Hello world, it's supermariogirl! Sorry for the wait, I had trouble thinking of ideas for this chapter. Also, this story has over 900 views! That's almost a thousand! Thank you guys so much!

PixelsShattered: Yeah, I like Portal Prelude too, but I prefer Portal Unity, maybe because of the story and characters. Unfortunately, like every non-Steam mod I have, it doesn't work on the laptop. NOTE: If you ever decide to get a Portal mod, get one from Steam, because it's much easier than getting one from a normal website, because on Steam all you gotta do is download and BAM! You can play it. But on other sites(at least for me) it's complicated. And I'm GLaD you're starting to like Chett.

ThoseRedLights: Thank you. I figured that since Whitney isn't the brightest, that she wouldn't be good with animals. And I don't always listen to music when I write, only sometimes. I've never heard that song before, maybe I should give it a try. And I'll try not to make Whitney lose her "British-ness", but I don't want to make her sound like a stereotype, y'know?

c0c0cat: Thanks, I'm GLaD you like this story. And to answer your question: Maybe!

Guest: Willow, huh? That's a cool name, I never would have thought of that. I came up with the name Whitney because it was the closest I could think of. (FUN FACT: I didn't realize this until after I started writing the story, but Whitney rhymes with my real name, Brittany. I didn't intend for that to happen, and I feel a bit silly for not realizing that they rhymed. :P Oh well.) And thanks for calling my story amazing!

The Disclaimer Song:

I make stories for me and you,

But I own nothing so please don't sue! Dum!

Whitney ran through the halls of Aperture Science, trying to get to the meeting room on time. She had woken up late again and she didn't want to get in trouble for being late, again. After bumping into a few people, she finally made it. In the meeting room, there were several scientists, as well as Cate Johnson and Carl. Ms. Johnson was sitting in a wheelchair, and looked a bit sick.

"Miss Kirkland, you're late, again." Cate Johnson said as Whitney sat down.

"Sorry, Ms. Johnson! But it's just that the bloody alarm clock broke again and I woke up late, and the traffic, and-"

"That's enough." Ms. Johnson replied. "Don't worry, you're not in any trouble, just don't let it happen again." She picked up a thick folder, and coughed a bit. "Alright, now, we have to make sure everyone's here."

"What is this, a school?" a voice replied. Whitney turned and saw another one of the scientists, who had brown hair and green eyes. What was her name again?

"Regina Jones, enough of the attitude." Carl told her. "Anyway, since it seems everyone is here, we'll begin the meeting." Someone raised their hand. "Corey Williams, what is it?" he asked.

"What's this meeting about?" the orange haired scientist asked. "Is it important? Does it have to do with science? I love science. Do you love science? Oh, wait, is this about those new tests? Tests are cool. Oh, is it-"

"Will you just shut the hell up?!" Everyone looked and saw another scientist, a woman with reddish brown hair. She had an angry look on her face. "Nobody cares! You ask too many questions and it's so freaking annoying!" she yelled. Another scientist, a man with brown hair and indigo colored eyes came up to her.

"Erin Vargas, please calm down." he told her, calmly. "Don't be mean to Corey, he's just asking questions. You really shouldn't be so rude, it's not right."

"Yeah, what Mark Braginski said." a woman with blue eyes and black hair added. "By the way, Ms. Johnson, do you want to hear my pie recipe? It's one cup flour, one cup sugar, one teaspoon of vanilla, one half cup-"

"Okay, Lori Edelstein, that's enough." Cate replied. "Anyway, the reason for this meeting," she said as she coughed a little bit more. "is to introduce our newest project."

"New project?" some of the scientists asked. Cate nodded, as she coughed once more.

"That's right, a new project." Cate replied. "Now, as you all know, I can't run Aperture forever. Especially since the whole, um, moon rocks incident." she frowned a bit, before coughing a little. "So, this project will ensure that Aperture will always run smoothly." she told them as Carl put a large folder in the middle of the table. "Behold, the Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating Network project!" Everyone in the room besides Carl and Cate looked at the folder in awe.

"Wow, I wonder if it has anything to do with space..." a scientist with her blonde hair up in two pigtails murmured. Cate laughed.

"No, Kelly Herdarvy, it doesn't." Cate replied. "But it will make those dimwits over at Black Mesa hang their sorry little heads in shame. Those product stealing-" she began coughing again, for a few moments. "But, the reason I'm telling you guys this, is because all of you will play an important part in this project." she continued. Whitney stopped listening and noticed something. She thought she saw a sad look on Carl's face.

Whitney's light blue eyes shot open. She was back at Chett's apartment, and lying on the couch. She looked at the clock. It was about quarter to midnight. She sighed.

"Oh, so it was all a dream." she though to herself. "But, why did it feel so.. real? Who were those people?" she wondered. "GLaDON did say that I might have been human before, so was this who I was once? But why did I have that dream, is it what humans call a flashback? Ugh, I'm so bloody confused right now." She thought. After a while, she began to fall asleep.

When Whitney woke up in the morning, she was surprised to see Chett's kitten Taylor's face right in front of her. The kitten seemed to be licking her face.

"Gah!" she yelped and Taylor jumped off the couch and ran to the kitchen. Chett walked into the room and chuckled silently. "That creature gave me the frights for a second!" she exclaimed as she sat up. Chett sat on the other side of the couch. He wrote something down on the notebook.

Hey, listen, I'm going grocery shopping.

"Oh, that's cool. Have fun with that." Whitney replied, a bit groggily. Chett wrote something else down.

I don't trust you to stay in the apartment by yourself, so you have to come with me.

"Aw, do I have to?" Whitney whined. He continued writing.

Yes, you do. Not only that, but you need to get some new clothes, because you can't be wearing the same thing every day.

"I can't?" she asked. Chett nodded. "Well, I guess going shopping wouldn't hurt, I've always wanted to do that, to be honest. Shopping. Some of the scientists used to talk about it all the time. They seemed really into it though. Some of the ladies would always talk about shopping, so if they kept on talking about shopping, it must be fun, right?" Chett had a worried look for a split second as he quickly wrote down something.

Uh, maybe?

Chett had a feeling this would not end well...

And that was chapter 9!

Some of you might find some of the last names in the flashback a bit familiar. I was thinking of a certain anime when writing this.

Also, if you can guess who the scientists were, you get bonus points. BTW when one of the scientists mentions a pie recipe, it's because of another difference between the canon and this genderbent universe. In the canon universe, the cake is a lie, but in this AU...

Wait for it...

The Pie Is A FAKE.

Anyway, thanks for reading! Remember to leave a review!

BTW, before I put the question of the day, I want to say something. Remember that purposely bad story I put up on April Fools Day as a joke? Well, some people wanted more of that. I don't know WHY anyone would want more of that piece of crap I made as a prank. But I had an idea. I'm putting up a poll on my profile. If you guys want LegitFanficWriter1337 to make a comeback, you can vote. If you don't, I can breathe a sigh of relief and just focus on making real stories like this one. So it's your choice. Anyway, here's the question of the day:

Question of The Day: What is your opinion on shopping?