Being You- the Jay and Theresa Version
For those of you who read the Archie and Atlanta "being you" this is the Sequel, a Jay and Theresa version. if you haven't read the Archie and Atlanta one, you should do so before reading this one, it will clear a lot of things up... although this story is primarily about Jay and Theresa, there are plenty of Archie x Atlanta moments in there for fans (including me)
Disclaimer: I don't own class of the titans, i wish i did, but i don't
Chapter one
Jay was on laundry duty. It wasn't his favorite task but he knew he had to do it without grumbling. He was the leader, he had to set a good example. As he picked up another basket of dirty clothes, a pair of Atlanta's trousers fell to the ground with a metallic sound.
Jay sighed, when will they learn to empty their pockets? He thought. He reached into the pocket and felt his fingers brush against something cold and hard. He frowned and pulled it out. The object in his hands was an old necklace, Jay turned it over, it couldn't be? Could it? He drew his PMR out of his pocket and looked up the picture of the Pendant that the team had been looking for for weeks. Archie and Atlanta had told him that they never found it and yet here it was in his hands, out of Atlanta's pocket. He decided to go and get an explination
on his way upstairs he passed Theresa, the pretty red head smiled as they passed and Jay decided to tell her what was going on. He motioned for Theresa to follow him.
"What's going on?" she asked as they sat down on the couch.
"Archie and Atlanta have been lying to us." Jay said, not hesitating with formalities
"what do you mean?" Theresa asked worredly "what did they do? Oh my gods, Are they dating and didn't tell anyone?" she added excitedly, trying to ease the mood. It didn't work, Jay just foriwned at her.
"you remember the pendant that they were supposed to be looking for" he said said
"the one they never found?" Theresa sat forward, serious now and Jay nodded and drew the stone out of his pocket.
"i found it in Atlanta's pants when i was doing the laundy" he looked at Theresa "why would they lie about this?" he asked. Theresa didn't answer, instead, she reached out to take the pendant from Jays open palm. As her fingers brushed the stone, a jolt of electricity shot up Jays arm, thunder sounded and everything went black.
a/n- Having Paragraph issues, this signifies a new Paragraph:
Upstairs, Atlanta lay comfortably agaist Archie as she played a knew computer game. He stroked her hair and gave her hints on how to play as she killed the zombies, every so often he would lean over to kiss her and she would get distracted, die and have to start back at level one, not that she minded of course. When the thunder sounded, she jumped up. The two of them exchanged looks.
"the pendant" they said in unison and bolted down stairs.
Theresa sat up slowly and groaned. She rubbed her eyes and ran her fingers through her hair. She froze and clutched at her head.
"oh god, my hair" she gasped "did someone cut it of as a sick joke?" Theresa felt around at her new hairdo, horrified at the shortness and on the verge of tears. Finally she went to the mirror in the hall. As she caught site of her reflection, she screamed.
Jay opened his eyes to the sound of a man screaming.
"what the" he groaned, then he jumped up at the shrillness of his voice. He glaced down, shocked at his sudden acquisition of curves, not to mention Theresa's clothes. "what's going on" he said. A figure ran into the room, it was a man, dressed in jeans and a yellow and purple striped shirt. His shirt. All of a sudden it hit him and he ran to the mirror. Theresa's face stared back at him.
"no way" he whispered
Two figures appeared in the doorway.
"Jay? Theresa?" it was Atlanta and Archie "did it happen to you as well?"
Jay turned to face the two of them, he was joined by Theresa, well, himself with Theresa's conciousness inside.
"what do you mean 'happen to you as well?'" Theresa spoke in a masculine voice but she managed to still sound shrill. She put a hand to her head as realisation dawned on her "oh my god, that's why you were acting so weird last week"
Atlanta nodded "yep, and why we kept getting confused and muddled and stuff." she grinned at Archie who laughed
"yep," he said "we were pretty messed up"
"what about us? what do we do?" Jay worried, shoving his suddenly long hair out of his face.
"you're stuck as each other for a week." Archie tried to sound sympathetic but his voice was filled with laughter "untill then...have fun!" he turned to leave but Theresa grabbed his arm
"wait," As Jay, she sounded commanding and Archie grimaced under her new and suddenly powerful grasp "tell us whats going on."
"you touched the pendant of Psykhe. the pedant switches you in the hope that the experiece will help you to understand the other person better" he glanced quickly at Atlanta "and realise what they mean to you. So you'll be each other for a week and then you will be switched back again."
"just so long as you are in the same room, both touching the pendant at midnight on the last day, you'll be fine" Atlanta reassured her friends "if you aren't...then your stuck as eachother forever." she laughed. Then she and Archie retreated back upstairs.
"yeah, thanks for being so supportive" Theresa muttered as they dissapeared.
"so," Jay said after a while, trying to break the tension
"so" Theresa replyed, not knowing what else to say
"i vote we don't leave the house for a week"
"i totally agree. I just hope that Cronus doesn't show up"
Jay followed Theresa to the lounge and sat down beside her. They sat awkwardly for a minute before Theresa spoke.
"so..." she said "i can't believe this happened to Arch and Lanta"
Jay laughed, covering his mouth at the feminine sound that emerged, before laughing again. "can you imagine Archie as a girl! Remember when he went through that whole 'boys are better' thing!"
Theresa joined in the laughter but stopped abruptly at the masculine tone that came out.
"this is so weird" she said "but if Archie and Atlanta can do it, then so can we."
Archie was sprawled on the floor with Atlanta's head resting on his chest. He absent mindedly stroked her hair.
"i can't believe it" Atlanta said after a while
"believe what?" although Archie knew what she was going to say, he still felt the need to ask.
"Jay and Theresa of course. I mean come on, suppressed feelings? Those to are as obvious as Neil is when he sees a sale."
Archie laughed "yeah, but Jay would never admit it. Especially if it meant putting the team at risk."
"how would it put the team at risk?"
"i don't know, it just sounded like something Jay would be worried about."
now it was Atlanta's turn to laugh "Fair point." she said "do you think they'll survive a week?"
"we did" Archie said. "and we managed to admit some stuff too."
"like what?" Atlanta said sweetly
"Like that i love you" Archie smiled
"i love you too."
"Hey Dork" Atlanta stopped stretching to greet the purple haired warrior who was striding across the field "prepared to lose?"
"i beat you once" Archie grumbled
"yeah, when you where me"
they took their positions on the track and then took of in a blur. While they were running, the others had come outside. And at the end of the race (which Atlanta won) Jay (Theresa) called for everyone to sit down.
"um, hey guys" she said nervously, not used to the leadership position "Ja...um, Theresa and i have something we need to tell you"
"i knew it!" Neil jumped up "you guys are so dating!"
"sit down Neil, thats not it at all" Theresa (Jay) took over much to Theresa's relief "Archie and Atlanta found the pendant that we've been looking for yesterday while they were out."
Archie and Atlanta exchanged a look, they had gone to the arcade yesterday and then out for pizza.
"as far as we know" Jay continued "the pendant doesn't to anything so Odie, i want you to find as much information as you can on it, and Archie, Atlanta, i want to see you after this"
"Gosh Theresa" Odie gaped "have you been taking lessons from Jay? You sound just like him."
"oh um" Jay tried to think of a Theresa thing to say but then Theresa stepped in "She's just practicing her public speaking and organisation. You can't be a hero if your not organised."
the others exchanged a look.
Herry looked up from digging through his pockets "has anyone seen my car keys?" he asked.
Jay and Theresa sat on the couch with a book on magic amulets and Pendants that they had borrowed from Chiron when Archie and Atlanta walked in and sat down on the floor.
They exchanged greetings and Atlanta jumped straight to the point.
"why'd you lie?" she asked.
"we could ask you two the same question" Jay said
"i think it'll just be easier not telling everyone we switched" Theresa was more tactful. "everyone looks to Jay to lead us, i think they'd have a hard time respecting him if he looked like me."
"what are you talking about" Jay said "they respect you too"
"yes but not as a leader." she turned away to indicate the subject was finished.
"so why didn't you tell?" Jay turned to the colourful-haired two sprawled on the floor at his feet.
"well for starters it was incredibly embarrasing and awkward" said Archie
"yes," agreed Atlanta "and no one would be able to look at us the same again"
"and" Archie continued "it just didn't seem like something to bring up in conversation. It's not like we could just chime in at dinner and say 'hey, by the way, i'm actually Archie in Atlanta's body.' can you imagine the sorts of remarks that would come out of that."
Jay and Theresa nodded thoughtfully but whatever was going to be said next was forgotten as Odie walked in, a serious expression on his face.
"Odie," Theresa (Jay) stood up "did you find anything"
Odie shook his head "not yet but i have some bad news."
now Jay stood up "what is it?" he asked
"Cronus has been spotted and Hermes is missing."
what happens next? Stay tuned to find out. Reviews loved, critisism welcome.
