JP Distant hums penetrated my waking consciousness. They were familiar sounds. I bet they belonged to machines. At a point, one of the machines hiccuped and the others kept bleeping. Was I in a hospital? I pried my eyes open. My vision was blurred, but I could make out the lighting of the place. It was a little dark, with a faint light shimmering from a direction I couldn’t tell. What happened to me? The last thing I remembered was Elle kissing me outside her house. Was she here now? Did she put me on this bed? “Elle…" I said. "... are you there?” The sound of my own voice surprised me. It was heavy and croaked. I had been in Elle's body for a while now, and had her thin voice. That was strange. "Elle," I said again, but was met with silence. Perhaps I had to try harder. So I c

