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!closed, !completed gdoc, !log, [plot] free for all, ~2018 january, ~25 points, ~~bellamy blake (mademeamurderer), ~~gale hawthorne (seamless), ~~katniss everdeen (thisgirlisonfire)

Who: Katniss Everdeen, Gale Hawthorne, & Bellamy Blake (with Madge Undersee)
What: Unpleasant Wake Up
Where: Bellamy's apartment
When: Wednesday morning
Warnings: references to sexual activity
Status: complete gdoc


Katniss wasn’t entirely sure how late it was when she and Bellamy were finally spent and fell asleep, but she was definitely not prepared to be awake yet when she realized that she was and her bladder was insisting she needed to get out of bed. Carefully slipping out of Bell’s arms, she pulled on his discarded t-shirt and quietly made her way to the bathroom to take care of business.

The sun was barely peeking through the clouds and it wasn’t like she needed to be home to get Prim and Mitsuko off to school, so she crawled right back in bed and curled up next to her boyfriend. Maybe another hour or two of sleep and then another round of sex before she headed home.

***

He woke just enough to lift his head as she slipped out of the bed. He only saw a flash of her hair as she disappeared into the bathroom, and didn’t really think anything of the fact it looked so...dark, at least compared to Madge’s golden blonde. He wasn’t awake enough to process that something wasn’t right. Madge was up quite often with the pressure of the baby growing in her womb.

His eyes were closed when she came back to the bed, and he feigned sleep until she was settled and snuggled up against him. At that point, his eyes opened and his heart hammered in his chest. “Who...what...I don’t…KATNISS???” Instinctive reaction had him backing away, nearly to the point of falling out of bed, and scrambling not to do just that.

***

That was not the reaction she was expecting when she got back into bed and she rolled to look at Bellamy, her expression full of confusion and hurt. “What?” she said. “Are you regretting last night?” She couldn’t imagine why he would be, but there was a knot in the pit of her stomach at the thought that he might have just led her on to sleep with her.

Katniss was glad that she at least had a t-shirt on even though it didn’t cover nearly enough and she reached for the sheets to cover herself better.

***

Last night? What did she mean last night? He realised he was naked under the sheets and he looked down to see...a body that was not his. His hand shot up to his face. It felt entirely unfamiliar to his fingertips.

“I don’t...oh shit.” Gale was not one to cuss. He just didn’t think it was necessary. But some things were an exception, and this was definitely one of those things. “Katniss. I’m not...this is…” Augh, why was it so hard to say what he needed to say. She obviously thought he was someone else. She thought he was however he looked like.

“I’m...It’s Gale.” Because there was no point letting this charade go on any longer.

***

“That is not funny, Bellamy,” Katniss said, her expression hardening. Why on earth would her boyfriend say something like that after they’d spent so many hours pleasing each other? “What is this? Did you just want to use me for sex and now you’re trying to get rid of me?”

It was hard for her to imagine him being so deliberately cruel, but she honestly had no idea what to think right now.

***

Bellamy. Okay. Gale knew that name. He’d seen Bellamy on the network. He hadn’t realised he and Katniss were dating, but he tried not to pry into Katniss’ life. “I’m not Bellamy,” he insisted. “I don’t know why I look like him. Or how I’m here right now. Because I was very much with Madge…”

His expression fell into something like shock. “If I’m here with you, and I look like him. He might be in my bed, looking like me…” That kind of thing didn’t seem to happen often, but he was pretty sure it had happened before. To other people. To people who had a connection to each other.

He and Bellamy had a connection, apparently, through Katniss. But...this was beyond insane.

***

Katniss stared at him, trying to make sense of the words he was saying. Of course this town did strange things and she vaguely recalled hearing a story about Darcy switching bodies with Steve once. Was it possible that happened now? What were the odds that Bellamy and Gale would swap the first morning she was waking up in his bed?

“Prove it,” she said. “Tell me something that only Gale would know.” They had enough of a history and she hadn’t shared much of it with Bellamy.

***

There were so many things Gale could tell her that he was certain she hadn’t told Bellamy. Things she probably hadn’t, and wouldn’t tell anyone for a good long while. He considered pointing out how he’d created the bombs that killed Prim, but decided that was something he didn’t want to bring up in conversation unless he absolutely had to. If that was the one thing she would believe. He sure as hell wasn’t going to start with it.

“Prim had a goat named Lady. And a cat she called Buttercup,” he said figuring since those things had to do with Prim more than Katniss it was a decent place to start. “Prim and your mom took care of my back after the beating. And you sat with me for a long time when you thought I was asleep.”

***

Those were definitely things that Bellamy would have no way of knowing. Katniss pulled the sheet around her a little tighter, not wanting Gale to see anymore of her than he already had. “This is awful,” she said. “I’m going to try to message Bell.”

Because it was very possible that he was waking up in bed with Madge right now and that couldn’t be going well either.

She managed to find her phone and quickly tapped out a message before realizing that Bellamy’s phone wasn’t going to actually be with him. “Uh. Maybe I should message Madge instead.” The last thing she wanted to do was upset her pregnant friend, but they needed to sort this out.

Madge, there seems to be some weirdness happening in town. It looks like Bellamy and Gale somehow switched bodies.

***

Madge hadn’t slept well. Usually she didn’t, even though she was more tired than she’d ever been in her life. She got up several times during the night to pee, and often just laid there staring into the darkness, terrified that she wasn’t going to get through this.

It was during one of those times that Katniss’s message arrived.

She read it, then read it again, then looked over at Gale who seemed to be sleeping soundly.

But Gale looks fine. He’s sleeping.

***

Katniss looked up after reading the message. It was surreal to be looking at Bellamy’s face and know she was talking to Gale. She held out her phone so he could read it. “You can message her from my phone, if you want,” she said. “I’m sure you can say something that convinces her you’re who.”

Of course, at some point Bellamy would wake up. Or Madge would have to wake him up. But hopefully they could make this a little less stressful for both of them.

***

Gale took the phone from Katniss. He stared at it for a moment. If Bellamy was there in his body, and he was sleeping, Madge would have no clue anything was wrong. Did she think Katniss was sending her delusional messages? He had to quell that possibility right away.

Madge, honey. It’s Gale. I’m here with Katniss, and I’m in Bellamy’s body. Which means that’s Bellamy laying beside you. He’s going to be very confused when he wakes up and I need you to be strong, okay? I love you, and we’re going to be fine. Remember a couple weeks ago when I made you breakfast in bed? Nobody else knows about that but you and me.

He hoped that would convince her this was real. He hated that he was doing this long distance. He should be with her, not talking to her via text through Katniss’ phone. He was grateful for the option, though. And grateful Katniss had messaged her before she and Bellamy had an awkward waking up together.

***

Madge read the message once, then twice. Then she looked at the man sleeping beside her, who looked very much like Gale. Exactly like Gale. But the message she’d gotten sounded like Gale. Should she believe the message...or her very own eyes? She was feeling a little sick now. She got up quickly and pulled on a robe, covering herself completely before standing at the end of the bed.

“Bellamy,” she said, hoping that she was making the right choice. “Bellamy. Wake up.”

***

Bellamy was deeply asleep after the night that Katniss and he had. It had been an amazing night, and he was loathe to wake up at all. In fact, he wanted to stay in bed with Katniss all day and repeat last night. Again. And Again.

But the voice he heard wasn’t Katniss’s, and he shot up in bed to find a blonde girl at the end of the bed.

“Who the hell are you?”

***

Madge was ready for it, thankfully, and did her best to explain what was going on to him. He got dressed in Gale’s clothes and left as soon as possible - he wasn’t ready for this kind of weird shit.

Bellamy left. He’s probably coming over to see you.

***

Katniss very pointedly did not read the message that Gale sent to Madge using her phone. At least they’d saved her from the awkwardness of unpleasant wake up.

Okay. Gale will be on his way home soon.

The next however many days this lasted were going to be incredibly awkward. “You should probably get dressed and head home to your girlfriend,” she said. “I don’t know where anything is here, but I’m sure you’ll find something.”

She slipped out of the bed, taking the sheet with her and keeping it wrapped tightly around her waist. “I’ll just wait in the other room.”

***

Gale nodded. What else could he do. He couldn’t stay here. He needed to get home to Madge and reassure her. Even though he looked different, he was still her Gale. He wanted to apologise for all of this, but it wasn’t his fault. It was the dome, he was pretty sure about that.

“Yeah. Okay. I mean, I’m sure I can find something to wear.” The body was naked, but Gale tried not to think about that. Obviously Katniss had seen it before. He just got up, and went to the dresser to find underwear and pants and then a shirt to put on.

There were no shoes to be seen, he figured they were probably out in the other room or something. He put on a pair of socks and went looking for shoes. He tugged them on and headed out, going home to Madge with a stranger’s face.

***

Even though Katniss was intimately acquainted with Bellamy’s body, it felt wrong to be looking at it when she knew that it was really Gale, so she quickly left the room and sat on the couch waiting until he came out of the bedroom, shoved his feed into Bell’s shoes, and left.

Once he was gone, she went and quickly found her discarded underwear and jeans, pulling them on before Bellamy got home. She kept his shirt on though, wanting that connection and reminder of the previous night. She decided to wait in the living room for him. This was going to be beyond awkward.

***

Bellamy headed straight home because he had no idea what the hell was going on. He’d gone to bed with Katniss and woke up beside some milquetoast blond girl and he definitnely wasn’t thrilled by that. He also wasn’t thrilled by the fact that he didn’t look like himself. Fucking Madison Valley.

He reached his apartment and went inside to see Katniss sitting on the couch.

“Hey. It’s...um, me. Bellamy.”

***

It was difficult for Katniss to reconcile that the man she was starting to fall for currently looked like the man that she would never fully forgive for her sister’s death. “Yeah, I know,” she said, closing her eyes for a moment and taking a deep breath. “This is weird. Really, really weird.”

And also absolutely terrible timing. There was no way she could touch him or kiss him with this face.

***

“Yeah, you’re telling me. I’m in some other dude’s body.”

He’d had a ton of weird shit happen to him, but really, this took the cake.

“You’re you, though, right?”

***

“Yeah, I’m still me,” Katniss said. “This is definitely not how I anticipated this morning going.”

She was a little angry that the dome decided to ruin their morning after. And now they wouldn’t be able to have a repeat until things were back the way they were supposed to be.

“I’d ask if you were okay, but that would be stupid.”

***

“Yeah. I’m not okay. Not really.”

Not being stuck in someone else’s body the morning he’d expected to be enjoying his new relationship. But really, he was used to shit happening. It was what it was. He couldn’t change it so he might as well go along with it for as long as they forced him to.

“Gale’s got boring taste in women, by the way.”

There was nothing wrong with Madge, nothing at all. She just wasn’t Bellamy’s kind of girl. Too weak.

***

Katniss bit her lip at that and looked away. She didn’t know what all she had shared with Bellamy about her history with Gale, but obviously there was an important piece she’d left out. This probably wasn’t the right time to share it.

“He used to be into me,” she admitted. “We never… I mean… the most we ever did was kiss a couple of times, but…” If things had been different, if Gale’s actions hadn’t been responsible for her sister’s death, well…

***

Whoops. He’d known there’d been something once but in his annoyance had forgotten that fact.

“I didn’t mean you,” he said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. “I meant that little blonde girl in his bed. Not my type. I like my girls with a bit more spirit.”

And she hadn’t seemed to have much at all.

***

Madge was one of Katniss’s friends, but she did understand what Bellamy meant. Her friend had a much more privileged upbringing in District Twelve and while life wasn’t easy for anyone there, the Mayor’s daughter hadn’t struggled as much as people from the Seam. She hadn’t needed to fight the same way that the Everdeens and the Hawthornes.

“She’s a sweet girl,” she said. “But I’m glad that you’re not interested in her.” There was a hint of a smile at the corners of her mouth despite the awkwardness of the situation.

***

“Ha, like I said. Not my type.” Katniss was. Completely. He was pretty crazy about her, even if he wasn’t ready to admit that out loud yet. To anybody.
“So, um, what do we do about this? I mean, your friend is fine, but I’d like my own body back sooner rather than later.”

***

“Well, I don’t think there’s much we can do other than wait it out,” Katniss said. Which really sucked because there was no way she was even kissing her boyfriend while he was stuck in Gale’s body. “This kind of thing happens sometimes around here.”

Hopefully it would reverse itself sooner rather than later. “I should probably get going though. I, um… don’t think I can spend time with you like this.” Seeing Gale’s face was far too painful.

***

As much as that hurt, Bellamy understood. It must be weird for her, seeing him in this body, especially after the night they’d just had together. Dammit to hell, this place could suck sometimes.

“Yeah. Of course.”

He got it.

“We can hang out again later.”

And hopefully this hadn’t soured her on him in general.

***

Katniss stood and went to retrieve her coat and shoes. “Definitely,” she said. “And in the meantime, message me, okay?” At least then she wouldn’t necessarily have to see Gale’s face when they communicated.

This definitely wasn’t going to change how she felt about Bellamy, but it was going to make the next few days uncomfortable.

***

“Yeah, sure, of course. We’ll just do that until everything is normal again,” he said. Assuming things would ever be normal again. Things in Madison Valley usually switched back, but there was a first time for everything.