Okay, now before I go completely insane or crack under pressure, here's the next chapter.
Oh, and I know Casey's stalker will be such a cliché and expected, so I'm prepared to take heat for it.
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DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN LIFE WITH DEREK
Chapter 11: Truman Two-Face
"Emily, we have to go." Casey says as she pulls Emily in the direction of the classroom.
"Okay, but I've got to go to Paul for my appointment, so I'll see you later." Emily explains.
Meanwhile:
"Derek, come on. It's been 3 weeks." Alan says.
"Hold on, I know what I'm doing.... so don't question my doings." Derek growls.
"I'm not questioning your doings, but if you keep stalling, waiting for that GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY you may just miss her." Alan explains. "But it's your girl and your decision. Good luck. I got to get to class."
Casey is running down the hallway to get to class. She turns the corner to get to the room down the hall when she hits an object. She falls back with a groan and looks to see who she ran into.
"Oh, sorry." Casey blushes as she look to see who she ran into. "Truman?"
"Casey, hello." Truman says sweetly.
"I got to go." Casey says, dusting herself off and beginning to walk down the hallway.
"Casey, wait." Truman shouts.
"Can't." Casey shouts.
Truman smiles and snaps his fingers. He runs a hand through his greasy hair and breathes out.
"So close. Wait, what is this?" Truman mumbles to himself.
Truman smirks, picks up the books off the floor, and walks off to his next class. He reads one of his books and grins widely. He begins to write something on a piece of paper and still grinning to himself.
"Perfect." Truman grins.
Later that day, Casey is searching for Alan. She is holding a piece of paper in hand and running through every hallway to look. She looks everywhere she knows Alan would be and can't find him. She runs to her locker and finds Emily at her locker.
"Emily, there's a problem." Casey says.
"Great!" Emily says sacastically. "What's wrong?"
"This note." Casey says, handing Emily the note.
"What are you..." Emily says as she reads the note. "OH!"
"Yeah, this is serious." Casey panics.
"Wait, how would Truman know about that?" Emily asks.
"Alan." Casey growls.
"Casey that makes no sense. Why would Alan do that? He couldn't. He was the first person to see you and Derek as a couple." Emily says. "There must be some explanation."
"Yeah, Alan knows. And it's just convenient that he isn't here now, and Truman knows my secret." Casey says.
"Well, what are you going to do?" Emily asks.
"What can I do?" Casey asks herself.
"Confront Truman. Find out how he knows." Emily says. "Just be careful."
"I'll be fine." Casey says.
Casey walks down the hall to her next class. She sees Truman talking with someone across the hall. Truman smirks at her while she rolls her eyes and glares at him.
After class is over Truman runs to catch Casey at the door. Casey turns around before Truman can touch her shoulder. Truman jumps back, feeling a bit worried he might have messed with the wrong girl. When he sees her hard eyes, he puts all the nervous feelings out of his mind and once again smirks at her.
"Okay, let me make myself clear. Whatever you think you know about me is definitely a lie." Casey says. "Whoever told you what you know is....." She stops when she sees Truman holding her diary.
"Oh, no one told me anything. I read it in this book." Truman smirks.
"Where did you find that?" Casey asks.
"When we crashed into each other before. I thought of being a good samaritian and returning it to you. Until..." Truman begins.
"No!" Casey whispers.
"Until I saw this one page that caught my attention. It is more of a book than a diary Casey." Truman smirks. "Imagine all the fame and fortune you can receive should this be published."
"Truman, can I have that back so I can go?" Casey says as she tries to grab it out of Truman's hands.
"Or, imagine all the embarrassment and humiliation you will feel when I reveal who you are in love with." Truman grins widely.
"What do you want?" Casey asks defeated.
"One date." Truman says.
"And if I don't agree?" Casey asks quietly.
"Then I tell everyone your embarrassing secret." Truman smirks.
The next day:
Emily arrives at school. She is nervous as she enters because Casey hasn't talked to her since yesterday. She fears that something bad happened when Casey went to confront Truman. She is also worried about Alan. He has been gone since yesterday afternoon and now is not at his locker as she walks past.
Emily gets to her locker and as soon as she opens her locker, Truman appears. Emily groans as he smirks at her. He waits for her to finish collecting her books from her locker before talking.
"What do you want Truman?" Emily scowls.
"Just figured I'd say hi." Truman says kindly.
"Okay. Bye!" Emily says sweetly.
"I'm just waiting for Casey to get here." Truman says.
"I thought she told you to never speak to her especially after she got your little note." Emily says.
"No, we will be speaking a whole lot now. Considering we are dating now." Truman smiles.
"WH..." Emily begins.
"HEY, Emily!" Casey says bubbly.
"Uh, hi?" Emily says.
"Come on, babe. We have to get to class." Truman says to Casey as he wraps an arm around her.
"I'll see you later Emily." Casey says.
Casey and Truman leave Emily standing in the middle of the hallway. Emily's jaw is on the ground now, as she tries to comprehend what she saw. She rapidly blinks her eyes, rubbing them a couple times to make sure her vision is clear. She whips out her phone and begins to text message someone.
"Come on. Come on. Answer." Emily mumbles.
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Okay, I'll be waiting for the angry comments. Trust me, I know what I'm doing, but I'm sure many of you probably won't think so. Remember I said I had a funny plan for Truman in this story. But this is the chapter that I hated writing.
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In Loving Memory of my Uncle Tommy
1946-2009