Stacy came closer to Leslie and hugged him without giving him a chance to really react.
"You're looking good today, girl. There's something different about you, I can't place my finger on it."
"Uhm, I guess I'm excited for school and all?" said Leslie.
"Right, what class are you going to now? Wanna walk together?"
"Actually, I was going to the bathroom first, so it's ok, you can keep going."
"Nonsense, Marcia. I'll join you, I also need to go."
Shyly, just like the real Marcia, Leslie followed Stacy to the ladies bathroom.
"Last night was a lot of fun, John and Leslie seemed to really hit it off. I guess Leslie is into John, for a second I thought she might've been interested in me... well, I can't have it all, can I?" said Stacy making small talk.
Leslie almost choked with his own saliva and tripped with the doorframe. Stacy is into me and now she thinks I'm into John, he thought. From Stacy's tone, it sounded like this wasn't the first time Marcia and Stacy had had this conversation.
"Uhm, I'm not sure. Leslie looked like she was just happy to talk to an air force buddy. Who knew we'd have two of them in our group?"
"Yeah, maybe. I guess I'll have fight John over her, haha. Hey, I think this fell off your pocket when you tripped."
Fight John over me, repeated Leslie in his mind. It was amazing, Stacy was into him, even if it was female him, he couldn't believe it. He actually had a chance with Stacy. This he was thinking and not paying attention when Stacy was handing him the medallion. He only realized what had happened when he felt the familiar tingling...
"Oh shit" he managed to say out loud.
"Marcia, what's going on? That felt... weird..."
Leslie knew what was about to happen, but he couldn't tell Stacy he was really Leslie, it would be weird after what Stacy had said. He'd have to pretend to be Marcia, the real Marcia, until the 12 hours were over... and then, go back to being Marcia... what a mess...
As he explained what had happened to Stacy, how they were stuck as each other for 12 hours, how they needed to undress quickly to swap their outfits, their transformations completed... Stacy looked terrified, but she managed to stay calm.
