Disclaimer: I don't own Life with Derek
Title: Deep Blue Sea
Chapter 1
Beginning
I never imagined in my life that my dad would remarry. It's been a while since my mom and him got divorced. I don't hate my mom, but it really hurt. When I grew up, she didn't really pay much attention to me. Edwin was a sickly boy, and Smarti was little. I had to always be the big brother. Maybe she didn't notice, but I felt neglected by her. So when she divorced my dad, she took Edwin with her. Marti would go back and forth between her and dad. Eventually, Marti said she wanted to stay with dad. I don't know what happened, but for a little girl to not want to see her mother? Something big must have happened. About two months after Marti put her foot down about only living with dad, Edwin showed up at our doorstep. Suitcases and all. So we've lived happily until one day dad showed up shining like a light bulb and said he met the most wonderful woman on earth and he wants to marry her.
At first I thought he was joking. Seriously? How old is he? But… don't tell anyone I said this…he deserves to be happy. He'd been a good father, raising us all alone the best he could. I guess having a woman around would be a nice change for our home. Like I said, DON'T TELL ANYONE! Calm down Derek, Calm down. Anyways, where was I…oh yeah… my dad getting married. So like I was saying, I supported him. Then he blasted the news. More change. Not Only was he getting married again, but he was getting married to a divorced woman with 2 daughters. Great. More females. One he said was Edwin's age and the other….my age. Great, one of my step-sisters would be in the same school, grade, and maybe class with me.
So lets forward to after the wedding. Maybe back up a second. The wedding went smoothly. Everyone was happy of course. My dad and stepmom Nora went on a 3 day cruise for their honeymoon. Seriously? They're not getting married for the first time. Anyways. After many battles over who gets what room and things like that, we were finally situated. Since everyone hat to move in one way or another, we all decided to remodel our rooms somewhat. New paintjobs, pictures in some cases, posters in others. Furniture sets. Stuff like that. So after about two weeks of a messy house, I don't know why I ever agreed to it, we went on a Tour of our own house. Everyone showed their work, because everyone did their own. Except Marti of course, everyone helped out a little. So we started with dad's and Nora's room in the basement.
I have to say, they did a decent job on their room. It was painted scarlet. A dark wooden king sized bed stood in the middle. It was very modern. Perfect for them I should say. We then went up to Edwin's room. It was in the attic. Well, he doesn't have much imagination, though he did have a full wall picture of a stadium. He was into baseball, so that was his theme. Of course everyone praised what a great job he did. Then was Marti's room. We all knew what it looked like, but we stopped by anyway. It was mainly purple but had some other colors too. It was done in a modern way too. Our next stop was Lizzie's room. She was into soccer. To my surprise, it wasn't girly. It was green, white and black. I even liked it. Okay so I did my room really different. It had a loft. I had things from music to hockey stuff. I'm into hockey incase I haven't mentioned. So now the last room. Casey. For some unknown reason. I felt really intimidated around her. But nobody has to know that. So when we entered her room, we all didn't know what to say. It was…….different. Who knew that something like this could be done? It was all sea themed. Very interesting I might add. Not that I said it out loud. I'm sure we were wondering the same thing. Why the sea theme? Finally my dad spoke up.
"Wow Casey, this is amazing. You have talent. Why did you pick this?"
"Thanks George. I don't know. I have always like the sea." My dad nodded.
A strange aura spread around us. Casey, Nora and Lizzie stared at each other smiling, as if they knew something we didn't. And that was probably the case. But what was it? And why did it feel so sea like in there? It's just a room.
I hope that you liked the prologue. Please comment. Just a reminder: only when otherwise stated will it be someone else other than Derek. Chapter 2 coming soon.
George and Nora's Bedroom
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Edwin's Bedroom
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Marti's Bedroom
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Lizzie's Bedroom
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Derek's Bedroom
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Casey's Bedroom
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