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Tweak says, "I'm so sorry."

Nico Spinelli (switchitup) wrote in genome_project,
@ 2011-05-15 16:33:00

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may 2011, nico spinelli

Who: Nico and the other Freshmen!
Where: In the hallway
When: At the end of the school day on Monday.
What: SWITCHEROO
Rating: PG-13 for language

Nico was not in a good mood. He was having one of his off days, the kind where things built up, more and more until they were bubbling just beneath the surface. It was enough to keep those who knew him at bay, but some people just didn't quite see the warning signs: the tension in his neck, the fact that his headphones were blaring in his ears to keep out the sound of everyone else's voice, the way he violently slammed his locker shut.

Some people didn't notice, or maybe they didn't care. They certainly didn't seem the type to as one yanked his head phones out of his ears with a stupid grin. "Hey Spinelli." They were older, certainly too big for him to take both of them by himself. Nico was stronger than he looked, but he wasn't that strong. "My sister says you ratted her out for cheating off your math test."

Nico's brows rose. The girl who sat next to him had gotten caught by their teacher for copying his test. Why she hadn't gone for JJ's he wasn't entirely sure, but he hadn't exactly been distraught over her getting caught. "Fuck off," he muttered, hands clenching into fists and unclenching as he struggled to remain calm. He ducked under the uglier kid's arm, only to have the other one block him again.

"No one likes a snitch Spinelli." On a good day, maybe he could've let it go, but today was not a good day, and he wasn't quite finished with that dig. "You're just like that cock-sucking older brother of yours. What'd they do with him anyway? Ship him off the island so no one had to see his face anymore?" Even on a good day, Nico would have been on them.

His backpack dropped to the ground loudly, its contents spilling out over the floor. But before he could lunge for the boy's throat, something happened. Nico couldn't explain the sensation, and for a moment, he thought maybe it was just because he was that angry, but it lingered. He felt like he was traveling out of his body, like he was watching the scene unfold from above them.

Meanwhile, on the ground, Nico's eyes had rolled back into his head, and the two boys that had been bullying him hesitated. "What the fuck?" one muttered, staring at him oddly, before slowly taking a few steps backward and then hurrying away.

But then Nico couldn't watch anymore. He was being dragged somewhere. He tried to cry out, but nothing came out. Where was he going? Why did his eyes look like that?

And then he had stopped. Nico felt... weird. His body felt like it didn't fit quite right. Something was off. Frowning, he looked down at his shoes, and nearly fell over backward. Those were not his shoes. They weren't even his legs. His hands slowly reached up to feel his torso and immediately froze. There were two very, very distinct lumps. Horrified, he looked to the window across the hall, his reflection faint in the glass. But it wasn't his reflection.

It was Laney's.

"What the fuck?!" Nico's voice was not his own, either, and he pressed a hand over his mouth in horror. He whirled around, and let out a startled cry at seeing himself standing a few lockers down, his backpack still sprawled across the floor. If he was... here. Then who in the hell was there?

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rockurworld
2011-05-16 01:53 am UTC (link)

Grace was so glad today was over. One less day in school until summer. It wasn't as though she hated her first year there; on the contrary, she was very proud of what she'd accomplished so far. She'd done a lot academically and socially. She'd gotten closer to Julius since Carter's birthday despite having the nervous tension she still was working out. It was just she couldn't wait for the summer. One, it was summer; two, the possibility of doing an internship at Sapphire Stage was amazing for her; three, she could also be doing some work in front of the camera with Carter and maybe her uncle. After that was all done, she would come back and be a Sophomore with this year behind her. It was all overwhelming and satisfying at the same time.

Grace opened her locker and made sure to exchange everything she needed for tomorrow before closing it up again. She paused a moment then heard one locker slam closed. She looked down a few from her own and saw Nico, clearly not in the best mood, then began to wonder what he was upset about. Just after that he was rushed by two older boys. "Hey!" Grace started to storm over there. Honestly there was nothing she could've done but she wouldn't watch her friend get hurt. "Leave him alone!"

In another second, the boys backed up and Nico's were glazed over. She stared at him with worried look and a dropped jaw, "Nico?" After a moment, she started to feel a little light headed and felt as though she was pulled out of herself. Then she was looking down at herself standing there and the bullies running away. What was happening to her? What was going on? She shut her eyes and when she opened them again, her vision was back to normal and she felt inside herself again. But... something was different, and she wasn't where she was before. Where was Nico who was just in front of her? And she didn't feel completely herself. She ran her hands over her body but then noticed something was REALLY wrong!

She looked down at herself and she wasn't even a she anymore! SHE WAS A HE! Grace ran her hands over her face and body again before recognizing the clothes. Wasn't it what Carter was wearing today?! WAS SHE INSIDE CARTER'S BODY?!

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pupnextdoor
2011-05-16 06:22 pm UTC (link)

Julius' Monday had been of the less-than-fun kind. There wasn't really much more one could expect when the halls felt a little more empty without the seniors all around. Unfortunately that also left Gabriel still there to be his usual annoyance. Summer didn't include all that many plans outside of picking up some more hours at the animal hospital. He enjoyed it, but there was still far too much school left in his mind to be quite happy about it.

So really the ruckus was almost a nice change if they hadn't been messing with Nico. Seriously? Who messed with a kid with at least two older brothers? Not to mention a number of freshmen who wouldn't just grab their camera phones to take pictures of Nico and run off. Julius dropped his bag right there and was starting to head over. Then Nico seemed to be passing out making him stop and wonder if they shouldn't go get the nurse...

He blinked a few times though, wondering how he had suddenly gotten closer than he had been before. When he looked back though he just saw himself standing a few feet back still so he hadn't mov... Julius blinked a little more and went to brush his hair back only to notice that the hand on his body wasn't moving in the same manner and his hair was a lot longer than he remembered. In fact he could pull the ends up and just look at them to see that they were not quite his hair color either. Looking himself over now though looked creepily familiar. Like he had been studying it before, but those were definitely boobs. Okay... He was having some really weird dream and just walked over to who he assumed was Carter.

"Carter..." He paused for a moment before deciding this was all of his delusion, but fairly sure he knew that voice all too well. The voice of angels, as he usually referred to it. "I think we need to get home so I can take a nap or something..."

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rockurworld
2011-05-16 09:45 pm UTC (link)

As she looked around, Grace started to recognize where she was. "Ok, maybe this is a dream. A very intense dream..." She stood there very uncomfortable in skin that wasn't even hers. How was she dreaming? Did she get knocked on the head when she ran to help Nico? Maybe she was unconscious? But she remembered looking down at herself and she looked conscious despite not being able to move. She started running out of breath so she tried to remember to calm down and take big breaths. She pinched herself.. Carter.. to maybe see if that would work in waking her up. But nothing happened.

Then it all got worse as she saw her own body walking towards her. She almost wanted to faint. Her body started talking to her as if she was Carter. If something had really happened to her, it couldn't have happened to Carter or he would've been freaking out as much as she was. She grabbed her arms with Carter's hands and looked into her eyes, "Is there someone in there? Who are you?"

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pupnextdoor
2011-05-17 12:02 am UTC (link)

Julius wondered if maybe he wasn't the only one feeling a little weirded out when Carter was asking if someone was in there. Admittedly he started checking to see if he was imagining it, but... No, those were definitely boobs that he was feeling. And he was fairly sure that he didn't have those to quite this extent. Any other time he probably would have been checking that out a little bit more, but this was still a hallway with a lot of other people around.

"Grace Bailey?" He said more as a reply than an answer. He didn't sound all that confident about it. He just looked back at "Carter". "Or I think I am. Someone must have hit my head with a locker. You're not actually Carter though, are you?" He felt his... Grace's... Someone's forehead considering he was starting to get a headache just trying to think this over. He should probably be freaking out right now. It was all too confusing and weird like when he thought he had turned into a cat... Maybe that's what was going on? "Or I'm having another overdose of weird."

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rockurworld
2011-05-17 01:10 am UTC (link)

"No, no, no, no! This isn't right!" She looked around at the other people in the hall and grabbed her hand with Carter's. She pulled herself behind her down the hall to a more private area. She spun around back to herself, getting a little dizzy as she did but refocused her attention. "This may sound strange but you're not Grace; I'm Grace. I mean I'm Carter but I'm Grace. I'm in Carter's body! And if I'm Grace in Carter's body, and you're clearly not Carter, then who are you?" She listened to her own voice, it being Carter's, in her excitement and it started to break her down. This couldn't be happening.

Grace's tears welt up in Carter's eyes as she looked at herself. "I'm sorry to freak out like this but I'm... freaking out! I just want to know what's going on."

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pupnextdoor
2011-05-18 04:39 am UTC (link)

Julius went along with whoever it was that was possessing Carter at the time. He felt a little weird just leaving himself behind without really being sure who the heck was inside of him or if he was just an empty shell. He would have thought it was possibly Grace if Carter wasn't right there saying he was Grace. Well this was kind of awkward. Especially when Carter started crying and the weird girly part of him made him go and hug him... Her... Whatever. "I think I'm Julius if I'm not going crazy. Which I might be. Or this is the weirdest improv experience I've ever been in. It'll be okay. Maybe. I hope so at least because I don't want to explain things to your mom why I have the lights off to even get changed."

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a_tibbits
2011-05-16 05:03 pm UTC (link)

Quite unlike Nico, Alfie was actually having a really great day. His smile reached from one ear to the other. Everything was going his way, like a Disney song. It was perfect. His performance in soccer and swimming had improved, he was managing his time better when it came to doing homework and studying, and he and Laney were doing great. Sure, they didn't know the first thing about dating, but they were figuring it all out as they went along. Nothing could possibly go wrong today.

As he slipped out of his math class, he headed down the hall to where his locker was, stopping briefly at the water fountain to quench his thirst. Math sure had a funny way of making you thirsty. As he was drinking, he heard a bit of a commotion down by the lockers. With the water in the fountain still running, Alfie lifted his head to try and see what was the matter. He caught sight of some guys around Nico, and his eyes instantly went wide. He knew Nico was strong, but even he couldn't take on those guys, not like Alfie could anyway.

And then he saw Nico's bag fall to the floor, a clear sign apart from his blasting headphones that he was severely pissed off. Alfie left the water fountain and rushed over to Nico just in time to have those guys run right past him in the opposite direction. Alfie frowned. What the fuck had just happened? He thought those guys were bullying Nico, and now they were running away from him? Though upon turning back around, it was clear why they were running away. "Dude?"

Nico's eyes were rolled back into his head, and he looked like he was the star of Carter's next zombie movie. Alfie immediately dropped his own bag and reached out with his hands to try and shake Nico back to life or whatever. But before he could even touch him, Alfie had the craziest out of body experience ever. He felt himself being pulled out of his own body, saw himself and Nico's body for a split second before landing with a thud somewhere eles. And that somewhere else was...

"The fuuuuuuuuuuuck?" He was now staring at his own body. It was the creepiest thing that had ever happened to him. He didn't even think about why he was like that until he heard music blasting in his ears and glanced at his arms. Instead of dark brown hair, he saw light blonde. When he touched his face, it wasn't his own, and when he looked at the nearest reflection, he was staring at Nico's face blinking back at him.

"HOLY SHIT AM I A BLONDE NOW?"

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switchitup
2011-05-16 05:31 pm UTC (link)

Someone was definitely in his body. At least whoever it was seemed as genuinely confused as he was. Part of him had assumed if he was in Laney's body, then she would have gone into his, but his exclamation, which earned a few raised brows from people passing by, clearly showed that wasn't the case.

Being in Laney's clothes was awkward. How did girls walk around with underwear up their butt like this? And her clothes were form-fitting, something he certainly wasn't used to. And something was definitely constricting his chest, which, he eventually realized was her bra. Shit, how did women deal with all this stuff? He was about to walk over toward himself- so freaking weird- when he realized he had no idea how to walk like a girl. He tried to remember what his mother looked like what she walked. He made a valiant attempt to stand up straighter, and that was about the only thing that looked semi-normal as he made his way over toward his body: he pushed his chest out, squeezed his butt cheeks together, and wiggle-walked his way over toward him, who he noticed, was next to a confused looking Alfie.

"Who are you?" he demanded, giving himself a poke in the chest. He half expected to be able to feel it, but he couldn't. "What did you do?!" Man, his hands were so much smaller now. He frowned down at the polish on the too slim fingers he had prodded his body with.

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istartthefire
2011-05-17 03:38 am UTC (link)

JJ had missed most of the commotion. He tended to drop his extra homework off after everyone had left the room, to avoid looking like a square. So by the time he reached the hallway, Nico was already on the floor.

"What the--" He began, but didn't really have time to finish that thought. He felt as if he'd been yanked straight out of his body, and somehow had made it 20 feet or so down the hallway in a millisecond. Or had he? He glanced down at Nico. "You okay, man?" Whoa. Whoa. That was not his voice. "What do you mean? You're always blonde." Still not his voice. He cleared his throat and scratched his head. His hair felt a little bit longer. Or at least, not quite like his hair. He looked back up the hallway and saw... Himself? Was that him? He didn't know. He hoped not. What was going on. He looked away, and at... Anything else. He'd heard something about doppelgangers once. Was he going to die now?

Not that he had much time to think about it because suddenly he and Nico were joined by Laney and she was yelling and poking at Nico. He just gaped at her, still a little bit in shock that he'd just been looking at himself. And not in the mirror.

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