Switched?

Chapter 2

Max's POV

"Sammy? Wake up dear." An elderly voice said.

I had the nerve to punch this lady in the face. I opened my right eye a little and looked for a clock. Ha, found you. 6:45? Who the hell wakes me up at 6:45 in the morning?

I opened both of my eyes and saw an elderly lady standing over me. Woah, who's that?

I sprang up. "Who are you?!" I demanded loudly.

"Samantha," The lady scolded. "Don't shout."

"My name is not Samantha. It's Max." I insisted.

"Okay then...Max."

"That's better. Now where the heck am I? Where's the rest of my flock? Is this some kind of trap? Are you working for the School?" I bombarded her with questions.

"Uh, Saman- Max," She quickly corrected herself. "Are you feeling okay?"

"I'm fine!" I shouted. The lady's eyes widened.

"Samantha! Stop shouting!"

"My name is Max!" I said through gritted teeth. "Now where am I?"

"Santa Martina, California." She said looking at me like I was crazy.

I gaped at her. How did I get here? I looked down at myself. I looked and felt different. This was definitely weird. I looked back at the old lady and she had a look of understanding.

"You're not Sammy, are you?" She asked me soothingly. She patted my hand as if that was going to make my situation better.

I felt like saying something snarky, like 'Oh gee, what have I been telling you for the past ten minutes?' But I couldn't speak. I felt tears well up in my eyes, and I quickly blinked them away.

"Who are you exactly?" She asked me while sitting down on the other end of the couch.

"My name is Maximum Ride. I am fifteen and I live with 5 other kids. Well three kids, two other teenagers. We're family, in a way." I kept it short.

"Where are your parents?"

"Um..." I didn't want to answer that.

"Are you a runaway?" She asked. Her eyes were like basketballs.

No no. It's just complicated, and I don't feel uncomfortable telling you. It's a really long story, and I just really want to go home."

"I understand. Let me call some of your -Sammy's- friends. They'll love to help."

"Thank you," I said sincerely. "Can I use your bathroom?"

She nodded and walked over to a cord phone on a small table near the kitchen.

I wandered over to a small hallway that had 2 doors. One was open and had a bed and dresser inside. I'm guessing the other door is the bathroom.

I walked into the bathroom and just stared at how small it was. I mean, when you're a somewhat runaway, you take what you can get but wow it was small. I went over to the mirror and looked at myself.

Wow, this Sammy chick is really pretty. She must have multiple guys who like her. I wonder if she has a boyfriend. A normal life as well, I guess. I turned away from the mirror, and I didn't know what else to do. I mean, I didn't have to use the bathroom. I so wasn't gonna take a shower this early. And for some reason I felt icky brushing my teeth. I mean, I know that I'm in Sammy's body, and it's her teeth but using her toothbrush is disgusting. Especially since its like its my body who is using her toothbrush.

I walked out of the bathroom and saw that the lady was still on the phone. -sigh- What should I do? But then there was a knock on the door, and I looked over at the lady. She seemed to hesitate, but then she motioned me to go to where she was. So I somewhat obeyed.

She handed the phone over to me, and said, "I'll go check the peephole, if I hold up one finger, it's okay. But if I hold up 2 fingers, go in my room and hide in the closet." She instructed. "Uh, Sammy's... 'friend' is on the phone." She added.

Might as well say hello. "Hello?" I said kind of unsure now.

"Sammy?" A male, confused, voice said from the other end.

"Uh, no. Well kinda. It's complicated." I answered him.

"Sammy, are you okay?" He asked.

"My name is Max." I told him through gritted teeth. From the corner of my eye I saw the lady hold up one finger. Then she opened the door, and this girl, somewhat around my age, came in.

The lady walked back over to me, took the phone and said, "Casey, can you please come over here? To the Senior Highrise. We have an emergency." She said quickly. A few seconds later she then said, "I'll explain what's going on once you get here. I'll have Sammy stand on the fire escape platform and you can just come on up." A few more seconds and then, "Alright, thank you." Then she hung up.

"Alright now, Max this is one of Sammy's friends. She lives across the street. Her name is Holly." The lady gestured to the girl in the living room. I waved to her. "I'm going to call Marissa. Max, in a few minutes, go out into the hallway, check to see if the coast is clear, and then turn right. There will be a door, open it, and just stay right there and wait for Casey. You'll know its him when he calls out Sammy, and tries to hug you." I grimaced at a total stranger trying to hug me. But whatever, he was Sammy's friend and he's gonna try and help me. I nodded at the lady, and went toward the living room.

It was so noticeably awkward in the living room as a sat down on the couch. Holly stared at me. But I just kept looking at the clock, then I did as the lady said and I was out on the fire escape at least 5 minutes later.

God, I miss my flock.

A/N: This one is for Lootmagoot :) (Weird username, btw. ;p) And uh, should I add characteristics about Max and Sammy? Just so that you know them better? :o

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