Author's Note!:Hey there everyone! I changed a few things in the last chapter, just so you know... mostly because of the CONFUSING NATURE of the last episode of Life with Derek. The writers made it seem like Emily and Truman never even happened, so I'm writing them out. haha. I took their names out of the last chapter, and will only refer to them as past relationships from now on... considering that's what I am getting from the very last scene of LwD. ANYWAYS. This chapter, I believe, is WAY better, and its DEFINITELY easier to follow. haha :) So I hope you enjoy lovely readers!
Only In the Movies
Disclaimer: Don't own anything.
Casey was listening intently to her instructor talk about the course outline of her Human Anatomy and Physiology Lecture class. Her leg bouncing excitedly as he explained the topics that they were going to cover this semester.
Just as the teacher had explained his 'No use of cell phone' policy she felt her pocket vibrate. It was a short disruption and no one seemed to notice other than Casey. She realized by the length of the vibration that it was a text message. She sighed in relief of knowing it wouldn't be a continuous distraction.
Then, however, she feels another short vibration. She rolled her eyes but continued to pay attention. It proved hard to do as there was a third short vibration. Ignoring the itch she was struggling with to check her cell phone, she focused on the syllabus that had been handed out. She scanned the details of each point obsessively to the point where her lips were moving but no words were being spoken.
She read over the same sentence for the fifth time as she felt another vibration. Her eyes narrowed and she was just about ready to crack. Thankfully she found relief in the clock on the wall that told her she only had five minutes left.
Those last five minutes were accompanied with five more text messages.
Finally, the teacher let the students out of the classroom and she made a mad dash at the door, grabbing her phone from her pocket in the process. Opening her phone, she read through her text messages from earliest to newest. Noticing they were all from the same person, she rolled her eyes.
From: Derek
Hows ur class Spacey?
From: Derek
I bet ur going to ignore these
From: Derek
Well either way. My class sucks!
From: Derek
Ur 2 much of a keener 2 not pay attention for 1 second 2 look at ur phone?
From: Derek
Wow Case. And 2 think I thought u changed.
From: Derek
Well good 2 see ur back 2 ur old lame Casey ways
From: Derek
Princess! Answer me!
From: Derek
Oh come on class is almost over space case.
Casey rolled her eyes once again, placing her cell phone back into her pocket.
"Can't he use proper grammar?" She asked aloud to her self.
She glanced at her watch and noticed she had about fifteen minutes to get to her next class which was about five minutes away. She decided that she would take a seat at one of the chairs in the hallway and just relax for a bit.
As soon as she sat down she felt her pocket vibrate one more time. She groaned and closed her eyes tightly in annoyance, grabbing her phone once again. She read the text message that she just received.
From: Derek
I see you :)
She looked up from her phone immediately and searched her surroundings. She couldn't find him anywhere. She decided to text him back.
To: Derek
Where are you?
She tapped her foot impatiently and in no time she received another text message.
From: Derek
Wouldnt u like 2 know? ;) Jk Reach for the sky!
Casey's eyebrows furrowed for a second before she glanced upwards towards the ceiling. She hadn't noticed the opening to the second floor right behind her. Derek was leaning over the side of the balcony, smirking. He winked as she finally spotted him.
"Hiya, Princess." He greeted her. She scoffed and stood up so she was facing him.
"What do you want, Derek?" She asked with a tone of annoyance.
"Hey, can't I say hello to my favorite person?" He couldn't hold back his laughter.
"Yeah, right. You're favorite person to annoy, maybe." She responded.
"Hey, I never specified." He said chuckling. She fake smiled at him before speaking.
"I'll ask one more time, Derek. What would you like?" She asked politely.
"I'm bored." He explained simply.
"So? Go bother Sam!" She offered.
"He's in class until 12:15." He said.
"Well I have a class in like..." She started, checking her watch, "seven minutes! So, sorry, I can't help you out of your boredom." She stated sarcastically.
"HA. Please; I wouldn't want to talk to you, anyways." He argued, but Casey was ready with a rebuttal.
"Hmm..." She started, mock-contemplating, "Didn't seem that way when you texted me NINE times during my very first class!" She yelled up to him before storming off in the direction of her classroom.
"Yeah? Well... you... I..." He yelled ofter her retreating figure before groaning in frustration.
"Cat got your tongue?" A voice is heard behind Derek.
Derek spun around quickly before noticing it was the girl who had shot him down earlier. His face fell into a glare.
"You. What do you want?" He asked coldly.
"Ooh, touchy!" She laughed, "And I do have a name: It's Lily." When he didn't respond, she sighed, "What's the matter?" She smiled.
"I'm sorry; did I get the wrong impression earlier, or don't you hate me?" He asked, expressions void of all emotion.
"Hate you? I can't hate someone I hardly know. I must admit though, I don't like the fact that you act like you're all that and a bag of chips." She answered thoughtfully.
"'All that and a bag of chips'? Who even uses that anymore?" He laughed.
"I do." She replied confidently, "Anyways, who were you talking to down there?" She asked, walking closer to the edge of the balcony and glancing down at the first floor hallway.
"My step-sister." He answered, "She doesn't know how to have fun."
"A-ha... and you do?" She raised her eyebrows in amusement.
Derek was utterly confused, was this girl interested or not? She seemed to be flirting but Derek was not going to make the same mistake twice by hitting on her again.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I do. I happen to do fun things all the time!" He answered defensively.
"Like texting someone all through your class?" She asked and he felt blood rush to his cheeks in embarrassment.
"You saw that?" He asked.
"And heard." She replied, "You aren't that great at hiding your laughter."
"Yeah, well I don't feel the need to hide when I'm happy." He answered.
"Who were you talking to that made you so happy?" She pried. Derek's face faltered momentarily.
"No, no. She wasn't the thing that made me happy." He told her.
"Ah... She? Sounds like somebody has a crush." She teased.
"Uh, no. You don't understand; She-" He started but Lily was no longer listening, instead she was talking.
"Its no use hiding it, Derek. I know when a guy has a crush. I'm a wonderful judge of character." She winked and without warning she was gone, leaving Derek behind with a surprised/horrified expression.
Casey glanced at her watch as she was leaving her Intro to Psychology class: 12:15pm.
She had an hour and a half until her last class of the day, and she was supposed to meet Lily in the cafeteria in fifteen minutes. She decided that waiting for her newly acquired friend in their mutually decided upon meeting place was her best bet right now, so she made her way to the second floor lunchroom. It didn't take long for Lily to get there and in no time they were sitting at a table and conversing about themselves to get to know each other.
Finally they got to the topic of what happened that morning, when they first met.
"So... what was wrong earlier when we collided?" Lily smiled, chuckling at her choice of words. What a sweet girl! We just met and she already cares so much! Casey thought before answering.
"It wasn't a big deal, just ran into someone obnoxious and it got me kind of bothered. I'm still really sorry about that." She explained sheepishly.
"Don't sweat it." She started, but changed the subject, "Wanna hear something ridiculous?" She asked rhetorically, "I had a run in with an obnoxious guy this morning, too. In my Into to Soc. class, this arrogant loser tried to hit on me... no thank you! I didn't even know him!" She laughed, not being too bothered by it anymore.
All of a sudden, they were blessed by the presence of another person: Derek.
They both looked up at him with an annoyed expression before speaking simultaneously.
"What do you want?" They spoke. Derek's eyebrows rose in amusement as the two girls then looked at each other in confusion.
"You know Derek?" They said once again at the same time.
"Yeah, this is the obnoxious guy I ran into this morning." Casey explained and Lily's jaw dropped slightly.
"This is the arrogant guy who was hitting on me earlier!" She stated to Casey, who then gasped and turned her attention towards Derek. His eyes widened.
"Der-ek! Its only the first day of school and you're already trying to charm the female population!?" She scolded him. Derek was about to speak but couldn't get a word in before Lily started.
"Trying being the key word here." Lily teased and Derek rolled his eyes, folding his arms across his chest.
Casey laughed at Lily's comment a bit before realizing she was still mad at Derek.
"You are so irresponsible. You're hitting on girls you don't even know already, and then texting me all through your first class of university!" Derek's eyes widened once again at Casey's statement and he turned his attention towards Lily who was staring at the two of them with an expression that said, 'I just had a revelation!' Derek didn't like that one bit.
He didn't even realize that Casey was still talking until he heard her say his name again.
"Derek! Well? Are you going answer me?! Were you even listening!?" She asked angrily and just this once he wished he had been listening to her as she was running her mouth off.
"Uh... no." He answered truthfully.
"UGH!" She groaned throwing her hands in the air in frustration. "I don't know what to do with you sometimes. Could you just... I don't know? Leave! You know, stay away from me, like i asked you to do this morning!?" She yelled at him and Lily was still watching them intently. Noticing this, Derek took action.
"Sure thing! But I'm taking her with me!" Derek said grabbing Lily's arm and taking her away from Casey, ignoring her protests, and across the room to the table Derek was sitting at earlier with Sam. "Hey Sammy, do me a favor?" Sam looked up.
"Sure, D. What is it?" He asked.
"Uh, go keep Casey occupied, I gotta have some words with this woman right here." Derek explained, pointed at Lily, who made an uncomfortable face before snatching her arm out of Derek's grip.
"Hi, I'm Lily." She said, offering her now free arm to Sam.
"Sam." He smiled. She returned the grin, lingering for a few moments. Derek noticed this and rolled his eyes.
"Sammy!" He yelled to get his attention. It worked. "Casey! Now!" He begged.
Sam noticed the desperate tone in his voice, even if it was disguised in an order. He gave another quick smile at Lily before walking over to the table Casey was sitting at.
"'Kay. There's something you gotta know about Casey and me." He started but Lily wasn't hearing it.
"Nuh-uh! I am not going to believe you. You can tell me all you want that you don't like her, but I see it. And as I said, I am an awesome judge of character, and that means I can tell what people are really feeling. So if you excuse me, I'm going to go back and talk to my friend. But don't worry, I won't tell her anything." She smiled with a wink, before quickly walking away from him.
He so desperately wanted to set her straight, to tell her that there was nothing going on. However, he knew she'd never believe him. He'd been trying to tell her this whole time that they were step-siblings, but he didn't even know if that would make a difference to Lily's opinion or not. She apparently knew something that he didn't know. How could he possibly have feelings for Casey? His step-sister, Casey. Yeah, she needs to be told the truth, and I'm going to make her believe it, Derek thought.
Author's Note: Wowzers. haha I hope this doesn't seem rushed. haha The truth is, I had a BUNCH of ideas for this 'movie' in my head and they seemed to go together really well except I didn't know how to transition between them. I know I have really good ideas for LATER, stuff that isn't even Dasey related, and some that IS. haha But its just once I try writing the transition scenes, they come out more clear than the other ones that I've been thinking about for quite some time. HAHA. Then I have to like re-route them in the opposite direction so it doesn't seem too rushed! I didn't think it'd be this hard, but it kind of is. haha ANYWAYS. I hope you enjoyed it, and don't forget to review! :)