Single Mom (Part 1)

Evan still wasn’t sure how he had the power to switch bodies or why he had told his nieghbor Christine about it. He did know why he had agreed to swap bodies with her for a few hours. As a single mom, she just deserved a break. She was stressed out all the time between work and taking care of her daughter; Evan knew he had a carefree life -- as a kid with rich parents, he didn’t even need to take on a summer job before he’d be heading off the college in the fall.

But after spending the day as Christine, he did want to get back to normal. And while his power to swap bodies was pretty impressive, it did have one limitation -- namely that the person needed to be nearby at least. He and Christine had agreed to meet at the playground at 5PM, but that was an hour ago now. Evan was texting his old phone repeatedly, but Christine’s daughter was getting tired of the playground and hungry.

Finally, Evan decided a few more hours as Christine wouldn’t be so bad. He could take Christine’s daughter to McDonalds or something, head back home, and then swap back their -- the two houses should be close enough for Evan to initiate the swap. He texted the plan to Christine and hoped she would finally respond.