"Who is this?"
"You know damn well who this is…what did you do?"
"Shhh, calm down. I didn't do anything so before you twist your panties…I mean my panties…we have to figure out what happened. I will meet you at my house."
"Fine…wait, who's house? Am I coming there or are you coming here?"
"Uhhh…I will come there just try not to freak out. I think we will have a lot more privacy there to figure out what happened. Your Mom and sisters are downstairs…I will try sneaking out the back."
"You can't be nice to my family for 2 minutes to walk out the front door?"
"Stop. I didn't mean that I just mean that I am no actor and I will screw everything up…you may be able to play me because of being such a 'great' observer of people but I apparently am not so I will not change and I will sneak out the back door, Goodbye." Click
God that woman can be infuriating…and I am not even dating her!
Will returned to the bathroom and observed his reflection in the mirror. Well as much as I have always dreamed of seeing what she has under these clothes...I can't do it. I'll just throw some sweats on over top.
Opening some draws to find some sweats Will pulled out a skimpy lace nighty….OH GOD! Why is this happening to me? I am not going to make it through this. Using the last of his self control, Will placed the nighty back in the drawer and slammed it shut. Eventually finding the sweats in a duffel bag, he put them on on top of the pajamas and peeked through the crack in the door into the hall. Stealthily creeping down the stairs he heard Elizabeth's mother loudly talking about him. Pulling the hood over his head he made it out the back door just as he heard Mrs. Bennet bellow for Elizabeth. Cringing slightly at the tone he picked up the pace and quickly made it to the bus stop. Gratefully sitting down on the bus he glanced over to see that guy Bill Collins that is always following Elizabeth around. He startled realizing that Bill was looking at him with lustful eyes. There are some things I never thought I would have to experience! He thought bitterly. Trying to ignore the eyes staring at his breasts he began thinking again about Lizzy's refusal. Without the alcohol that helped him fall asleep last night he began to feel the pain that he felt when he realized he and Lizzy would never be together…she hated him. The rejection was startling enough but the fact that she hated him hurt more than he could've imagined. Apart from Georgiana, he didn't care about anyone else's opinions. Feeling tears begin to pool in his eyes he hid behind the hood and glared outside praying for the pain to dull at the very least.
Back at Darcy's house…
"I can't believe that jackass hung up on me! If he wasn't in my body I would slap him! AHH!"
Looking at her reflection in the mirror she sighed. Although he's an ass he does have one hell of a body and this guy just happens to be a guy that sleeps in nothing but his boxers. Oh God, how I am to survive this?
Heading into the bedroom, she determined to find a shirt and some sort of pants. Opening the top drawer she found a small grocery bag. Curiosity flowing through her veins she peeked into the bag and saw four boxes of condoms…Good Lord, what the hell does he need four packs for? Wait a minute…the receipt says he just bought these yesterday. He was planning on these for me?…Oh God!
Thankfully finding the shirt quickly after dropping the condoms back into the bag and slamming it shut, she quickly threw it on and began rooting around for some pants. Finding some jeans in the bottom drawer she pulled them on, unsuccessfully trying not to touch his penis as she zipped the fly. Good God, it's huge…how does he walk with this thing?
Finally making her way downstairs she decided to go exploring. Hoping that she doesn't find more things that she's not supposed to see, she began walking into all the different rooms.
Well, he is loaded so I shouldn't be surprised that it's beautiful but it is not over-done. Shocking! My parents are nowhere near his wealth but my mother still manages to over-do every room of their house and trying to do the same to our house.
She stopped dead in her tracks. I just made fun of my mother while yesterday I yelled at Will because he did the same. Oh God, this is getting too confusing. Half the time I can't even make sense of my own thoughts now I am having to piece together Will's too…We gotta fix this, NOW!
Hearing the door click, she spun around and froze.
"Elizabeth? Where are you?"
Hearing her own voice, she knew that Will was home. Anxious to get back to her own body she came barreling around the corner from the kitchen and there she was…or he was, standing there with red eyes and changed clothes.
Distracted by the clothes she began to yell "I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU NOT TO CHANGE CLOTHES YOU…"
Pausing when he held up his hands, she felt herself shaking and eyes about to pop out of their sockets.
"Before you call me another name I don't deserve you should know I put the sweats on over top of your pajamas….don't trust me? You can check if you want."
Frustrated with his attitude "Oh, whatever…how did this happen?"
"I honestly do not know. As much as I don't wish to think about it let alone talk about it…what did you do after we talked last night?"
"Nothing. I went home and went to bed. What did you do?"
"Uh…I don't think it has anything to do with why we are in each other's bodies anymore then so it doesn't matter."
Seeing his blushing expression she stepped closer to her own body. "What did you do?"
Sighing he gave in. "I drank a bottle of whiskey."
Staring at him with her mouth dropped open. "A whole bottle in one night? No wonder I woke in such pain."
See the accusing expression in her eyes for causing her such pain…"well in my defense, I was not planning on switching bodies with you!"
"Fine. But what do we do? We can't stay this way. I have to get to work and I need my body to do that!"
*FLASH*
Jumping back from the flash of light they watched as a piece of paper floated to the ground. Cautiously making his way forward, he picked up the paper and read the words aloud written in gold ink.
'Walk a mile in another's shoes.'
Closing his eyes Will said, "Oh God, I think in order to get back to our own bodies we will have to 'walk a mile in each other's shoes'…literally."
"This is just great. Well, you gotta get to work…I am NOT going to get fired over this crap!"
"Fine, but that means you have to get to work too."
"Work? What you do, just sit in your study all day?"
"No, I actually go into my office every day. I may own a recording studio but I still work with the producers. Let's go into my study and I will write down what you have to do today."
"Ok." Suddenly remembering that he had red eyes and realizing that meant he was emotional on the way over here she uttered a soft "thank you."
Finally with their lists of things to do they decided that they have to get ready and leave for each other's work. That meant having to change clothes.
Seeing her anxious look he regretfully said, "Umm…I won't look, promise."
"Thanks." Turning away she began to head up the stairs to shower and change.
"Aren't you going to promise not to look as well?"
Damn it! NO! "Uh, yea…I promise. I'll meet you here after work."
Smirking at catching the wistful glance down at his body's chest he turned to leave.
Turning on the shower, she closed her eyes and took off the shirt and jeans. Breathing deeply she slowly pulled down the boxers. Hopping into the shower keeping her eyes tightly shut she let the hot water flow over her head. Her eyes flew open when she felt something happening…down there. Oh God…I AM GETTING AN ERECTION THINKING ABOUT HIS BODY! After debating what to do she decided to honor her promise, though she doubted that he wouldn't look at her body, she switched the water temp to cold and leaned her head against the glass breathing deeply. Well this is definitely NOT something I thought would ever afflict me.
Meanwhile back at Jane and Lizzy's house…
Peaking around the corner Jane said "Hey Lizzy…you just missed Mom and the girls. You better hurry or you'll be late for work. You don't normally run this long, is everything okay?"
"Uh, yea…I just decided I felt like running more, had a lot of steam to work off."
"Oh ok…"
Noticing her sad expression he hesitated. "Uh, are you okay Jane?"
"Yea I will be fine. It's just that I got another email from Caroline telling me that Charlie has been out enjoying the night life with Georgiana Darcy. I just hope that he is happy. I wasn't what he needed, I guess." Sniff.
Seeing the tears pooling in her eyes he regretted ever trying to separate Jane and Charlie. Even last night, he thought he was right. He was sure that Jane had no feelings for Charlie but here is the evidence. She loves him. Knowing that Charlie had been miserable since breaking up with Jane and that he and Georgiana were just friends, not having actually seen each other since two weeks before Charlie broke up with Jane, he decided to try his hand at comforting her. He never was completely successful comforting Georgiana, especially after last summer with George.
"Jane…listen to me, I don't think Charlie cares for Georgiana like that. I think he loves you. Maybe he just needs some time. Maybe he's never felt this way before and doesn't know how to handle it…or maybe he was misled by someone."
"What do you mean misled? You think I misled him?"
"NO!...I mean maybe his sister or…Will misled him about you."
"Why would they do that though? Caroline was my friend and Will is his best friend."
"Well, in my opinion Caroline doesn't know the meaning of the word friend…or sister for that matter. As for Will…maybe he didn't realize how you felt about Charlie. I heard that he thought you weren't in love with him. You are kind of hard to read to people who don't know you well."
"I know…kind of like Will himself. He's hard to get a read on too."
Shocked at the comparison, he just stood there hoping he looked sympathetic.
"Thanks Lizzy. You've given me a lot to think about. I'll see you tonight."
"Ok, bye." Heading upstairs to shower, he thought about how wrong he was. Not just about Lizzy but about Jane. She is just so…what is the word?...innocent. I realize how I made the mistake but how could Caroline intentionally sending these lies to Jane? Charlie dating Georgiana, yea right. There's about as much possibility of that happening as Caroline dating me. Oh God, that's a scary thought that I wish I never had.
Turning on the water he realized in order to keep his promise to Lizzy he would have to close his eyes in the shower and think of Caroline in order for his eyes not to want to open. Hearing the clothes dropping to the floor he stepped into the shower with his hands on the glass and his closed eyes facing the ceiling. After squeezing out the shampoo he moaned as he ran it through her long luxurious curls finding that he couldn't help thinking about Lizzy especially while using her lavender shampoo and running his fingers through her hair. This is going to be the longest 'mile' of my life.
