Spend time with Jessica

''Something's bothering you.'' Jessica said inquisitively. ''Spill it.''

You stopped halfway of putting fries into your mouth as your brain tried unsuccessfully to string a bunch of words in response. ''It's nothing,'' you manage to mumble some words out. There was no way you would be able to let your girlfriend know about the existence of the pens that Jimmy found and definitely not what you, Nick and Jimmy had done with those pens.

''It's not nothing,'' Jessica pursued the matter doggedly.

Inwardly, you sigh. Your girlfriend can be very perceptive and persistent, despite her good intentions. Thankfully though, you've learned how to deal with it.

''Jimmy's gotten into trouble again.'', you said in an attempt to fob off Jessica's interrogation. It wasn't a lie either, your best friend's inclinations for pranks and dark humour had often landed the pair of you into hot water.

''Oh no,'' Jessica groaned, ''Pranks went too far again?''

You merely nodded. It seemed that your answer had sated Jessica to some extent and you intend to keep it that way. So you steered the conversation into some of the worst things that Jimmy had done in the past. Both of you had a good laugh at the things Jimmy had done and a few cringes.

***

Everything seemed normal after you arrived home from dropping Jessica back to her house. Your parents were both in and having dinner. Your mother offered you something to eat, but you politely declined. Instead, you asked your parents if they had seen Jimmy or Nick or Tina but your mother shook her head.

You bounded upstairs to Claire's room.Knocking twice, you jerked the handle and swung the door open.

''What is it?'', Claire looked annoyed as she saw you.

''Oh.'' you mumbled. In your haste, you didn't wait for a reply and entered the room to see Claire and Katie. Both of them were dressed in their onesies, and there was no sign of anything out of the ordinary happening.

''Hi David,'' Katie greeted you.

''Oh, hi.'' you smiled at her. Katie looked great as usual, but after spending some time inside her skin and knowing that she had the hots for Claire, you suddenly became very self conscious.

Quickly averting your gaze away from her, you returned to Claire. ''Have you see Jimmy? Or Nick?'', you asked her of the whereabouts of your two co-conspirators. Unfortunately there was no luck either, as you saw their blank gazes. Abruptly you exited Claire's room and scampered off to the next place where you'd be most likely to find Jimmy and Nick.

***

''You guys are fucking unbelievable.'' you berated Trish and Tina, really Nick and Jimmy when you saw them in Trish's house.

There were some skins lying around the bedroom floor. One of them you recognized as Erna. Her deflated and lifeless skin still wore her work uniform, your guess was that as soon as she got home, either Nick or Jimmy zapped her straightaway. There were four other female skins on the floor, but none which you recognized.

''This is Kelly,'' Trish picked up a skin with blonde hair that would normally extend to just below her shoulders and tossed it to you. ''Samantha,'' Trish threw another skin at you, this time, it was one with dark hair, albeit the skin was of olive complexion.

''Meet Tara and Shauna,'' with a wide grin on her face, Tina handed you two more skins, both of them shared a common trait of long brunette hair.

''You can't just turn people into skins left, right and centre,'' you said with your hand full of skins. ''They might have things to do, or people looking for them.''

''Relax bro,'' Tina said nonchalantly, ''Those two were my friends or Tina's friends.'' She said, motioning to the skins of Tara and Shauna.'' I asked them if they wanted to come out for a drink and they agreed to. It's not unusual for people not to remember things after a wild night out right?'' she said with a wink.

''It was the same case with those two'', Trish pointed to the skins of Kelly and Samantha. ''I reckon we should just stay here and have our own fun. We could always stock the bar downstairs.''

You were flabbergasted at the turn of events, but more on how well Jimmy and Nick were actually getting on despite the small disagreement. The two of them generally avoided each other when Jimmy came over.

***

''It seemed that we have reached an impasse.'', Tina crossed her legs and Trish followed suit. The negotiation had been intense and neither one of them backed down. Both of them were equally adamant on what they wanted.

''Why don't we let David decide?'' Trish suggested.

''Wha-?'', you raised an eyebrow at the suggestion.

''What do you say, bro?'' a half smile formed on Tina's face.

You felt their gazes fixated onto you and made a decision...