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: Yes, it's been taking me a while. Sorry about that. I sat down and wrote this entire chapter though. So, here you are. Not as comedic as other chapters and a bit short, but with all that's happened so far, it's not going to be. Things will pick up again during the next update. Enjoy. Remember, Drake and Josh have switched bodies...in case anyone is confused and lost since I haven't updated in a while. lol.

Josh was angry with Drake. Why did he have to ruin his relationship with Mindy two days after they'd gotten back together? Drake walked into the bedroom and noticed Josh's evil glare.

"Look," said Drake. "I said I was sorry."

"This is the second time you've ruined things for me and Mindy! Remember the wrestling match with Lucy? You know, this was my third strike with Mindy!"

"What are you talking about?"

"First, she broke up with me because I wouldn't tell you we were dating. Strike one. Then, we broke up a little while ago, for reasons that neither of us found significant but broke up anyway. Strike two. Now, you had to ruin it with your idea of "Mindy germs" and getting infected with them! Strike three!"

"Let's not use baseball terms to describe this, okay?" asked Drake.

"I think you're missing the point!" responded Josh. "Look, you ruined that already for me. If you fail the English test on Monday...so help you."

"...Okay..." Drake replied, backing away from Josh. "Um, this might be a really bad time to tell you, but my band has a gig tonight."

"DRAKE!"

Drake stared at the English text. Josh said he wouldn't help him out with his gig problem unless he studied. Josh also said Drake was lucky. After what happened with Mindy, Josh said Drake owed him...big time.

This was really boring to Drake. He'd barely ever studied for a test in his life, except when he and Josh pulled an all-nighter so he could pass algebra. Drake glanced at the clock. It was two o'clock in the afternoon. If Josh was going to help him with his band situation, he'd better be thinking about it.

Josh walked into the room.

"Okay, I know I'm in pretty deep right now," said Drake. He noticed Josh's, or rather, his own, eyes narrow (man, that freaked him out). "Okay, deeper than I've ever been, but if you don't come up with something soon, the gig will have to be canceled and I can't cancel on the band again Josh."

"Well," said Josh, "you should have thought of that before you ruined my love life. But, I have come up with a plan that will keep you good with the band, and no one will be the wiser."

"Okay," said Drake, leaning forward. "What is it?"

"You'll have to play backstage for me."

"Huh?"

"It worked in Freaky Friday."

"Josh, that was a movie."

"Yeah, a movie that's playing out in our lives right now!"

"Good point. Okay, fine. There's nothing else we can do."

"Right," Josh replied. He turned and headed out of the room.

"Hey, Josh," said Drake.

"What?" Josh turned around and gave Drake another glare.

"Thanks," Drake replied quietly.

"You're welcome," Josh responded and left the room.

Josh climbed down the stairs. He sat on the couch and turned on the television. Man, was Drake irritating him. Even the fun he was having in Mrs. Haifer's class wasn't enough to cheer Josh up now. He'd been answering questions right as Drake, in hopes that when things were normal again, Mrs. Haifer would think of Drake as having unearthed some kind of genius but watch it all blow up in her face when she realizes she's wrong. Actually, this would have been a fun prank to explain to Drake. He would have been all for it. At the moment, though, Josh wanted nothing to do with his step-brother.
Back in the bedroom, Drake sighed. He definitely didn't deserve what Josh was doing for him. Drake squirmed in his chair. He knew what he had to do. It was the fact that he didn't want to do it that bothered him. If he didn't, Josh would hate him forever. Why did this have to be really complicated? Why couldn't it just fix itself overnight? It seemed to have caused itself overnight.

Drake was slowly starting to realize that Josh's life wasn't all it was cracked up to be. He studied hard at night to get good grades. He even stayed away from Mindy the night before a test. As much as Drake couldn't stand Mindy, she made Josh happy. He was always glad to see her, which made Drake sick to his stomach, but Josh was his brother. That was what mattered.

Drake sighed again and turned back to the textbook. He knew there were two things he needed to do. If he didn't do them, he'd lose his brother's trust and friendship forever. Two things he very much wanted to keep.

A/N: I took the guitar idea from Freaky Friday, yes. But the problem was the same. I hadn't even thought about it until I wrote the problem out. Oh, well. It's out there now. Anyway, read and review. Hope you enjoyed this chapter, and things will pick up again in the next chapter.