Compromise

When Greg swapped bodies with his fiancée Kate as a result of the Great Shift, he knew it was going to be difficult. However, they were still both committed to making it work. And while compromise was at the root of every relationship, being body swapped took that to a whole different level. For instance, Greg completely refused to wear dresses, and he wasn’t ready to make an exception for the wedding. Kate, of course, always had dreams of her body walking down the aisle in a gorgeous gown -- even if she was no longer to the one who was going to be doing that walking. But they did reach a compromise.

Greg’s wedding outfit wouldn’t be a dress, but it would still be feminine. He agreed to a veil, and he even agreed to heels -- which he never, ever wore normally. Kate was more than pleased with how her body looked. It wasn’t a gown, but it would work. On the flip side, Kate had no issues with wearing a suit, but she did get Greg to agree on several other things she insisted including the menu and the venue.

As weird as this all was for Greg, he was still happy to be marrying Kate.

Golddigger

Marcus remembered being old and sick in the hospital. He knew he was going to die; he was just waiting for when. What he didn’t expect was coming back after his death. He was in a graveyard, tripping over headstones in heels. He was certainly in someone else’s body -- the body of a young woman. But he wasn’t sure if she had been attending his funeral or someone else’s. He wondered if he was even buried in this cemetery, as he began to look around to see if he could figure it out. He didn’t get too far before an old man came by and asked Marcus where he had run off to. He still didn’t know much, but he soon came to learn his new body was a golddigger; the old man was her husband. At least he had someone to guide him through this new life, even though he felt like it may be an uncomfortable one for him.

Happy Ending (Part 5)

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The woman came in complaining. She complained about her job; she complained about how she couldn’t find a husband; she complained about Jason’s outfit. Jason hadn’t considered swapping with a woman at all over the course of his four years stuck as Joon, but he began to ponder swapping with this woman as he massaged her. She was probably about as old as his original body. She had come in with designer clothes and an expensive purse. He also figured a few years in Joon’s body might humble her, make her appreciate what she had -- so he took out the stones.

Soon the woman’s body drifted off to sleep. Jason found himself getting tired as well. He awoke a little while later now inside the woman’s body, feeling more relaxed than he could ever remember. He saw Joon’s body passed out in a chair. The massage parlor owner was sitting there. “So this is who you picked,” The owner stated, “I think you picked wisely. You are welcome back at any time, but I think if she sees you, she will want to kill you. Now you probably better get dressed and leave before she wakes.”

Jason smiled. This wasn’t the type of happy ending he expected, but it was certainly a happy ending that was well deserved.

Happy Ending (Part 4)

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After four long years, Jason had finally made enough money to swap with one of his customers. He couldn’t count how many times he thought about what Harvey had to have done with this body to get through raising the money in only two years. He didn’t want to think about it. He just wanted to think about whose body he’d take now that he could!

At first, he assumed he’d swap with the next person on his massage table. Even though the man lying there reminded him of his own body, he didn’t swap with him. In fact, he didn’t swap with anyone that day. No one seemed quite right.

At times he even considered staying in Joon’s body, but that didn’t really feel like that seemed right either. It took about a month before he finally found someone he wanted to swap with...

Happy Ending (Part 3)

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For the first few weeks, Jason wore sweatpants and avoided any sort of verbal contact with the people he was giving massages to. The tips were low, and he calculated he’d need to work for ten years before he could save up for the swap. So he modified his approach and started to wear skimpy outfits and flirted with the guys (and even some of the women). It certainly improved his tips! However, even at this improved rate, he’d still be stuck doing this for the next five years.

He imagined what Harvey had to do in order to be able to save up after only two. He could only imagine some of this things this body had done; things that he certainly didn’t want to do! In fact, there were a few times when a client did touch him inappropriately, and he protested. It usually meant a bad tip (or no tip at all), but there were just things he was going to flat out refuse!

Happy Ending (Part 2)

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Jason sat up suddenly when he heard someone coming. An older woman entered, explaining she was the owner of the massage parlor.

“You probably have a lot of questions,” The woman began, “The woman’s body you now inhabit is named Joon. She came to this country illegally some years ago. I offered her a job and an opportunity. The basic fee of the massage would go to be to pay for room and board. Any tips she could also pay to me to save up for an enchantment. Once she saved enough, I would enchant the stones used in the massage so she could swap with a client. About two years ago she saved up and chose to swap with a man named Harvey. I made the same deal with Harvey. He hated being in Joon’s body. He did anything to earn higher tips such as wearing skimpy outfits, allow men to touch him, whatever they wanted. He had saved up just enough right before you arrived, so he swapped with you. So I make you the same offer. Keep in mind that you may refuse, but if you do, Joon’s body lacks the papers to apply for most jobs, you will likely be deported by immigration, you will have nowhere to live.”

Jason sat nervously, feeling scared and confused before he finally answered with a thick accent, “I agree to your terms. Please let me stay, Ma’am.”

The older woman smiled.

Happy Ending (Part 1)

At age 40, Jason knew he wasn’t as young as he used to be. He’d often head to massage parlor to ease his aching back. He got a suggestion from a co-worker to visit a place on the edge of town. There didn’t seem to be anything particularly special about the place, but he noted how gorgeous the woman behind the counter was. Then his masseuse arrived to lead him into a private room; wearing a short pink Asian-style dress, she was even hotter. She smiled and spoke in a thick accent with quick bows. He considered asking about the place’s “happy ending” policy, but he was honestly too intimidated by her beauty to bring it up.

It was probably the best massage he ever had. It wasn’t too hard but it perfectly eased any pains he was feeling. Then was she was rubbing some warm stones on his back, it was so soothing that he fell asleep.

When Jason awoke, the lights were on and his clothes he had taken off for the massage were missing. However, he seemed to already be dressed -- except he was clothed in the short pink dress. It wasn’t just the clothes; he had the masseuse’s body! While he was happy to not be feeling the pains of his former body, the amount that he didn’t know about this new body or how he got it was instantly alarming...

Waiting

“Oh hell yes!” Melvin exclaimed, “I’ve paid out more than a pretty penny to visit Exchange Island over a dozen times, and I’ve been waiting to get a body like this! This is amazing! I feel bad for the person stuck in my scrawny, pale, nerdy body, but I always feel bad for whoever gets my body.”

Of course, this time Melvin felt particularly bad for the person stuck in this body, because this time he’d be activating his invention. If all went according to plan, the device would emit a pulse that would ensure everyone on the island kept the bodies they were currently in. He had perfected the device a few visits ago, but he was just waiting for a body he’d enjoy being stuck with in order to test it. Of course, that meant everyone else on the island would be stuck too, but he didn’t care that much. And the impact should only be limited to current visitors, allowing future vacationers to enjoy the island’s legendary effects.

Trust

“Do you really plan on following me everywhere? Watching everything I do forever?” A very frustrated Benjamin asked.

“Hey, it’s my body. I need to make sure you don’t do anything weird to it.” Teresa replied.

“The Great Shift was like a month ago. If they were going to find a way to reverse the body swapping, we would’ve heard something by now. It’s probably time to accept that I now have your body, just like you now have Emily’s body. You don’t see her following you around.”

“That’s because we’re both women! She knows she can trust me! But do you honestly think I’m ever going trust you alone in the bath with MY body? Forget it! You’ll do weird, creepy guy stuff to it!"

The Big Game

It all started at a bar a few days before the big game. Brad was having a beer and complaining how he couldn’t get tickets. A man overheard the loud comments and said he could arrange for Brad to get one of the best views in the stadium for a price. The two agreed to meet an hour before the game to finalize the transaction.

Brad arrived at the stadium right on time and forked over $200. The man took the money and put it in his briefcase. Brad paused for a second. Was this man going to hand over a ticket or what? He started yelling and demanding a ticket. He threw a punch. The man easily dodged it and injected Brad with a syringe. Brad’s vision soon faded into total blackness.

When he awoke a little later, he realized the man hadn’t been scamming him at all. Somehow he had made it into the arena and he really did have the most incredible view of the game. It was like he was practically sitting on the sidelines. Correction, he actually WAS on the sidelines!

Brad was completely astonished until he realized something was wrong. He was wearing short shorts; he had shaved legs; he had pom poms in his hands. He was in another person’s body -- the body of a goddamn cheerleader! He sure had a great of the game, but he was also a woman! To make matters worse, judging from the color of his outfit, he was a cheerleader for the other team!

It only got weirder when it was time to perform a routine. He instinctively jumped to his feet and was able to do the moves flawlessly. It was like his body was running on muscle memory. It was sort of cool, but the whole experience was also still so weird!

Chores (Part 3)

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Curt’s mom continued to ask Curt about his day, and with each question Curt’s large, proud smile got less large and much less proud.

“Did you go to my yoga class today?” She asked him.

“No, I guess I kind of forgot.” He said.

“Did you pick up my pills from the pharmacy?”

“Uh...no.”

“We’ll pick them up after you come get me. You’re going to need those starting tomorrow. Today was the last day of my cycle so I let you skip the sugar pill.”

“Cycle?”

“You’re very lucky this swap didn’t happen a few days earlier, or you’d be crying your eyes out and dealing with cramps. Now, about dinner --”

Curt cut her off. “Okay..uh...I’m going to come get you now mom. I’ll see you soon.”

Chores (Part 2)

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Time flew by as Curt seemed quite proud of his accomplishments. In fact, when he got a call from his mom, he was prepared to brag.

“Where are you?” His mom asked him before he could do so.

“I just finished shopping for groceries. I bought gummy bears, chocolate, and ice cream! Dinner is going to be great!” He replied excitedly.

She held back yelling at her son and responded calmly, “Well, you need to come pick me up. I’ve been waiting at the school for over an hour. How could you forget?”

“I guess I just lost track of time. I’ll be right there.”

Chores (Part 1)

With his father out of town on business, Curt had gone into the basement to fool around with some of his dad’s inventions. He had no idea the device he was messing with was a body swapper. It was bad when he activated it by accident, and he swapped bodies with his mom. It was worse when the thing caught on fire.

It wouldn’t be able to be fixed until Curt’s dad got home, so Curt and his mom came up with a plan. She’d go to school in Curt’s body for the next few days, and he’d take care of her chores.

Curt had to admit he had a pretty exciting first day. He had grabbed a milk from the fridge, dropped his mom off at school, then hit the stores for some groceries and other stuff. Driving was a fun experience with only a few small scrapes on the car! Then it was just a matter of picking out food for dinner and such. It didn’t seem hard at all!

Internship

Daniel played the incident at work off like an accident. The body swapper was a prototype that Daniel had developed, but when he used it with his college aged intern Lin, he pretended like he had no idea how he happened. He said he’d work hard to investigate and fix the error, but that they should pretend to be each other in the meantime. He just wanted a little bit of time to explore Lin’s body; to experience being a woman. But as it turned out, Lin had a very busy schedule. She had several roommates, and between classes, her internship, and a part time job, Daniel had absolutely no time to just experience being Lin. That is, until he saw “gym time” on her schedule. He relished changing in the locker room, and he used every opportunity to try and excite himself. But honestly, he still just wanted to be along with this body and do every time imaginable to it...

Take a Vacation (Part 2)

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It only took Evan about fifteen minutes to complete the calculations. He jumped up and started to head back to his own room when he saw the woman’s husband standing there. Before he could even say a word, the man planted a big kiss on Evan’s lips.

Evan felt his body tingle in ways he never could’ve anticipated. For the first time on this vacation, he suddenly felt unfocused on his work. He knew he should stop this kiss, get back to his wife and the device, and fix this mess. But he couldn’t ignore the curious differences this body was feeling. Was this something all women felt?

Evan felt trapped with these emotions for several more minutes before the woman’s husband finally stopped. He grabbed Evan by the hand and attempted to lead him to the bed. As much as Evan was getting curious about what that might feel like, his logical mind started to return to him. He started explaining everything a mile a minute, insisting he needed to get to the next room.

Take a Vacation (Part 1)

In hindsight, Evan really wished he had listened to his wife about not bringing work with him on their vacation. He just couldn’t help himself and kept tinkering with a small prototype in their resort room. He hadn’t planned on actually activating it, but a slip of his screwdriver did just that. The small device whirred into action, and the next thing he knew, Evan had swapped bodies with a woman in the neighboring room.

That wasn’t what the device was supposed to do at all!

He quickly got to work on more calculations in order to properly reverse this. After all, if he just blindly reactivated the device, he could’ve ended up swapping more people. So he went to work with pen and paper to try to eliminate any possibility for error. The fact that he was now a blond woman wearing a bikini didn’t even phase him; he needed to focus.

Meanwhile, the woman now in his body was with Evan’s wife doing her best not to freak out. She was pacing. Worrying about what she was going to tell her husband if Evan didn’t fix this as soon as possible.

Coffee (Part 2)

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For the next few minutes, Sean just stood there wondering what he should do. He had become a woman named Shawna simply because he picked up and drank the wrong coffee. But just because he had her body, did he also have her life? Should he be going to her job? Where did she work? How was he even supposed to find out? He did have a purse. Maybe there were some clues inside there? He’d better find some answers soon. He was already running late, and this would certainly delay to where he was going even more -- wherever that turned out to be...

Coffee (Part 1)

The coffee shop had been very busy this morning, and Sean had been in such a rush. He heard a name that sounded close enough to his own that he just picked up the cup on the counter -- it wouldn’t be the first time the shop screwed up someone’s name. It tasted a little weird at first, but after a few more sips it seemed fine.

It wasn’t until he was a few steps from his office that he noticed the larger problem. He looked down to see an unfamiliar body with feminine curves. He now held a purse instead of a briefcase. Then he looked over to the name on the cup -- Shawna.

He picked up her cup, and he became her. It didn’t make any sense, but somehow it seems that’s exactly what happened...

Fun and Games

As Jay picked himself up off the floor with a throbbing headache, he saw a gorgeous woman getting ready to play the game he was about to start.

“Are you done napping yet, or are we still on with our bet, bro?” The woman asked.

“Adam?” Jay asked the woman.

“Yeah, I know. Pretty trippy, right? Apparently, just about everyone swapped bodies. People are freaking out. Personally, I don’t care. We had a bet, and I’m still going to kick your ass at this game.”

“Okay. Bet’s still on,” Jay laughed, thinking due to Jay’s new body he’d now have an extreme advantage, but as he walked over to the other side, he stumbled in the high heeled boots he now found on his feet. The short miniskirt he now wore certainly didn’t boost his confidence either.

Taking Stock (Part 2)

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Grant wondered where would a woman keep her keys? And as luck would have it, as he looked up after tying his sneakers, he saw a wall of purses. It certainly made sense that her keys might be inside one of them. Though now he was feeling somewhat unfortunate that this woman had such a large assortment of just about everything. It would take a while for him to search through them all. And there was no guarantee he’d even find the keys inside one of them, but he guessed he had to start somewhere.

Taking Stock

It probably would’ve been perfectly reasonable for Grant to panic when he found himself in someone else’s body, but he instead decided to take stock of his situation. For starters, he was now very obviously a woman. He also seemed to be in a very large apartment. He turned on a television and ended up hearing about “The Great Shift” -- which certainly explained the body swapping. He found a large walk-in closet with numerous shoes inside. This was much to his relief, as the heels on his feet were becoming unbearable. He quickly took them off, knowing he could change into a pair of sneakers if he wanted to go outside for further exploration. He just needed to find some keys first, as he certainly didn’t want to be locked out with no place to go while he was in an unfamiliar body...

Magic Book

“Why the hell would they have this sort of book in the school library?” A frustrated Harrison asked as he frantically flipped through the pages of the book that contained a spell that swapped his body with Lauren.

“Maybe it’s supposed to teach lessons in tolerance and stuff?” Lauren asked in a casual manner. Unlike Harrison, she wasn’t bothered by the swap.

“This book isn’t about tolerance! It’s pure black magic! There are hexes and curses, and the damned thing swapped our bodies! If we don’t swwap back before the game tonight, you’re probably going to screw up my hopes of a college scholarship.”

“It’ll be fine...”

Hotel

After more than a few delays and a very long flight, Bill was happy to be checking into his hotel suite. He had a big meeting tomorrow and just wanted to relax. He sat on the couch and picked up the remote from the end table. Except none of the buttons seemed to do anything. He kept frantically pressing, but the TV would even turn on. But despite appearances, the buttons were doing something, each press changed Bill’s body in some way. By the time he was done, he had been transformed into a young Asian woman. However, he was so tired that he hadn’t even noticed. His sole focus was about how frustrating it was to see that the television wasn’t working.

Winded (Part 2)

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Nicholas didn’t have the energy in his to run around looking for his body, so instead he strolled slowly, even that was a little trying -- she must have been pushing herself really hard! Yet there was still no sign anywhere of his own body. After a while, he did discover a phone on his person. He could use it to call himself. It seemed like a perfect plan, except that he couldn’t remember his own number, no matter how hard he tried. It was then he realized he couldn’t even remember his own name! After a few minutes of strained effort, it dawned on him. His name was Nicole, wasn’t it? It made sense, but why did he have his phone out? Who could he possibly be calling right now. He was just so tired from his jog; he just wanted to get home first before doing anything like hanging out with his friends or go to the mall or something...

Winded

Nicholas had just been walking down the street when he suddenly felt winded, as if he had just run miles even though he knew he hadn’t. He held onto a lamppost in order to support his tired body when he noticed something was strange. Instead of his three piece suit, he was wearing a pink top and tiny shorts. A strand of blond hair fell in his face; he noticed the painted nails on his hand. It was dawning on him that he had swapped bodies with a woman that had been jogging nearby, but where did she go? Had she not noticed? Surely she probably got a second wind by swapping into his body, but he couldn’t imagine it would be easy for her to run in his suit. It would feel as strange for her in his body as he felt being in hers! He didn’t know how to swap back, but he was sure he couldn’t swap back if his body was completely missing! He had to find it!

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.”