Disclaimer: All Drake & Josh characters copyright their proper owners. I just wrote this. Um, similar to Freaky Friday? Yes. Only to the point where Drake and Josh switch. Then it's my game.

Author's Note: Oops. Sorry for the delay in this chapter. I had my classes. Then American Idol started this week...so, hehehe. Okay, yeah. Um, I'm not sure how much I'll get to update this story with classes. It should happen, but we'll see how often I can. Okay, here's chapter four.

Drake woke up the next morning. He was afraid to open his eyes. What if things weren't back to normal? He rolled over on his back and prepared to open one eye...

"AHHH!" Josh came crashing down on top of Drake.

"I take it we're not back to normal," said Drake.

"What was your first clue?" Josh climbed off of his brother. Drake got out of bed. Things were going really bad now, especially with their dates that night.

"Oh man," said Drake. "We're still each other, and I'm supposed to go out with Claire and you're supposed to go out with Mindy, and now, everything is going to end badly."

"Drake," said Josh. "We can get through a date. Come on."

"Nope," said Drake. "I can't survive a date with Crenshaw. I might as well jump right now and just end it all." Drake went to open the bedroom window.

"Drake!" Josh yelled. "What is the matter with you? You're not the only one with problems. I have to go out with Claire. How am I going to deal with that? I don't know how to be you that way."

Drake looked at Josh for a moment and made to climb out the window.

"Drake!" Josh yelled again. He grabbed his brother and dragged him to the couch. "It's not that bad."

"Easy for you to say," Drake moaned. "Any man would rather be kissing Claire than your girlfriend."

"Hey," said Josh, "I'd rather kiss my own girlfriend."

"Okay, that's you," Drake replied. "I don't think you apply in that situation."

"Hey," said Josh. "Look, let's not argue. We still have to get through school again. We'll have to think about this after, and then get ready for our dates."

"Great," Drake replied.

Drake got out of the shower. To say he was ready to break the mirror because he had to go out with Mindy that night would be an understatement. He walked back into the bedroom and glared at Josh.

"What?" asked Josh.

"I hope you're happy," Drake responded.

"I didn't ask to switch bodies with you."

"I just want this night to be over," Drake growled. "Why couldn't you have just cancelled?"

"Because Mindy's already suspicious," Josh replied.

"Can't you change it from a movie?" Drake begged.

"Why?"

"Hello! Make out date!"

"Mindy and I don't make out during movies," Josh laughed.

Drake stared at his brother much like Megan had the day before, like he had grown a second head.

"Okay," said Drake. "Let me get this straight. You sit two hours in the dark next to a girl you're attracted to and don't make a move?"

"Yeah," Josh replied.

"Are you some kind of freak?"

"Hey, look at the bright side, you don't have to kiss Mindy during the movie."

Drake's face brightened at that.

"No I don't," Drake smiled. "Then again, there's still the end of the night."

"I don't know how you'll get out of that one," Josh said.

Drake headed for the window again.

"Drake Parker!" Josh yelled.

Josh pulled up to Claire's house. He looked in the mirror and made to mess with his hair.

"Man," said Josh out loud. "Now I'm starting to act like him!"

Josh got out of the car and knocked on Claire's door. A tall man who Josh assumed to be her father answered the door.

"Hi," said Josh faintly.

"You Drake Parker?" asked the man.

"Yes," Josh replied shakily.

"Come in."

Josh walked into the house and stood in the middle of the living room. He glanced around.

"Now," said Claire's father. "No funny business. Have her home by midnight."

"Yes, sir," said Josh. "You've got nothing to worry about."

"I should hope not."

Claire came down the stairs. She was dressed in a short mini skirt and small top. She was a bit of a barbie look alike. Drake didn't always go for that type. It just happened to be the one he chose that week. Josh sighed.

"Hi Claire," he said.

"Hello Drake," she giggled.

"Well, let's go," Josh said. He was freaking out a bit. Could he really spend a night acting like Drake?

As Drake was leaving the house, the phone rang.

"Hello," he said, glad his having to see Mindy was delayed.

"Hey Josh," said the guy on the other end. It was Drake's bass player. "Is Drake around?"

Drake sighed.

"No," he said. "He won't be back until late tonight."

"Oh, well, could you tell him we got a gig for tomorrow night?"

"Sure," Drake replied.

"Okay, bye."

Drake hung up. Wait a second. What if they weren't back to normal by tomorrow night?

He got into the car and headed to the Premiere. He had to meet Mindy there. Could he act like Josh?

Josh pulled up in front of the Premiere. Fortunately, their dates were at the same place. Then if there was major trouble, they could help each other out of it. He got out and opened Claire's door. Josh wondered if Drake ever did this. Maybe. Something had to keep all the ladies drawn to him besides just his good looks and charm.

He walked into the Premiere with Claire, and they chose a table. Josh sighed. He could not wait for this date to be over. He glanced up and saw Mindy walk in. He almost waved to her. Then he remembered he was Drake, and Drake would never wave to Mindy.

"Would you like a soda?" Josh asked Claire.

"Sure," she said. "Diet Mocha Cola."

"Sure thing," Josh replied. He headed toward the counter to get their drinks. He saw Drake walk into the lobby. He didn't look very happy.

"Josh!" said Mindy. "You look a little down. Is something wrong?"

"I just don't feel exactly like myself today," Drake replied. "I'll be fine."

"Oh," she said. "Well, if you're sure. I'll go buy the tickets."

"Great," Drake responded. He still looked upset.

Josh walked by and grabbed Drake by the shoulder.

"Hey," said Josh. "Turn that frown upside down."

"Okay," said Drake. "I do not rhyme. Do not do anything that would ruin my image in front of Claire."

"Oh fine," Josh replied. "As long as you don't do anything to ruin anything with Mindy."

"Fine," Drake sighed. He could tell that tonight would be very long.

Josh put up with Claire talking about her girlfriends and her dad. Then he put up with her talking about her tanning time. Then he put up with her talking about, for whatever reason, cute little penguins. Josh decided that tuning her out wouldn't be such a bad idea. If this went bad, oh, well. He'd save Drake from being bored to death.
The movie was about halfway through. Drake had feared that Mindy would want to experiment and make out like other couples did. However, she hadn't yet. He sighed. He hadn't really watched a movie in the theater in a while. He was too busy to pay attention to the movie. This movie was actually pretty good. Suddenly, he felt a soft hand slip into his. He felt his face grow hot. He was holding hands with Mindy Crenshaw! He was holding hands with the only girl he still declared to be "icky." Drake casually pulled his hand away. He reached for his Mocha Cola. Hopefully, things would continue smoothly. He was freaking out because he might have to kiss Mindy at the end of the night.
Josh finally tuned back in to what Claire was saying.

"...so, then I bought the pink top because I thought it went so well with the pants..."

Josh looked at his watch. It was only 10:30. Drake and Mindy would be out of the movie soon. Josh hoped that would be his ticket out of there. He glanced up and saw Drake and Mindy walk out of the theater. Drake was walking uneasily. It looked like Mindy was trying to get close, but Drake was preventing that. Drake shot Josh a look. Josh rolled his eyes. Drake was going to have to deal with this. After all, Josh was dealing with Claire.

Drake walked Mindy out to her car.

"Are you sure you're okay, Josh?" asked Mindy.

"Yeah," said Drake. "I probably just need to go get some sleep."

"Okay," said Mindy. She leaned forward to kiss him. Drake dodged her lips.

"Josh," said Mindy, "what's the matter with you?"

"Um," said Drake. "I'm just worried that I'm acting weird because I might be sick, and I don't want you to catch what I could possibly have." Drake was proud of himself for this excuse. Mindy looked at him.

"Fine," she said. She kissed him on the cheek.

Drake tried to look like it didn't bother him, but inside, he was screaming. She just kissed him! That was disgusting! Mindy Crenshaw! The creature!

"See you later," said Drake. "Really, I don't want you to catch anything, so..." He covered his mouth, to prove his point.

"Well, thanks for the concern," said Mindy, hotly. She got in her car and slammed the door. She took off pretty quickly down the road.

"What'd I say?" asked Drake, standing there, dumbfounded.

Josh drove Claire home. He really couldn't take the pointless babble any longer. He finally pulled up to her house. He got out and opened her car door. Walking her to her front door, he knew he was going to have to kiss her. He had to be like Drake. Oh, man. He was dating Mindy. Well, technically, Mindy had gone out with Drake. Oh, why was he trying to justify this?

"I had a nice time, Drake," said Claire. "Normally guys just want to hear about themselves. You're such a good listener. Maybe we can go out again."

"Uh, maybe," said Josh.

Claire leaned forward and kissed Josh on the lips. He felt a bit awkward since Mindy was his girlfriend. However, the last time a girl who was hot and wasn't his girlfriend kissed him was when he was wearing his lucky shirt and got kissed by a teen model.

"Bye," Josh said quickly and headed down the steps of Claire's porch. He got into his car and headed straight home. When he got there, he headed up to his and Drake's room. While walking by the bathroom, he saw Drake scrubbing at his face.

"Trying to rub your cheek raw?" asked Josh.

"Your girlfriend kissed me," came Drake's reply.

"Well, excuse my girlfriend for thinking you were me. Now stop that. I don't want to be known as 'The Boy with the Red Face.'" He turned and headed into the bedroom. Drake followed shortly after Josh.

"You know," said Drake. "A date with your girlfriend is pretty boring...just a movie? Come on, anyone can do better than that."

"A date with Claire is too," Josh replied. "All she talks about is herself."

"Did you kiss her?"

"Kind of..."

"Kind of?"

"She kissed me," said Josh.

"No! Josh! I always make the first move."

"Well," said Josh. "Excuse me for not reading Drake Parker's Methods of Dating before I left the house tonight!" He walked toward the computer. Before he turned it on, he noticed a message on the answering machine. "Did you check the messages?"

"No," said Drake. "As soon as I got home I went right to the bathroom to wash of the Mindy germs."

"I see," said Josh. He pressed play as he rolled his eyes.

"Josh," came the message. "It's Mindy." She sounded pretty upset. Josh shot Drake a look. "I can't figure out what was going on tonight. All I can figure is that you didn't really want to get back together with me. Why didn't you just say so in the first place? We could have avoided all this. It definitely wouldn't have hurt as much then as it does now. This is something I'd expect from Drake, not from you. I'm sorry, but we're officially over."

Josh stood there staring at the answering machine. He couldn't believe the words he had just heard. He slowly glanced at Drake. It was quite evident that Josh was angry.

"What happened tonight?" Josh asked in a growl.

"N-nothing," said Drake. "We watched the movie. She tried to hold my hand, but I kinda pulled it away, but that was it. She only really got upset when she had to kiss me on the cheek and not the lips, but Josh, come on. Don't overreact to this. I mean, it's just Mindy."

That did it.

"DRAKE PARKER!" Josh yelled. He dove at his brother and knocked him down on the couch. He couldn't pick him up this time as he normally did.

"JOSH!" Drake hollered back. Suddenly, the door opened and their parents were standing there.

"Drake. Josh." The guys glanced up at Walter. Uh-oh. "What is going on in here?"

"Nothing Dad," said Josh. "Just, goofing around."

"Well, keep it down," Walter replied. "We are trying to sleep, and so is your sister."

"Yes, Dad," Josh replied.

"Good." Walter and Audrey left the room. Drake sighed in relief. Then Josh dove at him again.

Author's Note: Let me know what you think of this chapter...I'll try to do the next one soon.