It was snowing, her hair was blowing in the cold breeze, Both Drake and Joy looked into each other eyes as Joy Pulled Drake closer to her and said," Tell me, Why you are so good to me? Why did you like me? Why you saved me that day when I was locked out here"? Do you know, Because you are always so nice to me, caring for me, I tried hard not to cross your paths, because I don't want to get used of getting so much care Drake?
Joy? Joy, you are drunk, You need to come down with me, okay, Lets Go, the party is over Joy, Now Come with me down, Said Drake.
No, I am not going anywhere, This is my party and it will get over when I say so, So you listen to me," Its paaarty time, you Dumbo, said Drunk Joy as Drake was trying to calm her down.
What? Dumbo? Why would you call me that Joy, said Drake and a little smile spread over his face seeing her behaving like a kid makes Drake wondered," She is the Lost Joy that I want to find, Who laughs like a kid, do anything she wants, who does not hide her smile over her responsibilities".
"Dumbo, You look just like my dumbo, Drake, Drake, Dumboo, Sounds similar, It was my small teddy I used to have when I was child, I loved it so much, I always used to talk to him about everything, but one day Dad throw it out, I didn't know why he did that" did he hate me that much?" said Drake little teared up but smiled a little and said," But now I think I got my Dumboo back!!! hahaha!!!!, laughed Joy loud.
Drake was looking at Joy as Drunk Joy was sharing her memories with him, for the first time. " Okay, you can call me that, but please now let's go, it is getting colder Joy, you would catch cold".said Drake.
Okay!! Dumbooo, let's go, said Joy and Drake hold her turned her to the side of the door. But Joy stopped just walking Few steps, turned again and said," but we didn't dance, Its a party Dumboo, What kind of a party it would be if we didn't dance, said Drunk joy.
I wanna Dance with my Dumboo, said Joy and asked drake to hold her hand. Drake could not do anything besides listening to her, so he held her one hand in his and put his another hand on her back.
It was snowing, they danced together holding each others hand, and Drunk joy was enjoying that moment with Drake.
after dancing for a while Drake stopped and looked in her eyes and said," Joy, You have no idea how hard I am trying to Hold myself but you make my heart flutter every time I am this close to you, I don't think I could hold myself anymore, I might make you upset later, but I don't wanna regret about not doing anything at this moment, said Drake".
He pulled her closer, that left no space for the cold breezes to pass, he holds her chin, Joy closed her eye as Drake was about to kiss her.
Drake paused for a moment and looked at Joy, but as he was about to kiss her, Joy passed out right there on his chest.
Drake sighed and held her face in his hand and kissed her forehead and said, " How can you pass out now? you are crazy Joy.
He then carried her in his arms to his office, put her on the couch, put a blanket on her and slept on his chair.
next day When Joy woke up in the morning, Drake was not in his office. She woke up rubbing her head, It was hurting as she drank a lot, she rubbed her eyes and saw she wasn't on the rooftop but in someone's office.
" Uh? Where am I? Uhhhh!!! Why my head hurt so much? , I was at the Rooftop, How did I come here"? As Joy looked around to know where she was, "this Place looked familiar, Have I been here before," said Joy to herself in getting herself together.
As Joy was thinking she saw the nameplate on table written Drake name on it.
It's Drake office? What am I doing here? How did I end up here? Think Joy, Think, I was at the rooftop, how did I get here? What did you do Joy now? Okay! remember! Remember Joy!" said Joy.
and she slightly got a flashback, How she drank 4 canes of beer and got drank.
" No, No, How could I get drunk again? Last time I drank I messed up so badly? What did I do now? What am I doing in drake's office, I didn't do anything wrong? Right Joy? Ahh!!! ".
Joy had no idea what did she do after she got drunk, she was afraid. She looked around but drake was not there, she thought he might have gone to check on patients and thought this would be the best time to escape from his office without even getting noticed.
As Joy tried to make move Drake came out from his office bathroom only in his pants, his upper half body was naked, He looked so hot and muscular that when Joy saw him, she gulped and abruptly turned her head away and closed her eyes and said, " I am sorry, I am sorry, I should leave, I am leaving, Sorry Drake". And joy just disappeared in the air, even before Drake could say anything.
Drake was startled too he wore his shirt falsely and opened the door to look for Joy in the hallway, but joy just disappeared.
joy went to the cafeteria to get something to drink to get rid of her hangover. She saw Peter sitting there. " I shouldn't have listened to you, I drank so much and ended up in Drake's office, and I don't even know how the hell I got there Peter," said Joy.
But you only drank 4 canes of beer Noona, How could you get drunk so fast, said Peter laughing mischievously.
" but tell me I did not do anything stupid after I get drank, right"? asked Joy. Maybe? Maybe not? I don't know Noona I only remember, We were drinking, then I don't remember what we did After that Noona, said Peter and slept there.
Ahh!! why can't I remember anything, said Joy to herself, she then looked at the time, It was already past 7. " What it is past 7, I told Lisa, we would talk in the morning, Ahhh!!! why did I drink, said Joy, and she left to for her morning Part-Time work.
as Joy was leaving Drake saw her and called her," Hey Joy! Stop there, I need to talk to you" said Drake, But before he could come to her Joy left in hurry without even looking at him. She was trying to ignore him.
"Did she just ignore me? did she remembers what happened last night"? wondered Drake.
Before going to her Part-time work, Joy first went to check on Lisa, but Lisa was not home.
joy tried calling her but there was no answer, Joy left to her work, after finishing her morning jobs, Joy went to the hospital, all day Joy tried to avoid Drake and Drake just wanted to know If she remembers anything.
When the Day shift got over Joy went to the Rooftop as she always does, She went to sit on the bench, she saw Drake waiting for fo her. Joy turned to walk away from him, but Drake came running in front of her and said," Hey Joy! I am trying to Talk to you since morning, Why you are avoiding me? What happened Joy"?
I am not ignoring You, Why would I be avoiding you? I just had a busy day and nothing else, said Joy all flustered up.
" Okay, if you are not avoiding me then stay, don't leave, and tell me what is wrong Joy"? asked Drake.
I don't know Drake It's just Joy hesitated for a moment and then said", I drank a lot last night and I don't remember what I did, and how did I end up in your office? You have seen me, last time I got Drunk, what Mess I created, and now, I have no idea what did I do last night? Did I say something Bad to you or anyone? Please tell me, Drake, did I? I am so Sorry, I am. Drake Ineruupted Joy and asked her to listen to him.
" Hey! Hey, you didn't say anything to anyone, You just drank And had little fun, then you passed out, and I brought you to my office because I couldn't think of any other place then.
Uh? really? I did not? Ahh, Thank god, I am so relaxed, I just kept thinking about it all day said, Joy.
but Drake Interrupted her and said," Yeah! you did not say anything to anyone but you did say few things to me, Don't you remember? what few things? Drake, was I mean, was I bad? asked Joy.
you hugged me and then said that I am your best friend, and you don't want to lose me ever, said Drake smiling mischievously just to annoy Joy as she does not remember anything.
Did I hug you? interrupted Joy. " Yes, You did, and then you called me Dumboo".
Dumboo? why would I call you that? asked joy. "Because to you I look a lot like your teddy dumbo you had when you were kid, you called me Dumboo, so many times that I thought I was one. and then you passed out. said, Drake
I am sorry Drake, I gave you a lot of troubles, I am so sorry, I am so sorry for calling you Dumboo, apologised Joy.
No, It's Okay I like my new name now Dumboo and you can call me that. Joy laughed and said Why? Why do you like that name?
Because you said," that whenever you wanted to talk about something, you would talk with dumboo about everything, So I thought, if I could be that dumboo friend then you could talk to me about everything that bothers you. you can tell me everything like you used to tell Dumboo, and like him, I would always keep it to myself" said Drake looking at Joy.
Joy could not think of anything to say to Drake, she just stopped there and looked at Drake and said, " Thanks Drake, for being my Friend, You always looked out for me, you saved me, I don't know how I am gonna repay you? but I am really happy that I got to have a friend like you. and I still think you quite look like my Dumboo" said Joy With a Wide smile on her face.
what? I look like your teddy? come on joy! Look at me, I am so tall, handsome, and your teddy is this small and fat, said Drake and They both laughed out loud.
Joy and Drake spend some more time talking to each other, Drake didn't tell her everything that happened last night, He does not want her to feel bad, or regret anything. He became her Dumboo, Friend, he could not be happier than this, joy got her Dumboo friend back in Drake.
She became more comfortable around Drake, she trusted Drake. because she does not remember what happened between them. was it going to be that easy for both Drake and Joy?
Or was it going to get worse?