After breakfast, during which I also had to adopt Sophie's habits and eat her cornflakes, I headed to school. I walked along the path, remembering my life, my school. I saw it as well when I was near the school. I looked at it and nothing, practically nothing, had changed here. I entered the school and knew immediately what I had to do. It was an innate memory. Go to the locker, take out school supplies, stow them away, be in the classrooms, have breaks and return again. I had Sophie's knowledge of the school in my head. I knew that she also had lessons with Celia, Marco, and Julius in the third period today.
I sat in the chair in the rooms where I had to be present as Sophie. Honestly, though, I had to admit that it felt good to be back in school. I wrote down mathematical formulas with Sophie's handwriting, filled out the worksheets, and solved tasks for her. I knew I could still do it. Even after half a year out of school. And above all, it wasn't difficult.
During the big break, I couldn't just sit around and discover Sophie's secrets on her phone, but strolled through the hallways of the school. I got myself a coffee in the cafeteria, even though Sophie didn't drink coffee. I sat in the cafeteria and observed the people around me. Sophie was the same as me or other introverted people, she wanted to be alone, wanted to enjoy the time.
Then I spotted Celia, Marco, and Julius. The three were always together. I saw Marco and Julius laughing together. They didn't regret their actions, but Celia is another story. I saw her walking alongside them. She didn't feel comfortable with them. I could conclude this from Sophie's memories. When Marco and Julius wanted to buy something, Celia ran past me into the toilet. She didn't dare to look me in the eyes.
If I wanted to know something, I could find out from Celia. I had to talk to her. She was the weakest link in the group. As she went to the toilet, I got up and ran after her. After she entered the empty women's toilet, I came in too.
"Celia?" I shouted after her urgently. She turned around and looked at me surprised: "Sophie?"
"What happened to Noah?" I asked her, as I approached her.
For a while, she was silent. "I don't know what you mean," she replied quieter than before.
"Noah was just found lying on the ground out here," I continued, "How can it be that he fell over?"
"He felt sick and fell over," she lied and said it insecurely. Celia wasn't an insecure person at all. Before the events that happened to me, she was very different.
If only I could jump into her body. Just so I could find out everything she knew about my incident. I would love to know, but I was still weak.
"That's bullshit," I said back to her, as she then opened her eyes. "You were never such a person, Celia. What's gotten into you?" I wanted to know, but from her reaction, I knew that she wanted to tell me, but she couldn't. Something had happened. Something she couldn't tell me.
"Please go away!" she said again and again, louder and louder. "And if you don't, I'll call the police," she threatened with an angry look. What had gotten into her? Why was she behaving like this? Celia and Sophie were once, a long time ago, good friends and now, all this? That smelled fishy.
In the late afternoon, as I walked home, I thought about the incident with Celia. Sophie knew Celia well. They had known each other since primary school. They were best friends back then, but Marco and Julius were a thorn in her side. Their situation worsened since Celia had started dating Marco. I wondered all afternoon whether Marco had pressured her to join in or whether others were involved. I didn't know who or what, but I had to follow the trail further.
When I reappeared at the hospital so I could visit my body, I had to sign the visitor book again. This time it was a different nurse who handed me the book. Slowly, I entered the hospital room again, where I still saw my body. It was getting weaker. My eyes were closed, nothing and nobody visited me anymore. I was a lost cause.
Like with Lina, I thought about my body. After all, it was my body that was lying in bed. I wasn't ashamed of that and promptly I was pulled out of Sophie's body again. She initially fell into a short trance, before blinking several times and reopening herself to the world. I opened my eyes as I could see her.
"Interesting" Sophie could include. "I remember everything you did as if I were in control," she continued. "You perverted pig," she lightly hit me on the stomach. I laughed in my head. "You saw me naked and touched me." For me, that wasn't so bad, I did that with Lina too. But Sophie was my best friend, and I knew she wouldn't make a big deal out of it. She didn't either.
Since Sophie wanted to talk to me, she needed Lina. From one second to the next, she went to the counter, where she met the nurse. "Excuse me," Sophie said as she stood next to Lina, "I need your help for a moment." Sophie led her into my room, where Lina wondered what she could help with. Sophie pointed to the monitor, on which my values were once again falling high and low in short sequence.
While Lina fell into a trance again, Sophie closed the door behind her. Since I already had access to Lina's mind, it didn't take long until I was in her body. I blinked a few times to verify that this had worked, before looking at Sophie.
"It was really nice to be in your body. I wondered if I could stay inside longer," I laughed. "I know, that's why I take care of my body carefully," she joked about my condition. Sophie knew the circumstances and asked her what she thought about it.
"I knew that something was fishy. But I think she might know more." Next, she wanted to know if I could jump into other bodies. I had no idea if I could do that or not. I had never tried it. Sophie said she couldn't lure Celia here. She had no influence on her. This was the point which I could practice.
Sophie was interested in my abilities because she wanted to know where my limits were. I didn't turn down her offer as she would try this tomorrow evening. She would take extra time to do this. I was also grateful that she came voluntarily, because that way I wouldn't only be reliant on Lina as a test subject. I thanked Sophie, hugged her as our breasts met. Slightly aroused, we said goodbye before I left Lina's body. In the end, she wondered why she was drawn to Sophie and why she felt aroused.