Being Different Isn't Normal

Chapter 10: For the sake of a Reputation

Disclaimer: If I owned Drake and Josh would I have to put a Disclaimer up?

Drake woke up the next morning to find that he had fallen asleep on the couch, without even looking he knew why-he had aches in his neck and he was sitting up straight- not two things that usually happen when you're in a bed

Josh wasn't there though, which surprised him, he looked over at the wall, if it was after eight am Josh would be up, if not the git would be in bed- comforting it up-if there was even such a phrase.

It was six- thirty am and as he would have thought, Josh was snoring his oversized head out, while he left Drake on the sofa, with nothing but a blanket.

He decided to climb into bed; after all, it was getting somewhat chilly. He snuggled down beneath the wrath of soft cushiony and comforting covers where he just lay unable to get asleep or the fact that he just kissed Josh out of his head, so he just lay there reliving every precious moment of the kiss and still hoped it would never end

Drake took one last look around and sighed happily, feeling that for the first time in nearly a month things were starting to look up again.

8.00AM

Josh woke up to the sound of his alarm clock ringing in his ear, groaning he hit the snooze button and shut his eyes for five more minutes. Why couldn't he just stay here? Warm and snuggled in the covers and dreaming of the nights events.

The snooze alarm went off, and Josh knew that he had to get up, he was on the opening shift of the premier theatre and it was often the busiest 'family hours' of the day. The only reason he took it was because he wanted a new car. He had just about gotten to the thousand-dollar mark and was intending to get two thousand to get a car that didn't require more money to fix it every second week. He had just saved up for the tanning bed part that was broken . Taking twenty dollars out of his pay every week, the rest had gone to a car.

He quietly found his uniform and headed out the door to work, it was a cold and dull autumn morning, perfect for cinemagoers he thought to himself. Which meant in his eyes that he would have a busy morning ahead of him, he groaned as he turned the corner to work.

He unlocked the doors and headed inside, hating the fact that whoever was on the late shift last night obviously didn't bother to spray the coke stain on the floor, which meant that his trainers got stuck to it whenever he walked across it.

Sighing he returned to work mode and opened everything up, he knew Helen would be here soon and that so would the bustling numbers of annoying little children who always wanted to get into r rated movies and insisted until he had to nearly throw them out himself

"Josh"

"Yeah Helen" Josh answered opening up the registers

"You better come into my office" she sounded serious

Josh followed her into the office as fast as he could knowing that he was either fired or she had noticed that he still hadn't cleaned toilet number 3 and was going to get him to stick his head in it again

He closed the door behind him, "So what's wrong?" Josh asked in the nicest way possible

Her serious face suddenly turned into a grin "Well, I'm not about to tell you my whole life story but I have to go somewhere to meet somebody and I'm putting you in charge for the day"

Josh's face broke into a grin "Thanks so much" he smiled grabbing the yellow vest that she threw at him

"Don't thank me, thank Stan for calling in sick today" she smiled walking out of her office

Josh stood there and shook his head, was she ever going to like him? He had worked there for two solid years and still she hated his guts and never ever said or did anything nice for him, he even asked himself was the car even worth it?

He sighed and walked over to the doors opening them for business, it was quiet at first, but it soon started to pick up. Kid after kid after kid came pouring in with the same fake permission note to see ' buckets of blood-the sequel' or some other r rated movie.

Josh knew that 99 of them were fake but he had to let them in if he wanted to keep the place running smoothly and especially for it to not be on fire when she came back.

Things began to lighten up, teenagers began to come in for their lunch dates and the kids were at long last leaving, most of them petrified and holding whatever possessions they had with shaking hands.

"Two tickets for buckets of blood please," a male voice asked

"Um yeah what's your age please?" Josh asked not even looking up

"Eh Dude it's me!"

"Oh hey Drake and who is this lovely girl?"

"That's Sally"

"Nice to meet you, here you are that's $18.95 please" Josh smiled

"What? You know that I don't pay for tickets," Drake laughed

"I'll be over there" Sally smiled pointing to a group of giggling girls

"Yeah ok" he smiled giving her a peck on the lips

She turned away smiling, Drake was gagging

"This is the last time," Josh, warned

"Yeah yeah yeah" Drake said sarcastically grabbing the tickets from Josh

"So you straight again or something?" Josh asked

"What?" Drake asked confused

"The girl" Josh whispered

"No, I just have to keep up my reputation until I can tell everybody"

"Right" he paused "So you're going to make out with a girl even though it repulses you just to keep your image up?"

"Pretty much" Drake smiled

"Unbelievable" he shook his head

"Jealous?" He asked quietly

"No, not really" Josh shrugged

"Just looks like you can't get enough of the Drake" he laughed, "Nobody can"

"Whatever man I'll see you later"

"For a repeat of last night" he asked shaking his ass as he walked away

"Whatever man" Josh laughed as Drake walked over to the candy counter, which was where Sally was standing

Josh continued on with work as he watched Drake take her popcorn and candy into the movie as she walked on ahead into the movie, he shook his head slightly, remembering the previous nights events, he thought that both he and Drake had almost completely wiped the memories of the kiss from their mind.

It saddened him a little, as he had done so much thinking and he was actually a little bit exited to be trying something new, but all Drake could worry about was his reputation.

Work continued without another major conversation, he saw Drake passing by holding the remains of the popcorn, he looked unhappy as Sally emerged looking happy and satisfied, two things not usually associated with seeing a horror movie-especially 'buckets of blood'

Josh finished the day and went home, knowing that he was going to see Drake and have the same feelings for him again when he went home.