Who's the Boss?

Despite the fact that Craig had always been a little angry at his boss Julia because she always took credit for his hard work, he had never wanted anything like this! The latest test of his new invention for the company had swapped their bodies. For the past day, he had been stuck as her, and he hadn’t been enjoying himself.

Julia was no happier, of course. In an attempt to switch back, she had been combing over Craig’s notes and analyzing the manuals for the various parts. She presented an idea, “I think we might be able to switch back if we reverse the polarity of the subtronic P-50 equalizers.”

Craig sighed, “Don’t you think I tried that? I did that almost instantly following our swap. It did nothing except blow a fuse, yet it was the only thing I even had time to try! Your day is so crammed with budget meetings and filling out reports that I don’t have time to get into the nitty gritty of fixing this!”

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Contract

“I don’t think either of you read this contract carefully enough,” Hugo said as he pointed to one particular clause, “It does NOT say that we all must switch back when one of us wants to; it says that if even one person doesn’t want to switch back, we stay swapped. Since I am quite content in Lily’s body, we aren’t going to be switching back any time soon.”

“That’s quite fine with me,” A confident Frank stated from inside Hugo’s body, “I don’t know why you’re willing to give up your body and your position as CEO to be in a woman’s body, but I am not complaining about the job, this body, or the money that comes with it.”

“But this can’t be!” Lily protested from Frank’s body, “I don’t want to be stuck like this! You two can’t do this to me! You just can’t!”

“We didn’t do anything,” Hugo said, “You signed the contract. You agreed to this!”

Glasses (Part 2)

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Alvin quickly put his glasses back on. There was no way he could believe what he was seeing without them on. How could he be looking at his own body? It was impossible? But even through the distortion of the lenses that no longer suited his new body’s eyes, there was no mistaking the obvious -- he had switched bodies with the woman that he had bumped into. He attempted a slight smile before he reluctantly took off the glasses once more; this time he handed them to her, reaching out an arm to his former body. They didn’t exchange a single word, just a few knowing glances. Alvin could see his former body trembling with fear of the unknown -- clearly, just as confused as he was as to how this was even possible. He smiled again; this time is was returned. They both knew the shared a secret that no one would ever believe. And it would be funny if it wasn’t so terrifying.

Princess

Tony had gone to the small, remote Pacific island nation for a short vacation; he never expected to switch bodies with the king’s eldest daughter while he was there. As a result, he had spent the past month living in lavish luxury as a princess. He was quite enjoying the experience until the king fell ill. Tony soon found himself pushed into several public appearances in order to assure the citizens of the country. If the king did not recover, he would be queen. Unless of course, the king’s youngest daughter proved that Tony wasn’t a legitimate heir, and considering Tony was not the actual princess but merely in her body, she may have a case if she could prove it. Tony could tell she was suspicious, but she certainly had no idea about the body swapping -- and it seemed even less likely that she had any proof.

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Take a Break

“It’s been a week, Todd, I’m beginning to think that should just give up on trying to repair your weird body swapping machine,” Carl said looking over his friend’s shoulder.

“I got it to work once...” Todd trailed off.

“Believe me. I know. That’s how I ended up in your sister’s body. Maybe you don’t have to give up completely, but you do need to take a break. You’ve been working out here night and day trying to fix it.”

“I wish Anne was as relaxed about this as you are! She is NOT happy about being stuck in your body, dude! I’d much rather be out here working than listening to her complaining.”