A/N: For the first part of this chapter, please imagine the boys in their boxes speaking directly to you. (And, if you haven't already, you might want to read at least the second half of Chapter 22 of the previous story.)

Josh: Like the saying goes, "Honesty is the best policy"

Drake: You know, sometimes a little dishonesty can be a great tool (Drake then snickers), "tool"

Josh: If Drake and I hadn't been honest with ourselves and each other, I wouldn't be in this awesome relationship today

Drake: If I hadn't had Megan tip off Josh about my feelings for him and faked a nightmare to make Josh feel like he needed to baby me, he would've never had the courage to tell me that he loved me ... and I wouldn't be in this awesome relationship today

Josh: So you see, good things come to the virtuous

Drake: So you see, if you want something bad enough ... you might just have to bend the rules to get it

Drake & Josh: (looking at each other, smiling and sighing) … I love that boy

Upon seeing Audrey and Walter enter the living room, Drake frantically called, "Mom … Mom … Walter."

"What's wrong, honey," Audrey asked.

"What is it son," Walter followed.

"Nothing's wrong … everything's right," Drake replied smiling widely. "Josh isn't going to NYU."

"What," Audrey and Walter replied in unison.

"He's … we're … we're going to L.A.," Drake announced cheerfully.

"What," Audrey and Walter replied in unison.

Josh then explained about the condo and Mindy's father helping him get into UCLA where he would save a bundle of money because he would qualify for in-state tuition and would not have to live in a dorm.

"Both my boys are leaving me," Audrey cried, prompting Walter to puts his arm around Audrey's shoulders.

"Mom, it's just L.A. … we can come home on weekends," Drake promised, sort of reassured of his mother's love by her response to the news.

"It will be okay, boys," Walter said encouragingly. "Things have just moved so fast this summer. I wish you would have told us sooner so we could have had more time to mentally prepare. But I'm very happy that … uh, Josh will be so much closer." Walter then turned to Drake and added, "And that he doesn't have to leave you behind, Drake."

Sensing the sincerity in Walter's voice, Drake responded shyly, "Thanks … Dad," bringing a big smile to Walter's face. Walter didn't know whether Drake would continue to call him "Dad," but it didn't really matter that much as he knew Drake meant it this time.

However, for Drake, it was strangely comforting to call Walter "Dad." Maybe with all the drama about his paternity it would just be easier to kind of pretend that Walter was his father … like Josh seemed to pretend that Audrey had always been his mother.

"God help L.A. if you're going to unleash these boobs together and unsupervised in the city," Megan smirked as she entered the living room. "Don't you remember what happened last time?"

"Yeah, we were there for only a couple of days and Josh got me on TRL … just think what could happen when we live there," Drake replied.

Megan didn't really want to put a damper on things, but she was kind of upset over the news. Things would be so boring with her beloved boobs. Who would she prank? That got Megan thinking. "When are you two going," she asked.

"Well, after Drake and I finish packing, we'd like to take everyone out to lunch and then hit the road. I still got to buy books and find out where my classes are and stuff," Josh explained.

That would give Megan a few hours to prepare a special goodbye for the boys.