Chapter 3:A New Challenge
Derek stood out side the front entrance of Sam' house. He knocked three times and the door opened.
"Hey, Sam!" Derek lifted his right hand and they both hi-fived.
"Hey Derek, What'cha doing here?" Sam moved aside and Derek walked in.
"Just came to see if ya wanted to hang." Derek wandered into the living room, he sat on the couch and Sam followed suit.
"Well, I've got to go to a doctor's appointment at twelve, so that gives us a half hour."
"Aw man." Derek sighed, "I was hoping we could play some street hockey or something."
"Sorry dude." Sam shrugged.
"Well are we still on for tonite?" Derek asked, remembering that he and Sam planned a sleep over at his house.
"Hell yeah!" Sam hooted. Tonight was a Die hard marathon and there was no way in hell he was going to miss it.
Sam's mother strolled into the living room, "Hello Derek." She smiled, "Sam its time to leave."
"Hi." Derek and Sam stood from the couch.
"Well looks like I'm heading out." Sam turned to Derek .
"Alrighty then." They shook hands and Sam led Derek out the door.
"Do you want a ride home?" Sam asked. Derek's house was only a few blocks away but he questioned anyways just to be polite.
"Nah I'll walk." Derek replied.
Casey had been reading a book, when Derek walked in the house. He stepped into the kitchen and came out with a granola bar.
"What 'cha reading?" Derek took a bite of his bar and sat in his recliner.
""See you later" by Christopher Pike." Casey responded.
"Probably a romance novel." Derek assumed.
"It sorta is and it sorta isn't…" Casey began, "It's more like a …"she thought for a moment, "It's hard to explain."
"What's it about?" Derek asked. He found himself wanting to know what kinds of books she read.
"Why do you want to know?" She asked, slightly bothered by his sudden interest.
He cocked his head to the side, "I don't know really…Boredom maybe."
She was somewhat disappointed by his answer but didn't know why, "Well then go be bored some where else."
He took a momentary look at her face then glanced at the back of her book he read , "Mark has just fallen in love for the first time. Her name is Becky and unfortunately for Mark, she already has a boyfriend…" He took another bite of his granola bar, "And you're telling me it's not a romance?"
"You have to read it to understand." She quipped.
"I don't think I'd want to read it."
"I don't think you could."
Derek lifted an eyebrow, "Oh really?"
"Well there is a slight chance you could but even if you did you wouldn't get it. It would take a smarter person to understand."
"Is that a challenge?" Derek couldn't help but grin.
"Maybe." She lifted an eyebrow.
"What do I get if I win?"
"What do you want?" she coaxed.
He felt his stomach tighten. She had asked just a simple question but she made it sound so alluring, "Well…there are so many things I want…" he continued, "You'll just have to find out when I win."
"And if I win?" she questioned.
"Tell me what you want." Derek swallowed the last bit of granola.
"You'll just have to find out when I win." She imitated. There was a silence and they stared at each other for a moment. Derek opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by the ringing of the phone.
"I'll get it," He stood and lifted it from its charger, "Hello?"
He turned to Casey, "It's Max," he whispered.
"Tell him I'm dead." She replied. He gave her a look of amusement; she was picking up on his habit.
"Casey's not here right now. Uh-huh. Yeah. Yeah. I'll be sure to tell her." He hung up the phone, "Max wants his jacket back."
"Figures." She rolled her eyes. Derek laughed; he finally knew what she had meant last night in the bathroom, when she had said that Max wouldn't care.
"What?" She glared at him. Was he teasing her? She knew this was too good to be true. To have a normal conversation with Derek… She scoffed, only in her dreams.
Derek could only gawk at her. Her facial expressions changed by the second, first anger, then hilarity. What a bipolar human being. He tried to think of an offensive remark but couldn't, "So your having trouble with the boyfriend?"
"That is none of your business." She remarked, and then threw her novel at him.
He easily caught it and said, "I'll be done with it by Tuesday."
"You know that only gives you three days." She stood and stretched.
"I know."
She smiled, "That confident huh?"
Derek just smirked in response.
"Well it's been lovely but, I've got some studying to do." She headed towards the stairs.
"And I've got some napping to do." He took her place on the couch.
"We're home!" George said cheerfully as he and Nora walked through the doorway. Edwin and Marti followed suit, with Lizzie trailing behind.
Lizzie, Edwin and Marti all simultaneously plopped on the couch.
"How was you're day?" Casey chirped, bouncing down the staircase. There was a silence, "Well don't all answer at once."
Lizzie groaned, "Soccer practice sucked. The coach had us running drills the whole time. My legs feel like they're gonna fall off."
"Okay…" Casey turned to Edwin, "What about yours?"
"Well, the movie sucked and my date was boring. She hardly spoke, all she did was twirl her hair and stare into space."
"Dating the same kinda girls Derek dates, eh?" Casey scoffed.
"What about the girls I date?" Derek walked leisurely down the stairs.
"Nothing, Just that they're dumb," Casey replied.
Derek smirked, "Girls are easier to deal with when they don't think."
"You disgust me."
"And?"
"Ugh." Casey strutted away flushed.
Derek just shrugged, "What did I do?" there was a silence, "Well you guys bore me…Bye." Derek said and left Lizzie, Edwin and Marti sitting on the couch confused.
"Isn't anybody gonna ask me how my day went?" Marti demanded.
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