Switched // cake [completed]

thirteen

a/n: the video of me reacting is done, I just gotta edit it, oh my god

Luke.

"I think I like Calum."

Jenna rolled her eyes at me before gesturing to my walls. "Yep, never would've guessed that one."

"No, but seriously," I groaned, rubbing my eyes.

"Well I think you're meant to," she said kindly, sitting down beside me on my bed. "You guys are literally soulmates."

"But it's so confusing... I can't do anything about it while he's still in my body."

Jenna hummed, frowning a little. As the two of us thought in silence, I looked around my room at the overwhelming amount of posters of Calum, and chuckled a little. Who would've thought I was this guy's soulmate? Fourteen year old Luke would've had a heart attack.

"Maybe you'll finally switch back now," she suggested. "Now that you realised you actually like him."

"Maybe..." I sighed. 

"Those were one of the options, right? Once the two of you fall in love?"

"Yeah... But..."

Jenna sighed amusedly, looking at me. "Okay, what now?"

"What if he doesn't like me?" 

"Judging by what you told me, I'm pretty sure he does. I wouldn't tell someone I don't like that I see myself dating them."

"I guess so... I don't know Jenna. I just want to sleep on it and clear my mind."

"Alright." She nodded, getting up before checking the time on her phone. "It's getting late anyways. I'm gonna head home and let you sleep, yeah?"

I smiled at her. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Good night," she chuckled, ruffling my hair and exiting my room.

It was only around 8pm, but I was getting really exhausted thinking about this situation. It was an absolute mess and I was getting so sick of it.

Getting up, I changed into my pyjamas after announcing to my mum that I was going to bed early. Flicking the light off, I used my phone to guide me back to my bed. I slid under the sheets, putting my phone under my pillow, and curled up into fetal position to avoid my feet from hanging off the bed. I should really get a bigger bed, but for now, it was alright.

However, the harder I tried to coax myself to sleep, the lonelier I seemed to feel.

It was a weird feeling, honestly. I hadn't seen Calum all day, but it didn't bother me at all until now. And now suddenly, it felt as if someone had pulled out the stopper, and all my emotions came flooding in, pulling me with the tide. I just felt lonely, I felt like I was missing someone. And I knew exactly who.

I was about to roll over and get out of bed, call it quits, when my phone starting vibrating, surprising me. I frowned and picked up the call, pressing it to my ear. "Hello?"

"Hey twerp!" my brother Jack exclaimed from the other end. "Sorry I haven't been able to talk much. It's been a crazy few days."

"You're telling me," I sighed, pulling my bedsheets closer, and he made a confused sound.

"You still haven't switched back?"

"No," I whined. "And I wish we had because this is getting really weird."

"I don't know what to say, buddy, I'm sorry. I would've thou-"

"How did you feel, right before you switched back?" I interrupted him.

"That's an oddly specific question," he commented, but went with it. "Um, just... I felt like I finally understood what was going on. It doesn't really make sense, it was a weird feeling, but it was like... Like I knew I needed to have her around and in my life. I felt a little lonely, I remember that."

Suddenly, it all made sense. "Oh my god, I think I might switch back tonight."

"Really?" Jack asked, sounding surprised.

"Yeah." Now I was grinning. Talk about mood swings. "Yeah. But I don't wanna jinx it."

"Knock on wood," he suggested, and I did so, turning around and knocking my knuckles three times against my bedside table.

"Done," I told him, and he chuckled.

"What would you have done without me, hunh?" he joked, and I just laughed.

"I dunno. I really hope we switch tonight, though. I've had more than enough time to figure this whole situation out." I bit my lip, debating on telling him about the specialist or not. I decided against it and said, "Can I call you tomorrow?"

"Yeah, of course," he answered, and I could hear the smile in his voice. "Good night, twerp."

"'Night, Jack," I murmured, stifling a yawn. I hung up and shoved my phone back under my pillow, not realising that I had two new messages.

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Calum.

I frowned. Luke couldn't be sleeping, it was only 8:20pm... But yet, he wasn't answering my texts. 

I sighed, slumping down on the chair I was sitting on. Mikey, Katie and I had been at the hotel restaurant, having dinner, when an overwhelming urge to be with Luke overcame me. I had pulled out my phone and told him that I missed him and we should hang out tomorrow, but he hadn't answered me. Maybe he wasn't interested...

"Cal, cheer up!" Katie smiled, patting my shoulder. "The food's really good!"

"I don't doubt that," I answered quietly, picking my fork back up and piercing through a baby tomato. "I'm just kinda tired."

"Dude, it's not even 9," Mikey laughed, and I rolled my eyes.

"I dunno, man. Controlling a different body wears you out quickly."

Katie sighed, frowning at Mikey. "Well, finish your dinner, and then we can just head back to our rooms and sleep."

"I'd like that," I agreed, and she smiled at me again.

We ate quickly, Mikey trying to make light conversation and Katie trying to get me to cheer up, but it was no use. I just felt... Lonely. Even surrounded by my two best friends in the world, I was lonely. And I didn't like it, at all.

After about half an hour, we headed back upstairs, and the first thing I did when I entered my hotel room was change into my pyjamas. My common sense was telling me to shower, but I was too tired and unmotivated. This loneliness was beginning to consume my every thought, and I figured that if I slept, I'd be able to forget all about it and push it to the back of my head, at least for a little while. 

I slid under my sheets and yawned, only then registering how tired I was. I pulled the sheets up closer to me, pulling my - Luke's - impossibly long legs close to my chest. The hotel room was way too cold for my liking, and I remember my last conscious thought being that it would be nice to have another body pressed up against mine to combat the cold.

a/n: okay um I probably won't be updating more than once a day for a while cause I've got a lot of stuff planned for the next few weeks :-( sorry guys! I love this fic so much agh it's gonna kill me.