I woke up feeling terrible, all my joints hurt as if I had the flu or something. My body felt heavier, especially around the chest. My hair seemed longer and was irritating the back of my neck while also being in my face. The inside of my mouth felt weird as I couldn’t seem to feel my teeth.

“Where’s my teef!” I screamed in a voice that wasn’t my own.

I opened my eyes and saw that everything was a blur at first I thought it was because I just woke up but it didn’t take me long to figure out it was due to poor eyesight. I was freaking out now and sat up as fast as I could, which was a lot slower than usual. When I managed to sit up though I felt a shift in the weight, especially on my chest. Long strands of thin greyish brown hair also covered my fact.

I looked down and while my eyesight was blurry I could see that I had a pink nightgown on. To the left of me on the nightstand were a glasses case and a glass of water with a set of false teeth. My heart was racing as I began to realise what was happening. I was in someone else’s body, I was an old lady. With this revelation I fainted.

I wasn’t sure how long I was out when I woke up again but being an old lady wasn’t a dream because when I woke up I was still in her body. What made things worse is I had to pee. I also felt weaker now, I had a lot less energy than before.

I struggled to get out of bed as I grabbed the glasses, putting them on. Instantly my vision was a lot clearer and I could see the room I was in. The room looked familiar but I couldn’t quite place it at the moment. I stood up and my face went red from embarrassment, I realised this body wasn’t wearing a bra and her breasts hung low.

I tried to disregard it for now as I shuffled my way to the bedroom door, when I caught my reflection in the mirror. I squealed as saw my face, it was a face I recognised. I was in my 60 year old aunt’s body. I wasn’t sure if that was better or worse, I felt uncomfortable being in a family member’s body, even if we didn’t have any blood relations. Though at least I was someone I knew and could contact my body with ease.

I wondered what she was doing as me and if she was freaking out as much as I was, having your body swapped was one thing, being the opposite gender was another. Thinking about that reminded me that I still needed to go to the toilet and I was more hesitant now. To go to the toilet as someone I knew felt like a massive breach in privacy and once this whole thing got sorted I don’t think I would be able to look her in the face again.

I quickly walked to the bathroom and did my business, without looking, I didn’t even dare to wipe. That was a mistake though as now I was a little wet and smelled of pee, so I just took her underwear off and threw it in her hamper.

I was still depleted of energy though now I understood why. My aunt wasn’t the healthiest person around and required a fair bit of medication, medication that required me to eat something. I shudder the thought of touching my aunt’s teeth but I didn’t have much of a choice, some of those medications were important and if I was to be in this body I wanted to be as healthy as possible.

I returned to her bedroom and pulled her teeth from the glass. I put them in my mouth as I tried to adjust them until they sat comfortably. I then headed to the kitchen and made a simple breakfast. Luckily her medication was all in a day / night container so I knew which ones to take. Today’s medication was up to Friday.

“Wait… it’s the 13th today,” I stated. “Is that how we swapped?”

It was a silly notion but there were a couple of movies with themes like that so it wasn’t out of the question. Though the issue was more so how to swap back.

After I took the medication I grabbed my aunt’s phone and called my mobile number.

“Oh hey, ‘aunty’ Maggie, how are you today?” I hear my voice answer the phone.

The tone wasn’t one of shock or urgency, she expected this phone call and it wasn’t solely because we swapped bodies.

“You did this?” I asked unsure.

“No it wasn’t me but I did request it. I’m sorry to put you in your current position but I just wanted to be someone that wasn’t me for a while. You don’t have a job and don’t study so it was an easy life to assume. Don’t worry though it’s not permanent we will switch back,” she explained.

“When?”

“Next Friday…”

“A week, I’m stuck as you for a week?” I asked in disbelief.

“You didn’t let me finish, I meant to say next Friday the 13th, so it’s three months actually. But don’t worry I’ll send your cousin over to help you adjust to my life.”

With that she hung up, leaving me trapped as an old woman.