The decision is made!
IT SHALL BE A STORY!
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Jade (or is it?)
I heard someone thumping away on my door, rolling over and shoving a pillow over my head.
"COME ON! TIME TO GET UP!"
"GO AWAY! I'LL GET UP WHEN IM READY!" I yelled, digging my face further into my bed, knowing it was a Saturday and everyone knew I didn't do mornings.
then…
I realised that wasn't my voice. My head shot up… and I looked around…
Okay, this wasn't the way I remembered my room. Sure, it was still a mess like it usually was, but… it looked more like a guys room!
I shoved my covers off me, rolling out of bed and getting up. Then looking down…
I was in a black t, and some boxers, but… I was missing two somethings.
And it seemed like I'd gained something else.
"What the…?" I dared to take a peek, my eyes nearly popping out of my head when I did see it.
"COME ON JACK! GET YOUR LAZY ASS OUTTA BED!" My dad yelled, making me jump and the boxers snap back. I cursed, then realised dad had called me Jack… not Jade…
I ran and flung my door open, seeing dad there and grabbing his arms. He pried my hands away, giving me the strangest look. Wait a minute… wasn't he taller?
"What's gotten into you Jack? You look like you've seen a ghost!"
I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out. So I bolted past him, heading straight for the bathroom, shooting in before Tina could get in, slamming and locking the door behind me.
"Hey!" she snapped. Well… at least she was still her…
I quickly turned, bolting to the bathroom mirror and forcing myself to look. What I saw just made me gasp.
I was a boy. Tallish… with brown hair like I used to, only it went down to about the bottom of my neck, some of it hanging messily over my forehead. I still had the eyes, but… the rest was the face of a teenage boy.
Not my face. I was a freakin girl the last time…
Well, let's just say that when I went to sleep I was a girl. Now… here I was, standing in the bathroom gawking at my boyish form in the mirror.
I forced myself to look away, lifting my shirt and seeing that I was definitely missing my two companions…
"You know Jack, if you wanted to go that badly you coulda just said so!" Tina snapped, kicking the door. I heard mum scold her, then realised I did kinda need to go.
The only problem was I had no idea how I was gonna do it.
Hey, you try being a girl one minute and a boy the next! See how you handle it!
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Well, after what seemed like forever, I finally worked it out, then quickly had a shower, taking off into my bedroom.
"Jack, think you can take care of Phoebe for me today?" Mum called through the door as I worked out how to put on some jeans without hurting myself.
"Yeah, sure" I muttered, finally fixing the top button. How did guys do it?
"Thankyou dear" she opened the door, coming in and putting her on my bed, then looking me up and down.
"My my, my little boy is growing up!" she came over and gave me a hug, then pulled back, tugging on my jeans. I yelped.
"Mum!"
"What? I'm just seeing if you need new jeans anytime soon"
"I'm fine… don't worry about it… just let me get dressed, please? I need to go out today" I pushed her out of my room as gently as I could. She looked hurt.
"Why Jack, ashamed of your own mother?"
"No… its just… I need to get something from Jake today" I muttered, hoping we were still in America.
"Who's Jake?"
"Just a friend… mum, please?"
She finally left me alone, but not before giving me the biggest, sloppiest kiss on my forehead.
"Ewww!" I muttered as she shut the door behind her, grinning. Deliberate… totally…
"Jak not Jak!" Phoebe muttered, and I turned to see her with her thumb in her mouth.
"Wh-what?"
"Jak not boy! Jak gurl! Jak is Jade!"
I blinked, relieved that at least someone knew this was wrong.
Sadly, it was a three year old who talked in riddles.
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Almost an hour later I finally got out of the house, after Phoebe decided to go play in the flour. The end result was me needing to give her a bath and change her clothes.
I slung her easily on one hip, finding I was just a tad bit stronger too.
Thankfully, we were still in America. I only hoped Jake wouldn't totally flip out when he saw me.
Wait, would Jake even know me?
That thought stopped me dead in my tracks. Then I forced my feet to move, knowing I had to take that chance. I mean… maybe one of them might know what was going on…
"Lalalaaa!" Phoebe sung from my hip, swinging her legs around and just sounding like a happy toddler.
I would have given anything just to be in her shoes then.
After what seemed like forever, I finally made it to Jakes house, stopping and staring up at his house.
"Gaw onn" Phoebe urged, tugging on my shirt. I sighed, hefting her up, then going and knocking on the front door. Tom answered.
"Uh… hi. Is uh… Jake here?"
He gave me the strangest look, then shook his head "No Jake lives here, sorry kid" he started to shut the door, but then a delicate hand reached out and stopped him.
"No, wait" came the feminine voice, which made me freeze. Tom looked at whoever it was, shrugging and turning to leave.
"You're choice little sis"
Little… sis?
I almost choked on my own saliva. Then the person behind that voice decided to show their face, and…
Well, I was shocked to say the least. This girl had brown hair, midnight brown eyes, was a little shorter than I was, and the face…
She came out, shutting the door behind her, looking me up and down as well, then at Phoebe "I take it you're Jade then?"
"Uh…yeah. People here keep calling me Jack but" I muttered, still a little thrown by her bluntness.
"Same. They're calling me Jane instead of Jake… really creeps me out"
Knew it had to be Jake… only one person I know could be that serious at such a young age…
"Lookin good Jake" I tried to joke, but just got a glare from him. Or… her…
"Now's not a time to do a Marco. Right now we've got to round up everyone else. If… they're like us"
He went in grabbed some shoes, then came out again. Together we started walking down the street to Marco's house. I noticed the sandals Jake/Jane wore were making him/her walk lopsidedly.
"You okay in those things?"
"Fine. It was the only pair of shoes I had with the lowest heel. How do you girls do it?" He looked up at me, almost shocked. I shrugged "I dunno. I don't wear heels"
He snorted, looking like he wanted to say something, then shut his mouth again. We walked along in silence, with Phoebe happily filling the void every now and then.
Then I guess he decided he wasn't going to stay silent.
"How the heck do wear a bra every day!" he snapped, folding his arms over his chest, looking angry "Do you know how long it took me just to get a bra on this morning?"
I couldn't help but snort "How long then?"
"A FREAKIN HOUR! AND NOT TO MENTION THE CLOTHES!" he yelled, stopping in his tracks and turning to me. I stopped too, a little taken back by Jake's anger.
"What… about the clothes?" I asked timidly, shifting Phoebe onto my other hip.
"I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO WEAR! I mean… LOOK AT THIS!" he indicated to the designer jeans and frilly top he was wearing "How can you STAND IT!"
I would have said something comforting, but by then I was cracking up too much to care.
"Oh shut up you!" he grumbled, walking along anyway. I followed, covering my mouth and keeping my hysterical laughter to a few giggles every now and then.
As strange as the situation was, it was also friggen hilarious to see Jake flip out like that.
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And there ya have it! Jade's a boy and Jakes a girl!
Ah the torture… I simply love it…