Chapter Nine-Help Me

After school, Lilly's House

I don't know what is going on with me, usually I am wearing a watch, and I know what time it is. Okay, so I usually just ask Lars for the time, and not having him around is kind of throwing me off. But it is kind of nice to have a little bit of freedom. I pulled Lilly to the girls room and she nearly flipped out when I told her that Michael knew.

"So, I guess you two were just doing that to get even with me for pulling the switch?"

"Well, kind of. I mean, you have to admit that was funny to see your face in G&T."

She threw her hands up in the air and blew her breath out in exasperation.

"Well, at least I don't have to be nice to him anymore. And since the rumor will be going around that you and he are no longer together, guess who is gonna have to protect him from Judith Gershner? Not me, that's for damn sure."

She did have a point. People have a tendency to talk when it comes to vicious break ups, and this one was pretty horrible, being in front of a class and everything.

In light of certain events, I asked Lilly to cancel Princess Lessons with Grandmere and help me figure out a way to reverse the "spell". I still have no idea how Lilly managed the switch in the first place, and right now, she isn't speaking a word about it. Whatever. As long as we trade back before the ball on Friday, because I really don't care to become dog food for Rommel when Grandmere kills me for making a mockery of crown and country. Which is exactly what she would do, Lilly I mean, she is constantly harassing me about using my powers for good, but I can't really do anything about it since I am not the reigning Sovereign, yet.

"Earth to Princess Mia! Hello?" Lilly said, interrupting my trance. I had been thinking about Michael and how the first thing I was going to do to him when I got my body back, was kiss him good and hard.

"Sorry," I mumbled.

"Let me guess, you were thinking about brother dearest."

"Well, I guess we had better get to work. So where do we start?" I said, dodging her remark and changing the subject.

She just looked at me and rolled her eyes, turning to the computer.

Just then, Michael walked in. I would have kissed him hello, but in Lilly's body? Are you kidding me? Eww. That would definitely be grounds for incarceration of some sort for one or both of us.

He dropped a bag on the floor. "I got what you asked me to get." He said.

"Good, now let's get to work!" I said enthusiastically.

I got up and put a DVD in the player, and turned on the television.

"You got Freaky Friday?" Lilly asked me incredulously.

"Well, yeah, isn't that kind of what happened to us?" I replied.

"Um, not exactly."

I was beginning to get frustrated over her lack of information, and finally exclaimed, "Well, you know it really would help if we knew how you did this in the first place!!"

She rolled her eyes and said, "well, I may have gone into something I shouldn't have."

I glared at her.

"Okay, okay, so I went to this Tarot card reader, and she told me that I had enormous potential to do something great with my life, and it would involve one of my closest friends. So, for an extra twenty bucks, she told me that she would help me make it happen. She did some kind of chant thing, and then sent me home. I didn't know that when I woke up, I would be in someone else's body."

"So," Michael began, "we just go back to her and find out how to reverse this thing right?"

Lilly looked at him sadly. "Well, I already tried that, but she was gone."

Well, great, I guess I had better get used to living in Lilly's body, because it doesn't look like I am going to be changed back anytime soon.

Michael must have seen the distressed look on my face, because he took my hand and said, "Don't worry, we'll figure out a way to get you back into your own body."

Lilly noticed that we were holding hands and said, rather rudely, "Hey, just because you know that Mia is inside my body, doesn't mean you can get all touchy feely with it. Hands off buster!"

I dropped his hand, settled into the couch and pressed play.

Half an hour later, Lilly yawned and said, "I really don't think that staring at Chad Michael Murray is going to get us anywhere."

"Yeah, but he is so cute!" I replied. Michael glanced over at me and stuck his bottom lip out. "Do you think he's cuter than me?" he pouted.

I threw a pillow at him and said, "of course not!"

Lilly got up to make some popcorn, and left me alone with him.

"I really miss you, Mia," he said softly.

I looked at him and gave him a gloomy smile. "I know. I miss you too."

"It's just so hard, because I can talk to you, and you are still the same, but I can't see you, and I hate to admit it, but I don't want to touch you, because, well, you look like Lilly."

Had he admitted this in any situation but the present, I think my feelings would have been hurt, but as it was, I felt nearly the same way.

"I know. But just try to hold on a little longer. I'm sure we'll think of something."

Lilly stomped in and tossed the hot bag of popped kernels at me saying "Oops, sorry to interrupt your tender moment there, but we have work to do, and we can't do much with you two making googoo eyes at each other."

Excuse me , I may have been making eyes at Michael, but he definitely wasn't reciprocating. I mean, how gross would that be? I know that Michael doesn't just see me as a sex object (hah!) or anything, and likes my personality, but really, there is a certain point to this that neither of us are willing to cross. Plus the fact that Lilly would kill me if she saw me lip-locked with her brother.

So, we finished watching Freaky Friday, and then Lilly turned to me and said, "Maybe we should go back down and see if that fortune teller is back in business."

"Actually, maybe I should go," Michael interrupted.

"Why? You don't think I can handle it?" Lilly shot back.

"No, but if you go down there, then words will be exchanged, and you won't really find out much of anything, so I think I should be the one to gather information," he reasoned.

Good thinking Michael! You see, this is why I love him so much! He is so smart!

"Just give me the directions, and give me about an hour."