Elements of Truth

Disclaimer: I do not own life with Derek, but I own this story.

Author's Note: Omg. Longest chapter of my life. Meaning it took me basically 3 weeks to write, because I have been so busy with everything. I am sorry people. I swear this story will all make sense really really soon, just have to hold on. So Without further a due, I give you chapter 12. REVIEW!

Chapter 12: Fairytales of broken glass.

"Progress?" Casey spat, clenching her hands into fists. This girl is annoying beyond belief.

"Yes. I mean you two finally pieced things together." Tracy said looking down at her shoes as she walked toward them dragging a single finger on the counter collecting the dust, rubbing it with her fingers and wiping it away on her dress.

"What?"

"You know…this place." She spoke softly.

"How? What? My god, my head hurts." Casey said sitting back down on the counter.

"Are you okay?" Derek turned to her face stricken with worried.

"No." Casey gave a stiff laugh. "I ment from confusion, no need to get all scared." Casey said rubbing her head.

"Are you sure." Derek eyes unwavering from hers.

"Yes." She smiled, then signaling with her eyes to Tracy who had the dumbest look on her face.

"Oh, god. You two are just so cute together." She said with a semi-fan girl face already planted as her expression.

"To-together? We…aren't together." Casey tried a weak smile.

"But it's okay to have sex with each other?" Tracy said suppressing a delighted squeal and a smiled bubbled to her face.

"Okay, how did you kn-" Derek was cut off by Tracy's giggle.

"You can not honestly think that something that juicy would stay under wraps for long? I mean seriously you two disappeared from the party for three hours, and knowing you I doubt you were talking a girl can piece things together." Tracy's said finding a dusty stool and sweeping up her dress and plopping onto it, with a sheepish grin.

"Whoa, what?" Derek said grabbing his head. "I am so confused right now, it isn't even funny." (A/n: and I bet you are all too…)

"Fine, then Cinderella." Tracy said rolling her eyes and laughing. "I will break it down for you." Tracy jumped up from the stool and made her way to a dusty broken bookshelf and from that she pulled out an old tattered fairly large book.

"Once upon a time there wa-"

"Whoa, do you have to talk like a story book?" Casey said raising an eyebrow.

"First off, Rude much?" Tracy said rolling her eyes. "Second, do you want to know or Not?!?! And third yes!"

"Fine." Derek said covering Casey's mouth so she couldn't hear he rebuttal.

"Once upon a time there lived a boy and a girl."

"Wow, thanks for the obvious." Casey spat.

Tracy peered from behind the fairly large book. "One more snarky comment from you and you'll never know."

Casey sighed and nodded.

"ONCE UPON A TIME THERE LIVED A BOY AND A GIRL!" Tracy yelled it really fast to avoid another interruption. "The boy lived with a mom who only cared about herself and never her children or her husband. The girl lived with a dad who seemed to love his secretary more than his children and wife."

Casey exchanged glances with Derek.

"So there were some divorces, some tears, so responsibility, and some anger. This led the mistreated wife and husband together, and joined in holy matrimony. Little did they know they were messing with fate, which was to bring her daughter and his son together in something magical!" Tracy smiled.

"Wait a minute." Derek ripped the book from her hands and stared down at blank pages, he continued to flip through them and saw nothing. "Are you loopy?! Are you just making this up?"

"Sorta…okay, so here's the main points, you two are ment to be together." Tracy said closing the book and throwing it aside. "I mean you two did sleep with eachother."

"That's it! That's it! Okay we have had it up to here with you fortune cookie mumbo jumbo and your wise ass crap! I need answers and I need them now! How the hell do you know so much about us, better yet, why the hell can we not lie or anything and do not say you had nothing to do with it, because you DID!" Derek was red in the face with anger he looked very violet pushed up against Tracy like that.

"Oi, getting a tad bit angry are we?" Tracy said gently pushing him off her.

"I am not the person who is to tell you what happened, I am not Destiny. I am just someone who helps it move faster. Oh, and I actually didn't help you with the chemicals that was your own doing, thus this mess." Tracy said licking her lips and flashing him a challenging smile.

"You are not making any scene!" Casey screamed.

"I will soon, you just need to figure things out first."

"Stop it!" Derek yelled again still angry.

"Stop what?!" Tracy said sitting down on a broken bookshelf.

"Stop following us, stop giving us these riddles and STOP!" Derek yelled again.

"Don't you see this is all happening for a reason, the way you two look at each other, this place where you both had you first ti-" Tracy was shocked when she was cut off by Derek growling.

"Will you stop saying that?!" He yelled furious. "I mean, it was a Mistake, a giant huge mistake!" Derek said instantly regretting the words that came out of his mouth. "Casey…" His eyes darted to hers, her face was blank, but her mouth open a little.

"Casey…I didn't mean it…Casey." He said walking toward her. She jumped off the counter and took a couple steps back, afraid from him.

"You can't lie Derek…" Casey said before running out of the building.

"Fuck!" Derek yelled kicking a trashcan and watching it fall to the ground.

Tracy sighed and rubbed her temples. "You aren't making this easy, are you?"

"You, you! You just stay the hell away from us." Derek said before running after Casey, leaving Tracy there cross-legged hanging off the end of a broken book shelf laughing.

Derek continued to run till he was blinded by the bright light outside, it was nearly noon. It was snowing pretty badly and Derek could only see as far as the next street light. He glanced to his jeep and sighed when he didn't see Casey in there. He rubbed his jacked against his skin as he frantically searched left to right hoping to see Casey, he didn't. Derek racked his brain to think where she might be. Home? No way! School? Derek laughed, not likely. Smelly Nelly's? Maybe…

"Casey." Derek whispered as he climbed into his jeep and started it up in search of Casey and Smelly Nelly's. About halfway to Smelly Nelly's he noticed someone swinging on the playground swings, which was covered in snow. Derek pulled into the parking lot and ran to the swings.

"Casey!" He yelled and saw her head shoot up as she wiped away tears.

"What do you want?" She snapped bitterly standing up.

"Casey, I am sorry, I didn't mean it." Derek said pleadingly.

"Yes you did, you can't lie!"

"Well, I just said I didn't mean it which isn't lieing because I can't lie so it is the truth!"

"My head hurts now." Casey whined crying sitting back down on the swing. Casey and Derek sat there in complete silence for a couple of minutes as Casey drew with something in the snow.

"Whats that?" Derek asked taking a seat in the other swing.

"A broken half a pool stick."

Derek nodded. "Listen I am sorry. I mean I regret it, but only because you do."

"I don't regret it."

"You don't?"

"I mean yeah, I do. Like I always though about it being after prom at a fancy hotel with my prince charming." She said twirling the stick.

"Ah."

"But I don't regret it being with you…" Casey said so quietly that only the wind could hear it.

"What?"

"Nothing! I can not believe you are so calm about this!" Casey said standing up shaking.

"Well, I mean…I don't regret it being with you."

"Oh please, you've slept with tons of girls." She sneered.

"Casey…"

"What made me so different?!" She snapped again clearly angry.

"Casey..." Derek started again.

"You just liked it because you got to deflower a princess!" She snapped bitterly hitting him on his shoulder; tears were coming down her face.

"No, Casey…"

"I wanted someone who cared about me!"

"Casey…"

"NO! I hate you!" She said continuing to hit him. "You are a heartless, stupid, selfish, conceited, arrogant son of a bitch!"

Derek growled in frustration! "Casey can't you see I love you!" Derek yelled grabbing her by the head and bringing her lips to his. Her mouth opened as she snaked her arms around his neck bringing him closer as they kissed deeper and passionately into their kiss. Neither gasping for air or moving except to reposition their mouths. Finally after what seemed like hours they broke apart, the smoke from their heated paintings flamed around them.

"What?" Casey said confused panting still.

"I can't lie." Derek said gulping.

"Oh thank god." Casey said a tiny smile forming on her lips and she pounced on him, legs wrapped around his waist, kissing him fiercely up and down his neck. Moaning as he kissed her shoulder. Derek struggling backwards collapsed into a swing, both laughing as they made eye contact.

"Casey…"

"Don't worry." She smiled as she kissed him again as his arms made there way hips digging in a little causing her back to arch.

"Casey…" Trailed a familiar voice.

"Mmmm Derek!" She moaned.

They broke their kiss. "Casey that wasn't me." Derek said eyes scared.

Oh no.

Lmao. Sorry, some of you may think I rushed this whole thing, with Derek saying he was in love, but if you didn't know, that was an outburst. Hahahaha, I love this chapter their fight leading into love. Wow, someone seemed shocked…I wonder who it could be? Reviews are so kind. They really will make me work sooner. I hope you all enjoyed this. Please no flames. REVIEW!