Ruby paused after leaving the classroom. She hadn't meant to bump Mrs McKenzie and cause her to spill her notes. No doubt she would be in trouble again, probably another visit to the VP bitch. She couldn't handle that now. She had to escape and regain her composure. She decided on the gym - there she could locate Mr Cotter and find out what the hell was supposed to have happened. She would make Mr Cotter make an announcement or something to say that the story the geek had told was a complete lie. She had caught Mr Cotter admiring her physique in the past and was pretty sure she could convince him to do as she wished. Besides it was likely that the gym was where she would find Gareth, he spent a lot of time in the gym. Ruby set off determined to clear her name.
Ruby missed running into one of her doppelgangers by 30 seconds. She had just walked past the storeroom where Jake and Gareth had been making out when Jake stuck his now very attractive face into the gap in the door to see whether the coast was clear. Jake was determined to get to the nurses office and hopefully discover why she had changed from a teenage boy into a copy of Ruby.
Gareth was not so game. She was now also a copy of Ruby as well. She refused to leave the storeroom and was totally freaked out by what had happened to her. Jake left Gareth huddled in the corner of the storeroom hugging herself on the floor. Jake had tried to coax Gareth to come with her, explaining that they needed help to regain their bodies and they were not going to get that hiding in a storeroom. She promised to come back for Gareth with help.
Gareth was in denial. He had started making out with the girl he/she still thought was Ruby Donaldson when something had happened. Was Ruby a witch? Perhaps Gareth had been a bit too aggressive? Sure the girl had objected at first but eventually as he had hoped, she had succumbed and returned the kisses enthusiastically. Why had she then changed him into a girl? He didn't deserve this. The muscles he had worked so hard to create were gone, replaced by a pair of breasts! He certainly wasn't going to go out in public looking like he currently was.
Jake didn't make it to the infirmary. She had only just exited the store room when a very angry Social Sciences teacher nabbed her. Mrs McKenzie used an ear pinch very effectively to stop Jake in her tracks. "I do not appreciate being bumped by students as I am entering the classroom! Where were you off to in such a hurry Miss Donaldson? You will return to class. Sit quietly and for once listen to what I say. When the class is finished you will remain behind and explain why you were in such a hurry! Understood!" Mrs McKenzie then proceeded to march Jake into the social Studies class (a class that Jake didn't take) and told her to sit at the desk the real Ruby had left her books on.
All the other students, stopped to look at Jake as she sat down. The whole school knew that Mrs McKenzie was not a teacher to mess with. Jake had no choice but to sit there meekly, trying not to make eye contact with anyone and pretend to understand what the lesson was all about.