Chapter Five: Action!

Disclaimer: I do not own Life with Derek or its characters. Sorry for the long wait. My computer broke again!!

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"Wait," Casey said as Derek walked away. "What?"

"What what?" Charlie said, confused.

"There's a kissing scene?"

"Yeah," Charlie replied. "I thought you knew that."

"I didn't!" Casey cried.

"Well now you do," Charlie said. "I've got to go to English class. Don't forget to get your script from your brother."

"But-", Casey began, but it was useless. Charlie was already half way down the hall.

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A couple of days later, Charlie got to school early to look for locations to film her movie. To her surprise, she found Casey in the library.

"You always go to school this early?" Charlie asked.

"Oh hey," Casey said. "Pretty much."

"Why?"

"School work," Casey said as Charlie took a seat next to her.

"Don't you do your homework after school?" Charlie asked.

"Yeah," Casey said. "But I like to be ahead of my work."

"Don't you ever just relax and have fun?" Charlie said.

"You sound like Derek," Casey said.

"Oh," Charlie said. "Is that a bad thing?"

"Sometimes," Casey said. Both girls laughed.

The librarian gave them a stern look.

"I think we should take this outside," Charlie said. They both got up from their seats and went into the hall.

"I should warn you," Casey said.

"About what?" Charlie asked.

"About Derek," Casey said seriously.

"Derek? Why?"

"Cause he's likes you," Casey said.

"That's sweet of him," Charlie said.

"I don't think you get it," Casey frowned. "Derek's a major womanizer. Every girl in this school likes him. Even my best friend does. Don't fall for his charm."

"Well," Charlie said with a smile, "I'm not every girl. Your brother's cute and all, but he's not my type."

"Good."

"Oh by the way," Charlie said. "We start practicing for the movie after school."

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After school, all the cast and crew were assembled in the gym. The set decorators were busy building Christine's "bedroom", the costume designers were sitting at a table with sketches and meters of fabric, and Derek was supervising the rehearsal of the actors. Things were looking great. Charlie smiled. Everything was turning out great. But she couldn't help the sadness that she was feeling. She wanted so badly for her parents to be able to see this. Her thoughts were put on hold when she felt a hand tap her shoulder.

"Hey," Derek said. "You okay?"

"Yeah," Charlie replied. "I'm good."

"We've got a problem though," Derek said. "Andrea Del Rossi is complaining about not having enough lines."

"I'm on it," Charlie said, smiling.

"Andrea," Charlie called as she walked over to where Andrea and the others were rehearsing. Derek was right on her heals. "Derek said you've got a problem with my script."

"Yeah," Andrea said, sounding annoyed. "Mimi is an important character in this movie. She should have more lines. I want more lines!"

"Look honey," Charlie said, putting her hands on her hips. "Mimi is a filler character. She's just a sidekick. She doesn't need that many lines. This is my movie. I'm open to suggestions and all, but I can't add lines to everyone who's unhappy. The movie would never end. How about I get you an extra special costume to compensate? Would that work for you?"

"Yeah," Andrea said, crossing her arms.

"But if you had just given me the part of Christine like I deserved, instead of to Klutzilla, we wouldn't have this problem," Andrea muttered under her breath.

"What was that?" Derek said.

"I said," Andrea replied, turning towards Derek. "If I had gotten the part I wanted, instead of Klutzilla, we wouldn't have this problem. She only gave her the part cause they're friends!"

"If you were actually a good actress, then we would have given you the part." Derek said, crossing his arms. "Casey can actually act. Charlie knows what she's doing. Her script is great. If you don't like it, you know where the door is."

Andrea turned around and stomped back towards the rest of the cast.

"Hey," Charlie said. "Thanks."

"No problem," Derek said, smiling.

Charlie blushed.