Author's Note: Hi again! Sorry for the delay—you know, life happens. I wrote this in separate segments so it's not as smooth as I'd like but I need to let it go. I'll just blame it on my cat who insists on laying across my keyboard while I type. Kayla and Katy, you've inspired me to explore the sordid tale of Lumi sextape adventures. It's still in the conception stage but I'll probably start it after I finish this story. Thanks for the feedback!
Lucas and Sami unlocked the door and walked in not sure what to expect. They had joked about Philip and Belle 'abusing' their bodies but, in truth, they were hoping for something far more innocent as a reason for their lack of contact.
"Maybe they're sleeping," Lucas said in a hushed tone as if that were a given. But all the lights in the apartment were off and the only illumination came from the moonlight spilling in through the windows. Will's door stood ajar but Sami's bedroom door was closed.
Sami didn't look convinced. "Well, if they're in there, sleeping or otherwise, that might explain why they didn't answer the phone. Sometimes you can't hear the phone ringing out here if the door is closed and I just remembered that I turned the ringer off on the bedroom phone."
"Why did you turn your ringer off? You might miss an important call—like Will calling you from camp or something," Lucas said eyeing her warily.
Sami didn't quite appreciate his accusatory tone or his timing in discussing the matter but dismissed his comment with an annoyed wave of the hand. "I don't remember. I was probably taking a nap and those damn telemarketer people kept calling. Take a pill, Lucas. You know Will would just call my cell phone and I can always hear that.
Lucas just rolled his eyes at her. "Yeah, I don't think anybody could miss the cell phone version of 'Get Your Freak On.' It's real classy."
"I'm glad we agree," Sami said while still focusing on the closed door. "Well, Lucas, it's now or never. Let's check it out."
They crept towards the closed door and opened it slowly and quietly. They saw two shadowy forms laying motionless on the bed. It looked like they were holding each other as they lay there and under less bizarre circumstances the scene would have been cute and touching.
"I told you they were asleep...thank God," Lucas said poking Sami in the ribs for good measure.
Sami scrutinized the two forms laying in her bed looking comfortable and content. "Asleep my ass," Sami said with growing irritation. "Unfortunately for them, I have an alarm clock named Sami on hand." She briskly flipped the light switch on much to the surprise of the bed's two occupants.
Philip and Belle squinted and covered their eyes at the sudden illumination in the room. "What's going on," Philip drawled. Still unaware of their two visitors, an equally groggy Belle moved her hands from her eyes in an attempt to orient herself to her unfamiliar surroundings.
"Philip, we must have dozed up. We have to get up before Sami and Lucas get over here." Belle rolled over out of Philip's embrace and attempted to retrieve her negligee at the end of the bed. "They can't find out that we—" She tugged on the strap but looked up in sleepy confusion when it did not seem to budge. Only then did she notice the two newest occupants of the room—one standing by the door with his jaw to the floor and one towering over her holding the other end of her nightgown. "Oh shit."
Lucas rubbed his eyes in disbelief at the scene in front of him. He was looking at himself—or more precisely, his brother Philip inhabiting his body—staring up at him looking sleepy, disheveled and clearly satiated. 'Sami,' a role currently being played by Belle, was leaning over towards the foot of the bed baring, well, almost everything. She was attempting to retrieve her nightgown which Sami currently had a hold of as she glowered down at the two lovebirds residing in their bodies. Try as he might, he was not able to pick his bottom lip from off the floor. Before, Lucas figured that even if Philip and Belle had fooled around in his and Sami's bodies, he would give them the benefit of the doubt and use all of his powers of denial to ignore the idea all together. However, with Belle lying naked across the bed and his brother equally unclothed from what he could tell, there would be no riding that Egyptian river any time soon.
Philip and Belle could do nothing but stare back at Lucas and Sami in shock. The whole scene was just too surreal. They were all looking at each other like they were having some kind of out of body experience from Hell. It was like looking at some strange possessed version of themselves. They knew they were looking at their bodies but it was clear that something was definitely off. You could tell by the way that Lucas was standing in Philip's body and the look of panic and fear that Belle projected on Sami's face. There was no sign of the usual cockiness that Lucas so often exuded in his body language and Belle's body looked nothing less than predatory as Sami engaged in an uncontested tug-of-war with the negligee. There were really no adequate words to describe the gravity and reality of their bizarre situation.
With Belle distracted and in shock, Sami was able to snag the negligee out of her hands and step back to assess the situation. 'Ok, this is weird,' Sami thought. She was certainly used to seeing herself naked and she was rapidly becoming used to (and delighted to) seeing Lucas naked. She was also looking forward to seeing them naked together on a regular basis. But seeing what was technically her and Lucas' bodies, naked and laying in bed together knowing that it was Philip and Belle rattling around in there was kind of icky. If the look on Lucas' face—now Philip's face—was any indication, he felt the same way she did. As for Philip and Belle, she couldn't tell if their looks of horror were due to seeing their own bodies standing in front of them or from the embarrassment of getting caught with their pants down. At the moment she didn't really care which it was. They had real problems to deal with and since everyone else was conveniently useless right now, that left her to get things started—as usual.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here boys and girls?" Sami slung the negligee onto her shoulder and watched as Philip and Belle tried to cover themselves. "Oh, don't cover up on account of us. Why bother at this point. It's not like there's anything on display that Lucas and I haven't seen. And it's not like we haven't done what you two were obviously doing in our bodies." Sami knew they had important things to discuss but she couldn't let those two get away with doing what they were doing without a little heckling and ridicule.
Neither Philip nor Belle could read where Sami was going. Her body language and tone made it seem like she was about to completely lose it but her words suggested that she was going to get her money's worth of teasing and shaming them. Lucas was equally clueless. He and Sami hadn't actually considered what they would do if they found Belle and Philip in a compromising position. Of course, given Sami's impulsive nature, anything was bound to happen. Normally, he would try to mitigate the damage when it came to Sami's temper but he was kind of curious himself as to what she was going to do about the two fornicators in front of him.
"I cannot believe that you two actually...I can't even say it." Sami looked away from them in disgust. "You actually did THAT in our bodies!" Sami just shook her head and crossed her arms indicating that a lecture was sure to come. "To think that Lucas and I rushed over here, risking life and limb to make sure you two were alright. We wanted to be good older siblings for you. All we could think about was how scared and confused you'd be and we spent the entire time getting over here to figure out what was wrong."
Lucas stared at Sami with a questioning look on his face. He certainly didn't remember it like that. He remembered Sami flipping out, running into his mother and discussing the virtues of a lucrative career change into porn but nothing about rushing over to care for their siblings. The only time he could recall them being concerned about how Belle and Philip were reacting was when he was trying to figure out if Philip was stealing from his cookie jar and of course, figuring out if Philip and Belle were having sex in their bodies—the latter being confirmed. Sami's expression, even in Belle's body implored him to play along. 'Why not,' he thought. 'This could be a good one.'
"Yeah, we were really worried about you guys," Lucas added weakly, not entirely sure where Sami was going with this. A guilt trip was definitely on the menu but it was anyone's guess how far Sami would take it. Sami glanced back over to him and he was fairly sure that he should let her take it from here and shut up.
Belle and Philip were racking their brains thinking of some dignified way to save themselves from the wrath of Sami. Of course at this point, what was there to say really? They were busted and they knew it. It didn't stop them from trying to give an explanation though even if Sami looked like a madwomen in Belle's body.
"You guys, we are so sorry! Say you're sorry Philip, hurry," Belle blurted out in a panic while nudging Philip with her elbow.
"Uh, yeah sorry. We were just—"
"We didn't mean anything by it...I-I-I mean we did mean something by it but we didn't want to hurt you guys or anything. We were just—"
"Oh, I know what you two were doing," Sami spat out looking every bit as skeptical as before. "Unlike the two of you, Lucas and I are experts at what you two were doing with each other." Philip thought maybe he was being paranoid but he sensed that Sami had directed that comment at him. "In Lucas' case, he's a seasoned veteran."
"Hey, should I be offended by that?" Lucas questioned.
Sami gave Lucas a placating look clearly meant to patronize him. "Of course not, baby. I just meant that you know what you're doing."
Lucas didn't look convinced. "Yeah, right. I'll remember you said that sweetie."
Hoping to score points with Lucas, Philip said, "You should have heard what she said about you earlier—" Given the murderous look on Sami's face, it was probably the wrong time for Philip to pipe in.
"Philip, I don't think it's a good idea for you to talk right now. But since you brought it up, maybe you'd like to give Lucas a play-by-play of what you were doing while in his body, hmm?" Sami re-crossed her arms and looked at Philip expectantly. Lucas donned the same stance clearly interested in his little brother's version of the events. "That's what I thought." Sami said smugly in response to Philip's silence and the blush that had crawled over his lowered head. Belle looked back and forth among them in confusion.
"You know what the worse thing about all of this is? The thing that is the most disgusting of all? Do you want to know, kids?" Sami interpreted their silence as a sign to continue. "The worst part is that everything is tainted! Absolutely ruined!" Sami then looked over to Lucas practically in tears. "I'm sorry, Lucas, there's no way around this. They've ruined everything."
Lucas was trying to play along but he had no idea what Sami was talking about. He gave her a confused look trying to be subtle for the benefit of their counterparts. Sami just winked at him and continued with the show.
"Do you have any idea what you've done?" Philip and Belle had no idea what Sami was talking about but it sounded really bad. Belle was thinking that as impossible as it sounded, maybe Lucas and Sami had been saving themselves for their wedding. That seemed unlikely but Sami tended to be pretty old-fashioned when it came to wedding traditions. She didn't think that Lucas would be willing to hold out given what she had heard about him. But then again, Lucas was full of surprises and might have agreed if it was what Sami wanted.
Philip was thinking along the lines of what every guy worries about after making love to a girl. Maybe Sami and Lucas were afraid that Philip had gotten Belle pregnant in their bodies. That would be one confusing custody battle. He could just imagine what his lawyer would argue in that one. 'I'm sorry your Honor but since Ms. Black and Mr. Kiriakis were in Ms. Brady and Mr. Roberts' bodies when the child was conceived, they must insist that the child be put in their custody. I know there's no precedent for these circumstances seeing as there are no reliable reports of body switching but we believe the case law supports our position.' He wasn't ready to be a father. He was too young. He and Belle had so much living to do. But if that's what it came down to, he would support Belle in whatever she—wait, he was getting a little ahead of himself. It's probably best to focus on why Sami's about to spit fire right in their faces whether those faces belonged to her and Lucas or not.
"Look at them Lucas. They have no clue what they've done. They're just sitting there like two clueless little peas in a pod. Well, let me tell you what you two have done—how you've ruined things."
'Yeah, tell them Sami. I'm more than a little curious myself,' Lucas thought. He had no idea why Sami was so pissed and from the looks on Philip and Belle's face they didn't have a clue either. The only difference was while those two were openly dreading what was coming next, Lucas was silently trying to hold back his amusement at seeing them so anxious. For better or for worse, Sami knows how to strike fear and anxiety in the minds and hearts of all those she encounters. 'Welcome to my world. You two better grab a hold of something before Hurricane Sami hits. Well, actually, she's probably just a tropical storm right now, truth be told.'
Sami chuckled inwardly as she faux-glared at Philip and Belle. It was quite an amusing effect seeing what she knew was Philip and Belle's embarrassed yet severely apprehensive expressions painted on her and Lucas' faces. But she had probably strung them along enough for one night and thought she should get to the punchline before they peed on themselves in fear. That thought almost made her break out in giggles considering what she had in mind.
"What did we ruin Sami. Whatever it is, we'll try to make it right. We didn't mean to mess anything up," Belle said practically in tears.
Philip looked close to a tear or two himself. "Please, you guys have to forgive us. We're really sorry. We were just weak and this has been such a crazy night for us—things just got out of control." He looked over to Lucas trying to find some sign of forgiveness or a hint at what Sami would do next. Lucas just shook his head playing along with Sami's plan.
Sami walked over to Lucas and grabbed his hand. She gave him her most serious expression and said, "Lucas, I know we can fix what they've done to us—what they've done in OUR bodies," she emphasized.
"We'll do our best, baby, no matter how hard it is." Lucas replied as he smiled at her playfully and waited for the inevitable.
Sami turned back to the two naked replicas of themselves and sat at the very end of the bed. "I know you didn't think about it when you started...this," she said waving her finger back and forth between them. "Maybe this will be a lesson for you two later on. I want you to remember what you've done here—what you've ruined. But I also expect you to do whatever you can to fix it."
"Whatever you want Sami, Philip and I will do it. We promise. Just tell us what we can do to fix things."
Sami stood back up, facing away from them and towards her loving fiancée. "Lucas, these two have completely ruined them. In their haste and youthful lust, they didn't think of the consequences."
She turned back to fix her stare on Philip and Belle deciding to let them out of their misery. "You two have completely ruined our sheets. Those were my favorite ones! Now I'm not going to be able to use them without thinking about what the two of you were doing on them. Not to mention the obvious fact that I'm sure you soiled them with your little escapades." Sami smirked at her younger sister and future brother-in-law seeming quite satisfied with herself for striking the fear of God into them over a set of sheets.
Ruined her sheets! Lucas burst out laughing thinking about the looks of fear that adorned Philip and Belle's faces as they considered what Sami was so angry about. That was a good one—definitely worth playing along.
Ruined her sheets! Philip was going to kill her! Here he thought they had really offended them by doing some pretty provocative things in their bodies. Some people would probably be upset about that. Normal people would be upset about that but he should have known something was amiss considering Crazy Sami and her tricks.
Ruined her sheets! Belle let out a huge sigh of relief as she slowly realized that she would not be dying by her sister's hand anytime soon. But she couldn't ensure the same thing as thoughts of murdering her sister ran through her mind. Philip looked like he was thinking along those lines as well.
Sami couldn't hold back her giggles as fear was replaced by anger from the two people in front of her. "You two ruined my sheets," Sami said matter-of-factly, as if she had not just put on a show implying that the end of her world was at hand because of Belle and Philip's actions. "I expect you two to fix this. I want those sheets washed—several times, please—pressed and folded. Maybe in a few years I'll have forgotten what took place on them."
Philip was the first to speak up. "I cannot believe you just put us through the ringer over your damned sheets! We thought we had really done something wrong." He clearly wanted to stand up and confront Sami but that was a little difficult considering he was naked underneath the sheets. Not that he was hiding anything Sami hadn't seen before and was happy to see again.
Both Sami and Lucas were lost in peals of laughter which was not appreciated by their younger siblings. "Excuse me but you two just had sex with each other while in our bodies. You are currently laying in Sami's bed naked. You obviously had no intention of telling us about your little roll in the hay but, unfortunately, you two were so busted. I don't think you're in any position to take the moral high ground."
"Besides," Sami chimed in between chuckles, "you did ruin my sheets. Do you know how expensive those were? Did you even think about that before you soiled them with your love juices—actually, our love juices." Sami and Lucas again burst into laughter at that.
Belle took the opportunity to grab the negligee from Sami's shoulder and put it on. "It's not like you two aren't always going at it on your precious sheets," Belle replied angrily slipping the nightgown over her head and looking for the matching robe.
"Hey, we've been fornicating on the couch thank you very much," Sami said. "I had just changed those sheets last night—they're my favorites and since I was mad at Lucas at the time, I didn't have to worry about them getting dirty.
"Well, too bad the couch doesn't have a plastic cover. I'm never going to be able to sit on that thing again without cringing." Philip said while grabbing his clothes from the floor.
"I don't know, Philip. I thought you might have a nice memory or two from that couch," Sami said as she winked at him saucily. Philip turned bright red again and tried to divert his attention from the annoyed gaze that Lucas was giving him.
Sensing that Belle was still upset over her prank, Sami walked over to her side of the bed and gave her a little hug. "I'm sorry I scared you Belle but you have to admit that this is a bit shocking for me and Lucas." Belle nodded reluctantly. She was still a little mad at Sami but she figured she should be grateful that things hadn't turned out worse. "I guess, in a way I should be strangely flattered that your first time was in my body. Are you okay?" Sami asked with a concerned expression on her face.
Belle looked into her own face and knew that Sami was sincerely concerned about her and was glad for it. She wasn't always the best sister to Sami since they were both usually off in their own world caught up in their own drama. But she could never doubt that Sami was a wonderful, supportive sister to her and would do anything for her out of sisterly love. Althought the situation was bizarre to say the least, she still had the overwhelming urge to share her newfound experience with someone and at the moment, Sami was the only person who could possibly believe it and understand. Belle's expression softened when she thought about what she and Philip had done. Sami smiled at the joy on her face. Her anger momentarily forgotten, Belle couldn't help but gush over the experience. "It was so wonderful Sami. I know that it wasn't exactly normal but it wasn't like it was you and Lucas. There was only Philip and I and our love for each other. It was so special—so much better than I ever imagined." Belle closed her eyes thinking back on the sensations that Philip had elicited in her. She leaned into Sami's embrace and sighed.
"Oh Belle, then I'm glad for you. If it's what you wanted then I know it was special." She knew that Philip loved and cared about Belle despite his apparent willingness to make out with her not an hour before while in his brother's body. He was just a man after all.
While the sisters were bonding, Lucas thought he'd calm the fire of anger burning in his brother at the moment. "Hey, Philip, don't worry about Sami. You know how she is . . . and you have to admit, that was pretty funny." He couldn't help it when he started laughing again. "You should have seen the look on your faces. Classic!"
"Well, I'm glad you two were so amused at our expense." Philip was actually more embarrassed than mad. He knew that Lucas and Sami could have been a hell of a lot harder on them.
"Anytime bro," Lucas said chuckling. As Philip sat on the end of the bed, Lucas glanced over at Belle and Sami for a moment. "It looks like things are working out with you and Belle. I'm sure Mom will be pleased," Lucas said thinking about his earlier exchange with their meddling mother.
Philip smiled as he thought of being together with Belle. "Yeah, well, I'd appreciate if you'd keep this under radar with Mom. I'm not in the mood to deal with her right now."
"Hey, no problem. It's cool. One thing though." Lucas figured he ought to cover all of his bases, just in case. "Sami told me about what happened with you two." Philip looked up and quickly glanced back at Sami who wasn't paying him a bit of attention. "I don't have to worry about you trying to make time with my lady, do I?" Lucas smirked at Philip's panic as he unsuccessfully tried to come up with something to say. "Don't worry about it Philip, I trust that I won't have any concerns in the future. Besides, I know better than anyone how convincing she can be." Lucas licked his lips as he looked over to towards the two women although Philip wasn't sure if he was focusing on Sami's physical or mental likeness at the moment. Either way, he thought it was better for him to keep quiet and let things go if Lucas was willing to.
"Okay boys, what do we do now. We've confirmed that we've somehow switched bodies but we've got to figure out how to get back. No offense Belle, but I'd really like to have my old body back."
"None taken, Sami. I wouldn't mind that so much myself. Although I have to admit, you've got a great body!"
"Thanks! I've been working out you know. Yours isn't so bad either, it would just take some getting used to for me."
"Yeah, I know what you mean. Now I'm thinking of growing my hair out. And what do you wear, a C cup?" Belle asked lightly cupping her breasts. "I could get used to carrying these around."
"Me too," Philip said quietly. Apparently, he wasn't quiet enough for Lucas not to hear as he smacked his brother across the back of the head—hard. Sami playfully blew him a kiss and Belle viewed the whole exchange in confusion, clearly out of the loop.
"Watch it, little brother." Lucas said with a warning glare aimed at both Philip and Sami. "Listen ladies, this is nice and all and you can compare notes later but we seem to have a slight complication here that we need to deal with."
"Fine," Sami said. "What do you suggest, General."
"I don't know. I was just thinking that we needed to discuss it." Sami rolled her eyes at him.
"Look, we need to figure this thing out. What we do know is that Lucas and I switched bodies first and then you two followed about fifteen minutes after us."
"That sounds about right," Belle added. "How could this possibly happen though."
"Anything can happen in this town it seems," Lucas added sourly.
"Well, I'm not going to sit around and talk this thing to death. We need to do something about it—and I know just who to ask. Put some clothes on kids, we're taking a field trip." Sami walked towards the door to look for her car keys with Lucas, Philip and Belle in tow.
"Sami, we can't just go wandering over to someone's house in the middle of the night. And who in the world would believe any of this craziness. I don't even believe it and I'm standing right here in Philip's body." Lucas casually grabbed Sami's car keys from her hand and put them in his pocket while pulling out his own. "I don't think so, Sami. I'm driving." He chose to ignore the pout on her face. "Besides, with our luck, we'll run into somebody else that we know and I am not interested in a repeat performance of that little showdown with my mother."
Philip and Belle looked at the couple in surprise. "You ran into Kate?" Belle said incredulously. "In our bodies? Are there any injuries to my body that I should know about?" Belle asked as she looked at Sami accusingly. Sami looked back at her innocently and shrugged her shoulders.
"We'll tell you about it later but believe me Belle, the only risk of harm was coming from me when I was tempted to ring Sami's neck throughout the whole ordeal. Crunchy M&M's my ass!"
"Crispy M&M's you moron!" Sami replied impatiently. "Whatever, Lucas, she started it—as usual. And I was nothing but nice to her. I told her all about how excited I was about our wedding. It's not my fault that she's a bitter cow who would keel over before allowing herself to actually be happy for us."
"Sami, let's not go there. We have enough to worry about right now." He didn't want to fight with her again about picking fights with his mother. Besides, although he hated to admit it, his mother was being rather annoying. "So what's your grand plan for us?"
"Yeah, who the hell can help us, especially at this hour." Philip asked slipping on a shirt and a pair of shoes. Belle had also grabbed some clothes from Sami's room and was hastily getting dressed.
"Well, this is a strange situation and I think we should take it to an expert." Sami walked over to the door grabbing Lucas' arm as she went. Lucas barely had enough momentum to throw Philip his car keys before Sami pulled him out the door. "We need to go see Celeste right away," she said urgently like it was the most logical thing in the world.
"Celeste..." Philip, Lucas and Belle said together.
"Of course." Lucas replied.
"Good idea." Philip added.
"What are we waiting for?" Belle said while ushering everyone out the door.
Sami smiled at their enthusiasm. "Let's go figure out how to get our bodies back!"