Waiting is the hardest part

For now, all Eric could do was wait. He sat uncomfortably on his bed, hoping that his sister would come up from the basement with good news any moment now. It had been her weird body swapping invention that caused him to switch bodies with her in the first place. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the damned thing broken down right after the swap. She said she was sure it wouldn’t take long to fix, but even the short amount of time he was waiting had been too much for Eric. He certainly didn’t like being stuck in his sister’s body, and the longer he had to wait, the more and more uncomfortable he felt. So far, there was nothing. In fact, it seemed almost too quiet. Shouldn’t he be able to hear some sounds of her working down there?