Heartstopper body swap

School

Nick arrived at their form room to find Charlie sitting in his body waiting. Somehow meeting himself was way weirder than being trapped in someone else body.

Is this what I look like. Nick wondered as he sat down, staring in fascination at his own face, it somehow looked different from photos.

"How weirded out are you?" Asked Charlie in nicks voice.

"I haven't got t that point I'm still trying to convince myself this isn't a dream." Nick replied.

"Ok what's the plan?"

"For all we know it could be a 24 hour thing and tomorrow we wake up in our own bodies. Until then we pretend to be each other."

They swapped phones but kept everything else. They had each others timetables and school books so lessons wouldn't be hard to navigate. And they could message each other with questions on how to act.

The morning passed without incident, Nick found Charlies lessons easy as he had done them last year. while Charlie found nicks lessons challenging in a good way.

Charlie was a little unprepared for how match attention he got in nicks body. Girls flirted with him, always touching his arm or something, Imogen even ruffled his hair. While the guys all greeted him loudly and bumped fists.

It was like being a dog, everyone gave you attention and wanted to touch you. No wonder nick had the personality of a golden retriever if people treated him like one.

While Nick got a few mean comments whispered about him while he was standing right next to them. The bullies were unprepared for who they thought was Charlie to turn on them, Charlie never fought back. Nicks retorts were confident and brutal, usually involving something about their mum.

Even so a background anxiety simmered away in his stomach, sapping his , self confidence and happiness. Am I anxious because of the body swap or is this how Charlie feels all the time? nick wondered.

When they met up for lunch they realised they both had the wrong amount of food. Nick had bought a bunch of food from the cafeteria as he usually did, forgetting that there was a pack lunch in Charlies bag.

While Charlie wasn't usually hungry and so hadn't brought anything except an old apple he found in the bottom of nicks bag. When they sat down at the table, Charlie found nicks body was ravenous. While nick looked down at the food and felt sick.

Nick pushed the packed lunch and his tray from the cafeteria across the table.

"Thanks, your body is hungry all the time." Charlie said between mouthfuls.

"Are people always this mean to you?" Nick asked.

"Last year it was way worse. Are people always this touchy feely with you?"

"Yhea, they don't think nice people need personal space."

Nick suggested that they have a sleepover and both their parents agreed. The two of them went to Charlies house first to pack a few things, then went on to nicks house where they would stay the night.

It was difficult to remember to act right with the families, Nick had to stop himself hugging his mum because he was in Charlies body. Clothes were another issue, hardily any of Charlies clothes would fit Nicks body, and nick refused to wear Charlies ridiculously tight skinny jeans. They both ended up wearing stuff from nicks wardrobe even though it looked comically big on Charlies body. It felt like they were merging, sharing bodes, clothes, experiencing each others lives.

When Charlie came down to the kitchen to get a cup of tea nicks mum was there.

"Charlie seems like a lovely boy. " She said. It took a moment for Charlie to remember that she thought he was Nick. "You seem much more yourself around him."

"Do I?" Charlie chucked as nick literally wasn't himself.

"You do."