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.
Will anybody get a reality check anytime soon? Uh, you'll have to read to find out.
Lea took a pass to the bathroom during science a few months later. The play would be opening in about another month. She already saw a few fliers for it as she walked down the hallway to the bathroom. She reached the door and walked inside. From inside the stall, she heard the door open and Shelly walk in with her best friend, Katherine.
"He won't leave me alone! I can't stand it!" exclaimed Shelly.
Lea listened quietly. She knew Shelly was talking about Drake. She thought about how lucky Shelly was. Lea wished Drake would try to get to know her. The few times they had spoken he had been extremely nice to her. However, that was when his friends weren't around. Most of the time they were. For this reason, she barely ever spoke with him.
"Well, some girls would give anything to have him chase them," said Katherine.
"Eh..." replied Shelly. She couldn't stand the thought.
"Well, he is hot. I mean come on, he's in a rock band and..."
"Who cares about his stupid band?" Shelly asked.
"I'm just saying a lot of girls would like to date him."
"Are you trying to tell me to date him?" asked Shelly.
"Well, if you don't want to then..." Katherine began.
"That's it!" Shelly interrupted her friend. "I will date him. Lead him on, then dump him in front of everyone at the cast party after the performance next month." She laughed at her own joke.
"Are you sure?" asked Katherine.
"Yes, I am," replied Shelly. "He needs to learn that not every girl wants him."
"So when does your plan go into action?" asked Katherine.
"Today, after rehearsal I'll see if he'll walk me home. I don't know why he keeps chasing me, but now this will be entertaining." Shelly and Katherine left the bathroom.
Lea came out of the stall and looked around. She had been the only one who heard Shelly's plan. She had to tell Drake, but how? He didn't talk to her during school. He didn't notice her. No one ever noticed. He probably wouldn't hear a word she said. She wished she had a friend who could help her, but she didn't. Lea was upset. She really cared about Drake and didn't want Shelly to hurt him like that, but he barely spoke to her. Could she tell him before it became too late?
Rehearsal was going well. Everyone seemed to be getting into their parts. Lea couldn't concentrate very well though. She kept thinking about what she'd heard in the bathroom. What could she do?
Rehearsal ended, and Shelly approached Drake.
"Hey Drake," said Shelly.
"Hi," said Drake, a bit shocked that she was finally talking to him.
"So I was wondering, if you wanted to walk me home today?" she asked, sweetly.
"Um, sure," he replied. They walked by Lea, who looked worried. What could she do?
Lea searched frantically around the stage, wait, Drake's brother. Josh was nice. He was bound to listen to her.
"Hey Josh," said Lea.
"Oh, what's up?" he asked. "Guess what? I'm almost done with your 'bubble.' It's about time too. It's just taking so long...wait, is something wrong?"
"Well," she began. "I was in the bathroom earlier today and heard Shelly talking to one of her friends."
"Oh yeah, I guess Drake's taking her home today."
"Yeah," said Lea. "She wants to lead him on. You know, make him think she actually likes him and then she plans on breaking up with him in front of everyone at the cast party after the show next month."
"Are you sure?" asked Josh, looking concerned.
"Yeah," she said. "Shelly's never been really nice. The only thing she's got going for her is her looks and her voice."
"You know, you've got that going for you too," said Josh. "Except, you're also really sweet. You've got a lot of things that Shelly doesn't have. I don't know why Drake is chasing her, when you're so much nicer."
"Yeah, well, I gotta go," she said, turning red. "See ya Josh."
"Bye, and I'll be sure to talk to Drake."
"Hey Drake," said Josh as they got ready for bed that night.
"What?" asked Drake.
"Um, you know how you went home with Shelly today?"
"Yeah, actually, we're going to start dating."
"Um, I don't think that's such a good idea."
"Why not?"
"She's leading you on."
"What are you talking about?" asked Drake.
"Another girl heard her talking in the bathroom today," said Josh. For some reason, maybe because Lea was so shy, he didn't want to come right out and say it was Lea who heard. If it got back to Shelly, Lea's life could be terrible.
"Dude, I doubt it. No girl can resist Drake Parker."
"But Drake..." Drake had turned off the lights and flipped over on his side, meaning he was done with Josh for the night. Just great.
Shelly is a...well since this fic is rated K, I won't say it. Two more chapters to go to this story.