THE FRIEND FROM PCA
Summary: When Megan's friend from PCA visits, she begins to hang out more with Drake than with Megan and so Megan becomes jealous.
[Thirteen year old Megan is wearing her pajamas and sitting on the living room couch while typing on her pink Pear PC laptop
[Josh walks in
Josh: Hey Megs [he runs over to the kitchen and grabs his chemistry textbook and then sits on the couch
Megan:Hey boob [slightly ignoring him while typing vigorously on her laptop
Josh: You know, I don't appreciate you calling me that anymore. Call me by my real name!
Megan: Yeah, be quiet. I'll call by the name that fits you best. You're a spaz so calling you a boob is perfect.
Josh: Whatever
[Drake runs through the door and jumps over on the other side of the couch, so that both boys surround their sister
Megan: Why are you home so early? It's like Friday night. Wouldn't you be out?
Drake: Cuz I was ditched by my date! You see someone [knowing Megan did it put a whoopee cushion on the front car seat and Tessa accidentally sat on it. She thought I tried to pull a prank on her so she called me a jerk and ran away.
Megan: Yes, it worked[Gleefully
Drake: You know, one day I will hurt you. I don't care what our parents say after, but I will not let you ruin my teenage years[Pokes her hard on the shoulder
Megan: Yeah, I dare you to punch me right now. See you can't.
Josh: [looks over on to Megan's PC screen Who you emailin?
Megan: A friend from PCA.
Drake: What's that stand for… Pretty Chics Association[Gives a funny grin and giggles
Megan: No, it means Pacific Coast Academy. It's a boarding school in between L.A and Santa Barbara.
Josh: So who's your friend?
Megan: Lola Martinez. She's fourteen Mom said she could come visit for a week.
Drake: When'd you meet her?
Megan: Remember that PCA drama camp that I attended last year during spring break? Well, Lola was on my drama team and she introduced me to a lot of her PCA friends.
Josh: Like who?
Megan: Zoey and Quinn. I wanted them to come visit too, but Quinn went to the Junior National Science Fair and I warned Zoey that Drake would be all over her, so she stayed there.
Drake: Do you have Zoey's picture?
Megan: Yeah, here.
Drake: Whoa is that hot blonde her?
Megan: Yeah. And that's Lola. She's coming tomorrow.
Drake: She's cute too.
Megan: Too bad, Zoey and Lola are only fifteen and you're too old for them.
Drake: Says who?
Megan: Me!
[Drake hesitantly backs off and Josh gets up and walks away leaving Drake & Megan alone
Drake: So, Zoey? That's a cute name. I'll give you 10 bucks for her number!
Megan: Don't!
Saturday Morning
[Josh is in the kitchen eating while Drake runs over to answer the door
Drake: Hey, you must be Lola. I'm Drake, Megan's brother.
Lola: Hi! Megan has told me so much about you especially how you and Josh fall for her pranks.
Drake: [smiles and looks away while he mutters… Megan!
[Audrey walks in
Audrey: Hi, you must be Megan's friend. I'm their mother.
Lola: Nice to meet you Mrs. Parker.
Audrey: Oh please call me Audrey. It makes me feel younger.
Drake:Lemme get Megan for you. [scrambles upstairs and in a minute returns pushing his sister down the stairs
Megan: [runs to hug Lola Oh my God, I missed you so much.
Lola: Me too! Wow, I like your hair. You know it makes you look a lot like that Paige Howard girl that visited PCA once.
Megan: You mean that girl genius? I don't see it.
Audrey: She's absolutely right. You look just like her. Anyway, let me get your bags upstairs. You don't mind staying in Megan's room do you?
Lola: No, not at all. So what's on our itinerary while I'm here?
Megan: Well, I was thinking we could go see Drake's band play at the coffee shop tonight.
There are some hot dudes hangin out at Bruno's on Saturday nights.
Drake: [stares at her in shock Wow, I didn't know you would say that in front of us!
Megan: [blushes Be quiet!
[Lola giggles and they go sit on the couch while Megan quickly runs to the kitchen
Drake: [flirting with Lola So you're like in what grade?
Lola: Ninth grade. And you?
Drake: Eleventh. Do you play sports or anything like that?
Lola:Actually, I'm more of an actress. I usually act as a main character for the PCA drama club plays. Like last month, I played Gabriella in our High School Musical play.
Drake: Oh really? That's cool. You see I'm more of a musician. I play guitar.
Lola: That's really sweet! Do you have a band?
Drake: Yeah, Josh is my band manager. He got me to play for TRL and signed me up for a record deal. My song was played for a Super Bowl commercial.
Lola: You must love having him as your band manager? Why didn't Megan tell me you were so cool?
Drake: Maybe tomorrow we could go out and watch a movie while Megan's at soccer practice.
Lola: Sure, that'd be fun. You can drive right?
Drake: Oh yeah, I just got a car because the people from Spincity Records payed me five grant so my parents and Josh put in more money so that Josh and me could get our own mustang. That was lucky.
Lola: You know you are really something!
[Megan listens to the whole conversation from the kitchen and begins to get angry
Megan: thinking… why is Drake flirting with Lola! I told him to stay away from my friends.
Oh, I'm gonna get him back for this.
[Megan comes in the living room and points of finger at Drake signaling him to come to her
Megan: Hey, sorry to interrupt but can I talk to Drake for a moment?
Drake:What do you want Megan?
Megan: You stay away from her. Are we clear? Good! Now, please take Lola and I to the Premiere. I wanna show her around. We can go from there to Bruno's.
Drake: Sure, only if you're nice to me.
Megan: Deal, but it won't last. Lola, we're gonna go to the movie theater and show you around. Let's go!
Lola: Ok!
AT THE THEATER:
Megan: So this is the Premiere. I hang out with my friends and I ALMOST got my first kiss here, but Drake and Josh ruined it for me.
Lola: That sucks. Hey, is that Josh?
Drake: Yeah, he works here and that's his boss Helen. She loves me and hates him. It's kinda funny.
Lola: (giggles flirtatiously)
Megan: Yeah um, you can stop flirting Drake.
Lola: No, it's okay! I kinda like it when he does that.
Megan: Stop! This wasn't supposed to happen. You are here to visit me, not to visit Drake. I'm getting tired of Drake falling for my friends, my babysitters, and my soccer coaches.
It's super annoying! Drake, take me home now. Lola, you can stay with Drake and have fun with him. I'll stay home. [runs to the bathroom
Drake: What's her problem? I can't help being a chic magnet.
Lola: I'll go talk to her. She's probably sad about me being all over you. I guess she's just jealous.
Drake: Yeah, I hope that's the case.
THAT NIGHT AT HOME
[Megan is in her room on the computer and Drake walks in
Megan: Yeah, What do you want? You have 2 minutes to talk, and then get out, or I'm calling my agents.
Drake: Agents! You're only 13. How can you possibly have agents?
Megan: I know people, so tell me now… What do you want?
Drake: About Lola, you can't be upset every time I flirt with someone.
Megan: Well, she's my friend. If you flirt with her, then she'll hang out more with you. I wanted her to be with me this week. I guess I'm just jealous.
Drake: Ok, I'll stay away from her. But you also have to learn to control your resentment.
Megan: Drake, you don't know the definition of that word do you?
Drake: Um, yeah I know what it means.
Megan: Really Drake? Because I never learned that word until I read Judy Blume books. She mostly writes 4th grade level books… you read at a 3rd grade level.
Drake: You sicken me. Anyway, I'm sorry okay?
Megan: Yes. I forgive you. Get outta my room though before I don't forgive you.
Drake: Ok! Don't be so pushy. [leaves
The rest of that week, Megan and Lola have their fun, Drake calls up Zoey, and everything turns out the way it should've been before. THE END!
I WANNA GO TO PCA
Part II of The Friend from PCA
[Lola and Megan are on one side of the dinner table eating while the rest of the family quietly eats their dinner
Megan: Oh, and remember that scene where Dave got stuck in the tree?
Lola: Omg! That was hilarious! [Continues to laugh, then stops and looks serious
I'm very sorry Mrs. Parker, but I can't control myself when Megan cracks jokes
Audrey: It's okay Lola, we need some emotion around the dinner table, usually the boys are quiet and Megan minds her own business.
Megan: Mom, this would be a good time to announce what Lola and I have been discussing over the days. But since you all are here and listening, I guess I can say it now... I wanna go to PCA.
Josh: [spits out his food What kinda crazy idea is that!
Audrey:Yeah sweetie, we'll miss you if you go to a boarding school.
Drake: [mumbles Some of us won't.
Audrey: [sternly Drake.
Megan: But mom, Lola, Zoey, and Quinn will be there. It's only a three hour drive from here and it will finally feel like I have sisters. It gets kinda boring when you're the only girl.
Audrey: Is that really how you feel?
Megan: Yes, and I feel more comfortable having a girl live with me that I can talk to.
Walter: But if you go to boarding school and the boys graduate next year, your mom and I will feel like the house is empty.
Megan: Uh, Drake will still be here, it's not like any college is gonna accept him. He'll have luck if he even graduates.
Drake: Jerk.
Megan: Well it's the truth!
Josh: And what if you go to that school and start dating some guy that we wouldn't normally approve of, like Corey, we won't know.
Megan: That's sorta good
Lola: Yeah don't worry, we'll watch out for her.
Audrey: I don't know hun; we'll have to think about this.
Lola: How bout if Megan comes for just a semester?
Megan: Yeah!
Audrey: I'll have to look into it, what's the PCA website?
Lola: Go to and it will be listed there.
Megan: So how was work?
Audrey: Like usual, I got my paycheck
Walter: That's good. Bruce Winshill made a mistake on live broadcasting today. He predicted the front would come down south but I said it would go east and I was right.
Drake: [mumbles to Megan That's great Walter
Megan: Weather nerd.
Audrey: So Drake, why are you so quiet today?
Josh: His girlfriend dumped him. I don't get why he didn't get rid of her after she ditched him the first time.
Drake: Too losses within one week.
Josh: I thought you said girls were like candy and it doesn't matter if one is out of your life because there should be plenty more.
Megan: C'mon Drake, she's just a girl.
Drake: Never say "Just a girl". Oh and Josh, I'll speak to you after dinner.
Megan: What's that all about?
Drake: Nothing!
[In D & J's room
Telling the Truth
Part III of Friend from PCA: doesn't include Lola
Drake: Josh, you have to promise to keep this a secret.
Josh:Ok, tell me what's going on.
Drake: I'm not that sad about Tessa as much as I am about people in general leaving my life. Now Megan too.
Josh: That's unlike you. I thought you wanted her to leave.
Drake: Now that I think about it, I probably will miss Megan. I mean, I've lived with her all my life and I didn't appreciate her when she was happy living here. Now she wants to leave, and I don't think it's only because her friends are there…
Josh: What do you mean?
Drake: I mean, Megan probably feels ignored by us. You know, maybe if we try to be nicer to her and hang out with her more, then she'll wanna stay.
Josh: But you heard her say that she wants to go to PCA… plus, Megan is mean to us and she pranks us all the time.
Drake: She never did that to me before you moved in.
Josh: Oh so you're saying that I'm a target. I'm offended.
Drake: No! I think that I hung out with her more and she got more attention before you moved in. Now she's just trying to get that attention back.
[just then, Megan walks in
Drake: Hey Megan, wanna go somewhere?
Megan: Uh, why? Do you want something… are you occupied with something and you need me to help you with it?
Drake: No, I just wanna take my favorite sister out.
Megan: I'm your only sister and… what's with you today?
Josh: He wants to hang out with you more.
Megan: Ok seriously, I think you should check into St. Illness! [laughs
Josh: Or Schneider's Hospital! [cracks up even more
Megan: For real Drake, what's wrong?
Drake: Nothing, really. I only want to hang out with you. Let's go somewhere, c'mon.
Megan: Ok, where?
Drake: The Premiere. C'mon! [pulls her by the arm and runs with Josh out the door
Josh: Wait for me!
AT THE PREMIERE MOVIE THEATER
Drake: What movie do you want to see?
Megan: A Cinderella Story 2.
Drake: Ok anything but that.
Megan: Fine, how bout "Camp Rock"
Drake: Any movie with the word rock sounds awesome.
Megan: Ok let's go, Josh I need some soda and popcorn.
Josh: K here. [Hands her the food and looks down at the cash register That'll be three dollars. [Looks up to find Megan is gone Hey, you still owe me money!
[Josh's manager, Helen, walks around the counter
Helen: Josh, did you just give free popcorn and soda to those kids!
Josh: Oh sorry, it was just Drake and Megan…
[Helen cuts him off
Helen: Well if that was Drake and your dear sister then it's okay. [walks off
Josh: Why do Drake and Megan always get away with things? [continues scrubbing the counters
IN THE ACTUAL THEATER
Megan: Drake, before the movie starts, please tell me what's really with you. I mean, you never want to hang out with me unless something's troubling you.
[Drake lays an arm on her shoulder
Drake: Okay, Megan. I just really miss hanging out with you. I remember when you were eight and I was thirteen, the fun we had together. Then I got to be a real teenager, and we got different interests. Now that you wanted to go to PCA with Lola, I thought it would be a good idea if I hung out with you more just to take advantage of the time that you remained living here, you know since you might leave, and I'll move out in a year or two.
Megan: I seriously don't think I'm gonna go to PCA with Lola, it was just a thought. And having you say this to me now makes me really want to stay here in San Diego.
Drake: [hugs Megan Okay then, let's promise each other to spend more time together from now on, and Josh too.
Megan: Okay fine.