The PA came to life, but the voice was so distorted no one could tell who it was. The PA must be on the fritz. "I wish that all the male people in the school would swap with the female people in the school."
Around the school, people looked confused. It was nearing the end of first period. The school had nine periods, and students were only scheduled for eight of them, thus now, only a few minutes from period's end, most students were already in the school, although not all of them were in a class.
No one understood the message, or that it would change the color of the entire day. Some would get off easy, some wouldn't.
In the audio-visual control room, which was behind the auditorium, Jon suddenly felt weird, like he had an itch he couldn't scratch, or even knew where it was. "You want to swap some clothes?" He asked her, unsure of why he was asking.
"Sure," she said. For some reason, it seemed perfectly normal. She took off her scruffy old slacks, her old worn green jumper, the t-shirt she wore under it, her sneakers, and her socks. "That enough?"
"Yeah," he said, stripping down to his underwear. Karyn's clothes were pretty unisex. Jon slipped on her slacks, shirt, and jumper, then her shoes, as Karyn did the same.
He stood up and looked up at Karyn, realizing that his clothes fit perfectly on her, and that he was supposed to be a few inches taller than her, not the other way around. But, oddly, he felt like he'd scratched that itch.
On reflection, some might think he got off easy.
