Drake's Got A Cold!

Chapter 1

Josh Nichols woke up very frightened, when he heard a strange wheezing sound. The sound was soft, and yet Josh was worried that it might somehow eat him, if he left the strange wheezing unattended. Josh shares a room with his brother Drake Parker, who sleeps in a bed to the far left of him. The room was pitch black, and Josh reached desperately for an object to smack the monster with. All Josh could find was a pool noodle from when they swam at their grandmas pool the preceding summer before. The noodle was blue, and it had a little ducky on the end which would normally squirt water. Josh lunged at the strange snoring sound, and began to swing at it with the pool toy flailing in every which way. Josh then stopped when he heard his brother Drake yell "Josh! Josh! What are you doing?" right before Drake shoved Josh off his bed. Drake reached to his right and turned on a red lamp.

Josh had always been a strange one. In the 3rd grade Josh won the science award after trying to make a "bigger" potato using his little sisters fire crackers. To bad Megan pranked Josh, making him think the fire crackers would make the potato bigger. Megan apologized to Josh's teacher, and the teacher felt so sorry for Josh that she gave him the award anyway.

Drake coughed. "Josh, I think I have a cold. I can't stop…" Drake coughed again, only it was much harder. "Josh, why did you hit me?" Josh looked at Drake in a very innocent confused way. Then he said "I ummm, I got scared.". Drake turned his head farther to look at Josh, which was now kneeling near the lamp. Drake had a look of confusion and said "Josh. Where did you get that noodle?". Josh shrugged and said "Remember last summer at our aunts?" Drake then ripped it out of Josh's hands. "Josh, we got that noodle from our grandma. You know, the one that loves you so much but hates me?" Josh's eyes suddenly lit up. Then he said "Drake, I remember! I love grandma." which gave Drake a look of disgust. "Josh, she stole $25 dollars from me.". Josh suddenly remembered, and said "So, it's grandma! And I'm sure she needed it more than you do." . Drake looked at Josh. "I used that pool noodle to wipe up your grandmas cat poop.". Josh looked horrified and said "I liked that pool toy." then he dropped it to the ground. Drake grinned at Josh. Then Drake said "Josh, go get me some cough drops.". Josh saluted and said whiney "Yes Drake."