The Moment

With all the people in the world I could’ve run into that morning, I had to end up seeing my ex-girlfriend, Amy. I was cutting through the park on my way to work, and she was on a morning jog. I thought about pretending not to notice her, but she began to slow down. I instinctively (and foolishly) waved. She stopped, so I felt obliged to do the same. Things hadn’t ended well between us, and I really didn’t have anything to say to her; she probably didn’t have anything to say to me either. So we stood there just sort of staring for just a moment. But it was a moment too long.

It was in that instant when it happened. You probably know all about The Great Shift; I don’t need to explain it. And you probably already guessed where this is going? Thats right. I became a woman. I was now in the body of my ex-girlfriend Amy, and she was in mine. Now, of course, I had no shortage of things to talk to her about and questions to ask. But she was still the last person the world I wanted to be talking to. We stood in silence before I finally told her that I’d call her later to sort things out about all of this. She just nodded, and we both went on our ways. We hadn’t exchanged phones or keys or anything, so I ended up jogging back to her place to email work to tell them I was taking a sick day. For some reason, being back in her apartment felt even weirder than being stuck in her body!