Rose Hathaway opened her eyes sleepily, closing them immediately after she saw the bright light that surrounded the room. Yawning, she pulled the warm blanket tighter around her, shifting into a more comfortable position as she did so. For some reason something felt wrong, but Rose couldn't put her finger on what it was. Groaning slightly, she pushed herself into a sitting position.
She stretched her arms, trying to get rid of the stiffness she felt. Rose ran her hands through her hair, and opened her mouth in shock at what she felt.
Her hair had always been brown, so dark that it almost looked like black. And it had always been long. Rose had started to grow it after she and her best friend Lissa had run away from the academy. Having long hair had helped to hide to bite marks that had covered her neck. Now though, it seemed as if her hair had grown short over night. I only covered the top of her head, and didn't even go past her ears. Rose felt panic race through her body. Was this someone's idea of a joke? Rose loved her hair, and the thought of losing it, terrified her.
Rose bit her lip, and glanced down at her hands. She gulped when she saw the color of them. They were no longer tanned. They were now pale, like a moroi's skin.
'What the hell?' she thought, pulling herself out of the bed. She felt her elbow brush against something warm. Frowning she turned over, only to see a lump on the side of the bed. Hesitantly, Rose leaned over, pulling the blankets of the lump. She jumped slightly when she saw what it was. Or rather, who it was.
"Lissa? What the hell are you doing in my bedroom?" Rose demanded, cringing slightly when she heard herself speak. She was almost certain that it wasn't her voice. It belonged to a male, that was sure, and it was nothing like her real voice. Rose felt slightly scared. What in the world was happening?
Lissa groaned but didn't wake up. Rose muttered something under her breath, and nudged Lissa once again, harder this time. Lissa opened her eyes immediately, jumping slightly when she spotted Rose.
"Christian? What the hell are you doing in my bedroom?" she demanded, narrowing her eyes slightly. She looked irritated and annoyed, and suspicion clouded her eye. Rose jumped slightly at what Lissa had said.
"I'm not Christian!" she growled, glancing at Lissa in disbelief. Lissa cocked her head to the side in confusion.
"What do you mean?" she questioned. Rose sighed in irritation, turning her gaze away from Lissa. She let her eyes scan the room, and felt herself panic even more when she realized that she wasn't in her bedroom.
"I'm Rose" she whispered, though for some reason she wasn't so sure anymore.
"You look like Christian" Lissa pointed out. Rose sighed quietly.
"I know" she muttered. Rose tried to stay calm, but the panic was obvious on her face. Lissa leaned back against the bed. By the look on her face, it was obvious that she was thinking about something.
"What am I doing in your room anyway Christian?" Lissa demanded. Rose groaned slightly.
"Liss, I told you I was Rose!" she exclaimed, flinging her arms up in the air. She had just about given up convincing Lissa that she wasn't her boyfriend. The confusion on Lissa's face only grew.
"What did you call me?" she asked. Rose frowned, closing her eyes for a moment as she recalled her words.
"Lissa. I called you Lissa" Rose replied. Lissa's pretty face froze, a look of disbelief appearing on it.
"No" she murmured, pushing herself out of the bed. She walked over to the mirror, shaking slightly.
"What's wrong?" questioned Rose, following her best friend over to the mirror. She gasped slightly when she saw the face that was looking back at her in the mirror. It wasn't her face. It was Christians.
"What the hell?!" she screeched. It sounded odd hearing Christians voice ringing in her ears. She didn't want to believe it, but the evidence was right in front of her. Somehow she had turned into Christian.
"Oh god" muttered Lissa. Her face was mask of horror. Her fingers brushed against her pale skin, and Rose could hear her mutter a few swear words under her breath.
"W-what?" Rose stammered. Lissa shook her head lightly, and made her way over to the bed. She lay back against it and closed her eyes.
"This can't be happening" Lissa whispered. Her voice shook with terror. Rose walked over and lay her hand on Lissa's shoulder.
"I know Liss. It's scary but the truth is, I'm not Christian" she said gently. Lissa looked up at her. There was an expression on her face, that Rose didn't seem to understand.
"No Rose. You don't understand. I'm not Lissa" Lissa muttered darkly. Rose jumped back slightly. She hadn't been expecting that, and simply stared at her best friend in disbelief.
"What do you mean?" she stammered. Lissa sighed in irritation and ran her hands through her long blonde hair. She cringed back slightly when she touched her hair, like Rose had done when she had first touched Christians.
"I'm Adrian" Lissa replied. Rose stared at Lissa –Adrian in shock.
"ADRIAN?" she shrieked. Adrian nodded his head glumly.
"Yes. I'm Adrian. What are we going to do Rose?" he asked.
"We…we have to find Lissa and Christian" Rose muttered, making her way towards the door. Adrian grabbed her shoulder before she could leave.
"At least change out of those pajama's" he said, shaking his head at Roses foolishness. Rose blushed slightly, realizing that she had just been about to walk in the corridors in her pajama's.
"Ok" she said, making her way towards the bathroom. She stopped, and felt her blush grow darker as she realized what she had to do.
"No way!" she hissed, chucking a pillow at Adrian's face. Adrian looked at her in confusion.
"What's wrong?" he questioned.
"I'm not going to take my clothes of in Christian's body" Rose snapped. Adrian chuckled slightly.
"Come on Rose. You have to do it sooner or later" Adrian stated. Rose turned away from him, cursing the fact that Christian's skin was so pale. No doubt, Adrian had been able to see that her cheeks were bright red.
"No I don't" she grumbled. She walked over to the wardrobe that was at the corner of the room, and opened the door. She didn't even bother to see which clothes she had chosen, simply picking the first things that she could see. Rose headed towards the bathroom, trying to ignore the fact that Adrian was howling with laughter behind her.
As soon as Rose had shut the bathroom door, she let the clothes she was holding fall to the floor. Rose walked over to the sink, and hesitated when she picked up Christian's toothbrush. Sure it was his teeth she was brushing, but it still seemed gross to her. Rose dropped the toothbrush after a moment, and decided to wash her face instead. She felt uncomfortable in the body she was in, and desperately wanted to get out of it.
After Rose had finished washing her face, she walked over to where she had dropped the clump of clothes. Rose stood there for a moment, unsure of how to take her current clothes off without seeing anything. After a few more minutes, she closed her eyes tightly, biting her lip as she did so. She was pretty sure that this was the dumbest way to do this, but she couldn't think of anything else. Rose pulled of Christian's pajama top, letting it fall to the floor. Rose made a grab for the t-shirt that she had brought with her and pulled it over her head. Groaning, she realized that she had taken the jeans instead. Rose felt irritated, as she reached back down for the shirt. This time she took the right thing, and slipped it onto hr body.
Rose hesitated slightly when it was time to put the jeans on. She slipped of the pajama bottoms nervously, grabbing the jeans almost immediately. Rose tried to put them on, deciding that it was harder than it looked. Her arm banged on the wall, and rose winced slightly.
"Why does this have to be so hard?" she muttered. Rose managed to get the jeans on after about ten minutes. She opened her eyes, relieved to see that she was now fully dressed. Rose opened the door, and walked back into the bedroom. She spotted Adrian sprawled across Christians bed, looking impatient.
"Finally" he muttered in Lissa's voice, gesturing towards the door.
"It took a while, that's all" Rose defended herself. Adrian laughed lightly, despite the situation they were in.
"Lady's first" he joked. Rose rolled her eyes at his lame joke.
"Actually, for now you're the lady" Rose pointed out. Rose pushed past Adrian, making her way out the door. She figured out that the less time she spent in Christian's body, the better.