Chapter Nineteen

"Cause in this town I can't find up, but I found down…" Drake sang and strummed on his guitar. He wrote down some things on a piece of paper then continued to strum. He was almost done with this song, and he could just practice and relax for the next couple of days. He heard a familiar laugh come from down the hall. He hadn't heard it for a while, but there was no doubt that it was Hailey. He didn't even know she was coming tonight. He was about to go and talk to her, but then thought it was a bad choice. She must have had a reason to reject him, and he needed to work more than socialize right now.
"I can't believe you did that Megan. You can get in so much trouble if you get caught. You are such a trouble maker." Hailey told Megan. They were both sitting on Megan's bed watching a movie. Hailey was sitting behind Megan and was braiding her hair back in a French braid. "Oh Megs before I forget. Since we got all the props done early, the play is next weekend. It's going to be so good. I'm so excited. Aaron asked for an original part to be put in it, so now we have to do this song and dance thing at the end. How weird is that? I am so scared about that, I don't know how well I'm going to sing."

"Don't worry, you'll do fine, and I'll be there with the video camera for when you mess up." Megan turned her head and smiled at Hailey.

"Thanks kido, I can't wait until one of your oboe recitals, I'll laugh at you too." Hailey said mockingly.

"Hails, I'm sorry." Megan said out of nowhere. She needed to get this off her conscience. It was okay if she hurt her brother's, but Hailey was more important.

"For what?" Hailey said clueless.

"I made you hurt Drake. And I know you sort of liked him. And it's my fault you turned him down."

"First, you should not feel guilty, you told me along time ago that I shouldn't get involved with him and I was careless. Second, I was going to turn him down anyway. He had a girlfriend at the time, and I'm not that kind of girl." She turned Megan's head to face her and smiled really big. Megan laughed at how silly she looked and they both dropped the subject.

It was about eleven, and Hailey had just left a sleeping Megan in her room. Hailey was about to walk down stairs when she heard Drake in his room. She walked over to his door and listened.

"She doesn't believe in believing… miracles have died in her mind… she knows the world is deceiving… everything is wasting her time…" Hailey opened his door a little so she could hear him better. Thankfully he didn't hear her come in, the last thing she wanted to do was have an awkward conversation with him. He wrote something down and started from the beginning of the song. "Hollywood girl is lost again… all of her hopes left her stranded… her seasoned dreams are just pretend… and she can't stand it…" Hailey's turned to leave. Drake stopped playing when he heard her close the door. He wanted her to hear the song, but now it didn't seem like a good idea. She didn't know she was his Hollywood girl, she probably thought it was Rachel.

"Hey Hailey, what are you doing up so late?" Josh asked as Hailey came into the kitchen to make some hot chocolate. She looked him over then raised an eyebrow at him.

"Where have you been all night? Did you just get in?" She asked suspicious.

"Yeah, but that's only because I had to close the theater. Helen left early."

"I thought you were on a date with Mindy."

"I was, then Helen saw me. Isn't Drake home? Why are you still here?"

"I haven't seen Megan in awhile, so I stayed."

"So, did you hear the song? It's really good, he put a lot of work in it for you." Her eyes grew wide at his last statement.

"For who?" Josh realized then that he had made a mistake.

"What? It's late I have no idea what I'm saying…" Josh started backing out of the kitchen. Hailey picked up her cup and followed him.

"Josh, tell me. He wrote that song for me? Why did he do that? I thought it was for Rachel? Oh no, what I said to him that night...how am I going to make this up to him?" Josh was about to say something when Drake walked down the stairs.

"Hi Hailey. What are you still doing here?" He asked as he came next to her.

"I'm still waiting for your parents. Josh just told me something really interesting." He turned to glare at Josh who moved back a little.

"What did he tell you?" Hailey noticed the glare he gave Josh and decided not to push the subject, obviously he wanted to surprise her.

"That your new song sounds great. I can't wait to hear it." She smiled and went up the stairs to Megan's room. Drake watched her go, with a small smile on his face.

aww poor Megan... so things are starting to look up...keep the reviews coming i appreciate 'em..H.B.