You Belong With Me-Taylor Swift
"Yea, I know."
"Mhhm,"
"I'm sorry, Case."
Emily rolled her eyes as she listened to the one side of the conversation she could hear. She was sprawled across Derek's bed and rolled herself onto her stomach and propped up her upper body with her elbows. Apparently Derek had said something that Casey didn't like. Emily sighed as she heard Derek grovel for forgiveness. It wasn't Derek's fault that Casey didn't have a sense of humor thought Emily as she sighed again and waved a goodbye at Derek. I get Derek she thought as she walked down the stairs I am his best friend after all. Best friend she said aloud.
Emily eyed her calendar that was next to her laptop. Tuesday. She sighed as she put on her earphones and scrolled through her music library. She snorted when she thought about Casey ever listening or knowing any of the artists in her library.
Emily shut her eyes for a second and then they drifted toward the picture besides the calendar. It was of her and Derek at her sixteenth birthday. Who knows your story like I do? She asked the Derek in the picture.
In class the next day Emily compared herself to Casey McDonald.
Casey wears miniskirts. Emily eyed her worn t-shirt. Casey was the head cheerleader. Emily just went to cheer Derek on.
She eyed Derek who sat next to Casey. Why can't he see that he belongs with me? Emily asked herself.
"That was hilarious!" Derek guffawed as he slowed his pace.
"Hey you wanna sit down?" Derek asked as he gestured to the empty park bench.
"Sure," Emily answered as she plopped down next to Derek and began picking at one of the threads from a hole in his jeans."
"I miss this." He said suddenly.
"Me too," Emily answered.
"I mean Em, we were always together before" Derek trailed off.
"Before you fell in love," Emily teased.
"Sure, if you say so." He answered.
"You've got something there," Emily said trying to break the awkward silence. It was the first time in weeks that she had gotten to hang out with Derek and she was going to make the best of it.
"Where?" Derek asked.
"There." Emily said as she pushed her ice-cream cone onto Derek's face.
"Hey!"
Before he could retaliate Emily had taken off and was laughing madly. Derek's eyes are bright tonight Emily mused before she took off again and he's smiling.
"So," Emily began, "can I ask you something?"
"Shoot." Derek said as he tried to wipe the ice-cream off his shirt.
"What are you doing with Casey?" Emily asked.
"I really don't know." Derek blurted out; "I mean I don't know it's just how I feel?" he ended lamely.
"Oh."
"And those miniskirts help." He added snidely.
Obviously something I don't wear Emily thought.
"Move," Casey snapped as she tried to shove Emily away from the sink in the school restroom.
"Alright, sheesh. You're not gonna melt." Emily muttered.
"Hey." Casey called out before Emily could make an exit.
"Yes?"
"You're that pathetic girl that's always drooling after MY boyfriend." She remarked.
"No, I'm not."
"Please, I'm not stupid I know that you're carrying a torch for him." Casey said now applying lip gloss. "It's kind of sweet how you think he'd give you the time of day."
"He's my best friend." Emily retorted.
"Newsflash he's my boyfriend so backoff," Casey said whirling around to face Emily.
Emily rushed out of the restroom trying to avoid anymore problems.
"Whoah, watch out there." A deep voice said as she crashed into a warm hard body in her hurry to escape Casey.
"Sorry." She hurriedly apologized.
"Em? What's wrong?" Derek asked.
"Nothing."
"Tell me."
"Nothing leave me alone Derek, go talk to your girlfriend."
"But Em."
"Hey Sweetee," a shrill voice cut off whatever Emily was going to say.
"I have to get to class," Emily hurriedly said as she wriggled out of Derek's grasp.
Derek belongs with me, Emily thought how can't he see that.
Emily woke up startled as she kept hearing a repeated tapping noise outside her window. Slowly she got out of her bed and crept towards the window. Looking out she was met with Derek's eyes and Emily rushed to open the window.
"What are you doing?" she hissed as she moved aside to let Derek climb in.
"I had to talk to someone."
"And you decided to climb through my window at..." Emily paused to check her alarm clock, "at three in the morning Derek?"
"You're the closest person," Derek answered easily as he threw himself onto her bed.
"You couldn't wake up Edwin?" Emily asked she really couldn't deal with Derek in the middle of night.
"What do you want?" she finally asked.
"I wanted to talk to you about Casey."
"Oh."
"Listen Em, I've been thinking."
"Shocker."
"No really Em, I've been thinking about me and Casey and how we're completely different."
"Wow."
"I just there's something that I have to tell her."
"Oh shoot I hear my mom's door you better leave." Emily said as she yanked Derek off her bed and pushed him towards the window.
"But Emily."
"Tomorrow."
He just came into my room in the middle of the night Emily thought.
"Well thanks alot for almost killing me," Derek greeted her the next morning at school.
"Shut up Derek."
"Ouch, someone's grumpy."
"I'm not in the mood."
"Well Ms. Davis you're obviously not in the mood to entertain me."
"Why don't you ask Casey to do that?"
"I just might." Derek answered, "
"Great then."
"Emily you're not listening to me."
"Don't you have to go somewhere?"
"Where?"
"Where you belong."
"Which is where?"
"With me."
"What?"
"With Casey."
"No where Emily?"
"Honestly Derek. Haven't you ever thought that just maybe you belong with me?"
"..."
"I have class sorry to take up your precious Casey time."
"Emily Davis."
Emily kept walking while at the same time willing herself to stop the waterworks from coming. She was doing fine until someone yanked her arm and turned her around.
"Leave me alone Derek, what I said was stupid it's a joke."
"Oh really?"
"Yes."
"It's a joke that I do belong with the girl that makes me laugh, the one that's there for me in the middle of the night? The girl who has seen me at my worst? Let me ask you one more time. Where do I belong?"
"Maybe just maybe you belong with me," Emily answered.
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