Happy belated Halloween, viewers! Like I promised a while back, I am indeed coming up with the beginning of another mini-series of these crossover one shots. You've read the title of this chapter, so, yes, I am once again hitting you all with another body swap plotline. Why? Because I really enjoy this plotline, always have always will.
With all that being said, I hope you enjoy the new chapter.
"So, where are you taking me?" Amanda asked.
"Wherever you want to go, my love." Mike replied.
"Hmm, I think I could really go for some Chinese." Amanda said.
"An excellent choice, then. Let's see if there's any Chinese places around here." Mike replied pulling his phone out of his pocket.
Amanda grinned and tugged on Mike's hand gesturing to a nearby sign.
"Forget the phone, I see a Chinese restaurant right there." She said.
"Damn, that's convenient. Let's check it out." Mike replied.
The two cross the street and head inside the restaurant.
"Oh my, it's certainly been a while, hasn't it?" A familiar woman asked.
"Oh, hell no. I'm not eating here if this restaurant's being run by this psycho bitch." Mike replied pointing his finger out at her.
"Mike! Enough!" Amanda said sternly.
"Oh, don't worry kids, I don't own the place. I just work here." Alana replied.
"Still, I've got my worries." Mike said.
"I'm not going to poison you or anything. Let me show you to a table and then I'll take your orders." Alana replied.
"I think I can find my way, thanks." Mike said.
"Would you please knock it off already?" Amanda asked annoyed.
"Oh, come on! You seriously trust being served food by some psychotic lady who's nothing but pure evil?" Mike asked.
"You're being overdramatic..." Amanda said.
"Really? I'm being overdramatic? Do you not remember what happened the last time we ran across this woman?" Mike asked.
"I do remember. But if she means no harm then I believe her." Amanda replied.
"Way to be naïve, babe." Mike said.
"Hi, I'd love to keep listening to you have your little lover's quarrel, but I have other customers waiting, so let me take you both to your seats." Alana replied.
Mike and Amanda eventually comply and follow Alana to a nearby table.
"Why are you being so impossible tonight?" Amanda asked.
"Why are you being so open and trusting?" Mike asked.
"What? You think I liked having her switch me around with our friends like I was some kind of puppet? News flash, honey. I hated every moment. But you need to learn to let that stuff go." Amanda replied.
"Whatever, I'm clearly not winning this argument." Mike said.
"You guys too, huh? There must be something in the air.." Chloe replied walking up to the two.
"Hey Chloe, what brings you here?" Mike asked.
"Mom insisted we have a dinner between us two girls. Some new trick she learned in family counseling." Chloe said.
"Yes dear, I'm trying to relate to you." Joyce replied.
"Weird running into you guys. How crazy is it that my mom works here?" Salem asked.
"Dude, your mom does weird shit to us how are you not mad at her?" Mike asked.
"Trust me, I am. But Lola thinks that I should just grin and bear it." Salem replied.
"I just merely made a point that he shouldn't hold any ill will towards his mother because he's fortunate enough to have her around." Lola said.
"Wow Lola, that was almost 5 seconds we went where you didn't bring up your crappy home life..." Salem replied.
"Damn dude, what's gotten into you? I thought you were kind of hopelessly devoted to my cousin." Mike said.
"I love her, man. But I get frustrated when she has to constantly bring up her rough upbringing as a way to justify her shittier behavior." Salem replied.
"If you're so frustrated, then why are you dating me? After all, love is complicated, and I'm sure other boys around here would kill to be in your position..." Lola said.
"What?!" Salem asked.
"You heard what I said!" Lola replied.
"Damn, why's everyone yelling?" Jade asked.
"I'm surprised you could hear that, since you never seem to listen to anybody anyways..." Snow replied.
"And what's that supposed to mean?" Jade asked.
"Do you all want to know what my beloved girlfriend did today?" Snow asked.
"Uh, I guess." Mike replied putting a hand behind his head nervously. "
My lovely girlfriend decided to fill balloons with paint and shove them into Victoria's locker." Snow replied.
"Like you all wouldn't have done the same to her. We all know she's a horrible bitch. Besides, why are you mad at me? Chloe's the one who helped me do it." Jade said.
"Why doesn't that surprise me? Chloe, at some point in your life, I need you to grow up." Joyce said.
"And be just like you, right?" Chloe asked.
"Not likely, I hardly doubt you could handle my life." Joyce said.
"Like you have any idea what it's like to be a teenager..." Chloe replied.
"Chloe, believe it or not, I too was once a kid." Joyce said.
"Yeah, like forever ago..." Chloe replied.
Alana arrives back to the group with a plate of fortune cookies in hand.
"Cookie?" She asked.
"Fuck no, I'm not falling for this Freaky Friday bullshit." Mike said.
"You know something? I'd normally keep pushing until you comply, but I'm fed up with all the bullshit you've been giving me kid, so all of you take these damn cookies, right now!" Alana said.
The group complies and all open their fortune cookies.
So, it begins,
This swap will affect all of you, until you've learned what it means to walk a mile in each other's shoes.
"What? This is all bullshit, right?" Chloe asked.
"Why don't you wait until tomorrow and then we'll see?" Alana replied with a grin.
The eight leave and go their separate ways.
At midnight, Mike and Amanda, Joyce and Chloe, Jade and Snow, and Salem and Lola swap sleeping positions.
The next morning, Mike wakes up and gets out of bed heading for the bathroom rubbing sleep from his eyes.
As he heads inside, he's awakened by the sound of screaming.
"Jesus! Jade, Snow, what the hell are you guys screaming about and why are you in the boys' bathroom?" He asked.
"What are you talking about, Amanda?" Snow asked.
"Very funny Jade, I'm not..." Mike said looking at his reflection in the mirror.
"What in the- I look like Amanda!" Mike said.
"Wait, you're not Amanda?" Jade asked.
"No, it's me, Mike. So, if I'm her, then she's got to be me. What does that make the two of you though?" Mike asked.
"Each other." The girls replied in unison.
"What are you guys all doing in the boys' bathroom?" Salem asked.
"Dude, we're all in the wrong bodies, which probably means you are too." Mike replied.
"Yeah right Amanda, I'm not..." Salem said walking up to the mirror.
"What the hell? Why am I Lola?" Salem asked.
"Who else do you think is switched around?" Jade asked.
"Whoever opened those fortune cookies, right?" Snow asked.
"Shit, yeah. Which means that Chloe and her mom must be each other too." Salem said.
"That sucks, but at least they're still in the same gender." Mike replied.
"That is fortunate, at least I'm still a girl." Snow said.
"Yeah, I mean, I'm not pleased being you, but.." Jade replied.
"Like I really wanted to be you..." Snow said.
"Knock it off you two, fighting is what got us swapped in the first place remember?" Mike asked.
"Yeah, so, when does this curse wear off?" Salem asked.
"Probably whatever the fortune said." Mike replied.
"But who knows where that is? I never keep that shit around." Salem said.
"Well, whatever, you both better tell your girlfriends what happened or else they're in for a major shock like we were." Jade replied.
Meanwhile, over at the Price house, Chloe wakes up first looking around the room confused.
"Why the hell am I in mom's room?" She asked.
Chloe clears her throat.
"What the hell? Why do I sound like mom?" She asked.
Chloe gets up and rushes over to a nearby mirror.
The person looking back at her is Joyce Price, not Chloe.
"No! Why am I my mom?!" Chloe asked.
Joyce barges into the room.
"Chloe, I don't know what kind of prank you're playing here but.."
She stops when she realizes she's looking back at herself and lets out a scream.
"Mom?" Chloe asked.
"Sweetheart?" Joyce asked.
"This, this can't be real, right? Body swapping is impossible isn't it?" Joyce asked.
"It better be, I don't want to be in your saggy body." Chloe replied.
"Watch it missy, we may have swapped, but I am still your mother." Joyce said.
Back at the dorms, Mike calls Amanda on his cell phone.
Just the same, Salem calls Lola.
"So, what do we do?" Amanda asked.
"My guess? Just try to act like the other, and then we have some free time, try to head back to the restaurant and get switched back." Mike replied.
Meanwhile, back in Lola's room.
"What do you mean, you lost the fortune? How are we going to switch back?" Lola asked annoyed.
"Well, we didn't need instructions the last time my mom switched everyone around." Salem replied.
"That was different and you know it." Lola said.
"Yeah, but, look, I really don't want to argue right now. Just get dressed and let's try to make it through the day as each other. If we find the time, we'll head back to the restaurant and get switched back." Salem replied.
"Fine, but this better be fixable." Lola said.
Yes, I'm cutting it off here. I know it's a little short, but again, it's more of an introduction chapter, and I gave myself a deadline. Something I should really stop doing. In any event, hope you enjoyed it. I'll try to be back with something new, whenever.
-Phantom