This is my first Drake & Josh fanfiction I ever wrote. It's posted on my site, but I thought I'd put it here as well. This story is completely written but not completely posted. In fact, I've already written up a sequel, which I will post when I finish posting this.
I don't own any of the Drake & Josh characters. I did create some characters for this fanfiction though. The song "Insensitive" is sung by Jann Arden and written by Anne Loree. No copyright infringements are intended.
Cassandra stared at the schedule in her hand, then at the room numbers as she walked by, too many to memorize. She tried to find her class; she was going to be late. She was searching frantically when she bumped into someone.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" she cried out. She looked down. Her books had fallen to the floor.
"That's okay," Drake responded, helping her pick up her books. He looked up at her. A brown curl fell into her face, which she quickly brushed away to reveal a pair of beautiful blue eyes. "Where are you headed in such a hurry anyway?" he asked.
"Uh, chemistry," she said, glancing at her schedule. "I have no idea where I'm going though."
"Oh," said Drake. "You sure it's not between us?" Ah! Worst pick up line ever! Drake turned bright red.
"Okay, can you just tell me where room 107 is?"
"Yes, down that hall on the left."
"Thanks."
Drake felt like ramming his head into the wall. 'You sure it's not between us?' Why did he say that? That had to be the lamest thing he'd ever said. Wait, did she just blow him off?
Cassandra finally made it to her class. Mr. Height, the chemistry teacher glanced up.
"Hello," said Mr. Height. "You must be Cassandra. Well, I guess take a seat where you want. If you'd see me after class too, I'd appreciate it. Just so I know what you learned at your old school."
"Okay," said Cassandra. She looked around the room. She had always felt sorry for the new kids before, not knowing where to sit. A girl smiled at her and glanced at the desk next to her. Cassandra smiled back and sat down next to her.
"I'm Alexa," said the girl.
"Cassandra."
"So, have you met anyone yet?"
"Um, kinda. There was this guy in the hallway who used a really bad pick-up line on me," Cassandra replied.
"Oh," said Alexa. "You must have met Drake Parker. He's always flirting like that."
"Really?" asked Cassandra.
"Yeah, he's got a new girl every week. I can't stand it. Of course, everyone knows about it. I wish the girls who dated him had a little more self respect than that, but oh well, their loss."
"I see," said Cassandra. Such a shame. He'd been cute too.
Just as Mr. Height was passing out a pop quiz, the door opened, and Drake walked in. Mr. Height looked up.
"Nice of you to join us Mr. Parker," the teacher said.
"Hi," said Drake. "Uh, sorry I'm late. I got a little side tracked."
"Just take your seat Drake."
"Okay." He looked up to see Cassandra sitting in the second row. He quickly made his way to the back of the room and put his head down so no one could see how burning red his face was.
"You said what?" asked Josh.
"I said, 'You sure it's not between us?'" responded Drake.
"Haha."
"It's not funny Josh! I think I'm losing my touch."
"Oh no! Drake Parker lost his ability to deal with the ladies? What will become of him?" asked Josh sarcastically.
"Go ahead and laugh. At least you have a girlfriend."
"Hey, you could too. If you'd just stay with a girl for more than five minutes!"
"Maybe I don't want one, y'know Josh?"
"Huh? But you just said..."
"I'm going to rehearse," said Drake grabbing his guitar and leaving.
"What was that all about?" Josh asked out loud.
Drake sat in his car staring blankly at the garage door. He didn't really have rehearsal. He just wanted to get away from Josh's interrogation. What was it to Josh whether Drake had a girlfriend or not? Still, he couldn't forget about the new girl he ran into that morning. She had been pretty. Maybe if he hadn't blown his pick up line he'd have a date. He sighed, and decided to head to the Premiere. If Josh showed up he'd just say his rehearsal was cancelled, and he didn't feel like going home.
Drake walked away from the snack counter, not really paying attention when he bumped into someone.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" came a familiar female voice, as she noticed the water that had been dumped on Drake's shirt.
"No, that's okay." said Drake. He seemed to be getting drenched a lot lately.
"We have to stop meeting like this," she giggled. Drake looked up and realized it was the same girl he had bumped into in the hall at school. He stared past her brown curls into her bright blue eyes. He couldn't help but notice how pretty she was. She didn't seem to flaunt it either. It was pretty attractive. Wait, Drake Parker go this crazy over a girl? Normally, he'd see a pretty face and ask her out. He was enjoying looking into her eyes though; that never happened to him.
"Uh, yeah..." said Drake, snapping his head back. "...I'm sorry, I never caught your name."
"Cassandra Blane," she replied. "...and you're Drake Parker."
"How do you know that?"
"I've been warned about you. I told my friend Alexa about some guy who pulled the worst pick up line on me, and she said it was probably Drake Parker."
"Normally they're better than that," said Drake blushing. Wait. Why tell a girl he liked about how he tries to pick up girls?
"I'm sure," she giggled.
"So, Cassandra," said Drake. "Do you go by Cassie or anything like that?"
"No!" she said, her eyes turning stony.
"Okay, sorry," he said.
"No, it's okay," she said. "I just don't like being called Cassie."
"Okay," replied Drake.
"Are you sure it's okay that I spilled my drink?"
"It's just water," replied Drake, thinking he'd had worse dumped on him. Such as the spaghetti at the italian restaurant when he and Josh thought Walter was having an affair. Drake would never live that moment down.
"Okay," she said. "So, I'm really new. My friend Alexa that I met today is busy tonight. I was wondering...do you want to show me around? You know where to hang out and stuff?"
"Sure," said Drake. Maybe this would work after all. At least, he couldn't embarrass himself anymore.