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Kitty froze absolutely still as she examined her new appearance; Marley was right, she was 'technically her'. She felt like she was going to throw up. It was like something out of a movie, yet it seemed that it was reality. Once she began to regain control of her new body, she put the phone back to her ear.
"Marley, are you still there?" She whimpered. She usually only cried for two reasons; either to uphold her reputation as McKinley's biggest drama queen or to guilt trip someone into giving her want she wanted. But this time, the tears were out of pure fear.
"Yeah…I'm still here Kitty. Do you understand now? We've…swapped bodies. You're stuck in my body and I'm stuck in yours." Marley shuddered as the words left her mouth. She hadn't anticipated ever having to say that in her lifetime.
"What do we do? We can't tell anyone 'oh hey, we swapped bodies, can you get us back please', they'll throw us in the crazy house! How do we switch back?"
"Okay." Marley started. "Let's just…go about each other's lives for today, and maybe…tomorrow we'll have switched back?" She didn't know what else to suggest. Health class hadn't ever taught her what to do in the event of a body swap…
The two girls discussed their plans for the day- thankfully, both had been anticipating a slightly more raucous party and had planned to simply relax at home for the weekend to recover. As they were about to say goodbye, something dawned on Kitty.
"Marley. The earthquake. We were the only people in Lima who felt it, and now this. This can't be a coincidence." Marley agreed, but neither girl had any clue why either catastrophic event had occurred. Kitty suggested a challenge from God. Marley was sceptical, and, before they could get into another argument, they agreed to hang up and try to see out the day in each other's bodies.
Kitty put down Marley's cell phone and looked at her alarm clock. It was just after 10am. She guessed she would try and follow her normal daily routine as closely as was possible given the small fact that she was trapped inside her worst enemy's body. That meant getting in the shower. Kitty faltered.
Getting in the shower.
She nervously peeled off Marley's ridiculous cutesy polka dot pyjamas and examined curiously. Damn. Kitty herself was quite thin, but Marley's body was extremely skinny, her hipbones could have sliced bread. She was kinda hot, though, if you looked past the skinniness. Kitty thought that, aside from the eating disorder, Marley knew how to take care of and adequately groom her body. Kitty was pretty sure she was not a lesbian, but if she was, she would have known where to look first.
The cheerio shook the thoughts from her head, reminding herself that she had been taught that such ideas, even if they were only ideas, were a sin against God. After finding and putting on a typically Marley-esque, prudishly long dressing gown, she went to explore the upstairs of Marley's house in order to find a bathroom, something she achieved in under 10 seconds, because Marley's house was, as she put it, like a 'tiny slum shack'.
When she had finished showering, she almost had a heart attack leaving the bathroom when, at the same time, the fat lunch lady from school was coming up the stairs.
"Morning munchkin, I just came upstairs to check you hadn't died! It's not like you to sleep in so late, how was Tina's birthday party?"
Oh crap, I forgot. Marley's mother!
"Umm…it was…fine. Fine…Momma." Kitty stumbled out a reply. The shower had calmed her down but now she had shot up to full level freaked out. Millie Rose laughed.
" 'Momma'? That's new!" Kitty cringed internally, making a mental note to have a long conversation with the real Marley about each other's mannerisms and turns of phrase if they didn't wake up switched back tomorrow morning. Marley's mother continued.
"Come downstairs when you're dressed sweetheart, I'll make us some brunch and you can tell me all the gossip from last night." She smiled and pressed a kiss on her forehead before disappearing, presumably to the kitchen. Kitty stood, shocked.
That was weird. Marley's momma is so…caring.
As the real Marley was learning, it was worlds away for Kitty back home.
When Marley put the phone down, her first thought was to get dressed. She went over to Kitty's walk in closet, jealously noting that it was probably bigger than her entire bedroom. She was unsurprised to find that a large proportion of Kitty's clothes were skimpy and tight, and, deciding to take advantage of Kitty's body, of which she had always been very envious, chose a comfy but tight t shirt and joggings bottoms. She shuddered as she took off Kitty's nightdress. It crossed her mind that until now, she had never seen another person naked, apart from tastefully in romantic films. She had never been more jealous of Kitty's body than now.
When she was dressed and as psyched up as she thought she ever could be, given the situation, she decided to bite the bullet and leave the safety of Kitty's bedroom. She had been here once, so quickly navigated her way into the large, sterile clean kitchen, where the woman she recognised as Kitty's mother was pouring a large glass of white wine. It was still the morning.
"Hey…Mom…" Marley stuttered. Kitty's mom had scared her when she came for the sleepover, so she wanted to be cautious now. Mrs Wilde looked at her a threw her an unpleasant expression.
"What the hell do you want?" She asked bluntly, her voice raised and her words slurred. It evidently wasn't her first glass of the day. Marley didn't know how to reply.
"Kitty, get your damn breakfast and leave me alone." She yelled, almost incoherently. Marley, who was not big on breakfast unless her own mother forced her into it, luckily so considering she had no idea where any of the stuff in this house was kept and did not want to take her time, walked over the fruit bowl on the side and took an apple. At that moment, a tall, suited man walked in to the kitchen.
"Kitty, go eat in the living room, I need to have a little talk with your mother." Marley, assuming this man was Kitty's Dad, did as she was told, as he didn't look like someone to be messed with.
She made her way into Kitty's giant living room, sitting on one of the exceedingly comfy sofas before taking a bite from her apple. The house may have been huge and beautiful, but it's walls were not thick, meaning she could hear every single word of Kitty's parent's furious row.
"Put that wine down Ruth, you're a pathetic drunk. On glass number goodness-knows-how-many at half eleven on a Saturday morning, what kind of example are you setting to our kids, huh?" Mr Wilde bellowed furiously.
"Oh congratulations Charles, well done for paying a speck of attention to me for one moment in our lives." Ruth Wilde retorted, her voice filled with bitter sarcasm. "You wanna know what kind of example I'm setting for our children? Well I don't know, why don't you ask your secretary, huh? Yeah that's right, 'Romeo', I know what you two are doing every time you say you have to go to a 'late night meeting.' Ha! More like a late night meeting IN HER BED!"
Marley sunk back into the couch, cringing at what she was hearing. A blonde boy, maybe 10 years old, came into the room. Kitty's brother? Marley wondered. The boy frowned.
"Again?" He asked, sadly. Marley sighed in reply. Her heart ached for him. She knew what it was like to hear parents arguing, even if it was a distant memory and she had been younger than this boy when her father had walked out of her and her Mom's lives. Suddenly, Mr Wilde stormed into the room, pulling his wife behind him.
"Kitty look after your brother, we're going out for the day." He said, in Marley's direction.
"Where to?" She asked timidly.
"None of your goddamn business." He said crossly, and before she knew it, they were both gone. Kitty's brother trundled upstairs. Marley took another bite of her apple, realising that, possibly for the first time ever, she felt extremely sorry for Kitty Wilde.
At the same moment, Kitty was eating pancakes lovingly cooked for her by Millie Rose, sat at a tiny kitchen table.
"So Marls, tell me what happened last night- any hot gossip? Were the boys there? Are you any closer to deciding between Jake and Ryder?"
Kitty raised an eyebrow. 'Hot gossip?' And just as I thought Marley, the man-eating skank.
"No, it was sorta lame. And Jake's totally dating Kitty now." Kitty always knew how to formulate a plan quickly. Millie frowned.
"That's strange, you told me he wanted you back yesterday." It was Kitty's turn to frown. She didn't know that, and Jake certainly hadn't sent her that signal last night when he had his hands wandering all over her ass. Millie continued.
"Kitty huh? That's a bummer. Is she still being mean to you?" Kitty had to hold herself back from blowing her cover.
"No. She's actually really cool and awesome, I totally wish I was her." She exclaimed, perhaps a little too quickly. But oh, the irony.
"Don't be silly, hun. You don't need to be like some prissy blond cheerleader. You are perfect just the way you are, you just haven't realised it yet." Millie smiled warmly, before taking Kitty's plate. All kinds of things were running through Kitty's mind. Was she really that bad that Marley had spoken to her mom about it? But what freaked out Kitty the most was the fact that Marley's mom cared. She spoke to her, wanted to know about her life, wanted her to be happy. It was a total culture shock; she cringed when she thought about Marley, who was probably discovering her own broken home life right now.
Thankfully, the rest of the day passed mainly without incident for either girl. Kitty relaxed in front of the TV whilst Millie doted on her and chatted away to her, a bizarre but welcome experience. Marley explored the Wilde mansion and put some chicken nuggets in the oven for her and Kitty's brother, whom she managed to deduce was called Nathan, without having to ask, and look like a freak. She was quite put out when, at 9pm, Kitty texted her telling her she needed to do her Spanish homework for her by Monday if they hadn't switched back, but she had no choice to agree, believing that Kitty would not bring in her own, already completed homework if she didn't do it. Kitty's parents returned from wherever they had gone late in the evening and barely acknowledged their children's existence. Aside from these small hiccups, the girls went to bed that evening feeling much more relaxed than when they had woken up, hoping that when the awoke the next day, they would have their own bodies back.
Marley woke early the next morning, rubbing her eyes and sitting up as soon as she registered that she was awake. She hoped that it had all been a horrid dream. She looked around as her eyes started working. She was in a familiar Rizzo-esque bedroom. She pulled at a strand of hair. Blond hair. Letting out a loud sob, she realised it was no nightmare, but a terrible reality. She reached for Kitty's phone to ring her and discuss their plan of action.
It was clear. Yesterday and today were going to be the easy part. Tomorrow morning they would have to face the world and go to school…as each other.
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