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.

Hehehe. Just so you guys know, I do a lot of foreshadowing in my stories. I tried to do it in here because Wicked is full of it too. "I'd be so happy I could melt!" And not just to the Wizard of Oz story, but other parts of the play as well. If I told you which other characters use it, I'd give away part of the ending though. Foreshadowing is used in the novel a little...it didn't stand out to me as well as the play did. I read the book first. I prefer the play.

This is the shortest chapter, just so you know, but it's important!

Drake and Shelly had been dating for a few weeks. There was one week until the show and both Josh and Lea were worried about Drake.

Drake and Shelly walked into the Premiere. Drake headed over to the snack counter where Josh was working.

"So," said Josh. "Is she going to be a monther?"

"Maybe," said Drake. "Maybe longer."

"Why are you even going out with her?" asked Josh. "She seemed to hate you before."

"Hey, lighten up Josh," said Drake. "She likes me now. That's all that matters."

"Okay," said Josh. "What ever you say."

Shelly walked into the bathroom and ran into Lea.

"Hello," said Shelly.

"Hi," said Lea. Shelly never talked to her at school. This was a first. She decided to look further into the situation. "So, you're going out with Drake?" she questioned.

"Yeah," said Shelly. "But not for long."

"What do you mean?" asked Lea playing dumb.

"I'm giving him what he deserves. Next week at the cast party he's going to learn a lesson he won't soon forget." Shelly gave an evil grin and walked out of the bathroom.

Lea stared after Shelly. She just had to let Drake know what was going on.

Shelly walked out of the bathroom when her cell phone rang. It was her mother. She wanted her home, now.

"Drake," she said. "I'm sorry, but I have to go." She gave him a kiss on the cheek and left.

Drake walked over to the snack counter again.

"So," said Josh. "How's it going?"

"Great," replied Drake. "Definitely a possible monther."

"Oh brother," said Josh.

Drake turned around and noticed Lea sitting at a table by herself reading a book.

"Why's Lea sitting alone?" he asked.

"I don't think she has many friends," Josh replied.

"Why not? I mean, she's pretty. She's smart. She's a really good singer..."

"I don't know," said Josh. "She's just kind of shy."

"Hmm," said Drake. He walked toward Lea.

"Hi," he said.

"Hi," she responded. It was a bit odd to her that Drake was actually speaking to her. Wait, she could tell him about what was going on. "So you're dating Shelly now are you?"

"Oh, yeah," said Drake.

"I see," said Lea. She squirmed in her seat. How do you break it to someone that they're being played for a fool?

"Is something wrong?" asked Drake.

"Yes," said Lea honestly.

"Can I help?" he asked. This was very nice of him to ask. If the problem had been her own she would have melted on the spot. This wasn't the case though. She needed to tell him what was going on.

"You see Drake," she began. "This is about you."

"What?"

"Look, I know Josh talked to you a few weeks ago and told you Shelly was going to dump you soon."

"Yeah, how did you know that?"

"Because I told Josh to tell you. I heard her in the bathroom, and she just told me now. She doesn't think I'd tell you. I'm just worried about you is all."

"Why are you worried about me?" Drake inquired.

"I just can't stand to see anyone being played like that," she said quickly.

"I see," he said. "Well, I'm pretty sure she won't do that." He got up and started to leave, but first he turned back around. "Oh, yeah," he said. "I watched that movie. You were right. It was pretty good." He turned and left.

Lea stared after him. He hadn't believed her. She knew he was going to get hurt.

So, Drake isn't coming to his senses. At least he's noticing Lea...and listening to her...taking her advice...when Shelly's not around. Yes, one chapter to go.