“Dinner’s ready Gabe” Kelly Young called out to her son. She could hear nothing coming from his room which meant that he probably had in his earbuds listening to his music. She picked her phone up from the counter and sent him a text.

A few minutes later, she heard his door open and heard his footsteps on the stairs coming down. “Hey Honey how was your day?” Kelly asked him.

Gabe shrugged and mumbled “ok” as he took a plate.

“Did your math test go good…how do you feel about it?” Kelly asked.

“I don’t know” Gabe said as he scooped food onto his plate.

“Are you at least going to eat dinner with me tonight?” she asked as he turned to leave the room. “Can’t you stay down here for five minutes one night?”

Gabe shrugged and headed for the stairs, trudging his way up the stairs.

Kelly sighed; it was just another night.

Kelly Young was 41 years old and was only trying to have any connection with her 15 year old son. She had divorced Gabe’s Dad when he was 7 and he had just grown quieter and more reserved from her over the last few years.

She figured that it was natural; no 15 year old boy ever wants to share anything with his Mom but it hurt Kelly with how distant he was. “I wish I understood him. I wish I understood what he’s going through” she thought as she got her own plate of food.

“It’s been like, two years, since he’s confided in me with anything” she thought as she ate.  

Gabe Young closed the door behind him; he put his plate down next to his laptop and went back to his chat session with his friends ‘My Mom is such a nosy bitch. Nonstop questions man idk wtf her problem is’

This was met by several statements of support from his buddies all complaining about how much their parents pried into their lives. ‘I wish she understood me’ was the most profound thing that Gabe typed back as he cleaned off his plate with no intention of bringing it back downstairs.

He continued typing to his friends, played a few video games and listened to music the rest of the night. There was no school the next day, Friday, because of teacher in service day so he had no need to go to bed any time soon. He kicked off his jeans and his socks and watched YouTube videos in his t-shirt and boxers until 2 in the morning.

Kelly skimmed Netflix from the living room couch like most evenings. No one knew how much her heart ached on a daily basis. Her son was her life and he wanted no part of her. She couldn’t focus on anything on TV and eventually went to bed.

Kelly was up early even though she didn’t have to work either on Friday. She showered and got dressed in black jeans and a white blouse while allowing her wavy shoulder length brown hair to dry and hang loose for the day.

It was a little after 11 when the mail arrived. There was a box sitting on top of her mailbox “I don’t remember ordering anything…” she thought as she brought it in.

She set the box on the kitchen counter and read the label ‘Vincennes Bakery’. She sliced open the box and saw two extra-large cookies wrapped up in cellophane. A small card was attached ‘We are a new business in the neighborhood! Please accept this free sample and share with someone you love’

Kelly shrugged and raised her eyebrows but she wasn’t going to turn down a free cookie.
She heard her son coming downstairs and she turned to greet him with a smile. “Good morning Gabe…glad you’re off school today huh?”

Gabe stopped and stared “Huh…oh…uh…yeah” he mumbled as he opened the fridge and took out a Coke.

“Do you want a cookie? It’s a free sample from a new company” Kelly said holding the cookie out to Gabe.

Gabe blinked silently and took it. He took a big bite as Kelly sampled hers at the same time.

“Wow that’s sweet” Kelly said as she swallowed and Gabe took another bite.

Kelly nibbled on her cookie as Gabe turned to her with a confused look on his face “Mom?” he said.

A single thought of “What the Fuck?” ran through Kelly’s mind as her eyes widened. Her heart took off and she felt a rising heat on her cheeks “Something’s wrong?” she said softly.

Gabe nodded; his face had gone pale beneath his shaggy black hair. “What the…what’s going on Mom?” he said in a slight panic. Gabe felt the floor moving and saw the counter coming closer. He had started shrinking down from his 6’2” height.

“I don’t kn…oh God what is happening?” Kelly yelled out as she felt her body stretching out and growing taller very suddenly. Her shirt sleeves pulled back from her wrists as her arms grew longer and it rose up from her waist as her torso elongated from its normal height of 5’5”.

The counter separated the two of them but they could each see what was happening to the other on the other side. Kelly was growing as Gabe shrunk; soon they matched up in height. “Mom!” Gabe yelled out as he gripped the countertop.

“Gabe!” Kelly yelled back. They locked eyes momentarily and Kelly felt her chin dropping to maintain eye contact; Gabe was shorter than her now.

Gabe was freaking out over the fact that he was suddenly getting shorter. He was looking up into his Mom’s eyes when he felt his throat tighten up. He swallowed hard to clear his throat but no words would come out so instead he screamed. It was a deep sound that slowly began to rise in pitch as he continued to shrink a few more inches before stopping at 5’5”.

Kelly reacted to her son’s scream by screaming herself. It began loud and higher than her son’s before it began to dip in pitch until they matched for a brief moment and then hers became deeper as Gabe’s went higher.

With her mouth open in scream, Kelly found more reason to continue screaming as the situation kept getting stranger. She watched her son’s hair lighten in color and grow longer until it came down to his shoulders in brown waves. His eyes widened and his cheeks rose up round and full as she felt her own face tingling.

Gabe couldn’t stop screaming even though his voice sounded different and off to him. He couldn’t stop as long as he was watching his Mom’s face morphing and changing before his eyes. Her hair pulled up and darkened as her eyes narrowed and darkened as well. Her cheeks deflated and her chin and jaw came outward. He watched her lips thin before it finally hit him as to who she looked like which just made him continue screaming even longer.

Kelly too recognized the face that her son’s was turning into; it was all too familiar to her as she watched his lips plump out and his chin and jaw pull inward. Slight lines formed around his mouth and eyes as his nose thinned and grew longer. A few stray gray hairs spun their way through his now long soft hair.

“Oh shit I’m switching bodies with my son!” flashed into her mind.

She looked down and just knew that she was now his height and that she had his face. Her face had tingled and she could tell out of her peripheral vision that her nose and mouth looked different.

Gabe finally stopped screaming as he was finally out of air. He was also confused beyond belief as he looked up at his Mom. It was her body with his head; but not for long. He felt his shoulders pull inward involuntarily. He looked at them with his chin resting on his chest as his shoulders pulled inward and his arms shrank up under his black t-shirt.

He was breathing heavily as he felt his fingers begin to twitch “AH” he began again as he was able to raise his hands up to before him. His pale arms were oddly hairless now as he watched his hands thin and become smaller before his nails began to grow out long and feminine.

Kelly felt her blouse tighten across her back and shoulders with her increased size. She looked down at her hands as they grew longer and her nails retreated back. Ragged skin dotted her cuticles and along the sides of her stubby nails.

“Don’t panic Gabe” she said in her son’s voice, shocking herself at the sound of it as she put her hand out toward him. She saw him start to slap and grab at his chest and she deduced what was occurring to his body.

“Panic!” he shouted out in his Mom’s voice “AH!” Gabe’s hands ran over his chest as breasts grew out full and round and large on his chest pushing his t-shirt up and out as they settled in at full size. “Mom! I…Holy Shit…I’ve got boobs! I’ve got your boobs!”

Kelly’s blouse deflated as her breasts disappeared leaving just the outline of an empty bra against the white shirt. Her stomach flattened and her hips narrowed and became pointy as her jeans shifted tightly against her body. “Oh My Gosh…Oh My Gosh…we’re switching places…we’re switching bodies Gabe!”

Gabe’s stomach softened on his smaller body and his hips began to spread out. His ass grew large and full, pushing his shorts out away from him. He took a staggering step back; he looked down, let out a weak grunt before he looked back up to his Mom with fear in his eyes.

“Oh No” Kelly said as her ass went flat and the strangest sensation she ever felt occurred just beneath her jeans. She looked down and saw a full bulge outlined against the front of her pants as her son slapped away at his now flat front.

“This can’t be happening…” Gabe mumbled in disbelief at switching genders with his mother.
His thighs filled out against the legs of his shorts straining the boxers against his round thighs. Black hairs stood on end and pulled inward leaving smooth skin behind.

Kelly’s jeans shifted even further as her legs changed from round and full to long and thin. Her cuffs had pulled up her calves as she had grown taller and she felt hairs popping out and growing up and down her legs and she could see them as they filled in around her ankles.

Her feet bulged and grew out wider and longer. Her toes widened and her pink nail polish disappeared as she saw Gabe’s body below her.

Gabe’s calves trimmed as his feet shrank all around smaller. His heels came in along with the sides as his toes narrowed and shrank down taking his nails with them before pink polish flashed out on them.

“Gabe?” she said shakily.

“Mom?” he replied. He slapped at his foreign feeling body and staggered further backwards “Why do I look like you Mom…why do I have your body?”

Kelly stood up straight and looked down at her own body now her son’s “I…I don’t know” she slapped at her flat chest “What happened to my body?”

They looked at each other and screamed again.

Gabe sat down on the floor, his smooth knees falling outward and the soles of his feet coming together “Why do I look like my Mom…does this mean I am my Mom?” He ran his hands through his long hair before touching his face lightly taking in soft skin.

“Don’t panic Gabe…just don’t panic. We’ll figure this out…I promise we’ll figure this out and…and then…and then we can swap back and get our own bodies back” Kelly said.

“I can’t be you Mom; I can’t…I’m not a 40 year old woman” Gabe said with a tear running down his cheek.

Kelly came over to him and knelt down. She put her hands under his arms and lifted him up, surprising herself with her increased strength but she felt odd moving about in his body and looking at her own.

They walked from the kitchen into the living room, Kelly guiding the weak kneed Gabe to the couch where she sat him down. She patted his knee and let him ease back into the couch. “I have to think” she said running her hands through her shorter and darker hair. “How could this have happened?”

“I don’t know but it did and now we have to figure out what to do about it” Gabe said, his mind clearing a bit.

“I mean…” Kelly was confused, she couldn’t think straight. Kelly’s thoughts and mind were blurring and words just wouldn’t come out to express what she was feeling: She growled in frustration instead.

“Now just calm down G…Mom” Gabe said equally confused. Thoughts and emotions began to flood through him. His overwhelming urge was to go over and comfort and hug his Mom/her son. “Who are you?” she thought in a panic.

Kelly unbuttoned the tight white blouse and yanked it down her arms before fumbling mightily with the bra. “Stupid thing…why can’t I get it off of me”

“Here honey…let me help you” Gabe said as he got up and undid it with a flick of the wrist.
“Thanks Mom” Kelly said instinctively before she spun around with a shocked look on her face “Why did I just call you Mom?” he said horrified.

“Why did I call you honey?” Gabe responded equally horrified. “I don’t think this was just a physical transformation. I think it affected our minds too. I’m starting to think like you”

“And I think I’m thinking like you” Kelly said. She turned and ran up the stairs fighting against the tight women’s jeans that encased his legs. By the time he reached his room, he slammed the door and stripped off the jeans and panties. “What the fuck man” he said.

Gabe put her hand to her forehead “Oh No…this is colossally bad” She looked down at the ill-fitting black t-shirt and boxer shorts “I have to change into something more appropriate before I talk to him again” she said and went to her room.

The new Gabe was now confronted by his body. There was a moment of confusion before it simply passed and it became the body he had always known. He grabbed new boxers, a pair of jeans and a different t-shirt to get dressed. He looked around his room and saw his headphones, phone and laptop. They were a sign of comfort and isolation to him. He thought “It’ll be alright if I can just have some time by myself” Gabe settled in with all three for a day off from school.

The new Kelly got behind closed doors and stripped down out of the boxers and t-shirt. She was now confronted with what her body had become. Red cheeks flushed as she ran her hands over her breasts before she shook her head in confusion. She looked down again and saw the body she had always known. She went to her dresser and got out a pair of panties and a bra before she found a pair of tan pants and a purple sweater to put on.

She fluffed out her hair and grabbed her Kindle from her nightstand as she settled in for a regular day.

One week later…

Kelly Young carried three bags from Target in one hand as her purse slipped down off her shoulder just as she reached her side door. She managed to get inside but with her first step, she tripped over her son Gabe’s shoes in the middle of the floor.

“That boy” she said through gritted teeth “He’s so…I’ve told him a thousand times to put his shoes away and not leave them in the middle of the damn floor”

She kicked off the ankle boots she was wearing and made sure she picked them up and carried them to the front closet, picking up her son’s shoes as well.

Kelly got in the mail and noticed a brown box that was mixed in with the rest of it. Gabe came down the stairs and went into the kitchen a few steps ahead of his Mom without even a Hello.

“How was school today honey?” she asked him.

“Fine” he mumbled as he took out the left over Pizza from last night.

“I was going to make some chicken for dinner” she told him.

“OK” he mumbled as he put the pizza in the microwave.

Kelly just shook her head “Teenage boys…”

She looked at the box with the label that stated ‘Vincennes Bakery’. “Where do I know that name from?” she thought as she opened it up and brought out the two cellophane wrapped cookies.

“Cookie while you wait for your pizza to warm up?” she asked holding out one of the two cookies.

Gabe took it and began to chow down, shoving nearly half of it into his mouth in the first bite.

Kelly shook her head again as she took a small bite off the cookie before her eyes widened and she dropped it from her hand. “AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!” She screamed.

Gabe spun around and faced his Mom, his mouth full of cookie but his eyes widening in shock and horror. He finally swallowed enough to clear his mouth before he too began to scream.

“I’m YOU!” Gabe yelled out pointing across the counter. “I turned into you a week ago. I’m not Gabe; I’m Kelly!”

“Oh My God! I’ve spent a week as my Mom” Kelly said. “And you were me this whole time…What did you do in my body?”

“What did I do? What did you do?” Gabe shuddered thinking back to the week that had seemed so perfectly normal.

“Oh My God if you spent the week thinking just like I would…don’t tell me. I already know what you did” Kelly said in a slightly disgusted tone of voice.

“Don’t act all innocent over there mister” Gabe said. “If you were me and not knowing it…well…”

Both were blushing heavily. “I’m sorry I give you such a hard time Mom” Gabe said.

“Me too: I’m sorry…I forgot how hard it is as a teenager and I was never a boy…err…well, I mean, before this last week so I guess I didn’t know what you were actually going through before now” Kelly replied.

“And I was never going to be someone’s Mother but now I have been and I understand why you worry and ask all those questions every day” Gabe said.

“So now what?” Kelly asked “Do we get to switch back or are we stuck like this?”

“I...uh…really hope we get to go back” Gabe said. “I don’t want to stay a 41 year old woman” He looked own at his chest and blushed again.

Kelly picked up her cookie and took another bite even though there wasn’t much left. Gabe picked his up too and took a much larger bite than he had when he was still thinking like his Mom.

“I hope this works” Kelly said as she swallowed.

Gabe swallowed his bite and looked around nervously.

“Oh…oh thank God” Kelly said as she felt a distinct shrinking sensation run through her body. She looked down and saw the countertop getting closer to her. Brown hair sprang out and grew down to her shoulders and she immediately grasped for it. “My Hair!”

Her face began to age as it softened. Her eyes widened and her nose thinned. Her cheeks rose and her lips plumped. The few stubbles of hair on her chin and cheeks disappeared as her face returned. She looked over and saw her son’s face again.

Gabe was growing rapidly taller along with getting his face and body back. His hair was back to its normal length and color as his face returned as well. His chest melted away as his arms lengthened and his nails pulled back flat. He slapped at his flat chest, a bit embarrassed that he was still in a floral print dress.

“Oh…” Kelly said as her breasts returned and grew out large on her chest and her stomach softened. Her hands went to her hips as they flared out taking her ass out with them. The jeans she had on went flat in the front and relief swept over her and the hormones that had ruled her life the past week settled.

Her thighs plumped and rounded out as her calves rose up and trimmed up. Her feet shrank and her nail polish returned, but it was purple now. “You actually did a very good job painting your nails” she observed brushing her hair out of her eyes.

“Mom” Gabe said embarrassed as his dress rose higher up his legs. His hips narrowed and his ass deflated as a distinct bulge popped out at the front of the dress. His legs trimmed and lengthened as hairs broke out over the exposed flesh. His feet grew out and Gabe was back to normal.

“Well; I for one, will never forget that experience” Kelly said swimming in her clothes.

“Me either” Gabe echoed “I’m glad it’s over though. Being a Mom is too tough for me”