Quiet. That's the best way to describe the place where Jeff woke up. His head hurt like crazy, but he soon realized he wasn't in the ring any longer. He was in a hotel bed. Quickly sitting up, he found he was right. He was back in the hotel somehow. He quickly stood up, not seeming to notice something seemed different. He glanced to his right to see his brother asleep, the cover over his head enough that he couldn't see his head. That's how he always slept.
Moving into the bathroom, he bent down and put on the shower. Then, he froze. He had passed a mirror..and something he noted seemed weird. He stood again, and looked into the mirror before drawing in a surpised gasp. His reflection was wrong..instead of seeing his face..he saw his brothers. At this point, he quickly grasped the nearest surface to stop from fainting.
The reflection did the same. "No way.." he mumbled, and it wasn't his voice, but Matt's. He stared at himself and saw Matt stare back from the other side. He wondered if it was a dream, but then after he pinched himself, he ruled that out, because now the skin he pinched was throbbing and red.
"Matt! You're awake!" the voice made him jump, literally. He turned to see Chris staring at him, an amused look on his face. "Chill, man. It's me. I guess you're OK, huh? How's Jeff?" Jeff. HE was Jeff..but now his best friend was calling him Matt. He wanted to explain to him what was wrong..but he decided he didn't want Chris to think he's gone mad.
"Yeah, I'm cool." he said, trying to impersonate his brother suaveness the best way he could. "I'll take care of Jeff now."--that felt very weird to say--"So you don't have to stick around."
"Really? Mm, OK. Tell Jeff if he feels up to it I'm all for hangin' out tonight." Chris said as he began to exit the room. "Feel better, Matt!" He left the room and for once, Jeff was glad. He quickly rushed to his brother's bed and flung off the covers.
His body lay there, asleep. It was the weirdest thing, looking at his body through other eyes. He shook his body, not knowing who was controling it, almost hoping it was Matt instead of some odd person he didn't know. He watched as HIS eyes fluttered open. The minute his body looked at him, it jerked back, surpised.
"What the hell?!" his body exclaimed. "Ahh!!" Jeff quickly put a hand over his body's mouth.
"Matt, if that's you, nod your head." His body quickly nodded, shaking. "Good. Stop screaming and I'll take my hand off your mouth." Matt nodded again, and he let go.
"Jeff?" he asked, trying to let the events in. It wasn't every day you wake up to see yourself staring at you--if that makes any sense.
"Yeah." Jeff nodded. "It's me. I don't know how it's me, but it is."
"This has to be some sort of weird dream, right?" he asked hopefully. He was about to pinch himself, but Jeff stopped him.
"It's not a dream, no need to screw up my skin for that." he said calmly.
"Jeff, does that mean..?" he trailed off.
"You've got my body. Here, I'll show you." He dragged his brother out of bed and tossed him in front of the mirror. Matt touched his face--or Jeff's face--whatever.
"How can this be?" he asked, staring at his brother's face which was now oddly his own.
"I have no clue, Matt but..this could prove to be a problem." Jeff pointed out.
"Just a problem?!" he gapped. "This is a HUGE problem! Jeff, I can't be *you*! I'm totally different then *you*!"
"Matt, stop freaking!" Jeff groaned. "It doesn't help this situation one bit. We gotta figure out how this happened."
"How do you figure out how you and your brother switched bodies? It's like that weird movie Freaky Friday or whatever!" Matt exclaimed.
"That's it!" he snapped his fingers.
"Huh?" Matt inquired.
"I remember now..I sorta wished I was.." Jeff started.
"Don't tell me you wished you were me.." Matt groaned. Jeff sheepishly nodded.
"It's not all my fault, Matt!" Jeff said, folding his arms. "I wouldn't have wished that if you weren't tellin' me what to do!"
"I told you what to do because I don't want you to get hurt, Jeff." Matt's eyes..or Jeff's, if you want to be technical, softened. "I don't tell you not to do things to be mean."
"Yeah well, it doesn't matter now because basically we've got bigger problems to deal with right now." Jeff pointed out. "How are we going to get back into our right bodies?"
"Um..unwish your wish!" Matt suggested.
"Ok then..I wish I didn't wish that stupid wish of wanting to be my brother!" Jeff said, closing his eyes. He opened them and sighed. There was his body, standing before him, with Matt's brain in it. It didn't work. "Well..it looks like we might have to get used to this for a bit. Play it cool."
"You make it sound easy." Matt grumbled.
"It is. All I have to do is be uptight about things and all you have to do is relax and try to have a good time instead of worrying all the time." he smirked. "Think of it as a gift from god you can finally change your personality for awhile."
"My personality isn't that bad." he said defiantly.
"Yeah, for a rock." Jeff countered.
"Watch it..you might have an older body but I have the older mind." he reminded.
"You gotta hang out with Chris tonight." Jeff suddenly remembered.
"Irvine?" he quickly asked.
"The one and only." Jeff nodded. "And you gotta act like me, so listen up.." Matt groaned and Jeff realized this might be a bit harder then he thought..
****
"First, slouch more." They were in the room with the beds again. Jeff paced in front of Matt, who was not very happy. He tried his best. "Try not to look like you're trying to slouch." Matt tried again.. "Next, ya gotta relax more. Try to have a good time."
"How can I..?" he was cut off by his brother.
"You can. Like I said, it's more like a gift from god that you finally can chill and have a little fun. You're always so serious." Jeff patted his brother's shoulder. "Chris'll show you. Trust me." Suddenly Matt froze.
"Shit..what's today?" he questioned.
"Wednesday I think, why?" he inquired.
"You're kidding, right?" he asked, looking nervous.
"No." he shrugged.
"Shit! I have an interview today for one of those magazines!" Matt said frantically.
"Calm down, Mattie, I have it covered." Jeff smiled.
"Jeff, I swear, if you mess up my image.." Matt trailed off, trying to think of a good way to kill his brother.
"Relax man, I got it covered." he grinned a true to form Jeff Hardy grin, even though he was in a different body now. "I mean, how hard can ya be? I know most of your info and shit. They usually ask about us anyway. Like how we got into the business and shit. I know that. I was there."
"I guess so.." he sighed. This was too much. He wasn't expecting to be Jeff ever. Then again, who expected to change bodies with someone? Jeff put his arm around his brother's shoulders.
"Trust me, bro, everything will be fine." he said comfortingly. "You have a good time with Chris and try to relax, huh? You're way too stressed. Enjoy the fact you can be *me* of all people for a night or two."
"This does not comfort me much, Jeff." Matt sighed in annoyance. He looked at his brother and cracked a smile "But..I'll try my best."
"That's the spirit! Let loose! I mean, you won't even give yourself a bad name because you're doin' it with my body, and I'm known for partying and shit." he again pointed out. "And while you do that I'll keep up your serious ways. No one will even suspect something's up."
Matt smiled besides the fact he was still a bit shocked that he was his brother now.
"Do I see a grin on your face, Mattie?" Jeff teased. "Could you actually be thinking about having some fun?"
"No." he said defensively.
"Whatever, bro." Jeff smirked slightly. "So when's this little intervi--" Suddenly he heard a knock at the door.
"Tell me that isn't the person." Jeff groaned. He--or Matt--was only in boxers. Matt shoved one of his shirts and jeans into his hands.
"Get dressed, hurry up." he shoved his brother into the bathroom and shut the door as quickly as he did the first thing. He was luckily dressed--though they were from yesterday. Jeff had this habit of falling asleep in his clothes. He quickly opened the door and a woman, no older then Jeff-or him- stood there, looking a bit awkward. Her eyes lit up suddenly as she laid eyes on him.
"Jeff?" she asked. Uh-oh. Matt bit his lip. She obviously knew his brother--but he himself didn't.
"Oh, hi." he said uncomfortably. "Come on in. You're my brother's interviewer, right?"
"Yeah! My first job. I see you saved your brother, I happened to pass a TV when it happened. Is your knee OK?" she asked as he led her to a seat. He hadn't even noticed Jeff's knee hurting. Maybe Jeff was right about him being overprotective...
"I'm fine. My knee feels tons better." he smiled as best he could to imitate his brother--it wasn't working too well. Suddenly Jeff--or Matt, to the girl atleast, appeared from the bathroom, rubbing his head.
"M--Jeff, what's up with sho--" he stopped, seeing the girl that had drove him to the stadium. "Miriam?" She looked at him curiously and Jeff instantly realized his mistake.
"How do you know my name?" she asked.
"Oh..uhh..Jeff told me all about you, yep. I figured it was you because he was gettin' all lovey with you." he quickly explained, then realized that really wasn't Matt's type of speech--oh well. "He's always like that with girls."
"Well, I'm gonna get going.."--he was already getting used to talking like his sibling--"I got some plans."
"Jeff, hey, Chris told me to tell you to meet him at the local bar around the corner at 7." Jeff quickly said, trying not to make it obvious that he was giving him directions.
"OK. That's cool. I'll see ya around." Matt waved before leaving his brother, hoping it wasn't the stupidest thing he will ever humanly do..
Moving into the bathroom, he bent down and put on the shower. Then, he froze. He had passed a mirror..and something he noted seemed weird. He stood again, and looked into the mirror before drawing in a surpised gasp. His reflection was wrong..instead of seeing his face..he saw his brothers. At this point, he quickly grasped the nearest surface to stop from fainting.
The reflection did the same. "No way.." he mumbled, and it wasn't his voice, but Matt's. He stared at himself and saw Matt stare back from the other side. He wondered if it was a dream, but then after he pinched himself, he ruled that out, because now the skin he pinched was throbbing and red.
"Matt! You're awake!" the voice made him jump, literally. He turned to see Chris staring at him, an amused look on his face. "Chill, man. It's me. I guess you're OK, huh? How's Jeff?" Jeff. HE was Jeff..but now his best friend was calling him Matt. He wanted to explain to him what was wrong..but he decided he didn't want Chris to think he's gone mad.
"Yeah, I'm cool." he said, trying to impersonate his brother suaveness the best way he could. "I'll take care of Jeff now."--that felt very weird to say--"So you don't have to stick around."
"Really? Mm, OK. Tell Jeff if he feels up to it I'm all for hangin' out tonight." Chris said as he began to exit the room. "Feel better, Matt!" He left the room and for once, Jeff was glad. He quickly rushed to his brother's bed and flung off the covers.
His body lay there, asleep. It was the weirdest thing, looking at his body through other eyes. He shook his body, not knowing who was controling it, almost hoping it was Matt instead of some odd person he didn't know. He watched as HIS eyes fluttered open. The minute his body looked at him, it jerked back, surpised.
"What the hell?!" his body exclaimed. "Ahh!!" Jeff quickly put a hand over his body's mouth.
"Matt, if that's you, nod your head." His body quickly nodded, shaking. "Good. Stop screaming and I'll take my hand off your mouth." Matt nodded again, and he let go.
"Jeff?" he asked, trying to let the events in. It wasn't every day you wake up to see yourself staring at you--if that makes any sense.
"Yeah." Jeff nodded. "It's me. I don't know how it's me, but it is."
"This has to be some sort of weird dream, right?" he asked hopefully. He was about to pinch himself, but Jeff stopped him.
"It's not a dream, no need to screw up my skin for that." he said calmly.
"Jeff, does that mean..?" he trailed off.
"You've got my body. Here, I'll show you." He dragged his brother out of bed and tossed him in front of the mirror. Matt touched his face--or Jeff's face--whatever.
"How can this be?" he asked, staring at his brother's face which was now oddly his own.
"I have no clue, Matt but..this could prove to be a problem." Jeff pointed out.
"Just a problem?!" he gapped. "This is a HUGE problem! Jeff, I can't be *you*! I'm totally different then *you*!"
"Matt, stop freaking!" Jeff groaned. "It doesn't help this situation one bit. We gotta figure out how this happened."
"How do you figure out how you and your brother switched bodies? It's like that weird movie Freaky Friday or whatever!" Matt exclaimed.
"That's it!" he snapped his fingers.
"Huh?" Matt inquired.
"I remember now..I sorta wished I was.." Jeff started.
"Don't tell me you wished you were me.." Matt groaned. Jeff sheepishly nodded.
"It's not all my fault, Matt!" Jeff said, folding his arms. "I wouldn't have wished that if you weren't tellin' me what to do!"
"I told you what to do because I don't want you to get hurt, Jeff." Matt's eyes..or Jeff's, if you want to be technical, softened. "I don't tell you not to do things to be mean."
"Yeah well, it doesn't matter now because basically we've got bigger problems to deal with right now." Jeff pointed out. "How are we going to get back into our right bodies?"
"Um..unwish your wish!" Matt suggested.
"Ok then..I wish I didn't wish that stupid wish of wanting to be my brother!" Jeff said, closing his eyes. He opened them and sighed. There was his body, standing before him, with Matt's brain in it. It didn't work. "Well..it looks like we might have to get used to this for a bit. Play it cool."
"You make it sound easy." Matt grumbled.
"It is. All I have to do is be uptight about things and all you have to do is relax and try to have a good time instead of worrying all the time." he smirked. "Think of it as a gift from god you can finally change your personality for awhile."
"My personality isn't that bad." he said defiantly.
"Yeah, for a rock." Jeff countered.
"Watch it..you might have an older body but I have the older mind." he reminded.
"You gotta hang out with Chris tonight." Jeff suddenly remembered.
"Irvine?" he quickly asked.
"The one and only." Jeff nodded. "And you gotta act like me, so listen up.." Matt groaned and Jeff realized this might be a bit harder then he thought..
****
"First, slouch more." They were in the room with the beds again. Jeff paced in front of Matt, who was not very happy. He tried his best. "Try not to look like you're trying to slouch." Matt tried again.. "Next, ya gotta relax more. Try to have a good time."
"How can I..?" he was cut off by his brother.
"You can. Like I said, it's more like a gift from god that you finally can chill and have a little fun. You're always so serious." Jeff patted his brother's shoulder. "Chris'll show you. Trust me." Suddenly Matt froze.
"Shit..what's today?" he questioned.
"Wednesday I think, why?" he inquired.
"You're kidding, right?" he asked, looking nervous.
"No." he shrugged.
"Shit! I have an interview today for one of those magazines!" Matt said frantically.
"Calm down, Mattie, I have it covered." Jeff smiled.
"Jeff, I swear, if you mess up my image.." Matt trailed off, trying to think of a good way to kill his brother.
"Relax man, I got it covered." he grinned a true to form Jeff Hardy grin, even though he was in a different body now. "I mean, how hard can ya be? I know most of your info and shit. They usually ask about us anyway. Like how we got into the business and shit. I know that. I was there."
"I guess so.." he sighed. This was too much. He wasn't expecting to be Jeff ever. Then again, who expected to change bodies with someone? Jeff put his arm around his brother's shoulders.
"Trust me, bro, everything will be fine." he said comfortingly. "You have a good time with Chris and try to relax, huh? You're way too stressed. Enjoy the fact you can be *me* of all people for a night or two."
"This does not comfort me much, Jeff." Matt sighed in annoyance. He looked at his brother and cracked a smile "But..I'll try my best."
"That's the spirit! Let loose! I mean, you won't even give yourself a bad name because you're doin' it with my body, and I'm known for partying and shit." he again pointed out. "And while you do that I'll keep up your serious ways. No one will even suspect something's up."
Matt smiled besides the fact he was still a bit shocked that he was his brother now.
"Do I see a grin on your face, Mattie?" Jeff teased. "Could you actually be thinking about having some fun?"
"No." he said defensively.
"Whatever, bro." Jeff smirked slightly. "So when's this little intervi--" Suddenly he heard a knock at the door.
"Tell me that isn't the person." Jeff groaned. He--or Matt--was only in boxers. Matt shoved one of his shirts and jeans into his hands.
"Get dressed, hurry up." he shoved his brother into the bathroom and shut the door as quickly as he did the first thing. He was luckily dressed--though they were from yesterday. Jeff had this habit of falling asleep in his clothes. He quickly opened the door and a woman, no older then Jeff-or him- stood there, looking a bit awkward. Her eyes lit up suddenly as she laid eyes on him.
"Jeff?" she asked. Uh-oh. Matt bit his lip. She obviously knew his brother--but he himself didn't.
"Oh, hi." he said uncomfortably. "Come on in. You're my brother's interviewer, right?"
"Yeah! My first job. I see you saved your brother, I happened to pass a TV when it happened. Is your knee OK?" she asked as he led her to a seat. He hadn't even noticed Jeff's knee hurting. Maybe Jeff was right about him being overprotective...
"I'm fine. My knee feels tons better." he smiled as best he could to imitate his brother--it wasn't working too well. Suddenly Jeff--or Matt, to the girl atleast, appeared from the bathroom, rubbing his head.
"M--Jeff, what's up with sho--" he stopped, seeing the girl that had drove him to the stadium. "Miriam?" She looked at him curiously and Jeff instantly realized his mistake.
"How do you know my name?" she asked.
"Oh..uhh..Jeff told me all about you, yep. I figured it was you because he was gettin' all lovey with you." he quickly explained, then realized that really wasn't Matt's type of speech--oh well. "He's always like that with girls."
"Well, I'm gonna get going.."--he was already getting used to talking like his sibling--"I got some plans."
"Jeff, hey, Chris told me to tell you to meet him at the local bar around the corner at 7." Jeff quickly said, trying not to make it obvious that he was giving him directions.
"OK. That's cool. I'll see ya around." Matt waved before leaving his brother, hoping it wasn't the stupidest thing he will ever humanly do..