"Who is it?" a girl asked, interested.

"Whoa, Shawn did not kiss another guy!" one of his friends argued. "He wouldn't do that. He's not a fag. You probably saw a girl."

The girl's face went red. "But it wasn't a girl!"

"You didn't actually see a face so you must have come to conclusions too quickly. Shawn did you kiss a boy?"

"No!" Shawn quickly answered.

"See?"

"Good, keep it like that. We don't want any faggots in this school."

The crowd nodded and dispersed. Shawn walked past me, lightly nudging me. Our eyes locked and he gave me a slight grin which made me smile back.

School went by quickly much to my relief, but, there was a track meet after school. The final bell rung and I gathered my things. I left the classroom last and sauntered towards the locker room to change. As I was walking, Shawn ran up close to me, far enough to not be suspicious. I slowed my walk so that he would slow. The remainder students in the hall passed until the halls were empty. I stopped and so did he.

"Nice save this morning," I started, looking at my feat. I couldn't look in his eyes without blushing anymore. I can't blow my cover, especially after I heard what the school called me. I can't tell Shawn. What is he starts calling me that. I don't think I could handle that.

"It was close. We have to be more careful."

I continued to look on the ground until Shawn moved closer to me, a hand grabbed by chin, forcing me to look up. Our eyes connected; I got lost in them. Shawn opened his mouth to say something but his voice got caught in his throat, making him look like a gaping fish. His cheeks reddened as his eyes trailed to my lips, eyes glazing over as he inched closer. Soon, out breath brushed against each other's faces and lips touched lightly. As soon as his lips toughed, he pushed me away. "Why'd you kiss me?" he asked, in my body.

I was baffled. "I kissed you? You're the one who kissed me!"

"Yeah, right."

"You're the one who grabbed by chin."

"Whatever, let's just change back."

I frowned and nodded. Before I could take a step forward a voice reached our ears. "Shawn, where had you been? I've been looked for you since school ended." Shawn's friend, Victor, asked, catching up. He looked at my body and disgust covered his face. "Is this greaser bothering you?"

Shawn and I exchanged looks, both agreeing on something. "No, let's just go. He isn't worth our time," I said, grabbing his shoulder and pushing him the direction of the locker room. Shawn followed far behind.

After we changed, we headed out to the track to help set up for the meet. I was setting up hurdles with Victor. "There's a lunar eclipse before the meet," he said.

"Really?"

"A good time for a kiss with that girl you're with."

"Yeah, you're right." Ever since this morning, I came to the conclusion that Shawn wasn't seeing anyone. If he was, I would have seen her by now and she would have blown up on him after the rumors was spread.

After everything was set up, people strolled around and sat at the stands. Shawn was standing off to the side near the bathroom. He motioned me over and I joined him in the restroom. "We need to switch now," Shawn said sternly. I nodded in agreement. Before we could start moving in, the lowly-lit bathroom dimmed and there was cheering. The lunar eclipse must be starting. I turned back to Shawn and we began again, kissing finally. When we opened our eyes again, I was still met with green-grey eyes.

"Why didn't we turn back?" Shawn asked, panicking.

"I-I don't know," was all I managed.

"No, no, no, no. This can't be happening." He leaned in again, giving me a quick kiss, but nothing changed. I was still in his body and he was in mine.

I grabbed his shoulders with firm hands. "Calm down!" It was meant to comfort him, but my voice failed me and shook.

"I can't just fucking calm down! What if we're stuck like this forever?"

"We won't." That was meant to comfort me also, but I didn't believe myself, and neither did he. What if we were stuck like this forever?

"How can you be sure?"

"We'll figure it out like last time."

He nodded and slowed his breathing. A bang broke our concentration. The first race has started. We gave each other a look and I shook my head, but he nodded. I don't want to run his races. Shawn gave me a puppy dog look and I chuckled, rolling my eyes. Puppy dog eyes using my body wouldn't work on me, but I gave in just to please him.

We walked out and went to do the races. Shawn improved my times while I slowed his down a bit. His races weren't my races. After the meet ended and everyone help clean up. I started to head back to the bathroom.

"Shawn! Get over here!" someone yelled. I turned around and a middle-aged man and woman marched up to me. The grey-haired woman placed her hands on her hips, frowning, making her wrinkles on her face become more visible. "Why are you lollygagging? We have important things to do, unlike this," the woman stated.

"Let's go!" the other ordered. He grabbed my wrist roughly and started to drag me towards the parking lot. "You can get your clothes next week."

"I have something I have to do quickly," I explained, trying to tug away my arm but the grip got tighter.

"Are you talking back to us? You ungrateful son!"

These were Shawn's parents? I glanced at Shawn who was being bombarded by the gang. They were slapping him on his back. He looked back at me and towards his parents then turned back towards the gang. I was dragged to their car and I swung in the back seat. The car started up and we were headed off towards Shawn's house. He was probably headed towards mine.

The house looked like any other Soc house: big and fancy— unlike mine which was small and run down. We entered the house and the mom instantly went to the phone and spun the dial. The father went inside the other room. The house looked better on the inside and I took the time to absorb everything in. This was my first time in one of these houses. The dad peaked out from the room and gave me a look. "Go to your room."

Wow, Shawn's parents were jerks. I headed to the second floor and started to look in every room to find which one was his. When I did find it, I lied down on his bed and snuggled my head in his pillows. Shaw's scent was still fresh. I closed my eyes and imagined he was there next to me and I wasn't stuck in his body. The next thing I knew, I was opening my eyes to bright morning light and to an unfamiliar place. I sat up quickly, fully awake. I scrambled around on the bed, scrutinizing all the details on where I am. That's when I remembered the events of last night. I got out of bed and headed to the bathroom that was connected to the bedroom.

I was going to have to shower for him and… see Shawn's naked body. Maybe I should just skip the shower and let him take care of it. I scratched my head and gagged. Yeah, he needs a shower. Just take off the clothes and don't look. Taking a deep breath, I stripped the track uniform that I forgot to take off last night.

After the shower, I stepped out, wrapping a towel around my waist and walked out back to Shawn's room to change. After, I left to go downstairs. I need to get to Shawn. On the front door was a note.

Business trip. Won't be back for a week. No parties and don't destroy anything.

I opened the door and left.

o-o-o

Shawn's POV

I was heading to the bathroom to meet back up with Ponyboy when I was surrounded by greasers. Most of them cheered and patted me on the back. I looked at Ponyboy who was being dragged off by my parents. Oh no. Ponyboy was taken to their car.

"Hey, Pony? Do you want to go watch a movie?" one of them asked.

I looked back. "No, I'm fine."

Attention from them zeroed in on me. They had confused or worried faces. "Are you sure? You've never turned down an offer to go to the movies."

"I haven't?" Crap. "Well… I'm just tired."

"Okay then. Let's head home!" The oldest-looking one said. I entered the truck in the parking lot and some of the others got in another car. I was taken to a rundown house. As soon as we entered the house, I went straight to find Ponyboy's room.

I collapsed on what I think was his bed and fell asleep.

o-o-o

Ponyboy's POV

I walked up to my house and knocked on the door. Darry opened and his face became stolid at the sight of me. "What are you doing here?" he demanded, clenching his fists.

"I need to talk with… Ponyboy," I said urgently, mentally flinching at Darry's demeanor.

"Your reason?"

Before I could make up an excuse, Shawn appeared at the doorway, face brightening at the sight of me. He pushed past Darry and pointed away from the house. "I'll be fine." He assured. Darry glared at me and moved away towards the window to watch. We walked down to the sidewalk.

"Where do you want to meet?" Shawn asked.

"I'll head to the park." Shawn nodded and went back in the house.

Minutes after I got to the park, Shawn joined me. We both sat on the sings in silence. "Hey, Shawn, about your parents… they are gone on a business trip for a week."

He sighed. "No surprise there. They're hardly home. They don't care about me. They only care about their job, money, and status."

After seeing what his parents were like, I knew he was telling the truth. "If your family has so much money, why do you need a scholarship?"

"I guess I just want them to be proud of me. What about your parents? I didn't see them around."

"They're gone… My brothers take care of me now."

"Oh, sorry."

We didn't really say much after that. I've always thought that Socs were spoiled rich kids who have it easy, but after seeing Shawn's parents I realized it was harder. His parents payed no attention to him but in the same time had high expectations. Shawn has more pressure in his life than me.

Crossing our fingers, we kissed and turned back to normal, much to our relief. We left each other without a goodbye.

o-o-o

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