Author's Note!: Hello there everybody! I am sorry I told you this would be up sooner than it actually was up. I knew what was going to happen, I just didn't have the time to type it out. :) But here it is! Enjoy! also you should read and review!

Only In the Movies

Scene Five

Disclaimer: I don't own Life with Derek, or Rugrats, or The Debb. hahaha

"So?! So?! I tell you that we're step-siblings, and all you say is SO!?" Derek yelled into the phone. His frustration manifesting itself as he ran his free hand through his already messy hair.

She hesitated for a second before replying, "Well, yeah."

"I'm sorry but am I missing something here? You're still die-hard about this even after you find out that we're...related?" He almost couldn't bring himself to say it. He didn't feel related to Casey, but that doesn't mean he liked her. He just found it hard to separate the "step" from the "sibling" from time to time (okay, all the time.)

"Oh please. You aren't related. I can tell already that you didn't even want to say that to me. I think you want someone to finally pick up on the signals you've been throwing around." She replied.

"Oh my God. You are insane! There is no getting through to you! What do I have to do to prove to you that I don't like Casey!?" He pleaded with her.

"There's not much you can do, Derek. You're mouth is saying one thing but your actions say another. I mean the name calling, the constant teasing, sure its kindergarten stuff, but its a sign of affection nonetheless." She reasoned. Derek sighed heavily before swallowing hard.

"Fine. Believe whatever you want to believe, but please keep this kind of talk out of your conversations with Casey. She doesn't need to be disturbed by your crazy thoughts." He added.

"I'm taking this as progress, Derek. I know that eventually you'll realize what you really feel, and when that happens, I hope you know that you can come to me." She said sincerely. The sound of her voice made Derek cringe. There is no way that will happen, He thought.

"Yeah, whatever." He said before hanging up. Yeah, sure it was rude of him, but since when is Derek not rude?

"Dude, what was that about?" Sam asked once Derek was back into the room and returned his phone.

"Nothing. But seriously dude, I don't know what you see in her." He replied and without hesitating, he left the room again.

"Why do people think I like this girl?" Sam asked out loud.

"So, buddy! What stores are we hitting tonight!?" Lily asked excitedly as they entered the main entrance to the mall.

Casey smiled at her friend's enthusiasm, "Well... I was thinking we could go to The Debb, I love their clothes."

Lily's eyes widened, "Me too!" She squealed a bit with happiness, "How great is this? I love meeting new people and finding how much we have in common!" She giggled.

"It is pretty awesome!" Casey replied with a little less excitement than Lily. Not that she wasn't happy, she just felt it a little forced to say they'd hit it off in every way. They don't know each other well enough yet to say that they have too much in common.

"Well let's get going!" Lily said, as she took Casey's wrist lightly and pulled her through the mall without recourse.

They had been trying on clothes for about ten minutes and hadn't found anything absolutely breathtaking yet. Lily picked up a pair of red and pink, plaid, flannel pajamas and decided she wanted to try them on for the fun of it. Casey grabbed a matching pair in blue and green plaid. They emerged a few minutes later together and modeled the pajamas to each other.

They found the 'outfit' to be extremely comfortable, not to mention adorable. They decided to buy them both and set out to find something else to try on.

Casey's eyes wandered to a dark-blue jean mini-skirt. She smiled before holding it up to her waist to see just exactly how 'mini' it was. It wasn't too bad, showed just enough leg, but not too much. She grabbed a shirt that she decided would match, and another garment that she had her eyes on, before she set off towards the dressing rooms. Lily noticed her venturing off so she followed to see what was up.

When Casey finally had changed, she came out to show Lily, who's jaw instantly dropped.

"That's gorgeous!" She smiled, "I'm jealous. I wish I had your figure. My legs are way too short for my own good." She added.

"Thank you, Lily. But stop putting yourself down, you're adorable!"

"Unfortunately, 'adorable' doesn't get me a boyfriend." Lily stated.

"Hey, we don't need guys to make us happy." She reassured Lily before walking back into the dressing room.

"Yeah, apparently. You're guy just makes you frustrated." She mumbled.

"What'd you say? I can't hear very well in here." Casey asked.

"Oh, nothing." She lied, I must be really bad at mumbling, She thought.

Then out of nowhere, "It better have been nothing." A dark voice came from behind Lily.

She turned to face Derek who was folding his arms across his chest, looking down at her in disdain.

"Oh, Hey... you!" She laughed nervously, playfully punching his arm. He looked at his arm then back at her, with an eyebrow raised.

"Don't touch me. And stop saying stuff like that!" He said, unfolding his arms.

"Stuff like, 'hey you?'" She replied innocently, "Didn't know that was a bad way of greeting someone."

"Cut the crap, Lil." He tried out a new nickname, she raised her eyebrow, "Casey doesn't wanna hear about your little theories."

"First of all, you aren't Casey, so how would you know what she wants, and second of all, 'Lil'? I'm not a Rugrat!" She laughed.

He just looked at her in confusion.

"You know... Phil and Lil... from the Kid's show... Nickelodeon? No? Tough crowd." She replied.

"Right." He said ignoring the television show reference, "As I was saying. If you aren't going to give up hope on your obsession about Casey and I being together, could you please just not tell her about it?" He asked, almost begging, almost.

"I'm sorry, Der." A nickname attempt which just made Derek flinch, "but no can do, I believe certain things are meant to be. That being said, I'll do everything in my power to get it to happen." She challenged. He rolled his eyes. "And if I were you, I'd hide in that pants rack again, because Casey's going to be coming pretty soon."

Too late.

"Der-ek!" Lily turned around and Derek's eyes widened as he saw her standing there in a stunning black dress.

"Uhh... hey... Case!" He offered nervously. That was pretty much all he could muster as he tried not to think about how great she looked in that dress.

"What are you doing here!? Must you always ruin my fun!? I just wanted to have a girls night out and here you are, annoying the heck out of me, again! Can't you just leave me alone?!" She scolded him.

"Yeah, Derek. Why won't you just leave here alone?" Lily joined in, smirking at his obvious discomfort.

"You know what? I'm going to do just that." He said, eyes still wide. Without a second glance back at the girls, he strode numbly out of the store. Casey just watched him as he left, in utter confusion, as Lily smiled triumphantly at the progress she saw Derek was making.

He made it only a few hundred feet before taking a seat on the nearest bench. He sighed, placing his face in his hands. What am I getting myself into? He thought.

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