Tuesday was a light day for Mary. Only two classes and no work shift so she spent her afternoon taking a walk in the woods.

Mary had always loved the outdoors but had slowed down her trips to her favorite parks over the years “No reason to not use this body” she told herself as she laced up a pair of hiking boots to go with her jeans and Under Armor shirt.

Getting out and hiking pain free for a few hours also made her mind race in every conceivable direction from examining her entire life to planning out Katie’s. “I’m so glad I picked nursing as my major” she thought before smiling. She looked around and knowing that she was in the middle of nowhere with no one around, she let herself laugh at becoming so immersed “So what if” she said out loud as she hiked along.

By the time she made it back to her car, Mary was really intrigued by the rings “What if I could use them to switch places with Lori or maybe Abby” she shivered in surprise when it popped into her head “What if I switched with Rick?!”

While Mary was out exploring the great outdoors, Katie was at her doctor’s appointment.

The very young Medical Assistant called her back and got her height and weight “5’2” and 171 pounds” she told her as she stepped off the scale, her left knee creaking extra bad today.

“Let’s get your vitals” the young woman wearing a name tag that said Ericka told her.

Katie rolled up her sleeve and felt her upper arm wobble as the blood pressure cuff went on. She took her pulse and got a temperature “140/90” she was told.

Katie kept her emotions in check. In her own body she was in tip top shape; the shape of a 20 year old now her body really was that of a 64 year old. She could see some of her numbers on the computer screen “Cholesterol 225…even taking those pills!” she thought “They’re going to up my meds again”

She was worried that she’d be lectured by her doctor about her weight and her numbers even though she was really trying to eat healthy, the voice telling her all of these concerns sounding exactly like Mary.

“Dr. Patel will be in shortly” she was told as she sat on the uncomfortable examination table, her feet swinging well above the ground.

The Doctor did come in; a very small Indian woman who smiled and got right down to business. She had Katie take deep breaths as she listened through her stethoscope before she prodded and poked and felt her breasts for any lumps.

She ran through a laundry list of questions that Katie simply answered using the answers that came to her mind immediately with certainty.

“You’re in good shape for a woman your age” the Doctor said “There are many people worse off but we still have our areas of concern. Your blood sugars are still high and you need to exercise more. I’m changing your prescriptions to up them a bit”

Katie thanked her and got redressed in her navy blue slacks, blue flats and white and yellow flowered blouse.

She called up her daughter “Would you like to meet me for lunch?” she asked Lori.

“Sure. How was your appointment?” Lori asked.

“It was fine dear” Katie answered “I’ll see you soon”

Katie was drinking an iced tea when her 44 year old daughter Lori came in. A smile lit up her face “So glad we could get together and do this today” Katie said getting up to give Lori was hug.

“I was just waiting to hear from you; I know Tuesday’s are your day off” Lori said taking her seat.

Katie told her about her appointment and told her work was typical before letting Lori run most of the conversation.

Katie smiled when Lori told her how good Katie had been doing at school and how proud of her she was.

“She’s really growing up to be a decent person and that’s how you know you did your job well” Katie said about herself but really saying Mary’s feelings. “She’s so kind and generous and really selfless”

“She’d give you the shirt off her back” Lori said with a laugh.

“Don’t I know it?!” Katie laughed.

Katie took a sip of her drink and closed her eyes, seeing herself shrink down and almost out of her gray shirt the pervious Friday. Her body felt the shrinking and softening and could plainly see Mary, clad in just her bra growing and tightening up as she took her body from her.

She shook her head and tapped the ring with her thumbnail as their meals arrived.

“I just love our waitress here; she’s so good” Lori said looking at the young girl with long black curly hair going about her job.

“I always try to tip her well. I know she’s trying to get into law school; Carly’s her name” Katie said.

Carly was talking with a woman in her mid-30’s dressed smartly at the next table over. They picked up snippets of the conversation as the woman, whose name was Jennifer, advised Carly about a pre-law class.

“Take care of yourself Mom” Lori said as they were departing.

“I always try to” Katie said “It just gets harder the older you get to take off any weight”

“Tell me about it” Lori said laughing and nodding.

Katie was worn out by the time she got home and she took a little nap in her favorite chair. When she woke up, her chest felt tight as her dream had disturbed her. In her dream, it had been the middle of winter, snow was deep and she was making her way to a building.

Katie was bundled up in heavy boots, a huge coat with the hood pulled up, a scarf around her face and gloves on her hands. She got inside the building and realized it was the library.

She started taking off layers and realized she was revealing Mary’s body: She was still Mary in weather that would not be around for several months.

Mary was hard at work on her schoolwork. She was finishing up a Chemistry paper as well as two other assignments and by the time she turned in; she was exhausted.

When she woke up on Wednesday morning, she sat up and brought her knees up to her chest as she blinked rapidly, taking in and quickly trying to remember all the details of the dream she had just had.

In her dream, she had been happy; elated really and felt proud. She was beaming with pride and then she realized where she was and what she was doing and why she was so proud.

Mary had looked down to see black fabric covering her body down to her knees. Her calves were visible along with a pair of sensible black heels. She realized she was wearing a graduation gown. She reached up and felt the cap bobby pinned to her long hair; it was her college graduation; she was graduating college. She remembered looking around and finding her family in the crowd. She saw her Mom and Dad, her sister and brother and then on the aisle, she saw her Grandma, clapping for her with tears in her eyes as she walked across the stage and got her diploma.

Mary let out a long low exhale before she got up to get ready for class.

Wednesday passed and Thursday dawned on them before they knew it. Mary was getting a bit nervous and anxious as their time was winding down “Just over 24 hours” she told herself as she finished up her classes.

She got ready for work and swung by a Subway to grab lunch before she had to get there. As she stood in line, she heard a familiar voice say “Katie?”

Mary turned and saw her best friend Linda, now recognizing her in a different capacity. “Oh Hi Lin…I mean Mrs. Douglas” Mary said taking in the sight. “Was I really that old?” popped into her head as the woman in her mid-60’s smiled up at her.

Short and plump, Linda Douglas had been friends with Mary for over 50 years but to her 20 year old eyes and her increasingly 20 year old mindset, she looked foreign to her.

“You can call me Linda; you know I’m no formal lady!” she laughed.

“Oh you know me; I can’t do that Mrs. Douglas” Mary replied blushing awkwardly “How have you been?”

“Good” she replied. “Do you know my niece Katrina? Katrina Wells…she’s also studying nursing, I didn’t know if you two had any classes together”

“I do!” Mary said. “I was in an Anatomy class with her last year” she nodded enthusiastically. “Pretty girl” Mary thought “Maybe you could borrow the rings and swap places with her” she added in her mind even being able to picture Linda becoming the very petite curly haired college senior.

“Your Grandma just raves on and on about you; she’s so proud of you” Linda told her.

“Oh…that’s very kind of her but I…” Mary was saying when Linda interrupted upon noticing her ring.

“Oh My God! You have matching rings! I saw how beautiful Mary’s was and we all commented on it when we were together on Sunday. She said you got it for her for her birthday but you have one too; that is so sweet!” Linda said.

Mary nodded and simply smiled before she said “Thanks”

It was her turn in line “My turn” she said as she started her order. Before leaving, she said “Goodbye”

“It was good to see you Katie” Linda told her.

“You too” she replied as she headed out to work.

Katie put in her shift at the library on Thursday and when it was finished, she knew she was off again until Monday.

“See you Monday” the head librarian Greg called out to her as she put on her light coat and grabbed her purse.

“Have a good weekend” she replied wondering if she would see Greg again on Monday. She had dreamt again about being Mary as she woke up on Thursday morning.

In this dream she had been in the woods, hiking on a trail. The catch was that she had started out as her young self but as she went deeper and deeper into the woods, she had begun to change, eventually becoming Mary while she was at the furthest point away from where she had started. She tried to hike back but her body simply wouldn’t go that hard and she found herself struggling until she simply said clearly in her dream “I give up”

That was when she had awoken.

Thursday night was a party night on campus and Mary wasn’t going to let it pass her by. Dressed in a tight black skirt, light white top and black open toed heels, she got out her fake I.D. and headed for the strip.

A half dozen bars and clubs lined the section of town just off campus known as the strip so Mary had her pick of clubs.

She ran into some friends of her upon entering the first one and got her first drink in her to take the edge off “Just enjoy tonight; whatever happens tomorrow will happen” she thought while crossing her fingers “Just let us both be happy with the outcome” she added in.

Mary too had dreamt about staying as Katie again. She was at the University Rec center getting into a swimsuit but she was old Mary in the dressing room. She plodded her way to the water and eased in. She began to swim and the other end of the pool seemed very far away. But with each kick and stroke, it seemed to get easier for her. Her breath seemed to come easier and she felt stronger. She was nearly to the opposite end when she realized she had long hair trailing out behind her. She touched the wall and bounced back now seeing her Katie form and body. She hung onto the wall and could tell it was her young hands gripping as she looked through the water and could make out her black toenail polish kicking away as she tread water. She easily pushed herself up and out of the pool with her young strong body “I did it” she heard herself say.

That was when she had woken up.

She couldn’t get a hold of Chase on her phone. He had said he was going to be busy but she had held out hope she could have one last go around with him “Maybe I’ll get another shot anyway” she thought. “Those dreams have been pretty intense”

She danced until her feet hurt and drank until her head hurt and had closed the place down at 2 A.M. while a few miles away, Katie slept, snoring away warm in her bed.

Katie was up bright and early on Friday morning. No dreams had come to her that she could remember but she knew it would be a long day.

Once up and moving, clad in her nightgown, robe and slippers she went to the side drawer of her dresser. She rooted to the back and pulled out the items she had stashed there; her torn panties and leggings along with her bra and gray long sleeved shirt from the week before. Mary had left wearing the dress, heels and thong leaving her original clothes discarded on the floor.

“It already seems like ages ago” she said to herself looking over her old clothes “It’s like a dream that I ever wore these myself”

She lay them out on her bed and then she got out the bra, panties, black slacks and blouse she had changed into and laid them out next to them just to compare their sizes “I don’t even know if I can readjust to having a body like that; this has gotten so normal for me; it feels like I should be this size and this age even though I knew it was only for a week; who knew a week could be so long and so complete”

Katie realized that part of her was actually afraid to change back “What if I can’t adjust; what if I miss this…I wonder if Mary would possibly agree to switch with me again; and again; and again. Maybe we could just re-up our swap every Friday”

The voice inside her head had gotten more and more Mary like all week. Her Katie voice and thoughts had been pushed back and seemed foreign to her.

She showered and got ready, doing her make-up and hair and she decided against wearing the same outfit as the previous Friday, instead opting for a long tan skirt and a cream colored sweater. She left her slippers on but knew she had a pair of brown loafers by the front door.

Mary woke up smacking her lips together at around 10:30 immediately doing the math “Four hours and forty-five minutes” she told herself.

She went to the bathroom and took two aspirin as she looked in the mirror. She pictured Mary but for some reason couldn’t see her in first person. She saw her clearly but saw her as a separate person; her Grandma “I know I was her” she said to the mirror “I know it…why can’t I see it anymore?” Her Katie voice was curious and doubtful in her head “How will I ever get back there?” she thought. “I don’t know if I remember how to be old” she said honestly. “How do I act at 64? I know it’s only been a week. We didn’t need to even do this but who knew a week could make such a difference?”

Mary closed her eyes and thought back a week but she couldn’t feel the change like she could earlier in the week. She had been able to still feel her legs stretching out, she could feel her stomach flattening but now, those sensations weren’t there. A few quick glimpses came to her, looking down into Mary’s eyes for the first time. The moment she became the taller of the two of them but even that played out more like something she had seen in a movie. She could see that but had to catch herself and correct her thought to “Katie’s eyes…I was looking down into Katie’s eyes”

She sighed “I wonder if she’d be willing to switch again” she thought. Or maybe there’s a way to postpone it; even if it’s just another week…another day…I just don’t know if I’m ready” Mary thought.

She got dressed in a pair of black tights and flat ankle high black boots along with a cream colored top. She added a decorative scarf around her neck and took a walk around campus to try and clear her head.

Mary stopped and got lunch in the cafeteria and killed some time, putting off the inevitable. At a few minutes after 2:30, she got into her car.

She spun the ring on her finger as she drove across and town and pulled into her Grandma’s driveway.

Katie had spent all of her nervous energy cleaning the house during the morning. Straightening up and dusting took her mind off the coming afternoon. She was taking a break when she heard the car in the drive.

She stood up and saw her Granddaughter getting out of her car “She’s so cute!” she thought seeing her outfit. She swung open the door as she walked up “I’m so happy to see you” Katie said to Mary’s smiling face.

“Me too” Mary replied “I’m happy to see you too Grandma”

Tears now began to roll down Katie’s cheeks and were soon followed by Mary’s tears as she stepped in and she shut the door behind her.

Katie grabbed Mary and hugged her tight. Mary hugged back feeling how soft her old body felt; she just pressed right in to it as she rested her chin on Katie’s shoulder.

“We obviously have a lot to talk about” Katie said with a wise smile.

Mary nodded and followed her into the living room.

“Can I get you something to drink?” Katie asked, ever the hostess.

“No Grandma” Mary answered not even hiding her choice of words.

“Something to eat then, there’s snacks in the kitchen or…” Katie smoothed out her hair nervously as Mary just smiled and sat down on the couch, perched on the edge of the seat, her back straight up and down.

“Relax” Katie told her “Settle in; you look like a cat about to pounce”

Mary smiled and took a deep breath as she sat a bit more relaxed, crossing her ankles still clad in her boots out in front of her.

Katie glimpsed at the clock “I’m glad you got here early; gives us a chance to talk and get ready”

Mary nodded “We, um, I mean I…” She stopped “Why am I so nervous?” Mary looked around at the familiar surroundings of the house “I went through a lot this week and I’m sure you did too”

“I certainly did” Katie replied folding her hands on her plump stomach.

“It’s changed me in ways I never even thought possible. I thought I’d have a little fun once the shock of finding out it really happened passed” Mary said. “Go party or go to a couple classes but…”

Katie leaned forward interested in what she would say.

“But I have to say that this week has been the most extraordinary one in my life. I felt such a deep connection with people in your life and the relationship with my Mom…I mean…God this is so hard! I mean Lori. That’s my daughter but now she’s My Mother and the relationship flipped…and…”

“Calm down…just take your time honey” Katie said.

“We’re going to have a lot to talk about for quite a while” Mary laughed. “Oh My God!” she ran her hands through her long hair and laughed and just let out a kind of scream while drumming her feet up and down. Mary was squirming around with nervous energy while Katie just smiled from her recliner.

“Was I ever that hyper?” she asked shaking her head.

“Was I ever that calm?” Mary replied.

“Have we truly swapped roles during this week?” Katie asked looking directly at Mary “As the week has gone on, I’ve really felt deeply that I’m you. I think like you, speak like you, act and behave as if I were always you and I suspect that you feel the same way. Being an old lady now seems totally foreign to you; much in the way that being a young college girl feels so strange to me”

“I think we have” Mary conceded after a long pause “I’ve even dreamt about staying as you; about never changing back”

The words chilled Katie to her core and she was forced to admit “I’ve had similar dreams myself. I can’t picture myself as myself. I can’t see me as me…I only see me as Mary” Katie said.

“Who would have thought huh?” Mary said.

“Certainly not me” Katie admitted. “I went into this after we talked at your party thinking I’d be in for essentially a week’s vacation; not some life altering experience that made me question my very existence”

“And I thought you were joking” Mary replied “I thought you had gone crazy when you walked in her talking about rings and switching bodies. I was placating you when I put the ring on, never thinking that this would be the result”

Katie glanced at the clock “It’s just about time”

“I know” Mary replied. “I can’t stay like this”

Katie smiled.

“I could never take your life from you and that is what I would be doing, dooming you to give up 44 years of your life…No. As much as I have loved every second of this…this is your life and you deserve to live it to the fullest”

Katie was crying again.

“You gave me such an awesome gift, such an opportunity to see what your life is like and how much promise it has. I know you were wanting me to have a little fun and, I’ll admit, I had a lot of fun. But I also know how great a Granddaughter I have too in the process.

“Part of me sees how much you are enjoying this and I don’t want that to end for you” Katie said “But at the same time…”

Mary nodded “No, it’s time”

Katie now laughed “You might hate me for this but can I ask you a favor?”

“Anything” Mary said.

“Can you take off your clothes?”

Mary covered her mouth in shock and laughed.

“It’s just that I really like that outfit…those are my favorite boots and I don’t want them ruined” Katie said. “Not to mention my sweater and bra!”

“Oh I know!” Mary said before looking back “Do you think we’ll ever forget this?”

“No; that’s not possible” Katie said.

“In that case, your nickname with me will be Grandma from now on” Mary told Katie.

“Gladly” Katie said “You can call me that anytime”

Mary worked the boots off her feet and took off the socks she had on as well. She peeled off her tight black leggings before getting out of her scarf and top “All nice and neat for you to put back on”

“Do you want my…I mean, your robe or even some clothes to put back on?” Katie asked.

“I’ll get something” she said and she bounded off to the bedroom.

 She returned with the clothes she had changed out of the previous week “I saw what you did there”

Katie blushed and Mary unfastened her bra and shimmied her way out of her panties. “Well…” Katie explained “I was having a hard time seeing it…you know, remembering the differences…the real actual, physical size differences between us and you took off last week and left those torn clothes behind…and”

The clock read 3:12. Katie felt warmth on her middle finger. The ring had begun to glow.

Mary put her hand up and watched the ring take over its power. They both smirked and nodded.

Mary put her hand out and Katie brought hers up to meet it. They hovered just apart for a moment before their fingertips touched and the rings met.

Warmth spread throughout Katie’s body as her back straightened and she stood up to her full 5’2”. She took in a deep breath filling her lungs easily and freely.

Mary coughed feeling a tightness in her chest and a tickle in her throat. She shivered but smiled as the warm glow coming from her ring spread out. She took out her big hoop earrings at the beginning and had made sure she didn’t have any other jewelry on. She was nude and now tempted to get back into her own clothes, the clothes that would soon fit her and cover her “Do you want to see this?”

Katie nodded. She unzipped her skirt and took her cream colored sweater off.

“It’s not like it’s a shock to see my own body” Mary replied “For either of us…”

“Not at all” Katie replied “I know more about this body than my own right now; that Doctor’s appointment was quite informative”

Mary felt an ache settle into her feet. After being so pain free for a week, it was a subtle reminder of what was to come “Bye Bye cute little toes” she said.

“You can always borrow my polish” Katie said “In case you want them black again”

Mary laughed “Maybe the pink on my fingers…it took me quite a while to get used to having black toe nails” she said as her right big toe crooked inward and began to shrink. The nail polish started to fade lighter and lighter as her toe shrank back and changed shape. Her nail thickened as it went pale. “It’s back to its original shape” Mary said.

Her left big toe made a similar jut in and all the rest of her toes began to change as well. She tried to spread them out but the muscles were gone to do that, just like before. Her feet began to shrink and harden. The pads on the soles of her feet wore down and callouses and rough skin began to thread their way back in.

Mary’s feet shrank from a size 9 to a size 7. She lifted up her toes before easing them back down “So it begins. I have my own feet back”

“Or is it so it ends” Katie replied as she watched Mary’s ankles begin to puff out.

Mary gave her a wry smile “However you put it…I’m already starting to feel it”

“Yeah” Katie replied flexing her feet and noticing the pain she had felt and gotten used to was gone. She felt her toes stretch and straighten out as they grew long. The skin on her feet softened and smoothed, reversing the process of the previous week. The pads on the soles of her feet lifted her up and her heels smoothed out with no rough cracks. Her feet widened and grew two sizes back to a size 9 and she wiggled her toes freely as her black nail polish returned, although it was in need of a touch up now.

Katie rose up on her tiptoes but still came nowhere near Mary in height yet.

“Not there yet” Mary said.

“Part of me wouldn’t mind staying this height” Katie admitted “I kind of enjoy being short” she added with a shrug.

“No way” Mary said flatly “These legs deserve to be long…you can’t pull off those dresses and heels with stubby little legs like mine have always been. Having height and long legs was awesome this week. I’d never dreamed of getting to be taller but having it along with being younger was just the icing on the cake”

“Hmmm” Katie said, scrunching up her thin, wrinkled lips.

“It was the novelty of it…seeing something just slightly different” Mary said as her calves began to shrink down and thicken into a much more solid lower legs. She dropped her first inch back down in height.

“I guess you’re right” Katie said as her ankles trimmed, her skin smoothed out and her calves began to lengthen and curve back.

She giggled; her first girly giggle in a week as her legs began to return to her and she began to grow. Inching back up to 5’3” to Mary’s 5’8” she could feel the difference, feel the transferring of bodies speeding up. She looked down through her thick glasses and could see her body returning to her. Her legs were coming back, growing out with tight smooth skin. Her knees popped and stopped aching instantly.

Katie heard a sigh come from nearby and she glanced over to see Mary flexing her knees slowly, knowing how they felt became a bond between the two of them. “I know” Katie said “I know that dull ache that you just got back”

Mary smiled and shrank another inch to 5’7” “Losing all that height already…” she shook her head seeing all the familiar bumps and spots returning to her legs as her skin loosened and sagged as the changes moved up her thighs. The tight muscles gave way to loose skin, cellulite and fat as yet another inch dropped away.

All of Katie’s muscles tensed up as they returned to strength. Her cellulite vanished and her skin became taut and flawless atop full, round and strong thighs. She grew 2 inches with her legs resurging and bringing her back up to 5’5”.

“Almost taller than me again” Mary said. “It’s like when you were a kid all over again, just waiting for you to overtake me”

“Well, in a way it is like being a kid again” Katie agreed.

“Yeah I guess it is for you” Mary said. She gave her loose thigh a shake watching it quiver long after her hand came away.

Mary’s hips began to slide out and her ass began to grow. The fat and flab that had disappeared now made a comeback. The onslaught of weight behind her caused her to shift her center of gravity and sidestep. “Whoa” she slapped her ample cheeks, feeling the dimples and cellulite as she ran her hands over them.

That settling dropped her an additional inch in height down to 5’5”

Katie’s hips slide in and her ass began to shrink. It lifted and tucked and the taut strength returned to it as it became firm and round, sitting up high, unaffected by gravity’s pull yet.

Mary’s hands left her ass and flew to the front where they slapped down anew; pressing down as pressure built up. Her flesh rose up fatter as her skin refolded and shifted. A dryness settled in and the high pitched hum ebbed down to a twitch and a flutter. Her uterus and ovaries stopped, returning to those of a 64 year old.

Saliva rushed forward into Katie’s mouth as her fertility returned to her. Her ovaries and uterus sprang back to life. Moisture flowed forward, lubricating her folding skin and her clitoris hummed into hyper sensitivity “Grandma? What did you do last week?” she asked feeling a strange sensation.

“All I can say is if Chase Nichols is blowing up your phone…well…               I gave him a really good reason to” she laughed.

“Grandma?!” Katie shot back as her age returned to her. She gave her a look of shock that quickly turned into laughter “I’m so proud of you!”

Mary shrugged and smiled feeling her age once again. It weighed on her, pushed her shoulders and back down and she let out a long sigh, blinking her still young looking eyes several times rapidly.

Katie straightened; her back began to elongate back out taking her sides up and in with it. Her waist pulled in making her curves return as her stomach instantly flattened. The rolls and soft pudge were vanishing as she rose back up, the rest of her height returning to her and taking her all the way back up to 5’9”.

Mary’s back curved down as it shrank back, her side rolls popped and her waist compressed back wide. Her flat stomach began to bulge and puff out until her round belly returned to her. Mary’s hands went and pressed in the soft and giving flesh.

Mary’s small pert breasts looked very out of place on her chest and as the skin began to sag and wrinkle all around them, they too gave in.

A sudden bulging and ballooning bounced her small pert breasts out and down, gravity’s sag catching them and pulling them as they grew large and pendulous. “Oh My!” Mary said, her voice wavering and cracking, no longer sounding as fresh and strong.

She lifted them and chuckled as they drooped “Nothing lasts forever; just remember that all this is coming back for you slowly and gradually.”

“I know that…I can wait though” Katie replied as her breasts rose up, firming up as they rode up small and close but perky. Her nipples and areolas shrank and pinked up and she gave them a quick bounce behind the now massive beige bra she was wearing.

Katie’s shoulders rolled back as they pulled higher just as Mary’s came down and in. Mary was back to just 5’2” “I’m going to miss those 7 inches”

“I thought you wanted me to have them!” Katie said.

“I do…never said I wouldn’t mind having them too. Now I have to go back to not being able to reach anything up high again” Mary teased.

“I never did get used to that” Katie admitted “I’m not saying it’s bad…I kind of like being fun size” as her arms began to grow back longer.

She let out a sigh of relief as her upper arms tightened with muscle; the flabby bingo wings vanishing as her skin pulled up nice and tight. Her forearms grew and smoothed and her wrists trimmed.

Immediately, the pain in her hands and fingers subsided as her fingers straightened, her knuckles shrank and the pain vanished. Her hands grew out larger and her skin turned flawless, all the veins sank and the marks and rough spots went away.

Katie’s jaw dropped as her nails grew back out strong and long and her pink polish returned. She flexed her fingers freely focusing in on the ring still on her middle finger.

Mary’s upper arms sagged and fell loose and she gave them a quick flap in return as she watched her forearms shrink up and her skin wrinkle. Her wrists puffed and her hands shrank with all the flaws and signs of age returning in full force as her knuckles swelled and her fingers shrank.

A dull ache settled in as her nails pulled back, lost their shiny glow and veneer. The dull ache returned.

“Almost there…almost back” Mary said looking her granddaughter up and down; an old face and short hair atop a young and vibrant body.

“I’m going to miss being you” Katie admitted as the skin of her neck pulled taut.

“And I’m going to miss being you too” Mary said as her neck wattle returned. “But it’s time”

Mary’s chin came down forming up a slight double chin as her jaw came down as well. The skin of her face began to age and wrinkle as her hair began to rise. “And there it goes!” Mary called out grasping at the bottom of her hair as it rose up.

“And here it comes” Katie countered as her hair began to grow, her natural brown color restored along with the bounce and strong glow.

Katie’s chin and jaw rose up strong and jutted out as the wrinkles on her face smoothed out. The lines around her mouth and eyes cleared as her lips plumped up pink and full and her teeth grew wide and straight and strong once more.

Her cheeks rose up and her nose grew out just as her ears did as well. She took off her glasses as her eyes darkened from light blue to brown. They grew larger and stronger and her vision cleared as her lashes thickened, her forehead smoothed and her eye brows filled in.

Mary’s lips thinned and wrinkles came to the corners of her mouth as her teeth shrank and softened with age and wear and tear. Her cheeks drooped, her ears shrank and her nose came up and in. Her senses dulled as the sharp sense of smell and taste left her just before her eyes weakened.

She put on her glasses as her eyes shrank and weakened and lightened to blue.

Mary’s forehead wrinkled and came down as her hair restyled itself to her own way. Her lashes and brows thinned. With a clearing of her throat, she said in her original voice “I think it’s over”

Katie let out a quick cough, her voice returning to itself “I think you’re right Grandma”

They nearly crushed each other as they hugged neither caring about their stages of undress.

“It feels good to be back” Katie said as she stepped back, a few tears in her eyes. She looked down and took in her body “This feels right” she said.

“That’s because it is right. It was never mine, I just got to borrow it honey” Mary said. She had brought the underwear she had grown out of the week before down too and now began to get dressed.

Katie took off her old lady panties and bra and took up the ones Mary had brought on her. Soon they were both redressed and looked like themselves again fully.

Katie sat down to get her boots back on and Mary sat in her favorite chair across from her “Now tell me about how these rings work…” she asked to Katie’s grinning delight.

To Be Continued…