Things have been a little up-side-down lately. It turns out no matter what superpower you have, life still catches you off guard! (Observe, a metahuman is still a "human" but with the word "meta" coming first...) But before everything got twisted, something truly wonderful happened in my life: I got a dog! Her name's Lammy and she's a 7-year old cocker spaniel. Actually, Barry and I were looking at a bunch of beagle puppies but even though they were adorable I couldn't choose one of them...

The couple selling the dogs were very nice. All four of us sat down on the wooden floor and had puppies crawling all over our legs. I quickly picked up my phone and took a picture of Barry.

"What was that for?"

I grinned.

"I'm saving this for Iris!"

Suddenly I felt an urge to turn around... That's when I saw her - white with brown spots, long ears and big beautiful eyes. In the corner, Lammy was resting in a bed that looked like a shoe.

"Who is this little cutey?"

I got really taken by her, she was so observant and playful! Several minutes passed and I didn't want to leave her side. The nice couple suggested that I'd take Lammy home instead for one of the puppies and we had a deal!

Lammy is so lovable! The two of us spent the entire night playing, cuddling and eating candy. (I had my own candy, of course.) Exhausted and happy we fell asleep on my bed. I really looked forward to spending more time with her the next day but as it happened… That turned out very differently.

Eyes closed, I twitched and turned on the rather hard mattress... Strange, I thought, cause my mattress is always so comfortable.

"Lie still, will you?" A familiar female voice spoke from my right. Iris!?

The shock made me sit up straight and I couldn't believe what I saw! I wasn't in my bed, I was in a different bedroom. In a different house! I looked at my legs, horrified... They were a lot longer than mine, covered in small, dark hairs! And I was wearing white underpants! My feet felt big and flat when I walked to the closest mirror and stared into Barry's face! The male scream came on its own and I put my hand over my mouth, panicking. Why did I look like Barry?

"What is it?" Iris wondered as she sat up. "Do you want dad to hear you?"

"I, I… I…"

"Barry?"

I felt on my arms… his arms... chest and stomach. Once I reached the butt cheeks I blushed. (That wasn't my butt!) This couldn't be real! I had to be dreaming! I looked into the mirror again, met Barry's terrified eyes and slapped myself across the face. The stinging pain helped me reach a conclusion: This was not a dream. I actually was in Barry's body!

That became even more clear when I tried to hurry out the door, cause I'd forgotten about the super-speed. In a flash I knocked down a drawer, fell down the stairs and found myself on the hallway floor!

Iris came after me with a pair of sweatpants.

"What's going on with you! You're scaring me."

"Sorry." Barry's voice came out of my mouth. "I'm just… not myself."

I put on the sweatpants and said I had to go. Shirtless, I flashed outside and straight into a street light. The collision left a mark on the pole. I shook my head quickly and continued up the road.

What can I say? Wow. Running in Barry's speed was like nothing I've ever experienced before! It made the roller coaster in Starling City seem like a sloth and the pressing wind enhanced the flying-feeling! Everything around me, cars and early morning walkers, moved in super slow-motion. Time disappeared and I felt vibrations all over, like everything was so much more than it seemed. Instinctively, I ran home. To Lammy. She would help me relax and think through the situation. (So I thought.)

There was smoke coming out of the apartment when I'd speeded up the stairs. I could hear Lammy bark loudly as I opened the door. In the living room, someone - the spot image of myself - was wildly burning! This look-alike was dressed in my purple pajamas, though it was disappearing step by step.

"Oh my God! For real!" the other me cried. "This can't be happening!"

A thought struck my mind.

"Barry?"

The burning me turned around and her bright eyes widened even more. Lammy was standing on the couch, barking non-stop. The flames increased!

"You're me!" my body… Barry exclaimed.

"Not exactly…"

"Who are you and what are you doing in my body?"

My feet… His feet were coloring the floor black due to the fire. I raised my arms as I approached her… him!

"It's Olivia, Barry, and before anything else I need you to calm down. If you don't, you'll burn this place up!"

My words only made him more anxious and for a moment I feared the worst… But Adam, the real hero, joined us with a fire extinguisher and sprayed white foam all over Barry.

"What the fudge, Olivia!" Adam said, angrily, but he didn't look at me. Well, he looked at my foamy look-alike… who was actually Barry! (Confusing?) "I thought you had control over your powers?"

He saw me standing there without a shirt.

"Barry! Didn't see you there. Is everything alright?"

"I'm not Barry. It's me, Olivia."

Now Adam's eyes widened.

"Your sister." I finished.

"And I'm Barry!" my body… Barry added. "Can somebody tell me what's going on?!"

I sighed and tried to smile.

"Nope."

So! Barry and I had switched bodies. It felt weird walking around in his tense, male shell and I just couldn't get used to seeing myself from a third person perspective. (Is my nose really that pointy?)

When Barry had washed off the foam and walked out of the bathroom, I saw myself wear a grey, long-sleeved shirt. I looked like an office-worker!

"Seriously?" I gave him a stern look.

He buttoned it all the way to the top. Lammy was still barking at him.

"I'm not comfortable with anything else."

"Is having breasts that distracting?" I teased.

He didn't say anything back and Adam handed me a red t-shirt. Barry frowned as I put it on.

"My abs aren't as big as I thought."

"Are you kidding me?" I exclaimed. "There's barely any flesh on you, Bear!"

"So… what's your theory?"

"More fat food."

He didn't find that funny.

"On our situation!"

"Oh. I don't have one. You´re the scientist!"

"Well, my imagination only goes so far!" he exclaimed. "This time we can't just say 'You've watched Harry Potter - you'll understand'! And I can't think of anything scientific that can help us explain what's happened!"

"I guess you'll just have to run to the future and ask."

"I can't!"

Cause he was in my body and I was in his.

"Right… Wait, what about Harry Potter?"

"Little Heart is basically a walking Patronus Charm that keeps people from negativity!" he answered.

I gave away a laugh and said he knows his Defense Against the Dark Arts.

"I've seen the movies."

"You should read the books, too." I smiled. "I wonder if Cisco's done that?"

He realized we were getting off the subject.

"Anyway, this is nothing like that! This is… freaky!"

Lammy's constant barking made him restless and irritated.

"Lammy, sssshhh!"

I grinned and sat down on the floor. The moment I touched her, even though I looked like Barry, she stopped.

"She knows you're not Olive." Adam suddenly pointed out. He was still holding the fire extinguisher. (Paranoid?)

Barry wondered how Lammy could know that. I shrugged my Barry-shoulders.

"She just knows! Besides, you have to be firm as well as tender to have a dog."

"Your point being?"

I gave Barry… myself... an honest look.

"You're too vanilla, Bear."

Now I was the one irritating him. Yellow flames started showing on my… his face.

"I've been saving people and dogs way longer than you."

"Yes, you have." I put my currently slim fingers on his round shoulder. "But right now you need to learn how to handle my powers. If we want to avoid public chaos? In return I'll learn how to be The Flash, but I can't do that without you. We're a team, remember?"

He nodded and sighed deeply.

"That's your lesson number one, right? Think positive."

Exactly.

Adam went off to find Caitlin and Cisco. Next, in Little Heart's Bootcamp, Barry and I were sitting opposite each other in the living room. Legs crossed, trying to relax. (Observe: Trying!) The silence was deafening and I felt how tense his body had made me.

"Breath, Barry." I commanded.

He scuffed.

"I feel silly!"

"Quiet."

"Look, I really don't see the point…"

"I had to relax and accept my feelings in order to keep in control over the flames. They are one and the same, Barry. The thing is to get through what you feel, not just pass it by."

Barry snorted.

"All my life I've been the King of holding things bottled up inside."

I smiled, still eyes closed.

"Is that a past tense I hear?"

When Cisco, Caitlin and her fiancé Ronnie arrived (the latter, a very agreeable person) they asked us questions just to establish that we were not insane. They asked my body… Barry… about things they've been through together. I just sat there, looking stupid, until Cisco asked me to do a salsa move. Quite enthusiastically I rolled my hips, or Barry's, and everybody laughed. Since that's not really Barry's style, it had to be Olivia trapped in there!

"This actually happened to me once." Ronnie said. "Well, kinda. Have they told you that I'm Firestorm?"

I nodded with a wide grin.

"I'm not Firestorm right now. I need my friend Dr. Martin Stein, we're compatible, and once linked we… become one body with two minds. That can fly and burn things."

"Cool?" I didn't know what else to say.

Caitlin continued:

"He refers to one time when Dr. Stein had taken over his body. But Ronnie was still in there, trapped in his own mind."

I didn't really understand but like I've said before, it's fine. Accepting makes everything easier. Caitlin insisted that Barry and I needed to keep close until we could figure out a way to swop us back.

"It's only 10:30, so you might as well enjoy this!" Cisco added, trying to be positive but only sounded kinky.

I realized something important.

"Can someone watch Lammy for a couple of hours?"

I had to present a musical assignment at noon! Barry squinted his eyes.

"Please don't tell me it involves dancing."

TO BE CONTINUED