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.
This chapter is pretty short. Hmm, there's still a huge chunk left in the last two chapters.
Everyone sat at the assembly on Friday. They all couldn't wait for the king and queen to be announced and then be out of there. The weekend would finally begin. The dance team finished their routine, and there was a lot of whistling coming from the guys in the gym. The girls hurried back into their seats to hear the announcment. Cassandra gave Drake a peck on the cheek when she sat down. No one was really surpised that Drake made court. After all, he was the most popular guy in school as far as the girls were concerned, but everyone wondered if he could make king.
"Okay," called Mr. Height. "This is the moment you've all been waiting for. Could I please have the court come down to the gym floor? Drake climbed down the bleachers with the rest of the court and stood in the middle of the gym.
"Alright," said Mr. Height. "Now, we're ready to announce your Homecoming king. You all voted earlier this week. Your Homecoming king is...Drake Parker!"
The gym erupted in screams. One of the members of Student Council handed Drake a crown. He laughed and put it on. Things were going great now. He had Cassandra back, and he'd made Homecoming king. Things just couldn't get any better.
Practically everyone at school had shown up to the Homecoming game. Drake and Cassandra sat up in the bleachers. They were both glad to be together again.
Drake had been thinking for a long time about what he wanted to tell Cassandra. The problem was, he didn't know when to tell her. He wanted to tell her at the right time, but he didn't know when the right time would be. He hadn't seen her parents for a long time either. He was going to pick her up to take her to Alexa's tomorrow, and he was worried about how they would treat him.
Cassandra glanced up at him.
"Is something wrong?" she asked.
"No, not really," he replied. "I'm just kind of nervous about your parents seeing me tomorrow is all."
"Don't worry about it," she said. "They told me it was my choice now, and my choice is you. Besides, they treat guests in their home with respect. Except door-to-door salespeople."
"Okay," Drake laughed.
"By the way," Cassandra said. "They'd like you to come to dinner next Saturday."
"What?" he asked.
"Drake, it'll be fine."
"I want to believe that."
"It will," she replied. "They want you to come over for dinner. Everything will be fine."
Cheers erupted around them as the home team scored a touchdown.
"Okay," Drake said. He could tell Cassandra really wanted this. He knew she just wanted her parents to like him. They'd see soon whether it would happen or not.