Mindy's Crush
A Drake & Josh fan-fic
A short story by Alison Lydon
Lead characters:
Drake Parker & Josh Nichols
Please note this is an Alternative Universe piece as I
don't think Drake would ever fall for Mindy Crenshaw and
vice-versa.
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters. No copyright infringement is
intended.
Chapter 1
Who Would Have Ever Thought?
She might have always been crazy, but she always knew what she was doing. Mindy
Crenshaw sat on the dirty rose colored old sofa and opened her backpack and took out
her compact and her handy-dandy tube of apricot scented lip-gloss. They all went to
Belleview High School together so why is it that she arrived here first?
Boys.
"What are you doing here, Creature?" Enter Drake throwing his faded Army green
backpack by the door.
"Nice to you see you, Drake. Your backpack seems so light. Do you ever bring home
any books?"
"You didn't answer my question. Why are you here? You know Josh is working at the
Premiere tonight until eight o'clock."
"He is? I didn't see him much today. He forgot to tell me."
"Okay—bye-bye." Drake went to get his red Fender strat that he left on Josh's bed this
morning.
"Do you always have to be so mean?"
"With you? Yeah, I do."
Mindy snickered as she slung her backpack over her shoulder. She knew from
overhearing schoolgirls lav pre-home room chatter that Amber Fisher was going to call
Drake as soon as she arrived at work at Burger King. Her screaming clique urged her
to do so because Drake was "hot", "popular", and drove a "cool car". It was an
awesome navy blue early '90s Corvette that Walter and Audrey surprised him with on
his 17th birthday.
"It wouldn't kill you to learn some manners Drake."
"Are you still here?" Drake rolled his eyes as Mindy finally got to the door.
Drake and Josh's phone rang as Mindy took her sweet time turning the knob.
"Hey. Yeah, I know who you are. You are in my history class. I stare at the back of your
blonde head," and gazed up her legs to her various mini skirts, but he couldn't exactly
repeat that to her. "Sure. We can meet at the Premiere. My brother works there. I can
see the movies for free."
Mindy finally made her way outside and pressed her back against the door to catch her
breath.
It was the oldest cliché in the world. She was going out with one brother and secretly
lusted over the one she hated. Who also hated her. It's not that Mindy hated Josh. After
their rivalry toned down he turned out to be a pretty decent guy. But it was Drake with his
rock star ready good looks and indifference to school was what made her weak in the
knees.
Jesus Christ, she broke into his locker and stole his jacket and put it into Hafer's car last
year to frame him, because Drake Parker was the one she really liked. There may have
been an easier way around that, but Mindy Crenshaw was always one card short of a full
deck and she liked it that way. It allowed her to have a unique worldview. She didn't
want to hurt Josh though and Josh would be hurt, but first things first, Mindy thought as
she exited the Nichols-Parker home, she had to see if somewhere deep down that
Drake shared those feelings. She needed to stop at the Zippy Mart to get herself a
grape juice because her mouth was incredibly dry and thirsty.
Maybe just maybe Drake felt the same way.
Author's Note: The Thursday's Tears trilogy has not been forgotten. Infact, I have several
set in the future chapters written but nothing that pertains to the end of Four Seasons. I
just needed a break and what better than some Alternative Universe Drake and Mindy
fun?