Disclaimer: Sadly I do not own any of this, except the story. The story is mine, but all the characters are Nick's except Sadie and Michelle Jenkins. There mine.
Chapter 13, the beginning
"Uh, yeah, she has brown hair and brown eyes I guess. She probably looks like us." He said just realizing, he was related to her. She was his cousin. "Oh! You mean Sadie Jenkins? She's in room…612." The nurse with a kind smile answered. "thanks" Drake said hurriedly, pulling Megan with him. "What was that about boob?" She asked, clearly annoyed. "You want to know what Meg? I just figured out, she's our cousin." "Who?" Megan asked. "Her, the little girl. Her Mom was Dad's sister-in-law, so that makes her daughter our cousin." Drake replied. "Whatever, boob." Megan answered as they reached her door.
He and Megan knocked and knocked. There was still no answer. He knew it would be rude, but he opened the door anyway. She wasn't there. "Where is she?" Megan asked. "How should I know?" Drake shot back. Megan shrugged her thin shoulders. Drake grabbed her hand, and tried to pull her to the nurse's station. "Um, on the second thought Drake, I don't want to go find Sadie." Megan whispered. "What's the matter Megs?" "I don't feel that good. Let's go back to my room." She replied.
He knew from the times he paid attention in health (which were rare) that Megan was going to get really sick. He held her close to him and they walked back to Meg's room. As soon as they were in the doorway, their mom rushed over to her. "Megs what's wrong?" Megan didn't answer, she just crawled into bed. Drake didn't even notice that Michelle was still there. His mom stared at him, asking him what was wrong with her eyes. "Oh, um she doesn't feel good." He answered his mom, scared of her eyes.
It was Michelle that spoke next "Megs just lie really still and go to sleep. It should pass in a little while." Megan nodded meekly. " How do you know whats wrong with her?" Drake's mom asked. "Oh its obvious isn't it?" Michelle said. She continued when she saw the puzzled look on Audrey's face. "It's the chemo. She'll be okay in a few hours." Audrey looked horrified as she ran over to Megan. Drake looked over at Michelle and saw those green eyes. He whispered "I'm going for a walk." He said, as he backed out the door.
To his terrified surprise, Michelle was by him. "Do you want to talk?" she asked. "NO! Even if I did you would be the last one I picked to talk to!" He yelled at her, never meeting her eyes. It had become a habit to not meet anyone's eyes. "Oh, Drake please don't hold that grudge!" She asked, pleading. Drake stopped dead. "Hold that grudge?" He asked. "Hold that grudge! You haven't the slightest idea what he did to me! To make it worse you have his eyes! I hate you and your eyes! Go away!" he told her, storming down the hall.
She stood there, not able to move. She had just wanted to help, and he had blown up. He had a right to, though. So that's why he never met her eyes, or when he did, fear flashed through his. It was then, she realized, he had really hurt Drake. Not just physically. She understood then, that the hurt of his past would never leave. He had to live with the fact, that someone hated him, someone wanted to kill him. Not only someone, his own father.
Drake wondered how she had the nerve. Couldn't she figure out he hated her? How he never wanted to see those eyes ever again? He knew deep down it wasn't her he hated; it was him, it was those eyes. For now he wanted to stay clear. He was actually scared of her.
After about a half hour of walking, he decided to go back to Megan's room. When he got there, Megan was sound asleep. His mom was nowhere near sleep though. "Mom?" he asked gently. She looked a good mess. She looked up. "Where's Walter and Josh?" Drake asked. "they went back home to shower." Audrey replied. He could tell Megan being sick was tearing her apart from the inside.
"Drake, you should be nicer to Michelle, its' not her fault." "I know." Drake said. "Then why do you hate her so much?" Audrey asked. Drake looked up at his Mother, through habit still not meeting her eyes. "I…I can't stand her eyes mom." He said guiltily. "Oh Drake! He's in jail, he can't hurt you." His mom told him. Drake stood up "You think just because he's in jail, he cant hurt me? You have no idea what he did to me. NO IDEA." He said walking out of the room.