Only You Can Afford My Love// A Chase Davenport Love Story

Chip Switch

[Edited 2/26/24]

Leo's P.O.V.

I was riding in Principal Perry's elevator, enjoying the ride and music, when the doors opened to reveal Principal Perry herself!

"Dooley!" Principal Perry snapped. "What are you doing in my elevator?!"

"I'm enjoying the music," I said truthfully. "Today is 'love songs from the nineties'. Wanna dance?"

"Use the stairs! This is exactly how healthy kids become unhealthy adults." 

I looked over Principal Perry while sneering. "Really?" I asked. "Are we having this conversation?"

"For your information, I'm a speed walker. Perhaps you've seen me at the Mission Creek Mall giving the shoppers a little eye candy." I wrinkled my nose in disgust. "Listen up, space-fillers!" Principal Perry announced as she turned to everyone else. "This is Emergency Preparedness Week. An emergency drill can happen at any time. So when the alarm sounds, you must evacuate the building in an orderly fashion. Like cattle, if cattle had acne... and braces... and a future filling up my gas tank." She laughed and walked away.

"Oh, man!" Adam complained. "I wish I had Bree's super-speed! Because you do not want to be stuck walking behind cows in an emergency, trust me on that."

"You would trade your super-strength for Bree's super-speed?" Chase asked. "Man, if I had your strength, I'd just run out of the building juggling those cows."

"That would be a sight," Juliana said with a laugh.  

"Yeah," Bree said to Chase." And if I had your super-intelligence, I'd have walked away from this conversation thirty seconds ago."

"Hey, you know what would be awesome?" I asked. "If you guys took out your bionic chips and switched your abilities."

"Why can't we?" Chase asked.

"I call your super-smarts!" Bree said to Chase.

"I call your super-speed!" Adam said to Bree.

"I call your super-strength!" Chase said to Adam.

"I call good looks and charisma!" I said. "Oh, too late. Already got 'em."

"Since when?" Juliana asked. I glared at her and the others laughed.

In the Lab... Chase's P.O.V.

"If you guys are gonna switch your chips before school, don't you think you should run this by Dad first?" Juliana asked.

"They're our chips," Bree stated. 

"Well, yeah," Leo said. "But what if something glitches out and you end up with Adam's gigantic head on Chase's tiny, doll-like body?" 

"Leo's got a point," Juliana said. 

"We don't have to ask 'daddy' for permission on every single thing we do," Bree said.

"Yeah," Adam said. "I mean, do you think I ask Davenport which shoe goes on which foot? No! I label them 'left' and 'not left'." 

Juliana and I rolled our eyes. It was a wonder Adam was still alive. 

"Okay," I said. "Bree, attach the chip extractors to the capsules. I'll program the computer for chip removal. And Adam, you... Just get in your capsule."

"Whoo!"

"Now, Leo, I have thee most important job of all for you. Now, once we get inside, I'm going to need you... to push this green button."