Elements of Truth
Disclaimer: I do not own life with Derek, bleh.
Author's Note: 'ello. Hold on to your hats because this is definitely going to be one hell of a chapter. I loved all your review, they were so kinda and kick ass, which is what made me sit down in math class today and write down a little summery for each chapter that I know about so far. I know you all are confused about 'when the book is forty-two' just don't forget that, it'll come up later. So sit back, relax and enjoy this chapter…review.
Here is the trailer for this story: 5: Temporary Fix
Casey struggled to put the car in drive, since she had only driven about ten times, unbeknown to Derek. She could feel Derek's worry as she accidentally ran a red light and swerved into the left lane without a blinker.
"Please don't kill me." Derek prayed making sure his seatbelt was buckled.
"Oh, stop being such a baby." Casey said as she took a sharp right turn causing Derek to slide over to wear his hand was on her thigh. Derek looked at Casey and they both blush, but there gaze was broken from the sound of a horn beeping. Casey's head whip lashed back to the windshield and weaved out of the jam she had created.
"Thank god." Derek prayed again as they pulled into the driveway of their house.
"Oh, shut up." Casey replied giving a firm tug on the chain.
"Ow." Derek said touching his wrist and crawling out the drivers seat following Casey into the garage.
"Okay, now how do we get this off?"
"Giant scissors." Derek eyes gleamed at the giant clippers. They watch in amazement as the clippers shattered as soon as it touched the metal.
"Okay…..plan b." Derek managed to squeak. "Power tools."
"Wait Derek." Casey said pulling his left arm down and pointing to her cuff.
The only way to be free is for you to lie and find your key.
"Seriously?" Derek whined holding the chainsaw with eagerness.
"It shattered clippers….i think it can only be opened by a key." Casey sighed pulling him like a dog into the house.
"What are you doing?" Derek asked as Casey turned on a light and sat down at the island counter.
"Studying this." Casey said as she looked carefully.
It didn't seem like regular handcuffs, for one because the cuffs where thin like bracelets and you couldn't find the hinge and they seemed to tighten and loosen at random times…not leaving a scratch. The silver cuffs had the words engraved in cursive and have flowers and ivy in a pattern on there, the chain was more like a silver string, thick but thin. Derek's was the same, but when they pulled in opposite directions the string would expand to a totally of 3 feet, give or take. With no resistance it came back to its normal length nine inches.
"They look like their staying on." Casey concluded after standing up and pulling Derek to the couch." It's not that bad."
"I know, you smell pretty." Derek blushed. Smell pretty? Why am I acting all goofy around her?
"I do, but you don't."
"Thanks." Derek muttered sarcastically. "I'll go take a shower…" Derek froze.
"Uhm…how?" Casey asked scratching her head with the handcuffed hand, causing Derek's hand to fly up and dangle up and down.
"I think you just stand outside of the Curtin." Derek said without a hint of cockiness.
"Okay, lets go do it now. I rather not explain to our parents why we are showing at the same time." Casey said standing up.
Derek and Casey hobbled their way up the stairs. Casey grabbed some clothes and a towel as did Derek, they locked the bathroom door and dropped their clean clothes and stood there…awkwardly.
"You go first." Derek said jiggling his cuffed hand. Casey nodded.
"Are you crazy? Turn the hell around." Casey blurted as Derek smiled at her. He did as he was told and didn't turn around till Casey was in a towel and her yellow shirt hung on the string in between them.
"Okay, here." Casey tugged on the shirt till it was over Derek's head and down to his ankles; he stepped out of it and placed it with her discarded jeans.
"Uhm. See I am going to do this." Casey said stepping into the shower and shutting the curtain then threw the towel out and started the water. Ten minutes later the shower shut off and Derek heard Casey speak, "Derek, can you hand me my towel?"
"Sure, he said lunging forward to grab the towel off the sink, but the string instantly locked, causing Derek's wrist to feel like it was broken and made Casey fly out of the shower and landing on top of Derek curtain in tow.
"FUCK!" Derek yelled, holding his wrist, it felt like it was snapped in two.
"Holy crap." Casey sighed as she wrapped the curtain around herself, before fetching her towel. "What happened?"
"It locked all of a sudden." Derek said moving his wrist slowly.
"It's fine…but the curtain..." Casey said blushing.
"Just please keep your eyes closed." Derek said arching an eyebrow and taking off his shirt.
"Why, I've seen you naked before..." Casey blurted out, covering her mouth and letting her towel slips, but Derek caught it.
"Thanks, I'm closing my eyes now." She said shutting them tight. She relaxed as she heard his belt buckle hit the floor and the sound of running hot water. After several minutes the water shut off and she felt a warm hand on her shoulder.
"Open." Derek smiled, fully dressed. Casey opened her eyes and half smiled.
"Casey, Derek?" The delightful tune of Nora rang thought the house.
"Quickly." Derek said pulling Casey by the string as she gathered her clothes and ran to the nearest bedroom, Derek's.
"Put them on now!" Derek ordered as he shut his eyes.
"Casey? Derek!?" They could hear Nora's voice getting closer as Casey was frantically putting on some jeans.
"Casey?" They heard Nora's voice clearly she was in Casey's room.
"Derek's eyes blurted open and he pushed Casey into his closet and shut the doors so only Derek was out.
Derek's doors swung open and there stood an angry Nora. "Derek! It is noon, what are you doing home? Is Casey with you?"
Derek just stood there staring blankly, he couldn't lie.
"Just came by for lunch, no Casey isn't with me." He yelled a little, in all monotones.
"Oh, well I have the rest of the day off, I expect to here you leave in five minutes." She said shutting the door and walking down stairs.
"Whoa. You lied" Casey said through the closet.
"I know…."
"Yeah, here is your shirt." Derek said handing in the stringy halter. "We got to leave soon."
"Like this?"
"Yeah." Derek said as the closet doors swung open.
"Can you tie this, make sure you double knot." Casey said turning around.
Derek did as he was told. "Come one let's go now." Derek said pulling her along as they crept down the stairs.
"I'm leaving now." Derek yelled as he grabbed his shoes to put on in the car.
"Alright." Nora said from the kitchen. Derek and Casey ran out the door and into the car, putting on the rest of their ensemble and making way back to school. As they pulled up to school, Derek slammed on the breaks.
"Whoa, what?" Casey yelled.
"Tracy." Derek said pointing to Tracy walking into school. They quickly parked the car and ran in pursuit of her.
"Tracy." Derek yelled. She turned around with a huge smile on her face.
"We are cured." Derek smiled happily. "I lied."
"Of course you did stupid…the handcuffs." Tracy said rolling her eyes. "It can let you lie."
Derek's face sank as he turned to Casey whose face mimicked his.
"Sorry, but I came to tell you about another think that can help with outburst." Tracy said smiling wicked again.
"Oh my god, how!" Casey said smiling.
"You kiss." Tracy said smirking.
"Whoa, what?!" Derek said tilting his head down in confusion.
"Well, when you kiss each other, you send endorphins to your brain which can temporarily numb the nerves, controlling your outburst, but the effect only last for as long as the endorphins, thus an hour or less." Tracy said walking away.
"What the hell!" Derek yelled, making more than several people look his way, shooting him confused glares.
"Dude. Why are you handcuffed to Casey?" Max said approaching them.
"You smell like failure." Casey blurted out.
"And you look like one too." Derek sing songed pulling Casey towards his locker.
"Oh, my god that's horrible." Casey frowned.
"Sorry, no way to stop that, unless we…" Derek said his words trailing off.
Casey looked left to right, no one was within a mile, she stepped closer to Derek till they were inches apart and she stood on her tippy toes.
Derek's lips crashed into Casey's with such a pleasant sensation he automatically wrapped his hands around her waist, sure now the string loosens. Her hands met somewhere in his hair, the kiss lasted a few sweet tasting seconds before they broke for air, eyes still closed.
"That was…"
"Whoa." Derek finished.
Now Derek and Casey walked to their next class hoping the temporary cure had worked, and at the same time wishing that they needed to do it again.
Wow. Steamy, eh? Lol. Sorry, you may think this is rushed, but you have to understand, they are acting all egar because they secretly want to….so yupp. I probably won't update until Wed….unless I get an obscenely large amount of reviews…love you all. Review and hope you liked it…