There's my roommate Vlad, smiling as I took his new instagram picture. He was a great guy actually. After living in the same dorm room for a few months we have became pretty close friends. When I first saw him, I thought, it's another dumb jock but actually he wasn't. Sure he was in great shape with all those muscles, but he was down to earth. Something that I wasn't expecting but was glad to realize.
Giving back his phone, he smiled and said, "Thanks man." I smiled back and replied, "No problem." Even only knowing him for a few months now, I have found out a lot about him. We talk a lot and get to know each other more. Like I found out that he was actually born in Russia, and lived there for most of his life. Just recently, around five years he has moved to the states and decided to attend college here. Also i found out that he was to major in the arts and become an artist. Which I found odd, since he's built like a sports player.
We also found things we could relate to. Like his parents I found out were going through a nasty divorce. He was upset and somewhat angry at them. As I could relate, my parents a few years back went through a divorce, I explained it all to him and we bonded over it. I'd even said that i would help him through it if he needed it.
As time moved on I began to notice that his behavior was being affected by the divorce. He started staying in his dorm more and more. Becoming less talk able and not going out with his friends. He was also on the swim and hockey teams and began not to show up to practice. His grades started to take a tumble as well I felt sorry for the guy and knew I needed to talk to him.
One night after I came back to our dorm after a long day of tests, I saw him sitting in his chair staring into space. Quickly I went over to him. "Hey bro what's going on? Anything I could help with?" He just strugged it off. I shook my head and walked over to get something out of the fridge. But then he blurted out, " Hey can I tell you something in private, please don't say it to anyone, I haven't told anyone this yet." I agreed to him and asked him to continue. "Well you know that my parents are going through a divorce and all, and I'm upset with it but that isn't whats truly bothering me." I gave him a puzzled look as he continued. "Well I'll be completely honest, but I don't know how to say it but, I'm gay." When he said that I was stunned. He was the last person i would expect to come out of the closet.
Just saying in return, "Well I'm here for you man, it doesn't matter if your gay or straight, your still my friend." He smiled and hugged me. But then he said that if he ever told his parents they would basically disown him. Where he came from in his village in Russian being gay was just about gay in his culture. That was really sad. He stated that he wanted to stay friends with him but if he came out they would not want to be apart of him.
That night was a little awkward since he didn't talk much. But as it got later, when I was about to go it the sack, he broke the silence. "You know how you said that you would help me if I needed it?" He said. I agreed with him. "Well I think I have a way for you to help." He explained. Sounding intrigued, I told him to tell me what it was. At first I really didn't believe him and thought he actually lost his mind. But as things got more explained they came together. It was about a body swapping spell. He heard about it a while ago back home in his village. One of the elders told about it. He asked me if I would swap bodies with him and while in his body, I would act straight and use his knowledge and add my personality to his body. I really had to consider this and think about it. He of course, in my body would act like myself and pull off my life, but it still gave him the freedom if he wanted to pull off anything gay.
He told me it was all just a suggestion and I didn't have to do it. But actually I thought it was be a new experience and some what fun. For the first time in awhile I saw his eyes light up. Excitedly he told me to come over to him. Complying, I walked over to him. Explaining to me, it was a simple spell he knew and was completely painless. He said we had to hold our hands together, palm to palm. We stood up facing each other and held our hands. He asked then to close my eyes. I did and just after I did, he began to recite the spell. Not feeling anything at first, I was becoming skeptical. Then I felt my body begin to tingle all over. It was kinda tickling me, actually. As i felt the almost fun situation, realized my soul was actually coming out of my body and into my roommate Vlad's.
I felt my soul resituate itself in Vlad's body. Immediately I felt taller and stronger. As I felt my biceps much bigger i grabbed a hold of them. Opening my eyes I peered around my room and into my own eyes. My body opened it's eyes as well. "Vlad is that you in there??" I questioned. "Yeah yeah it's me, it worked!" He stated. Both of us were shocked as we began to explore our new bodies. I felt a lot colder as Vlad had only on before a pair of boxers and a tank top. Which showed all my muscles very well. Vlad in my body said, "Well that's one thing I'm going to miss," as he looked around for muscles on my body but I never really had any. I just grinned and flexed a bicep in front of him.
