Chapter 2
Tyson was jerked out of his somber sleep by the shrill ringtone of a phone. Maxie's phone to be exact, which was lying on the pillow next to him.
The display said "Ray" and disturbingly, 8:30 am.
"Urgh, too early." He groaned, but answered the call nonetheless. "Wassup Ray? Maxie's out takin' a dump or somethin'. What's happening?"
"This is Max. Who are you?"
Tyson snorted, he might be slow at times, but he wasn't that dim. He could recognise Ray's voice anytime.
"Ha Ha hilarious. Why are you calling me so early? I had such a nice dream… I was at the tournament and there was this big guy I was battling, but he was made entirely out of jelly, the raspberry kind, which is super rare to find, they're almost always out of it at the store…"
"Tyson?"
"Yeah?"
"Are you in my body?"
"Yeah, right. Stop treating me like I'm an idiot. I'm not falling for that."
"Go to the mirror."
Tyson felt he had outsmarted them. "And then you're going to pop out saying you made me look. Not funny."
Ray grunted something about just looking at his body then and Tyson reluctantly complied. They had even dressed him in Maxie's clothes. This would have been a hilarious joke if it wouldn't have been on him. That is, until he caught his reflection in the glare of the computer screen.
"Holy shit, I'm in your body!" he exclaimed. "How?"
"I have no idea."
"Do you think the others switched too?"
"Well, Ray must have. No idea about Kai, the chief or Hilary. If he is in your body, then it would be best to meet up at the dojo and get this sorted out."
They agreed to meet as soon as possible. Tyson was wide awake now. As he hung up, he noticed Max had gotten himself a new phone case. He had replaced the green frog one with a red one of the same print. He chuckled. Red frogs, that makes no sense at all. He hastily threw on an outfit that matched more than anything Max ever wore and was about to make his way outside when he realised that he had to pee badly. For the first time for as long as he could remember he sat down to do the act. Touching Maxie's wiener felt like an intrusion of privacy. Also, he was afraid that it would be bigger than his own. He couldn't even look down. As he was sitting on the loo he noticed an open carton of medication lying on the sink. It was labelled "Codeine" and had a prescription sticker with Max's name printed on it. It dawned on him that Max had forgotten to tell him to take it, so he poured himself a cup of water and swallowed a pill. He was such an attentive friend. He was gloating in this self-satisfaction as he stepped outside into what looked like a parallel universe.
The world had a dull brownish glow to it. Almost like it was twilight, rather than dawn. Even the grass was orange. As he walked down the street, he passed by a brown, yellow and grey streetlight. Maybe their bodies were not the only thing that had switched. Maybe the entire world was affected in some sort of way.