw the door opened they moved apart and continued playing. Casey just laughed while Derek smirk at his little brother.
"What are you guys doing?" Derek asked.
"Playing games. What are you two doing?" Edwin asked not looking up at his brother.
"Showing Casey around. See you guys later." Derek said closing the door.
They continued walking till they hit Marti's room. Derek opened the door to find Marti running around her room. When Marti heard her door open she turned to the door and started running after Derek."
"Smerek!"
"Smarti! Aren't you supposed to be sleeping huh?" Derek said picking up his little sister and putting her into her bed, only to have Marti jump right out of her bed.
"But I don't want to Smerek please!' Marti pleaded hugging her favorite brother.
"Okay Smarti, but only for a while." Derek said placing her on his lap. Casey stood at the wall and watched with a smile on her face. She loved the way he took care of his little sister. So adorable was all she could think about. She giggled when Derek carried her up around the room over his head. He looked over towards Casey and smiled. They stared at each other, and Marti stared at both Casey and Derek, and then started smiling also.
"Smerek, Casey's pretty!" Marti yelled. Casey blushed and turned towards the door.
"I agree with you Smarti." Derek said looking straight into Casey's eyes when she turned back towards the two siblings. They smiled at each other and Marti giggled.
"I want Casey and Derek to crush!" Marti yelled laughing.
"It's night time for you Smarti!" Derek said laying Marti down to sleep.
"Night Casey, night Smerek. Love you" Marti said closing her eyes.
"Love you kiddo. Get some sleep."
When they closed the door Casey laughed. "Your little sister is so adorable." Casey said. Derek just smiled sheepishly.
"Yeah, she's different."
"More to love her like that." Casey said smirking at Derek and he gave her a smile back. He led her to the last door.
"My room." He said opening his door leading her in then closing the door after entering also.
"Nice room." She said as she walked around the room, while Derek leaned against the door.
"Thanks. A lot of people say that." He said smirking.
"I'm sure." Casey said winking at Derek, making Derek melt inside. Pull yourself together. You don't know this girl so stop feeling like this… he thought to himself.
"So I hope you'll like this place. I can show you around the city. Then we could watch a movie and get dinner tomorrow. What do you say?" Derek asked trying to put moves on him.
"Maybe." Casey said smirking. Maybe? Derek thought to himself.
"Maybe huh? What will make you say yes?" Derek asked walking towards Casey, who was now sitting on his chair near his computer table.
"Mm, I think you'll find a way." Casey said smiling. Derek bent down and started leaning towards Casey's lips. He almost kissed her, till she put her finger on his lips.
"Sorry Derek… but if you think I'm that easy, you got something new coming towards." Casey said then pushing her way out of his way towards the door.
Derek stared at her. None of the girls ever resisted him. He should have felt offended, but he smiled.
"So what, is this a challenge?" Derek asked.
"Maybe… I guess we'll just see what happens." Casey said walking towards Derek and pulling a pen off his desk and grabbing his hand. She wrote down her number and kissed his cheek. They both felt a spark when that happened, but Casey continued with what she was doing. "Call me if you can handle it." Casey said and with that started walking away with a smile on her face.
Derek sat there stunned. He was the one always giving his number to the ladies, not the other way around. Casey MacDonald. His challenge. The one that Derek's moves wouldn't work on… yet. He looked at his hand with Casey's number on his hand and just smiled. She does have an affect on me…