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: Sorry for the delay in updates. Okay, yes, Drake's playing guitar as a cover for Josh like in Freaky Friday. That's one of theonly similarities...I forgot about the test in the movie too. Hmm. Maybe it was my subconcious. Oh, well. Please read and review.


Josh looked in the mirror in the bathroom. His hair was fixed for the night, and Drake had showed him specifically what clothes to wear. Drake really didn't want Josh to mess this up. Of course, Drake had already mess things up for Josh, so why should Josh care about what happened to Drake? Josh sighed. He did care about his brother, but he was still mad at him for what had happened the previous night. Who wouldn't be?
Drake laid the guitars in the backseat of the car. He sighed. Was Josh's plan really going to work? Suppose someone noticed him playing backstage? Oh, well. It had to work. Drake waited in the driver's seat for Josh to come outside. He drummed his fingers on the steering wheel. Maybe Josh would calm down about what happened soon. After all, it was Josh. He didn't stay mad very long.
Josh walked out to the car. He sat silently in the passenger seat, clearly not in the mood to talk. Drake didn't press and started the car.

The drive was silent. It bothered Drake because Josh was barely ever this quiet. He couldn't take it. He turned on the radio. Josh sighed and looked out the window. Drake was full of guilt at this point. He just had to make things right.


Drake handed Josh one of the guitars and took the other himself.

"Okay," said Drake. "Let's go see what we're dealing with."

The two brothers headed backstage. There were cords and wires all over the place.

"Here," said Drake. He made sure his guitar could play, and Josh's wouldn't. "Now, all we have to do is wait."

"Great," said Josh.

Drake walked away. He found a group of girls giggling. He slipped back into his old "Drake Parker mode." So what if he looked like Josh? It was still Drake's charm and personality that would shine through.

"Hello ladies," said Drake.

"Hi," they replied.

"What are you three doing back here all alone?"

"We're wondering about the band," said one.

"Oh," said Drake. "My brother's in the band. He plays guitar, and he sings."

"Oh," said one of the girls. "I know who that is. That's Drake Parker. Oh, he's so cute. I would love to go out with him. I mean he won the talent show three times in a row. I hope he wins again this year...then it'll be a fourpeat!"

"Did you just make that word up?" asked Drake.

"Yes," the girl replied. Drake finally realized why this girl looked familiar. Quite often he would get an, "I love you, bye!" from her. Oh, well. It was good to be him.

"He sings so well," she continued on. This was all actually getting on Drake's nerves. Normally girls didn't get on his nerves. This was different for him.

Wait a second...sings! Did Josh know all the words to his songs? He knew "I Found a Way." Did he know anymore than that? Maybe the choruses, but definitely not the entire songs. Oh, man. Drake was ready to freak out.

"Speaking of which," said Drake, "I have to go find my brother."

"DRAKE!" Josh yelled.

"Think I found him," said Drake. He ran over quickly.

"Where have you been?" asked Josh.

"Just...talking," said Drake. If Josh found out who he'd been talking to, well, he'd never hear the end of it.

"Come on. You have to be ready for when the band starts."

"I know, I know," said Drake. "Look, Josh. We forgot..."

"Okay," called the stage manager. "I need you guys onstage. And you," he said pointing at Drake, "don't bother the band! Now!"

"But, but," said Drake.

"NOW!" said the stage manager. Boy, something was wrong with this guy.

"Yes, sir," said Drake, beginning to cower.

"What's the matter with you?" asked Josh. Someone dragged him onstage.

Drake shook his head. It wouldn't work. He had to fix this and fast. He called up Megan on his, er, Josh's cell phone.

"Megan," said Drake. "I need your help..."


Josh was ready onstage. He was about to get ready to start when he remembered. He didn't know all the words to Drake's songs! Josh frantically looked around. He turned around and almost fell over.

"Dude," said the drummer. "What's your problem?"

"I can't do this," said Josh.

"Drake, don't do this today. Can we just get through this?"

"But...but...but..." How could he explain this. "I don't know the words!"

Everyone suddenly burst out into laughter.

"Good one, Drake. Yeah, you forgot your own words. Thanks for taking a little pressure off."

Josh looked scared to death. Why was this happening to him? It was all because of Sheldon. He went to Heaven, and now Josh's life was bad. Josh thought a moment about his little turtle.

"Drake!" yelled the stage manager. "What are you doing? Get going!"

"Yes, sir," Josh replied. He stood up in front of everyone, ready to make a complete fool out of himself. No, not himself. His brother, Drake. Josh hadn't realized before how hard it actually was to be Drake. Really. He had to know all these songs. Guitar chords, lyrics, and the song order. How did he keep track of all of it? And how did he deal with the really talkative girls that he dated? That one really threw Josh. He suddenly felt guilty. He was going to ruin something for Drake.

Josh sighed. The band began to play. Drake was playing the guitar backstage, and Josh did his best to fake it onstage. He was supposed to sing soon, he just knew it. He didn't know the words to this song though. He glanced up and noticed when of the televisions were on. It was showing lyrics? Wait...those were Drake's lyrics! It was like a karaoke thing. Maybe things would work out after all.

Josh opened his mouth and sang the words. He could sound like Drake, which was good since Josh didn't think he sang very well. It didn't help that Megan told him he couldn't either. Of course, he did "Soul Man" with Drake at the talent show. Josh had no idea how Drake came up with that idea, but he was grateful to him for it.


Drake drove Josh home. It was pretty quiet again until Josh spoke.

"That went rather well," said Josh.

"Yeah," said Drake. "You faked that okay."

"Well, I'm glad that's over, and I'm glad you thought of running the lyrics on the screen, or I would have been dead. Of course, you had to protect your band."

"Well, you know, I don't like letting people down," Drake replied.

"Yeah, right. What about your teachers?"

"Ah, that's different. They assign homework. That's just asking for a let down."

"...Hey, I was in the TTT," Josh responded. "I assigned homework."

"And were you let down?" asked Drake.

"Okay, okay. I get your point. Anyway, thanks for not letting me blow it."

"No problem," said Drake.

"How'd you get the words up anyway?"

"Megan."