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I bring it into the room and pass it to her.
“Oh, yeah,” she says with a nod. “I forgot about the whole hiding them in plain sight thing.”
“Take one now,” I tell her. “And make sure you do the same every day. I don’t want to have to worry about you, being alone in that plane with those rock stars you’ve been crushing on for the last few years.”
She snorts. “Give me some credit. I’m not a groupie, Saph.”
She takes a pill and dry swallows it, wincing afterward.
“Yeah, well, you’re also not you.”
“I know that. I promise I’ll be as prim and proper as you would be, even though they’re extremely talented musicians who probably flirt with every woman who crosses their paths.” She holds up a hand. “Scouts honor. I’m not saying I won’t ask for autographs, though. That would be insane.”
“I think my reputation can handle that,” I admit, giving her a wry smile.
“Good, because it was non-negotiable.” She glances at my alarm clock. “You know, you should probably get moving if you want to be at my place before it gets dark out.”
She has a point. “Where did you park the rust-bucket?”
“Hey, that’s my faithful steed you’re talking about. You don’t have to be so mean.”
“Okay, then, where did you park your faithful steed?”
“The main college parking lot,” she admits, shrugging. “It looks like it belongs to a student so I figured I wouldn’t get a ticket. It’s not like there’s many places to park around here.”
“Right side, left side?” I ask, not wanting to have to walk out there and wander around like a lost child, especially not in Scarlett’s ankle boots.
“Kind of in the middle,” she says.
“Okay,” I tell her, as I grab my sneakers from the bottom of the closet. “I’m putting these on to drive out there. There’s no way I’ll make it to the car without breaking an ankle otherwise.”
“Have fun this week, okay?” Scarlett says as I step into my sneakers. “Forget about that loser, and don’t worry about the interview. I’ll tape everything and you can write it over from scratch if you don’t like the version I come up with. Everything’s going to work out great.”
I let out a relieved sigh. “Thanks so much for doing this, Scar. I don’t think I could have gone through with it. Not after everything else that happened yesterday.”
“We’re doing each other a favor here, Saph. I get to meet my favorite band, and you get to do what you love all week.” She moves away from the side of the bed to give me a hug. “It’s a win-win for both of us. Team Faris are winners.”
I let her go, letting out a breath. “Okay. You have my phone and yours is in your purse. We’re all set. I guess I should get moving.”
It’s time to find out if switching places with each other still works like it used to.
Chapter nine
Sapphire
I feel weird every time I look in the mirror and remind myself I’m supposed to be Scarlett. We haven’t switched places like this in years, and we’ve never done it for anywhere close to a week.
It’s crazy, and I basically only said yes because it felt like a better option than getting on a plane.
“It’s still the better option,” I remind myself, not feeling any differently about that.
All I have to do is be a little more upbeat and carefree than usual.
The girlfriends Scarlett shares her house with are out a lot anyway.
I know little bits and pieces about them despite never having met them before.
Cleo’s a lounge bar singer slash hostess, and she also occasionally tours with a burlesque group as a lead act. She’s a bottle redhead, and she posts the most glamorous pictures on social media. She’s always in heels and classy dresses, and she likes to mix cocktails.
