“Beautiful night for a walk, huh Honey” Tom Stevens said to his wife as they walked along the sidewalk.

“It is…have to enjoy these while they last” Jessica Stevens replied. She enjoyed the crisp fall air and the sound of the dry leaves crunching beneath her shoes.

“Yeah, I know…won’t be long before it’ll be too cold for these types of walks” Tom said as he put his hands into his jacket pockets.

“But I need to get my exercise; the Doctor said it’s good for the baby to stay as active as I can for as long as I can” Jessica said.

“Oh I know” Tom said with a laugh. “You’ll have to use the treadmill at home though. Being active is great but having you slip and fall on an icy day would not be good for the baby. I mean, you’ve got all winter to be pregnant”

Jessica Stevens was four months along in her pregnancy and she had to admit that her husband was right…she wasn’t due until the end of March. She gently tapped the small baby bump that she was sporting as they walked along. “I’ve already gained 8lbs with this baby so far” she added.

“I don’t care how much you gain” Tom said as he leaned in closer and spoke lower “You know I find pregnant women hot”

Jessica elbowed him in the side and they both laughed. “Ha…hot” she said “We’ll see about that”

Tom sprang a few steps ahead of his wife and walked backwards in front of her “Yeah; you’re going to look so sexy”

Jess rolled her eyes “Big talk now mister…just keep the foot massages coming”

“Oh foot massage…leg massage…shoulders and neck…anything you order will be my command” he said as he spun and fell back in step with her.

They made the turn onto their street and both had worked up a good color in their cheeks and were both beginning to huff for breath a bit.

“When we get in…” Jessica said “Remind me to send an email back to Ted about Emily Martin’s missing test score; her parents are still complaining”

“Sure…I need to email him myself anyway” Tom replied.

Tom and Jessica had met six years ago when they had both been hired as new teachers at the same High School. They had hit it off immediately and had now been married for just over three years. Tom taught History while Jessica taught English at Lincoln High and they loved that they got to see each other and share lunch during their workday.

They held hands as they finished up their nightly walk. They both waved to Cassie Whitlock from two doors down who was out playing in her front yard.

“Well” Jessica said as she opened the door and kicked off her sneakers and peeled off her socks “That was a good walk…Thanks for coming with me”

“No problem…any time” Tom replied taking off his fleece pullover.

Jessica rose up on her tip toes and gave her husband a quick kiss on the lips. “I think I’m going to go up and shower” she said as she took her hair out of a ponytail.

“Sounds good…I’ve got some papers to grade tonight and I think I left them up in our room when I got in earlier” he replied.

Tom followed Jessica up the stairs and into their bedroom. He gathered up his papers while she began to undress for her shower. She was down to her bra and panties when he came up behind her and put his arms around her.

Jessica smiled and leaned her head back to steal another kiss as he tilted his head down to meet her. His hands went to her bump and he gently ran his hands over it.

Jessica closed her eyes and just enjoyed the moment until a cold shiver ran up her spine. She shivered and shook her shoulders and took a quick step forward “Oh…goose bumps” she said as she crossed her arms and rubbed them up and down.

Tom had taken a step back; sweat glistened on his forehead and his stomach cramped and flipped suddenly. He exhaled slowly with his hands on his hips “Whoa” was his response.
“Are you okay?” Jessica asked him.

He looked up and said quietly “Yeah: I just got real hot and sick there for a second”

“Sit down then” Jessica replied as she walked to him “I just got a chill all of a sudden” She stopped in front of him as he took a seat on the corner of the bed.

Tom looked up and said “I don’t know what it is but I just feel really nervous and jumpy”

Jessica had to admit that she was feeling something too. Her eyes narrowed and she began breathing faster “Yeah…me too” she said in a somewhat shaky voice “What’s going on?”

Tom put his right hand to his forehead and wiped away the sweat and continued his hand back through his hair. Jessica took his hand in hers and clasped tightly; but something was wrong. It took her a moment to understand exactly what she was seeing. She stared at their hands, intertwined together. She knew that she had laced her fingers through her husband’s and as such, she should not be seeing her fingernails, but she was looking right at them. She straightened her fingers out from her husband’s grasp and saw 10 matching fingers; it looked as if she had laced her own two hands together.

Jessica yanked her hand back and grabbed Tom’s hand in both of hers; her eyes widened at the sight.

“What?” Tom asked finally bringing his attention around to what his wife was looking at.
“Look at your hand Tom!” Jessica said.

Tom looked at it for a second and turned it slightly back and forth before saying “That’s not my hand” in a very slow and confused tone. He wiggled and spread out his fingers, fascinated by what he was seeing.

Jessica put her hand up against it and as they matched up exactly in size said “No: it’s my hand”

Tom jerked his hand back and grabbed it in his left hand but as he rubbed it, he realized that his left hand had also changed shape. “Why do my hands look like your hands?”

“I…don’t know” Jessica said as she backed up from him.

Tom stood and held his hands in front of him. He held them out like he didn’t want them to touch anything else.

Jessica backed up until she bumped into their dresser. She hit it first with her backside but she brought her heel up and planted it against the bottom drawer. She looked down as she brought her foot down and saw that she had two mismatched feet.

Jessica gasped in shock as she brought her heels together and tried to comprehend what she was seeing. Her right foot was now much larger than her left. It was wider and longer; had no nail polish and the toes were shaped differently, yet they looked familiar. With a dawning realization, she said “I have your right foot”

Tom looked over and furrowed his brow in confusion. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing: His wife had one foot that was hers and one that was his. His jaw dropped at what he watched happen next.

Jessica stared down at her feet and with a barely audible whimper and high pitched inhale, she watched her left foot transform before her eyes. It seemed to ripple slightly and begin to grow. It grew wider and longer and she saw each toe and nail reshape itself to match the right foot “OH…MY…Did you just see that?!”

Tom was only able to nod at first before he said “What the hell is happening to us?”

Jessica’s hands fluttered with anxiety and she said “I don’t know” in a very nervous tone.

“Uh…um…okay…let’s not panic” Tom said as he took a step forward. He stopped though as he realized that his feet were tingling. His eyes trained downward and Jessica’s followed. “Oh my God” he said in a hushed tone. Tom’s head tilted involuntarily at the wonder before his eyes. The skin tone of his feet lightened as his feet grew smaller. They narrowed and shrank and his toes became smaller. His nails reshaped, effortlessly moving and rearranging until they had become Jessica’s feet, complete with an appearance of maroon colored polish.

“Holy shit Tom…we just switched feet!” Jessica exclaimed “What the hell do we do?”

Tom was wearing a pair of loose sweatpants from their walk and he was still staring mesmerized at his feet. He wiggled his toes surprised at how he was moving different looking feet on his body. He looked up at his wife’s question somewhat dumbfounded. He sensed an odd sensation though on his legs and he moved quickly to drop his pants. They fell to his ankles and he reached down to pull them fully off and as he was bent over and was close to his legs, he saw that his hair was on end.

“Uh” he said as all his leg hair began to retreat inward. He stood up and ran his hands over his smooth thighs and said “Oh shit”

Jessica meanwhile felt a prickly sensation all along her legs. She looked down and with a horrified “AH” she saw that her legs had become covered in black body hair. It looked as if she had never used a razor on her legs in her life but that thought passed quickly as she realized other changes were occurring with her legs.

It seemed as if the ground was getting farther away from her “Am I growing?” she said. Her hands came down and gripped her thighs and she could feel them growing and changing beneath her grasp. Her thighs were longer and more muscled now. They no longer felt or looked like her legs but instead, she realized, they were Tom’s legs. She stuck her foot out and saw her shins and calves were transformed now too. Before she could say anything she looked over at her husband. He had a shocked look of disbelief on his face, then her eyes turned downward and she gasped anew.

Tom was sporting a very shapely pair of soft, curvy feminine legs.

Tom had watched as after the hair had disappeared; his legs began to change. His thighs grew full and round, his knees reshaped themselves and his calves trimmed and toned. Even his ankles became smaller and his skin tone soon matched that of his feet. He had shrank down several inches but as of yet, he was unaware of that fact.

He soon learned that it was true as he looked up and over to his wife. Originally seven inches had separated them at 5’11” and 5’4” respectively, but now they were the same height. “Jessica!” he said.

“T…Tom” she sputtered out.

Jessica’s mind raced, trying to comprehend what was happening until a clip from a movie she had watched as a kid popped into her head. The movie was Vice Versa and her eyes widened in shock that it could actually be happening to them. The proof though suddenly seemed undeniable.

“Oh my God Tom, I think we’re switching bodies with each other” she said hurriedly.

“What?” he said “That’s impossible…that can’t happen” he replied.

“Would you look at yourself” Jessica implored. “I mean…look at both of us” she added with a wave of her arms.

“But…” he managed before he swallowed hard. Their eyes met and both understood. They were changing bodies and that meant so much as their changes continued.

“Is the baby going to be okay” Jessica said concerned.

A flash of understanding and calm came over both of them at that moment. The baby would be fine through their swap, but it would be on the move soon.

They looked at each other and knew deep down that all three of them would be okay, but that life was going to be very different from now on. They didn’t know why, they just knew that it was.

Tom lifted off his t-shirt and tossed it behind him but before he could remove his boxers, the next wave hit them both at the same time.

A slight bulge formed in the front of Jessica’s panties. It was quickly followed though by two testicles descending and pushing her panties down to allow room for her growing penis. It grew longer and wider in its fully erect state.

Tom’s own penis was shrinking at the same pace that Jessica’s was growing. His testicles rose up and pulled inward; creating everything he would need now as a pregnant woman. A uterus formed and was immediately occupied. Tom’s abdomen began to expand and bulge outward as his clitoris, vulva and vagina formed at the same time.

Jessica’s hands ran over her now suddenly flat belly and she felt some sadness to go along with the overwhelming shock of their trade. Her hand reached out and touched Tom’s baby bump as it grew outward. She pulled her hand back quickly as if a shock had been delivered.

Tom’s hips rolled outward, shifting his center of gravity and his ass grew out and took on Jessica’s shape and size. “How can I have your body?” he asked confused “How can I be pregnant?”

Jessica shook her head as her hips and ass pulled inward, giving her a more male physique. She ran her hand over her flat stomach and abdomen, shocked that she was no longer the pregnant one in the room. It was dawning on her that she would be Tom soon and he would be her. “This is the weirdest thing I have ever seen” she said in the understatement of the world “I can’t be you…I’m not a guy” she added.

“Well I sure look like a girl now” Tom said as the changes continued up his body. His bare chest was constricting inward and he was now shrinking in height again. Jessica was now the taller of the two of them as her back and arms elongated and his shortened up.

“Opp…Oh no…not those too” Jessica said. Her bra had gotten tight across her back and sides but now she felt an unmistakable gapping beginning in the front. Her breasts were shrinking. They began by breaking contact with the cups. Jessica looked down and saw the gap beginning to form. Her nipples were no longer pressed against the fabric but instead, hanging freely as they got smaller and smaller. “That’s impossible” she said as they retreated inward until just small flat nipples remained and more body hair broke out across her flat chest. The now useless bra hung limply off her male chest.  “AH” she exclaimed as she looked across her shorter husband. “Give those back” she said.

“Uh…I would if I could but I don’t think I have any control over this situation here” Tom replied without looking up. His hands cupped the full breasts that sat on his chest. He had first reacted to Jessica’s protest of her boobs shrinking, but not for long. His attention had immediately shifted to his own body. He felt a distinct tingling sensation as nerve endings exploded into being all along his nipples and areolas. Small bumps rose up and his nipples first puffed out then began to grow and expand. More weight and mass quickly flooded in and soon he found himself with a growing pair of women’s breasts on his body. Now more female than male, Tom felt the taut skin of his 38D breasts and he rested them in his small feminine hands. He held them up and pushed them together before allowing them to fall to their natural position.

He looked up a bit surprised at how tall Jessica was over him now. “This is going to take a lot of getting used to” he said shaking his head in incredulity.

“Uh…you’re telling me” Jessica said, still in shock.

The changes now reached their heads and faces. Tom’s hair turned a few shades lighter as it reached Jessica’s shade of brown. It began to grow long and wavy and bangs crept forward over his forehead. He gave them a quick swipe to the side, mimicking a gesture he had watched his wife do every day.

Jessica’s hair turned a darker shade of brown and pulled upward until it became Tom’s style. Her nose grew longer and wider, her chin jutted out slightly and her jawline became more defined. Her eyes went from brown to green and reset themselves a bit closer to each other. Her cheeks dropped and became rougher as stubble broke out across her upper lip, chin and cheeks. Her lips became thinner and her mouth repositioned itself as her ears grew outward. With another shiver up her spine, Jessica sensed that she was done: Her transformation into Tom was complete.

After Tom had moved his hair out of the way, he felt his hairline shift and his forehead narrow. His eyebrows thinned and curved and his eyes turned from green to brown. His eyes widened and set further outward from his thinning nose and his lips plumped and reset themselves. His cheeks rose up as his face grew smooth and his ears came in and the bottom lobe connected as his face became Jessica’s face completely.

Tom stood still in just his boxer shorts. A new wave of heat and queasiness passed over him and he knew that he now had Jessica’s body.

“Holy Shit” Jessica said in Tom’s lower voice. “What the Fuck just happened to us?”

“I…Uh…I have no idea” Tom answered in Jessica’s voice. “I’m you; and…you’re me”

“But why; how did this happen?” Jessica pleaded as tears began to form. “I can’t be you…I’m not you. Even if I look like you now…I’m still not you”

Tom walked forward and hugged Jessica. “Don’t worry; we’ll figure it out somehow” he said.

Jessica hugged him back tightly; in fact, it was much tighter than she could have intended as she was not used to the strength in her male arms. “But what if we don’t figure it out?” she said.

Tom couldn’t wrap his mind around the situation still. He knew he had to be strong for Jessica’s sake and the sake of the baby he was now carrying, but it was so strange being hugged by his old body and feeling his own boobs get squished up against him. “We will” he said as he tried to break the embrace but couldn’t due to his lack of comparative size. “We can’t just quit life”

Now Jessica broke their embrace “What do you mean…you mean I’m going to have to be…you” she said pointing down at her new body.

“If we have to….then we have to”

“But I…” she began.

Tom sat down on the corner of their bed. He brought his legs together and put his hands on his smooth knees and took a deep breath. “I have no idea why or how we just switched bodies and I don’t have any idea if we will ever switch back.” He looked up before he continued “If that means we have to act like the other, then I’ll go and teach your classes tomorrow and you have to teach mine. At least we can fake our jobs fairly well…it’s not like you’re a doctor and I have to go pretend I know surgery for you; we just have to teach classes that we are familiar with and see students we’re familiar with.”
Jessica nodded her agreement as Tom went on “We both get the feeling that the baby is fine” Tom said as his hands went to his slightly raised abdomen.

“Oh my God” Jessica said now “You” she pointed at him “You have to go to the OB/GYN tomorrow”

Tom gave a slight smile for the first time “Good; then we’ll have some confirmation about the whole thing”

“You think it’s a good thing to get poked and prodded up there”

“Yeah…at least tomorrow it will confirm that I guess I’m actually a woman now”

Jessica looked down at herself and shook her head. “I have no idea what to do with that thing” she said as she gave her penis a slight flick and watched it vibrate. “I mean it’s been up, then it went down and now it’s back up…what’s it doing”

Tom smiled Jessica’s most dastardly smile “It has a mind all its own; you’re just lucky you’re not going through your teenage years with it”

Jessica once again asked “What are we going to do?”

Tom stood up and looked up into her eyes “The best we can do is all we can do”

They held each other for a while before entering the most awkward night of their lives.

“Uh…” Tom said “I think I have to go to the bathroom” as he broke out of their embrace.

Jessica smiled and looked a bit embarrassed “Well go…I think you know how”

“Yeah, but sitting has always been just one of the options, not the only way before” Tom said as he headed across the room.

Jessica shielded her eyes “Oh lord” she said. She finally unhooked her now useless bra and removed the ill-fitting panties. With a sigh, she opened Tom’s underwear drawer and picked out a pair of boxers. “Down boy” she said to herself as she stepped into them. She picked up his sweat pants and t-shirt and put those on as well.

“Well, that was a success” Tom said as he came back into the room.

“Hurdle number one of one million” Jessica replied.

“Nice outfit” Tom said as he grabbed a large t-shirt and slipped it on while keeping the boxers on.

They settled in for the night, talking about everything they could think of. They went over lesson plans and roster lists, inside jokes with students and other teachers. They tried to think of everything that they could to make it seem normal.

“At the least, just don’t act like a caricature in a bad sitcom” Jessica said “You know where you go sashaying around with too much make-up on and wearing overly sexualized clothes and I try to act like the butchest man on the planet”

Tom laughed “I know what you’re talking about…every sitcom that does the body swap episode is an open invitation to overact as the most feminine or masculine stereo type ever. If we avoid that, we should be fine”

“This is our life now” Jessica added “There will be an adjustment period though”

“Yeah, like what do I call you now? Do you still want me to call you Jessica around the house…obviously when we’re out, you will be my husband Tom, but I don’t feel like I’m a Jessica” Tom asked.

“I don’t know…maybe we should to get used to it, but then again, it doesn’t feel right around here” Jessica answered. “This is so weird” she mumbled afterward.

Tom went upstairs to their bedroom for the first time since they had switched in there. His wife’s bra was still lying on the floor and he picked it up and put it in the hamper and thought “Am I really going to be wearing one of those tomorrow?” He walked into their bathroom and paused before the mirror. He looked deep into the reflection before him. His wife’s face looked out at him and it seemed like a bizarre circus game but he knew the reflection was true. He placed his hands on the countertop and leaned forward, his right foot moving up onto its toes. It was in this pose that he heard his wife approaching.
“I even have a different taste inside my mouth” he said.

“Yeah and honestly, it’s driving me crazy to hear my own voice from an outside perspective…you don’t sound like how I thought I sounded” Jessica replied.

“It doesn’t sound the same inside here either” Tom said as he turned to face her. ”We should try to get some sleep”  

“I don’t know if I can” Jessica replied.

“Should we switch sides of the bed?” Tom asked.

“No…that would be way too weird” was Jessica’s quick response.

Tom just laughed “So you having a dick isn’t as strange as asking you to switch sides of the bed?”

“No” she replied “I couldn’t sleep on your side of the bed…I have to be next to the wall”
“Okay” Tom replied as he crawled in his side of the bed.

Jessica stripped down to her boxers and gave the waistband a quick slap as she walked to the far side of the bed and crawled in.

“There is no way to put into words what we’ve been through today and what we’re going to go through tomorrow” Tom said leaning in to his spouse.

“You never know…maybe we’ll change back in the night and wake up tomorrow like this was nothing more than a dream” Jessica said.

“I love you honey” Tom said.

“I love you pumpkin” Jessica replied as they kissed each other goodnight.

They adjusted and tried to settle in “How do you lay anywhere with boobs?” Tom grumbled.

“You’ll get used to it” Jessica replied.

“I can’t get my arm comfortable if I’m lying on my side…they get in the way”

“Lift your arm up and tuck it under your head”

“Okay…that’s a little better”

<BEEP…BEEP…BEEP>
Tom reached out and flipped the alarm off next to his head. For a split second, everything was normal in his sleep riddled head. Then his eyes popped open.
He sat bolt upright in bed, hands flying to his chest, where they met the soft flesh of his breasts. He closed his eyes and thought “It wasn’t a dream…I really am in Jessica’s body”

He detected stirring next to him and soon he saw his old body, now occupied by his wife, lifting up onto its elbows and looking around.

Jessica woke up also thinking that it had just been a very strange and lucid dream, but as she twisted to the side and felt her erection press into the mattress, she popped up to reality.

“Still me I see” she said in a deep groggy voice.

“Yup” Tom replied, his hands now rubbing his stomach.

“Then you’d better get moving if you want to be ready on time…You’ve got a much longer routine now” Jessica said.

Tom was somewhat annoyed by the sound of his wife standing and peeing away next to him as he began to brush his teeth. She was in and out of the shower in less than five minutes.

“Well I guess just a washcloth will do for it huh” she said as she exited the shower and dried off.

Tom merely smiled and dropped his boxers and lifted off the t-shirt to expose his naked female body and enter the shower.

“Okay…this is all kinds of weird” he said lathering up.

“You’ll get used to it” Jessica replied.

By the time Tom was finished, Jessica was already ready; dressed in gray dress pants and a black button down and wearing black socks and dress shoes, she said “Well that was easy”

“Ha-Ha” Tom replied as he tied his hair up in a towel to dry for a few minutes. “Let me see how I do putting on make-up”

Jessica watched while he applied mascara and light lipstick on slowly. “Wow” she said “That wasn’t bad”

“Thanks” Tom said capping off the tube “Luckily you don’t wear a ton”

“No…now what are you going to wear?” Jessica asked.

“Something simple” Tom replied. He went to the dresser and got out a pair of tan panties and a tan bra. He stepped into the underwear and slipped on the bra under Jessica’s watchful eye. He managed to hook the bra on the second try and after watching his wife do it every morning, he adjusted his breasts in the bra, lifting them slightly to get the right fit. He picked out a pair of simple tan slacks and a blue button up shirt. Then he pulled out a pair of tan flats and slipped his feet in. “What do you think?”

“Good…nothing too adventurous” Jessica replied.

“I’m not ready for heels yet…let me get used to the bra first” Tom replied. He finished drying his hair and brushed it out gently.  “I think I’m going to just let my hair go natural today” He said as it lay at his shoulders.

“Okay…it’s your choice” Jessica replied. As she put Tom’s wallet in her back pocket and his ID badge around her neck.

Tom picked up his purse and pulled Jessica’s ID badge out and clipped it to his waistband.

“I guess I’ll drive” Jessica said. Tom usually drove and they didn’t want anything to look different.

Both were nervous to get going and see if they could pull off being the other in public.

By the time they met up at lunch, both were pleased with how the day was going.

“I don’t think anyone has guessed that we switched places” Jessica whispered as they sat down at an empty table.

“No…so far so good” Tom replied. “I think we’re going to be okay if we end up like this”
Jessica nodded before a few other teachers began to file in and join them. The conversation flowed naturally and they kept making eye contact to reassure each other that they were pulling it off.

The only hitch came when as they were leaving and Tom pulled Jessica aside and asked for help putting his long hair up into a ponytail. They had to find an empty spot where Jessica’s manly hands effortlessly flipped Tom’s hair up and worked the hair tie around and around. “There…better?” she asked.

“God yes…my hair was starting to bother me” Tom replied.

“I’ll see you after school…we’ll need to get out of here to get you to your appointment” Jessica reminded him.

“Yeah, I know, can’t wait” Tom replied as he walked down to Mrs. Stevens classroom.

At the last bell, Tom gathered up his purse and work bag and headed down to the History wing. Jessica was already out of his old classroom and heading his way. They kissed gently, relieved that the first day of teaching each other’s classes was over and that it had gone smoothly.

“You ready to get checked out?” Jessica asked.

“Ready as I’ll ever be” Tom replied.

As they drove to the doctor’s office Jessica asked “If we don’t change back; are you worried about having to give birth?”

Tom paused for a moment “I don’t know…it hasn’t really sunk in yet that far, but I guess yeah. I will be nervous. I never gave much thought to having to give birth growing up. I never thought I’d have to worry about that, but now that you mention it”

Once in the waiting room, Tom began to get nervous. And he popped up when the nurse opened the door and called “Jessica”

“How have you been feeling?” the nurse asked as they walked back to the examining room.

“Good…a bit nervous” Tom replied.

“Oh…don’t worry; all first time Mom’s worry too much, you’ll do just fine” she said as entered the room.

After a vitals check, the nurse handed Tom a paper gown and said “You know the drill; disrobe below the waist…the Doctor will be with you in a few minutes”

Tom stepped out of his tan flats and felt the cold floor beneath his soft feet. He pulled his pants off and folded them neatly on the extra chair before removing his panties and folding them below the pants. He lay back on the table and waited, nervously drumming his feet up and down until the door opened.

“Hello Jessica” the Doctor said “How have you been feeling?”

“Pretty good” Tom replied and smiled.

Tom followed all the instructions as he placed his feet in the stirrups and lay flat on his back.

Since no one had touched his vagina until that moment, he tensed up at the first touch of the cold speculum and the Doctor’s hands.

“Sorry if that feels cold to you” the Doctor said.

“It’s okay” Tom lied “It’s fine…just wasn’t ready I guess” he added with a light laugh.
He ground his teeth together as silently as possible as the Doctor worked away on the other side of the sheet.

“Everything seems good here” the Doctor said as he switched gloves.  “Let’s see” he said as he measured Tom’s growing belly. He placed his stethoscope down and listened for a moment before he brought out the cold fluid and spread it over his belly.

Tom winced at the cold before the doctor pushed the ultrasound wand down and picked up the baby’s heartbeat.

As Tom listened to the beating sound pulsating through the waves of sound, he had never been happier in all his life:  “The baby is okay inside me” he thought “I can do this”

The Doctor wiped off his stomach and wrapped up the appointment adding “I’ll see you again in four weeks for the big ultrasound…we’ll see if we can find out what you’re having”

Tom couldn’t help but smile as he got dressed again. “I’m going to be okay. I can do this if I have to”

The ride home was filled with conversation and relief and they just stopped at Subway for dinner.

For the first time, Tom was unable to finish a 12” sub; he was full well before the end. “Damn girly appetite” he said as Jessica devoured her full sandwich.

“Another thing we both took for granted was our appetites” Jessica added in. “So did you feel weird getting your…you know…examined by a doctor”

“Hell yeah” Tom said softly. “I haven’t even touched and probed around it yet, but I guess its normal according to him”

They headed home and settled in for the night. Tom caught himself watching Jessica’s shows as intently as she watched them. “I guess I’ve never given them a chance” he said as they got ready for bed.

Jessica headed for her side of the bed in just her boxers and she curled up behind Tom as he slipped in wearing panties and one of Jessica’s long shirts that she used to sleep in.

“Goodnight Honey” Tom said.

“Goodnight Pumpkin” Jessica replied.

Tom had to admit to himself that it felt good to have strong arms wrapped around him and a larger body up against his as he drifted off to a more peaceful sleep.

<BEEP…BEEP…BEEP>
Tom reached out and flipped off the alarm. He no longer jumped up in shock at realizing that his long hair was in his eyes or that his breasts itched or that he felt an erection poking him the back.

Two weeks had passed since he had switched bodies with his wife Jessica and they had been getting adjusted to their new situations. He eased his feet out from beneath the covers and checked his nail polish. He had painted his toes by himself for the first time last night and they looked pretty good; no smudges. He eased himself off the bed and gave his pregnant belly a slight rub as he walked to the bathroom. It had grown a bit since he had taken over Jessica’s body and he was proud of it. He didn’t want to call it maternal instinct, but he also had to be honest with himself, that the longer they stayed as each other, the easier it felt to accept that he would be a mother.

Doing a woman’s routine every day was becoming just that; a routine. He had grown accustomed to her body now. Basic activities like showering didn’t faze him anymore. He had already shaved his legs twice and had not cut himself yet. Tom could apply make-up and fix his own hair and walking in heels had been easier than he thought it would be.
Jessica entered the bathroom while he was brushing his teeth and she kissed him gently on the cheek as he went past and turned on the shower.

Jessica rubbed her cheek, feeling the stubble. “Morning Honey” Jessica said.

“Morning Pumpkin” Tom replied. He continued brushing a few more seconds before he spit and said “Wait a second…I’m not pumpkin…you are. Morning Honey is my line” He put his hand on his hip as Jessica turned slowly around to face him.

“Wow…” she said. “I didn’t even realize I used your line; it just popped into my head as the thing to say to you” Jessica had a bit of a shocked expression on her face.

“Huh” was all Tom said as he went back to brushing his teeth.

After Jessica finished up and was getting dressed, Tom got into the shower. After a minute though he realized he was out of shampoo and yelled out “Hey Tom; can you get me a new bottle of shampoo?”

“Sure Hon” was Jessica’s immediate response. Neither one realized or caught the name switch.

Tom had his long hair pulled back into a bun today and he was wearing a white blouse, a black skirt and black heels. He stopped before the mirror and smoothed out the skirt. Jessica walked behind him and said “Looking good Jess”

“Thanks” was the only reply as they headed out to the car.

Passing the day in their respective classes had become easier and easier for both of them. Tom’s English skills had come back to him as he taught Jessica’s subject and Jessica was getting more and more excited about History with each class.

As they drove home from work on that Friday night, Tom said to Jessica quite shyly “Hey: can you start calling me Jessica all the time now?”  

Jessica smiled as she drove on “Yeah; of course I can. To be honest, I’ve wanted you to call me Tom too”

Jessica smiled in liberation from her old name. Finally shedding the male name and gender thoughts was so freeing to her mind. “I just feel like a girl anymore; I don’t feel like a guy. I mean I didn’t want to upset you and take on your name full time if you didn’t want to”

“No, no, no” Tom said, happy and confident in his now full male role. “As time goes on and we get further and further away from the night we switched places: It just feels natural and right to fully embrace who we both are now. I may have been born Jessica Marie Anderson, but I’m not her anymore…you are”

“I know…it’s weird to want to switch names…”

“Weird to switch names? Weird to switch bodies” Tom said.

“But as you said it’s about embracing an identity. I’m not Thomas Robert Stevens anymore…nothing about me says Tom anymore. I am Jessica.”

Tom smiled sheepishly.

“What?” Jessica asked her husband.

“Well; I kind of want to switch sides of the bed with you too” he admitted.

“Oh Thank God…I thought you’d never ask” Jessica laughed.

They had a leisurely dinner and Tom cleaned up the kitchen while Jessica went and lay down on the couch. Soon Tom came out and eased himself in beneath her outstretched legs. He began to massage her feet and Jessica smiled in return.

“That feels so good…you have no idea” she said.

“Actually, I do remember how good it felt when you rubbed my feet when I had that body, so I know you’ll enjoy it” Tom said.

“So…what do want tonight?” Jessica said as she sat up a bit.

Tom cocked his head and smiled. Jessica spread her legs apart and Tom slid toward her and they kissed passionately.

“Oh my God Honey” Tom said “I’ve been waiting to do this with you”

“I know” Jessica replied “I just wasn’t ready; but now I am…I want this so bad. I want you inside me so bad” she managed between their frantic kissing.

They both yanked and pulled off articles of clothing before Jessica broke free and stood up. With a coy smile and knowing glance she said “Come get me” and raced up the stairs to their bedroom with Tom closely behind.

“That was awesome” Jessica whispered into Tom’s ear. “You were holding out on me about what that felt like” she giggled.

“So were you” Tom replied as he turned and lay down on his back next to his wife.

“Woo…boob sweat” Jessica said as she ran her hands down her glistening chest, “Oh my God”

“But it’s hard to explain how it feels” Tom said “You have to experience it to know it I guess”

“So which way is better?” Jessica asked him.

“Which way do you think?” He asked back.

“I asked you first” she snapped back playfully.

“Well; they both have their advantages, but I’m going to say…guy”

“Sweet” she replied “Because I like it better as a girl”

“Really”

“Yeah, duh: Absolutely no comparison for me…female orgasm blows male out of the water”
They lay there for a few minutes before Tom said “So; are you okay with being Jessica forever; because it sure doesn’t seem like we’re switching back”

Jessica let a smile cross her lips and she began to nod slightly “Yes” she said succinctly. “I’m happy as Jessica; I’m fine where I am”

“I don’t know why or how we switched bodies…it’s impossible to even think about sometimes” Tom said.

Jessica raised up on her elbow and said “You know…sometimes it doesn’t even seem real to me anymore”

“What’s that” Tom asked.

“I mean, sometimes it feels like switching was far away; almost like a dream. I still know that I was Tom, I was you for like 28 years, but yet on the other hand, it feels right being Jessica”

“I know what you mean” Tom said as he put his hand on Jessica’s side and rubbed back and forth.

They both fell asleep as they held each other tightly that night.

A few days later, Tom joined Jessica at her OB/GYN appointment. He smirked a bit as Jessica went through the examination, but he was also happy when the Doctor said that everything was progressing just fine. He was also overjoyed when they found out that they were going to have a daughter.

That night they ended up at Babies R Us shopping for furniture and room themes.

As Jessica’s pregnancy progressed, Tom found himself very turned on by her expanding belly. He thought the original Tom had been lying when he said that he was turned on by pregnant women, but now, he knew it was true. They both enjoyed the next few months together.

Jessica loved the pampering that Tom gave to her each night before bed. He would rub her feet and legs and rub cocoa butter lotion on her full belly. Each night, he would give her belly a kiss before saying Goodnight Honey to her.

On a night near the end of March, Jessica Stevens went into labor and after 12 hours of pain and labor, she was rewarded with the greatest gift a woman could produce; a new baby girl. Tom had been in the room for the entire time, never leaving his wife’s side but also never thinking that it should have been him in the bed pushing instead of the woman who he had always known and loved as his wife, Jessica.