Celine and Lily arrived at the local fitness center just as a light snow began to fall. They were hoping to use the pool inside to swim for a while. Well, one of them would be swimming anyway.



After that fateful beach trip in which Celine became Lily's swimsuit, Celine had used that same spell on Lily to let her experience what it was like. Lily had a few choice words for Celine about using the spell on her without asking, but she had to admit, she didn't hate it. Celine had been right about how good it felt. The way her nylon form moved with the person wearing her was like a massage. Lily felt refreshed and energetic upon returning to normal. Lily didn't even mind that Celine had changed her back by ripping up the swimsuit she had become. Ultimately, they both agreed that they would like to do it again.



So for the rest of the summer, the two of them took weekly beach trips. One of them would be transformed into the swimsuit that the other would wear. Celine had even shown Lily how to perform the spell. Celine had Lily practice turning ordinary objects into other things until she got the hang of it. She didn't want Lily to use it on herself until she was certain that Lily could do it with no mistakes. Lily laughed about Celine being the responsible one for once.



Nonetheless, it didn't take long for Lily to be able to do it flawlessly. Finally, on one of their beach trips, Celine let Lily turn herself into a swimsuit. This made Lily happy as she would be able to decide the style of swimsuit would become. Celine found herself impressed at how quickly Lily learned the spell. Lily was quick to pick up all of the spells Celine had previously shown her as well. If Celine didn't know better, she would think Lily had also come from a mage family.



They continued with their weekly beach trips throughout the summer. They each took turns being the swimsuit that the other would wear. It was their fun little secret. Unfortunately, they had to stop going to the beach once the weather became colder. They soon started using the pool at the local fitness center for their weekly swim. This provided them an indoor location to use during the winter.



That is what Celine and Lily had planned on that day. They arrived and headed for the locker room, chatting happily. They both put their things in their lockers. Celine then spoke the incantation to make the ball of blue light appear in her hand. As she shoved the ball of light into her own chest, she saw Lily with a ball of blue light in her own hand. Celine's eyes widened in horror as she saw Lily bring the ball of light into her own chest.



"Wait, Lily! What are you doing? It's my turn to be the swimsuit!" That's what Celine wanted to say, but It was too late. With a pop and a cloud  of smoke, both of them transformed into swimsuits. Celine became a mint green one like she had become the first time they had done this. Lily became a crisp white one. The two swimsuits fell to the ground and remained still.



"Shit, this is bad. This is very bad." Celine thought. She couldn't move or speak as a swimsuit, so there was no way for her to reverse the spell. The only person who knew she wasn't really a swimsuit and would know how to change her back was also now stuck as a swimsuit. How could this have happened? Celine was sure it was her turn to be the swimsuit. Except.....Celine had forgotten the trip to Lily's aunt's house where Celine had tagged along as the swimsuit Lily had worn. Lily must have counted that as Celine's turn.



Celine tried to think of what to do. However, the fact was that they couldn't do anything. They simply laid on the floor of the locker room. It didn't take long for Celine to begin feeling empty and bored like she had during first time as a swimsuit on the days Lily didn't wear her. Time became imperceptible. Celine had no way of knowing how long they had been there. The locker room was empty and quiet. Celine wondered if it would be good or bad if people came in. On one hand, they were never going anywhere if no one came into the locker room. On the other, Celine had no idea what random people might do to two abandoned swimsuits lying on the ground.



Something would have to happen eventually if they ever wanted to change back. Without the ability to cast the reversal magic, they would only change back if the swimsuit forms they were trapped in were sufficiently damaged. Celine thought about what could happen to achieve that. Most of the possibilities seemed implausible. Anyone who came into the locker room was unlikely to do anything at all with two random swimsuits lying on the floor, much less rip them up. Celine's thought proved accurate as other women moved through the locker room throughout the day. Most of them ignored Celine and Lily. Others pointed out the two swimsuits thinking that someone had lost them. None of them had any reason to pick up swimsuits that didn't belong to them.



So, the two of them remained motionless on the floor. Because the place hadn't yet closed, Celine was pretty sure a day hadn't passed yet. That was the only indication of time available to her. How many hours had passed? Being this still was torture. If Celine couldn't be changed back, she at least wanted to be worn. Celine couldn't believe she was thinking about that at a time like this, but she couldn't help it. She wondered how Lily was holding up. Lily had never experienced an extended period of being transformed but not worn. This would be her first time with the boredom and the empty feeling. Celine could only hope that Lily was coping somehow.



Eventually, the locker room went completely quiet once more. The two women trapped as swimsuits were alone until a woman who looked like she was part of the cleaning crew came in. She appeared to be assessing how much work needed to be done, when she noticed the two swimsuits on the floor. She walked over and picked them up. It wasn't much, but the feeling of the hand grabbing on to her brought some relief from the lack of stimulation Celine had suffered all day. The woman looked at the two swimsuits with a puzzled expression, then carried them out of the locker room. After a short walk, she met with an older looking man who appeared to be in charge of the janitorial staff.



"Looks like someone left these in the locker room. They were just lying on the floor." She said.



"Under the front desk, there's a box. Just toss them in there." The janitor said without even looking up from his work. "We use that as the lost and found. Frankly, I don't know why they bother. No one ever claims this stuff, but the boss insists on having a place to put this stuff instead of throwing it away."



With that, the woman holding Celine and Lily walked behind the reception desk. She opened up the cabinet underneath the desk and pulled out a cardboard box. When the box opened, Celine could see it contained all manner of clothing and workout equipment. The woman threw Celine and Lily into the box without a second thought. The lid of the box then closed, plunging the two of them into darkness.



Celine tried to sense anything. For a second she felt some movement, likely the cleaning lady putting the box back into the cabinet. After that, it was dead quiet. There was nothing to see in the pitched-black darkness. It didn't look like anything would be ripping the two swimsuits in there. Unable to reverse the spell themselves, the two swimsuits were left to wonder how long they would be in that box.