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James still laughed sometimes when he saw his body in the mirror. It was funny how fate worked out, how the Great Shift had taken one of the worst days of his life and turned it into one of the best. He had suspected something was up when Alyssa, one of the more popular girls in class had asked him out on a date that weekend. He wasn’t stupid, he knew there might have been some kind of ulterior motive behind it since he wasn’t exactly the kind of guy anyone popular would go after. Still, though, she had managed to convince him that she sincerely wanted to go out with him, and he figured there was no harm in at least going. He didn’t realize until he got to her house that night and saw her and her pack of friends laughing at him that she had been dared to ask out the biggest loser in class, and he’d been naive enough to not only show up, but ring her doorbell with flowers in hand. It’s funny, the Great Shift tended to swap the people in closest proximity to each other. If he’d stayed ho...

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John’s eyes fretted nervously as he finally worked up the courage to look up at Amy’s face. As his eyes locked with hers, he realized it was the first time he’d really looked at his coworker for any extended period of time: Not just a furtive glance here and there when she thought she wasn’t paying attention, but really looking at the shape of her eyes, the curve of her lips, her cheekbones, the way her hair fell in front of her eyes… He blinked, almost looking away and apologizing for a moment before he remembered there was no one to apologize to: Thanks to the Great Shift hitting in the middle of the work day, it was now his own face he was looking at, a reflection in the mirror as he stared at the body he’d be looking at every time he caught his reflection from now on. John smiled. While he hadn’t exactly expected it to happen like this, something told him he’d have some fun once the world settled down.