Story of a Girl

or Ten Things (Casey Can't Stop Doing)

by: amoenavi

A/N: Random and probably not the best intro to the fandom but, hi. -waves- I'm amoenavi.

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1. Casey usually forgets to take the earbuds out or unplug them from the laptop when she stands up to get the door so she's yanked back (headfirst) into the chair and/or desk and/or bed with a surprising amount of force (Derek thinks it's hilarious and sometimes knocks just so he can see her do it)

2. She falls asleep in strange positions like half-sitting/half-sprawled across the backseat of The Prince or with her lower body facing right and her upper facing left; sometimes it's so bad that when she wakes up in the morning she's bent over for half an hour (Derek takes advantage and puts her favorite cereal on the top shelf, far out of the reach of "Quasimodo")

3. She's terrified of thunderstorms and spiders and snakes and the dark and she knows it's girlish and cliche and she's sixteen, dammit, yet she can't get over her fear (Derek puts fake snakes and spiders in her underwear drawer sometimes but she's less angry about the snakes and spiders and more angry about the Derek saw her underwear thing)

4. Sometimes, she sits at home on Friday nights while Derek is out doing whatever (whomever, shut up!) and wonders why she isn't out there with him (not with him with him, just with him)

5. She's scared of ordering things at restaurants because she thinks the waitress will judge her based on her food choice (she usually orders something very complicated with dishes added and taken off... it's why she tries to get Derek as her waiter most of the time... really, it is)

6. She's fallen asleep at her laptop, headphones around her neck, working on a paper that's due in three weeks while listening to the Backstreet Boys only, to awaken to a note Derek left on her computer saying he deleted her paper (he didn't) on more than one occasion

7. She will hire a very highly recommended planner and then fire her two days before because she's not exactly like Jennifer Lopez in that movie and plan her own wedding (to Derek)

8. The endings of old Disney movies still make her cry even though she's seen them more times than she can count (she tries to hold it in when Derek's around because he laughs at her)

9. She doesn't have the completely "natural" ability to raise one eyebrow scornfully, she worked on it tirelessly in the weeks before moving in with the Venturis (she's glad she did; she uses it often in arguments with Derek)

10. Even though she doesn't do it consciously, whenever Derek calls her fat or ugly, she stands in front of her mirror for an hour, trying to figure out a way to make herself more perfect

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