Chapter fifteen

Hailey and Mindy stood outside the Parker-Nichols house. Hailey kept messing with her hair and Mindy couldn't keep her dress from curling at the bottom. Megan opened the door to let the girls in. As they walked into the living room, Hailey's heart skipped a beat. Drake stood there in a very nice, but casual suit. He had on a red tie and a red and black striped white shirt. She thought that only he could pull off wearing black slacks and converse. Mindy walked over to Josh who usually looked really good in a suit, and today was no exception. Drake came over to Hailey and looked her over once before speaking.

"You look really nice." She looked down at what she was wearing. It was a simple dress, the neckline was curved down, and burgundy flowers lined the bottom of the black dress. She almost didn't want to wear it, and Mindy had to talk her into it.

"So, when are we ready to go?" Mindy asked as Audrey and Walter walked into the room. Megan was still upstairs and didn't want to come down until everyone was ready to walk out the door. Mindy looked over at her friend and saw how her and Drake would find simple ways to touch each other while they talked. She also looked up at her boyfriend and saw the same concern on his face that she felt. They were headed into deep waters and Mindy knew they were going to drown.

The families met up at the restaurant, and Drake's worse fear happened, Rachel showed up. She wore one of her tiny thigh length dresses, and her shoes laced up to her knees. Everyone who saw her thought she was a tramp, and unfortunately, she was Drake's tramp. Audrey almost spit out her drink, she patted Walter's arm and pointed to where Rachel had just come in. Embarrassment was all over Josh's face, he couldn't believe that she would wear that to a family dinner.

"Oh my God. I can not believe she wore that." Mindy whispered into Hailey's ear. Hailey nodded, but couldn't keep her eyes off of Drake who couldn't keep his eyes off of Rachel. Hailey didn't think that he would like a girl that dressed like that, but she was a big shot model, and spent most of her time in L.A. where everyone dressed like that.

"Uh…everyone you know my girlfriend Rachel, she's a model." Drake hoped that if he told them that it would explain her outfit, but judging by the looks it didn't work.

As the night progressed everyone sort of broke into their own conversation. Megan was telling Hailey and Mindy about her soccer game, and the boys were talking about the latest videogame. Rachel was too busy to talk, she was putting on more make up than any person should ever put on in a life time.

"Drake, what song are you going to play at the charity gig?" Mindy asked actually curious. He thought a minute.

"Well it's going to be new. I don't want to play something I played at small things. This is the chance to put new stuff out there."

"Yeah you started on something haven't you? I saw the papers in your guitar case, you left it open." Megan said. He glared at her for going though his stuff.

"What is it?" Hailey asked. He smiled at her because he tried writing it for her, but he didn't think it came out right.

"It's about a Hollywood girl. I'm not sure what else yet." He told everyone. This intrigued Rachel.

"Are you putting me in your song?" Rachel asked he laughed as she asked the question. It wasn't her, but why tell her that now?

"I can't tell you yet." He gave her a smile, and she returned it then turned it into a glare when he wasn't looking.