© YRB & EchoWrites, 2025
This is an original story created by YRB in collaboration with EchoWrites (an AI writing assistant). All characters, plot, and content are original creations. Please do not copy or repost without permission.
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Coming of Age
Tagline: They were never meant to marry each other… but they were meant to set each other free.
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Chapter 1: The Engagement Dinner
Jamie adjusted the collar of her stiff white blouse for the third time that evening. Across the table, Alex sat silently, tapping his foot under the polished mahogany. Their parents laughed like old friends, toasting the future — their future.
"Finally! After years of planning, our children are getting married!" Jamie's mom beamed, raising her glass.
Jamie smiled. So did Alex. It was the most fake thing they had done all day — and they'd taken engagement photos earlier.
Inside, both of them screamed.
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Chapter 2: What They Don't Know
That night, Jamie threw on a hoodie, flattened her chest with a sports bra, and snuck out to an LGBTQ+ café where nobody called her "anak na babae." There, she was "Jay." Just Jay.
Alex, meanwhile, sat in his room journaling again.
"Sometimes, I wish I could just be me. But I don't even know who that is yet."
He paused when his dad knocked, saying, "Lights out, Alex. Big day tomorrow. Don't forget you're the man in this marriage."
Alex swallowed his breath and nodded.
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Chapter 3: Under the Same Sky
The engagement shoot was a disaster. Jamie hated the dress. Alex flinched every time someone said "kiss her on the cheek!"
They both bailed, finding themselves under the stars later that night — separately, until fate placed them on the same hill.
"I'm not ready," Jamie said.
"I don't think I'll ever be," Alex replied.
Then — a streak across the sky. A meteor.
Jamie closed her eyes. "I wish I could just… be who I want."
Alex whispered, "I wish I was someone else."
And then — a flash of white.
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Chapter 4: The Swap
Jamie woke up… and screamed.
The voice wasn't hers. The chest was flat. The face in the mirror — Alex's.
Meanwhile, Alex woke up to long hair and panic attacks.
Cue chaos: toothbrushes swapped, speech patterns messed up, and one very awkward bathroom trip.
They realized the truth: they had swapped bodies. And somehow, no one noticed — because they had always pretended anyway.
Now, they had to keep the act going.
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Chapter 5: Living Each Other's Lies
Jamie-as-Alex went to his gym… and got hit on.
Alex-as-Jamie tried attending her piano class… and nearly fainted from anxiety.
But as days passed, they started seeing life differently. Jamie saw how Alex's dad scared him. Alex saw how Jamie's mom constantly corrected everything she did.
They both realized: they weren't "fine." They were exhausted.
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Chapter 6: The Crush Factor
Jamie-as-Alex met Marco — Alex's gym buddy.
Alex-as-Jamie reconnected with Miss Rae, Jamie's piano teacher and quiet crush.
Flirting happened. Sparks flew.
Except now, it wasn't pretend. They were starting to feel things — as themselves. Just… in each other's bodies.
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Chapter 7: Caught
Alex-as-Jamie slipped and called himself "handsome" in front of Jamie's mom. Suspicion rose.
Jamie-as-Alex was caught texting Marco by Alex's dad, who lost his temper and dragged "him" to a priest for confession.
The weight of pretending — doubled.
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Chapter 8: The One Who Knew
Lola Salome watched from her rocking chair, sipping salabat.
"You kids are walking like you're wearing someone else's shoes," she said one night.
They froze.
"I may be old, but I ain't blind. The universe doesn't make mistakes — people do."
She handed them a box: inside, two wedding rings and an old photo of their parents as teens… also pretending.
"You're here to break the cycle."
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Chapter 9: Rehearsal Wreckage
The wedding rehearsal was a trainwreck.
Jamie-as-Alex fainted from the stress.
Alex-as-Jamie fled in tears mid-vow.
The guests whispered. The parents fumed.
Back at home, the real Jamie and Alex met secretly — in their swapped bodies — and cried it out.
"I just want to go back," Jamie whispered.
"Me too… but not if it means going back to hiding."
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Chapter 10: The Real Vow
The wedding day came. Everyone was seated. The priest began.
Then, Alex (as Jamie) stepped forward.
And so did Jamie (as Alex).
Together, they held hands — and told the truth. Everything.
Gasps. Silence. Walkouts. But they stood tall.
Lola Salome clapped, tears in her eyes.
"You've done it. You've finally told the truth."
That night, under the stars, they wished again.
But not to be someone else — just to be themselves
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And they woke up… home. In their own bodies.
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End of Chapter 10
💬 "Acceptance isn't just about being seen. It's about being loved — exactly as you are."