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She was sitting in front of a big mirror. Right where the big poster used to be. She smiled when she thought about that one time when Drake and Josh tried to expose her pranking ways to their parents. They had actually tried to outsmart her. It was easy being the baby in the family; everything she did was cute and harmless. She knew that Drake and Josh had each other, and mom and Walter did things on their own. But she always had those pranks to weasel her way into her brothers' lives. They would get mad, but at least they would spend a few minutes actually noticing her. Now the pranking days were over, and it made her feel a bit sad.
"Can I come in?" he said as he knocked on the door. A moment later Drake was standing inside her room. "Are you going somewhere?" he said as she put on her earrings. Megan smiled at the mirror, seeing Drakes reflection. "I'm going out with Nick."
"Oh, I get it! Ditching your own brother on his first night back after a year away, just to spend time with prince Mike!" Drake was acting all dramatic, rolling his eyes and holding his right hand to his chest. Megan couldn't hold back a laugh, and looked at him with both her eyebrows raised and corrected him- "Nick!" she yelled. Drake walked over to her and something in his eyes changed when he looked at the mirror. A very tiny, almost unnoticeable smile formed on Drakes lips.
"So how well do you even know this guy? How old is he? Where is he taking you? Don't tell me he's driving you there!" Megan rolled her eyes and responded to all his questions like a robot. "Pretty good considering he's been my boyfriend for almost a year now, he is 18, as am I" she said through her teeth and with an intense glare, to somehow let Drake know that she is not a little child anymore. "We're hanging out at the premiere and FYI, yes he is going to drive me."
Drake just watched her for a moment. "So he's better now?"
"What?" Megan said actually not knowing what Drake was talking about. " You said he was not feeling well to mom, so all of a sudden he's well?"
"God, Drake. Mom wants him over for dinner all the time, I'm trying not to let him catch some goofiness from this family; I hear goofiness is contagious."
"Don't worry Megs, he is probably immune from spending so much time with you" With that, Drake left her room while laughing.
Megan and Nick were just getting out of the movie. A movie they had not really been paying attention to. She looked at the dark haired young man beside her; he had the sweetest face she had seen in her life. His features were young but still manly. His dark, almost black eyes looked at her as he grabbed her hand. "I'll get us drinks, you want a mocha cola right?" he said as he pulled her towards the counter where Josh usually stood. She missed seeing him there so much. "Well, actually…" Megans words just stopped. She didn't want to mess up a perfect date, but she had promised her mom to come home right after the movie. "What is it babe?" Nick had a way of looking all innocent, like she was being the devil for not being able to stay. "I can't stay, I promised my mom I would be home right after the movie" she said while giving a small pout, and taking his hand into both of hers. Nick pushed her hands away harshly, making an angry face. "Maybe you're the kind of girl who doesn't like being told what to do" he said. Megan just looked at him shocked. "Maybe I should've asked you instead. Will you have a drink with me?" His tone was very angry and sarcastic. Megan could barely believe what she was hearing. He started walking out the door with Megan behind him, pleading. "But Nick wait! It's not that, I promise! I do want to be with you I just can't stay longer or my mom will kill me!" They were almost by his car when he turned around causing Megan to bump into his chest. He pushed her away and slapped her hard across the face. It happened faster than lightning, and it felt somewhat like lightning as well. The slap made a horrible, loud sound and it stung badly. Megans eyes were tearing up and she felt as if something heavy was on her chest. There was no regret whatsoever in Nicks eyes. There was certainly no regret in the sound of his car driving off leaving her stranded and hurt.
Megan was halfway home when her phone rang. Mom hade called her once already, and that was fine. But having to explain 2 missed calls from her was always a pain. Everything was a pain. She wasn't ready to pick up the phone, her mom would hear her crying. It wasn't easy for her to hide the crying. Megan had to choose special occasions reserved for just that-crying. No one could ever see her, especially not her family. It is for this reason that going all the way to her house by foot wasn't all that bad. It was kind of what she needed, she needed some time for herself. The calls came more frequent now. From mom, Walter, Drake and Josh. Why was that? Why did they all have to call her?
She entered the house and she could hear someone yelling her name. Audrey walked up to her raising a finger as she yelled at Megan. "I specifically remember telling you to come home right after the movie, Megan! And why weren't you picking up your phone? You had us worried sick!" Luckily Megan had just spent an hour figuring out an explanation to her mom. "Mom, look I'm sorry. Nick and I left the premiere right after the movie but we got stuck in traffic. Our phones were acting all weird, and people went to a gas station nearby to call their friends and stuff, but Nick and I figured it was safer to stay in the car and wait for the traffic to clear up." Megan made direct eye contact, she knew that was the one thing she had to do in order to make a perfect lie. Audrey looked at her for a while before she sighed and hugged her daughter. Getting a hug almost made Megan cry all over again.
"So I guess you and I have something in common" Drake said right when Megan was going to open her bedroom door. He continued, "We are both great liars." There was a moment of silence before Drake asked Megan where she had been. "I'm sorry if I had you worried, I saw that you called me a few times" Megan finally answered. "Oh please, mom made us all call you. She was practically hysterical" he laughed. "I thought so." She said. Megan was slightly disappointed that Drake hadn't cared.
"Hey! How was your date with Nick?" Josh had come up from behind them, startling them both. "It was fine, we had a lot of fun." We did, didn't we? It's not like I was lying about the date. "Watched a movie and then we left" she answered. "What movie did you watch?" Josh asked. "Well… I don't really know, we weren't really watching it" She said with a smile. "Ew!" came out of both Drake and Josh.
When Megan entered her room she looked at her phone. No texts from Nick, but there was one from Drake. "Megs, you don't have to answer my calls if you're afraid mom will hear us talking, just send me a text and let me know you are ok, please?"
She almost wished she could go back in time and reply to Drake, saying she was far from okay.