“I am so stressed out about taking my clinicals” Olivia Hudson said to her fellow lifeguard Jade.

“You’ve been studying nursing long enough and you’ve done internships in offices; this should be a cinch for you” Jade replied. She flung her brown and blonde streaked hair behind her as she swung back and forth on the pole that the lifeguard chair rested on showing all the restlessness of a 17 year old.

“Ugh, I know but I get nervous during tests, especially when people are watching me and staring at me” Olivia said. “I do know what I’m doing but I’m afraid I’ll crack under pressure…I don’t like people judging me like that” the 20 year old smiled nervously. She had just finished up her classwork in nursing but before she could get her certification, she had to pass her clinical exams which were scheduled for next week.

“You need someone to just come in and take your test for you, that’s what you need” Jade said laughing.

“Shut up Jade” Olivia teased “You don’t even know what your major is going to be”

“True dat” Jade replied as she played with her life raft, tucking it behind her back.

Olivia had been in the chair but she climbed down so Jade could climb up. “Don’t know what to tell ya” Jade said adjusting in the chair as Olivia stretched out her legs feeling the hot concrete under her bare feet.

She adjusted her suit; she always had to adjust her suit. Olivia was a curvy girl up top, a 38DD and her blue lifeguard suit ran a bit tight. She was fairly tall at 5’8” with nice long legs and a plump round ass. She had long brown hair that went all the way down to her waist if she didn’t braid it or pull it up. Two tattoos were visible with her suit, a sea turtle on her left shoulder and a compass on her right.

“Hey Olivia, How warm is the water today?” 11 year old Taylor Sims asked.

“Hey guys! Last time I checked it was about 80 degrees” Olivia told Taylor and her younger brother Grant. They were regulars at the pool along with their Mom Wendy.

The kids were already in their suits so they jumped right in from the side of the pool while their Mom got all of their bags and snacks and towels out and situated.

The pool wasn’t busy on this particularly windy day “We can’t put the umbrellas up can we?” Wendy asked.

“Nope…sorry” Olivia said “Too windy, they’ll just break”

“I knew it…you know I like my shade” Wendy said breaking out her large round sunglasses.

“Hey Olivia!” Jade yelled down from her chair “You should recruit Wendy to take your tests for you; she’s a nurse”

“What’s this?” Wendy said spreading out a towel on a lounge chair.

“Just a little joke between Jade and me…I’m super nervous about taking my clinicals and I told her earlier that I wish someone could just take them for me” Olivia said.

“You have nothing to worry about, you’ll do fine” Wendy reassured her. She sat down and put her legs out in front of her “I’ve been a nurse for 21 years now”

“That’s why you’d ace her exams for her” Jade said.

“Yeah…don’t think anyone is going to buy that I’m a cute little 20 year old taking these for the first time: Don’t think I could pull off an impression of Olivia” Wendy laughed.

“But what if…” Olivia thought.

Wendy went to reading her book while Olivia went back to work watching the pool.

Wendy kept thinking about Olivia’s predicament though. “I wish I could help her out” she thought “I remember how nervous I was when I had to take mine; I just wanted to get them over with too”

She watched the pretty young lifeguard walk around the pool “If only I had a body like that, I could pull it off” she laughed to herself. “Yeah…I’ll be 20 with a huge rack and a cute little face and take your test for you and you can be the 43 year old with the Mom bod” She looked down at herself in her black one piece which she wore to try and hide her tummy. “To have everything so tight again” she thought looking at her thighs and her slightly sagging breasts.

Olivia rotated back around to the chair by Wendy after the next safety break. They talked about nursing school and how much of it Olivia would actually use in the real world “I wish I was already in that world” Olivia said.

“I know you do” Wendy replied. “You’ll be with us soon enough”

Wendy sat back down as her kids jumped back in. This time, instead of reading her book, she got on her phone. In Google she typed “Ways to take a test for someone else” but with the sun glare she didn’t realize she hadn’t cleared out the last search which had been her son who had been working in his summer school workbook. The full search came out to ‘Ways to take a test for someone else spell bod”

The first thing that came up was “Body Swap Spell to take someone else’s place for a test”

“Well that’s silly” Wendy chuckled but she clicked on it anyway and began to read.

As she read, something deep inside her clicked. At first she was ashamed of what she was thinking and little embarrassed but she was also kind of turned on “This is ridiculous” she told herself but the feeling in the pit of her stomach and the back of her throat made her read on and keep thinking about it.

She watched Olivia climb the stairs to the chair, watched her tap her foot, watched her adjust her suit up top, hooking her thumbs under the tight stretchy fabric and pulling outward. Wendy watched as Olivia flipped her super long hair back and thought “She might think I’m crazy, But I’m going to at least bring it up to her”

During the next safety break, Olivia was sitting on the slight rise of concrete painted blue by the lifeguard chair sipping on some water “Hey” Wendy said sitting down next to her “I know this is going to sound super weird and crazy but I want to read this thing I found online that might help you out in passing your test”

Wendy’s heart was racing and her stomach fluttered as she fought the lump in her throat, afraid that Olivia would laugh at her and think she was some kind of a freak.

“Oh My God…where do I sign up!” Olivia said with joy all over her face.

“You don’t think this is too strange?” Wendy asked.

“It’s on the internet; everything is strange. If this works, you can go take my clinicals for me, pass them and be back in your own body by dinner. I can sit by the pool in your body watching your kids while you handle my biggest fear…duh…I’m in!”

“I just want to help you Olivia…you’re such a sweet girl and you’re always so good with my kids. I could pass basic clinicals with my eyes closed. Sorry you have to get my old body for a while”

“Are you kidding? There’s nothing wrong with your body” Olivia said.

“I’m 43” Wendy reminded her.

“You don’t have a gray hair on your head…you look great for your age. I will gladly take your body and give you mine so you can take my tests for me” Olivia told her. She looked Wendy over as she sat next to her. Short brown hair framed her small face with its pert nose and small mouth. She was several inches shorter than Olivia and she thought it might be a welcome relief to have Wendy’s smaller breasts for a day. “Absolutely no problem there”

“Well you’ll have to wear my contacts and you’ll definitely feel the aches and pains of age. The pain in my left foot…my fingers and wrists ache sometimes and you’ll find out what it means to be tired”

“Ha Ha…I wear glasses sometimes too when I get tired, I need them and I hear my Mom talk like that too so it doesn’t scare me” Olivia laughed.

“How old is your Mom?” Wendy asked curious.

“46” Olivia replied.

“Well then you two can be sisters” she laughed.

After a moment passed “When do you want to swap?” Olivia asked.

“When are your tests?”

“Next Monday at 10 A.M.” she answered.

“Then I think early Monday morning. You could come over to my house at like 7 and we could switch. It would give us a least a little time to get used to what it feels like to physically be someone else” Wendy said.

“When you put it that way, it sounds weird. Like it’s kind of hitting me that I’ll be you. I’ll have your body…everything…and you’ll have mine” Olivia said.

“I’m sure it’ll only be for a few hours” Wendy reassured her “It’ll be fun for you. I’ll put in for a vacation day so I know I’ll be off for you”

Olivia smiled. She put out her hand “Deal”

Wendy took it and they shook “Deal”

“Next Monday morning, I’ll come to your house and we’ll switch bodies” she said matter of factly.

Wendy was excited; something about this whole thing just spoke to something inside of her.

Olivia had felt a flutter in her stomach when she talked about it. In the beginning, it was just such a bolt out of the blue, something fantastical that could be the answer to her prayers. But the longer she thought about it, the more curious she became about how it would feel to actually be another person for a while. To walk, talk, feel as someone else “This could be amazing…a transcendental experience. I will be Wendy Sims for a while. I will cease to be Olivia Hudson and become Wendy Sims…” she thought.

They both kept stealing glances at the other as the day went on.

The thought of being the other began to consume them and was never far away from their forethoughts for the next several days until it was actually time.

Wendy barely slept the night before. She was up and obsessing over what she should be wearing when Olivia showed up. “I should have on something I can change into her in and not tear…I mean, if my boobs are going to grow into hers…” she looked around blushing. “Maybe I should put on her clothes before I change into her”

Hearing a car in the driveway made her heart leap into her throat. She peeked through the blinds and saw Olivia get out of her car carrying a bag.

Wendy opened the door with a smile “Hey…”

“Morning…you ready for this?” Olivia asked.

“Uh-Huh…are you?” Wendy asked.

“I am” she said coming up to the door.

Wendy stepped aside “Come on in”

Olivia stepped in wearing pink flip flops, tan shorts and a purple tank top “I brought my scrubs…you have to wear them for the test” she said holding out the bag she had brought in.

“Oh good, awesome! Yeah, mine might not fit” Wendy said taking in Olivia’s huge chest.

“I know” Olivia laughed and looked down at them “I’m used to them but for you…” she shook her head “Big difference!”

“The kids are out; they usually sleep for at least another hour and I kept them up so they should be nice and tired”

“I think I will take them to the pool. I think it’ll be cool to go incognito as you” Olivia said.

“Sure, please do!” Wendy responded.

She led Olivia into the office where she could shut and lock the door, just in case. “I figured we could do this in here; give us some privacy you know”

“Oh, yeah, wherever” Olivia said nervously.

“I didn’t know what to wear…I was actually obsessing over what I should wear” Wendy said.

“Do you want to swap clothes before we swap bodies?” Olivia asked.

“I don’t know if that would work” Wendy said. “Maybe we should just kind of improvise as we go along. You should be fine in what you’re wearing, but I, on the other hand…”

Wendy took off her top “There’s no secrets between us going through this so I hope you don’t mind”

“I don’t mind if you don’t” Olivia said “I mean, those are going to be mine in a few minutes”

Wendy laughed “That’s my whole point!”

“So…do you have it?” Olivia asked.

“Yeah…I have the spell right here” She cleared her throat to begin.

“Olivia Noel Hudson needs the help of Wendy Joan Sims.

Olivia cannot pass her clinical nursing test without the help of Wendy.

Switch their bodies; Olivia will become Wendy and Wendy will become Olivia until the test is passed.

Once the goal of this spell has been achieved, Wendy will return to her body and Olivia will return to hers.

We invoke this spell for this specific task…

One person to another, bodies travel lightly

Switch their bodies and their lives ever so slightly

Complete the task at hand to complete this spell

Until it’s done in each other you shall dwell”

Olivia looked down at herself. She realized she was holding her breath and she let it out with a nervous giggle.

“Oh My God…my stomach just flipped” Wendy said. “I feel all nervous all of a sudden” she giggled nervously.

Olivia just smirked “I’m surprisingly calm at the moment” she said looking around a bit. “I came in her super nervous but it was like a wave just came over me saying ‘You’re good’ and I’m all relaxed” she added with a shrug of her shoulders.

Wendy felt a tickling sensation at her ears and neck. She dropped her chin to her right shoulder as her hair began to grow “Oh Wow…it’s working Liv…look at my hair!”

Olivia’s jaw dropped seeing Wendy’s short brown hair lighten and begin to grow like wild. Down over her shoulders and chest, it just kept growing and growing longer and longer down her back. Since she didn’t have Olivia’s height yet, it came down over her butt.

“Wow. Just…wow…this feels so different” Wendy said flipping the hair up and feeling it lay back down “I’ve never had hair longer than my shoulders so this is…”

“Quite a change for you. Trust me. I’ve never had short hair; I’ve been growing this my whole life” Olivia said as she now felt a tug at her scalp. She gave a hesitant smile as her hair pulled up higher and higher; lifting up her back and eventually off her shoulders. It thinned and layered down into more of a bob style not even touching the bottom of her neck “Ah!” she mockingly screamed while laughing “It feels so light!”

Just their hair alone had changed their looks enormously.  Now, other changes began to occur. Wendy put her hands to her stomach and looked down to the floor. She wiggled her toes as she thought they were getting further away. “It feels like I’m on an elevator going up really fast!” She looked over and saw that while Olivia had been 5 inches taller than her; now, they looked about the same height.

“I think I’m shrinking” Olivia said.

“And I think I’m growing” Wendy countered.

Their eyes met, they were equal in height at that moment. They smiled and smirked as then Wendy grew slightly taller than Olivia as they continued their journeys up and down. Olivia kept looking up as Wendy’s head rose higher and higher. To 5’8” Olivia, it was like looking up to someone 6’1” but then she realized that she was only 5’3” now.

“I never get to look down…I’m always one of the shortest anywhere I go” Wendy said “I kinda like this” she admitted. “And I know you still wear heels too!”

“I do” Olivia admitted “But not today”

“Part of me would really love to do a fashion show with your body” Wendy admitted. “I’ve seen your pictures on Facebook…I’d love to see what I’d look like in those cute little sundresses and platform heels you wear”

“Ha-Ha” Olivia laughed but she suddenly was interested in raiding Wendy’s closet “Who’s to say I’m not going to have my own fashion show while you’re off taking my test? I might want to see what I look like in that black dress you wore to that wedding last month; those peep toe heels with the ankle strap were super cute”

“Do whatever you like with it while it’s yours…You’re probably going to just end up in my swimsuit though” Wendy told her.

“You know all too well what I look like in a swimsuit” Olivia replied.

Wendy looked at Olivia and noticed that she didn’t look the same. Her face was changing and it was starting to look quite familiar.

Olivia felt her nose itch. She went to scratch it and realized that it was because her nose was changing; shrinking up smaller and changing into Wendy’s pert little nose. She watched as the change was reciprocated; Wendy’s nose grew slightly longer and it dropped lower. The bridge widened a bit and a line appeared on the bottom between her nostrils which flared out as they changed.

Wendy cocked her head in curiosity as lines appeared at the corners of Olivia’s eyes and mouth. A few more etched in deeper across her forehead. She put her hands up instinctively and rubbed her own smooth forehead, knowing that her wrinkles had vanished; transferred a few feet away from her to Olivia.

Olivia’s top lip thinned as her bottom one plumped. Her teeth began to shrink and shift around even as her own tongue grew smaller. Her ears lost a piercing up top and gained another down low as her ears were now double pierced as Wendy’s.

Olivia’s chin and jaw shifted and resettled as her cheeks slimmed out and dropped lower. Her light green eyes began to darken and weaken as they too changed. She would need stronger contact lenses as Wendy or simply just wear her glasses instead of her own.

Olivia’s eyebrows thinned and shortened and her lip twitched as she watched her face appear on Wendy across from her.

Wendy’s chin and jaw shifted with her chin coming to more of a point. Her second piercing closed up down below but new holes opened up on top of her earlobes. Her upper lip puffed up and matched her lower lip better as her teeth grew along with her tongue. She ran her tongue over her larger and straighter teeth.

Her cheeks rose up higher and rounder with youthful vigor as her eyebrows lengthened, her brown eyes lightened and strengthened, turning green as her face was now Olivia’s face. “Um” she said a bit nervous and a bit embarrassed.

“Yeah” Olivia answered.

There was a mirror on the table which Wendy grabbed “Oh God! I look like you…I look sooooo young!” She passed the mirror over completely missing that she sounded younger too in both tone and inflection.

Olivia took it knowing what to expect but still being surprised to see a different face looking back from a mirror “And I look exactly like you”

“Um…you are me” Wendy responded smiling.

“Yeah, I guess I am” Olivia said sarcastically, her voice sounding lower and more experienced; a bit more sarcastic and world weary too.

They put the mirror down as Wendy’s skin began to tighten up along her neck. The skin changes spread out down her shoulders, back, arms and chest. Her bare chest began to quiver.

“Oh…” Wendy said a tickle in her throat in anticipation. Her nipples perked up and her areolas began to widen out. She snickered as she felt weight begin to come forward and she could see her breasts begin to lift up and become rounder and fuller than they had ever been “You have an amazing set of boobs Olivia”

Olivia blushed “They’ve always been quite popular with the boys” she admitted.

“I mean, god, these are like perfect breasts” Wendy gushed as they continued to grow. High and pert like only a 20 year old could manage with a 38DD; she bounced up and down feeling them jump and jiggle as she began to giggle.

Olivia’s perfect breasts started to shrink and become much more ordinary. Gravity and age crept in as they shrank down and became teardrop shaped as opposed to full and round. Her nipples got smaller along with her areolas on what were now 34C breasts.

She put her index fingers underneath her breasts, feeling the slightly slick, slightly sticky skin there “They’re kind of saggy” she mumbled.

“Gravity isn’t kind” Wendy said. “You’ll find that out in your own good time with these puppies” she added bouncing her huge breasts up and down “God, I can’t believe how high they are and just how bouncy…these are amazing…stunning”

Olivia gave a trademark Wendy sarcastic look, raising her eyebrows and pursing her lips at her friends’ enthusiasm over having her boobs. She could feel more changes coming over her body. Her sides softened, her back shifted and she felt a pressure in her stomach.

“Oh” she said as her stomach lifted outward.

“Two kids…sorry” Wendy said as a scar etched across Olivia’s stomach “C-section…”

“Oh” Olivia repeated as her hand gently ran across the scar tissue. She pressed down as weight came onto her body softening up her stomach into a slight tummy with stretch marks.

Wendy giggled as she felt her own stomach tighten up. Her back and sides also trimmed but having a flat stomach below those breasts felt awesome to her as well. “Nice” she whispered looking down but still bouncing a bit in youthful exuberance.

As she ran her hands over her stomach, she felt a twinge in them. She pulled them up and clenched her hands into fists. Her upper arms came in and her lower arms changed shape as well before she opened up her fists and splayed out her fingers. As she did, the backs of her hands smoothed, her fingers elongated and her nails grew out longer. A smooth coat of pink nail polish came onto her longer and stronger nails “Twenty years of collateral damage from nursing wiped away”

“What?” Olivia asked.

“You wash your hands so often in nursing that your hands get pretty beat up over the years” Wendy said taking in her new hands. “These feel so nice”

Olivia soon noticed a dull ache in her knuckles and joints. Her skin roughened up on her hands as her fingers shrank down and her fingernails cut to the quick without nail polish. Her upper arms puffed out as her lower arms shifted slightly.

She ran the pads of her middle fingers over the shorter nails of her index fingers. The uppermost joint of her left middle finger gave off a dull ache as she did. But the pain in her fingers was soon forgotten as their changes moved downward.

Olivia’s waist shifted outward but it was in her hips and ass where she really felt movement. Her ass remained round but seemed to get slightly lower as her hips shifted outward.

Wendy’s ass rose up; she had a nice rear for a woman her age but it definitely became perkier as a 20 year olds. Her hips shifted inward benefiting from having a body that hadn’t gone through childbirth.

A few dimples of cellulite dotted Olivia’s cheeks and her shorts fit her differently already with shorter legs and now repositioned hips and a larger rear end as her thighs began to grow wider.

Her shorter legs got a bit thicker as they changes continued down their bodies and her calves plumped up taking on Wendy’s shape.

Olivia picked at the legs of her shorts along her inner thighs and she made a face as she did “Shorts don’t fit me anymore” she mumbled.

“Don’t I know it” Wendy echoed as her thighs thinned and her calves popped up thinner.

Their eyes met with an understanding. Both began to blush as they felt a shift in their bodies “Oh God” Olivia said.

“Oh Man” Wendy replied instantly looking embarrassed. She felt hairs popping out of her skin under her tight panties “Oh Man” she repeated a bit more dramatically as she bounced up and down and squirmed.

Olivia swallowed as she felt her skin shift and a tingle radiated outward through her body. She hummed and bounced up and down on the balls of her feet until she froze stiff. Every muscle in her body tensed and then she shivered all over. She let out a nervous laugh when it passed “Um, yeah, okay, so…

Wendy too went stiff and shivered all over as well. She looked over and looked out of the top of her eyes as she shook her head “Yeah, so there’s that” she said as a very weird feeling resided in her stomach.

The changes were almost done; just their feet remained. “What size do you wear?” Wendy asked looking down.

Olivia looked down at her own feet “I wear an 8”

“Me too” Wendy replied. Her toes began to shift and change shape and appearance. Her feet smoothed out on top and her toes got longer. Her big toe popped up a little higher and the same pink nail polish on her fingers appeared on her toes.

Olivia saw her toes shrink down smaller and small veins appear on the tops of her feet. Her toe nails went from pink to red as they changed into Wendy’s. She lifted her toes up and wiggled them quite happily.

“Wow” Wendy said “I feel so energetic” she said looking around.

Olivia grabbed the bag she had brought in and handed it over “You’ll have to get dressed at some point”

Wendy laughed “Don’t be such an old woman” she teased her.

“Ha-Ha” Olivia said. She looked around and saw an oversized t-shirt on the back of a chair. She picked it up and tossed it on. Instinctively, she flung her head and neck around to clear her hair only to laugh at herself “I keep forgetting I don’t have any hair to fling”

“Nope, but I do” Wendy said doing a quick whip of it around.

“You’re going to have to tie all that up” Olivia pointed out to her. She kept on her original ill-fitting shorts as Wendy put on the bra that she had brought for her.

Wendy got herself situated in the bra “Wow” she said again looking down. She grabbed the dark blue scrub top and put that on as well.

She switched out her panties and shorts for Olivia’s underwear and dark blue scrub pants. She took a seat and put on the white ankle socks and sneakers “So the plan is for me to get out of here before the kids wake up”

“Yeah, that probably would be for the best” Olivia said looking up as Wendy stood up before her. “I’ll take care of the kids; you just go pass the test”

Wendy laughed “I have to admit; I’m kind of nervous about it now that it’s here”

“Not as nervous as I would be” Olivia said.

“I’m not too sure about that” Wendy thought feeling the butterflies in her stomach but trying to put up the bravest front possible. “I need your phone and your purse”

“I left them by the door when I came in” Olivia said and together they walked to the front door “My keys are in there for my car”

“I’ll need those too” Wendy replied. She stopped and looked around “It feels so weird leaving my house in a different body”

“I know; this is so weird but I will thank you forever for doing this for me” Olivia said.

The sound of footsteps upstairs got them moving “Shit…sounds like one of the kids is up…I’ll text you…bye!” Wendy said rushing out.

Olivia spun around and heard the toilet flush but no one came downstairs “Must be Taylor…she’ll go back to bed” she knew the habits of the kids already. Tip toeing up the stairs, the doors to the kids rooms were still closed so she went into her own room and closed the door. She continued on further to the master bathroom and closed that door behind her as well.

“Whoa” she said looking into the mirror above the sink. She smiled and laughed at her reflection as she ran her hands over her face and short hair. Then her hands moved all over her older body which still felt comfortable to her for some reason.

After probably 10 minutes of feeling and making faces and poses in the mirror she opened the door and went into the bedroom. Opening the closet, she took out the little black dress that hung at the far end. She smirked as she put it on and flattened out her tummy. She found the black peep toed heels with the ankle straps and put those on as well “She’s not the only one who can play dress up” she said walking back into the bathroom.

“This isn’t so bad” she said to the reflection. Her hair was messy and she had on no makeup “Not a bad body to carry around…” she said feeling how comfortable the shoes felt on her feet. “Nice ass for a 43 year old…”

She looked down at her small chest “Not sure if I would miss them long term but it’s a nice chance for right now” she said.

She got undressed and showered. She combed her hair, brushed her teeth and got dressed in olive green shorts and a yellow colored top with a plain beige bra underneath.

She was downstairs craving coffee, which she never drank, when she heard her daughter come in “Good Morning Honey, do you want something to eat?” she asked before she even realized what she had said.

“I’m just going to get some cereal Mom” Taylor responded.

“Okay” she said sipping the black coffee. She sat down across from the girl now so much younger than before to her “I was sister age to her, now, I’m her Mom” she realized.

“Are we going to the pool today?” Taylor asked.

“I was planning on it” Olivia responded.

“Good”

“Is your brother up yet?” Olivia asked.

“I haven’t heard him” Taylor answered.

“And we both know he isn’t quiet when he gets up” Olivia said knowingly.

It was only a few minutes before a rumble announced Grant getting up and moving around “Mom!” he yelled.

“Yes dear” Olivia answered.

“I’ve already got my bag ready for the pool” Grant announced coming down in his swim trunks.

“Nice honey…pool doesn’t open for another hour though” Olivia answered. She smiled as the 9 year old boy dropped the bag on the floor and ran to the next room over. She heard him turn on the PlayStation and begin a racing game.

Olivia stood up, surprised by the dull ache in her lower back “I was only sitting on the dining room chair for like 10 minutes…man am I old” She distinctly remembered seeing a few stray strands of gray hair along the part on top of her head and the fact that she had contacts in her eyes confirmed, yes, she really was 43.

Wendy had jumped into Olivia’s 10 year old Toyota and pulled away. Campus was 15 minutes south of town but she felt hungry so she drove to the nearest McDonald’s first. No longer wanting coffee, she ordered a sausage and egg McMuffin meal with a Dr. Pepper “Metabolism be damned” she told herself chowing down on the sandwich and hash brown.

More concerning to Wendy was how nervous she felt “I was more nervous about switching bodies last night, but now, this feels normal” she thought looking down at her body “But now I’m super nervous about taking this test…I mean, do I know enough to pass?”

She sat at a red light and concentrated, trying to remember her years of working at the hospital but all that would come to her was time in a classroom and a few attempts while interning “Weird” she thought but let it go as the light turned green.

Wendy fiddled with the iPhone plugged into the counsel to get to her favorite song to calm her down. No longer an 80’s song, she now sought out Kanye and she turned it up trying to relax.

Wendy knew the best lot and where to go to; she could even see her professor’s face clearly too “I should…I’ve had her all semester and I had her two years ago for one of my first nursing classes too…duh”

“I can be so spacey some days” Wendy thought to herself as she grabbed her purse and her bag and headed inside.

The halls were quiet; quieter than she expected for a day when testing would be going on. “Must just be early” she thought as she saw her professor’s lights out in her office. That was when her phone went off with a new message ‘So sorry to everyone getting this message: I have to reschedule today’s testing. I was called away on a family emergency and won’t be back until Tuesday; please see the department secretary to reschedule’

Wendy’s jaw dropped. She read the message three more times “No…I have to take this test today!” she told herself before realizing that it was simply out of her hands “Fuck” she mumbled as she went into the main office.

“So…Tomorrow at 9 is the first opening” Wendy said reiterating her time.

“Yes Miss Hudson…we’ll see you then” the secretary said motioning the next person in line to come forward.

“Oh Shit” Wendy thought as she stepped out into the hallway “What am I going to tell Olivia? She’s going to be pissed…she has to be me for a full day, but…” a slight smile came to Wendy’s mouth “Now I’m free for a day as Olivia!” she wanted to jump up and down but had to contain herself.

She dialed up her old number once she was around the corner.

“Hello?” Olivia answered a bit surprised to see her old number come up.

“Hey…um…I’ve got some news to tell you” Wendy stammered a bit trying to talk.

“Yeah, what’s up?” Olivia asked.

“Um, yeah, it’s about my…I mean your test today…Professor Wilkins got called out of town on a family emergency; all testing today is cancelled…I had to reschedule for 9 o’clock tomorrow morning” Wendy told her.

“What…No…that means…”

“Yeah” Olivia interjected “We’re stuck for a day…I’m sorry”

“Oh, there’s nothing you could do about it” the more mature Olivia responded “You can’t control something like this but what are we going to do? I’ll have to stay here tonight and you’ll have to go to my house and then get up and take the test”

“Yeah, it’s really the only way” Wendy agreed. “I hope you’re okay with staying with the kids tonight”

“I guess I have to be” Olivia responded. She sighed on her end of the phone “I guess you get to be me for a little bit longer; you also get to go out with Matt tonight in my place”

“Oh” Wendy said playing dumb. She knew she had plans with her boyfriend tonight “Okay…It should be fine”

“It had better be fine and nothing more” Olivia told her. “Guess you get to wear one of my ‘cute little sundresses’ as you put it this morning”

“And your platform heels too” Wendy responded a bit too quickly.

“Yes…those too” Olivia responded as a thought ran through her mind “I couldn’t wear shoes like that anymore; I’d kill myself!”

“Are you still going to the pool?” Wendy asked.

“Yeah, we were just about to leave when you called…yes Grant…I’ll be there in just a second”

“I hear him the background eager to get going” Wendy said.

“Yeah, look…just lie low and I’ll talk to you later okay” Olivia responded.

“Can do boss” Wendy told her “Enjoy the pool”

“Yeah…thanks. Bye” Olivia said.

“Bye” Wendy responded barely containing her smile as she shut off the phone.

Wendy rushed back to her car and drove to Olivia’s house. “You’re home early” she heard as she came in. She recognized her Mom’s voice and she smiled “It got pushed back until tomorrow Mom!” she called out as she untied and took off her sneakers by the door.

“Oh really” Lori Hudson said coming down the hall.

Wendy recounted the story for her feeling perfectly normal and natural interacting with her Mom. With every passing minute, Olivia’s life and reality became more and more her own. She went upstairs to change and get comfortable for the day. “Off work and no tests…yes!” she said looking in the closet.

Wendy looked around and then stripped out of her scrubs. She took in her now fully naked body for the first time by herself, no one else watching or around. She frankly liked what she had.

“To be this young again…but I was never built like this…never” she thought as she turned back and forth in front of the mirror. Her old life seemed far away but she still knew it was hers “But that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy today” she thought and giggled.