Let's just get down to the point: I don't own Drake & Josh characters or anything like that. "Collide" is sung and written by Howie Day.

All songs in this chapter are copyright their proper owners. I put a lot of lyrics in this one.

So, everything is good. Cassandra's still got a point to prove to Drake.

Drake hadn't seen much of Cassandra after school lately. Whenever he asked about hanging out with her, she said she was busy. He was a bit confused but decided not to question it. She had a lot to do lately. He knew some of the time was probably spent preparing for prom. He and Josh had talked about a limo and they got Alexa and her date to go with them. Her new boyfriend Mark would pitch in and John said he'd join them at prom too. Also, Scottie was bringing his date. This way, their table at prom was also full. Drake and Josh worked on making prom special for their girlfriends. Drake had promised himself last year he'd do this for Cassandra, and Josh knew it would be a while before he saw Mindy again. Josh had decided to go to college with Drake and Cassandra, while Mindy had chosen to go to the university where she and Cassandra had been accepted. Alexa was also going to school with Drake, Josh, and Cassandra for fashion design. They were all shocked when even Scottie got into the school they were all going to attend. Everything was going well. Drake was still trying to shake off everything that happened. It wasn't easy.
One day after school Cassandra asked Drake to come home with her.

"Why?" asked Drake.

"I want to show you something," she replied.

Drake followed her home and went inside with her. He followed her up the stairs and into a room he hadn't been in before. He looked around and saw pictures of Matt. Matt at graduation, Matt playing his guitar at clubs. Happy parts of his life that the family wanted to remember. Cassandra opened a drawer of a filing cabinet full of papers. She pulled out a few.

"Look at these Drake," she said.

Drake looked through them. They were all rejections from record companies.

"Everytime he got rejected, he kept the letter. He said he'd keep them as motivation. He said he wouldn't give up. The moment he got a deal, he was going to burn them. He never got it. So, in his memory, we kept them. I look at them every once in a while because they remind me that you shouldn't give up just because one or two people say you can't do it. Failure isn't measured by how many times you're rejected or whether your goals change or how often you fall down. You fail when you refuse to stand back up. It's when you give up on yourself. That's not you Drake. I want you to know that."

"Cassie," said Drake. He couldn't believe what she was doing for him. He remembered making her feel better so many times. He hadn't thought he would need her like that, but he did. "Thank you," he replied.

"No problem Drake. Oh, here." She picked up a CD and handed it to him. "Listen to this would you? I hope it helps too."

Drake stared at the CD Cassandra had given him. He didn't know what was on it. The rest of his family was out for the night, so he had no one to talk to anyway. He popped the CD in his CD player and pressed play. The first song he heard was a song that was pretty recent. Instead of hearing the artist who recorded the song though, he heard Cassandra's voice.

Where is the moment we need at the most?
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue skies fade to gray
They tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carryin' on

You stand in the line just to hit a new low
You're faking a smile with the coffee to go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces everytime
And I don't need no carryin' on

'Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Drake listened to her sweet voice. The song really related to what happened some days. She knew how to pick a song. He could give her that much credit. He finished listening to the first song and the second one began to play.

He drowns in his dreams
An exquisite extreme I know
He's as damned as he seems
But more Heaven than a heart could hold
If I tried to save him
My whole world could cave in
It just ain't right
It just ain't right

Oh and I don't know
I don't know what he's after
But he's so beautiful
He's such a beautiful disaster
And if I could hold on
Through the tears and the laughter
Would it be beautiful
Or just a beautiful disaster?

Drake realized that with each song, she was trying to show him how she felt and how he should feel about himself. He knew she was right about everything. He finished listening to the CD and got to the last song.

The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You're barely waking
And I'm tangled up in you

I'm open, you're closed
Where I follow, you'll go
I worry I won't see your face
Light up again

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find, you and I collide

I'm quiet, you know
You make a first impression
Well I've found I'm scared to know
I'm always on your mind

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the stars refuse to shine
Out of the back you fall in time
You somehow find, you and I collide

Don't stop here
I lost my place
I'm close behind

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills your mind
You finally find, you and I collide

Finally find, you and I collide

You finally find, you and I collide

Drake sat and listened to the last chords of the song as it ended. He then realized she had used the studio time her parents got her for Christmas to make him that CD. That last song was true. There wasn't any other song that could describe their relationship better.

I absolutely love "Collide." I honestly don't know how Howie Day meant it to be interpreted, and these stories came out of my thoughts. It's a very pretty song. Oh yeah, "Bad Day." I really like that song and thought it would be cute to throw into the story. There you are, please review.