Chapter Twenty

Okay i need to do a disclaimer for Undiscovered by Ashlee Simpson...i do not own it, but it fits this part of the sory nicely. On With The Story...

Hailey was cleaning her room on Friday. She had to practice her lines for to night, but she couldn't get a song out of her head.

"All the things left undiscovered…Leave me empty and left to wonder…I need you…" Hailey sang on and on. She knew she didn't have the best voice, but no one was going to hear her inside her room.

"Hailey, come on. Dad wants to get to the theatre. You'll be late." Kara called for her sister from the living room. Hailey pulled down her hair, and went to meet her family.

"Megan, why are sitting in the middle, there are plenty of seats up front?" Josh whispered loudly.

"Would you quite wining. Hailey called and said to sit in the middle. That's why you have to sit here. So shut up." Megan went back to sitting quietly. She was there with Josh, because Drake was still rehearsing with his band. She hoped he would so up soon Hailey really wanted him here.

"Who are you waiting for?" Josh asked when he saw Megan turn around for the fifth time in ten minutes. Mindy came over and sat next to him. Then with a confused face looked in the same direction they were.

"Who's out there?" She asked Josh. He jumped out of his seat when he heard her voice.

"Do you have to scare me like that? Megan's looking for someone."

"Josh, where's Drake? He said he would be here." She started to look really worried.

"He said he'd try to be here. I don't think he'll make it." When Josh finished his sentence the curtain rose and the play began. Megan was still really worried that Hailey would be upset if she looked out and didn't see Drake.

"Paige, let's hear the song. You can trust us we're your best friends. Go on sing…" Hailey, whose character's name was Paige, got up and stood at the front of the stage. She looked out as the music started, but she was sad to see that Drake had not come yet. She had hoped he'd come to see her, but he must still be made at her, or just didn't want to come. She started to sing…

Take it back, take it all back now
The things I gave, like the taste of my kiss on your lips,
I miss that now
I can't try any harder than I do
All the reasons I gave, excuses I made for you
I'm broken in two

She couldn't help but hear how much the words connected to her own life. The irony of the situation was amazing. She wished she had told Drake how sorry she was about blowing him off that one night. She liked him a lot, and she had lost what she really wanted by saying she didn't want him.

All the things left undiscovered
Leave me empty and left to wonder
I need you
All the things left undiscovered
Leave me waiting and left to wonder
I need you
Yeah I need you

Don't walk away

She wanted to cry now, here on stage in front of friends and family and complete strangers. Hailey was so confused. She wanted so much out of life, and now all she wanted was to be with Drake. She had never thought she'd need a boy so much.

Touch me now how I wanna feel
Something so real, please remind me
My love, and take me back
Cause I'm so in love with what we were
I'm not breathing, I'm suffocating without you
Do you feel it too?

Hailey closed her eyes, she knew most people would take this gesture as an effect to the song and moment, but it was so she didn't look out and not see him. She held in the tears that threatened to roll down her face. After this performance she was going to go talk to him, and set everything right. She wanted to be happy again. Even when they were just friends she was happy, but now that they were avoiding each other there was a part of her that couldn't breathe.

All the things left undiscovered
Leave me waiting and left to wonder
I need you
All the things left undiscovered
Leave me empty and left to wonder
I need you
Yeah I need you

When I'm in the dark and all alone
Dreaming that you'll walk right through my door,
It's then I know my heart is whole
There's a million reasons why I cry
Hold my covers tight and close my eyes
Cause I don't wanna be alone

Hailey remember the night she told Drake she didn't like him, but after she had gotten home she had called Mindy in tears. They had talked for hours, and Hailey was glad she had a friend like her. She smiled at Mindy and Mindy had smiled back. Mindy could see the tears in Hailey's eyes, and prayed that she could last through the song. She turned around to check the door one more time to see if Drake was coming in.

All the things left undiscovered
Leave me waiting and left to wonder
I need you
All the things left undiscovered
Leave me empty and left to wonder
I need you, I need you

Megan saw Mindy turn, so she thought she had seen someone. Megan put on a smile of relief when she saw Drake slip in and sit in the back row. Megan turned back to face Hailey, and hoped that she could see him way back there.

Drake looked around to find everyone else, but didn't see them. He looked at Hailey up on stage and his face fell into a sad smile. He couldn't believe how much he wanted her to be saying she needed him.

Cause I can't fake and I can't hate
But it's my heart
That's about to break
You're all I need
I'm on my knees
Watch me bleed
Would you listen please
I give in
I breathe out
I want you, there's no doubt
I freak out, I'm left out
Without you, I'm without
I'm crossed out
I'm kicked out
I cry out
I reach out
Don't walk away
Don't walk away
Don't walk away
Don't walk away

Hailey said every verse with it's own personal meaning to her. She was so worried that with all this thinking going inside her head that she would mess up, but it actually added to her performance. She thought, if only her mom could be here to see her, and if only Drake could see how much this song was meant entirely for him.

The crowd erupted into loud cheers and whistling, and Hailey bowed and the curtain lowered. It was time for another scene change.

"Hailey!" Mindy screamed from across the street from the theatre. Her, Josh, and Megan were all waiting for her to get out. "You were amazing. That song was so beautiful." Mindy hugged her best friend, mostly because she knew how upset and alone she was feeling, but to others it was a hug to congratulate.

"I thought I got a little too into character during the song. Put too much emotion into it. But it sounded like everyone liked it… well, almost everyone." Hailey added the last part quickly. She had hoped to see Drake after the show, but she never saw him show up.

"Well we liked it. You did really well. We'll have to bring our parents to see you tomorrow." Hailey lowered her head at Josh's statement.

"I'm not going to be in it anymore. Opening night was it for me. It…kind of hit too close to home. I can't handle a repeat." She looked at Mindy and they shared an unspoken agreement.

"Well that's too bad, I wanted to bring some friends to see you." Hailey's eyes widened as she turned around to see the face the familiar voice had come from. She had to see it to make sure her head wasn't playing tricks on her.

Drake stood there in front of her. She had a huge smile on her face and hoped she didn't look to weird.

"Hey, I didn't think you had made it. Thanks for showing up." Hailey said. Drake moved forward and hugged her. Hailey closed her eyes and prayed, to who ever would listen, he'd not let go.

"You were amazing." He whispered into her ear. She felt shivers go down her spine as he spoke. She was going to tell him about the song when her father came over, and Drake let her go, and incredibly fast I might add.

"Hails, come on it's late. Kara has to work tomorrow." He looked at her patiently. She nodded and he walked to their car.

"Sorry guys I have to go. I'll see you later." She went and gave Mindy one more hug, and hugged Megan. She smiled at the two boys and ran towards her car.

Okay i'm gettin closer to finishing it...i really liked how well that song fit in to the story...H.B.