The Switch Chapter 1

Hey guys! I should be studying for religion comps but I don't feel like it so I came up with this story idea. I'm not going to talk a lot, just give you the backstory. In the middle of the night, Spencer and Aria got switched. Now they have to figure out how to get back into their bodies. I don't think there is another story like this out there, so I think it's 100% original. Enjoy!

Spencer Hastings groaned as she woke up. Her alarm clock hadn't went off, but she, being Spencer, had an internal alarm clock that told her that it was time to get up. She rolled over and… fell off her bed?

She heard footsteps and somebody come into her room.

"You ok?" She heard a male voice say, one that was familiar, but she couldn't place who exactly it was. She looked up and saw Aria's brother, Mike. Why was he in her room? No, wait, why was he in her house?

"Aria?" Mike snapped his fingers in front of her face. "You ok?"

Why was he calling her Aria?

"Umm… yeah. Just a little tired I guess…" Wait a minute. That was not her voice. That was Aria's voice. What the…

"Ok," Mike said, looking a little doubtful. "What are you doing up so early?"

Early? Spencer glanced at where her clock would normally be, but was met with a view of a closet. Looking around, she realized she was in Aria's room. She looked at Aria's clock. 6:00. "Um… I went to sleep early!" Come on, Spencer, she chastised herself. I practically lie for a living, and that's the best I could come up with?

"You just said you were tired… you know what, nevermind. I'm going to go to sleep for another hour, just don't trip over your feet, k Ar?" He smiled at her then left.

Spencer got up and looked in Aria's mirror. She stifled a scream. She didn't see her. She saw Aria. This was not cool. Not cool at all.

Her Spencer brain went immediately into effect. How would this affect them? If she was in Aria's body, was Aria in hers? Wait a minute… she had a date with Toby tonight. She knew Aria would be totally awkward with that, and she recalled in the back of her mind that Aria had a date with Ezra tonight. Well that's not awkward at all! Going to your old English teachers apartment and doing God knows what…

She decided that if she was going to be Aria for the day, she should at least get the day started. She jumped into the shower and took a long, half an hour shower, just to clear her head. She got out and blow-dried her, wait, no, Aria's hair and then straightened it. She went to the closet to find something suitable to wear. She heard alarm clocks going off in the Montgomery household, and everyone starting to get up.

Ella, Aria's mom, appeared in the doorway and said, "Aria, honey do you want the shower first or…" She trailed off seeing that her daughter was already looking for something to wear. "Did you take a shower already?"

"Mhm!" Spencer said.

"Wow. That's new. You usually never get up before 7. OK, just get dressed and come downstairs for breakfast." She left.

Breakfast? At the Hastings household, there was no time for breakfast. Her body had become familiar with a cup of coffee while getting her books together, and another cup to walk the way to school. This was going to be an interesting day.

She continued looking for clothes in Aria's closet. She didn't want to be too flashy, because that wasn't her style. But then, she realized, Aria wouldn't have anything her style. She remembered Aria asking her for something nice to wear to meet Ezra's mom. She sighed and realized she would have to wear something Aria-like. She settled on a neon yellow dress with a red belt in the middle, and sky-high matching red heels. How did Aria walk in these things? Spencer asked herself. She walked into the bathroom and put black mascara on and red lipstick. Then, remembering Aria's loud style, put on red eyeliner, yellow eyeshadow, and blush. She also took red feather earrings and multi-black necklaces. She stood in front of Aria's mirror and realized what she wore looked like something Aria would wear. She decided to go downstairs and see what there was for breakfast.

She walked down the stairs to see Mike, Ella, and Byron sitting around the kitchen table, and took a seat.

There was an awkward silence around the table. Everyone stared at each other. Spencer decided to take the coffee pot and pour some in her mug. She also took a bite of the eggs and bread that was in front of her. That shook the family out of the awkward silence, and soon, there were all eating in silence, with the occasional scraping of the fork on the plates. At 8:00, the family stood up and put their dishes in the sink.

Mike grabbed his lacrosse gear and backpack, and with a "Bye Mom," and them giving and receiving a small kiss, he left. Spencer quickly went upstairs and grabbed a big black bag. She hurried downstairs and said, "Bye Mrs… I mean Mom."

Luckily Ella didn't catch her little slip up. "Bye honey," she said and kissed her cheek.

Spencer hurried outside. Her mother never kissed her like that. At that moment, she forgot that she was Aria, and quickly composed a text to Toby, Can't wait to see you tonight. Xoxo.

She sent the text and walked down the street. Halfway down, she remembered who she was, or who she wasn't, and quickly took Aria's phone out. Toby had responded already… uh oh. Aria?

She quickly composed a text back. Um sorry Toby, wrong person…

No problem, was the reply she got shortly from Toby.

Spencer rubbed her head as she got to school. She walked to her locker, and saw Aria there, at her locker, and their eyes lightened up as they saw each other.

….

Aria groaned as her alarm clock went off, way to early. She flopped her hand over, and was met with the smooth stomach of another body. That was unusual. She snapped her eyes open and almost screamed. Toby Cavanaugh was in her bed. Wait a minute, she wasn't in her bed or her room. She was in Spencer's bed, in Spencer's room. And… why exactly was she in bed with Toby Cavanaugh? She looked under the covers. Okay, they were fully clothes, except for Toby missing his shirt. She reached over and turned Spencer's alarm clock off.

"Finally," Toby said, opening his eyes and sitting up. "I was beginning to think you slept through your alarm. He smiled lazily, and Aria saw why Spencer kept on babbling on about his smile. It was amazing. She shook her head quickly to try to get rid of that thought. "You ok?" he asked, leaning on one elbow. You seem a little distracted."

"No, I'm fine," she said in a voice that was completely not her own. It was Spencer's. Did she and Spencer… switch places? "Um, not to be rude, but why are you hear?"

Toby's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "You called me last night, don't you remember? The thunderstorm was freaking you out and you couldn't go to sleep, so I came over and we fell asleep."

"Um yeah, duh. Sorry I completely forgot. I haven't had my caffeine yet." She really hoped that was something Spencer would say.

Toby smiled and got out of bed, locating his shirt and pulling it over his head. "I'd better go, but don't forget about the date we have later!"

She smiled weakly as Toby climbed out the window and down the tree. She heard the roar of his motorcycle coming to life and then as the sound became distant.

She immediately jumped out of bed and looked at herself in the mirror. She was Spencer. Oh my God. How did this happen? Toby mentioned a thunderstorm… maybe lightning had hit their houses and swapped their bodies? She didn't know. She'd have to ask Spencer at school… school! She had to get ready for school! She sighed in relief as she saw the alarm clock's green numbers inform her it was only 6:15. That's why she felt it was too early… She usually got up at 7. She smiled to herself, well to herself as Spencer as she looked in the mirror. She had always wanted to give Spencer a cute outfit to wear. Some things she wore would definitely not be her first choice. She jumped into the shower. As she got out, she decided to do her, well Spencer's, hair. She straightened it, and then curled it, to make it look tamed. She then went to Spencer's closet. She quickly decided on a neon pink tank top and white high-waisted shorts. She grabbed a white-bow headband that she didn't even know Spencer owned. This was definitely not something Spencer would wear, but come on! She looked really cute in this outfit. Now for shoes… she took out pink heels that were stuffed in the back of Spencer's closet. She examined them. These were really cute! She put them on.

Now for the makeup. She didn't want to overdo it, but she didn't want to put too little on either. She put a pale pink lipstick on, and pink blush. She put on black mascara and think black eyeliner, and black eyeshadow, giving Spencer's eyes a smoky, hot look.

She backed away from the mirror and examiner herself. It looked like Spencer's body had been taken away and to a parallel universe, because Spencer would never in a million years look like she did right now. She flipped her hair and walked downstairs.

Melissa was seated on the couch, and looked up briefly as she heard footsteps coming down the stairs. "Hey Spence… woah."

"What?" Aria said, frowning.

"You look… hot."

"Thanks Mel!"

Melissa gave her a strange look as Spencer went down to sit next to her. "What's for breakfast?"

Melissa continued giving her a strange look. "Don't you mean, 'where's my coffee?' If that's what you mean, it's in the coffee mug."

Aria remembered Spencer telling her that they never ate breakfast in the Hastings house. "Oh… right. Yeah." As she stood up, Melissa stood also.

"I won't be here tonight," Melissa announced flipping her hair. "I'm going back to my condo in Philly, and Mom and Dad are still in New York. You'll be by yourself."

"Ok," Aria said, shrugging as she poured herself a cup of coffee.

"Alright," Melissa said. "See ya later, Spence." She walked over to the barn.

Aria took a sip of coffee and almost spit it back out. Yuck. What was that? She then remembered that the coffee Spencer and her family made was undrinkable. She quickly threw the coffee out and put the mug in the sink. She grabbed a black bag and walked to school.

At school, she walked over to her locker, which was right next to Spencer's. Spencer wasn't there yet… That was odd. Then she remembered she was probably eating breakfast with her family. She opened her locker and then realized she couldn't do anything. She and Spencer didn't have all of the same classes. She looked over her shoulder to the right and saw herself there, well, Spencer, and her eyes brightened up. Now it was up to her and Spencer to figure out what had happened.

Well there's Chapter 1! Do you want more? Leave a review in that box down there! Reviews motivate me to write more, so… review! (It would also make my day a whole lot better.)

~A