It was a Friday morning in May and Jen did not want to get up for school. There was still a month of school left and she was ready for the summer. Jen groggily crawled out of bed and put her glasses on before she made her way to the bathroom. Her head was spinning and she felt way more tired than she usually did in the morning.
In the bathroom, Jen splashed some water on her face and started at herself in the mirror. What is going on? Why is my head pounding like this?
That's when she suddenly remembered the dream she had last night, the voice in her head. It had told her that she now had the power to swap anything with another person as long as she had their permission. It sounded absurd, but maybe, just maybe, this pounding in her head was due to the fact that she had been imbued with this power.
She was dying to know, so she forced herself to get ready as fast as possible so she could see if it was true. Once she was dressed, Jen headed downstairs where her dad Steve was finishing his breakfast before leaving for work.
"Morning, Jennifer," her dad said when he saw her. He was about the only one who still called her Jennifer instead of Jen, but he was her dad so she let him get away with it.
"Morning," Jen grumbled, her head still hurting a bit.
"Everything okay?" her dad asked.
"Just a bit of a headache," Jen answered as she grabbed a bagel to eat on the way to school. She left out the part about her power for now, assuming she wanted to tell him at all. She didn't even know if it was real. One of her friends might be a better person to tell first. Normally, she would walk to school, but with her headache, maybe she would get a ride from her friend Evan across the street and tell him.
"Do you want to stay home or go in late?" Jen's dad offered. "I can call the school."
That was an option too. Jen thought about what she would do before deciding to...
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