Room 226, Monday morning

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Wyatt woke up in his own bed, thankfully alone. Maybe the weekend had all been one crazy dream. Isabel couldn't have been a cranky pregnant woman. And he definitely wasn't gay and obsessed with sex. Okay, maybe the second part was true. But the images in his memories were too vivid and real to have been a dream.

He groaned and yanked his pillow over his face. It might have been more bearable if he'd stayed in his room, but no, he had to go out and socialize. And he had . . . with Peter! And with Link -- Troy! He was never going to be able to look them in the eyes again.

Then yesterday he'd run into Chris at the Perk who seemed to be himself except for thinking that his brother was evil. Wyatt winced. He hadn't really hit on his brother, had he? Killing himself was becoming more and more attractive.

He'd gone to to Caritas last night and hit on Anders. He was never going to hear the end of it. He contemplated skipping class and wondered if attempting to kill himself would be a good excuse for missing school.

[Mostly establishy, but open to taunt the big gay whitelighter.]

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"No, I didn't sleep with any dudes," Chris said, unable to keep the smirk off his face. "That would be you. I slept with Gwynn. She wasn't herself either."

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"I did not sleep with any guys!" Wyatt protested. "That wasn't me!"

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"No, but damn he was gay as hell," Chris said. "Way more gay than when me and Johnny turned into those cowboys."

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"Oh, please, you two were way gayer," Wyatt said.

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"No way," Chris argued. "We didn't have sex. How many guys did you hook up with this weekend?"

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"None!" Wyatt insisted. Denial was a wonderful thing.

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"Liar," Chris accused. But he was willing to let the subject drop for the moment. "What should I tell Lana?"

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"Tell her the truth," Wyatt said. "You weren't you. Who the hell were you, anyway, and why did you think I was evil?"

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"I was me," Chris said. "At least sort of. I was older though. And determined not to let you turn evil."

He bit his lip. "Remember last year when we were both evil? I wonder if there's something we need to be worried about."

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"We're Whitelighters," Wyatt said. "We can't be evil." Again with the denial. His evil other-self had bothered him for a long time.

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"Older me was pretty convinced that you had killed his fiancee," Chris pointed out. "Though... he didn't seem to have any memories of this place, so I'm guessing he was older me from a different dimension."

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"Why would I kill your girlfriend?" Wyatt said. "That doesn't make any sense."

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"I don't know," Chris said. "Cause you were evil? Apparently future me was pretty determined to stop whatever it was from happening."

He paused and remembered something. "According to what he told Summer, whatever it was happened before I was born though."

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"Wait -- so I was an evil toddler?" Wyatt said. "What'd I do? Use my bottle as an offensive weapon?"

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"I have no idea, dude," Chris said. "Maybe we should call Mom and Dad and ask them about it?"

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Wyatt nodded. "Yeah, maybe they have some clue about what that all means."

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"So... you weren't you in any way, shape or form," Chris said.

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"No!" Wyatt said. "We just looked alike, that was the only thing we had in common."

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Chris nodded and rubbed his temple. "This town, I swear."

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"I swear I'm going to go insane before I graduate," Wyatt agreed.

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"Yeah, you're going to graduate and leave me here to deal with the crazy all by myself," Chris whined.

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Wyatt snickered. "I'll check up on you," he said. "Just study hard and use your head. Avoid hot spider girls with fangs, anyone who thinks bondage gear is a suitable everyday fashion, and anything that breathes fire, and you'll be fine."

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Chris chuckled. "Can't avoid the Fandom weirdness though."

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"Makes me think the Elders are sitting up there and laughing their asses off trying to come up with ways to make our lives miserable," Wyatt said.

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"It wouldn't surprise me in the least," Chris grumbled.

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"So does your future self have a thing for girls with bows?" Wyatt said. "Or was Gwynn someone else, too?"

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"Apparently my future self has a thing for girls in leather," Chris said. "Gwynn was someone else, though her name was still Gwen. But she was all decked out in tight leather and future-me thought she was Bianca."

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"Bianca was your fiancé?" Wyatt said. "The one I, uh. . . ." He let that thought trail off.

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Chris looked down. "Yeah."

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"I'd never do that to you," Wyatt said quietly. "You're my brother."

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"I know."

Chris thought he knew that. But the memories his future self had were troubling.

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"It's not going to happen," Wyatt said firmly. "Just because your bizarro universe self had it happen, doesn't mean I'm going to go power-mad and take over the world or something."

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"Even though we both had bizarro universe evil selves last year?" Chris asked.

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"Still not us," Wyatt insisted. "Just like this weekend wasn't really us. Just people who looked like us."

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"This place makes my head hurt," Chris decided.

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"Mine, too," Wyatt said. "But would you really be back in a boning normal high school in San Francisco?"

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"No, I guess not," Chris admitted.

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"Plus you wouldn't have met your girlfriend," Wyatt pointed out. "Or me mine."


[*eyes above* Wow, nice typo there. o.O]

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"Yeah, you're right," Chris agreed.


[*snerk* I totally missed it.]