You know the drill: Drake & Josh characters do not belong to me. The Wicked songs and concepts don't belong to me. All the songs were written by Stephen Schwartz. The line "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?" is spoken by Glinda in the Wizard of Oz movie. That's not mine either.

Okay...more of Shelly being, well, Shelly. She's so mean. I can't believe I wrote her. Anyway, here's chapter 5.

The cast was finally able to start rehearsals in the auditorium. The set crew worked around them building the set and making sure everything worked properly. This would take a while, with all the technical things, so the cast had plenty of rehearsal time. Meanwhile, Drake was still trying to get on Shelly's good side.

"Hey," said Drake. "That was really great, you act really well."

Shelly glared and turned away. Drake still didn't understand. She was probably the only girl who ever turned away from him that way. Though one had to come along eventually, he didn't know she would act like this. She really couldn't seem to stand Drake. The concept was awfully hard for him to grasp. He left rehearsal feeling puzzled and trying to think of new ways to talk to Shelly. As much as she ignored him, he still liked her. He didn't notice Lea watching him everyday, wishing he were speaking to her.

Drake had to stay after school late one afternoon. He needed help with a part of "As Long as You're Mine," and Mrs. Lane said she'd help him after school. As he opened the door to the choir room, he heard someone singing.

Where do we go from here?
This isn't where we intended to be
We had it all
You believed in me
I believed in you

Certainties disappear
What do we do for our dream to survive?
How do we keep all our passions alive
As we used to do?

Drake thought whoever was singing had a gorgeous voice. He slipped through the door and made his way into the room.

Deep in my heart I'm concealing
Things that I'm longing to say
Scared to confess what I'm feeling
Frightened you'll slip away

You must love me
You must love me

Drake was shocked, he realized it was Lea who had been singing. He sat down quietly and listened to her sing. Lea didn't notice him.

Why are you at my side?
How can I be any use to you now?
Give me a chance
And I'll let you see how
Nothing has changed

Deep in my heart I'm concealing
Things that I'm longing to say
Scared to confess what I'm feeling
Frightened you'll slip away

You must love me
You must love me
You must love me

Lea finished and sighed. She made a note in her notebook and closed it.

"That was beautiful," Drake said

Lea jumped into the air, realizing she wasn't alone.

"Oh, Drake," she said. "I didn't know you were there." Funny, normally he didn't notice her. Wait, Drake Parker just paid her a compliment. "Thank you."

"What's that from? I've never heard it before."

"It's called 'You Must Love Me.' It's from the musical Evita, well the movie."

"Never heard of Evita."

"Really?"

"Well, I knew there was a movie. It looked kinda dumb to me because it was a musical I guess."

"You thought it was dumb because it was a musical?"

"Well, I wouldn't say that anymore. When I first started this play I didn't think musicals were the greatest form of music. I really appreciate them now though. Besides if I ever want to make it big with my band, I better respect all kinds of music."

"I see. I love Broadway, but I like listening to just about everything else too. Sure, I can't stand some music and artists, but most music I love. I want to perform on Broadway someday. My parents hate the idea, but that's what I want to do."

"Well, keep singing like that and I think you'll get there," said Drake.

Lea blushed.

"Thanks. You seriously thought Evita was dumb because it was a musical? Did you know Madonna and Antonio Banderas were in it?"

"Antonio Banderas? Zorro?"

"Yeah, he actually sings pretty well. His songs are my favorite from Evita, except 'You Must Love Me,' that's my absolute favorite from Evita."

"I see, that sounds interesting I guess. Maybe I should be watching more musicals. I can't necessarily go to New York and see any onstage though."

"A lot of them tour though. It's a good way to see them."

"Well, that's..."

At that moment, Shelly walked into the room. She didn't look too happy.

"I can't believe that since you can't get this stupid song, I have to stay after today and practice with you! Why can't you get it? Are you musically uninclined?" hollered Shelly.

"Shelly," said Lea. "You aren't being fair, Drake's used to singing his music, not Broadway."

"Oh, you mean that brain poison?" asked Shelly. "No wonder he can't figure this stuff out. Who asked you anyway Lea?"

Lea looked at Shelly, turned away and left. Drake wasn't sure what just happened. Shelly just stood there glaring at him. She wasn't the least bit happy that she had to stay after school late on a Friday. She had plans that weekend after all.

"I just want to get this over with, I feel like my time's being wasted," she said.

Drake stared at Shelly. She was so pretty. He didn't really blame her for not wanting to stay after late. It was Friday. She had just insulted him, but he still liked her. He would just have to try harder to get her to like him. Mrs. Lane walked into the room began to work with them. Drake had the song better now. Even after that afternoon, he still wanted Shelly to like him.

Yeah, yeah, yeah...Drake's still a moron.

I had to include the "You Must Love Me" which is not in the Evita musical. It is in the movie. I believe it was added because part of the movie is different from the play. Interesting 'eh? Anyway, I absolutely love that song. To me, it's really emotional. Not really any big notes in it, but the emotion of a song is sometimes hard to capture and can make a song sound really good. Notes shouldn't be overlooked, but I don't think emotion should be either. If emotion were overlooked, a lot of music wouldn't be any good, kinda blah.