A tip of the hat to a Story by Flossy. Also I want to thank Dan Green
for his help on things 'Hebrew' as he calls them!
Mutant Enemy and Joss Whedon own the characters. No copyright
infringement intended in this fan fiction.
Another Girl's Life
By Eric
The story is set in the Buffy Universe Sunnydale where they live is set
on a mystic opening called the Hell Mouth. All kind of terrible or
weird things can happen here. The town is infested with Vampires and
other demons. This is set during the second season of the show. For
those of you who don't know the show here's a cast of characters.
BUFFY
Blond, sexy boy magnet. Supernaturally strong and swift slayer of
Vampires.
WILLOW
Brilliant shy girl, long red hair, average looking and very insecure
about her looks she loves Xander. World class Hacker
CORDELIA CHASE
VERY Beautiful and rich Teen Princess. Bitchy, prettiest, most
'popular' girl in high school. She's a little envious of Buffy and her
friends doing important things like saving the world, but will not
admit it!
XANDER
Class clown, good looking but a bit of a goofball.
GILES. 'THE WATCHER'
Very British, handsome but shy and scholarly in love with Miss
Calendar, his job is to advise Buffy for an ancient secret society
called the Watchers. They are based in London and their job is to
'help' the slayer!
JENNY CALENDAR
Sexy dark haired computer teacher in love with Giles, but getting
impatient with his reserve.
PRINCIPLE SYNDER
An ugly short unpleasant toad of a man - NO one likes him.
Prologue
Did she hate? Perhaps. One was her friend, at one time her only friend.
The other was a stuck up bitch that since kindergarten was nasty to her
and almost everybody else. Then she had been powerless, just a shy girl
with an overbearing mother. But she wasn't now. She smiled grimly, no
she wasn't now. She wasn't even a girl any more. Not really. What was
she then? An avenging goddess?
The thought amused her. Then what she would do amused her even more. A
second change would be required for the first to succeed. In a way it
was even more amusing, but not as emotionally satisfying. But you can't
have everything!
Yes, the first change was just. And also amusing. What was more
important? How would it end?
But did that matter after all? She thought and smiled pleasantly.
Though she looked like an average, sweet, ordinary girl. She wasn't.
Looks could be deceiving. No one knew that better than her. Now her
smile was not pleasant.
Chapter 1: In School
Willow Rosenberg was trying not to cry. The jerk had 'accidentally'
knocked her books out of her hands. Nearby Cordelia had of coursed
laughed and her court along with her.
Miss Cordelia Chase the queen of Sunnydale High School was tall and
impossibly beautiful. She was the second runner up in the Miss Teen
California Contest. Willow smiled sardonically. Cordelia was clueless
why she lost. No one else was. It was Cordy's unpleasant, arrogant
personality.
"Come on, let's go!" she ordered her follows, the other cheerleaders
and hanger-ons.
They all obeyed. They were all afraid of Cordelia who was the number
one girl in the food chain of Sunnydale high.
Willow got up after gathering her books, sighing. What a life!
What a life! She was the number one student in her class in grades, but
did that count? Universities and even Bill Gates had shown interest in
her because of her computer skills, but did any of the kids care?
Hardly!
Then there was Xander! She had loved him since they were 6. Did he love
her? Hardly. He mooned over every sexy girl in school. Still, she was
his best friend. At least she had that. Buffy kept urging her to tell
Xander how she felt, but she couldn't. She knew he would just laugh or
something. She couldn't risk losing what she had.
"Hi, Amy." she said as brightly as she could to her old friend. Willow
was embarrassed for feeling so sorry for herself.
Now Amy had had it really rough with a witch of a mother who had used
black magic to steal Amy's young body. But Buffy and Giles had saved
her.
"Hi Willow, how's the world best hacker?"
"Hacking away!"
Xander came bonding up like a young colt. He was SO handsome! Willow
thought, her heart racing.
"Hello girls, hey Will ? help me with my home work?"
She sighed, "Sure." She knew what that meant. He would dump it all on
her and then ignore her.
Amy moved away to let them alone.
Willow thought. If only she was beautiful! If only she was sexy! If
only she wasn't so shy, around boys - with Xander in particular she had
twelve elbows.
Her long red hair swirled and she forced her self to put into a shy
smile on her cute, but hardly pretty face. Her five foot one height was
a foot under Xander's.
They had a pop quiz in Math and everyone but her groaned. The highest
score any received was 50 percent. Except for her. She was sorry she
got a hundred when the teacher made a point of laughing at the other
students.
"Why can't you all be more like Willow?"
"Why? Do you think we want to be freaks without a life?" asked Cordelia
coldly.
"Miss Chase, you would do well to apply yourself? You have a good mind,
but are reluctant to use it."
"I do ? in important things, Mr. Brent." She smiled dazzlingly and all
the boys in the class went into a coma and all the girls burned with
envy. She rose gracefully to her five foot 9 height and the light
caught her long lustrous black hair with the 100 dollar hair styling.
As she regally and gracefully filed out of the classroom, Cordy was
aware of three things. Two of them felt good. All the boys desired and
worshipped her and all the girls were envious and jealous. That was the
way things should be. The third thing was not as welcome. She was
unnecessarily nasty to Willow and Xander. Willow in particular had
never done anything to deserve it and was hardly a danger to her
dominance of the social and political scene. They along with Buffy had
even saved her life once from a vampire. Well maybe Willow had done one
thing ? not her fault but she had. Cordelia had wanted to be friends
with Buffy but the slayer had chosen Willow, Willow of all people over
her! Why? She could have made life easy for Buffy in Sunnydale but the
Slayer had turned her back on her to befriend Willow. Granted the
hacker probably was useful with her almost magical computer skills, but
still she would have helped even if Buffy had not made the red head her
best friend.
Cordelia knew she shouldn't but she could not help herself. She went
over to Willow and in front of the kids from the class and in the
hallway said:
"Everyone, behold Willow the boy anti magnetic ? the boy repeller."
Everyone laughed and Willow flushed crimson.
Later they chanced to be alone. Willow asked Cordy.
"Why do you taunt me, Cordelia?"
"Because I can!" she said, feeling guilty. How dare Willow make her
feel such emotions? "Tell me, Willow does Xander still prefer sexually
every other girl in school over you?"
Now Cordelia felt really bad. Willow had gone white.
"Sorry Willow, I should not have said that. That goes beyond the
bounds."
Willow was surprised. She had never heard Cordy apologize before. She
made herself shrug.
"It hurts, Cordy because it is so damn true!" She hurried away.
Chapter 2: A New Day
Cordelia woke up with the feeling that something just wasn't right.
It was hard to say exactly what, but something was wrong. She opened
her eyes and knew for certain that something was VERY wrong. She wasn't
in her bed. Or her bedroom, for that matter. Looking around she didn't
see anything that was remotely familiar, except... There was a pair of
overalls lying over a chair. Overalls that were definitely and
infinitely memorable for their sheer bad taste and uncoolness. Willow's
overalls. Lying over what presumably was Willow's chair in Willow's
bedroom.
"Well, this is too weird. What am I doing here? If this was a film I'd
probably have turned into Willow - how much would that be my worst
nightmare!"? She thought.
She looked around for Willow, but didn't see her. Had someone slipped
something in her coffee at the Bronze and she went crazy enough to have
a sleep over with Willow?
It was certainly more sensible and as bad as that would be INFINITAELY
PERFERABLE to a body swap with Willow Rosenberg!
Cordelia decided to look in the mirror, just to make sure. Body swaps
just didn't happen. But then, vampires, invisible girls and demons
didn't really exist. Geez, whoever came up with all these well-known
facts had sure gone wrong with that one. It was just to be hoped that
he knew what he was talking about when it came to possessions and other
horrid subjects. So, Cordelia looked for a mirror. Willow's room could
be distinguished easily from Cordelia's merely by the fact that she
didn't have an even dozen mirrors artfully scattered around as well
being half its size. Finally Cordy found a mirror behind the closet
door. And then screamed. And again. And then for a third time, just for
good measure.
"Willow, honey? Are you okay?"
Oh my God! It was Willow's mother. "Fine... mom," croaked Cordelia. "I
just had a nightmare!" Which was like too true!
"I'm sorry dear. But you're awake now! Just come down when you're ready
and you don't want to be late for school." Said the mom who now was
CORDELIA'S MOTHER!
"Oh no," replied Cordelia in Willow's sweet voice, adding under her
breath, "we wouldn't want that, now."
This was seriously way worse than anything Cordelia had had to face
before. Being victimized as a cheerleader, attacked by an invisible
girl, kidnapped by the Master's minions, attacked by a vampire after
her blood - none of that was as remotely terrible as turning into
Willow Rosenberg. Not that Willow wasn't quite sweet, in her own sad,
unfashionable and terminally shy, uncool way. But to be her? Like,
forever? How much of a curse was that?
With the magical word 'curse', Cordelia relaxed a little. Of course.
This was, like, the Hellmouth. Weird stuff happened all the time.
Admittedly this was a little more... weird... than usual, but there was
probably a way to be re-Cordelia'd. She just had to get to the library,
get Giles to chant some spell or something, and presto! Hello,
Beautiful Cordelia. Goodbye plain, uncool, unpopular Willow Rosenberg!
Willow's wardrobe. Yuck! What a wasteland. Cordelia had yet to find an
outfit she could possibly considering leaving the room wearing. There
was nothing. Nada. Then, as she was about to give up and either stay in
Willow's bedroom for the rest of her life or go to school wearing
rejects from K-mart, Cordelia discovered something that verged on
wearable. A long black skirt and matching v-neck top. Not exactly high
fashion, admitted Cordelia. Barely middle fashion, but wearable. Of
course she would have to go to school wearing a barely watchable body!
What monster could have done this to her? And the thought came
reluctantly if she had Willow's body ? did Willow have her beautiful,
sexy one? If she did ? what would she do with it? What a nightmare.
Willow was so clueless! She would ruin Cordelia's reputation!
Calm down Cordy, she ordered herself. It will be okay. Clam down. She
took a deep breath and noticed with displeasure how small Willows' tits
were! A cups! Yuck! Where were her beautiful shaped C's? I am going to
kill whatever demon or person did this to me. But stewing wasn't
helping. She went down to breakfast. Glumly she clumped downstairs. At
least Willow's ugly shoes were comfortable!
Willow's mother was as she remembered - As uncool as Willow and her
clothes were so dull. But Mrs. Rosenberg smiled at who she thought was
her daughter and Cordy had to reluctantly admit it was a motherly smile
that made her feel strangely good.
"Breakfast?" asked Mrs. Rosenberg.
Cordelia smiled inside. Here was a change to pig out. Any weight would
be on Willow's body. It was so skinny anyway it wouldn't matter.
"How about some bacon and eggs?" she piped in Willow's soft voice.
"Very funny! Willow Rosenberg! Bacon indeed! You've been spending too
much time with your Gentile friends.
Shit! Thought Cordy, looking around at the menorah and other weird
things. I'm Jewish!
Chapter 3: An 'Interesting' day at Sunnydale High School
No one was noticing her. Of all the bad things about being turned in
Willow, this was perhaps the worst. She had walked right from Mrs.
Rosenberg's old Volvo (how uncool!) almost to the main school doors,
and no one said a word to her, or even looked at her, for that matter.
And she felt so short and insignificant! She was so used the admiring
or envious looks of people making way for her. She was actually being
bumped into! Now it was like she was invisible. Suddenly a muscular arm
was flung round her shoulder, and the voice she dreaded to hear the
most spoke.
"Hey Will, how about a little help for your ole buddy? Help me with my
Trig and I'll let you buy me lunch! What a deal for you!"
It was Xander Harris. Cordelia decided that being invisible and non-
talked-to was underrated in a modern world. Particularly when the only
person who would deign to talk to you was someone like Xander Harris.
The boy had even failed at trying to be the class clown!
It wasn't even that he was bad looking. He was kinda cute, but he
dressed so uncool and he was such a clueless clod he would joke about
winter sports to an officer in the German Army returning from the
Russian Front.
"Enough, already! Get your arm off me! I'm going to the library. See
ya." Cordelia blew him off. Unfortunately, Willow had obviously never
blown Xander off, and he failed miserably to notice that he had been
blown off by the master. Or mistress. Whatever. Also Willow's soft,
sweet voice was not very adept at being cutting.
"Right with you, Willow. Might as well say hi to the G-man. And maybe
Buffy's there?"
Cordelia decided to let him tag along. Getting rid of him would be way
too much effort, and it wasn't like HER reputation would suffer. All
the world was used to seeing these two super losers together. Like
bacon and eggs. That thought caused Cordelia to put a flush on Willow's
face. She still remembered 'her' new mom's lectures on bacon!
But speaking of Willow and reputations. Her mind was in Willow's body.
Where was Willow with her incomparably sexy body? She had to assume
(MAJOR YUCK!) that Willow was her!
"Hi, Cordelia!"
At the sound of her name, Cordelia automatically spun round, to be
greeted by a sight she never wished to see again. There SHE was. Her
body. 'She' was standing by Harmony, wearing an outfit that so didn't
match. Her lovely own body was wearing clothes that in no way could be
said to go together. Her stock would plummet! Her social life was at an
end! Something had to be done before evil Willow destroyed Cordelia's
rep forever! Still Cordy had to admit that it was a pleasure to see her
body! At least it was safe! And she was so beautiful! It was strangely
nice to admire her self from the outside!
But shit did she feel so small and insignificant next to her real self!
"Hey, Cordelia! I really need to talk to you!" called Cordelia, hoping
that if she snagged Willow soon enough, the damage would be minimal.
Was it ever weird to call somebody else wearing your own body with your
own name! Willow looked around, obviously freaked at hearing her own
voice coming out of someone who wasn't her. She was making Cordelia
look so uncool!
Chapter 4: Earlier at Cordelia's house
When she had first woke in a place she didn't recognize, she had
thought that she'd been kidnapped as part of some evil vampire plan.
Then she had caught sight of herself in one of Cordelia's many mirrors.
She was in Cordelia Chase's body! Being Cordelia was unreal! When
Willow was six, it was her dream to be Cordelia, or at least someone
very like her. But age and a better acquaintance had soon got rid of
that impulse - Cordelia was, to put it bluntly, a bitch. Still, there
were moments when Willow wished she were more confident and more
popular... and beautiful and sexy! Horribly shallow wishes, Willow
knew, but there you had it. She still wished it. Also, maybe then
Xander would notice her!
There had been a sort of embarrassed excitement while she dressed for
school. She was so beautiful and desirable now. She smiled brilliantly
at the mirror and the beautiful face of Cordelia Chase smiled back.
This was so cool! She had never felt beautiful or desirable before and
it was a real rush! Despite herself she turned this way and that! Wow!
What a figure and look at those tits - ER - breasts.
Willow went into in the huge closet. My God! Look at all those clothes!
Willow was stunned! Then she shook herself. It was going to hard
picking out something to wear from so much to chose from. She did her
best and at the end slipping on 2' high heel boots that Xander had once
said were so cool when he admired them on Cordy last week. She was
surprised to be able to walk so easily in them even though it was a
little uncomfortable. And the short skirt really showed off her
gorgeous legs - Cordelia's legs of course.
This was fun but she had to get to school and hopefully figure a way to
sort the whole thing and find Cordelia, who was presumably walking
around in her body, and get Giles to cast a spell, or at least find out
what was going on. At last she was going to find out what it was like
to be Cordelia. Willow's grin grew wider as she realized that Cordelia
was going to be in no way, shape or form as excited to find herself in
Willow Rosenberg's body. Well, it would just serve her right to find
out what it was to be like one of the underdogs in Sunnydale society.
She laughed. Would Cordelia ever be freaking!
Going downstairs, she was surprised to see that there was no one else
around except a sleepy maid. No parents. The maid said. 'Good morning,
Miss Chase' respectfully and she fixed Willow a low cal breakfast. She
looked slightly surprised when Willow thanked her.
As Willow left the house, she called out a farewell, but there was no
reply. Where was Cordelia's family?
It was kinda cool to get behind the wheel of Cordelia's Beemer with the
Queen C license plate and roar off to school!
Once she entered campus, however, Willow began to have doubts about
being Cordelia. Standing in front of a mirror and looking like Cordelia
was all very well, but Willow suddenly realized that she would actually
have to BE Cordelia; at least until Giles figured out a way to reverse
whatever had happened. Everyone made way for her and they smiled
nervously, afraid 'Cordy' would say something cutting.
And look at all the admiring looks she got from the guys! But being
Cordelia included talking to Cordelia's idiot friends. (Not that Xander
was a mental giant!) And wasn't that bitch Harmony coming this way with
her false face smile?
"Hi, Cordelia!"
Oh my God! Harmony had seen her. What should she do? She couldn't talk
to these people! But she smiled her best Cordy smile.
"Hi yourself, girlfriend." it was what Cordelia always said. But what
came next? Before she had the chance to say anything more, however, a
small, sweet voice called out to 'her'. It was her own voice.
Although Willow had been expecting Cordelia to be there in her body,
the reality of the situation was a little weirder than she had
anticipated. She turned and saw herself with Xander and felt very
strange and almost faint. Unconsciously she noticed that Cordy had made
Willow look more attractive than usual.
Cordelia expected Willow to wig, what she hadn't expected was Harmony's
reaction.
"Like, who gave you the right to talk to us?" Harmony sneered. "Get
lost loser! And take Xander shithead Harris with you!"
Cordy was dumbstruck. No one, in her entire life, had dared to say
anything like that to HER! It was horrible, utterly, being Willow
Rosenberg!
"Hey bumble brain!" answered Xander. "Aren't you due for your remedial
English class?"
Harmony and Xander glared at each other. Willow took advantage of the
silence and broke in.
"Um... Willow. I really need some help with my... math. I didn't like
what the teacher said to me yesterday!" Willow figured she and Cordy
had to get out of there as soon as possible.
Harmony looked confused. "Since when did you care what Jones thinks of
you?" she interrupted.
Willow suddenly felt more confident as now Harmony was shorter than her
and not as beautiful. It was kinda cool to be so tall - now she could
look down on Harmony. "Yeah, Harmony, but my daddy wants me to get into
a great school! So I really need some tutoring, so if you'll excuse
me..."
Before Willow could totally ruin her life, Cordelia grabbed the errant
hacker by her arm, and dragged her off in the direction of the library,
Xander in tow, looking mightily confused. Since when did Willow dare to
grab Cordelia? Harmony was thinking the same thing.
Was Willow on drugs?
"Since when does the High Queen Bitch of Sunnydale take any interest in
good grades?" Xander's attitude always pissed Cordelia off, but today
it was even worse.
"I'm sorry, like why shouldn't I worry about good grades?" she
demanded, attempting to look down her nose at the loser. But she was
way to short and Willow's face and body were hardly adequate for being
snobbish.
"Um, Willow? I was talking about Cordelia."
"Sure... I knew that. Sorry!" It was hard to apologize to Xander. Hell,
it was hard to apologize to anyone, but Cordy had a sinking feeling
that more had been changed than their bodies. The world sure looked at
her differently now! She let go of her own arm and glared at Willow,
the dirty body thief! But she knew Willow hadn't done it. Willow was
too frigin nice! Now she had to be! Yuck!
Willow found it totally strange to look down on her own very petite
body from her new height, also her long legs made Cordy in Willow's
body half run to keep up. It was kinda cool! But she knew Cordy was
going to very nasty about this when she had the chance!
As the threesome walked to the library, Cordelia found herself thinking
about Xander and Willow. She wasn't their favorite person, and did she
care? Like, no way! The two of them and Buffy were just not normal.
Freaks! Sure, they had helped her out a few times, but when all was
said and done, they were still just a bunch of losers. But... did they
talk about her? Laugh about her? She didn't care. Oh no. Not in the
least. She looked resentfully at Willow. Couldn't she slow down? It was
hard to keep up!
As the three of them entered the library, both Willow and Cordelia
looked around for Giles. However, the only person who seemed to be
there was Buffy, sitting on the table swinging her legs and looking
concerned.
"Buffy, please tell me Giles is around here somewhere," asked Willow,
rather worried that he wasn't clueing Buffy in on her threat of the
day, or at least giving her some lengthy lectures on the sacrifices a
Slayer must make. Buffy had often said they were the greatest aids to
sleep ever invented!
"He's not and I'm worried. I've been all over the school... well, at
least in the places he might be. Basically here, the faculty lounge,
and the... you know..."
"You went in the..." asked Xander delighted and shocked.
"But he's not anywhere on campus," continued Buffy, ignoring Xander, as
usual. "I've phoned his home twice and he's not there, or at least not
answering. And," she finished, "Ms Calendar is also nowhere to be
found." A sly look of speculation appeared on the others' faces.
"Ooh, Giles and his girlfriend have gone for a long weekend somewhere,"
crowed Xander, delighted at the prospect of peccadilloes in those who
should know better.
"It's Wednesday," Cordelia put in. Xander ignored her. Before he could
delve into his store of bad jokes, the library door opened, and a man
walked in. A man whom, frankly, they all would be quite content to see
boiling in a vat of something really disgusting and really hot! As much
as the four of them differed on other matters on this they were all in
agreement.
"What are you delinquents doing in here?" It was Principal Snyder. Oh
joy, Oh rapture!
"We're reading," said Buffy breezily, despite the total lack of books
in the ten meter radius around her.
"This is a library," added Willow, wanting to make sure Snyder got that
point really clear. "It's where the books live." My, it was so strange
to speak with Cordelia assured, lovely voice and be able to look down
on Snyder!
"Well, it's time for class. Why don't I just put you all in detention
and save time?"
Xander started to answer, then realized it was one of those rhetorical
questions. They trooped past him, Buffy last, and they heard her ask
Snyder, "Where are Mr. Giles and Ms. Calendar?"
Snyder grinned. Not a pretty sight at all. They all shuddered "They're
taking a course. In Seattle. That's in the state of Washington."
Buffy stopped walking out of the library, and the others started to
walk back in. "A course? What sort of course? Why have they gone on a
course?"
Snyder preened. That wasn't a pretty sight either. "I felt they needed
a little help when it came to teamwork, and how to work together as a
faculty. The course will teach them the benefits of structure and
discipline."
"Oh, like Giles doesn't do structure and discipline enough," moaned
Buffy under her breath.
"What was that, Summers?"
"Nothing."
"I'm watching you, Summers. One misstep, and you're out. And that goes
for all of you. Don't think I don't see your little conspiracies and
anarchic plans!"
"God, paranoid much?" remarked Cordelia, and then fell silent at the
strange looks the others gave her. Oops! Must remember, you're being
Willow for now. Don't say anything to the point. And what was she going
to do now? She had to think!
"When will they be back?" Cordelia asked anxiously.
"If it's any of your business, Rosenberg, in two weeks!" He managed to
make the name 'Rosenberg' like a curse.
My God, thought Cordelia, two weeks as the pathetic loser Willow
Rosenberg! Why did God hate her so? And it was strange she
instinctively felt that one of the reasons Snyder was so hateful to
'her' was he was anti Jewish!
Snyder finally left the library, herding the Slayer and the others
before him. They went to class. Buffy and Xander were absorbed in their
thoughts. Buffy had a great suppressed desire to dance and sing for
joy. Two weeks without lectures or training. Maybe she could have a
life! Xander was wondering what they were having for lunch as his mom
as usual had no food in the house.
Chapter 5: Giles and Jenny Enter stage Settle
The night before Cordelia and Willow switched bodies and lives the
teachers they were counting on to switch them back were in a hotel in
Seattle. Snyder with his useful 'thoughtfulness' had booked them into a
Motel 6! But Giles had dug into his own wallet and upgraded both him
and Jenny Calendar. A whispered conversation Jenny had with the desk
clerk and they had connecting rooms!
At dinner Rupert Giles, Librarian and Watcher of Slayers, was admiring
his companion at dinner. He wasn't the only eyeing the exotic Jenny
Calendar. She was a slim and beautiful dark hair woman in of about
thirties. She looked more like an Eastern European Princess that what
she apparently was. She taught computers and communication at Sunnydale
high school! With the exception of Willow she was the most skillful
computer person in the town of Sunnydale. Jenny smiled slowly and
seductive, glad that she was making Rupert uncomfortable!
She appraised Rupert Giles. He was so handsome and sexy and
delightfully shy. What was the challenge in seducing a typical male?
None! But a cultured, repressed Englishman gentleman like the librarian
now that was a challenge for any female! Besides, she had hacked in and
he had what the English call 'independent means' and from a very good
family. He was prime marriage material! Besides, she really liked him.
He also had a very kind heart and was very sweet and considerate. Not
like the men in her tribe.
Jenny smiled. Getting him alone for two weeks was a brilliant stoke of
luck. She made sure he had champagne with dinner and she took every
excuse to touch him and look at him with beautiful eyes she knew full
well were almost hypnotic!
"Are you sure Buffy and the others, will be alright? I hate leaving
them for two weeks at the heart of the Hell Mouth," he asked, trying in
vain to look away.
Her smile deepened. "Relax Rupert! I know Sunnydale is dangerous but
Buffy is there. We're just a phone call away. We deserve some time to
ourselves."
He cleared his throat. His heart was hammering away. He couldn't speak,
only nod.
Later that night, wearing a very sexy negligee Jenny slipped into his
room and before the poor male knew what happened she seduced him.
"I love you, Rupert," she said simply sliding out of her clinging black
silk.
She took him by the hand and led him to the bed. As Jenny had suspected
he was very passionate! They made out three times that night, each one
better than the first.
Unknown to Rupert Giles Jenny was a full blooded gypsy and VERY
SENSOUS! She knew tricks few westerners even suspect exist! He thought
he would be driven right out of his mind. Giles never dreamed anything
could feel so wonderful.
Both feel asleep well satisfied. Jenny especially had a smug smile on
her face. He had agreed to marry her.
When the wake up call came they opened their eyes. Then the eyes got
wider. They could not believe what they saw! They saw themselves! Giles
felt his chest with beautiful breasts rising and falling. They both
gasped and Giles tried to scream, but Jenny put a now powerful and
large hand over his new mouth. Somehow during the night they had
switched bodies with each other!
"How did this happen?" asked Giles, and like the scholar he was he
noticed he now had not only Jenny's voice, but also her American
accent!
"How should I know?" she answered in his very dry, upper class British
voice. "I want my body back if you please!"
"So do I!" He shot back, irritated. And his now long midnight dark hair
fell into his eyes and he automatically brushed it back.
Each stared thoughtfully at what used to be their bodies in a state of
bemusement and shock. Unbidden and unwelcome the same thought rose is
each mind. 'Did you do it?' Each could feel it mirrored in the staring
eyes. They balanced on the edge of argument and hysteria. Three things
saved them. Each believed that they could trust the other. Neither
thought that the other had anywhere this kind of magic power and they
both had a pressing need to go to the bathroom and piss. This was the
main factor that saved them from accusations! So further argument and
ill feelings were avoided by the needs to go to the bathroom!
"You use the one in my room, Rupert!" Jenny ordered. "I'll be in
shortly to help you get ready. Or do you know how to put on make up or
what to wear?"
"Very amusing! Hardly! But how will you do dressing as a man?"
She smiled ruefully. "Rupert, everyday in all the months I've known you
I've never seen you wear anything but a dull tweed suit and a white
shirt! My tasks will be easy. Men dress so cowardly and so dully. Now I
want you to be a good girl," he frowned with her pretty face. "and take
a shower and wash my hair. All the toiletries are laid out. Be sure and
use a conditioner as I don't want tangles or split ends!"
Giles looked like he was about to protest but reluctantly nodded and
later found the routine had soothing effects as his new body seemed to
expect it. In the present he had to admit that Jenny was making good
sense, besides he didn't have time to argue ? he really had to go! He
hurried on her black, lacey robe and stumbled a bit in her high heels
she had wore to seduce him and hurried to her room with his new lovely
dark complexion face red with embarrassment. His blander felt like it
was ready to burst!
Jenny thought it very easy to piss in a male body, while Giles grumbled
at the mess and having to wipe. But he did greatly enjoy the shower.
Jenny's body felt so good under slim fingers. He had never felt so
alive in his own body. Not unsurprisingly his new long dark thick hair
took forever to dry!
Later with her help he got dressed and made up.
"Jenny, your shoes are really uncomfortable! And bras really are the
living end!"
She turned away to hide her smile.
"Get use to it, Rupert. I still wonder though if we should go to the
conference?"
Giles sighed. It felt really weird to feel his new breasts expand
against the bra.
"I wonder too, but I think we should go. Maybe who ever did this to us
will be there? Besides, I know Snyder with his Gestapo mentality has
arranged to be informed if we fail to show."
Jenny pushed back Giles's glasses with the same gesture that he
habitually did and nodded.
Giles walked as best he could on the two inch heels. It was truly weird
to go down to the conference in Jenny's body. All the men staring at
him and it made him feel strange. Women were pointedly ignoring him. It
was a different world!
The lecture was on student control and how to enforce discipline, which
was what they expected from any seminar chosen by Snyder!
Neither one listened to the lectures. And they were not alone, every
teacher feels they already know everything! Giles and Jenny whispered
to each other. Neither one knew how it happened, by the time of the
break they believed each other that neither one was responsible.
For Giles it was weird to cross one very shapely panty hose leg over
each other, every move in Jenny's sensuous body felt so strange. Jenny
found Giles's body very boring, but it was nice to be strong and not
have men patronize her. Also, she hated to admit it, but Giles's
clothes were very comfortable.
They cut 'class' after lunch. Both felt like they had been let out of
prison. Jenny went to her computer (she was a techno witch!) and
continued her search on body switching. Giles had Jenny, pretending to
be him call up a colleague at the high school and had some of his magic
books air freighted to them. They decided not to tell Buffy as she had
enough worries being the slayer and as for telling anyone else ? what
was the point?
But Giles pretending to be Jenny did talk to her and discovered that
everything was all right and nothing unusual was happening.
"Tell Giles not to hurry back!" was the beautiful Slayer's last words.
Despite himself Giles laughed. Same old Buffy! Then he managed a
conversation with Amy and she seemed normal and reported there was no
sigh of her mother. She even gave the correct cord word they had
decided on to make sure that she was really Amy!
"Anything wrong, Miss Calendar?" She asked, sounding worried.
Giles had no attention in worrying her. The poor girl had been through
enough and the thought there was another person or thing switching
bodies around would be cruel if he told her.
"Yes, dear everything is fine. Giles said he forgot to check before he
left. You know what an old woman he is!" It hurt to say that but he had
overheard Jenny saying that about him once.
Amy laughed. "You said it! I didn't! Tell him not to worry! I'm sure my
mom is gone for good. Thank God!"
Giles sighed with relief as he put down the phone. At least Jenny's
very evil witch mother was unheard from and hopefully banished forever!
Jenny and Giles rejected the idea of informing or getting help from the
Council of Watchers! If the Watchers got wind of the body swap they
might even sequester them for life!
"I know of only one body switch from personal knowledge," Giles said
during day. "It was when Amy's mother stole her body to relive her
youth. I just checked with Amy and her mother is still missing. "
"That's interesting, but neither of us are the kind of monsters who
would steal someone else's life, Rupert."
"True. And Amy's mom was banished when her own curse rebounded on her
and besides, why would she switch our bodies? What would be the point?
I've talked to Buffy and Amy who she would want revenge on and they're
fine."
"You were careful and didn't tell them of our problem?"
"Of course not!"
"How did you know you were talking to the real Amy?"
"Afterwards she gave both Buffy and me a code to ask if we ever thought
her mother had come back. I check monthly. Amy knew it. Besides, I
don't think it was someone in Sunnydale. It happened here after having
sex. Do you think sex could have triggered it?"
Jenny grew silently and thoughtful. "It is possible that the tribe
placed me under a curse."
"Tribe, curse?" asked a puzzled Giles.
"Yes, dear ? I am a gypsy and was sent to Sunnydale to keep an eye on
Angel. I was forbidden to get involved with anyone here." She kissed
him. It was strange to kiss her own lips. But they were soft and sweet
and Giles blushed so prettily. "But I fell in love with you and I
figured what the tribe didn't know wouldn't hurt them or us. They MIGHT
be punishing us."
Jenny's beautiful dark eyes grew large with Giles's worry. "Does your
tribe know enough magic to do this?"
"Perhaps ? if they got other tribes involved. It's the only thing I can
think of. Unless you know of something or some one in this dull
Microsoft owned town who randomly thinks it's amusing to go around and
swap the bodies of lovers."
Giles giggled which he found very offensive. Then with dignity (which
Jenny found amusing and charming) he answered:
"I can't say I ever heard of anyone doing any such thing." He thought
for a moment. "If it is someone who thinks it might be amusing to
switch us it might be that idiot Ethan Raines! He was a colleague with
a sick sense of humor ? I knew him in Oxford days when a group of us
were experimenting with magic. But I don't believe he has anywhere near
this kind of power or even close to it."
"He might have summoned a demon that does," Jenny said thoughtfully.
"Very true! We just don't know! Damn it!" He pushed her long, dark
curly black hair out of his eyes with an irritable gesture! "Besides, I
just don't see him wasting power to do this! What's in it for him?
Nothing but a few laughs. He's always been interested in gain. If he
had a demon under his control he would use it to get rich and powerful!
The bloody bastard!"
"Calm down, Rupert!" she ordered. She thought for a moment. "Let's
examine the facts. It happened here and not the Hell Mouth, which would
I know would augment any kind of magic! So neither one of us thinks
anyone in Sunnydale is responsible. My searching so far has revealed no
way of switching back though I have e-mailed everyone in my coven and
they have promised to pass it along. I have not told them of our body
switch but only we want info on body swapping! Rounding up the list of
the 'usual suspects' we have my tribe, Ethan and a very remote
possibility of a dead witch who could be a spirit or doing it from
hell, though I don't believe it and neither do you. Ethan is such a
remote possibility that I think we can write him off."
"Now what?"
"We wait for your books and my commuter contacts and pray that someone
can help us."
Chapter 6: Back to School
Willow sat in her history class, for once not paying a great deal of
attention to what the teacher was saying. Snyder had hurried them off
to their respective classes before Willow had had a chance to explain
their dilemma to Buffy and Xander, so now she was stuck with being
Cordelia to everyone until she caught up with her friends. As Mrs.
Regent moved on to 'eloquently' discourse upon the impact of the end of
the Napoleonic wars on unemployment in Britain, Willow's mind turned to
the question of Giles being away. Two whole weeks! How was she going to
be Cordy for two whole weeks? Sure it was cool being so beautiful but
it was too weird to be stuck in each other's bodies! What if they
couldn't be switched back? What if...
"Cordelia?" It wasn't so much the teacher's impatient voice that got
through Willow's rising panic, but the fact that pretty much everyone
had turned round and was staring at her. She gazed blankly at the
teacher, hoping to be given some clue as to what the woman had just
asked her. Silence reigned.
Then Cordelia broke in and started talking about war injuries and the
poor law, and attention shifted from Willow's misery to Cordelia's
surprising amount of knowledge. Of course it only surprised her.
Everyone expected 'Willow Rosenberg' to be the class brainiac! Paying
more heed to what was going on around her, Willow took notes and wrote
down an essay title with the rest of the class, then left hurriedly
before anyone could accost her. It was strange her handwriting was
Cordelia's. What weird thing next?
Cordelia angrily stuffed her history book into Willow's uncool
backpack, and dashed after the girl wearing her body! If there was one
thing she hadn't been worrying about, it was that Willow would behave
perfectly well in class, and wouldn't be getting any teachers Cordelia-
mad or making her looked stupid in front of the other students. But oh
no! Little Miss Perfect had to go and behave like a total ninny, and
make her look like an idiot. Cordy admitted grudgingly that perhaps her
history class performances hadn't always rated a "way excellent", but
at least she usually had an answer, and didn't sit there gaping in a
way that was seriously unattractive. Oh God, please say no one else
noticed just how bad she had looked. Well, not her, per se, since she
was in Willow's body making Willow look so much cooler than she ever
had done before, but her body, Well, whatever, Willow made her look
bad, and it was all Willow's fault. Maybe this was some evil plan that
Willow and that loser Xander had come up with to get back at her.
They'd always hated her, just because she was honest enough to point
out their embarrassingly patent flaws.
Cordelia stopped her internal fury at this point, feeling bound to
admit that she hadn't always be the most pleasant person to either of
the slayerettes, but who wanted always to be nice? Nice people never
got noticed - just look at Willow.
Just as she was about to latch onto Willow, the bell for next period
rang, and the two girls were shunted into their English class with the
rest of the students. If Willow made me look bad here I'll kill her
Cordy thought.
She didn't. She answered all the questions brilliantly as well as
getting her a 100 on the test. But Cordelia silently seethed as all the
guys were staring at the false Cordelia as Willow nervously crossed and
recrossed Cordelia's gorgeous legs. It wasn't fair! They totally
ignored her! And Willow was wearing her favorite Boots! She's so sexy
and I look like a frumpy geek!
They had study hall next.
"Cut study hall and meet me at the Library!" she hissed at Willow, who
looked startled and then nodded. It was easy for Cordy as Willow to
slip away, but not Willow as Cordelia. She made up some excuse of
leaving something behind and finally ditched her admiring court.
In the library Cordy looked with dislike on Willow. To try and stop the
storming from coming, Willow quickly and forcibly said. "Bitching at me
won't help! What are we going to do until Miss Calendar and Giles get
back in two weeks?"
Cordelia reluctantly bit off a flood of recriminations. They could wait
until she got her beautiful body and life back.
They looked at each other. The teen Queen and the wallflower hacker.
Only now things were reversed. Cordy hated the feeling of helplessness
she now felt. Time to take charge. She had been thinking hard about it
and of course Willow's brain was first rate!
"First of all we don't tell ANYONE! And I mean ANYONE!"
"Not even Xander?"
"Especially not Xander. He would blab somehow, someway and the whole
school would think we were freaks even if they didn't believe him. Also
nether of us wants to spend the next twenty years (until I kill him)
listening to him teasing us about the body switch. Can't you just hear
all the bad jokes?"
Willow could.
"We're going to have to pretend to be each other. And it will be much
easier if no one knows."
Willow nodded her now beautiful head. "But how are we going to pull it
off? I don't know how to be you."
"That's painfully apparent. Look at how you are dressed."
"What wrong with the way I am dressed?" asked Willow hotly.
Cordy ignored her. "Tonight, I am going to lay out outfits for you for
the rest of the week and work with you. You have to learn to do me
justice and not ruin my life!"
"Same to you, Cordy I don't want you bitching up a storm as usual and
losing me my friends."
"What friends?"
Willow stood up and despite herself Cordelia was intimated. Willow was
so much taller and larger and more beautiful than she was now.
"At least I have friends, you just have two-faced sycophants."
"That's not true! Oh, never mind. You were right we can't argue. This
week and weekend I am going to have to teach you to be Cordelia Chase."
Willow smiled. An idea had just come. This might turn out to be her
lucky break.
Cordelia didn't like the smile. Didn't like it at all. What was Willow
up to?
"I want something from you in return."
"What?" She hoped it wasn't her new leather pants and vest.
"You know how to get boys crazy about you."
"Yes, so?"
"While you're me you have to get Xander interested in me, when we
switch back I want him as my boyfriend."
Cordelia dropped Willow's jaw. "As if! Like you can't be serious! Me
flirt with Xander, me let Xander kiss me, me go out with Xander Harris!
I wont do it!"
Willow's curved Cordelia's beautiful mouth into a nasty smile, which
came very naturally to it.
"Okay then. Let's see how badly I can dress the rest of the weak, I
won't comb my hair, I will drop cheerleading, join the chess club..."
"You bitch!" yelled Cordy.
"I am supposed to be a bitch; I'm Cordelia Chase. Well?"
"You win!" Cordelia shuddered. Xander Harris as a boyfriend. At least
no one would know! But when she got her body back Evil Willow was going
to pay in blood for this!
"Okay, then let's shake on it! From now we're partners you get me
Xander and I'll keep your precious social standing."
Cordy forced herself to smile. She needed Willow. Then her wit came to
her rescue.
"Okay, bitch queen!"
Willow looked startled then smiled and said sneeringly in her best
Princess Cordelia voice. "Alright, loser!"
And they shook on it eyeing each warily.
Neither one said it but both Cordelia and Willow felt it VERY freaky to
touch what had been their own body. Also, both cherished the wild hope
that maybe just touching would send them back into familiar flesh. They
looked on for a long second, waiting for it to happen and of course it
didn't.
Cordy sighed bitterly looking at her lost beautiful body. Now Willow
had it! It wasn't fair to go from number one to a minus number in the
food chain!
Willow's disappointment didn't last long. Looking on the sour face
Cordelia had put on Willow's face made her more cheerful. At last the
bitchy Cordy was feeling how it felt to be Willow. Willow didn't even
try to hide her gloating smile.
Cordy wanted to say something, but bit her lip. She was in no position
to be too bitchy or even complain. It would be too easy for Willow to
ruin her forever! Of course she could ruin Willow, but so what! Willow
was already ruined!
"Okay, we have time to start. What do you have on for tonight?" Cordy
said briskly.
That was easy for Willow to answer. "Nothing."
"Figures," Cordy muttered.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Willow, hotly.
"Just what I said, your social life is practically Zero. That's lucky
(she didn't notice Willow's frown) it gives us less to deal with right
now. Now, my social life is of course pretty full. I - you have a date
tonight with Eric. He's taking you to the Bronze there you will meet
with the rest of the gang."
Willow made her now beautiful eyes go wide. "I have a date with the
quarterback? I won't know how to act!"
"Don't you think I know that?" Cordelia snapped back. "We'll have to
work on it. Look, you will need these skills when we swap back as you
will be dating Xander," Cordelia added shrewdly.
Willow nodded.
"He's not picking me ? you up until eight so we have some time after
school so we have time to work on it," Cordelia said with her usual
bossy attitude. "Now we need to find a reason for me to go home with
you."
Willow frowned in thought.
"Don't frown, it makes wrinkle lines!" Hissed Cordelia.
Willow had to smile at that. "Listen! I've an idea. We'll just use the
excuse that 'I' Cordelia want some math tutoring ? God knows your
friends can barely count to ten and later maybe some commuter
training."
Cordelia nodded her now red head. "That'll work, it will explain how
someone super cool like me can be seen with uncool Willow."
"Thanks!" said Willow sardonically.
Cordy did not pick it up. "You're welcome."
They spent the rest of the hour explaining to the other about nicknames
or how to act with their circle.
"Remember now, you are Queen C, you don't take shit off anyone, be
cutting, be the boss otherwise 'my friends' will turn on you with
claws."
"Some friends!"
Cordelia shrugged slim shoulders. "Part of the penalty of fame and
power."
"Now you remember to be NICE, soft spoken and sweet," said Willow with
a grin.
Cordelia made gagging motions and Willow laughed. Both were a little
startled. It was a typical Cordelia laugh, not a quiet giggle.
They both headed off for lunch, neither one looking forward to sitting
with the other's circle.
"Don't forget Cordy, you need to get Xander interested in me as a
GIRLFRIEND!"
Again Cordelia made gagging motions.
"We need to separate, we can't be seen together like this!" said
Cordelia after they left the safety of the library. Except for Buffy
and Xander hardly any kids went there!
"Gotcha!" Think Cordelia, Willow ordered herself and squaring her now
beautiful shoulders strode away with long, confident strides. The heels
of her 500 dollar boots ringing on the wood floor.
Cordy looked enviously after her. Not only my body, but also my walk
AND my favorite boots! She bitched to herself. She waited a couple of
minutes before following. In the lunchroom she saw Willow sitting
majestically among her friends. She deliberately walked by to hear what
they were saying. Good! They were cutting other girls to shreds. The
usual. Then her face burned as she went by as 'Cordelia' said.
"Look what the vultures turned their noses up at! A Loser Hacker!"
All her friends laughed.
It was what Cordelia had said to Willow once last year. It seemed like
the hacker still remembered it.
Buffy and Xander waved at her after she picked up a lunch tray. She was
damned if she was worried about Willow's figure so she had put lots of
yummy things on it! As she sat down, Xander reached in and grabbed the
deserts.
"Thanks, Willow. Good Job! You knew I was hungry."
Cordelia frowned and Buffy laughed.
"Xander, you're impossible! I think you would starve if you didn't
mooch off Willow!"
Cordelia stole a glance at a smiling Buffy. She had enough charisma for
a dozen girls. It was hard to believe the power that dwelled in that
petite beautiful blond body. She could tie the strongest football
player into knots without working up a sweat! If she had to switch with
anyone why couldn't it have been her? Then Cordelia shuddered a little.
No, that would not be so cool! Not cool at all. Fighting with
disgusting Vampires! - Double Yuck! Not only was in VERY dangerous, but
a slayer couldn't have a social life or even decent nails!
Cordelia sighed inside when she looked at Xander trying to be funny.
Somehow she would have to get him interested in Willow! A labor of
someone or other, Cordelia could not remember whom.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step ? that's
what Giles had once said and Cordy had remembered it ? it was pretty
cool! She frowned as she thought. How dare Giles go off with Ms.
Calendar like this? She bet they were sharing the same hotel room!
Disgusting! How dare they enjoy themselves while she was in agony
having to be WILLOW ROSENBERG! With an effort she made herself smile
Willow's sweet smile and Cordelia had to grudging admit that it was a
VERY sweet and winning smile.
"Xander! Xander!"
He stopped his babbling to look and say, "Huh!"
So very cool! Cordelia thought sarcastically, but kept the sweet smile
on her face. No one was better at controlling their feelings than her!
"Xander, you always complain that Buffy or Giles or I don't listen to
you. People would listen more if you said less and gave some thought to
what you are saying!"
"Amen to that!" said Buffy, looking with surprise at Willow. Way to go
Will, she thought!
Xander closed his mouth and looked at Willow. "Willow, I thought you
were my friend!"
"I am Xander," she said with another sweet smile. "I always will be!"
She looked soulfully into his eyes. Gag me! She thought, but then also
thought. He is kinda cute when his mouth isn't getting in the way.
Xander was nervous. Willow had never looked at him this way before. He
looked at Buffy who was grinning at them.
At last Willow was taking her advice and trying to flirt with Xander.
"Do you think I babble, Buffy?"
She nodded her beautiful blond head. "Listen to her, X-man."
The real Willow was grinning inside. She looked at the airheads around
her, practically worshipping her, hanging on every word and gesture.
She had fooled them all! So far so good. Out of the corner of her eyes
she noticed Cordelia talking earnestly to Xander ? and felt a little
jealous. Control yourself, she only doing what you asked. Then she
noticed almost all the guys were eyeing her with admiration and desire,
She smiled smugly. It made her feel not only good, but powerful! It was
a heady feeling. On my god, she thought, Eric Davis was coming over to
talk. Her heart thundered in her breast. But he was looking with so
much admiration at her that she calmed down.
"I'm really looking forward to tonight, Cordelia!" he said huskily.
Willow smiled Cordelia's smug smile. The man was hooked good! He won't
guess a thing!
She smiled still more brilliantly, feeling her sexual power grow. It
was a very feminine and satisfying feeling.
"See you at eight, Eric dear," she cooed and the man practically
melted. Talk about cool! Willow thought. Why can't I do this with
Xander? But she knew the answer. She was not beautiful enough to have
any self confidence. Maybe being the bitch queen would have unexpected
benefits at that!
Chapter 7: Sleepless in Seattle
She was pleased. Things were going better than planned. Much better. No
one suspected her. Hell, everyone was clueless to the actual swaps
except those swapped.
It was so very amusing to see Queen Cordelia as Willow, the chief
whipping girl of the school and Willow as the bitch Queen! And Giles
the repressed Englishman was now the emotional, sensual Gypsy and vice
versa!
So Cordy was going to give Willow lessons in being Cordelia Chase! Now
that should prove amusing! Almost as much as the snobby Cordy having to
become Xander Harris's girlfriend.
She couldn't wait to see what happened! It beat any TV soap that's for
sure. Tune in tomorrow, will Cordy throw up when Xander kisses her? Can
Willow handle the pressure of being the most popular girl in School?
Will Giles become pregnant? She thought and laughed quietly.
***
Meanwhile in Seattle Jenny had come up zero on her techno witch circle
or any searches on body swaps spells.
Jenny cursed freely in Romany and felt like hitting someone.
Rupert wasn't very kind. "I told you computers were worthless!" he said
with a smug superior smile that set her teeth on edge.
"So far, but I don't' see your musty old books helping very much!"
Giles's now pretty face flushed with indignation!
"How could they! They're not even here yet!" Jenny was being
impossible!
"My point exactly, Rupert! Though SO FAR I've drawn a blank at least
we've done something! Your books aren't even here! And when they get
here there is no guarantee that they will be able to help. I've been
able to at least do something with my computer while you've been
sniping and acting snippy without being much help."
Giles tried to control his temper. It was much harder to do it in
Jenny's body he realized. A thought came to him, Jenny did curse in a
language that sounded ? well strange. He knew a way to get back at her.
He smiled nastily and said.
"I hope you were just joking when you said you were a Gypsy or speaking
figuratively?"
"Hardly, Rupert. I am a full blooded gypsy with magic and guarding a
curse!"
He pretended to look offended. He knew Jenny had to sensitive to her
ethnic origins. "I would never have guessed it. You look like a well
educated, well bred teacher."
Now it was Jenny's turn to get angry. "I told you I was a Gypsy,
Rupert."
He gave out an obviously false laugh. Sneer at his books would she!
Patronize him would she! "But I naturally thought you were joking, I
guess I was in shock from being in your body!"
Jenny was getting angrier. "Don't tell me you're prejudiced."
Rupert's now pretty face flushed crimson. "Naturally not, but I can
hardly believe you're a Gypsy!"
Jenny smiled sardonically. "If it will relieve your mind, I'm not."
Giles sighed with relief. "I knew it."
"No, now YOU'RE THE full blooded Gypsy guarding a dangerous curse for
your tribe. You're the member of an ethnic group that is persecuted and
carrying tribal secrets since the early Bronze Age!"
Rupert was frightened. He had gone too far. Jenny had stood up and her
fists were clutched. She really looked intimidating. Also, what if her
tribe had done it? Criticizing Gypsies was hardly wise!
"Point taken. Sorry, darling," Giles felt the need to coax Jenny into a
better temper. "I just feel so damn helpless!" He thought he better
change the subject. "I should know what to do, but I don't! There's not
much we can do except guess. We don't know the spell that did this, or
the agency ? whether magic, or a demon or ? well anything!"
Jenny suddenly felt protective and put an arm around him, the poor
creature looked close to ears and she felt so protective.
The phone rang. Jenny went over and answered it. It was Principle
Snyder. He sounded very happy! Jenny wondered who had died.
"Mr. Giles?" he asked.
"I'll get him ? I mean present," answered Jenny.
"I take great pleasure in informing you that you are fired. My spies ?
ER - informants tell me that you did not attend the afternoon session.
Thank you, I thought you wouldn't! At last I can get rid of you. You're
a destructive influence on the school. I noticed around you students
(he made 'students' sound like a curse word) develop self respect and
rebellious attitudes to my authority. Especially that Buffy Summers!
Even that mousy Rosenberg showed some spunk. I hate spunk! I don't
think a school needs a librarian or even for that matter a library! I
am far from certain it is desirable to teach students how to read
anyway! Is Miss Calendar with you?"
A stunned Jenny passed Giles the phone.
"Miss Calendar, you can still have your job back under certain
conditions. We will discuss what you have to do in a private meeting in
my home when you return. But don't miss any more classes!"
"How private?" asked Giles dryly.
"Very private," Snyder said in a voice as low as intentions.
Giles hung up. They looked at each other with disbelief.
"He fired me ? you ? whatever."
Giles looked furious. "And he wants me to have sex with him!" Giles
shuddered a now slender frame.
Jenny looked sardonic. "See the advantages of being a woman, dear. You
can keep your job."
"As if!"
Jenny looked at Giles critically. Hair needed work. Everything needed
work.
"Giles I took great pride and worked hard being beautiful. I won't let
you disgrace me."
"What are you talking about?"
"We might as well spend our time productively while waiting for your
books or my computer searches to turn up something. First, you still
want me to marry you correct?"
"Well ? yes!" How could Jenny think of that in a time like now? The
thought of him walking down the aisle in a long white dress made him
shudder.
"You need to buy me an engagement ring. We can pick it out today. Then
I need to teach you how to be me and be a female. Clothes and makeup
404."
He stared at her with now huge dark eyes. "You can't be serious!"
This was going to fun, Jenny thought and it will teach him for being so
bitchy about her being a Gypsy!
First they went to a jeweler Jenny knew about. He was shady and a
contact of gypsies. At her coaching Giles gave the man the code words
in Romany and he introduced himself with Jenny's Romany name. He was
fearful. Her tribe was noted for curses.
They got a beautiful ruby and diamond engagement ring (stolen of course
in Europe) for 1300. Retail it would have cost 10,000. Giles felt
really weird when Jenny slipped it on his ring finger. He had to admit
though it looked BEAUTIFUL!
Being the scholar that Giles was he took detailed notes even as his
head swam.
He never dreamed that woman's clothes were so bloody complicated. Half
slips with this, full slips with this. Different bras (all
uncomfortable) with different outfits. A saleswoman looked at him wide
eyed when Jenny whispered her size (34B) to him. Different shoes and
different heels for different clothes. One thing was consistent about
the shoes Giles felt. Everyone he tried on was uncomfortable. Though
the Italian ones were the best.
Jenny really enjoyed herself. It was funny to tease her lover and also
to see how she looked on the outside and from a male perspective. She
wasn't nearly as hippy as she thought and looked better in red then she
ever dreamed. Occasionally she kissed Rupert for being docile. When
they got back to the hotel ? most of the clothes were too follow ?
Giles kicked off his 2 inch pumps and groaned.
"My poor feet!"
Jenny hid a grin. Her feet in Giles' Clark casuals were feeling fine!
"Let me give you a foot rub."
Giles left out a satisfied sigh. "That feels heavenly! Thank you, dear.
Jenny, what are we going to do?" he asked finally.
"Keeping trying, what else can we do? Except for the fact that someone
or something switched our bodies for reasons unknown we have no
information. We don't know how it was done or even why. What did anyone
have to gain? And what means did they or it use? Potion, human magic ?
which or cleric, demon magic, a curse, an act of a god?" She was a
little angry with Giles. Why did he keep harping on it?
"Point taken. Sorry, darling," Giles felt the need to coax Jenny into a
better temper. "I just feel so damn helpless! I should know what to do,
but I don't! You're right! There's not much we can do except guess
wildly without us knowing the spell that did this, or the agency ?
whether magic, or a demon or ? well anything!"
"Look Rupert," she said. "Unfortunate as this body swap may be, it's
also a good give opportunity to see what its like for me to be a man
and for you to be a woman. So let's get you into that evening gown and
go out on the town. Sitting around and moping in a hotel room lacks any
appeal. Until the books arrive or I hear something ? ANYTHING - we
can't do a damn thing! So get a move on ? let's seize the day!"
So a whining Giles put on sexy patterned evening hose, staggered in 4
inch heels until he got use to them and had night on the town in make
up put on his now lovely face. He slid over as a slim figure in a very
sexy evening gown of gold silk they had bought at Sax. He had to admit
he did look beautiful! He glanced across to Jenny in his body. It had
only taken her fifteen minutes to dress in his evening jacket. He took
two hours for him to get ready! It bloody wasn't fair! Still, he had to
admit his former body did look good in black tie!
Jenny smiled. "You look fantastic, dear. I'm glad we could find that
dress! It really suits you ? me ? whatever. I thought we would have to
purchase a tux for me, but leave it to a stuffy Englishman to be
prepared to dress for dinner!"
He glared at her with big dark eyes and Jenny laughed and gave hi