The next morning had risen in all of San Dieo. Josh awoke with a yawn, and he looked to see Drake's empty bed, obviously missing him. While it was a little more quiet with hin living with his biological father, Josh still missed him and he wished that he would come home already, becaue he was feeling a little sad at Drake's moving.

One one hand, it was a more quiet, but on the other hand, he missed Drake's guitar playing, along with him playing the drums, and bongos with his multi-talented in music. "Man. I need ya back, Drake."

It was just then, Megan came in the room and she squirted him with some kind of soft drink with a squirt gun, making Josh yelp in surprise like a spooked dog or a cat, much to the little girl's joy and pleasure. Leave it to an evil girl named Megan Parker to cause mayhem and prabsj on her own brothers. "Morning, Josh." she sang.

"Graah! Megan! What was that for?"

"Nothing. Just thought I woke you up with a little surprise I cooked up just for you."

Josh smelled the liquid on his arm where it sprayed on, and he asked: "is this root beer?"

"Uh-huh."

"You really making me and Drake miserable, do you?" Josh looked unamused and annoyed with Megan's usual pranking."

"Yeah, it's a guilty pleasure of mine. Speaking of Drake, can-"

"No! Mom and dad made it clear that you cannot have Drake's side of the room, little g- Ah!" He he felt his face being sprayed with some more root beer from Megan, making him tumble backwards from his bed, and landing on his tummy on the wooden floor.

"Fine. Breakfast is ready anyway." Megan went back downstairs to enjoy her waffles with the family. Josh slowly got out of bed and went downstairs. He was greeted by his parents and he was overjoyed to have some waffles with butter and bacon on the side.

"Morning mom, dad." Josh said. "Are you feeling better, dad?"

"Ah! My crotch still stings like the Dickens, Josh." Walter grunted. "Although it doesn't sting as much as before when Drake first kicked me there."

"Look, I know you're still mad at Drake, but he didn't mean what he said about you never being a dad.,"

"Yeah? Well then why did he say that to me?"

"Because he was mad."

"Whatever. He should never have kicked me in the groin. Grr! I still can't believe he can be so selfish."

"Granted," Josh rolled his eyes: "Drake can be self-centered and he a little insensitive at times, but he's still a good guy. Besides, I bet he provably misses you guys already."

Audrey scoffed before replying: "please, I doubt that now that he lives with his cool dad. He doesn't Link what he's getting himself into with Derek. But it's Drake's choice. If he wants to throw his life away by living with his loser of a father, fine."

"Hey, Dad is a very cool guy!" Megan argued.

"Megan, don't." Walter sternly warned her not to do anything irrational. "Look, let's just have a nice, decent breakfast." Everyone did just that, and Walter got back in his wheelchair as he finished his plate. "God, the pain is unbearable!" he grunted some more. "Megan, can you please get me some more ice packs?"

"Yes, Walter."

"And Megan, can we have a little talk after you help your father?"

"Okay mom." as soon as she gave her stepdad the ice packs, she met at the di ing room table with her mother. "So What's up?"

"Megan, I know we probably been through this before, but... do you prank the boys at all?"

Megan's heart was pounding in her chest, but she knew that her parents were suckers when it comes to knowing her pranks or not. "No! No, of course not mother." Megan lied to her anyway.

"Do you swear you're telling the truth?" Audrey raised her eyebrow at her suspiciously.

Megan had her fake, sweet smile on her face to look as innocent as possible for her mother. "Come on, you know I am a good girl, and I was on the honor roll fifty times."

"Oh, who am I kidding? Of course you wouldn't lie to me." then she hugged her daughter to show more love for her. Megan knew that she had her again, and she was glad that her mother was gullible like this, thanks to her "little girl face".

Meanwhile, Josh was still missing Drake, but he knew that there was no point in persuading Walter or Audrey to let Drake come home, for Drake kicking his stepfather in the groin was the straw that broke the camel's back. He wondered how his brother was doing in his new apartment with his biological father right now.

At the Apartment

Drake was getting ready for the new day by taking a shower and brushing his nice hair when he got out. "Love in an elevator!" He sang. He dried his hair off with a towel and he put on some new threads to get started for this day.

"Morning, Drake." said Derek.

"Morning, dad." his son replied warmly. "I slept like a lizard last night."

"Heh. Good. So, you want to do anything fun today? Because I want to go to the store later and get some food here."

"Sure. Maybe we can go to Inside Out Burger?"

"Maybe. Or we can see another movie."

"Cool."

The doorbell to the apartment building rang and Frake went to answer it. He gasped with joy to see who it was. "Hey Drake."

"Hey Josh!" Indeed, it was his brother. "What brings you here."

"I just wanted to see what the place looked like." Josh said. "Hug me, brotha!" Then they did just that.

Derek noticed, and he asked: "am I interrupting anything?"

"No dad. Josh just wanted to visit here." Drake replied.

"In that case, make yourself at home, Josh." Derek offered to let him inside. "How are things?"

"Well, my dad's still hurt." Josh replied. "But I won't worry about that too much." He looked a little embarrassed and a little sheepish. "Drake, listen, I miss you back home. I know you're still mad at mom, and d- I mean, my dad, but I miss you."

Drake frowned and sighed. "Look Josh, I told you, they love Megan more than us anyway. They won't let me back in since I kicked Walter in the... you know."

"He'll forgive you."

"Bro, your dad hates me now."

"No he doesn't. Look. I'm sorry. It's just not the same without you." Josh admitted. "We have out ups and downs, but you're still my brother."

"Look, I'm grateful you miss me, dude. But, until mom and Walter say they're sorry to me. I'm not going back there."

"Okay." Josh sighed in defeat. "So, I don't mean to intrude."

"No, it's alright, Josh." said Derek. "You're always welcome here."