23 Griffin Way, Porch, Monday Night

[onlysmokesnics]

Hayley had a cigarette between her lips, a bottle of cheap whiskey in her hand, and her leather jacket pulled tight around her. Settled in, sitting on the porch, she almost looked like she felt at home. She'd made a bunch of mistakes last night, horrific, awful mistakes. She couldn't undo them and she could feel the weight of it all eating her up

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[justlike_a_girl]

"What's so funny?" asked Dani, making her way out to the porch with a cup of tea. "Oh! And you are you, right? I heard about a lot of people switching bodies this weekend. At least I got to miss that one."

[onlysmokesnics]

Hayley's laugh ended with a snort, and she held out her bottle in case her landlord wanted to sweeten her tea.

"Oh, no, that's what I was laughin' about," Hayley said, just a tinge drunk. "Just enjoying being in my own skin instead of that lousy bag of blue-gray broody broody pants."

[justlike_a_girl]

Dani debated for a moment before holding out her mug.

"That has to be such a bizarre experience. I'm glad that it ended fairly quickly," she said. "Though I'm sure you wish you would have been able to switch back a lot sooner."

[onlysmokesnics]

Hayley managed to add a dash of whiskey to Dani's tea without spilling. She stubbed out what was left of her cigarette, then let out a deep breath. "Yeah, it sure ended way sooner than I expected it to."

Which was part of the problem.

"Didn't like having someone else inside my things, you know? Like... who knows what he did with me?"

She was projecting and deflecting, all at once!