The rings used in this story are the second pair of rings introduced by
Eric in his Finishing School story, not the original pair from my
original story Weird Wednesday. I'm not going to go into all the rules
for the rings this time, so if you want to know what they are, you can
read Weird Wednesday, which is on Fictionmania. Because these are a
different pair of rings, they do have slightly different characteristics
than the original.
SRU: Reverse Rings: Naughty but Nice
By Morpheus
Sidney wiped the dirt from his pants, frowning at the newly formed tear
in them. Wincing slightly at what he knew was going to develop into a
nice bruise on his stomach, Sidney reached up and double checked to make
sure that his nose wasn't bleeding. He didn't want to have to explain
that to his parents when he got home, though he knew that he'd have to
come up with some sort of reasonable explanation for his pants being
torn. And being attacked and beaten up by 3 bullies on the way home from
school wouldn't do. Even if it was true.
His parents were fiercely against fighting and always told Sidney that if
he was in a fight, he could have easily avoided it if he'd just tried.
The fact that he was jumped while trying to run away didn't seem to
matter much to them and he'd long since ceased trying to explain or
argue. His parents minds were made up. All he could hope for at the
moment was to convince them that he'd run afoul of another dog, or hide
it from them. Neither of these options suited Sidney very well though
since they would be lying, and he didn't want to do that.
Sighing, Sidney limped over to his back pack which had been
unceremoniously emptied onto the ground by his attackers mere minutes
earlier, and slowly started putting his notebook and school supplies back
in it. Sidney frowned, blaming his parents for the fact that he'd often
been the target of school bullies, especially Zeke Thompson. He was
secretly sure that if they hadn't stuck him with a name like Sidney, that
he never would have been targeted in the first place. Maybe if he'd been
named Hank or Mike, things would have been different. But no, he was
Sidney, and people with names like his were usually the target of
bullies.
That was the law of the school, or so it seemed.
Continuing his walk home, Sidney took his time, favoring his sore leg.
"I hope I don't get grounded," he said without much hope. If his parents
asked him what had happened, Sidney knew that he wouldn't lie
to them, and he'd get grounded for being in a fight. "First I miss the
bus, and now this," he grumbled. Absently rubbing at the bruise on his
stomach again, Sidney worried about what he was going to do when he got
home.
Getting near his goal, Sidney smiled as he saw 3 girls leaning up against
a rather beat up looking Camero, smoking and joking around. He'd
recognized them from school, being in the same grade as he was. All of
them were dressed up in black, and several nose rings and such were
clearly visible. They were a couple of the school's bad girls, and as
Sidney was passing by, one of them glared at him, giving him the finger
before turning back to her friends. Sidney shrugged, ignoring the
insult. He was used to it. However, one of the girls in particular
caught his eye. Casey Peterson, the girl in the middle, had rather short
dark reddish brown hair, too much mascara on, black lipstick, and a nose
ring, not to mention a dog collar around her neck. She blew out a stream
of smoke, and as soon as her friends weren't looking, she gave Sidney a
wink, nodding slightly in his direction. Smiling, Sidney waved back,
hurrying towards his house.
Though Sidney had seen two of the girls around school, he didn't really
know them except by reputation. Casey on the other hand was well known
to Sidney. She was both his best friend, and his girlfriend (well sort
of) though neither would ever admit it. Casey lived just a couple houses
down from Sidney, and they had grown up together. As kids they used to
spend a lot of time together playing, becoming rather close friends.
However in more recent years they had gone in separate directions. Casey
had gotten involved with some bad elements as his mother would say,
becoming one of the school's most well known bad girls. She was always
getting in trouble in one way or another. Sidney on the other hand had
gone in the other direction, becoming one of the guys that was
practically invisible in school, except to the occasional bully. At
school they avoided each other, not being in the same social circles and
neither willing to admit that they were friends with the other. But out
of school, when nobody else was watching, they were still friends. In
fact, Sidney looked forward to his frequent talks with Casey. She was
one of the few people that he felt confident with.
Taking one more glance back at the 3 girls, Sidney shrugged and hurried
into his house knowing that he was likely to be in trouble, but deciding
that it would be better to just go ahead and get it over with.
Relieved that his parents weren't home, Sidney quickly hurried and
changed out of his school clothes. He knew that he wasn't going to avoid
getting in trouble for fighting as well as ruining some of his good
clothes, but he could put it off for just a little longer.
Pausing at his desk, Sidney smiled at the half finished jigsaw puzzle
that was sitting there, feeling somewhat eager to get back to work on it.
Sidney loved puzzles, both because they helped him relax and because he
loved the challenge. There were several other puzzles of different sorts
sitting around his room, trophies of his triumphant solving of them.
Glancing back at his most recent jigsaw, Sidney knew that he'd probably
have it finished that night.
Sidney turned away from his desk, reminding himself to finish the puzzle
later. At the moment his parents weren't home, an that gave him an
excellent opportunity to go to the mall without having to ask them and
risking their refusal. Though he still had a couple puzzles that he
hadn't gotten around to yet, he wanted to look around for anything new.
That game shop in the mall usually had a couple of them, and he also
wanted to check out the book store to see if there was any new books in
as well.
Making sure that he had his money, Sidney briefly considered asking Casey
for a ride since she had her own car, then remembered that she'd still be
busy with her other friends. Shrugging Sidney headed towards the bus
stop.
Leaving the game store in the mall, Sidney had been a little disappointed
that they didn't have anything new. There were a few things that he
didn't have and was interested in, but he didn't really feel like buying
any of those at the moment. Shrugging he started towards the book store,
hoping that they at least had something new in.
On his way towards the book store, Sidney's eyes were caught by something
else. "I don't remember that," he muttered, noticing a new store with a
sign that proclaimed it to be Spells R Us. What had caught his eyes was
something in the window that looked very much like some sort of puzzle
box. He loved those things. Without stopping to wonder where the
unfamiliar store had come from, Sidney hurried through the door.
Inside of the store, Sidney glanced around, even more impressed. There
was all sorts of stuff scattered all over, stuff that he knew must be
antiques, though a number of new items were also visible. "Interesting,"
Sidney said, glancing around. Who knew just what kind of interesting
things might be found among the clutter. Then Sidney noticed an elderly
man behind the front counter, wearing what Sidney recognized as some sort
of wizard's robe. Chuckling to himself, Sidney guessed that this guy
must really be into his role.
The old man looked up and smiled faintly at Sidney. "May I help you
young man?" the Old Man asked politely, a slight twinkle in his eyes,
though Sidney missed it. Then before Sidney could answer, the Old Man
chuckled, saying, "You look like someone who enjoys challenges of the
intellectual sort."
"Um....I guess," Sidney stammered. Gulping he said, "I noticed the
puzzle box in your window...."
"Ah," the Old Man said thoughtfully, "I believe I have just the thing for
you then." Quickly turning around, the Old Man disappeared through a door
behind the counter, coming back moments later with a wooden box in his
hands. Gently setting it down in front of Sidney, the Old Man said, "I
think you might like this puzzle box."
Looking at the box, Sidney wasn't extremely impressed. It was just a
wooden box, though he could tell that it was definitely very well carved,
not leaving any specific way to open it visible. On the top of the box
was a carving of two peacocks, their necks entwined around each other.
The peacock carving was also painted extremely faintly, not noticeable
until Sidney changed his angle a little. He quickly changed his mind,
deciding that this box was definitely interesting, and probably very old.
"Nice," he said finally. "How does it open?"
Chuckling the Old Man told him, "If I told you that, it would ruin the
challenge now, wouldn't it?"
"I guess," Sidney admitted reluctantly.
"Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to give you a hint," the Old Man
chuckled, running his hand over the box. "The carving on top," he ran
his hand over the peacock, "is the clue." Then smiling, the Old Man
pushed the box closer to Sidney so that he could get a better look.
"I don't know," Sidney mused, definitely interested in buying the box
though still not sure. Nodding slightly, the Old Man told Sidney, "This
one is a little special. There is a prize inside of the box if you can
get it open."
That immediately caught Sidney's attention. A prize only made the
challenge of figuring out how to open the box more interesting. Sidney
was nearly drooling with anticipation. "How much does it cost?" Sidney
asked, hoping that he'd have enough. When the Old Man told him, Sidney
let out a sigh of relief. He had enough for it, though just barely.
Minutes later, Sidney was heading out the door with his purchase in hand.
Returning home, Sidney saw that his parents were already there,
cheerfully talking while his Mom was cooking dinner. As Sidney walked
past, his Mom turned towards him scowling. "I found your torn pants on
the floor in your room. What happened?"
Darn, Sidney thought, feeling his pulse starting to race. Hanging his
head, Sidney sighed and admitted that he'd been jumped after school.
"I'm sorry," he said, meaning it though he knew there was nothing he
could have done to avoid it.
"How many times have I told you not to fight.....?" his Mom started the
lecture and Sidney sighed, knowing that it wasn't going to be fun.
"...and you've ruined a perfectly good pair of pants....." When it was
over, Sidney slowly made his way back to his bedroom, grounded for a week
and relieved that it hadn't been more.
Getting comfortable on his bed, Sidney pulled out the puzzle box,
carefully examining it for any clues as to how it opened. He had to
admit that it was very well made, and the seams that weren't hidden by
the carving were so faint as to be nearly invisible. "I bet it was made
from a single piece of wood," Sidney mused as he finished his
examination. Smiling as he found one small section that he was able to
push in slightly with his fingers, Sidney carefully manipulated the piece
in and to the side until it wouldn't move any more. Then he pulled his
hand away, looking for what he needed to do next. Almost immediately
after he'd removed his hand, the section slid back into its original
position, leaving almost no sign of the seams.
Sidney was fascinated, wondering just what the trick was. Carefully
examining the section that had moved in, he then started examining the
other sides, looking for some of the same things he noticed. Though he
wasn't completely sure, he thought that he found similar sections on the
other sides of the box. However, none of them would move at all. The
only movement from the entire box was from that first section. Getting
an idea, Sidney pushed that section back in again, and holding it, he
went and tried the ones on the other sides of the boxes, finding that the
one on the opposite side of the box would now go in as well.
"I'm getting it," Sidney said excitedly, wondering what to do next. But
as soon as he moved his hands away, both sections immediately pushed back
out into their normal positions. He tried everything he could think of,
but he could only get those two slots to push in, and only if he moved
them in order, and held them in. "How do I get this thing to open?"
Sidney asked, beginning to get a little frustrated. Leaving the box on
his bed, Sidney got up and paced around his room, trying to distract
himself with something else.
Once he'd relaxed more, he remembered that the guy who'd sold it to him
had said something about the carving being the clue. Going over and
looking at the twin peacocks again, Sidney started laughing. Two
peacocks with their necks wrapped around each other. "I've got it," he
exclaimed, thinking that it was so simple. "It takes two people to
open."
Impatient to actually open it and see what was inside, Sidney briefly
considered asking his Dad to help him open it, but then decided not to.
This was something special, and he wanted to share his discovery with
someone who might actually appreciate it, or at least how much it meant
to him. That would mean waiting until he could get Casey to help.
Several hours later, Sidney heard a faint knocking at his bedroom window,
and broke into a wide grin. Only Casey ever came into his room through
the window, but then his parents never liked her in the house at all
anymore, calling her a "bad influence." Seeing Casey through the window
grinning, Sidney hurried over to let her in.
"How's it going?" She grinned as she came inside. "Heard about your run
in today," she quickly added before Sidney could respond to her opening
question. "Too bad, but you've got to stand up for yourself."
"It wouldn't do much good," Sidney protested, sighing as he did so.
"There were three of them."
Casey snorted, obviously unimpressed. "I still say that you should have
kicked those fucking shitheads asses." Sidney winced. That was one
thing about Casey that he didn't like. She constantly used profanity,
whereas for him "darn" was the worse that he'd say. "You can't let those
fuckers keep pushing you around."
"I know," Sidney groaned, "but they'd kill me." It was an old
conversation that they'd had many times before, and at this point by long
standing unspoken agreement, they changed the subject.
"So, you heard about that party on Saturday?" Casey asked. "It's gonna
be fuckin great."
"No," Sidney replied, shaking his head. "You know I don't like parties."
Shrugging slightly, Casey said, "Too bad." Then she grinned broadly,
adding, "Shit, you've got to loosen up a little. Cut loose and have some
fun."
Sidney sighed, they'd had this conversation before as well, and he knew
that this one wasn't going to be cut that short. For the next 15
minutes, they talked about Sidney's lack of interest in parties and
several other topics.
Eventually Sidney remembered the puzzle box and brought it out to show
Casey. "I think it takes two people to open it," he told her,
demonstrating as much as he could do on his own. "Can you get here and
here?" He pointed to the two spots that he believed needed to be pushed
in. Casey eagerly helped Sidney, especially after he mentioned that
there was supposed to be some sort of prize inside.
"Like this?" she asked, nearly catching Sidney in the face with an elbow
as they both struggled to move the sections at the same time. With a
audible click, the top of the box popped up slightly. "Shit," Casey
exclaimed, excited. Carefully they both pulled their hands back, finding
that the sections were staying pushed in this time, rather than popping
right back out.
Opening the lid, Casey said, "This is so cool," excited at having figured
out the trick for the puzzle box. It was a very easy one to open, but it
took two people to do so, which he thought was rather odd, but at the
same time very interesting. Looking inside of the box, Sidney laughed,
seeing that there were two rings sitting there. "The prize," he said.
"Or prizes," he corrected himself, pulling both the rings out. They
looked identical, each having swirls of different colors running around
them like a rainbow, or maybe a peacock, Sidney corrected as he
remembered the picture on top of the box.
"Fuckin awesome," Casey exclaimed with a grin on her face, examining the
rings in Sidney's hand. "Let me look at one," she said, grabbing one of
them out of Sidney's hand. "I guess they're probably meant for both of
us," Sidney said after he'd thought about it for a moment. "Since it
took two people to open it, I think that each of us is supposed to have
one as a prize."
"Cool," Casey grinned, slipping the ring over her finger. "Fits
perfectly," she said, sounding slightly surprised. Sidney just looked at
his for several more minutes before setting it down on his night-stand.
He wasn't much interested in wearing jewelry of any kind, though he had
to admit that it was kind of neat to get as a prize.
While Casey was starting to talk about her day at school, Sidney listened
but also looked at the puzzle box. Closing the lid, he heard a click,
and saw that the side sections were all pushed back out into their normal
positions. It was locked again. Shrugging, Sidney put the box to the
side so that he could give his attention to Casey.
After they talked for another half hour, Casey suddenly looked at her
watch, exclaiming "Shit, the bitch is gonna kill me if I'm late again."
Sidney nodded, wondering how Casey could get away with talking about her
Mom like that, though he'd long since gotten used to her doing so. "I'll
see ya later," Casey said, already climbing out the window. Pausing for
a second, she blew Sidney a kiss and warned him, "Be careful tomorrow. I
heard that asshole Zeke is gonna try jumping you before class."
Then with that she was out the window and gone. Sidney smiled, thankful
for her warning as he closed the window back up. Glancing back towards
his clock, Sidney realized that it was already his own bed time and one
of his parents would probably be up to tell him so within a few minutes.
Shrugging Sidney started to get ready for bed, trying to think of how he
could avoid Zeke Thompson in the morning.
Sneaking past Zeke in the morning was no problem for Sidney, since he
knew what to expect. Once again he thanked Casey for the warning,
knowing that it not only saved him from some pain, but probably another
grounding as well. As Sidney hurried to his class, he felt cheerful and
excited, reminding himself that it was Friday and the weekend was just
about there. Sure he was grounded, but he wasn't planning on going any
place anyway.
For most of the day, Sidney remained careful though, looking around
corners and keeping an eye out for Zeke or any of his friends. Sidney
knew that they weren't likely to be happy at his having spoiled there
fun, and might try looking for sometime during the day. Unfortunately
Sidney's suspicions were proven correct when Zeke and one of his friends
had cornered him during lunch, spitting into his food tray and making
sure that he left lunch hungry. As annoyed and hungry as he was though,
Sidney left the lunch room relieved that he hadn't actually been hit for
once. But who knows, he reminded himself, there was still the
possibility of after school as well.
When Saturday morning rolled around, Sidney tried to sleep in as long as
he could before eventually crawling out of bed, careful of the bruise on
his stomach from two days earlier, and of the fresher bruises on his arm
from after school the day before. Sidney thought it was fortunate that
this time he hadn't torn any clothes or left any signs that he'd been in
a fight. Getting grounded for another couple weeks wasn't something that
he wanted to face.
Since he was grounded, Sidney saw no reason to hurry about getting up,
except for the cartoon's that he always watched on Saturday's. Though
Casey often gave him a bit of a hard time for watching cartoons, Sidney
thought that they were amusing and enjoyed it. Once the last of the
cartoons were over, Sidney went back to his room, to read some more Moby
Dick, and work on his jigsaw puzzle.
The day went by slowly for Sidney, until early in the afternoon when his
parents had taken off to get groceries. Almost as soon as Sidney's
parents were gone, Casey knocked on the front door and walked right in.
"How's it going Sid?" Casey asked, yawning some.
"Fine," Sidney told her, wondering just how recently Casey had woken up.
She still looked a little groggy.
"I was out partying last night," she admitted when Sidney mentioned it.
"It was all right, but that fucking slut Denise kept giving me shit. I
had to knock her fuckin face into the wall and teach her not to fuck with
me." Casey looked rather smug as she went on to describe the details of
her fight with Denise, another girl that Casey sometimes hung around
with.
"You know me," Sidney told her with a wry grin, "I just sat around and
played with myself." Then realizing the other meaning of what he'd just
said, Sidney blushed furiously, much to the amusement of Casey. "I
didn't mean it like that," he grumbled, adding, "I was working on my
puzzle."
"Sure you were," Casey responded with a grin, only making Sidney blush
more.
Sidney quickly forgot his embarrassment as he chatted with Casey,
relaxing and feeling better to actually have someone listen to him. That
was the one thing that Sidney believed kept them as friends. They were
always willing to listen to each other's problems, and they felt at ease
talking to each other, in spite of all of their differences.
The odd pair talked to each other for over an hour before Sidney heard a
car pulling into the driveway. Sidney glanced out the window, frowning
as his suspicions were confirmed. His parents were back. "I'd better be
going," Casey said, already moving towards the back door. "Your folks
might not understand." Then she laughed and gave Sidney a wink. "Then
again, maybe I should stick around."
"Get outta here," Sidney told her, blushing slightly at the thought of
what his parents might think of finding him and her at home alone.
"I'll talk to you later," Casey muttered as she adjusted her black
leather jacket, "but I've got to go and get ready for the fuckin party
tonight. I've got to get some booze." Then with that she was out the
back door, just in time since Sidney's parents were opening the front
door. Sighing he started walking towards the car to give them a hand
bringing in groceries.
That night, Sidney was putting the final pieces into his latest jigsaw
puzzle, yawning as he did so. "It's getting late," Sidney mumbled to
himself, glancing towards his clock. "I guess it's bed time."
Then almost as if an echo to his thoughts, Sidney's Mom called from the
hallway, "It's getting late dear and you should get ready for bed." Then
Sidney's Mom poked her head into his room, smiling sweetly and adding,
"It's already past your bed time and a young man of your age needs
plenty of rest if he wants to remain healthy."
"All right Mom," Sidney told her. With another yawn, Sidney glanced back
at the clock again, reading 10:56. "I guess I'd better get ready,"
Sidney told himself, getting up and starting his nightly routine of
brushing his teeth, going out to give his Mom a goodnight kiss on the
cheek, and then getting dressed in his pajamas.
Sidney was just climbing into bed, when he saw the rainbow colored ring
on the night-stand. Grinning at his prize, Sidney gently picked it up
and started rolling it around in his palm. Holding back a yawn, Sidney
slipped the ring onto his finger. Immediately Sidney felt a gut
wrenching twist throughout his very being, and an overwhelming dizziness.
Sidney's last thought was of confusion as everything blacked out on him.
His senses and awareness returned to him, though Sidney still felt very
confused and muddle headed. Blinking Sidney tried to clear his mind, but
it didn't seem to do much good, though he did realize that he felt rather
warm and nice for some reason. In confusion, Sidney glanced around,
realizing for the first time that he was leaning onto a couch that he
didn't recognize, and what was worse was that there was incredibly loud
music and people everywhere.
"Where am I?" Sidney asked aloud, though it came out slurred. Blinking
his eyes again, Sidney looked away from all the people around him, and
down at his own hands, being startled to see a bottle beer in his hand,
as well as a lit cigarette between his fingers. The fact that his
fingernails were now black didn't really dawn on Sidney, nor did the fact
that he was wearing several rings. Shaking his head slight, Sidney
looked around the unfamiliar room he was in again, vaguely realizing that
he was in the middle of a party. And a wild one at that.
A disoriented Sidney looked around at all the teenagers surrounding him,
many dressed up in black clothes and looking like people that Casey would
hang around with. And they were all dancing around, drinking and
talking, none of them seemed to be noticing him and how out of place he
was in a party like that. As Sidney started to go try and find some
answers about where he was and what was happening, he noticed that his
balance was very unsteady and very off.
Almost stumbling, Sidney started moving through the crowd of people,
heading to where he didn't know.
Just then, somebody slapped Sidney on the back, making him drop both the
beer bottle and the cigarette that he hadn't realized he was still
holding. "Sorry Casey," the unknown teenage boy told Sidney. "You can
have some of mine," and he handed Sidney a glass with some brown liquid
in it. Feeling rather uncertain and confused, Sidney numbly lifted the
glass to his lips and gulped it down, coughing slightly at the burning
sensation going down his throat and into his belly. But even though it
burned, it felt very pleasant and made Sidney feel even more giddy. As
Sidney handed the now empty glass back to the boy, he saw a bottle of
whisky in the boy's hand. A bottle that he then refilled the glass from,
with the same liquid that Sidney had just drank. "Want another?" the boy
slurred slightly.
"No thanks," Sidney slurred, bending down to clean up his mess like he'd
always been taught. The beer was half spilled and Sidney knew that he'd
have to find a rag to clean it up, but he grabbed the bottle and the
still burning cigarette and started moving through the crowded room
again. Still feeling rather confused and dazed, Sidney suddenly realized
that the stuff he'd just drank was whisky. That must be why he was
feeling so muddle headed and good, Sidney thought. "I'm drunk," he
muttered, wondering how that could be though. He didn't remember
drinking anything before that one glass. But what about the bottle of
beer in his hand, and the cigarette, he asked himself, not having any
answers. He was even more confused than before.
Sidney stopped at the door to the bathroom, standing behind one other
person who was also waiting. Frowning Sidney wondered why he was waiting
for the bathroom, then remembered what he'd planned to do. He'd wanted
to splash his face with some cold water and try to clear his head. When
the girl in front of him went inside, Sidney moved forward, feeling
rather impatient for some reason.
Absently Sidney brought the cigarette that was still in his hand up to
his mouth, taking a drag, and staring at the closed door in front of him.
It took Sidney a moment to realize just what he'd done, and as he blew
the smoke out, he was somewhat startled at how easy that had been.
Quickly trying to wash his mouth out, Sidney used the only thing
available, the remaining beer in the bottle. Sidney gargled the beer in
his mouth, realizing that didn't taste all that bad. But then again,
neither had the cigarette. Shrugging Sidney swallowed the beer, then
looked at the cigarette butt in his hand, burned almost all the way down.
Sidney shook his head, snubbing the butt out and wondering how he could
have smoked at all.
When the door opened up and the girl came out, the smell of vomit nearly
made Sidney want to empty his own stomach. Trying to keep control of
himself, Sidney went inside, dropping the cigarette butt into the
unflushed toilet bowl. Sidney shook his head, but the sudden dizziness
it brought convinced him that this wasn't a good idea. He blinked his
eyes a few times to unblur them, turning the cold water on. After
splashing his face, Sidney looked into the mirror and his eyes went wide
with shock.
Right in front of Sidney, reflected from the mirror was the face of
Casey. Her short dark reddish brown hair, her heavy mascara (somewhat
smeared), her black lipstick and even the nose ring. "Holy SHIT!" Sidney
exclaimed in confusion, knowing that what he was seeing certainly
couldn't be there. The shock suddenly cleared his head a bit, but all
Sidney could think to do was stare at his reflection, his mouth dropped
open.
Trying to get a hold of himself, Sidney finally looked down, seeing that
he was certainly wearing Casey's clothes, and he hadn't even realized it.
He had on a tank top shirt, black jeans with the knees torn out, and a
pair of black women's boots. His belly button had a small ring through
it and several small tattoos were evident on his body. Even Casey's
small but perky tits pushed out from his chest. "Shit," Sidney said
again, unsure of what to think of this.
Gulping Sidney tried to remember what could have caused this, though he
wasn't even sure what "this" was. What made it even more difficult was
that his memories were all kind of blurred and uncertain. In fact, the
last thing that he could remember before waking up against the couch was
getting ready for bed, but even that memory wasn't too clear at the
moment. Not with all the alcohol in his body. "Going to bed," Sidney
muttered, trying to realize what that meant. Then he grinned, confident
that he had the answer. "I'm dreaming," he said, satisfied with himself
for figuring it out.
Since Sidney knew what was actually happening, he relaxed, suddenly
finding it funny that he was worried about nothing. Unable to help
himself, Sidney started giggling, not knowing why he was dreaming about
being Casey, or even really caring. But as long as he was dreaming, he
decided that he might as well go along for the ride.
Staggering back out of the bathroom, Sidney made his way through the
crowd, amused at how many people kept calling Casey. Sidney made his way
to the middle of the room and got himself a new bottle of beer,
hesitating only for a second before he began drinking it. Thinking that
if he was going to drink in his dream that he might as well do it all the
way, Sidney grabbed a bottle of Southern Comfort out of one girls hands,
taking a gulp of that as well. For the first time in his life, Sidney
cut loose, his inhibitions already lowered by the alcohol made it much
easier to consume more. Before Sidney knew it, he was dancing wildly to
the music along with all the other teens.
After an hour, Sidney leaned up against the wall, completely drunk and
barely able to stand. Sidney giggled, feeling rather confused but very
good. He even bummed a cigarette off of one of the kids next to him,
leaning back and smoking as he listened to the music. "Cool dream," he
mumbled to himself, blowing a stream of smoke off to the side as he
watched a guy on the couch who was beginning to look very, very
interesting. Taking another swig of his beer, Sidney groaned then got
up, moving back towards the middle of the room, ready for more partying.
Casey looked around her new surroundings, confused as to what was going
on. "What the fuck?" she asked, realizing that she was in Sidney's
bedroom, and wondering how the hell she could have gotten there. The
last thing she remembered was being at the party and passing out. Waking
up on the floor or in some strange guys bed wouldn't have surprised her
much, but in Sidney's room? That was definitely strange.
Getting to her feet, Casey looked down and was startled to realize that
she was wearing some goofy looking pajamas. And more startled when she
realized that her tits weren't pushing out in the front. "Shit," Casey
mumbled as she quickly examined herself, immediately noticing that her
body was entirely wrong. The cock between her legs especially caught her
attention. "What the fuck's going on?" she asked herself again,
realizing that somehow she seemed to have turned into Sidney.
"Shit," Casey snarled, deciding that someone must have slipped a little
something extra into the pot she'd been smoking earlier. That would
certainly explain the strange hallucination she was having. "This is too
fuckin weird," she said, "way too fuckin weird."
Casey felt uncertain as she looked around the room, searching for
something to drink or even some cigarettes. "Figures," she muttered when
her search turned up nothing, "even in my dream, Sidney's completely
clean." Disgusted Casey sat back down on the bed, stifling a yawn and
wondering what she was going to do. Then she grinned as she got an idea,
stripping the pajama's off looking at her new penis. "Kind of small,"
she complained, "but I've seen worse." Wanting to satisfy her curiosity,
Casey played with herself until she got hard, then kept at it until she
slurred semen all over her hands. "Gross," she complained, knowing that
she'd had lots worse. As she cleaned her hands off on a shirt, Casey
felt rather embarrassed for some reason. Almost ashamed, and that wasn't
something she was used to feeling.
Just then Casey heard a voice calling from the hallway. "Are you in bed
yet Sidney?" Sidney's mom asked, making Casey feeling even more
embarrassed, and afraid of being caught after jerking off. Quickly
clicking off the light, Casey crawled into bed, hoping that Sidney's Mom
wouldn't come in and smell what she'd done. When the door didn't open
and nothing else was said, Casey let out a sigh of relief. "Darn, that
was close," she muttered, yawning again. Since Casey felt so tired, she
curled up and let herself drift off to sleep, wondering where she'd find
herself when she woke up for real.
Sidney woke up to a pounding headache and was barely able to force his
eyes open, though he didn't really want to. Though everything was rather
blurred at first, Sidney realized that he wasn't in his room. He was
someplace else, and lying on a couch at that. Confused and groggy,
Sidney tried to ignore the pain in his head and the twisting inside of
his guts, glancing down at himself. Sidney was shocked to see that he
was half undressed, and more so to see that he was obviously not himself.
"Shit," he muttered, vaguely remembering the night before and realizing
that it wasn't just some strange dream. He felt far too sick at the
moment to just be dreaming.
Leaning over, Sidney emptied the contents of his stomach onto the floor,
feeling a little better, though not much. Once he was finished with
that, Sidney turned his attention back to his half dressed state,
noticing that some crusty dried stuff was smeared all over his thighs,
and his pants were down around his ankles. Groaning Sidney didn't
remember what had happened with that, and for the moment he was almost
glad. He wasn't sure that he really wanted to know.
With that Sidney put his clothes back on and stumbled towards the
bathroom, stepping over several unconscious bodies on the way. As soon
as he was there, he shoved the unconscious boy with his head in the
toilet bowl out of the way, then proceeded to empty his stomach of what
little remained in it. It was only when that was finished that Sidney
realized that he needed to empty his bladder as well. Ignoring the
sleeping boy on the floor, as well as the one in the bath tub, Sidney
proceeded to undress enough to relieve himself. Sidney barely remembered
to wipe himself when he was done, quickly pulling his pants back up and
slipping out of the bathroom.
Staggering into the kitchen, Sidney winced with every step, sure that his
head was going to explode. "So this is what a hangover feels like,"
Sidney mumbled to himself as he searched through the fridge for some
orange juice, remembering that orange juice was supposed to ease
hangovers. Not finding anything but an empty fridge, Sidney turned away,
wondering if he was in any condition to go home. Then a fearful thought
occurred to him, where was home? He couldn't go to his own house like
this, somehow looking like Casey, and he didn't really want to go to her
house.
Lost in his own thoughts, Sidney didn't notice the boy who was staggering
towards him, holding his own head in his hands. As they slammed into
each other, Sidney's stomach protested, nearly making him want to puke
again, and the pounding in his head was nearly making him want to cry.
"Whatcha where the fuck you're going," Sidney snapped at the hungover
boy, pushing his way past and heading back to the living room of the
strange house. "Who the fuck does that bastard think he is?" Sidney
grumbled, holding his palms to his temples.
Sitting back down on the couch, Sidney closed his eyes and muttered, "God
I feel like shit." Groaning he leaned back and tried to let himself go
back to sleep, hoping that the hangover would just disappear.
Minutes later, the boy that he'd ran into in the kitchen came over,
sitting down on the other side of the couch, though Sidney was a little
too preoccupied with his headache to really pay attention. After the boy
pulled out a cigarette, he paused for a moment, then held the pack out
towards Sidney, asking, "Want one?"
"Sure," Sidney mumbled, figuring why the hell not. It wasn't like it
would kill him, especially not if his memories of having smoked the night
before were correct. Sidney accepted a light from the other boy as well,
then sat back and took a deep drag, blowing the smoke out and wondering
just what was so nasty about cigarettes. He knew that he'd never liked
people smoking near him before, thinking that it was gross, but for the
life of him he couldn't see why.
Over the next hour or so, Sidney suffered in silent agony, while many of
the other teens that had been unconscious on the floor began to get up
and stumble around, the majority of them obviously suffering hangovers
too. "My Dad's gonna kill me," one exclaimed next to Sidney.
Shrugging Sidney wondered what his Dad would say about his being there,
if he knew. But he didn't. Certainly not since Sidney looked just like
Casey, and he didn't even understand that. Sidney had been feeling too
bad to put much thought into what had happened to him, but as he sat
there, watching the teens staggering around, he began to wonder. If he
was Casey, then was she him? Sidney ran through it in his mind, thinking
about it until his fading (but still present) headache forced him to
stop.
Sidney began to get annoyed at all the people that were beginning to walk
around decided that it was time to go home, even if he wasn't quite sure
where home was at the moment. He didn't even know where he was. After
saying goodbye to a couple of the kids that he'd been talking with,
vaguely remembering some of them from the night before, Sidney left the
house, hoping that he could make it back to his or Casey's house with the
way he still felt. "I don't wanna walk too fuckin far," Sidney muttered
as he started to walk down the sidewalk, stopping suddenly as something
caught his eye. A grin formed on Casey's face and he told himself, "But
I don't need to walk," Confidently Casey walked over to the beat up
Camaro on the other side of the street. Sidney recognized it immediately
as Casey's car. "My car for now," he chuckled, glad that he'd finally
get to drive it for once. He'd always envied Casey for having her own
car, and was more than eager to "borrow" it, along with her body.
The engine quickly roared to life and Sidney smiled as he made the tires
squeal before he took off. Though Sidney wasn't completely sure of
exactly where he was, he knew that if he drove around for a few minutes
he'd find some recognizable landmarks. And once he did, he'd head home
and try to find out what the hell was going on.
Casey felt rather uncomfortable as she sat in church, dressed up in
Sidney's Sunday best. Sidney's parents had woken her nearly at the crack
of dawn, telling her that she had to get ready for church. Definitely
something that she wasn't used to. Though she'd been completely
disoriented at waking up in Sidney's body, Casey had managed to keep
control of herself and convince Sidney's parents that she was their
beloved son.
At first, Casey was rather disgusted by Sidney's Mom. She was so nice
and sweet that it was sickening. Almost like June Cleaver or something.
But Casey did have to admit that the novelty of having a home cooked
breakfast was very nice, as was having a "mother" who actually paid some
attention to her. Having a father, even if he was Sidney's, was another
novelty for her since her own father had ran off when she was nine. So
it was almost in spite of herself that Casey started enjoying the
morning, though she couldn't get her mind off of her new situation and
wondering what had happened.
Trying not to squirm too much in her seat as the priest gave his sermon,
Casey wondered how Sidney could stand coming there every Sunday. It was
so boring, but at the same time it did make her feel a little better.
Though for some reason, it also made her feel rather guilty when she
remembered some of the things that she'd done. A church was not a place
that she thought she belonged in. Once the service was finally over and
they started to leave, Casey let out a sigh of relief.
Sidney slowly drove past his own house, noticing that the car was gone.
Obviously they were at church he decided. "Well fuck them," he sneered
to himself, deciding that Casey's home might be a better bet. Glancing
down at his rather dirty clothes, Sidney became even more convinced of
this.
Once Sidney had parked the car in front of Casey's house, he hurried
inside. In the living room he saw Casey's Mom, lying back on the couch
with a glass of something in her hand. "Where have you been?" Casey's
Mom demanded in a slurred voice. She's drunk, Sidney realized with faint
disgust. He'd known that Casey's Mom drank a bit too much, but to
actually see her drunk that early in the day was a bit much. "Well," she
demanded again, attempting to stand up.
Sneering Sidney snapped, "None of your fuckin business." Then he
purposely ignored her and hurried to Casey's bedroom, locking the door
behind himself. Once he was alone, Sidney sat down on Casey's' bed,
looking around at all the rock star posters and morbid pictures on the
wall. He hadn't been in Casey's bedroom in months, though it hadn't
changed much at all. A few new pictures and things, but nothing too
drastic.
"God I feel like shit," Sidney mumbled to himself as he began to get
undressed, wincing at the strong smell of vomit coming from his pants.
His hangover still hadn't faded completely, and he wanted to just crawl
up and go into a coma, but he knew that he couldn't do that just yet. He
had to find out what had happened to him, and if there was a way back.
And to do that he'd need to find Casey, whom he suspected was in his
body. After tossing the filthy clothes into a corner instead of the
laundry hamper like he normally did, Sidney started to look over his
naked body again, this time more thoroughly.
Sidney sat down again on the edge of the bed, staring at the pussy
between his legs. He'd never seen one for real until he'd woken up that
morning, unless he happened to see one the night before during that time
he couldn't remember. Putting that thought out of his head, Sidney
gently ran a finger over the strange slit, smiling as he did so. It
seemed so sensitive.
Sighing Sidney put a stop to his exploration, deciding that it should
probably wait until he'd at least had a shower. He still felt rather
dirty and didn't want to have to face Casey while being all smelly and
gross. Gently running a hand over his nose ring and then the several
rings in his ears, Sidney decided to leave them for the moment. However,
the rings on his fingers and the bracelet he was wearing all came off and
were set on the dresser. All except for the brightly colored rainbow
ring that he remembered as one of the prizes from the puzzle box. That
ring he kept in his hand, staring at it. Something about it had drawn
his attention to it, but he couldn't think of what that was. Frowning
Sidney figured that it would probably come back to him later if it was
important, so he set the ring down with the others and went to take his
shower.
Once Sidney had finished showering, he felt much better. Almost humming
to himself, he started looking through Casey's clothes to find something
to wear. Settling on some tattered black pants and a cut off Marilyn
Manson T shirt, Sidney got dressed again. Reaching for the black leather
jacket, Sidney put it on, absently slipping a pack of cigarettes he'd
found on the dresser into one of the pockets. "Shit hot," he exclaimed
as he stared at himself in a mirror, "now to find Casey and figure out
what the fuck is going on."
After walking the short distance to his own house, Sidney was partly
nervous and partly relieved to see that his parents were home. That
would mean that Casey was back too, assuming of course that she was in
his body of course, and that she was pretending to be him. Sidney
couldn't be sure of any of that, but knew that he was going to find out.
Though Sidney's first thought was to just walk in through the door, he
caught himself just in time, realizing that he couldn't do that looking
like Casey and with his parents home. Not with them disliking her.
Feeling amused at the irony, Sidney went around to the window outside of
his own bedroom, then climbed up to peer through it. Seeing someone that
looked like himself lying on the bed, Sidney felt a momentary surge of
panic, which he quickly suppressed. After taking a deep breath, Sidney
knocked faintly on the window. He only had to wait a minute before the
person on the bed sat up, looking rather startled then hurried over and
opened the window.
"Shoot," the person with Sidney's face said, "you caught me by surprise."
Then pausing for a moment, looking rather nervous, he asked, "You are
Sidney, aren't you?"
Letting out a sigh of relief, Sidney responded, "Yeah. You kind of had
me worried for a moment Casey." Climbing inside, Sidney asked, "Any idea
how this happened?"
"No," Casey said, shaking her head (or was that his head). "None. You?"
Sidney shook his own head, sitting down on the edge of his bed. For
several minutes they stared at each other uncomfortably, neither sure of
what to say so settling on silence. Finally it was Casey who broke the
silence, asking, "I don't remember much about before we changed," she
blushed slightly, "so what do you remember?"
Sidney thought about it for a moment and sighed. He remembered it all
right, but it was a little bit foggy thanks to all the alcohol that he'd
drank, though he didn't admit that. Instead Sidney told Casey, "Not much
except that I was just getting ready for bed." They both sighed, staring
at each other again, not knowing where to look next.
For the next half hour, they tried to figure out what had caused their
sudden exchange, with no luck. They each came up with several theories,
including alien experiment, God teaching them a lesson, a galactic hiccup
or even some sort of strange cosmic joke. However, there was nothing
proving any of them could have been the cause.
Sidney and Casey were beginning to get exasperated, then suddenly they
heard Sidney's mom calling from just outside the door, "Sidney..."
Sidney and Casey looked at each other in horror, Sidney mouthing, "Shit,"
while Casey muttered, "Darn." As soon as the door began to creak open,
Sidney dove for cover behind the bed, crawling underneath it and praying
that his Mom didn't catch him. Sidney's Mom came in and told Casey,
"We're going to Aunt Elaine's in just a few minutes, so you'd better get
ready." Then she turned and left the room before Casey had a chance to
say anything.
Climbing out from under the bed, Sidney couldn't help but smile. It had
felt kind of dangerous or risky to be hiding like that, and it had also
felt sort of good. Sort of thrilling. "Guess you're gonna have to go,"
Sidney told Casey, who was looking very uncomfortable. "When she wants
to go visiting relatives, there's no way to avoid it. Believe me, I
know."
"What should I do?" Casey asked nervously, having met Aunt Elaine before,
but not really knowing her.
Sidney chuckled slightly, advising, "Be polite, use lots of please and
thank yous, and other than that you don't need to do much but sit there
while she says how much you've grown." Casey groaned at that, while
Sidney chuckled. "Mom will be back here in a minute, so I guess I'd
better get the hell out of here while I can. I'll try to get back here
tonight." After a quick goodbye, Sidney climbed back out the window and
hurried "home." Lighting a cigarette and taking a drag, Sidney, felt
sorry that Casey would have to deal with Aunt Elaine, but glad that it
wasn't him.
Shortly after Sidney returned "home," some friends of Casey's showed up,
asking him if he wanted to hang out at the mall with them for awhile.
"Sure," Sidney responded with a grin, looking at the two girls that he'd
frequently seen Casey with. One of them had black hair and was several
inches taller than Sidney (in Casey's body) and was named Bonnie, while
the other was a bit shorter and had electric blue hair, and a ring
through her lip. That one was called Lee, though Sidney suspected that
it wasn't her real name. He chuckled to himself as he imagined that her
real name was something like Buffy or Tiffany, something that she'd be
embarrassed to give.
"Hey Mom," Sidney called out, almost sarcastically, to the drunk woman on
the couch, "I'll be back.....whenever." Then laughing at the look on her
face, they started towards the mall.
At the mall, Sidney, Bonnie, and Lee strolled through the halls, with Lee
sarcastically commenting on everybody they saw. Sidney and Bonnie
laughed at her sharp wit, glad that it wasn't them that she was
insulting. Bonnie on the other hand only made an occasional comment
about some guy that they saw, saying something like, "He sure has a nice
ass," or "He looks like he's probably hung like a gnat", snickering
afterward. Sidney just tried not to be out of place, finding it
amazingly easy to joke along with the two girls, laughing at their
comments and even throwing a few of his own in.
Sidney felt surprisingly at ease with his two new friends, especially
since he knew they normally wouldn't give him the time of day. In fact,
just a few days earlier, Lee had given him the finger for no reason other
than he was walking past. But now, it was like she was his best friend,
which he guessed she was considering that he looked like Casey.
However, after they'd walked around for awhile and window shopped,
something dawned on Sidney. He didn't remember seeing that place he'd
bought the puzzle box at, and they'd been through most of the mall. It
wasn't anywhere near where he remembered it, but Sidney shrugged it off,
only vaguely wondering if it had gone out of business already.
When they finally got tired of walking, the trio went outside the mall's
main entrance and sat against the wall, watching the traffic go by as
they smoked and made snide comments. Sidney couldn't help but giggling
at Lee's latest observation, thinking that this was certainly more
interesting that some stupid jigsaw puzzle.
Casey winced as the matronly Aunt Elaine pinched her cheek again. She
swore that if that woman did so one more time, she was going to get sick.
And Sidney's parents were both right there as well, looking so prim and
proper, and acting very nice. Sort of like how a family should act,
Casey thought in wonder. Even if they were a little bit Leave it to
Beaverish.
Once they had finished their visit and were ready to leave, Casey felt
relieved. Unfortunately, just as she was walking out the door, Aunt
Elaine had to get in one more pinch of the cheeks, saying, "You come back
and visit me soon, Sidney dear."
Sighing Casey tried to hold back her annoyance and force a smile,
responding, "Yes, Aunt Elaine."
"Promise?" the woman asked.
"I promise," Casey said with another sigh. But finally she was done and
away from Aunt Elaine. Now she couldn't wait to get back "home," where
hopefully she could talk with Sidney again.
However, when Casey got back to Sidney's house, there was no sign of him
and his parents were still there, reminding her that she (meaning Sidney)
was grounded. Fuming at her bad luck, Casey went into Sidney's room,
locking the door behind herself. Casey sat down in the chair next to the
desk, trying to think of what she could do, but nothing came to her.
Absently she found herself picking up a piece of the jigsaw puzzle
sitting on the desk and looking for where it belonged. Sliding it into
its place, Casey smiled faintly and reached for the next piece. As she
continued placing pieces into the puzzle, bringing it closer and closer
to completion, Casey realizing that it was rather relaxing. She felt
better already. And it was somewhat fun as well. Smiling to herself,
Casey put thoughts of her predicament out of her mind and focused all her
attention on the puzzle.
Sidney said goodbye to his friends as they dropped him off at "home,"
asking if he was sure that he didn't want to go out partying with them.
"Not tonight," Sidney told them somewhat reluctantly, "I've got some shit
to take care of." Nodding Bonnie and Lee took off, leaving Sidney alone.
Taking a quick look at Casey's house behind him, Sidney turned and
started walking to his own house. Minutes later he had climbed through
the window and was back in his bedroom with Casey. "How was Aunt
Elaine?" Sidney asked with a smirk, enjoying the scowl that Casey was
giving him.
Casey got up from her chair, staring uncomfortably at Sidney again, then
nervously mumbled, "What if we don't change back? What if we're still
like this tomorrow?"
"Shit," Sidney mumbled, realizing what she meant. "School." If they
were still each other, how could they possibly go to school. But then
again, neither of them knew how long they'd be like that. They could
wake up normal again in the morning, or it could be for the rest of their
lives. Sidney sighed, realizing that they had better prepare for the
worst, just in case. "I guess we'll have to tell each other about our
fuckin classes," Sidney said, then frowned. Casey reluctantly agreed,
and they both settled down to get comfortable, beginning to tell each
other everything that they could think of about their school days.
Something that was made much easier by the fact that they'd been friends
for a long time and already knew most of what they'd need.
When they'd finished talking about school, Casey sighed, looking
nervously at Sidney then she cried out, "Jeez, what could have done this
to us?"
"How the hell should I know?" Sidney scowled, "It's not like I fuckin
caused this shit."
Wincing slightly, Casey said, "I wish you wouldn't swear so much....."
then her eyes opened wide and her mouth dropped. "Oh my," she muttered.
"What the fuck's wrong now?" Sidney demanded impatiently.
"Don't you see?" Casey asked fearfully. "You're the one that always
complains about MY swearing."
Sidney's eyes widened as he realized that she was right. "Shit," he
muttered, not having realized just how easily he'd started acting like
Casey until that minute. How quickly they'd started acting like each
other.
Gulping Casey said, "We have to get back to normal soon, or...." She
left the rest unsaid. Sidney nodded, knowing just what she meant. If
they stayed as each other for too long, who knew what might happen.
"I think I'd better get going," Sidney said quietly, glancing over and
noticing that the puzzle he'd been working on was now completed. "I'll
talk to you later." Then with that Sidney climbed out the window and was
gone.
Sidney walked back to Casey's house, feeling rather stunned at the
revelation. But now that he thought about it, he realized all the Casey
like things that he'd been doing since their switch. Was it her body
doing that to him, or was it something else. Not knowing, Sidney knew
that he'd have to think about it a little more, though he wasn't sure if
he really wanted to.
Stepping inside the house, Sidney was immediately confronted by Casey's
Mom, who was obviously drunk. "Where the hell have you been?" she
slurred, getting right up into Sidney's face.
"None of your fuckin business," he snapped, irritated at her bothering
him.
Then Casey's Mom slapped Sidney violently across the cheek, snarling
"Don't you talk to me like that."
Sidney just glared at her, beginning to feel very angry. Who the hell
did she think she was hitting him like that? "Get out of my fuckin way,"
Sidney growled, low and threatening. For a moment they just stared at
each other in menace, then finally Sidney pushed past her and hurried to
Casey's room, disgusted at the woman behind him. "Fuckin bitch," he
snarled as he locked the door.
Throwing himself on the bed, Sidney fumbled for a cigarette, knowing that
it would help him calm down. Slowly Sidney started relaxing, feeling
much better as he tried to forget Casey's Mom. Or his Mom now, he knew
with a dread, if he couldn't get back to normal.
Eventually Sidney relaxed. And as he was laying there, he looked down at
the two swellings on his chest, pushing through his shirt. Strange,
Sidney thought to himself, amused at the fact that he actually had
breasts, and that he barely even noticed them most of the time. Curious
about his new tits, Sidney started rubbing them through his shirt,
surprised at just how sensitive his nipples seemed. As they began to
harden, Sidney pulled his shirt off, glad that he hadn't been wearing a
bra.
Seeing his naked nipples, all big, pink, and pushing out, Sidney started
getting excited and began rubbing at them more. They felt so good, sort
of like a couple boners on his chest. Absently Sidney slipped a hand
down the front of his pants and began massaging the moist spot between
his legs. As soon as he realized what he was doing, Sidney felt a little
embarrassed, though not enough to stop. Moments later he was stripping
off the rest of his clothes as well.
Once Sidney was naked, he climbed back on the bed and returned to his
exploration, masturbating furiously and moaning at the pleasure.
Fingering himself frantically, Sidney brought himself closer and closer
to orgasm, unable to believe just how good it felt. When the orgasm
finally came, Sidney had to bite back a scream, being nearly overwhelmed
with the strange, but at the same time familiar sensations. Awash in his
afterglow, Sidney still remembered that girls were supposed to be able to
cum again right away, so he went back to fingering himself, wanting to
see just how many times he could orgasm in a row.
It was with a very satisfied feeling that Sidney went to bed that night.
Upon waking in the morning, Sidney was both relieved and disappointed to
find himself still in Casey's body. "Shit," he grumbled though as he
remembered that he still had to go to school. He and Casey had agreed
that they would go if they hadn't changed back yet.
After dragging himself into the bathroom and taking a quick shower,
Sidney put on some clothes that he thought would be appropriate for
school. Appropriate for Casey that is. Once dressed, Sidney decided to
try applying some makeup that he found on Casey's dresser. It was a
little easier than he thought it would be, though the makeup did end up a
little thicker than he intended. That was all right with Sidney though
since Casey's makeup was usually a little heavy and it didn't look out of
place.
Finally Sidney decided that some jewelry would be appropriate. The stud
through his nose, the belly button ring and the rings in his ears weren't
quite enough. A little bit more was needed, Sidney thought. Grinning to
himself, Sidney put a studded collar that Casey often wore around his
neck, thinking that it did make him look a little like a pit bull. Then
he added a couple bracelets and started putting some rings on his
fingers. He stopped just as he was about to put the rainbow colored ring
back on, thinking that it did look a little tacky. And perhaps a little
too bright and cheerful. Shrugging he left it on the dresser as he
started off towards school, looking forward to driving there for once.
At school, Sidney was slightly startled at the way the other students
reacted to him. Kids that would normally ignore him, or even push him
around, were now stepping out of his way in the halls. When he looked
at several of them, they quickly averted their eyes, looking in another
direction. It dawned on Sidney that they were afraid of him. Or
actually Casey, whom they thought he was. But whatever the reason,
Sidney kind of liked it. He liked that feeling of power, much better
than being the helpless guy that got picked on.
Sidney walked down the hallways with a new feeling of confidence. For
once there wasn't that tinge of fear that he often felt at school. That
apprehension of what Zeke might decide to try pulling. Instead, Sidney
felt like he was the one in charge for once. Feeling rather cocky,
Sidney continued towards his first class, looking forward to what might
happen there. It might have been a bit behind what he was normally in,
but it should be interesting, he thought with amusement.
Unfortunately Sidney's amusement quickly wore off once class began. It
was stuff that he'd gone through at least the year before, and he ended
up trying to keep himself from being too bored by making snide remarks in
class, much to the teachers annoyance. The next several classes that he
went to were much the same way.
When lunch finally came, Sidney went out behind the school for a smoke
along with a couple of the other kids. Something that he'd certainly
never done before, and a place that he usually avoided, but this time it
felt perfectly normal for him to be there. After finishing up, Sidney
went back to the lunch room and got something to eat, sitting down next
to Bonnie and Lee, as well as a couple other girls. While he was eating,
Sidney looked up and frowned as he noticed Zeke on the other side of the
room, hassling some kid or another. It took Sidney a few seconds to
realize that the kid Zeke was hassling, was himself. Or actually Casey.
Sidney watched the scene for several minutes, feeling rather numb, then
finally Zeke hurried off, leaving Casey alone. Looking at the girls
around him, Sidney briefly considered going over there and talking to
Casey, but decided that he couldn't do it at the moment. He decided
instead to catch Casey alone in the halls a little later though.
After Sidney had finished eating, he noticed Zeke was still in the
lunchroom, though Casey had disappeared. Just looking at Zeke made
Sidney furious. First that bastard kept pestering him, and now he was
messing with Casey. With a grim determination, Sidney started walking
towards Zeke, a malicious grin forming on his face. "Hey Zeke," Sidney
quietly said to the other boy, "I want to have a word with you."
"What do you want?" Zeke sneered.
Smiling slightly, Sidney was startled to see Zeke take a step backward, a
flash of nervousness passing throu