Thanks for all of the reviews. Chapter 2 -
Saturday arrived quickly. Megan, Drake and Josh were all out of the house as their mum and dad had requested that they were.
Walter's boss was coming round to the house for lunch and Audrey said that they couldn't be there in case they messed some thing up.
Drake and Josh walked in to the premiere. They had plans to see a new movie today that was supposed to be really good and one of the best movies of the year.
Megan had been with them in the car, but she said that she would meet a friend and then decide what she was going to do afterwards.
"I'll get the ticket's." Josh said as he left Drake stood in the middle of the building.
Drake stood on the spot just looking around until he saw Megan. She was sat at a table on her own, however there were two soda's on the table. There was also an extra large tub of popcorn.
He was about to go and ask his little sister if she wanted to see a movie with them, but as he went to move he saw a boy come over towards her.
Drake clenched his fists with out realising that he was doing so as he watched the two laugh at some thing the boy had just said. Drake began to wonder if that guy was the friend Megan had mentioned earlier.
Josh walked back over to Drake and saw that he wasn't paying any attention to what he should be.
"Drake it's not polite to stare." He said as he tapped Drake shoulder. He saw Drake jump slightly as he came out of his trance, stare like state. Josh wasn't sure, but he thought that he could see Drake unclench his fists.
"I wasn't staring, I was just looking," Drake replied to Josh's earlier comment about staring at people, "Intently." He added at the end.
"That is staring." Josh replied.
"No it's not the two things are completely different." Drake said with his I know better than you tone.
Josh just sighed and pulled his brother towards the counter to buy soda's and popcorn. Afterwards the two headed in to watch the movie. As Josh dragged him away, Drake saw Megan and that guy get up, they were going to watch a different movie. Which meant Drake couldn't keep an eye on his sister and that strange guy she was with.
After an hour and a half Drake was feeling sick. There was only half an hour left of the movie, but Drake couldn't stand it. He was going to try and watch the end of the movie. He placed his hands in his jacket pocket, however he couldn't feel the car keys inside of them.
That was when Drake remembered what had happened when they had arrived at the premiere. Megan must have taken his car keys out of his pocket before she wondered off.
"Drake where are you going?" Josh asked as Drake stood up.
"I need to get the car keys." Came his simple reply.
"Can't you watch the end of the movie?" Josh asked his brother.
"I could, but I would like to get the car keys back from Megan before she sets them to blow up or some thing as soon as we try to unlock the car." As soon as the words let Drake's mouth, Josh was keen for them to get the keys back. He offered to come with Drake, but he insisted that he would be alright on his own.
Drake walked towards the door he had seen Megan enter earlier. He looked around the room, but didn't see her any where. If she had left the room though he wouldn't blame her. The movie was absolute rubbish and Drake only saw one minute of it.
As he left the room he saw Megan with that same guy from earlier. Drake walked towards them and was about to shout out Megan's name when he saw the two disappear in to a closet.
Drake recongised the closet from before when Josh had asked him to get some thing for him and Drake was well aware that you could see in to that closet from the room next door.
The room next door was dark and empty, but that didn't matter. The door was always unlocked and Drake could only assume that it used to be another closet.
He pushed the door shut behind him as quietly as possible and then sat down on the floor by the hole that was in the wall. Drake had to make his breathing quiet to make sure that they didn't hear him after all Megan had very good ears.
"I told you," He heard Megan say. Told who what, Drake asked himself he didn't have to wait long for an answer as Megan's voice once again spoke, "I only have ten dollars at the moment. I had to spend seven dollars on the popcorn and the soda's, so I can only give you three dollars."
"You know that that's two dollars short though." The voice of that guy reached Drake's ears.
"I know and I'll get you two dollars."
"By when?" That guy was annoying Drake now. Why did he want Megan to give him money.
"I'll take Drake or Josh's money." Drake had to force himself not to speak when he heard this.
"When will I get the money?" He asked again.
"Tomorrow at the latest." There was a noise that Drake knew all to well. Flesh hitting flesh. He could feel him self wince as Megan let out a small cry of pain.
That guy had just hit her.
"Tomorrow or you know what will happen on Monday at school."
Megan nodded to shocked to do much else.
"I'll call you later, now let's go." He said.
"Yes Cory." Megan said sadly. The two left and Drake quickly followed not letting them out of his sight. He took a deep breath and put what he'd just seen and heard behind him for a moment.
"Megan." He called. Said girl turned to him. She instantly put a smile on her face trying her best to hide her check with her hair. Cory smiled to figuring that Megan knew this guy.
"I want the car key's back." Drake said as he held out his hand. Megan put her hand in to her jacket pocket and pulled out the keys.
"Here you go boob." She replied trying to be the normal Megan again.
"Thanks." Drake replied before he walked away. He didn't stop walking until he was sat back down watching the end of the movie with his brother. He'd seen Megan pull her hair over her face, he'd seen what had happened just a moment ago.
"Who was that?" Cory asked Megan as Drake walked away.
"My brother." She replied. Cory just smiled and lead Megan back to the table that they had been seated at earlier.
Drake had barely any focus on the movie and when it was finished Josh had to force him to get up. Drake had too much on his mind at this moment. He pulled the car keys out of his pocket and handed them to Josh.
The pair walked out and saw Megan sat alone at a table. Drake was beginning to wonder if he'd had been dreaming, but when Josh brought Megan over to him to leave he could see her still trying to hide her check with her hair.
Dinner was tense and Josh wondered what had changed.
Walter and Audrey were desperately trying to start a conversation by telling the group what had happened in their day.
Megan and Drake weren't taking their eyes off of each other. Megan was slowly chewing the food that was on her fork while Drake sat there with a fork in his hand, but he wasn't eating any thing that was on his plate.
"Josh what did you and Drake do today then." Walter said turning to his son as no one was really listening to him and Audrey.
"Well me and Drake went to the premiere and watched this new movie called-" Josh was interrupted by a clattering sound as Drake's fork collided with his plate of food.
Drake pushed his chair back allowing the fork to fall out of his hand and on to his plate. He didn't care when every one started staring at him he couldn't take looking at Megan's face.
Drake couldn't believe that the other's hadn't noticed it. Her cheek was red and it made Drake sick to look at. He couldn't eat any thing that evening. His apatite was gone.
Just the thought that some one would hit Megan like that was enough to make Drake sick. This Cory person couldn't get away with what ever he was trying to get away with.
Was he blackmailing Megan? What had he meant when he said 'Tomorrow or you know what will happen on Monday at school.' Was he trying to threaten Megan in to doing what ever he wanted her to do.
There was some thing wrong with Megan and he was going to find out exactly what was going on with Megan and Cory.
And he would do any thing to find out the truth.
Thanks for all of the reviews. I hope that I spelt Cory's name right. This chapter is up quickly because of that and the fact that I already had it written up. The next chapter should be up soon though.
Also the next chapter of Choking should be up later on today as well as my new story, which doesn't yet have a title.
As well as that I will be writing a Drake/Mindy story for SorrowNoMore, as she requested that. I do take requests and I will write any thing you want so just PM me and I'll reply.
Thanks for reading and please review.