Have you ever had that week when you knew what you were going to do, then your brain shuts down and you cannot remember what you're going to do. That was last week. Talk about a brain fart. HAHAHAHAHA!

Okay now that my head and brain are all right I can continue with the story.

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A/N: "Thoughts are in italics"

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Life with Derek

Changes: Chapter 6

McDonald-Venturi household: 7:00 PM Friday night

Derek is sitting on his bed thinking about his day. He has his music blasting in his ear and is glancing at the magazine in hand. He groans when the memories of earlier that day come back. He picks up the phone and dials Sam's number.

"Hello." Sam answers.

"Hey, Sam." Derek says.

"What's up." Sam asks.

"Whoa, wait. You're not angry with me?" Derek asks.

"Should I be?" Sam responds.

"Well, considering I'm calling to...." Derek begins.

"Apologize?" Sam asks.

"Yeah, that's it." Derek says. "I realize that I may have been out of line."

"D. It's okay. We're best buds. If we didn't forgive each other for the stupid things we do we wouldn't be best buds." Sam says.

"Yeah. Well how about tomorrow we have a guy's day." Derek asks.

"Sounds good." Sam says.

"Great. See ya tomorrow." Derek says happily.

"See ya, D." Sam says.

Derek hangs up the phone and walks over to his computer. As he sits down he sees Casey out of the corner of his eyes. He just ignores her and continues to use the computer. Casey walks into his room and just stands in front of his desk.

"Derek, can we talk?" Casey asks.

"I'm sorry all meetings must be written and sent to my secretary for scheduling. Have a nice day." Derek says, paying attention to his computer and not Casey.

"What was that about?" Casey asks.

Derek just ignores her and grabs the headphones to his MP3 player and blasts the sound so Casey can hear the music. Casey is becoming frustrated and tries to take a deep breath and start the conversation over again. Derek just looks at the computer screen and writes something down.

"DER-EK!" Casey yells.

He shudders when he hears her voice through the headphones. He sighs, throws the headphones down and stands up to confront Casey. Casey stares him down as he smirks at her.

"You yelled." Derek smirks.

"Derek, why were you hurting Sam yesterday?" Casey asks.

"Because...." Derek answers

"Because of what?" Casey asks again.

"Our business is our business. Simply put for your overactive brain, NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" Derek answers.

"Fine." Casey says annoyed. "Don't come looking to me the next time you need help."

"Oh, I guess I should tell you this. Truman said some things to Sam. He said some of those "things" involved you." Derek smirks.

"NO! NO! NO! That jerk Truman. Oh, he is going to hate me Monday. He is going to rue the day he even thought of Derek and me as a couple."

Saturday morning:

Derek wakes up and groans. He looks around his room and sighs. He takes his hand to his face and feels the sweat on his forehead.

"Another freakin' dream. WHAT IS HAPPENING? WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? Is this a test of will or punishment for spying on Casey? Okay, focus Derek, the dreams don't mean anything, it is just a psychological response to what Casey has been dreaming. WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? A psychological response... I sound like Casey. I've got to get out of here."

Derek jumps out of bed and quickly throws on some clothes scattered on the floor of his room. He runs downstairs and as he is jumping off the stairs to the coat hanger he runs into Casey. The impact causes Derek to land on top of Casey.

"OW! DEREK!" Casey groans.

Casey looks up into Derek's eyes. Derek has a deer in headlights look as he stares back at Casey. Casey feels a blush appear on her face.

"Derek, can you get off." Casey says.

"What?" Derek asks nervously.

"Can you move your body off of me." Casey asks.

"Sure." Derek says quietly.

Derek shifts his arms to raise his body off of Casey. Casey moves from under Derek and sits up. They stare at each other. Derek is avoiding Casey's eyes and Casey turns her head so Derek can't see the blush forming on her face.

"Well, see ya." Derek says quickly.

Derek jumps off the ground and runs towards the front door. He doesn't realize Casey is still watching him as the door closes. Casey lets out a sigh and then the door opens again. Derek walks back in and grabs his leather jacket, then just as quickly as he entered he exits.

Casey just stares at the door before getting up and walking into the kitchen. She grabs the phone and begins dialing Emily's number. Her mind keeps going back to the situation before, that she doesn't realize Emily is talking to her.

"Casey? CASEY!" Emily shouts.

"Sorry, Emily." Casey says. "I need you to come over. Something happened."

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Okay, it's getting there. So Derek may or may not have certain feelings for Casey. SO, how will his "guy" day go with Casey on his mind.

I'm sorry for the delay on this chapter.

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In Loving Memory of my Uncle Tommy

1946-2009