A/N: I just got whoalookatthat's review in time to write a new chapter today.

So let's get to it. :)

Chapter 4

Megan had been sitting in the waiting area for at least 15 minutes, perhaps longer. She had stopped watching the entrance to the hospital for the police to come.

When they eventually arrived she didn't notice until she heard someone ask for her at reception. She looked up to see the receptionist pointing at her as two tall men dressed in police uniform walked up to her. She still had dry tear tracks down her cheeks, but she tried to wipe them away as best she could.

One of the officers came and sat down next to her, while the other pulled up a chair in front of her. The one that was sitting opposite her had a clipboard in one hand and a pen in the other.

"Megan Parker?" he asked.

Megan nodded.

"It is our understanding that you witnessed a stabbing outside Belleview high school earlier today." The police officer continued.

"Yes," Megan replied quietly, "my brother was stabbed."

The police officer leant back a little bit.

"Oh," he said, sounding surprised, "my apologies for being so blunt, I did not know it was your brother."

Megan nearly started crying again, she hardly ever cried, but she had cried more today than she had in the past year. Today was different though, not only was her brother stabbed outside her school, but it was her fault.

When she did not respond, the officer decided to continue:

"Do you know who it was that attacked your brother?"

"Yes, Randy Carter." Her voice was dripping with deadly venom when she said his name.

"And was it just him or was there anybody else?"

"Him and his gang attacked Drake, but I don't know any of their names."

"Do you know why this boy attacked your brother?" the officer asked.

That question made Megan shiver, and, although she knew why, she couldn't speak; the answer got stuck in her throat.

"Beca… because I paid him to scare Drake." She whispered.

Both police officers stared at her in shock. She started to cry again, she couldn't help it this time. She had to let it all out.

"I… I… I didn't know he was going to stab him, I just asked him to scare my brother when he went to his car. But they attacked him and stole his money, his cell phone and his car." Megan cried.

The officer put down his clipboard and pen on the floor beside him. He leaned forward and clasped his hands together.

"Just so you know," he started calmly, "the police will not hold you responsible for this, so long as you are telling the truth about not knowing that this Randy guy was actually going to stab your brother."

"I didn't!" Megan said quickly, "I swear I didn't!"

"All right then," the officer replied with a smile, picking up his clipboard again, "If you can just tell us the make, model, and color of the car then we can start our search for the culprits."

"It was a red, Jaguar E type roadster!" Megan blurted out.

What the hell? Megan thought. Does that mean I actually listened to Drake when he talked about his car?

"Ok then," the officer said, writing down the information on his clipboard, "we'll get right on it."

He smiled at Megan, before the two men left.

Soon after, the paramedic from the ambulance came through to the waiting area. He walked over to Megan, a small smile of reassurance on his face.

"We called your parents," he said, "they're on their way over now."

Megan's jaw dropped, she had forgotten about her parents since the drive in the ambulance. The paramedic saw the girl's distress.

"Don't worry, we haven't told them exactly how it happened, just that your brother had been attacked outside his school and that you two were here but you weren't hurt." he assured her.

Megan clutched her stomach, again, she felt sick, again. How was she going to explain this to her parents?

"He asked for you ya know." the paramedic said suddenly.

"Huh?" Megan asked, confused.

"Your brother," the paramedic stated, "he asked for ya."

"Oh," she replied quietly "thanks."

"No problem kid, good luck." he said, patting her on the shoulder, before walking out the door, back to his ambulance.

What could he possibly want to see me for? Megan asked herself.

She walked slowly into her brother's temporary room. In the time she had been speaking to the police, it would appear that Drake had had stitches on the cut in his neck and the blood all over his body had been cleaned up. She couldn't see what they had done to the wound in his stomach.

As she made her way across the room she could see that Drake was chatting up a young. Blonde intern and they were smiling at each other.

She sighed and shook her head.

At the sound of the sigh Drake turned his attention to his little sister. He immediately lost his smile, but, to her surprise, he didn't look angry.

The intern took that as her cue to leave.

As she passed Megan, she informed her, "Don't worry, the knife didn't make contact with any of his vital organs, it missed his stomach by about an inch."

This new bit of information, while good, was no comfort for Megan.

As the intern left, Megan noticed that Drake hadn't stopped staring at her. He had his arms folded over his chest.

Megan shuffled nervously on the spot under his gaze.

"Why…?" he asked suddenly.

This caught Megan by surprise. She hadn't expected him to speak to her.

"Well… I…"

Megan didn't quite know what to say, there was no excuse for her actions.

"I just wanted to prank you," she said quietly, "I didn't know he was going to stab you, I asked him to scare the living shit out of you."

Drake couldn't help but chuckle a little.

"Ya know, you could've just put jello into my sneakers." he joked.

"Thanks," Megan smiled, "I'll do that next… but I won't be pranking you for a while."

"Glad to hear it!" Drake replied with a little more enthusiasm, still smiling.

Megan smiled in return.

After a slight pause, Drake spoke up.

"Come 'ere!" he said smiling, holding his arms wide open and over the side of the hospital bed.

Megan was surprised, but took the invitation immediately. She ran right up to him and embraced him in a warm and loving hug.

"Are things gonna be different between us now?" Drake asked.

"Definitely." Megan replied, nuzzling her face into the crook of her brother's neck.

"For the better?" Drake asked cautiously.

"Of course!" Megan laughed over his shoulder.

Suddenly, the door burst open, as Audrey Parker rushed into the room. Megan instinctively leapt away from Drake.

Audrey crossed the room quicker than anyone thought possible for a human being. She sat on the edge of Drake's bed, cradling his head against her chest, stroking his hair. Walter and Josh filed in behind her, though not so quickly.

"Drake, my baby, what happened?" she asked, almost in hysterics.

"I'm fine mom, really." Drake said, wriggling free from his mother's grasp.

"Who did this to you?" she continued to ask.

"Just a dick at school!" Drake replied, trying not to have to explain any further.

…too late.

Audrey had brushed off the fact that Drake had just sworn in front of her, she could let him off just this once because it was under special circumstances.

However, she would not just let the subject drop.

"Why would someone do this to you though?" she asked, bewildered.

Drake shot a quick glance at Megan, she knew she'd have to tell them, and now was the time to do it.

"Mom…" Megan started.

But Drake interrupted her by holding out his hand. Megan took it and he led her to sit down on the bed beside him. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

"We can tell them together." He said softly.

"Tell us what?" Audrey asked, concerned.

Megan took a deep breath…

"It was my fault." She said slowly.

The rest of their family stood there in shock. Their mouths agape, their eyes wide in surprise.

Before anyone could say anything, Drake continued, "But she didn't mean for this to happen, right Megs?"

Megan shook her head.

"I only asked the guy to scare Drake, as like a prank, I didn't know he was going to hurt him." She bawled.

Drake pulled his little sister closer to him.

"But you guys have got to know that I forgive her, so you should too!" he said, demandingly.

The rest of their family looked at the two of them in surprise.

"Well…" Audrey said, "It might take some time, but if you can forgive her, then so can we." She said smiling a little, despite the shock she was in.

Drake and Megan smiled at each other, before hugging, in front of their family, who were even more shocked than before.

Josh was so shocked by this that he momentarily fainted.

Walter checked that his son was alright, while Drake and Megan just laughed as Josh stood up.

Audrey and Walter could tell that things were going to be back to normal soon.

However, Drake and Megan knew that their new friendship would completely drive their old ways out of the window.

THE END!

A/N: I have an idea for an epilogue if anyone wants me to write it, it will be a very short next chapter I guess. Mention it in a review if you want me to write it.

MY CHALLENGE ON MY PROFILE…!

That's all I'm going to say on the matter. :)

BTW it's 11:25 pm where I am, so I'm cutting it dangerously close for an update the same day as the lastest review. :P

Hope you liked the story. R&R :)