Room 421, Monday Afternoon

[mathletenomore]

Lindsay was very happy she was still a girl. That transformation, she was sure, would have majorly freaked her out. She was relieved not to have transformed into an animal also. At least Peter the pug seemed to be handling that okay. He couldn't actually tell her that since everything he said was in dog language.

"I think I'm going to order Chinese food. I'll share the chicken." Peter wagged his pug tail, a sign he liked this plan. He was so adorable this way. Awww.

"And then I should get you back to your room," Lindsay added, reaching for her phone so she could place the order.


[for the pug mentioned! Also the roomie if she'd like. SP very much expected.]

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[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

Peter was about to bark his approval at that idea.

Instead, a very feminine voice said "Arf."

Followed by a "...You know, I thought something was different yesterday."

Peter did not look pleased.

He also looked like a lady.

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

Lindsay dropped her phone before she had the chance to dial. This was more of an urgent matter. "You're human shaped again! And girl shaped, and uh...I've got clothes if you need to borrow them. Um."

She grabbed her army jacket and tossed it toward him, making sure to look anywhere but at him. Her? She was so confused and relieved he had transformed into a girl. Otherwise? Way more awkward.

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

Oh hey. Peter had been so surprised at the fact he was human again (and not his normal self still) he'd not noticed the draftiness.

He wasn't actually embarrassed. Probably because he was a girl.

He pulled on Lindsay's jacket and nodded a thanks. "I think maybe a pair of pants or something," he said. "I'm pretty sure I can't run around the halls bottomless. That might get me detention."

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

"Right, pants. Pants are good." She found a pair of jeans in her drawer, tossing them toward Peter. "Detention would be bad."

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"Though right now that's the last of my problems," Peter said, pulling on the pants. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows a little as he looked down while doing so.

"I think I just checked myself out. That's not normal."

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

"I guess it's natural to be curious?" Lindsay pointed out. "I mean, it's not everyday you switch genders. After being a dog."

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"Happy Birthday to me," Peter said with a sigh. "You know, I could really go for that Chinese."

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

"Today's your birthday?" Lindsay asked, now suddenly feeling even worse for Peter. "Well then happy birthday. Even if it might be a little weird. I'll order the food now. And it's on me."

The least she could do to make his birthday a little better. Maybe she would get him a cake.

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," Peter said. "Uhhh... do you want to swap out your jacket for something else? I know I'm all... getting my boobs on it or... something."

This was so weird.

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

"Don't worry about it. Really." Yeah, she didn't want to think about how weird this was.

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

Peter nodded, pulling the jacket on a little tighter, vaguely uncomfortable for a moment.

And then, to try and relieve the awkward, he made it worse.

"Well, guess this means you're the first girl at school to get me naked."

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

There were a lot of ways Lindsay could react to that. Awkward already happened. She chose to go for the light reaction this time. "Might be my proudest moment."

Then she broke into a smirk, a sign she was being sarcastic.

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

That just got Peter to laugh and shake his head. "Don't forget the egg rolls when you order, okay?"

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

"Egg rolls. No problem." With that said, she reached for the phone she had dropped earlier and placed an order.

[angelo_wings]

Rinoa breezed back into the room, feeling at least a little more settled in her skin than she had yesterday. She might be a boy for a while, so she might as well adjust. Which meant picking up some clothes at the store downtown handwavily.

She glanced between the two people in the room, very confused. "Who's your friend?" she asked. "Am I interrupting?"

She could leave. She had no idea her roommate had a girlfriend. Awww.

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

"Uh. No! Not interrupting," Lindsay said somewhat awkwardly. "That's Peter. Normally a boy. Kinda like how you're normally a girl. He was a dog before this."

It was a wonder Peter even remembered who he was.

[angelo_wings]

"Oh," Rinoa said, nodding at Peter and trying to follow along. "Oh! The puppy? The pug? That's him?"

Rinoa was not going to complain about her day, at this point. Since Peter was clearly having a far worse one.

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

"Yes, he was the pug," Lindsay confirmed. "Man, this place is so freaking weird."

Understatement, that.

[angelo_wings]

"You're telling me," Rinoa griped. "Everyone said this would be over yesterday and I'm still a guy."

Okay, so much for not complaining about her day. That had lasted all of two seconds.

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that's got to be...awkward, huh?" Lindsay asked. Though she was relieved she was still a girl, she did wonder what it was like.

[angelo_wings]

Rinoa shrugged. "I just wish my clothes fit," she admitted. "It's more annoying than anything. And my voice sounds wrong in my head."

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

"Well, uh, you have a nice voice?" Lindsay said, attempting to reassure her. "And you probably won't have to deal with this much longer."

[angelo_wings]

"Thanks," Rinoa said, shrugging. "I should view it as a learning experience, right? Maybe I'll finally understand guys after this."

She could hope.

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

"That is a positive way of looking at this situation," Lindsay said. "And maybe the guys will finally understand us."

Though she had her doubts.

[angelo_wings]

"I think that might require brain surgery," Rinoa laughed. "Maybe logic is on the missing part of the Y chromosome."

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"Like she said, Peter," he said, with a little wave. "I think she gave you the run-down of my particular oddities today."

[angelo_wings]

"Hi," Rinoa said. "Do you ... need clothes?"

Or something? Lindsay was probably hooking him up, for that. Right?

"It has to be better being a girl than a dog, right?" she asked. Idle curiosity.

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

Peter shrugged, still wearing Lindsay's jeans and army jacket. "It's definitely different," he said. "And actually, I'm pretty sure yesterday I was a girl dog, which was really different."

[angelo_wings]

Okay, that was seriously messed up.

"I think my brain hurts," she said. "Did dog-you have an identity crisis?"

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"I'd rather not talk about it," Peter said. "I mean, being a dog was weird enough. But... yeah. It was extra weird."

[angelo_wings]

"Was it at least fun?" she asked, curiosity overruling tact. "Being a dog. Are there canine advantages people don't even know about?"

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

Peter couldn't help but smirk.

"There's one," he said. "But you really don't want to know what it is."

[angelo_wings]

"I have a dog," Rinoa laughed. "I doubt you can shock me. Is this going to be something about peeing on fire hydrants?"