This choice: After an agonizingly slow day at work... • Go Back...Chapter #5After an agonizingly slow day at work... by: Jezimoon   (Originally written by Missingenuous)
Working at the Burger Bonanza was probably the dullest, most painful experience that Roy could ever wish on someone. There were several times while he was on shift that he was tempted to use the Role Swapper, just so he wouldn't have to flip a single burger for the rest of the day. Of course, having not spent the proper amount of time, in his opinion, experimenting with the device, he just didn't want to risk fouling things up.
Now that he was off for the rest of the day, it was time to call up his friend Stacy. They had been close friends since they had met during their freshmen year in high school. Like so many other guys in his position, however, he had quickly become "like a girl friend" to her thus killing any potential for them to go out. Of course, even with him having the unrequited love issue with Stacy, she was still one of the few people the Roy emphatically trusted.
Roy collected his cell phone from his locker at work and checked to see if she had responded to his text message earlier.
Hey you! Sure, I am free tonight. Just come on over when you get off shift. I still have a clean shirt that you left over here the last time you came over, so you won't have to smell like burgers all night. The only thing is that mom said you have to leave by 11 tonight. She was pissed that you slept over her last time.
After a short trip, Roy found himself ringing Stacy's doorbell. Having expected him around this time, Stacy answered the door without much of a wait and invited him up to her room. Roy still felt a pang of regret as he followed her up the stairs of the two story home. A few inches shorter than Roy, Stacy stood at 5'5" and had strawberry blond hair that fell to a little past her shoulders whenever she wasn't wearing it in a ponytail like tonight. She was dressed modestly, as she was home for the evening, wearing a simple baby doll t-shirt and a comfortable pair of jeans. Stacy's 17-year-old sister Ashley ignored them both as they walked by the threshold of her door.
"So what was this surprise that you said you just HAD to show me tonight?"
Roy didn't say a word as he closed Stacy's bedroom door behind them. Taking a moment to gather his thoughts, he told her the details of what had happened to him that day, the visit from his alternate self, swapping the roles of his roommate with his own girlfriend, and his decision to share the discovery with her. She was in disbelief at first, but Stacy knew Roy wasn't prone to hyperbole.
"So the only problem is, up to this point, you haven't really experimented with the device except for the one time, and that time you were the only one that noticed anything was different."
"That's pretty much it in a nutshell. I afraid to use it by myself though. I keep expecting something to go wrong the first time I try to just play around with it."
"Well, there's only one thing to do. We need to do a little bit of testing. You were the only one touching the device when you used it earlier, so that is the most likely reason that you were the only one who noticed the changes. That being said though, you still don't know exactly what happens if you were to swap with someone. Hmm... I think I have an idea." | Members who added to this interactive story also contributed to these: |
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