Chapter Seventeen
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"Josh, what's wrong with Drake? He's seemed a little down lately." Audrey asked her stepson. Josh was helping her make dinner, and he was sworn to secrecy that night Drake told Hailey he liked her. So Josh just kept cropping the carrots like he didn't hear his mom.
"Why did this have to happen to me? Why did this have to hurt so bad?" Drake sang to himself as he walked into the kitchen. He headed straight to the fridge and pulled out a soda. Audrey nudged Josh's shoulder to get him to talk to Drake.
"Uh…so Drake is that the new song?" Josh asked casually. He waited for an answer.
"What? Oh, yeah. I've almost got it finished. I think everyone is going to like it." He said then walked out of the kitchen.
"That didn't help. Josh what is with him?" Audrey asked again.
"Mom I'd love to tell you, but I can't. Trust me, I need to tell someone, but if anyone else happens to hear also I'm dead. So can we just drop it?" She nodded understanding that he was just protecting his brother, but one day they were going to be alone, and he was going to tell her.
"Hailey, you can't drop out of the play. You've worked too hard." Mindy told her friend over the phone. Hailey was lying on her bed with the curtains shut so no light could go into her room. She had been in a sad mood ever since that night her and Drake talked.
"Mindy, I can't do it. I thought I could, but I'm not ready. What if I forget all my lines?"
"Hails, come on. You have been preparing for this part before you knew you had it. You'll do great. The play is in three weeks, I'll be there cheering you on. Please don't throw this away now."
"What if I need to do something else? You know something more important?" Hailey was walked over to her desk, and pulled out the flyer that Drake had put on her locker. Even though they weren't talking, he still managed to be everywhere she was. This happened to be an invitation to his gig. Sure she didn't see him put it on there, but who's to say he didn't?
"Hailey what can be more important than this play?" Mindy was very confused. All Hailey has been talking about for the last five months was this play. "What aren't you telling me? You've been acting weird for the last couple of days." Hailey told Mindy about what Drake had said, and then Mindy understood.
I hope everyone is praying for Drake Bell's quick recovery and that he is bak on his feet soon...love to everyone...H.B.