Worse

Zach would’ve guessed that swapping bodies with his crush would be sort of like a dream come true. Instead, it turned out to be even more of a torture than his unrequited pining. For starters, now there was absolutely no escaping her. Every time he looked in a mirror or looked down, there she was. Despite the fact that she was always there, now that he was her, he couldn’t embrace her or kiss her. He tried making out with the mirror, but the cold, flat surface was no replacement for human contact. In every waking moment, he was now reminded how much he wanted her, but now more than ever he could never have her because he now was her!

Ceremony, Interrupted

Everyone at the wedding was shocked when Sophie paused in the middle of her vows before staring at her soon-to-be-husband for several minutes and then running off. A few of her friends went looking for her and found her several minutes later nursing a bottle on a nearby beach. They pressed her on why she suddenly got cold feet.

“Cold feet doesn’t have anything to do with it. I just found myself standing there in this woman’s body. I don’t even know who she is!” The person now in Sophie’s body continued to explain, “My name is Brian. I’m just some guy attending the local college. I’m not supposed to be a blushing bride! Hell, I’m not even supposed to be a woman! I don’t how this happened in the middle of her ceremony, but there was no way I was going to go through marrying some dude just to keep up her appearances!”

Sophie’s friends were shocked. They believed this wasn’t Sophie pulling some elaborate ruse. This Brian person had indeed swapped into Sophie’s body somehow, but it certainly raised more questions than it answered.

Playing Along

Josh’s little sister, Amy, always asked him if he wanted to join her tea party. Sometimes he obliged but often he didn’t. And since he started attending college, he just didn’t have time for his baby sister anymore. She pleaded with him one day to join her, but he refused, explaining his girlfriend was on the way over. Amy grew furious. When his girlfriend arrived, Amy pulled out a weird coin and the next thing Josh knew, he had swapped bodies with his girlfriend. Amy told him that she wouldn’t swap them back unless he participated in her tea party. She made Josh wear a frilly pink dress and play “waitress,” telling him to get some cookies from the kitchen. Josh felt humiliated like this. He didn’t want to be in the body of girlfriend or participate in this tea party. He certainly had no idea how Amy had made him swap bodies with his girlfriend, but he didn’t want to risk making her mad and not swapping back, so he played along...

Fill In

“Holy crap! How do women walk in these things?” James asked as he held on to a chair to stop himself from falling over due to the heels on his feet, “And why do these pants have to be so tight?”

“Welcome to being a woman,” Kimberly smiled in retort, “You were the one that agreed to this for the next week.”

“Yeah, I did. The idea of being a celebrity, going on stage and singing. It was thrilling! She was sick, you needed a fill in, so I agreed to this experimental procedure to turn me into her duplicate. But I had no idea! How am I going to perform if I can’t even stand properly?”

Thanks

“Thanks for helping me get ready today,” Keith said with a smile.

“Anytime,” Rachel replied, “What are big sisters for? I still sort of can’t believe you’re going through with this though.”

“Why not? I mean, Janice and I still love each other. So what if the Great Shift swapped us into each other’s bodies? Today was supposed to be our wedding day, so today still will be our wedding day. No matter what. We had everything prepared. I’s just that I’m going to be the one wearing the dress.”

“And that’s why you needed my help.”

“With hair and makeup, yeah. I don’t know about any of it, but I know I want to look perfect for Janice!”

“Don’t worry, bro. We’ll make it work. You look great already.”