#Sorry for being the annoying feminist party pooper it will happen again

[axwalker]

Now and then 3: Crush

I’m participating in the Wacky Drabbles prompts. (Sorry for the delay! 😬 )

This week is prompt  #42: Let’s be honest with ourselves, we knew this was going to happen.  It will appear in bold in the text. 

I also used the prompt sent by @burnsoslow​ : High school AU - Drake x Lexie - childhood friends - 16. “my hands are really dry. sorry about that.”

Synopsis:   The story of Alexis’s and Drake’s friendship since they met when they were 10 years old until they become roommates after college. (AU)

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Warning: No one under 18 should read my stories.  Mention of alcohol.

Pairing: Drake x ?, Alexis x ?

Disclaimer: All characters belong to Pixelberry

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2010

Fifteen years-old

Lexie took her tray and looked for her friends at the cafeteria. She spotted Drake and Liam at the end of the hall; they were eating their usual meal consisting in an extra-large hamburger with fries, an apple, a bag of Doritos and a chocolate pudding, each.

She sat next to Drake. “I don’t know how you guys do it. I love eating but that’s just disgusting.”

Liam and Drake shrugged and kept eating. After cleaning his plate, Liam leaned on his chair and asked casually, “are you coming to the Beaumonts tonight, Lexie?”

“To Max’s party? Of course,” she answered, before taking a bite of her grilled cheese sandwich.

Liam elbowed Drake, who coughed before speaking. “And that new girl, Olivia? Is she coming?”

Lexie smiled, looking at Liam. “You’re so damn obvious is actually sad, Li.” She giggled when she saw Liam turning crimson red. “Yes, she’s coming too, and I’ll be sure to slip one or two things about how amazing you are,” she added, winking.

Liam stretched his arms behind his head then clasped his hands behind his neck “Well, you don’t have to lie a lot.”

“I won’t be adding modest to the list, that’s for sure.” Lexie laughed, as she took a Dorito from Drake’s bag. She actually thought Liam would be good for Liv, he was kind and sweet and Olivia definitely needed someone like that in her life. “You’ll come too, right, Drake?”

Drake got distracted when he saw Katie coming into the cafeteria.

“Draake!” She turned her head and saw Katie sitting down and smiling at Drake. She sighed, annoyed. “Earth to Walker!”

“Yeah. I will,” he answered, distractedly.

“Cool, my mom will let me stay longer if you come. She’s such a hypocrite. She can’t shut up about feminism, but I still need a boy to go to a party.”

“Please, Lex. I beg you, spare us the feminist speech, we know it by heart,” Drake said, still exchanging looks with Katie.

Lexie stood up, exasperated. “Whatever. See you at 9:00.”

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Drake was laying down in Lexie’s bed watching a football match as she tried different outfits.

“It’s already 10:00 p.m., Lex. You promised,” Drake said in a tired voice.

She poked her head out of her closet door. “I’m sorry! I’ll be ready in a sec.” Finally, she stood up in front of Drake with a black tank top, ripped jeans and her red Converse.

“Well?” Lexie asked.

“It looks comfortable,” Drake said, shrugging.

“That’s it?” Lexie asked, disappointed. She knew she was too skinny; all the other girls of her class were full of curves and she was still so fricking flat.

“Uhm, yeah? Being comfortable is important, right?” Drake didn’t understand why his best friend looked so pissed.

“Yeah, it’s what I need anyway.” Lex turned to look at Drake who was watching the match again. “I’m getting wasted tonight.”

Drake muted the TV and turned his head to her. “What do you mean?”

“I’m fifteen and I’ve never been drunk; I need to live, Drake!”

“You’re so dramatic. And, you can’t get drunk. Elena will kill me if I bring you back wasted.”

“First of all, I can come back by myself and second of all, she’ll never know.”

Drake shook his head. “Have you meet your mom? She knows everything.”

“God! You idolize her. She doesn’t know everything. Come one, Liv must be already waiting for us,” Lexie said looking at her watch.

Lexie, Drake and Liam joined Olivia who was waiting for them in front of the Beaumont’s house.

Olivia was wearing sneakers and a short green dress that highlighted her red hair. She looked angry.

“Finally, Alexis. I’ve been waiting here for ten minutes. I was about to leave”

“Lexie is always late. Next time try to arrive ten minutes after the time she told you, Liv,” Liam teased her.

Liv arched an eyebrow. “I don’t remember telling you to call me Liv. My name is Olivia, golden boy. If you don’t mind, I was talking to Alexis.”

Drake and Lexie exchanged a half-worried, half-amused look. Liam was the most popular guy at school, so, he wasn’t used to girls talking to him like that. He clearly didn’t mind because he was still smiling at the red head.

Max led them to his basement where his parents had practically installed a bar. They had music, drinks, a pool table and a foosball.

CeeLo Green’s ‘Fuck You’ was playing in Max’s Bose speakers. Alexis joined Max on the dancefloor. Drake watched them dance for a few seconds. He smiled at Lex; she was a great dancer. Suddenly, Drake saw Katie and Maddie Amaranth arriving to the party. He dried his sweaty palms on his jeans and went looking for something to drink. Liam and Olivia were still bickering, but they were dancing with each other. And Olivia seemed to be having fun.

Katie saw Drake going to the table with the drinks and followed him. “Hi, Drake.” She smiled coquettishly.

Drake blushed but smiled back. “Hi!” For a few painful seconds, he didn’t know what to add, so he said the first thing that popped into his head. “It’s a cool basement, right?” – It’s a cool basement??- He wanted to slap himself. What a fucking stupid thing to say.

Katie giggled. “You’re so funny. And you’re right, it is cool.”

Drake didn’t understand what was so funny about his comment, but he wasn’t going to question his luck.

One hour later, Lexie was dancing with Max when she saw Drake making out with Katie. “That was fast,” she said to Max nodding at the couch where they were, an unpleasant feeling in the pitch of her stomach.

“It was only a matter of time.” They witnessed Drake kiss Katie passionately. “Wow! They’re really into each other’s tonsils.” Max laughed.

Lexie grimaced. “Ugh! That’s disgusting, they should get a freaking room. Come on, Max, I want another beer.”

Around midnight, Drake looked for Alexis, she was nowhere to be seen and it was already past her curfew. Bastien wasn’t very strict, so he didn’t have one, but Elena was going to kill them both.

Finally, he saw her playing foosball with Max and Rashad.

“Drake!” She shrieked when she saw him. “I’m winning!”

Drake chuckled. “I see that you fulfilled your mission of getting drunk.”

“I’m not drunk I’m the soberestest person in this room! Howdareyou?” She sloshed beer all over them.

Drake took a paper towel and cleaned his shirt. “You’ll regret it tomorrow. You remember that day after Leo’s birthday when I spend the morning throwing up, right?”

She waved her fingers no. “But, see that direfent, I mean, different. ‘Cause you were like super drunk, and Imma like not.”

Drake laughed. “Yeah, my bad. You’re clearly the poster girl for abstinence. I think we should go, anyway, Lex. Elena will kill us.”

“You’re such a party pooper. What happened, Katie ditched you?”

Katie was behind Drake. She smiled affectedly, and answered, “no, I didn’t. Come on, Drake. Some of us are going to Maddie’s house. She has a pool.” Katie took his hand, but Drake didn’t move.

“Lex is completely wasted. I can’t leave her like this,” Drake said as he watched Lexie try to play foosball with a drunk Maxwell.

“She’s a big girl, Drake. She can take care of herself.” Katie placed her hand in his shoulder. “If you come, I promise, we’ll have fun,” Katie urged him.

-I’m going to fucking kill Lex tomorrow-. “I’m sorry, Katie, you have no idea how much. But I can’t leave Lex like this. Maybe I’ll see you tomorrow?” He asked.

Katie was a popular, pretty girl, there was no way she was going to lose Drake for Lexie O’Brien, that’d be humiliating. “No, it’s tonight or never, Drake. You have to choose, now.”

Drake shook his head, he wasn’t going to leave his best friend like that, so he answered, “Then is never. I’m sorry, Katie.”

She shoved him on her wait out and went to join Madeleine.

Lexie sat. “Drake everything is spinning. And the music is so loud,” she complained, holding her head between her hands.

He kneeled down. “I told you not to drink this much. I mean, let’s be honest with ourselves, we knew this was going to happen. You’re not used to alcohol.”

“I’m fine” She stood up and walked to the door but tripped with the stairs. Drake tried to catch her, but it was too late. She fell down.

“I twisted my ankle. Hell! It hurts,” she complained as she rubbed it.

Drake sighed deeply and turned to Max. “Can I take her to your dad’s study? Only while she sobers up.”

Maxwell nodded. “Go on, Drake. My parents are sleeping anyway. You can make some coffee in the kitchen.”

“Come on, Lex,” Drake told her. She put her arms around his shoulders and limped to the studio.

Drake helped Alexis sit. She took off her left Converse. “My ankle hurts, Drake. And this room spins too.”

He chuckled. “Yeah, I know, Lex. Everything will be spinning for a while. Let’s see if it’s not broken.” He rubbed her ankle checking for any fracture like coach Evans had taught him. “My hands are really dry. Sorry about that.”

Suddenly, Lexie was very aware that Drake was rubbing her leg. They played a lot of sports together, this wasn’t the first time he touched her, and yet this time it felt… different.

Drake shook his head. “Do you have pain in the bone or here?” He asked as he pressed in the soft part of the muscle.

“Ouch! You’re such a savage! Yes, the second time.”

“Me a savage? You could be more grateful, you know?” He asked, angrily.

“Why? Because you couldn’t leave for Maddie’s pool with Katie? She has slept with half the school, Leo Rys included. She must have like a hundred STDs. I probably saved your life”

Drake chortled. “Oh, I see; I should be thanking you.”

Lexie stayed silence for a few seconds. Then, emboldened by the alcohol she asked, “Is she a good kisser?”

Drake blushed but nodded. “Very good.”

She rubbed her head, it hurt. “I never kissed anyone like that.”

“The right guy is waiting for you, Lex. You’re too special to make out with just anyone,” Drake empathized.

She rubbed her eyes. “You say that because you’re my best friend, but we both know that if I was really too special, I would be dating someone,” she said with a small voice.

Drake looked at her with his big brown eyes. Lexie had never noticed how handsome Drake was. It was no wonder that half the girls at school wanted to date him.

Drake sat next to her. “You’re the coolest person I know. You’re smart and funny. I mean you’re also a gigantic pain in the ass.” He laughed when she playfully punched him in the arm. “but you’re amazing, Lex. You just need to be patient.” He put an arm around her, amicably. Lexie felt her heart race, as she never had before. His arm around her shoulders made her feel aflutter, and she noticed for the first time how good he smelled. She blushed.

Drake’s voice startled her. “I’ll go get you some coffee, so you can sober up.” He tousled her hair, and added smirking, “I knew you would be a sappy drunk, O’Brien.”

Lexie didn’t reply. For a few minutes, she stayed on the couch, shocked. She had a big problem, a huge crush on her best friend.

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