Author's note!: Alrighty. (I think at the end of this I'm going to go through all of my chapters and count how many times I say 'alright', or other forms of the word. Also I'll count the 'Anyways', as well. Using these words: Its an addiction, I should get help.) Anyways...(See?) I really like this chapter. Woohoo for meee! I hope you like it too! :) Review, If you'd like, and thank you for all of you who are staying with the story! I love you!!!! FOR REAL.

Only In The Movies

Scene Ten

Disclaimer: I wish I owned Life with Derek, unfortunately, I don't!

So call her a loser, but she felt as if she just lost the two, most amazing best friends she's ever had.

When she calmed down, Lily made her way back to the table. Sam was thankfully still there, but so was their food. Was she gone that long?

She tried her best to fake a smile, "Sorry, I guess I drank more that I realized." She tried.

"Lily, why were you really in the bathroom?" Sam asked quietly.

Lily sighed, "I was on the phone with Derek." She confessed. Sam's stomach dropped.

"I knew it! You know if you and Derek have something going on, you shouldn't have agreed to dinner with me." Sam said, looking down at his plate. He was playing with the mashed potatoes.

Lily took his free hand in hers, "Believe me. There is nothing happening between Derek and I. In fact... he's no longer speaking to me." She spoke softly, letting her head hang in shame at the latter part of her statement.

Sam furrowed his eyebrows, "What? Why?" He asked.

She hesitated, looking anywhere but at him.

"You can tell me. I just want to help." He told her.

"That's what I said, but I just ended up making everything worse."

"I'm not following."

"I was trying to hook Derek up with someone; someone who would've been perfect for him, but I just made both of them mad and now I don't have anyone." She explained, tears threatening to fall from her eyes.

In one swift movement, Sam transferred himself to the same side of the booth she was sitting on, instead of sitting across from her.

"Hey." He started, she looked up at him, "You have me... and- and I'll talk to Derek for you. He can be a real pain sometimes. As for the other person, I can't help you there unless you want to tell me who it was." Sam comforted her, rubbing her back softly.

Lily looked at him and noticed the sincerity in his eyes. She didn't want to lie or hide things from him anymore.

"It's... it's Casey." She shut her eyes to avoid his reaction.

"Wh-What?"

Derek quietly shut the bathroom door behind him to see Casey waiting for him on his bed... sitting, silly! Casey's leg was bouncing up and down in anticipation. He just watched her for a few seconds.

Sure he felt bad about what he said to Lily, but he wasn't going to apologize anytime soon. She told him that she'd help him with something that he knew was destined to fail. He was practically fighting a lost cause from the start.

Now that he knew what Lily had told Casey he was ready to make sense of what Casey was trying to say. Not that he wanted to.

"Casey?" He spoke softly, but she still jumped in surprise.

"Oh." She started, looking at him, "Its you." She sounded disappointed, although unsure as to why. Who else would it be?

"Yeah." He replied, taking a seat in Sam's computer chair that he'd brought from home.

"So... did you have fun in the bathroom?" She asked without thinking, she wasn't big on small talk. Big talk? Now that's more her style. Immediately, she tightly closed her eyes in embarrassment. Why?!

Derek chuckled lightly, "As much fun as one can have in the bathroom... alone." He smirked. He's still Derek Venturi, for heaven's sake!

Casey couldn't help but let slip a small smile at him, as she started to relax.

"Alright, now that you are more... calm... then you were before, -You know I wish you wouldn't take your hostility out on me... a shoe, Casey? A high-heel shoe, at that. That could've given me brain damage." He paused.

"One can only hope." She replied with a smile. He glared playfully at her.

"Anyways! As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted... maybe we can talk about why you are- or were- so... wound up?" He offered.

"You want to... talk?" Her eyes were wide as she spoke.

"Well, anything to get you to stop throwing shoes at me." He justified.

"As wonderful as your intentions are... I think I'll pass on the heart-to-heart right now." She answered.

His face showed how immensely confused he was.

"You? Passing up a time to talk to someone about something that's so obviously bugging you? Never thought I'd see the day!" He said in utter disbelief, yet he was still slightly mocking her.

"I'd love to talk about what's bugging me. But its kind of hard to speak about someone with them being the one your talking to." She answered almost menacingly. He'd say he was scared but he doesn't think that's entirely true, and of course... Derek never lies.

"Right. Well, since when have you had trouble telling me what you dislike about me?" He argued, getting a little angry- or defensive- take your pick.

"Since those things started to come few and far between!" She stated, her impulse control must be out to lunch. She was shocked by her own statement, but Derek- he was...astonished.

"What- what are you saying?" He asked hesitantly.

"Just... never mind! I'm leaving." She said and before Derek could even process it, she was gone.

"I'm sorry... but I thought you just said, 'Casey'." Sam stated, entirely stunned.

"I did." She replied. "And before you go off on me for being such a weirdo for wanting them together... I just want you to think about something... If your mother married my father right now.... would you still want to be on this date with me?" She asked.

Stumped. That's one word to describe how he was feeling. Would he? Of course, only one answer.

"Yeah. I guess I would..." He confessed.

"So what's the difference between that... and Derek and Casey being together? Other than she's your ex-girlfriend and he's your best friend." She said and he couldn't even think of a reply. "Exactly. You know that Casey and Derek have never considered each other brother and sister. Even I know that, and I've only known them for a week." She sighed as he nodded silently.

"Listen, I know you think I'm some crazy pervert or something, now. Its not like it matters anymore, Derek told me not to bother, and not to bother being his friend anymore either." She said, eyes about to water once more. "He can be a royal pain."

"Believe me, I know." Finally he spoke again, "But listen to me... I don't think you're crazy, or sick, or perverted. I think you're intuitive and intelligent, and I'm just ashamed I didn't think of it myself." He admitted, "But this thing with Derek, it'll pass. He says some pretty crappy stuff, sometimes, but he almost never means it."

"It sounded like he meant it to me..." She said, letting her hurt show.

"Don't take it to heart, please. Just give it time, and I know he'll come around. I'm also going to talk to him, if that helps." He said. They shared a smile before he went back to his original seat so they could finish their dinner, and their date.

It had been about thirty minutes, and Derek was really trying to show some self-restraint. He kept pulling his cell phone out, just to put it back in his pocket.

You don't need her. He kept telling himself. She'll just ruin it all over again, he thought. But did she really ruin it? If Lily hadn't said anything to Casey... would she have realized that there wasn't much about him that she didn't like? He wasn't sure about anything at this point. All he knew was that the more time that passed, the more steps he took as he paced the floor in front of his bed, the more he thought about Casey's words... the harder it got for him not to press the call button as the cursor landed on Lily's name.

He just wanted to tell her the latest break through. Man, he was getting soft.

What's the matter with you!? Casey thought. Her mind was reeling since the outburst caused by Lily before she left.

At first she was just trying to decipher Lily's message. Something about not realizing what's right in front of me... What is right in front of me? she thought. Oh look, a Snickers bar. She thought blandly. Of course she knew Lily didn't mean it literally; she meant it metaphorically. Casey couldn't wrap her mind around it before she had her visit with Derek.

When he'd asked her if she wanted to talk... maybe that was the catalyst. It set off some sort of bell in Casey's mind. Lily had been talking about Derek. Getting to know Derek better. She thought she knew him pretty well, thought she had him all figured out. For the most part, she did.

She knew what made Derek tick. She knew that in order to get something from him you had to beg, grovel even. She knew that even though it seemed Derek was only doing things to benefit himself, that sometimes there was a hidden agenda, and sometimes, it was to help someone else out. She knew he loved chocolate chip pancakes and dancing like a fool. She knew that when there was a hockey game on, you have to wait till the intermission to talk to him. Not only as a benefit to your point, because you know it'd just go in one ear and out the other, but also to benefit your health, because he might just put you in a head lock if you interrupt his game-time.

She knew so much about him, yet Lily wanted her to get closer? It seemed almost impossible.

The incident as she will call it from now on- you know where she tells Derek he's likable- yeah that; It's fresh in her memory, and its gonna stay there until she finds out exactly why she said it in the first place.

Of course she detests Derek. Of course.

A/N: For reall! What'd you think!? TELL ME! I'll love you forever! Even if you hated it! (Unless you're an anti, trying to make me miserable. Then I will love you forNEVER.) Silly Emily, you need to stop talking now! -okay, bye!

DON'T READ UNLESS YOU READ THE CHAPTER ALREADY, YOU CRAZY PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO SPOIL YOURSELF. haha

And congrats to tesuh for predicting that Sam thought there was something between Lily and Derek! You are full of amazing, also, you're a very wonderful person! haha :)