Chapter #2: The arrangements

The week before the so longed Double Date, Josh was so anxious he had ironed the shirt he was going to wear for the for the date for the seventh time, while Drake, smooth as always, was sitting on his bed eating a bag of corn chips and reading a magazine.

"How can you always be so calmed? I'm so nervous about the date I can stop ironing!" said Josh now ironing the shirt for the eight time this week.

"Would you clam down? It's just a date." Replied Drake in a hasty way.

"It's not just any date! Is a date with Nicky." Alleged Josh saying the last words with a sort of high merry tone. "Oh! If only Oprah was here!" he said scratching the back of his head.

"What would Oprah resolve!" said Drake rolling his eyes.

"Oprah can do anything!" shouted Josh and his shirt suddenly burst into flames.

"WHOOAAAA!'' Gasped Josh, took some pajamas from Drake's closet and started slapping the flames with them.

"And he uses my pajamas as a fire extinguisher." Drake said as to himself, and continued talking to Josh as if nothing had happened.

"So where are we meeting?" he asked.

"You mean, the date?" asked Josh snuffing out the last flames from his beloved shirt.

"No! The pajama party! Of course the date Josh." Answered Drake with a sigh.

"We are taking them to a new place called 'Caribe's'"

"So, we're going Greek!" said Drake proudly.

"No Drake. 'Caribe' is the Spanish word for Ca - ri – be - ann." Answered Josh calmly.

"Oh, well…" said Drake disappointed. "Why there?"

"Because Nicky told me they come from Puerto Rico!" said Josh.

"How're we going to understand them if they speak Portuguese?" asked Drake completely confused.

"In Puerto Rico, they speak Spanish Drake, Spanish!" said Josh repeating the last word, as he always did, for emphasis." And they speak English too, so you don't have to worry about that!"

"Hi boob… bobber " said Megan looking at Josh, and then at Drake.

"So, what you guys arguing about?" she asked.

"We are not arguing Megan, we are only confering some exceedingly imperative points of view." Said Josh trying to sound professional.

"Jeez, I didn't know dating foreign girls was so serious." Reacted Megan.

"But—How d'you? But—and I… but we…" uttered Josh.

"Just forget it." Said Drake and continued to read his magazine.