Like Father, Like Son
Chapter 1 of a new Drake and Josh story, enjoy.
Disclaimer: Drake and Josh belongs to Dan Schnieder.
Chapter 1
Five years had passed since the incident where Charlotte had kidnapped and tortured Lin Xiaoping before he was rescued. Xiaoping, now fourteen, since then he had suffered from nightmares and had to receive counselling to overcome them. He was now at school talking with his cousins Buffy Parker and Piper Nichols.
"So, what are you guys gonna do over the weekend?" Buffy asked the others.
Piper smiled and spoke about some activity she planned on doing with her Mother, mostly girly stuff. Xiaoping shifted awkwardly, he was always uncomfortable at times like this, it was also times like this he regretted being the only boy in the group. Just before he could say anything his phone rang. He picked it up and saw it was a text; He checked it and smiled before replying. Buffy noticed his reaction and nudged Piper, they both watching smirking as Xiaoping replied to the text. Finally once he finished he put his phone back in his pocket and looked up, he then noticed their expressions.
"What?" He asked, trying to sound innocent.
"Who was that?" Piper asked, "And why were you so cheerful about it?"
He blushed and waved his hand dismissively.
"It's nothing, really."
"Oh yeah, then why are you blushing, was it a girl?" Buffy replied with a smirk.
Xiaoping shook his head, "No,"
"Oooohh, it was."
"Who is she, you guys going out?" Piper asked, teasingly.
Xiaoping sighed, "Look, it doesn't matter okay, just forget it."
Still smirking the girls and Xiaoping left school and headed home.
The girls kept teasing Xiaoping about the mystery girl until they separated to go home.
'Finally, I thought they'd never stop.' He though to himself, sighing in relief, 'I'd rather not talk about this...not until I'm sure.'
He smiled and returned home.
"Mom, I'm home!" He called out.
His Mother, Megan Lin, walked through from the kitchen, smiling.
"Hey, welcome back," She greeted, "Did you have a good day?"
"Yeah, it was great," He replied.
Megan carefully observed her son, ever since the incident she was anxious to ensure that there were no triggers in his mind caused by it that would cause him terror. What she saw however wasn't terror, he seemed blissfully happy about something, but she couldn't put her finger on what.
"Did anything happen today?" She asked casually.
"No, not really." He replied, a little too casually for Megan's liking.
She let it go but decided to wait until her husband came home.
When Shaoqi Lin returned home he found his son watching TV, kicked back like the typical lazy teenager, however Xiaoping always made sure his homework was done beforehand. He smiled when his wife Megan approached and they kissed.
"Hi honey, how was your day?" She asked happily.
"It was great, so what's been happening?" He asked with a cheerful smile.
Megan briefly glanced over at the living room quickly before speaking quietly.
"Xiaoping's been acting a little strange, I don't know how to explain it." She told her husband.
Lin pondered for a moment and decided to talk to his son; he walked through into the living room. Xiaoping looked up from the TV as his father sat down.
"Hey Dad." He greeted cheerfully.
Lin smiled and returned the greeting, there was a short pause and then Lin decided to explain why he was here.
"Are you okay son, your Mom was worried about you?" He explained.
"Worried, I'm perfectly fine." Xiaoping replied, confused.
Lin smiled and nodded, as he noticed Xiaoping's expression, his smile widened when he noticed he recognized the reason for Xiaoping's happiness.
"Okay, don't worry, I'll sort this out," He replied before standing up.
Lin headed back through to where Megan was waiting, she noticed his smile.
"Well, what's going on?" She asked.
"It's nothing to worry about Megs, in fact, we should be celebrating." He replied, she looked at him confused and he explained, "Xiaoping's in love."
Megan realized now and smiled.
"Awww, our little boy's growing up."
"Let's not give him a hard time about it...yet" Lin said with a devious smirk, Megan also smirked and nodded in agreement.
Shortly after dinner the phone rang, Xiaoping went to answer it but Megan beat him too it.
"Hello."
"Um...Hi, is Xiaoping there?" A young female voice asked.
Megan smirked as she looked over at her Son who stood, open-mouthed and blushing.
"Sure, here he is." She replied and handed the phone to him.
Xiaoping swallowed nervously and lifted the phone to his ear.
"Hello." He greeted, he brightened up considerably, "Hi, yeah...That was my Mom. No, she doesn't know yet...Okay I'll tell her, thanks. See you later."
He hung up and turned, blushing when he saw both his parents standing there smirking at him.
"Anything you wanna tell us Son?" Lin asked.
Xiaoping lowered his head, "Please, I've had enough teasing from Buffy and Piper."
"Well those two always tease you, what's so different this time." Megan stated.
Xiaoping swallowed and decided he had no choice; he had to reveal his secret.
"Well, there's this girl I met at school," He told them, Megan smirked.
"So, you have a girlfriend." She stated and Xiaoping went red.
"I-I don't know yet, we...I mean, she's cute and I really like her but...We haven't gone on a date or anything yet."
"Was that what you doing today?" Lin asked and Xiaoping nodded.
There was a long drawn out silence while Xiaoping tried to collect himself and then finally Megan asked.
"So, what's this girl's name?"
"Xiaoping smiled as he answered, "Her name's Irina, Irina Spalko, her family came here from Ukraine several years ago."
Xiaoping felt relief as his parents smiled, he was certainly looking forward to his first date with Irina.
End of chapter, what do you think, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.