DRAKE AND JOSH: TIME OF NEED

CHAPTER 2

By request of one of my readers I decided to make a follow up chapter, I know I said it would take a while but I managed to find time to do the chapter and post it, read adn enjoy please.

BorisYeltsin: Yeah, just wait and see how badly Megan's really suffering. Glad you want the story to continue.

Discliamer: Drake and Josh belongs to Dan Schnieder

The following morning Josh woke up to find Drake and Megan were still asleep and still wrapped in the blanket and each others arms, from what he could see Megan had been crying sometime in the night. This was starting to confuse Josh, he had never seen Megan so vulnerable before, it made him wonder what could possibly have caused this, it had to be more than just some boyfriend going crazy and attacking her, deciding not to wake them he left the room and decided to ask Audrey what happened to Megan, he was certain it was something to do with her past. Shortly after Josh left the room Drake woke up, he looked down at Megan who was currently using him as a large pillow, he sighed.

'Poor Megan, she deserves better than this, why does she always have to suffer?'

Drake remained where e was, waiting for Megan to wake up. Meanwhile Josh, who had gone to the living room, had found his father and step-mother sitting and when he asked about what they were talking about, it turned out Walter was also curious about Megan's unusual vulnerability due to the incident and wanted to know what had happened, as Josh had suspected it was something to do with her past, Audrey then told them the whole story.

"I think it's only right that you both know, Drake and Megan, life wasn't been easy for them when they were younger, my first husband, their father, Richard, he was...abusive, to all of us, but to Drake especially, it was always worse when he had been drinking, which was often. I wanted to leave him the moment the abuse started, shortly after Megan turned five but, well he threatened me. It just got worse from there, he would constantly beat Drake, at least twice sending him to hospital because he had beaten him that badly. Drake hated his father, even the slightest mention of his father makes him angry so it's best not to mention this to him, at least, not in detail".

Both were shocked at this, they couldn't believe what they were hearing, especially since, from what they hear, Drake was the main victim.

After a long pause Josh spoke.

"But, what about Megan?"

"He never beat Megan, but for good reason, Drake wouldn't let him. Drake always took the beating that were meant for Megan, but she saw Drake suffering and it started to affect her badly, nightmare and, whenever she saw her father she froze up. It was one of the times when he was protecting Megan that Drake had to go to hospital because of how badly his father had hurt him, I finally divorced him after, an incident that happened when Megan was seven".

"What happened?"

Audrey sighed and then decided to continue, she might as well tell the whole story.

"Megan was out visiting one of her friends, my husband was out drinking again; I knew that and as I had to go shopping I didn't want to leave Drake at home, especially not when Richard was going to be drunk, so I took Drake with me. When we came back, Megan must have come home earlier than she said but we, we caught him, inappropriately touching her".

This was the biggest shock yet, Walter was deeply shaken, Josh was horrified, when he finally managed to find his voice he asked.

"W-what happened then?"

"I called the police, they came and arrested him, I had to talk to them and ended up getting caught up finalizing the divorce, Megan of course was deeply affected by the incident. Luckily Drake was there, he comforted her as best as he could, that's why, given what's just happened to her she freaked out, it, it reminded her about what happened with her father, brought it back to the surface. That's also why Drake's protective instincts have come out, it reminds him of what happened too".

They remained in silence as Megan walked into the room, she looked tired but was somehow smiling, after saying hello she hurried through to the kitchen, Drake also walked into the room and stretched, mumbled a 'good morning' and then walked into the kitchen, they heard the distinct sound of him sitting down and dropping his head onto the counter, the way he usually did whenever he was still tired in the mornings. Audrey sighed and continued talking.

"Now they'll act as if nothing happened, trust me, its better this way. Just act if nothing's wrong, like you don't know anything, they won't be happy if you bring it up".

"But..."
Trust me its better this way, things will seem like there back to normal but, they're not ready to talk about what happened yet, we just have to wait until they are".

"...Okay".

At that moment Megan and Drake came into the living room and they all abruptly stopped the conversation, after sitting down, Drake and Megan surprised them as they opened up and revealed everything they had felt and all the pain they had gone through, it took a long time but finally they were able to overcome the pain and at long last, the Parker-Nichols family was peaceful, Drake and Megan ready to let go of the past and move on with their lives.

End of chapter and story, hope you enjoy, read and review please.