Altered Fates - The Medallion comes to Fairview
Part II. High School Hijinks
Previously: Justin Donovan and his Dad moved back to Fairview after
Justin's Dad (Sean) retired from the United States Marine Corps. Justin
began his senior year at Fairview and quickly fell for Laura. Laura's
friend Becky in an attempt to make her boyfriend jealous went out with
Todd, the school drug dealer, and was raped. Knowing Justin's ability
as a fighter Becky got Laura to help her in a three way body swap.
Becky and Laura changed into copies of Justin while Justin ended up in
Becky's body. There was one big difference between the changes while
Laura and Justin got new physical copies. They didn't get any of the
mannerisms, memories, or skills of the original person. Becky on the
other had made sure she got a full set of Justin's skills and memories.
She then used these abilities along with the medallion to ensure that
Todd would never rape another person. While this was going on Laura and
Justin went into Mobile and visited the mall in an attempt to make sure
that Justin had an alibi. During their day together despite being in
different bodies their attraction grew. Returning to Justin's house to
swap everyone back into their correct bodies, they were interrupted by
Justin's Grandparents who stopped by to check up on Justin since his dad
was out of town for the weekend. Only Laura was able to return to her
original body.
It was now almost 9:30 pm as Justin guided Becky's Honda through the
suburb following Laura's directions. Justin tried not to replay the
scene in his mind of his Grandparents walking into the house only to
find Justin with a couple of 'friends' over. This was clearly a
violation of his grounding and even though Grandpa Donovan had politely
asked the 'girls' to leave Justin knew that Becky would be getting a
tongue lashing.
"Becky turn here," Laura said.
Justin kept on going until Laura shouted, "Justin turn here!" Startled
out of his reverie Justin hit the brakes and spun the wheel hard. The
sound of screeching tires and the feel of this strange body being thrown
to the left as the car turned hard right brought Justin back fully to
the here and now.
"Justin, you haven't been listening to anything I've said for the last
five minutes!" Laura accused. "You're going to have to get used to
answering to Becky's name, at least for tonight. So pay attention!"
Justin looked over at Laura. "I know it's just that this is not easy.
How do you drive with breasts? I keep bumping into them every time I
try to move the wheel!"
"Look Becky's house, no YOUR house is right there. Pull into the
garage," said Laura. Following Laura's instructions Justin pulled into
the garage and then followed Laura into the house. "It looks like
Becky's parents are still out. Come on I'll show you to your room."
With that Laura led the way through the kitchen toward the front of the
house her shoes clicking on the hard wood floors. Near the formal entry
was a set of stairs that led to the second level, Justin followed Laura
up the stairs and couldn't resist checking out Laura's backside. "God,
she's got a great ass," he thought to himself.
Once at the top of the stairs they continued down a hallway to Becky's
room at the far end. "Becky's parents' room is on the first floor, so
up here it's just you, a computer room, and two guest bedrooms." Justin
nodded and followed Laura into Becky's bedroom. It was easily twice the
size of his room, with its own private bathroom and huge walk in closet.
"It's getting late and my parents are going to start worrying about me
soon. I really need to get going. Just do what Becky suggested. Any
of her clothes should work." Seeing Justin's worried look, Laura
continued, "You'll be fine. Her parents are both doctors and hot shots
in the local social circles. That's why they are gone so much, either
at work, charity, or social events. If you go to bed in the next 30
minutes you probably won't even see them."
Justin took a deep breath and once again was startled to feel the way it
pushed his breasts out against the fabric of his top. "You're right,
I'm sure I'll be fine. I'll call you tomorrow okay?" Laura smiled
displaying brilliant white teeth and leaned forward at the waist to hug
Justin in that female way that allowed them to hug without squishing
their breasts. Justin walked Laura to the front door and watched as she
climbed into her yellow. Justin was tempted to explore the house, it
was quite a bit larger than the house that he and his Dad owned but
after a moment he decided against it.
"First things first," Justin thought, returning to Becky's bedroom and
going straight to her closet. "God, I hope this works," he muttered as
he looked through the racks of clothes Becky had accumulated. "How much
clothes does one girl need?" His eye was drawn to a light red top.
Justin remembered seeing Becky in that at school. He also remembered
thinking that she had great tits when he'd seen her in it. Taking the
top off its hanger he walked back into Becky's room and retrieved the
medallion. He put it around his head and checked the alarm clock beside
Becky's four poster bed and saw that it was now 10 pm. Lying down
Justin took the top and pressed it into the medallion. The familiar
spark told Justin that the magic was invoked, so he closed his eyes and
just tried to relax. After a while Justin looked over at the clock
surprised to see that he'd been there for twenty minutes. Suddenly
Justin wondered if there was a danger in obtaining too many of Becky's
memories. Would he forget who he was? Would he become so comfortable
as Becky that he wouldn't want to switch back? He quickly separated the
top from the medallion and sat up. He didn't feel any different, hmmm...
well maybe her breasts were a little sore. Now that she thought about
it her shorts were feeling a little tight. "God, I feeling bloated,"
Justin muttered.
With that she got up and dropped the medallion onto the top of her
dresser. She pulled out a fresh set of panties and a teddy for sleeping
and walked into the bathroom. Not bothering to look at the mirror she
quickly changed into the bed clothes and went through her normal bed
time routine. Brush teeth, no makeup to remove, wash face, brush hair,
and lastly sit on the toilet to pee before going to bed. As Justin was
sitting there she was struck by how normal and natural everything felt.
Wiping from front to back Justin saw a couple of drops of blood on the
tissue. For several seconds she just sat there staring at the tissue
paper. "This can't be happening, I'm having Becky's period!" A flood
of memories washed over Justin, that red top, the last time she'd worn
it was the second day of her 'monthly' the flow was at its heaviest.
Digging under the bathroom sink Justin pulled out a pad and with the
practiced movements put it into her panties and then pulled the panties
up and returned to her bedroom. Justin glared at the medallion sitting
on the dresser wishing that the damn think had never come into her life.
Remembering where Becky kept the medallion was simple. Justin went to
her pantie drawer and digging under the garments found a zip lock bag.
She dropped the medallion into the bag and returned it to the drawer.
Justin then turned out the lights and climbed into bed thinking that
there was no way she'd ever be able to go to sleep. However within a
few minutes she was deeply asleep.
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Sunlight streaming through the window caused Justin to stir from the
strange dream's she'd been having. In the dream she had been to a
sleepover at Laura's and when she'd arrived she saw that Becky was
already there. The three of them agreed to play spin the bottle and
when Justin spun it the bottle landed on Becky. Laura had clapped her
hands and exclaimed, "Goody you get to be Becky!" In the dream Justin
and got up walked over and sat down in Becky's body, across from Justin
he could see Becky settling into his body. "What a weird dream," Justin
sighed drowsily. Reaching up to brush blonde hair from her face she
realized that her bladder was full. With a soft moan she threw back the
soft comforter and bounced out of bed walking toward the bathroom. When
she turned on the bathroom lights and saw Becky's face staring back
Justin froze. "Oh, crap! It wasn't a dream. I'm really in Becky's
body." Justin sat on the toilet and put her head in her hands. "Why do
I feel awful?" Glancing down at the pad in her panties she connected
the dots. "It must be Becky's period. My breasts hurt, my back hurts,
and I feel bloated! How do women deal with this every month?"
Sunday morning's in the fall were a favorite time for Becky. The days
were still quite hot getting into the upper 80s or lower 90s but the
mornings were cool. Since she and Justin would be switching back later
today Becky decided to get up early and get a run in while it was still
cool. Setting a pace she would never be able to sustain in her body.
Becky marveled again at the power of the form she wore. Not having to
deal with a sports bra and breasts made the whole experience easier.
Although the huge tool in her shorts got in the way at first. I guess
that's why men's running shorts have liners they need the extra support
she thought. As she worked up a sweat Becky pulled off her shirt
getting a thrill out of her temporary ability to go topless.
The run was not a long one according to her borrowed memories but five
miles was further than she normally went. Returning to Justin's house
Becky started stretching once again amazed it the flexibility of this
body. It must be all the years of martial arts training she thought.
Finally with the workout complete she headed off to Justin's room to get
cleaned up. Searching Justin's memories she figured that Justin's dad
wouldn't be home until late afternoon or early evening so there should
be plenty of time for the swap. Although Grandpa Donovan had made it
clear last night during the lecture that she was expected to be at their
house for Sunday lunch.
Becky fixed a quick breakfast of eggs, toast, beacon, hash-browns,
sausage, and juice. I can never eat this much in the morning she
thought amazed at her voracious appetite. After breakfast Becky began
to wonder if she should call Justin. They needed to figure out a good
time to swap. Thinking about it for a minute she thought that Justin
might be at church. Becky decided to try one of the video games that her
memories told her Justin enjoyed instead of being a pest. I've never
understood what boys see in these games she thought turning on the x-
box. Soon Becky was absorbed in the game and lost track of time.
Suddenly the doorbell rang. "Damn," exclaimed Becky pausing the game.
She got up and walked to the front door. Becky felt a chill run up her
spin when she spotted her own body standing on the door step. "I'm
really hot," she thought as she opened the door. "Justin, why did you
ring the bell?" Becky asked.
"Because you don't have a key and the garage door clicker is in my
Mustang," Justin answered with a slight pout.
Becky stepped back to allow Justin to enter the house noting the cute
flower print sun dress and two inch heels Justin was wearing. "Are you
ready to change back?" Justin asked as soon as the door was closed.
"Are you sure want to change back?" Becky asked. "I mean you look so
hot in that dress, your hair is perfect, shoes, everything. Wouldn't
you rather go out and show off that great look?"
Justin felt her face turn red. "No I'd rather switch back. I tried to
sneak out earlier but Mom, .... I mean your Mom caught me and wanted to
know where I was going at 7:30 am on a Sunday looking like a slob. She
insisted we go to church so I had to go to 9 am Mass that's why you see
me dressed like this. I thought she was going to make me got to the
country club after service for brunch. I barely escaped."
"You must have taken my advice and used the medallion last night because
you look totally natural today. This is so weird it's like looking into
a mirror only better because I can see me from every angle." With that
Becky walked a slow circle around Justin. "I must say Justin you look
great as me!"
Crossing her arms under her breasts Justin glared at Becky. "I know
you're having fun teasing me but let's get this done."
Taking the medallion from her purse Justin walked down the hallway to
his room and pulled a t-shirt from his dresser. Becky followed Justin
back to the bedroom and stood in the doorway leaning against the frame
watching. Justin slipped the medallion over her head and pressed the t-
shirt into it happy to feel the spark the medallion seemed to give off
when its magic was invoked. Within a few minutes Justin was two inches
taller and the dress was starting to get tight. Looking in the mirror
Justin watched as his hair started to turn red and shrink into his head.
Then suddenly the changes seemed to reverse themselves. Her hair
returned to its blonde color and flowed back down her shoulders, and she
shrank back to Becky's normal 5'10". "Wha, ... what's going on," Justin
stuttered.
Becky looking alarmed walked forward. "I don't know. The websites I
used to research this artifact indicated that it would return the user
to their natural form with only a couple of exceptions."
"What exceptions?" Justin screeched looking wide eyed and worried.
"Well the first is if you're pregnant, which unless you had sex last
night should be impossible. The second is if you're having a period you
can't transform until it's complete. But that should be impossible as
well. I started my last period 21 days ago so I should have another
week." Looking at Justin Becky could see something she'd said hit a
nerve.
"What were you wearing the last time you had your period? Oh, never
mind, I pulled a red blouse from your closet last night and used it to
help with memories like you suggested. I started your period almost as
soon as the transformation was complete," Justin said sitting on the
edge of the bed looking like she was about to cry.
Careful not to touch the medallion Becky gave Justin a hug. "I'm sorry
I didn't think to warn you about which clothes to pick."
Wiping a tear from the corner of her eye Justin asked, "So how long will
this last and when can we swap?"
"I'm pretty consistent, so about 4 days. We should be able to change
back either Wednesday or Thursday," Becky answered.
"I'm going to have to go to school as you," Justin stated not really
looking for an answer. "This is so embarrassing. Laura is going to
laugh herself silly when she learns that I'm having the 'full' female
experience!"
"If you're worried about Laura we could just tell her that we swapped
back. You've got my memories and mannerisms so fooling everyone into
thinking you're me should be simple. The same is true for me. We can
make this our secret and then later in the week switch back," Becky
replied rubbing Justin's shoulders trying to make him feel better.
"I suppose that's better than having her know about this." Justin
gestured vaguely at herself. "Since we can't switch today you should
probably leave. I've got to go to your no MY Grandparents house for
lunch. You can call Laura and explain we switched back. Alright?"
Becky looked into Justin's eyes to make sure she agreed. At Justin's
nod Becky helped her back to her feet. They walked to the front door
and Becky couldn't help thinking, "That dress really shows off my body!"
Calling Laura and explaining that she had swapped back was both easier
and harder than Justin thought it would be. It was easy in that she
just let Becky's personality take over and Laura didn't seem to have a
clue that she wasn't really Becky. The hard part was that Justin didn't
really like to lie and felt particularly guilty lying to Laura. When
Justin got back to Becky's house she realized that she needed to start
thinking of this place as home. Her memories told her that her parents
would be at the club for several hours so for now she had the place to
herself. Returning to her, temporary, room she noticed Becky's book
bag. Knowing that she would have to go to school as Becky and that none
of the assigned home work had been started Justin let out a sigh. She
turned away from the homework and looked at her reflection.
"This is so strange," she said to the empty room. Here I am a beautiful
girl, and part of me is surprised every time I see this reflection but
another part expects to see it and is totally comfortable with it.
Justin kicked off her shoes and twisted both arms behind her back to
find the small zipper to the dress. Changing into a halter and a pair
of comfy pink sweat pants Justin picked up her book bag and settled onto
her bed. At least this should give me something to do today she
thought.
Laura hung up the phone with Becky and felt almost giddy. Having
everyone back in their own proper forms was a huge relief. She had felt
horrible about her role in tricking Justin, not that Becky had given her
all that much choice, particularly since she really liked him. This
week is his last week of being grounded would it be too pushy if I asked
him to about a movie for Friday? Making up her mind that she was going
to do everything possible this week to hook Justin, Laura skipped
happily down to the kitchen. Talking her Mom into a shopping trip was
never that tough and a couple of new outfits would be perfect for this
week!
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Monday morning was almost a blur for Justin, she'd over slept and had to
rush getting ready and then at the last minute chose to grab the
medallion and put it in her purse. Justin just didn't like not having
the necklace with her. The weather had turned cooler today and the
light silk blouse and matching skirt provided almost no protection from
the wind as Justin walked toward the school. She felt her nipples
hardening against the breeze and hurried into the school. She only
shared one class with Laura (gym) and none with 'Justin,' and wasn't
sure how she felt about that. As soon as Justin got to her locker she
felt a strong set of arms hug her from behind causing her to drop her
book bag.
"Hi, gorgeous!" said Paul pulling her tightly against him. "I missed
you this weekend. But it'll be worth it when we beat Orchard Lake on
Friday!"
For a second Justin's mind went blank, and then the explanation came to
him. Turing around and placing a hand on Paul's chest to push him back
she said, "Hi, Paul I'm so glad you had a fun weekend playing with the
boys!"
"Come on Becky, don't be that way. We needed to get in extra film time
and then did some seven on seven drills. This is a huge game and if I'm
going to get any scholarship offers I've got to play my best," Paul said
sounding a little aggravated.
Justin turned around to face her locker and opened it trying to ignore
Paul.
"Look, I know you're mad at me because I've been spending so much time
with the team. I'll make you a deal babe Saturday I'll take you into
Mobile and we can spend the whole day together." Before Justin could
answer the first bell rang. "See ya at lunch," Paul said kissing her on
the top of her head and dashing down the hallway. I hope Becky wants to
go to Mobile on Saturday Justin thought sourly as she headed to her
first class.
Seeing Laura during second period had left Justin feeling confused.
First of all he'd been in the girl's locker room, a place of mystery and
delight, in the minds of most boys. All of those naked and partly naked
girls and it had done nothing for him. Then there was Laura. One part
of him, the part he had let take control, had giggled and hugged Laura
and talked about everything except what they had done that weekend. The
other part of Justin was thrilled to be with her and wished she could
hold Laura's hand like they'd done at the mall. All in all it had been
a very confusing period.
At lunch Justin had spotted his usual table and started to move in that
direction only to realize that it was already full with the usual group.
Feeling extremely jealous of Becky sitting there in his body HOLDING
HANDS with Laura! Justin made up his mind to put a stop to that when
she felt a set of hands settle over her eyes.
"Guess who?" said the strong male voice of Paul.
"Hmmm, ... some jock or other I suppose," Justin replied cattily.
"Well, see if this jogs your memory." And with that Paul spun Justin
around, cupped her chin in one hand while keeping the other hand behind
her head and kissed her firmly. Justin was so startled that she didn't
realize her body was already responding. The hand that wasn't holding
her lunch reached up and tangled fingers in Paul's long dark blonde
hair. Her mouth opened and her tongue darted between Paul's teeth
tasting the peppermint gum he had been chewing.
"What the hell," Justin thought trying to pull back while fighting her
body's impulse to press itself up against Paul's 6'2," muscular frame.
Coming up for air at last Justin was able to take a step back but Paul
caught her free hand and started pulling her toward a table at the other
end of the cafeteria. Too shocked from the strong physical reaction of
her body, and still a little out of breath, Justin allowed herself to be
led to the table. She quickly realized that this was where she usually
ate with three of Paul's team mates and a short red headed girl her
memories identified as Molly. Sitting down next to Molly Justin was
relieved that there was at least one other girl at the table.
Laura nudged the fake Justin. "It looks like Becky and Paul have made
up!"
Becky looked over in time to catch the tail end of the kiss and smirked.
"She seems to be having a good time," said Becky.
"If I wasn't still grounded I'd ask you out tonight. But I won't be
ungrounded until Saturday. Would you like to have dinner with me and
then see a movie Saturday?"
Laura couldn't believe it the Justin she was used to was way too shy to
just ask her out in front of everyone. Maybe spending a day as a girl
helped him to come out of his shell she thought. "I'd love to," Laura
answered feeling a slight blush and not caring.
Justin had her next two classes with Paul and had not been able to
escape until the last period of the day. Being around Paul in Becky's
body, Justin decided, was way to intoxicating. Her body seemed to be
attracted to everything about him, from his shoulder length blonde hair,
blue eyes, and strong chin, to his powerful arms and masculine scent.
Everything about him made her feel warm and tingly. There was a
particularly odd warm sensation in her crotch that Justin didn't even
want to think about. Standing in front of her locker Becky switched
books and suddenly feeling worried she took a quick peek into her purse
to make sure the medallion was still there. Satisfied she started to
return her purse to the locker when a voice said, "Hi, Becky!" Justin
jumped and then quickly put her purse away before turning to see Tommy.
"You asked to borrow my notes from government," Tommy said holding out a
folder to her.
Justin noticed that Tommy's eyes were glued to her chest. Laughing to
herself she took the notes from Tommy and, on an impulse, decided to
make his day. She leaned in and kissed Tommy on the cheek. "Thanks
Tommy you're a life savior," and with that Justin turned and headed to
her next class being sure to walk with an exaggerated rolling hip
movement.
"Wow," said Tommy "she has got to be the hottest girl in the school!
Paul is one lucky guy!"
Looking down Tommy noticed that there was a strange looking necklace on
the ground next to Becky's locker. I bet she dropped this Tommy thought
scooping it up and turning to shout for Becky. Just as he opened his
mouth he heard the bell signaling the start of the seventh period.
Tommy headed to his next class still thinking about Becky.
The class was senior honors study hall. Never a very big class and this
semester it was particularly small. The school had moved it into a room
about half the size of a normal classroom in the back of the school
library. Instead of having regular desks the room was carpeted and had
couches and thickly cushioned chairs. Along the back wall there were
four computer work stations. The room was normally used by the school
librarian for teaching incoming freshmen how to use the library and as a
place for students to do research quietly. Walking into the room Tommy
headed toward his usual seat. There were only six students in the class
so the teacher Ms. Stevenson usually just checked to see if they were
all present and then left them to work on their own. The only thing the
students had in common was that they were all straight A performers.
Paul was already sitting down pulling out his AP calculus. Tommy felt a
surge of jealousy Paul was tall, athletic, and smart. He was one of the
most popular kids in the school and lastly he was Becky's boyfriend.
Next was the Goth girl, Cindy, she had naturally light blonde hair which
she had dyed midnight black. She wore layers of purple and black makeup
and kept her hair straight. She also had a body that Elvira would have
approved of and a wardrobe to match. Next was Ruth, she was the
daughter of the town's Southern Baptist minister. Her hair, a light
brown was always pulled back giving her face a rather severe appearance.
She never wore any makeup. Tommy had also never seen her in anything
other than a dress or skirt. She was actually very pretty but seemed to
spend most of her time trying to ignore this and focused on school. The
last two students were Steve and Tracy, two of Tommy's best friends.
Tracy was skinny with glasses, tightly braided blonde hair, and small
high breasts. Steve was nearly as tall as Paul but shaped more like a
pear. Not fat per say but definitely pudgy.
As Tommy was heading toward the seat next to Steve Cindy spotted the
necklace still in his hand. "Hey Tommy what's that?"
Holding it up Tommy said, "I was giving Becky a copy of my notes from
government and I think she dropped this." Tommy turned to Paul whose
head came up at the mention of Becky's name. If there was one thing
that Tommy really liked about Paul it was that he was not the jealous
type. Putting his calculus book down Paul got up and held out his hand
for the necklace. When Tommy passed it on to Paul they both felt a
spark.
Looking the necklace over Paul said, "I've never seen this before. That
doesn't mean it's not Becky's. I'll swing by her place after practice
and ask her if you want?"
Before he could put it into his pocket Cindy had stood up and walked
over. "Can I see it?"
Shrugging Paul dropped it into her outstretched hand. Looking the
necklace over Cindy spotted what she assumed was an angel. Knowing that
Ruth never wore any jewelry she decided to have some fun. "Hey Ruth
check this out it's got an Angel on it. It would look perfect on you."
Moving over to Ruth she tried to drape the chain around Ruth's neck.
Ruth let her but then caught the medallion while it was still in Cindy's
hand. They both felt a slight tingle.
Looking at the Angel she scrunched up her nose in a very Ruth gesture of
puzzlement. "I don't recognize this picture. I don't think it's an
Angel," she said.
"Can I see it Ruth?" asked Tracy coming forward.
Ruth pulled the necklace off and tossed it to Tracy who promptly dropped
it. Steve reached down retrieved the necklace and handed it to Tracy
their hands brushing as the necklace was exchanged. Again there was
that strange spark. "Ouch," said Tracy "did you rub your feet on the
carpet?"
Turning the medallion over a couple of times Tracy said, "I can't tell
if it's an Angel or not. It looks kind of cheap though. Not something
I would expect Becky to wear." Standing up she walked toward Paul to
return the necklace when the bell rang and in walked Mrs. Jones.
"Alright students Ms. Stevenson had to leave early today so I'll be
taking roll. After that I've got to get back to my class. I
understand, from Ms. Stevenson, that this study hall is well behaved and
doesn't need much supervision. Tracy what is that?"
Before Tracy could answer Tommy said, "It's a necklace that Becky Murphy
dropped. I was going to give it to Paul to give to her after school."
"That's not necessary," said Mrs. Jones. "I have to walk past the
office on my way to my room. I'll drop it with the secretaries and
they'll see that it's returned."
Tracy walked up and dropped it onto her hand. Mrs. Jones quickly read
off the list of student names and then hurried out of the room.
The six students settled into their respective seats pulling out books
and began working on various assignments. Why does my shirt feel too
tight thought Tommy pulling at his shirt. I wonder if I'm getting sick.
I feel really strange. Each of the other students were also squirming
in their seats trying to get comfortable and feeling weird.
Mrs. Jones hurried through the library noting that it was deserted at
this hour. It was the school librarian's free period. Walking into the
main office Mrs. Jones spotted Mrs. Stone sitting behind the front
counter. "Hi, Cathy," said Mrs. Jones, "can you see that this is
returned to Rebecca Murphy, she dropped it earlier."
"Of course," replied Mrs. Stone pulling an envelope from under the desk
and holding it out to Mrs. Jones. The necklace was dropped into the
envelope and Mrs. Stone wrote Becky's name on the front. "I'll send a
note to her teacher and she can pick it up after school."
Back in the honors study hall chaos reigned.
"This is impossible!" screeched Tracy discarding her ripped blouse and
bra, her belly hanging over her skirt which looked like it was about to
burst apart as well. Books were scattered about the room along with
parts of clothes.
Tommy had pulled off his shirt before it ripped. His pants hung loose
at the waist although they only reached past his knees since his 5'5,"
frame had shot up to Paul's 6'2," height. Paul on the other hand was
swimming in clothes that no longer fit. He was also having a hard time
seeing and kept shaking his head and mumbling to himself in disbelief.
Cindy and Ruth didn't have as much of a clothing problem since they were
originally close to the same height. Cindy at 5'7," and Ruth at 5'6,"
but Cindy had a lot more chest which had caused Ruth's blouse to burst
the top button and put a serious strain on the remaining buttons.
"QUITE!" shouted Cindy and all at once silence descended.
Tracy stood awkwardly looking around at her fellow students, arms held
across her now hairy chest and legs pressed together. "What happened?"
she asked.
"I don't know. But this is impossible," said a shaken Ruth.
"It must be magic," said Cindy stating the obvious.
"There's no such thing as magic," Tommy replied looking down at the
girls for the first time in his life.
"Oh really," said Cindy, "a famous person once said that if you
eliminate the obvious, no matter how improbably, what remains must be
the truth. Can you scientifically explain this," she continued
gesturing around the room.
Just then Paul seemed to come out of his daze. "This can't be real. I
must be dreaming."
"Here," said Tommy handing his glasses to Paul, "put these on and you're
not dreaming."
"I know what's going on," said Steve who was now standing dressed only
in the dress shirt he had been wearing earlier. The shirt came down
past his knees and his pants had pooled around his ankles. "We are all
having a group hallucination. The school or the government has slipped
some gas into the room and we're being watched as test subjects."
Tommy shook his head. "That just doesn't make sense. First why would
they choose us? Second once word got out about this kind of a
government experiment heads would roll. Third did anyone smell
anything? It's like this hit us all at once. If it was gas logically
one person should have started hallucinating first and then the rest,"
he finished.
Ruth looked over at Cindy. "I think Cindy's right. It has to be magic.
But why us?" she asked.
"I think that's the wrong question to start with," said Cindy who was by
far the calmest of the group. "I think the first question is how. From
there we can proceed to who and why."
"The necklace," gasped Tommy. "When Paul and I touched it there was a
spark."
"I felt the same thing," said Tracy looking over at Steve for the first
time.
Cindy and Ruth were both nodding. "Okay if it was the necklace then we
have the how and the 'who'," said Cindy.
Paul looked at her. "I don't understand how do you know who it was that
did this to us?"
"Well the necklace was Becky's so she is the one who either did it or
will know how to undo it," said Cindy.
"First things first," said Tommy, "this is our last period but we can't
go find Becky after school in these clothes. We need to swap into the
clothes of the person whose body we're wearing."
"No way am I wearing girl clothes," said Steve folding his arms across
his chest only to yelp and shift them so they were below his new
breasts.
"So you want me to walk around like this?" asked Tracy gesturing to the
remnants of her female attire.
"Look either we all try to pretend that nothing happened until we can
find Becky or the whole school will know something weird happened.
Think about it there's no way anyone is going to believe that we all
suddenly switched bodies. They'll either think we're all crazy and
throw us in a mental institute. Or that we're playing some sick joke
and possibly suspend us," said Cindy taking charge. Looking at her
class mates she could see that they were scared and confused but willing
to follow her lead.
"Okay, Ruth, Paul, and Tommy come with me we are going to stand over
here by the door with our backs to Tracy and Steve. You two face away
from each other if you must but swap clothes! We don't have much more
time until the bell rings," she ordered. After Tracy and Steve had
changed clothes, which included some creative use of safety pins from
Tracy's backpack, it was Cindy and Ruth's turn. They completed the swap
much faster which gave Tommy and Paul plenty of time to change.
"What now?" asked Ruth obviously looking to Cindy to continue for
leadership. "Tommy you as 'Paul' know Becky the best. You should be
able to meet her at the office when she picks up the medallion. Bring
her to the school theater. I'm in the drama club and we don't have any
productions going on yet. There shouldn't be anyone back stage. Once
she's there we can get to the bottom of this." Just as they finished
making their plan the bell rang indicating the end of the school day.
Justin was sitting in English Lit when a messenger from the school
office passed a note to Mr. Burns after a quick glance he passed the
note to her without breaking his steady mono tone. Justin felt a chill
run through her. How had the medallion found its way to the school
office? As soon as class was out she rushed down to the office and
retrieved the medallion. The secretary made some smart remark about
costume jewelry and doing a better job holding onto her things. Justin
simply nodded and accepted the envelope. Once she left the office she
started toward her locker when Paul stopped her. "Becky I really need
to talk to you and to show you something," he said. Justin had a sudden
uneasy feeling but nodded "sure."
It took a few minutes to get to the theater. The biggest problem was
all the students clogging the halls that and all the people who wanted
to talk to either Becky or Paul. Paul however fended them off with a
single minded purpose that made Justin certain something was wrong.
Once they arrived backstage Justin saw that there were five other people
waiting for them. "So what's going on?" she asked.
"You know damn well what's 'going on'," said the person Justin thought
was Ruth. This surprised Justin because her borrowed memories told her
that Ruth never swore. Looking up at Paul Justin said, "Could you give
me a clue?"
"It's your medallion," said the apparent Tommy, "does it have magic
powers?"
Justin felt her heart sink. "Oh no, tell me what happened."
At this all six teenagers started talking at once but it didn't take
very long for Justin to piece it together. "I can't change you back,"
she stated silencing the cacophony. "At least I can't change you back
for 12 hours. The artifact that changed you is called the Medallion of
Zulo, it has several properties one of which is the ability to cause
people to exchange bodies. One of its limitations is that you have to
wait 12 hours before you can use the medallion again."
Justin continued, "I'm so sorry this happened to you. But I'm afraid
you all stuck until about 2 am." None of them looked happy at this
news.
"There's no way this will work," said the fake Tracy. "I suck at acting
and you're telling me that I've got to pretend to be a girl!"
"You may not have noticed but for the next eleven hours you are a girl,"
said Justin. "Look there really isn't a choice. Exchange as much
personal information as you can and then go home. Pretend to be sick
and stay in your rooms if you have to. We'll all meet back here an hour
before school tomorrow and I'll change all of you back."
"Why in the hell did you bring that thing to the school in the first
place," snapped the apparent Ruth in a very un-Ruth like tone.
"Because I did some online research and read that it has a tendency to
disappear. I wanted to keep it close so I wouldn't lose it," Justin
replied.
"Good job with that," said the faux Paul, "if you hadn't dropped it by
your locker I wouldn't have picked it up."
"Look I'm sorry this happen, okay, and I promise I'll fix it as soon as
I can. But for now you're all going to have to cooperate or you may
never get back to your real bodies."
Sullenly each of the pairs started exchanging information. "Tommy
you're going to have to go to football practice for me today," said Paul
looking up at his former body.
"Football, I hate football!" exclaimed Tommy. "I don't know anything
about it."
"It won't be so bad, today is Monday so we'll be putting in the game
plan," Paul said trying to sound reassuring. "We'll warm up and then
run some drills a couple of seven on seven's and then the position
coaches will talk us through the game plan. After that we might walk
through a couple of plays but it won't be too tough today. Just show up
and do what everyone else does."
"So do you have my brother and sisters names?" asked Ruth for the second
time.
"Yeah, I've got it. Damn you parents sound like control freaks,"
answered Cindy.
"Don't swear or you'll find out what soap tastes like. Now what do I
need to know to be you?" said Ruth.
"Well my old man is a trucker and he's on the road right now so you
won't have to worry about him. Mom is a lush so she'll be passed out
when you get home. Just pop in a microwave dinner do some homework and
stay out of my stash. You'll be fine," replied Cindy.
"That's horrible!" said Ruth. "Why do I have a headache?"
"You probably just need a cigarette," said Cindy grinning.
"You smoke!" exclaimed a shocked Ruth.
"Well, not any more," Cindy said with an evil grin.
"There's no way I can go to band practice for you," Steve said in a tone
of finality.
"Fine! Then just go to my house pretend you're pre-menstrual and go to
bed. My Mom won't be home until after five. My Dad left a couple of
years ago. So it'll just be you and my little brother Tyler."
"Yeah I've been over to your house remember? I like Tyler he's a good
kid," said Steve.
Tracy rolled her eyes. "He's a troll. It helps that we've been friends
at least we know a little about each other."
Steve nodded. "Once you get to my house, you can just tell my Mom that
you've got lots of homework, and head straight to my room. My Mom will
leave you alone until dinner. But you'll have to eat with the family,
my Dad is big on that, just eat quickly and then make an excuse to get
back to my room. After that you should be good for the night."
Figuring it was safe to escape while everyone else was busy, Justin
slipped out of the room and headed to her locker. Loading up the books
she'd need for that night and collecting her purse Justin headed toward
the main entrance. Not far from the doors she spotted Becky standing
there like he was waiting for someone. "If you're looking for Tommy he
should be along in a minute. I saw him talking to Paul a little while
ago," said Justin.
Becky nodded and asked, "So how are you doing?"
Justin shrugged. "It's been a strange day."
"You looked like you were having a good time at lunch," Becky smirked.
Justin felt her face turn red. "He's your boyfriend, I just didn't want
him to think anything was wrong unless you want me to break up with
him?"
"Of course not," said Becky. "Oh I got you a date with Laura for
Saturday. We should be able to switch by Thursday so you can thank me
later."
"I need to go, ta-ta," said Justin pushing the door open and heading
toward her car. Ta-ta? He thought good grief I've got to get back to my
body soon.
Tommy was miserable. He had thought that being Paul would be really
cool. Practice had started out fine. He'd lined up with everyone else
and run through the calisthenics and stretches exercises. He enjoyed
his new size and power. But then they'd started tackling drills. He'd
done okay carrying the ball using his size and strength to run over
tacklers. But it seemed that all the skills Paul had developed at this
had stayed with him. When it was his turn to tackle he'd failed
embarrassingly. The coaches kept yelling, "Hit, stick, wrap, and lift."
What the hell does that mean anyway he thought. Then the passing drills
were worse. He got yelled at for his form, for not hitting the receiver,
and for not following the Coaches directions. Half way through practice
Coach Kelly told him angrily to hit the showers. Coach Kelly had made
it clear that he'd better have his mind on practice tomorrow or his
starting job gone. The only good thing about the situation was that it
let him get changed and out of the locker room before his teammates.
Tommy got a bit of a smile back as he walked to Paul's car a 2011 Doge
Challenger. Paul's Dad, a lawyer, had bought it for him that summer and
Tommy was going to get to drive it for the first time.
Steve walked into Tracy's house and realized that she had the house to
herself. This was pretty good since she needed to change out of her
destroyed outfit. Having been in Tracy's house before was helpful but
Steve had never been in her room. Opening the door to the first bedroom
she came to Steve realized it must be Tyler's room with posters of power
rangers and toy race cars on the floor. The second room she tried was
pink and white with a full sized bed filled with pillows of all sizes
and shapes. Guessing this was her room she went in and opened the
closet. It wasn't the biggest closet but there were more clothes than
Steve was used to seeing. Picking a set of baby blue sweat pants that
said CHEER on the butt in white letters and a light yellow cotton t-
shirt Steve started changing. Once she had her original clothes off
Steve stopped. There in the mirror staring back was a skinny girl with
small breasts. Knowing this was his only chance to see Tracy naked
Steve watched as the girl in the mirror slowly dropped her bra and
panties to the floor. Turning sideways Steve glanced back at the mirror
striking a pose. Tracy is really pretty! Why have I never noticed that
before Steve thought.
Ruth was appalled! Cindy had dropped her off at her doublewide since
she had missed the buss. The trailer was not too bad from the outside
but once she got inside it was obvious it hadn't been cleaned in weeks.
Dishes were stacked in the sink. The small kitchen table was covered in
bottles of Boones Farm, Bacardi, and Jack Daniels. The whole place
reeked of cigarette smoke. Exploring the trailer only took a few
minutes' two bedrooms, a full bath off the hallway, and a bathroom off
the master bedroom in the back. Lying passed out, just as Cindy had
predicted, was a woman Ruth took to be her Mom. How can anyone live
like this she thought it's so sad. Well I may be in a different body
but I'm the same person I've always been and with that thought in mind
she started to clean.
Paul walked up the steps to Tommy's house feeling nervous. He'd never
been here before and if Justin hadn't dropped him off he wouldn't have
known which house was his. He felt awful he had tried to take the steps
two at a time, like he normally would have, and felt the roll of fat
around his waist bounce with each step. Also the steps were higher. In
fact everything was much bigger. Paul hadn't been 5'5," since 7th grade
and in some ways felt as insecure now as he had back then. Cautiously
opening the front door he was greeted by a playful black Labrador.
"Easy there Luther," said Paul happy that he had remembered the dog's
name.
Hearing the noise Tommy's 5 year old little sister came to see who was
there. "Tommy," she shrieked and came running with raised arms. Not
knowing what else to do Paul scooped her up and then tossed her into the
air. Laughing and clapping Nattily said, "Again, again."
Feeling somewhat light hearted Paul tossed her into the air a couple
more times until he started to feel the strain in his arms and back.
Holy shit, he thought, I'm really out of shape or rather Tommy's out of
shape. "So where's Mom?" asked Paul.
"There," Nattily answered pointing back into the house and then ran off
after Luther. Guessing she had meant the kitchen Paul decided to avoid
it and headed to the second floor hoping to find his room before anyone
else noticed him.
Tracy knew that Steve's folks had money but she was always surprised
when she visited. Their house was just down the street from Becky's
house and must have been at least 6,000 square feet. Steve had two
younger brothers one in 8th grade and the other in 4th grade. Parking
Steve's truck Tracy headed through the kitchen and then into the great
room. The house was shaped like an L with all three boys rooms in one
wing and the parents in the other.
"Steve, how was school?" asked Steve's Mom having spotted Tracy as she
attempted to sneak through the house.
"Okay but I've got a lot of homework," Tracy answered.
"Alright, hey I need you to take Charlie to boy scouts for me tonight.
I'm meeting with the ladies group from church and your father is working
late. I'll just order a pizza for dinner."
"Okay Mom," said Tracy wondering how she'd find her way to the Boy Scout
meeting. Closing the door to Steve's bedroom behind her she realized
all she'd have to do is send Steve a text asking for directions.
Oh, God thought Cindy as she parked Ruth's car in the driveway. Ruth's
house was just way to cute. Right out of Southern Living Cindy thought
sarcastically to herself. Ruth was the oldest with a brother and two
sisters each two years apart. As she got out of the car she could hear
Ruth's Dad in the detached garage talking to Ruth's younger brother
Peter. They were working on rebuilding an old Dodge Charger. When she
entered the house the smell of freshly baked bread filled the kitchen.
Cindy spotted a rather plump middle aged woman pulling a loaf of bread
out of the oven.
"How was your day dear?" Ruth's Mom asked in a pleasantly distracted
way.
"Um, okay but I've got a lot of homework tonight. So I think I'm going
to get started on it," Cindy replied. Following the directions she'd
memorized from Ruth Cindy went to Ruth's bedroom. It was neat and
painted in light pastels. Closing and locking the door Cindy sat down
on Ruth's bed and started to cry.
Justin walked into Becky's home which was more and more starting to feel
like her home. She noticed that her Mom was home, for once, and rather
than avoid her Justin decided to say hi. Her Mom had an office on the
main floor of the house and Justin knew from Becky's memories that would
most likely be where she could be found. Becky's Mom was an older
version of Becky, tall and blonde, with a great figure that had ripened
as she matured. She was one of those women who simply looked better and
better as they got older. She also had a Ph.D. in psychology and would
sometimes work from her office at home.
"Hi, Mom," said Justin from the doorway getting a lump in his throat
when he realized he hadn't been able to say those words for over four
years. Not since the accident in Japan where his Mom had been killed.
Looking up at her daughter Mrs. Murphy sensed something was wrong and
hurried over to give Justin a hug.
"Are you alright dear?" she asked.
"I'm fine, I just needed a hug," Justin answered giving her his best
Becky smile.
"One of your Father's patients is due tonight so it's just us girls.
I've got to finish reading this patient file and taking notes. How do
you feel about take out Chinese for dinner?" Becky's Mom asked already
heading back to her desk.
"Sounds great Mom," Justin replied backing out of the office and heading
up to her room. Becky's memories told her that her Dad was an OB-GYN
and it was not all that uncommon for him to get stuck at the hospital at
odd hours.
Retreating to the sanctuary of Becky's room Justin returned the
medallion to its zip lock bag and hid it at the bottom of her underwear
drawer. God my back is killing me she thought. She had taken a Pamprin
earlier but the pain had returned. Another awesome experience had been
using a tampon for the first time. Someone up there must really hate me
he thought. Knowing from Becky's memories that a bath sometimes helped
Justin headed into the bathroom and started to fill the tub. Tossing
her clothes into one corner Justin looked into the bathroom mirror. He
no longer felt surprised when he saw his reflection. Instead he simply
thought he looked bloated and that his breasts were swollen. Slipping
into the bath with a sigh of relief he wondered if he'd be able to
change back tomorrow.
Cindy sat quietly at the dinner table as Ruth's parents and siblings
talked, to, at, and at times over, each other. Dinner had started
uncomfortably for Cindy when Ruth's Dad had taken her right hand and
Ruth's brother her left and they had all bowed their heads while he said
grace. Once that was done everyone seemed happy to dig into the home
cooked meal it wasn't anything fancy just spaghetti with meat balls,
bread, and salad. But the enthusiasm and the laughter around the table
touched a place inside Cindy that she never knew existed.
Tracy had enjoyed the pizza and was astonished at how much she'd been
able to pack away. Fortunately Steve had texted the Scouts address to
her phone and with its GPS and map app she had no trouble finding the
location. Charlie had been happy enough to run inside which meant she
had an hour to kill. Across the street Tracy noticed that the public
library was open. She figured it would be a good place to do homework
while she waited for Charlie. After Tracy crossed the street she
spotted a couple of teenage boys leaning against the wall smoking
cigarettes. Normally she would have been intimidated but when they just
nodded to her she realized that in this body most people would be afraid
of her.
Ruth had cleaned the kitchen and the living room. It really hadn't
taken very long since both rooms were relatively small. It took longer
to pry open a couple of windows to air out the trailer. Cindy's Mom
must have been really out of it because the sound of the vacuum hadn't
even caused her to stir. When Ruth had cleared all the empty bottles
off the table she had seen that there were still several partially
filled bottles and even a couple that hadn't been opened. Making a
quick decision she dumped all the alcohol into the sink and put the rest
of the bottles in the garbage bag with the other trash. She had then
carried all the trash to the dumpster. This had taken several trips and
in the process Ruth noticed a couple of guys hanging out two trailers
down. Every time she walked by they either whistled or said something.
Feeling safer back in the trailer Ruth found a can of chicken soup in
the pantry. Digging through the refrigerator she found some cheese and
settled on chicken soup and toasted cheese sandwiches for dinner. After
eating Ruth went back to check on Cindy's Mom again and discovered that
she had rolled over and was now on her back snoring. Feeling sorry for
the woman Ruth gently tugged Cindy's Mom's shoes off and draped a
blanket around her. Figuring it was time to do some homework Ruth
settled into Cindy's bedroom humming happily to herself. For the first
time, ever, Ruth felt like she was in control and it felt good to take
care of someone even if it wasn't really her Mom.
Tommy had retreated to Paul's bedroom as soon as he got home saying that
he had lots of homework. Once in Paul's room Tommy figured he needed a
shower and tossed Paul's dirty workout clothes into a hamper in the
bedroom. Darting across the hallway with a towel around his waist was
easy. In the bathroom he stopped to stare into the mirror. Paul's
handsome face stared back. Tommy reached up and touched his nose. The
guy in the mirror copied the movement exactly. Tommy couldn't resist
flexing. He was so much bigger and stronger now. I wonder if I could
take Justin in a fight. With that Tommy turned on the shower. He'd
stayed in Paul's room until Paul's Mom had called him down for dinner
she'd made steaks and had left a plate for Paul. Tommy knew from his
quick conversation with Paul that his Mom and Dad had divorced 3 years
ago. His Dad was a high priced lawyer and his Mom worked as a nurse.
Tommy could hear her in the family room watching the news on the flat
screen. Tommy grabbed his plate and walked back to Paul's room settling
in front of Paul's computer to do a little research.
Steve sat cross legged on the floor with Tyler playing PS3. When Tyler
had gotten home from school Steve had instantly challenged him to a
game. A little surprised but happy to have someone to play against
Tyler had accepted. Tyler was even more surprised when he lost several
games. The only thing that interrupted their game was when Tracy's
phone had gone off with a text from the fake Steve. Tracy's mother had
arrived after 5 pm. Seeing the apparent Tracy spending time with Tyler
confused her but she decided not to bother them and went to work on
dinner. After dinner Steve explained that she had homework and escaped
to her room.
Steve finished most of Tracy's homework quickly. They had almost the
same schedule so it was pretty easy. Looking at Tracy in the mirror
Steve figured this would be his only chance to see what a shower as a
female felt like. He walked across the hall shut and locked the door to
the bathroom. Adjusting the shower for the right temperature Steve
stepped into the stall. The hot soapy water felt so good on his breasts
Steve continued to explore his new curves until his hands found their
way to his vagina. For the last several minutes there had been a kind
of hollow feeling down there that had gotten more and more intense as
Steve played with his breasts. He slowly started rubbing the outer
folds of his pussy the sensation sent pulses of pleasure through her
whole body. Steve slowly inserted a finer, rubbing the clitoris with
her thumb she pushed her index finger inside. As she stroked and rubbed
she felt a sort of aching pressure building and building until all at
once the orgasm exploded causing her to sit down in the stall and let
the hot water cascade down on her.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The sound of her alarm jolted Justin from her dream. In it she had been
chasing Becky but Becky had been in Justin's body and he'd been in her
body. Becky had been taunting him, "You've got to catch me if you want
me!" Walking to the bathroom Justin sat down on the toilet and noticed
that the pad she'd worn over night only had a small amount of blood in
it. Running her hands through her hair Justin stretched hearing her
spine pop and realized that her back didn't hurt. "Maybe this damn
period is almost over!" Knowing that she had to be to school early
Justin hurriedly went through her morning routine. The crack of thunder
caused Justin to look outside. It was pouring down rain while thunder
and lightning arced across the pre-dawn sky. Great what a crappy day
Justin thought all this rain will ruin my hair. As she rushed about
getting ready it never occurred to her that this was an odd thing for a
17 year old boy to think.
Justin was slightly late arriving back stage at the school theater.
Five anxious teens waited for her as she walked into the room heels
clicking. "So is everyone ready to switch back?" Justin asked. Looking
around the room Justin quickly figured out that the fake Paul was
missing. "Where's Paul?"
"I wish I knew," said a worried looking Tommy.
"Has anyone tried calling or texting him?" Justin asked.
"Yeah I got a text saying that he wouldn't be able to make it but would
see me later. That nerd better not have done anything to my body,"
exclaimed Paul. It was so incongruous to hear the apparent Tommy call
Paul a nerd that Justin couldn't help giggling. "Alright is everyone
else ready to change?"
Looking at the other four teens Justin could tell that they were not all
eager. "Tracy, Steve are you two ready?" Justin asked.
"That's just it," said Cindy interrupting. "I did some research on the
medallion of Zulo last night. It appears that if you hold it along with
a piece of someone's clothes you turn into their doppelg?nger. The
longer you maintain the contact the more or perhaps the clearer and more
detailed the copy." Turning to face Ruth, Cindy said, "I know this is
asking a lot. But would you be willing to let me stay as you for a few
days? Your family is so nice and well I've never had much of a Mom."
Ruth was already nodding. "I was going to ask you the same thing. I
love my family but they can be kind of, suffocating, ya know? I have so
many rules to follow. You have the freedom to pretty much do what you
want. I don't want to trade forever but a short vacation from being me?
Well that sounds pretty good, let's say until Friday morning." Hearing
this Cindy gave Ruth a hug. "Thank you so much!"
Justin noticed as the two separated that the new Cindy while still
wearing mostly dark colors had eased up on the makeup. It was much more
tastefully applied and the outfit while still dark wasn't all black.
Justin now faced Tracy and Steve. "Well," she said holding out the
medallion.
"Um," said Tracy looking over at Steve, "I've been thinking and well if
you're game Steve I'd kind of like to stay this way until the end of the
week as well. I've never been big or strong and it's kind of cool to be
able to go out at night and not have to worry."
Steve clasped her hands together in surprise. "Really because I was
thinking the same thing. I mean about delaying the switch. Your Mom's
cool and this body is so different I kind of like the sound of taking a
vacation from being me."
Justin was shocked in just over 12 hours four of the six people had
agreed to remain longer in each other's bodies. Yesterday they had been
ready to attack her and demanded to be changed back. Now they want to
experiment? Is there a side effect to this magic that helps people
adapt emotionally and mentally to the changes it brings? "Okay if
you're going to keep this a secret you're going to need some of each
other's memories. We don't have that much time so I suggest that each of
you holds the medallion along with a piece of clothing for 15 minutes.
That will take a full hour for each of the four of you to have a turn.
Once your turn is done I think you should leave so we're not all seen
exiting the theater at the same time," Justin said. With that he handed
the medallion to Cindy.
"There's no reason for me to stick around here," said Paul. "When I
find Tommy I'm going to kick his ass," and with that he stomped off.
Can this day get any weirder Justin thought hurrying to her first class.
She was already late but it had taken longer to get all of the changes
done with the medallion. She barely noticed Becky and Laura holding
hands as they walked into their home room.
At lunch Justin found the fake Paul who grabbed her and pulled her to
one side. "Listen I'm sorry about missing everyone this morning. This
body is a bear to wake up in the morning. Give me the medallion, I'll
grab Paul, and we'll swap back during lunch," said Tommy.
Justin had a bad feeling about trusting the medallion to anyone else but
looking into Paul's gorgeous blue eyes she found it hard to say no.
Come on Justin thought this is Tommy I can trust him. "Okay but I want
it back after lunch. Paul and I have the next two periods together so
send it with him, understand?" Seeing Tommy nod Justin hurried to her
locker and retrieved the medallion.
Finding Paul was easy and suggesting that they head back to the theater
was something Paul was eager to agree too. Tommy followed Paul back
stage feeling guilty but he was determined. Still behind Paul Tommy
took a quick step forward and slammed his fist down heavily on the back
of Paul's neck. This caused Paul to stumble forward dazed. Not wasting
any time Tommy jumped on Paul and hit him several times until Paul went
limp. Knowing he had to be quick Tommy pulled a pair of gym shorts he'd
retrieved from his former locker earlier. Tommy pulled on a pair of
plastic gloves took the medallion in one hand and pressed it along with
the shorts into Paul's cheek and glanced at his wrist watch.
Time seemed to drag by however Tommy was sure the magic was working
because the bruises he'd left on Paul's face had faded. Paul moaned a
couple of times and tried to twitch away once but Tommy stayed focused.
After a full thirty minutes he stepped away. It looked like Paul was
coming around. Well this is it he thought.
"Ugh why does my head hurt?" said the new Tommy.
"Dude you slipped and hit your head. Do you need me to get you to the
school nurse?" asked the former Tommy.
Looking confused Tommy reached up and adjusted his glasses. "Paul,
you're Paul? Who am I?" asked the new Tommy.
"Man you really must have hit your head hard. Take a deep breath. Do
you feel like you're going to be sick?" When the new Tommy shook his
head the new Paul continued, "I'll ask you a couple of easy questions.
We do this in football to see if a player has a concussion. What's your
name?"
"Tommy Wheeler," came the reply.
"Where do you live?"
"1207 Oak St," said the new Tommy. "What class do you have after
lunch?"
"Lit," he answered without hesitating.
"Alright now I'll ask you a different question," said the new Paul. "In
the power I formation, the coach calls a 32 dive, what does the tailback
do?"
The new Tommy sat there feeling confused he felt like he should know
this like the information was just out of reach. But then how could he
know it when he was Tommy Wheeler and had never played football before.
Shaking his head the new Tommy looked up at the new Paul and said, "I
don't know."
Grinning the new Paul reached down and helped Tommy to his feet. "Lunch
is almost over you'd better get to class." Still feeling confused the
new Tommy slipped out of the theater still to groggy to wonder why he'd
been there in the first place. After Paul had left Tommy sat down and
pulled out Paul's football jersey from last week's game. I won't go
back to being a small, weak, pathetic nerd but I don't want to
completely lose myself. Glancing at his watch and knowing he'd be late
to class Tommy touched the medallion to the jersey.
Justin was worried, neither Paul nor Tommy had returned at lunch. Wh