Erza
I was awakened by the sunlight coming from the window. Obviously it only means one thing - it's already morning and time to leave. Time to leave Jellal and go home. But why do I feel like something is stopping me to do so right now? I feel so lazy. I feel like I don't wanna get up for now. All I want is just to sleep and forget the pain.
My head hurts and I don't know why. I've been trying to touch my pillow behind my head and the soft mattress under me, but not a single fluffy stuff can be found. All I could feel is a cold and hard surface. I realized I am sleeping on a hard surface. So, then I slowly opened my eyes, until I get used to the light. As my vision becomes clear, I could now see the white ceiling and small chandelier. But wait a minute! Our bedroom doesn't have a chandelier nor a white ceiling!
I roamed my eyes left and right, but instead of seeing the wooden wardrobe closet, nightstand, lampshade, alarm clock and clothes stand. I see the broomstick beside the trashcan and dustpan, the kitchen counter, the door to the backyard and a broken mug with a dried puddle of coffee on the tiled floor. Hold on a sec-!
When I moved my eyeballs in front, I met a rat's creepy gaze. A rat...there's a rat on my chest! "Kyaaaaa!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as I forced the rat of me. I kicked my legs up in the air, crawled backwards which made me hit my head and back at something hard like a wall. "Ow!" I whimpered and clutched my head, leaning on where I just hit myself. Wait, I smell something fishy. Can somebody explain why am I sleeping in the kitchen?
If I am laying on the kitchen floor, I must have passed out last night. Wait, my baby! I clutched for my belly, but it is clearly obvious that my belly is flat. No...did I lost my baby? No, please. But it is not my flat stomach that startled me. It is when I noticed I am not wearing a lady's clothes. I usually wear maternity dress, but why the hell am I wearing a formal pants and a white long sleeve shirt with a striped tie?
No, no, no, It's just a dream. It's not real. It's not real that I am wearing Jellal's office clothes and my stomach flat.
But it wasn't just my stomach that is flat.
My breasts! Where are my beloved breasts that boost up my sex appeal and my milk storage for my little boy?!
I kept touching my torso. The only thing I could feel are hard rock muscles, that is like Jellal's abs. No, no! Then, I noticed that no long hair is irritating my face. My hands quickly crawled up to my head. Okay, when did I get my hair in barber's cut? I tweaked my hair. I know this hair texture and length. Being Jellal's wife for years, I can't be mistaken that this is his hair. This is hair! His hair that I always pull whenever we make love.
No, no, no!
I'm just dreaming!
But there's only one thing I haven't checked.
Down there.
Should I go check it? Because I have the strong feeling that if I checked the thing down the belt...God!
I quickly paced upwards from the floor and ran towards to the mirror on the living room. My legs started to tremble and so is my voice. "I...i-i-i-i-kyaaaaaaaaa!" I screamed. I'm Jellal! I'm Jellal! Why am I Jellal?!
Pak! Pak! Pak! Pak!
I keep slapping my face left and right several times to wake me up from this ridiculous nightmare. "This is not real! This is not real! Erza, you're just too emotionally stressed! Please, wake up!" I cried as I keep on slapping the face of Jellal again and again. But then again, nothing changes. It is real. I am in Jellal's body. "Ahhhhh!" I let out another scream, while I keep jumping insanely.
Wait...if I am in Jellal's body? Then...where is my body and Jellal?
I grabbed the vase from the coffee table. I started tiptoeing upstairs. Okay, Erza, please clam down. Please, please!
I finally reached our bedroom door. I gulped down my saliva before I push the door open. I twisted the doorknob to open. And, BLAG! The door hit the wall as I pushed it hardly. The first thing I saw is Wendy sleeping beside me! My body! If I was in Jellal's body, so it isn't impossible that Jellal is in my body.
I tiptoed towards to my body that was sleeping. I am snoring, my hair scattered all over the pillow and a saliva that was about to stream down to my chin. I can say that it's Jellal inside my body by the sleeping position. And there, Wendy was just sleeping beside me with her arm wrapped around my big belly. I sighed in relief, knowing that I'm still pregnant. It's a good thing nothing changed in that.
"Hey...hello?" I shook my body lightly.
"Wake up. J-jellal? You there?" I whispered.
"Five more minutes." I mumbled, Jellal inside me mumbled.
"Hey, Jellal! There's no time for snoozing!" I hissed.
"Ugh!" He groaned, grabbing the a pillow from Wendy's back and hid my face under it.
Now, he's pissing me off. You should be lucky you're in my pregnant body or else I would have pulled you off the bed. "Jellal! You son of a bitch, wake up!" I pulled off the pillow off my face and threw it on the floor. Then, he finally moved his body, stretching my arms and legs while mumbling. "Can't I just have one minute please? It's Sunday...no work." He mumbled, then he finally opened his eyes, blinking it several times.
"J-jellal...Jellal..."
Then, he widened my eyes open in shock to see his own body standing in front of him. "Jellal, Jellal, don't...freak out, okay?" I told him. But instead of doing what I told him to do so, he...
"Ahhh!" He screamed badly and paced out of the bed. He quickly grabbed his belt from the clothes stand. "W-w-w-who are you?! State your name!" He hissed at me with my legs trembling, while holding the belt. I took a step forward to approach him, but he backed away from me. "Don't come near me you freakin' shadow clone!" He threatened, still trembling in fear.
I scoffed at him and placed my hands on his waist. "Hey, stupid!" I threw a glare on him. "I'm not a shadow clone or an illusion! I'm real! It's me your wife, Erza! Isn't it obvious? You are me right now! Look, haven't you noticed you're pregnant!?" Then, he quickly ran towards the mirror to see himself. "Oh...my...god..." He whimpered. "Look at me..." He clutched my face and long hair. Then, his eyes down to my belly. "I'm pregnant! Oh my god, I'm so fat and lousy!"
"Excuse me?!" I hissed at him. Fat and lousy?! How dare this dick! I wouldn't be lousy and fat if he didn't filled my womb with his juices nine months ago! I'm not that fat! I still have curves in my body. I'm just wearing a loose maternity dress and my hair in messy buns, but how dare he call me lousy! Now, I know why he is cheating on me with some slutty woman!
"No! No! Noooo!" He screamed insanely. "I-i want my body back!"
"What do you think? I don't want mine!? You're carrying my child!" I yelled at him insanely. "O-oh my god, you're carrying my child." My heart suddenly skipped a beat that I could just sit on the small couch and cover my face with his palms.
"I-i can't give birth! I'm a man! I'm not meant to carry a child! And especially, I'm not meant to sit inside the delivery room, screaming to death while pushing out a freakin' infant. Erza, do something!"
"I-i...I have no idea." I whined.
"Y-you think we're just..." He started scratching my head insanely. "...crazy or dreaming?!"
I jumped out from the couch. "Y-yes, m-maybe you're right!" God, I don't know why am I agreeing to him. "Maybe, it's because I'm too emotionally stressed because of you, and maybe because your mistress gave you some sort of love potion that messed up with your mind too!" I seriously have no idea what am I even saying already. I'm being carried away by my anger at Jellal and with this creepy body switch at the same time, but all I know is I need to get back to my body as soon as possible. God, my cruel husband who just used to beat me up before is carrying his son whom he almost killed! I need to save my son from his father! God, please!
We both felt like as if someone splashed a bucket of cold water to us that made is froze from where we are standing when we heard Wendy moaning. Wendy was stretching her arms up in the air, then she moved upwards to sit on the bed. "Good morning, mama." She yawned, while rubbing her eyes. "S-Sweetie!" I blurted out that I forgot I'm not in my body. A wondering expression appeared on her face. "Hey, daddy." She greeted normally.
Now, who is her mama?
I elbowed Jellal. "You're her mama." I muttered. When I said those words to Jellal, I could see how I sent chills down to her spine. "Mama, okay...I'm...her mama for now." He breathed nervously.
Jellal gulped before speaking. "D-darling...s-sweetie." He stammered.
"Mama, are you okay? Are we gonna leave after breakfast?" She wondered.
Shit. How am I gonna leave with me stuck in Jellal's body? I can leave with his body, but if I arrive at my parents' house they won't believe me I'm their daughter and they'll think Jellal is crazy! And especially, I cannot leave my unborn son with his father. I can't trust Jellal in carrying him.
"Y-yeah! Mama's perfectly fine sweetie!" I blurted and quickly approached her. I carried her out from the bed and made her walk towards to the door. "So, honey, please leave ME and your mama alone for a moment. W-we're not gonna leave today, m-maybe the next day or most probably next week! Y-your daddy and I'll just have to- fix something! G-go get you a breakfast downstairs. There's a cereal, strawberry jam, Nutella and whatever leftovers there's in the fridge! Whatever, just go down and eat breakfast." Then, I slammed the door at Wendy.
Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale.
God, please, let this all be a nightmare.
"Erza..." I hear Jellal trembling. "C-can you explain me what's going on?" He asked once again. How should I know? I just woke up inside your body, stupid! "How should I know?!" I scoffed. "All we can do right now is to find a way how we can get back on our own bodies!"
"I-i-i'll call 911!" He freaked out and grabbed the wireless phone on top of the dresser.
"No!" I snatched the phone from him to stop him from dialing those three numbers that could make things a lot worst. "No, no, no, this is one thing you should never do! We can't call anyone!" I scolded him.
"Why not?"
"Look...if you call 911, there's a huge possibility that they'll think we're crazy! They're gonna send us to a mental hospital! And what about Wendy if that happens? The social workers are gonna take her!" He scratched my head. "Oh, Erza! What are we gonna do?! How can I go to work like this?!" He started jumping hysterically.
I walk here and there. I completely look like an insane person who escaped from a mental hospital. "I-i can go to your office for the meantime, like- just for once only! T-then, you stay here with Wendy!"
"What?! You can't go to my office!" He protested.
I crossed his arms together and glared at him. "Why not? Are you afraid that I might kick your boss aka mistress's booty?" Because of what I said he could just sigh and remain silent for seconds. Oh Jellal. You better pray to get ourselves back to our own bodies or else I'm gonna have to go to your office and see your boss. If that happens, I just can't wait to peel off your mistresses's skin.
"It's not that Erza." He sighed, trying to sound calm. "You don't know anything about my work, Erza. You don't anything about arranging paperworks, making presentations, communicating with different businesspeople and especially...you have no idea about technology at all." He suddenly scoffed at me sarcastically.
"Are you underestimating me?"
"No, but I'm telling the truth. You don't even know how to use a computer aside from typing a document. You don't even know how to use an Iphone or an Android phone. You have no idea on how to print a document or to photocopy a paper. One time, I allowed you to use my Iphone, but then you reseted it. And one time, I told you to print something, but you ended up crashing the printer. Thus, I cannot trust a country girl with my job."
How dare he! He is a complete son of a bitch!
"You know what?! You're just like you're bitchy mother and you're asshole father!" I pointed my index finger at him.
"Whoa! Whoa! Erza, why are you involving my parents in here? We're talking about our situation!"
"I may have grew up from a poor family whose source of income is making clay pots, sowing seeds and harvesting crops and strawberries for your family's business, clean animal's poo and cook for your family-"
"Okay, here we go again. We're going to talk about something that isn't related to the main problem."
"But it was you who brought this up!"
"Erza, come on! We should be thinking of a way to get ourselves back to our bodies!" He groaned.
"How can you expect us to think of a way if we're like this?!" I yelled at him. I don't really care if I yell angrily at him. It won't affect my baby anymore even if I get stressed. I'm in his body anyway. And he can no longer hit me because I'm the man this time, and i have his strong arms which he always use to hurt me. After I said those words to him, a long silence occurred between us.
"Anyway...if we won't be able to find a way to get back until tomorrow, and you can't go to work. It's fine! I'm not the one who'll lose a job, but you. Anyways...you have your boss. She could give you anything you want. This doesn't change my decision that I'm going back to my parents. So, when I'm gone, you're free to eat all of those things she'll feed you." I told him.
"Erza...about yesterday, let's talk about it, please. I'll explain everything." He approached me, but I pushed his hands away from me. "Erza, will you please listen to me? We can't be like this all the time! Just please listen to me first before you go making decisions you aren't even sure."
"No, Jellal. I am sure about my decision. Whatever your explanation is, it's not gonna work and it won't change anything, anyway." I said and walked towards to the door. "I'll find a way to get ourselves back to normal as soon as possible. Because I'm looking forward to go back home. I think you should too. Because you can't go to work or make love to your woman in my body." The , I left him dumbfounded inside.