Author's note: Okay you have full permission to hit me over the head repeatedly. I am SO sorry this took so long. & I am also sorry that its craptastic. haha Anyways. I have this new idea, not for a story or anything, but for Youtube. (which I will refer to as YT from here on in.) So I was thinking... how about I make a channel on YT and dedicate it to episode reviews of LwD! Like I'll start from the very first episode and give a review about it, in full detail. They would be totally Dasey biased, and I know its not new information. A lot of people already know about every single Dasey moment, but you know... its always fun to reminisce. So what do you think about this idea!? Get back to me in the review OR PM me. :) I'd really like to hear your input.

Now on to the story!:

Only in the Movies

A Life with Derek Fanfiction

Scene Twelve

Disclaimer: I don't own LwD OR Happy Meals. OR the song, "Guilty Pleasure" by Cobra Starship. Although I should give credit to Tesuh for that one. & She probably knows why ;)

"I've never heard so many horrible singers in such a short period of time." Derek sighed into his hands.

"You've obviously never seen Canadian or American Idol." Ralph said, laughing. Both Derek and Sam looked at him incredulously.

"What? I just watch it for the laughs!" he defended.

After rolling his eyes, Derek scanned the sign up list in front of him. "The next person is... Lila Barret?" He called out.

Lily walked in with her head held high and a smirk that could kill.

"Actually is Lily Bennet," She corrected, "I just wrote that to throw you off." She admitted.

"Lily Bennet..." Ralph repeated, "That name sounds so familiar..." He pondered, looking out into the distance, thoughtfully, "Oh! That's the girl you both won't stop talking about." Ralph blurted out.

Derek and Sam's eyes widened and they simultaneously slapped Ralph upside the head.

"Did I say something wrong?" He asked rubbing his head soothingly. Lily laughed at the scene playing out before her.

"And who is this cute, puzzled fool?" Lily asked gesturing to Ralph.

"This fool, is Ralph." Ralph introduced himself, proudly.

Derek shook his head at his friends lack of ability to comprehend the simplest things. Such as when he is making fun of himself.

"Cute?" Sam asked, obviously jealous. She looked at him pointedly.

"Jealousy isn't flattering, Sam. Don't worry about it. I like you much more, no offense, Ralph." She explained.

"What?" The clueless boy replied, hearing his name. He obviously checked out of the conversation a while ago.

"Never mind, Ralphie." Derek said, "Why are you here?" his question being directed at Lily.

"I'm here to audition for D-Rock." She said as if it were obvious.

"You can sing?" He countered in disbelief.

"I've been told. I'll let you be the judge, alright?" She said modestly.

"Of course." Derek mumbled and Sam elbowed him. "Let's hear it." He ordered.

She walked towards them and placed her CD in the stereo, picking the song she wanted.

"I came here to make you dance tonight."

She started, moving rhythmically to the music. She never missed a note and her pitch was perfect.

Derek listened to her, he knew she was good. Yet when she was done... he still said,

"No thanks."

"What? D! She was the best all day and you know it!" Sam hissed.

"I don't know anything. Wait-" Derek stopped.

"Suck up your pride and tell her she's got the spot." Sam ordered.

"I will do no such thing. Just because you two are dating doesn't mean she gets special treatment."

"Come on! I thought we discussed this already! Along with your ush-cray on asey-cay." Sam mumbled but Lily caught on.

"You told him that I told you?" She asked angrily.

"Uh- well..." Sam stuttered and Derek smirked. He knew that an argument was well on its way.

"Sam! I trusted you!" She said glaring.

"Lily, listen. He wouldn't let me talk to him so I had to get his attention somehow. So I told him I knew." Sam explained, getting out of his chair and heading towards where Lily was standing. "And I told you that I would talk to him for you. I just- I'm sorry." He soothed his hands over her shoulders.

She stared into Sam's eyes for a few moments, thoughtfully. "It's alright." She said, a lopsided smile on her face.

"Wait." Derek spoke, "That's it? You just forgave him that easily? Where's the fun in that?" He argued.

"Not everyone acts like you and Casey, D."

Everyone glanced at Ralph after he spoke. Their eyes wide in disbelief.

"What? Do I have something on my face?" He asked, wiping the side of his mouth blindly.

"What are you talking about Ralph?" Derek asked cautiously.

"Hey, its no secret that you have the hots for Casey."

"What!?" Derek yelled. It wasn't playful, or joyful by any extension of the words. It was pure anger.

"Anyways," Ralph continued, ignoring Derek's outburst, "just because you and Casey get your points across by arguing, doesn't mean that everyone else does."

"What has this world come to?" Derek asked dramatically before getting up from his chair. He made his way over to the doorway. "The rest of you can go away, we found our singer." He yelled angrily out to the anxious audition-ers. They groaned before dispersing into various directions.

Walking back into the room, he spoke to Lily, "You can sing in D-Rock." His voice was cold and his eyes frozen in a hard glare at her.

"No thanks." She told him, mimicking his retort from earlier. His eyes went wide.

"What thanks?" Derek asked furiously.

"Yeah, Lily- why would you turn this down?" Sam asked. He knew Derek was fuming at the moment, so he decided to act as the buffer and take a part in the conversation as well.

"Well I'm willing to reconsider my answer if someone will forgive me for what happened." She explained. Shooting Derek a look that was hard to decipher. It held an importance that was somewhere between hope and despair. Somewhere...

Derek huffed and there was a silence, when everyone in the room was looking at him expectantly.

"Alright." He started, "I forgive you." He answered, and with that, his face softened. "And... for what its worth: I'm sorry I acted like a jerk." He added with sincerity.

Sam stared at Derek in disbelief, blinking.

"That's alright. I know its just part of who you are." She responded.

They shared a smile before Sam intervened. "D, did you just say that you were sorry?" He asked animatedly.

"Yeah, Sammy, I did." He answered before turning his attention back to Lily, "You know, I've never had a girl actually be nothing more than my friend... but last night all I wanted to do was call you and tell you what Casey said to me." Derek admitted.

Lily's eyebrows quirked in interest, "What did she say?"

"Well she was throwing shoes at me and then I asked if she needed to talk, which she actually said 'no' to." Derek explained, pausing to throw out an amused expression, "and so I asked since when have you had trouble explaining what you don't like about me and she said... are you ready for this?" Derek asked and Lily rolled her eyes.

"Just tell me already." She started.

"She said, when the reasons started coming few and far between." He finished and Lily's eyes went wide.

Sam noticed the gleam in Lily's eyes and covered his ears while suggesting to Derek he do the same. Derek stared at Sam confused for only a moment before her heard the squealing of the girl standing in front of him. He instinctively winced, waiting for her to finish.

She was bouncing excitedly, her broadest smile permanently plastered across her face as she quieted down. "You do realize what this means, right?" She asked him excitedly.

Derek shook his head in slight confusion. "I was hoping you could possibly tell me. I don't speak, girl." He answered. Sam rolled his eyes as Lily took deep breaths to regain her composure.

"It means she digs you too, D." A voice from behind them spoke. Ralph!?

"How do you know that?" Sam asked..

"Anyone with half a brain could tell." Ralph answered.

"The question still stands, how would you know?" Derek asked and Lily smacked his arm. "What?" She threw him a disapproving glance, "Hey. You don't know Ralph like we do." He explained.

Lily turned her attention towards Sam only for him to agree with Derek. "Ralph is usually a few french fries short of a Happy Meal if you know what I mean." Sam offered.

"We're getting lunch?! That is so rock and roll." Ralph spoke, thereby confirming what the boys had said about him. Derek gave Lily the 'I told ya so' look before walking over to Ralph.

"Listen... since when did you start being less oblivious to the world around you?" Derek asked his friend in a serious tone.

"Hey, don't blame me. You should be ashamed of yourselves for not hiding it well enough." Ralph started, "Where's lunch? I heard someone say french fries, and now my stomach is calling me a tease. Let's get some eatage."

Derek sighed in frustration before rubbing his forehead with the palm of his hand. "Alright, you guys. You heard the man. Let's go to the caf. and get something to eat before our first actual... 'rehearsal'." Derek suggested, using air quotes at the end.

They all nodded in agreement before walking out the doorway.