Elements of Truth

Disclaimer: I do not own life with Derek, or Michael Seater….why again must I painfully remind myself of this at the beginning of every chapter? At least if I did get sued, I'd meet Michael Seater! Oh, and I also don't own 'Big Machine'.

Damned Goo Goo's.

Author's Note: Yay, I made it too 100 reviews before chapter eight, I am so happy, I am mentally dancing. Yeah, this chapter has been very hard for me to write, because originally it was going to be centered around book forty-two, but I REALLY think I have underdeveloped the whole Dasey concept, they seem to be…I don't know, too OOC in some of this chapter, but then again how can we tell they won't ever do this? Anywho, Thankies for ALL the review, keep them coming and enjoy.

Attention: This chapter is a bit more risqué than the other chapters, this is one of the reasons I rated it T, not M, just T….so thought you should know.

Chapter 7: Cover me up.

The entire way home they both sat in complete silence, Casey's mind was still buzzing with questions to that devious smirk that seemed permanently implanted on his face as she pulled into the drive way. Casey blushed as she tried to climb over Derek to get out that way, rather than he get out over her, and trying to keep her top from slipping. Casey's foot accidentally honked the horn. Derek's eyes tried to look away from her goddess like cleavage, but his hormones got the better of him and as Casey struggled to climb over him Derek's eyes never left the spot hoping that it would slip, god what a sinner.

Suddenly there was a knock at the Window, Casey let out a small giggle assuming it was Emily wondering why she left, so Casey pushed on the down button as the window quickly ran down to see the face, not of Emily, but of Casey's shocked mother, Nora. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem, but the certain position seemed to be incriminating. Casey was at the moment straddling a very horned up Derek; it would not take a doctor to see that. Her arms where on either side of his head so that her chest met with Derek's face, not to even mention the fact, it looks like it was untied not Broken. Also, much to Casey's dismay the fabric had been sliding down for the past few seconds and she had not been able to pull it up from her position and the knock at the Window.

"Casey." Nora squeaked.

"Mom." Casey said smiling, like this is what they did everyday.

"Derek?" Nora said her eyes getting wider if possible.

Then it happened with a swift rolling sound, the tight nylon fabric had gone over the great bust of Casey's chest and now resided safely tucked underneath them. Derek, who had gotten a great view of them for about a half of a second pushed his hands up to cover them, and involuntarily giving them a squeeze, and it wasn't subtle, this caused Casey to try very badly to suppress a moan, they both looked to Nora as her eyes rolled up into the back of her head and her body fell swiftly to the ground with a fairly large thump.

"Mom!" Casey cried peering out threw the window, and then back at Derek scared.

Derek gulped as he opened his mouth. "Did she just pass out?"

Casey, mouth open, nodded as her eyes fell down to wear his hand resigned. Derek blushed to the point of which he could blend it with a rocket Christmas show.

"Uhm, I just needed to cover them up, they were out there and…" Derek struggled to make since of the words. Casey's eyes seemed to widen, she wanted no more than to die right there of embarrassment. Her eyes began to swell up with tears. "No, No, No." Derek hushed. "Don't cry, Please don't cry." It was too late, her face began to shrink and her face became wet and Derek squirmed with 'excitement', ironic….he was fully aware.

"Casey, do not cry." Derek said hushing, and then she started to blubber in a language only girls can understand, creepy.

"Ijustwhahjkshdkgtedbutdhaslgkdhlthenskdlmyboobs." She started blabbing.

"You have nice boobs." He said smiling at the last thing she said.

"OfcourseihavedjhskgniveboobsthatswhyamfdhgwhenmymomankshfdsowantmkshfklDIE!" She said sobbing into his shoulder.

'Kill me now'. He mouthed tilting his head up to the heavens.

"Cool." Said a voice from the window, it seemed like a ten year old boy with a camera, he clicked it and continued his way down the sidewalk.

"What the hell!" Derek cried, pushing Casey up and off his should, which was awkward considering where his hands were.

"Casey, you need to be a big girl okay?" He said talking in his stern voice, as if he was talking to Marti.

He released his hands, trying his hardest not to look at what he had just let go over, grabbed the fabric and pulled it up over them, keeping them hidden. He gave them a soft pat and his eyes looked up to the sniffling Casey.

"Okay, Plan. We are going to pick up your mom and put her in her bed. If she asks, it was all a dream, it never happened. We will get rid of the shirt and that's that." He said still sternly talking to her. She nodded and wiped her eyes. Phew, girls can cry a lot in one day. Casey climbed out the window and was waiting for Derek to do the same.

"Aren't you coming?" She asked.

"Yes." Derek said before looking down. "Give me a second, go check on her."

Casey nodded and walked over to her mom and checked out to see if she was okay. While Derek thought of something not sexually appealing, before wrapping his leather jacket around his waist and positioned it right, thank god he had worn semi-tight jeans today. He climbed out the window and they both struggled to get Nora downstairs and on her bed.

"Finally." Casey said walking up the stairs.

"Now let's Change you." Derek said pulling her into her room.

"You think my mom will be alright?" Casey asked pulling out a black lace bra and a red tank top.

"She landed on the grass, she'll be fine." Derek reassured her as he closed his eyes.

"Done." She said rolling her eyes as his dorkyness.

"Casey, do you happen to know how to play the guitar?" Derek offered as they both walked into his room.

"Uhm a can play a couple cords on the electric guitar, Sam taught me." Casey blushed as she walked over to a red electric guitar and picked it up.

"Are you serious?" Derek smiled excited. "That's great. Do you think you could read this?" Derek said handing her some sheet music.

"Yeah, it's just the same cords, over and over again. At different times, right?" Casey said smiling.

"Exactly."

"Why?"

"You need to play that tonight at the party."

"Derek, I'm not going to the party, I was publicly humiliated in front of the entire school."

"Not as badly as Kendra."

"True and we might see Tracy there." Casey said thinking.

"And I have to play….I just need lyrics." Derek sighed.

"You're going to sing." Casey said confused.

"I've been taking voice lessons from Stacy." Derek said proudly.

"I don't think that her massaging your throat with her tongue counts as lessons." Casey snapped bitterly.

"Actually we did that after; she really gave me a lesson." Derek joked smiling.

"I guess, I could give you some of the lyrics I have written." Casey said shrugging.

"Great, lets go look." Derek said pulling her into her own room.

Casey pulled out what seemed like ten multicolored spiral note books. "Poetic much?" Derek said in awe.

"Be quiet and look threw some, pull out any that you like." Casey said opening a pink notebook.

Seven minutes into the search there were able five lyrics so far, each kinda lacking the essential hook. Derek's eyes gleamed at the black spiral notebook; it seemed to call out to him. He opened it and found a very warn down page, entitled. 'Big Machine'. He flipped threw the entire book, not one other song or doodle, just that one song. Derek read it twenty times, it was perfect, so much passion, so much love, so much hate. He pondered who it could have been written about.

'Ecstasy is all you need, living in the big machine now. Oh, you're so vain' Derek instantly knew it was about him, but why would she put it all alone in this one book.

"I found it Casey." He said folding it over and handing it to her, her face immediately sank.

"You can't use this song." She said shaking her head.

"Yes, I have too, it's perfect."

"I like the one about the ponies better." Casey lied.

"Casey please?" He said looking into her eyes. She sighed and seemed to think about it.

"Fine, but I don't want any connection to this song. Tell Sam and Ralph you wrote it, okay?" Casey said biting her lip.

"Deal, lets go try it out." He said grabbing the book and pulling her into his room.

"Casey?! Derek?!" They heard a very awake Nora yell. It had been over two hours; they had totally forgotten about her, rehearsing the song with the lyrics in Derek's room. Casey and Derek fumbled down the stairs and into the kitchen.

"Nora, your up." Derek said sweetly.

"The car…you and Casey…boob." Nora stuttered pointing to them.

"Mom, what are you talking about?" Casey said looking really confused.

"You two in the car…naked!" She cried.

"Nora, are you okay?" Derek said leaning in. "We got home an hour ago, you've been asleep, were you dreaming?"

"Dreaming." Nora murmured. "Yes, I was Dreaming." She said before rubbing her head and turning around.

"We are leaving to go to The Friday Night Party in half an hour Derek called after her."

"Sure." She said before slamming her bedroom door.

"That was….weird." Casey said before turning on her heels heading up the stairs.

"Where are you going?" Derek asked as she stepped into her room. "I'm getting ready."

"It takes you half and hour to get ready?" Derek said annoyed.

"Yes. You better put on something nice too."

"Fine."

"Good, now should I wear this?" Casey said holding up a black empire clutched short, tight dress, which would be sure to show off her assets. "Or this one." She said holding a micro mini blue jean skirt with a thick black belt and a dark red wife beater.

"The second one. You'll look total rocker chick." Derek said blurting out.

"Oh, I see." She said raising an eyebrow. She pealed off the tank to reveal her bra and replaced it with the wife beater, then pulled of her jeans and wiggled her way into the skirt and placed the belt are her waist.

"Whoa." Derek said shocked staring at her body. Casey rolled her eyes as she walked to her make up counter and put on a golden eye shadow with heavy black eyeliner.

"You are NOT using my eyeliner again." Casey said seeing the expression on Derek's reflection in the mirror.

Casey straightened her hair and placed some fake colored streaks in her hair and accessorized with Cherry red lipstick&Gloss, big chunky arm candy and all different type of rings. "I'm ready." She said zipping up her knew length leather high-heeled boots. "Now, it' your turn."

Casey picked out a pair of darker jeans and a combo of a gray quarter length undershirt and a dark green short sleeved shirt. "Here." She said handing it to him, then she stepped back and looked at him waiting.

"What?" He asked smiling.

"Change, You saw me plenty naked….I deserve to have the same." She said giving a very happy smirk.

"Fine." He said not caring and ripping his old jeans off and replacing his new ones quickly. Then he took of his polo to reveal a very hot body, Casey couldn't help but gape at his four pack, she didn't assume a six pack you could get from hockey. He smiled sheepishly at her expression; Casey nodded her head and rushed over to him.

"I'm about to blurt something out, quick." She said eyeing him wanting to touch him.

"I can see." He joked, before taking her head and bringing it to his for yet another, passionate kiss, his tongue grazed over her bottom lip begging for entry, she complied and he slowly backed her up and laid her down onto the bed, not breaking for air. They were getting to deep into the kiss, they both knew that, so they reluctantly stop, Derek standing back up with a pained expression on his face.

"Right then." Casey said standing up. Derek shook his head and finished getting dressed and grabbed his guitar in its Case.

"We're leaving." Derek said rushing down the stairs, to see Marti, Lizzie and Edwin on the couch.

"Bye." They said in unison watching a show.

It only took them minutes before they were at the party, everyone seemed to be there. Derek and Casey's arrival had seemed to up everyone else's energy level. Causing the entire party to pulse to the music. Derek and Casey made their way over to the huge stage like platform that had the banner 'D-Rock' Written all over it.

"Dude, you're finally here." Sam said smiling. "The crowd is getting rowdy."

"Yeah, set Casey up with the electric guitar." Derek ordered.

"Why?" Sam asked eyeing Casey's apparel.

"Because I'm singing." Derek said growling.

Derek began setting up the microphone setting, the appropriated switches on and plugging in some Crafty Cables.

The nods from Sam, Ralph and Casey told him they were ready. Derek gulped before switching the Mic on causing the entire party to fall into silence.

"Hey Thompson High!" Derek yelled. "Are you ready to rock with 'D-ROCK'!??!" He boomed over the area, everyone yelled and whooped in reply. Derek licked his lips as he looked back at Casey who was going over the key changes in her head, she looked up and smiled, that was all he needed. When Ralph and Sam began to play, the entire room seemed to dim, and Derek felt like it was just him and Casey. People Gaped when Casey came in with a strong sexy riff, Derek's words were approaching, he opened his mouth, singing the words Casey has written to him:

Ecstasy is all you need,
Living in the big machine, now.
Oh you're so vain.
Now your world is way too fast.
Nothing's real and nothing lasts,
And I'm aware.
I'm in love but you don't care.

Turn your anger into lust,
I'm still here but you don't trust at all,
And I'll be waiting.

Derek glanced back at Casey who seemed to be enveloped in her guitar riff.

Love and sex and loneliness,
Take what's yours and leave the rest so I'll survive.
God it's good to be alive.

And I'm torn in pieces,
I'm blind and waiting for,
My heart is reeling,
I'm blind and waiting for you.

Still in love with all your sins,
Where you stop and I'll begin,
And I'll,
I'll be waiting.
Living like a house on fire,
What you fear is your desire.
It's hard to deal;
I still love the way you feel.

Now this angry little girl,
Drowning in this petty world,
And I'm,
Who you run to.
Swallow all your bitter pills,
That's what makes you beautiful.
You're all or not,
I don't need what you ain't got.

As he finished the noise was unbearable, there was so much screaming and yelling and craziness that Derek couldn't help but start laughing, they really like all of this. Casey Dropped the guitar and ran over to Derek to give him a hug, but suddenly there was a burning in her wrists same to Derek, they both looked at their cuffs. The cuffs broke off and fell to the floor and turned to dust, Derek looked up to Casey and smiled, Casey shook her head and ran over to him and whispered in his ear.

"I don't think that was good." Casey said with a shrug.

"Who cares?" He said as he pulled her hand to go get a beer, something told him that Drunken Casey was going to be a lot more fun than this one.

Ta-da. Whatcha think? I really liked this chapter; I totally imagined it in my head perfectly. Anywho. Let me see the review? I love what you all say. I can not wait to see what happens when Casey gets drunk. And BTW they are no longer handcuffed, you'll find out later on in the next chapter which is entitled: Lies, Confessions, and Jumping his Bones. Ohhh that one will totally be rated T. Lol. Review. My new goal is 150 by chapter ten.