Disclaimer: I don't own anything about or relating to "Drake & Josh." If I did, would I be writing this fanfiction?

A/N: Here's interesting: "Soul Man" has just begun playing on my iPod.

Josh glanced at the clock a couple of hours later. It was six o'clock. He may as well get up now. He hadn't gotten much sleep. He was thinking too much about what Drake did last night. It had to be the painkiller. Drake liked girls. But Josh felt something in that soft and quick kiss. Why? He caught himself. It did mean something to him? No. It couldn't. Honestly. Josh was straight. The only type of love he'd ever feel for Drake was brotherly love. It was completely ridiculous. He laughed at himself as he got out of bed and headed into the bathroom to begin his morning routine.

The school day had never seemed this long to Josh. It was only second period, and he thought it would never end. He glanced over to the seat Drake normally occupied. Josh sighed. Did he miss him? Last night was getting to Josh's head. There was no way he really felt that way. Of course, maybe he did miss him at school a little, but that was because he was always used to Drake being there.

Josh found himself thinking about last night's adventure again at lunch. He wished he could push the whole thing out of his mind, but how do you push your brother telling you he loves you and then kissing you out of your mind? It's not that easy. Mindy joined Josh shortly for lunch. Maybe she could help. He'd never tell her what Drake did, but maybe she could help in a different way.

"Hello," said Mindy, sitting down. "How's Drake?"

"Oh," said Josh. "He's fine. Those pain pills really make him a different person, though."

"I hear some can do that," Mindy replied. "Serves him right for acting like an idiot on those stairs. He's lucky he just hurt his elbow."

"Right," said Josh. "Listen, Mindy. I need help with something."

"Oh, really? What?"

"Well...see..." How could Josh put this? "See, I have a friend..." Right. Because that always works. "And he was at this party, and one of the other guys got drunk. The drunken guy then told my friend he loved him, and he kissed him."

"And...?" asked Mindy.

"Does that mean the drunken guy really does like my friend?"

"Well...maybe there's some hidden emotion that the alcohol brought out...but then again, maybe not. People tend to make very bad judgements under the influence of alcohol. Maybe some other idiot dared him to do it too."

"You're right," said Josh. Although, he wondered if the alcohol situation could really compare to what was in those painkillers. He squirmed in his seat. "But what if my friend felt something in that kiss? Does that make him gay?"

"Do you want to dump this guy as a friend just because he's gay?"

"Oh, no. Of course not," said Josh. "I just want to help him feel better about the situation." Normally Josh was a very bad liar. However, he did not want Mindy to figure out what he was really asking. That would not be good.

"Well," said Mindy. "If he felt something, maybe he should think about the way he does feel about this other guy. Is it really just a friendship or are there more emotions below the surface? He's gotta ask himself those questions."

"Hmm," said Josh. "Yeah, you're probably right. I'll talk to him about it. Thanks, Mindy." Josh hated lying to his girlfriend, but the alternative option of telling her it was actually him and Drake would be much worse. He was surprised she hadn't caught it. Then again, he was dating her, so why would she think he'd question his sexuality? The problem now was that Mindy's reply meant Josh had to continue to focus on his feelings about that kiss before he arrived at an answer.

Josh was working at the Premiere later that day. Things hadn't been going well so far. First, he'd been selling tickets, and he refused to sell two twelve-year-old boys tickets to a movie that was rated PG-13. They'd kicked him. Then he went to work the candy counter, and the popcorn machine broke down. So he had to deal with the customers who were upset about not getting their popcorn for their movie.

He wished his shift was over. Then he could go home, take a nice hot shower, and do his homework. However, he still had about another hour and a half to work. Josh sighed. Maybe he didn't really want to go home anyway. That would mean looking at Drake and thinking about what happened the previous night. Josh wondered if Drake even remembered what he did. He had been under some heavy medication. Maybe he didn't recall.

Josh glanced up to see Katie Laden walk into the Premiere. Josh remembered that Drake was supposed to go on a date with her this weekend; however, Audrey said that if Drake couldn't go to school, he couldn't go on a date. Drake was upset with this and protested for a while until his mom told him he wouldn't be dating for another week after that if he didn't stop arguing with her. He quieted down after that, but he still mumbled something about "stupid stairs" after his conversation with his mother.

"Hi, Josh," said Katie, walking up to the candy counter.

"Hi," Josh responded.

"I heard what happened to Drake. I feel so bad that he has to miss our date now. Is he okay? Will he be back at school soon?"

"He's fine," Josh said. "And he'll be back at school on Monday."

"Oh, good. He promised me we'd go to whatever movie I wanted. Although, I doubt we'd actually watch it," she giggled.

"Oh, right," said Josh. He didn't know why, but he felt a strange burning sensation in his stomach when Katie mentioned not watching the movie. Whoa. That sounded like he was jealous, but he couldn't be. If he really was, that would mean he was gay, and Josh wasn't ready to accept that yet. He had to first look at his feelings and determine whether they were really true or not, like Mindy said. Besides, this had just happened last night. There was a possibility that he was just worrying himself over nothing. He'd done it many times in the past. This time might not be any different.

"Anyway," said Katie. "I really need to get going. I've got things to do today," she said, as if Josh were holding her up.

"Okay," said Josh. "See you later."

Katie left the Premiere, and Josh went back to wiping down the counter. He noticed a number of girls walk through the movie theater that Drake had dated or kissed or both. Josh felt that burning feeling in the bottom of his stomach again. Did that seriously mean he was jealous? Josh felt confused. He didn't know where to turn. Who could help him with this? Maybe if he knew what Drake was actually thinking when the kiss happened, it'd be easier for Josh to figure out his feelings. Yes, that was a good idea. When he got home, he could casually ask Drake what happened. Maybe Drake's response would help Josh. Drake didn't think he needed the pain medication today, so he tried to go without it. He would be much easier to deal with without being completely loopy.

Even though Josh had decided to question Drake about what happened first, he still wondered what would happen. What exactly would Drake say? How would Josh respond to what he said? Did Drake even know what he was doing when he kissed him? That medication made your mind crazy. Josh sighed. Everytime he came nearer to a breakthrough, the solution was still far away.

A/N: This focuses mostly on Josh's feelings. You'll see why when he talks to Drake in tomorrow's chapter.