Drake and Josh characters belong to their proper owners. I did create some characters for this fanfiction. "Measure of a Man" is sung by Clay Aiken. It was written by Steve Morales, Cathy Dennis, and David Seige. Any other songs mentioned also belong to their proper owners. Because you all know how much I love sticking lyrics in these things.

Drake and Josh are about to get peopleannoyed with them. Their moment of chaos is relevent to the story later though. Oh yeah, Cassandra mentions Jason, you know the killer in the Friday the 13th movies (yeah, I don't watch those), I don't own that character either. I thought it fit, camp, Jason, Josh talking about it.

A week later they were all still having fun and so happy to be away from everything. It was night, and there was a fire crackling. Walter sat with one arm wrapped around Audrey and the other wrapped around Megan. Josh sat with his arms wrapped around Mindy, while Drake sat strumming his guitar with Cassandra leaning on his shoulder.

"Okay Megan," said Walter. "It's about time for bed."

"Okay Daddy," said Megan.

"I think I'm going to bed too Walter," said Audrey.

"I guess I'll go too," replied Walter. "What about you four?"

"We're going to stay up a little later, okay Dad?" said Josh.

"Okay, but Drake, Josh, make sure you put out the fire well before you go to bed."

"Okay," said Josh. Walter, Audrey, and Megan headed toward their cabins.

"Hey," said Josh. "Who wants to hear a ghost story?"

"Oh, Josh, that's a little childish, don't you think?" asked Drake.

"Come on, it could be fun," said Mindy.

"Well," began Josh. "They say that there lived a killer in these woods back when it was a huge camp..."

"Josh, don't repeat the story of Jason please," said Cassandra.

"Oh, fine," said Josh. "Okay, in these very cabins fifty years ago, a wealthy man and his wife were vacationing here. Late one night, the man went out to um, do his business, and his wife stayed behind. When he returned, she was dead, covered in blood. He ran out of the cabin searching for what could have done it, but he never found out. The next morning, he was found dead and bloody the same way. The police had no leads. They couldn't find anyone that was linked to the mysterious deaths. Now, since the couple's killer was never revealed, their ghosts haunt these cabins for eternity. Waiting for revenge! Mwuah ha ha ha!" Josh held his flashlight up to his face.

"Okay, Josh," said Drake. "You left out like every scary element. I'm tired, let's get to bed."

"Alright," replied Josh.

They all went to go get water from the lake to put out the fire.

"It was to scary," said Josh.

"Oh boy," said Mindy.

"Oh, come on," said Drake. "You didn't set the tone, you just..." He stopped short after he heard a snap of branches. "What was that?"

"What?" asked Josh. Another snap.

"That!" said Drake.

The guys turned around to see a figure moving in the dark. The girls looked at the the guys, wondering what their problem was.

"What's the matter with you guys?" asked Mindy.

Josh grabbed Mindy, and Drake jumped in front of Cassandra and took hold of her hand. Then the guys ran yelling toward the cabins where their parents and Megan came running out to see what was wrong.

"Boys! What's going on?" yelled Audrey.

"The killer is after us! AFTER US!" yelled Josh.

"You mean that killer?" asked Megan, shining her flashlight in the direction they had come running from to reveal a deer.

"Um, I guess so," said Josh sheepishly. "Sorry we woke you all. I guess ghost stories freak you out."

Walter put out the fire. Then the three went back to bed, annoyed.

"It wasn't even that scary," said Drake.

"Yeah, which is why you ran screaming," said Josh.

"Let's go to bed," Mindy whispered to Cassandra.

"Right behind you," Cassandra replied.

The guys stood there arguing until they heard a rustling of leaves anddecided torun to their cabin.

The next morning Drake woke up a bit early. Earlier than everyone else, which was odd. Oh well. He pulled on his clothes, left Josh a note and headed outside. Maybe he'd take a short walk before breakfast.

He started walking out into the woods when he stopped short. He noticed Cassandra sitting on a log.

"Cassie?" he asked.

"Oh, Drake," she said. "Good morning. Isn't it a little early for you to be up?"

"Yeah, I guess so. I thought I'd take a walk though." He sat down next to her, and she put her head on his shoulder. "You know," he said. "I wasn't really scared last night."

"You ran screaming," she said.

"Uh..."

"After you made sure nothing would hurt me."

"Well, yeah, I mean, I thought..."

"You thought it was a deranged killer and stood between it and me. Even if it was a little deer," she smiled.

"Heh, well, why wouldn't I?" he asked. He bent down and softly kissed her lips. He would have been content to stay that way. "So, what are you doing out here alone this early in the morning?"

"I was thinking about the couple times I've been up here with Matt. It kind of makes me miss him."

"That's okay," said Drake, bringing his arms around her.

"Yeah, I figure he'd want me to come back here anyway," she replied. "I never told you this before, but I got scared that I was alone when he died. I knew my parents and friends were there, but I was just scared. Then we moved, and I made friends, but I was still scared. My parents were worried things weren't changing for the better and said if things didn't improve in the next month, they'd try a different school. Then I was able to open up to you. I don't know why. Maybe you kind of reminded me of Matt. You were so sweet and willing to listen. Except, no offense, Matt got all A's in school, even in college."

"None taken. Wait, I remind you of your brother...that's not why you wanted to date me is it?" he asked.

"No," she said. "I wanted to date you because you showed me you cared. I found you very attractive, and, yeah, I think guys who play guitar are hot. Excepting my brother," she giggled.

"Good to know," he replied and bent down to kiss her again.

"Hey!" yelled Megan. "What are you two doing? It's time for breakfast."

"Okay!" yelled Drake. They got up off the log and headed toward where Audrey was cooking breakfast.

They all sat around the fire the last night, not wanting to go home. They'd all had a lot of fun the past three weeks. Anyway, it'd be nice to get back home after all that time away. Drake played a song quietly on his guitar. Cassandra leaned against him. Josh and Mindy sat on a log together. Walter and Audrey got up to take a sleeping Megan to bed.

Josh looked at his watch against the warm glow of the fire.

"Well," he said. "I'm going to bed. See you guys in the morning."

"I'm going to bed too," said Mindy. "Good night."

"Night," replied Cassandra softly. Drake stopped playing and she snuggled close to him. He put his guitar aside and wrapped his arms around her. It felt perfect. He so much wanted to tell her that he loved her but was afraid to say it. Suppose she didn't exactly feel the same? Oh well, they were young. They'd have their chance to say it later.