Something Worth Fighting For

Chapter Twenty Nine: Offical

Chapter Twenty Nine: Offical

Dallas sat on the couch, sipping his tea. He was in the living room, sitting across from Derek. The two of them had been discussing summer plans.

“Are you sure you don't want to go camping?” Derek asked for the third time.

“Yea...I have to move to Toronto in the summer. Remember?” Dallas told him. “Yea, but it's not going to take that long to move. You'll still have time to do something.” Derek said to him.

“I don't know. I really want to go camping, but I still have to figure out how everything is going to work once I move. The practice schedule and the games...” Dallas said. He wasn't looking forward to moving to the city.

“Yea, well you're going to owe me. If you cancel on our annual camping trip...I will hide Natalia from you.” Derek told him with a smirk.

“Really? She'll escape.” Dallas said with a grin. “So what is she going to do for the summer?” He asked.

“Probably read her university textbooks. She probably hasn't even thought of what she's going to do.” Derek snickered. “That seems just like her.” Dallas agreed.

“Was she always like that? Always studying?” Dallas asked, out of curiousity. “You know what...no...the over studying started halfway through the tenth grade...before that she usually hung out with Taylor and the rest of her friends...” Derek said, after thinking about it for a moment.

“Seriously? She used to hang out with her friends?” Dallas asked, in surprise. “Yea...she and Taylor were always tourturing Dawn and Clara...it was funny.” Derek told him. “Interesting...” Dallas thought out loud, it was something he would definitely ask Natalia about it later.

“So what are you going to do for the summer?” Dallas asked changing the subject.

“I'm planning to take her to Europe, actually.” Derek told him, seriously.

“What? So you weren't kidding about hiding her?” Dallas asked, he hadn't been expecting her to go anywhere.

Derek laughed. “It's not definite, Dallas. It's just I want it to be a surprise...a kind of graduation present.” Derek said to Dallas.

Dallas couldn't help but look a little crushed. Derek didn't fail to notice.

“You could always come along.” Derek offered. “You know I can't!” Dallas complained. “Sucks for you!” Derek laughed. “You're enjoying this! You're supposed to be helping me.” Dallas told Derek.

“You should be grateful I haven't kicked your ass for going out with my sister.” Derek told him, he was grinning.

“Yea, only because you wanted me to go out with her rather than have those high school idiots.” Dallas retorted.

“That being said. I have to admit I was looking forward to her killing you after your party.” Derek was grinning.

“Yea well she didn't.” Dallas muttered. “Too bad.” Derek snickered.

“So what are you going to do in Europe?” Dallas asked, changing the subject.

“I'm going to take her sight seeing. Give her a taste of life outside the box...or books...in her case.” Derek told him. They laughed at that.

“You can come if you like.” Derek told him. “We'll see.” Dallas said, unsure of what the move would bring.

Before Dallas could say anything more, they both heard a loud crash on the stairs followed by a final crash at the bottom of the landing.