“You know I’m not looking forward to tomorrow” Ashley Edmunds said to her husband Tony, sinking down lower in her chair and squirming “Listening to that voice all day…being cooped up in the car with her…ugh!” she shivered.
“Haha…you’re so dramatic” Tony laughed at his wife.
“They could have sent me with anyone else in the office; why’d it have to be Kristen?” Ashley added “My boss knows I don’t like her”
“But she doesn’t seem to have a problem with you” Tony countered.
“I don’t know that. She could talk as much shit about me as I do about her” Ashley said. “It’s not like I care, or that I talk to most of the people she usually hangs out with”
“So why does she bother you that much?” Tony asked.
“She’s just so…so…she’s a suck up to start with and I don’t know, I just wouldn’t do my job like she does hers. It’s like we’re on the opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to how we interact with people. She just seems so fake all the time” Ashley paused and rubbed her nose “She also has the world’s most annoying laugh and she’s a loud chewer”
Tony just shook his head and sighed “It’s just one day. I’ll take you out to dinner tomorrow night if you somehow manage to survive”
Ashley smiled sarcastically as they got up to go to bed. She ran her hands through her long blondish brown hair, fluffing out her bangs as she went up the stairs to the bathroom.
She took stock of herself as she brushed her teeth, checking her purple nail polish on both her fingers and her toes for any touchups that needed done. “Can’t wait for it to stay warm…I’m so pale” she thought as she looked at her legs. Her 5’6” 125lb frame carried modest 34B breasts and at age 29, her cute face showed few signs of sagging or wrinkles.
Ashley crawled into bed beside her husband and asked “Do you think Kristen is cute?”
“What? Why would you…No” Tony responded. “Why would you think that, I barely know her, I’ve met her, like a handful of times always knowing that you don’t like her”
“I just know how you like that type” Ashley replied.
“What?” Tony said incredulously. “Her looks are quite a bit different than you”
“I know but you like bold eyebrows and hers are a shit load bolder than mine are” Ashley replied. “And she has those dark eyes and black hair like Jill Woodley on Channel 5 news has…I know you like her”
“That’s different come on” Tony said “How can I be married to a blue eyed light haired woman and you think my type is all dark”
Ashley shrugged “She’s taller than me too”
“So” Tony replied.
“She’d be closer to your height”
“You’re the perfect size for me” Tony replied. “You’re perfect for me. Kristen is not my type”
“Whatever” Ashley said and turned on her side.
Tony shook his head and sighed again as he settled in next to her “Good night honey, I love you…tomorrow will be just fine”
“I love you too” Ashley said.
Ashley awoke to the sound of the shower. Tony was up and getting ready as she swung her legs out from under the covers and put her feet on the floor.
She got ready and had to dress up more than her usual work attire since she was going to another office an hour and a half away for meeting with company executives in from New York. Ashley did her makeup and hair before putting on a maroon blouse, black skirt and black heels. “Just keep your shit together and be nice…be an adult” she reminded herself before she headed out.
The plan was to meet at the office and then ride together but they hadn’t decided on who was going to drive. The meeting was at 11 and they were both at the office at 8 every morning, they had time to spare.
“Hey Ashley”
Ashley’s skin crawled hearing the nasally voice calling out to her. She looked up and gave a polite smile “Hi Kristen…when do you want to get going?”
“Oh anytime now is fine. I thought I’d drive if you don’t mind” Kristen said with a wave of her hand.
“No problem” Ashley said standing up. She caught a quick glance at Kristen’s outfit and simply thought “Oh lord”.
Kristen Petrucci was wearing a very tight and low cut coral colored dress and nude 4” heels, which when put with her already 5’9” frame took her way up above Ashley’s height.
Her black hair was teased up and out and her makeup seemed a bit thick but Ashley just gave a subtle head shake as she grabbed her purse and packed up her laptop “I’ll be ready in a minute”
“No rush hun” Kristen said “I’ll meet you downstairs”
Ashley sighed after she had left and rolled her eyes “God help me” she whispered under her breath.
When she went into the lobby, Ashley saw Kristen talking with the receptionist; waving her hands about like she always did when she talked. “I hope she doesn’t do that when she drives” she thought as she approached.
Kristen would lean in and say something and then rear back, laughing and gesturing; her olive colored skin shining in the natural light of the lobby. “Oh! You ready hun?!” she called out waving Ashley over.
“Yeah, let’s get this show in the road” Ashley replied.
They went out to Kristen’s car and as Ashley climbed into the passenger side, Kristen popped off her high heels and put on a pair of flip flops “I can’t drive in those things” she said as she tossed them onto the floor of the backseat.
“I was a bit worried about that” Ashley joked.
Kristen waved her off as she started up the car. Ashley noticed that her toes were painted to match her coral dress, the bright color standing out against her tan skin.
The radio blared and Kristen quickly turned it down with a sly smile “Sorry”
“No problem” Ashley said gritting her teeth as they pulled out.
Once they made it out of the city, the highway opened up flat and with little traffic. They made small talk as they drove; Kristen always talking longer and louder than her counterpart.
“That’s a really cute ring” Ashley said noticing the silver band around Kristen’s right middle finger. There was a design outlined around it and the silver was bright and shiny.
“Oh Thanks! I got it at Greenville, you know those little shops just off Riley road” Kristen said.
“Of course, I go to the old bookstore over there a lot” Ashley replied.
“I love the little antique store and the second hand clothes place; McCartney’s…that’s where I got it and the best part is that it’s actually one of a matching set. He sold me the pair for 60 bucks”
“No way! That’s awesome…” Ashley said.
“I know! And it’s real silver too, I couldn’t believe it” Kristen said swinging her hand around “In fact; the matching one is in the glove department; go on and check it out”
“Really?” Ashley said.
“Yeah, I just got them last night and I forgot I actually put it in there. I put the one on and then got something to eat; I got so busy I forgot to take it out last night so it’s still in the car” Kristen said.
Ashley opened up the compartment before her and say a small baggie with the matching ring in it.
“Try it on! It won’t hurt anything” Kristen said.
“It’s so pretty” Ashley said as she took it out and slipped on her right middle finger. She splayed out her fingers and held it up before her eyes.
“Ring twins!” Kristen declared “Here…put it up next to mine so I can see them together” she said as she put her hand out in front of the radio.
“Sure” Ashley responded in a chipper tone. Her paler skin and purple nails flashed atop Kristen’s darker skin and fingers topped off with the brighter coral color.
“This looks so cute!” Kristen exclaimed. She wiggled her fingers just below Ashley’s hand “Oh!” she added bringing her hand up.
Ashley was smiling when she felt Kristen’s hand come up and into her own. She felt the rings tap, she felt the slight pressure and upward movement; she even heard a clicking sound as they touched.
That was when she felt the entire universe surge around her. She felt force and pressure in her chest and head; she exhaled hard but just as quickly as it hit; it also faded.
She turned wide eyed staring at Kristen who was staring back at her with an equal expression of shock on her face.
“Oh My God! Did you feel that? What was that?” Kristen yelled out in a loud voice.
“I…I don’t know” Ashley said panting. She laughed nervously, her heart pounding in her chest. “That was freaky…it was like all the air pressure sucked in”
“And then right back out” Kristen said. She shivered all over, shaking behind the wheel overdramatically.
Ashley looked out the window as Kristen had long ago turned her face back forward to the open road. “Um” she said feeling heat on her hand. A warmth was coming from her middle finger and when she looked down, Ashley saw the silver ring glowing bright.
Kristen moved her hands and brought her right up from the bottom of the steering wheel to the top where the glow now caught her eye “AH!” She screamed out taking her hand off and splaying out her fingers as wide as they could go.
Ashley saw Kristen’s hand and she brought her own back over closer “What the fuck?!” she exclaimed.
“I don’t know! I don’t know!” Kristen yelled. “I swear to God I don’t know what they’re doing!”
Ashley’s fingers and toes felt numb. She figured it was from the adrenaline rush she was experiencing but along with the numbness, there was a tightness too. She slipped her feet out of her shoes to wiggle and flex her toes. She bent them under and held them down as she shut her eyes and pursed her lips tight while she also balled her hands into fists.
Her eyes popped open and Ashley took in a long breath. She relaxed, let her lips part and exhale as she eased up the muscles in her fingers and toes. She looked down and choked on the air itself.
“Gah!” she exclaimed. Her heart took off beating double its usual beat. Her eyes widened, her mouth opened wider, her whole body went numb in a state of disbelief at what she was seeing.
Ashley leaned forward; she could feel the seatbelt pulling at her chest as she did but she had to look closer. Her mind had shut down, white noise blared from there, no comprehensive thought beyond “What he fuck?” which was also playing on repeat in her head.
Ashley felt nauseous “This can’t be real” she muttered.
“What?!” Kristen asked seeing how intently Ashley was looking down “What is it? What are you talking about?”
“Pull the car over” Ashley said firmly.
“What? Why?”
“Just pull the fucking car over alright!” Ashley yelled as she put the heels of her hands up to her temples.
“Okay…okay…we’re in the middle of nowhere but I’ll pull over” Kristen said. As she took her foot off the accelerator, it slipped as she moved it to the brake pedal. Her flip flop folded over around her heel and her foot slid backward and hit the floor. “The heck…” she said glancing down. Now her heart took off at the quick glimpse she got. Things registered as wrong to her from what she could see. She looked up to the road but quickly back down again “The fuck?!” she said as she steered to the side. Her mind took off “Purple polish…my foot looks like really pale” she thought. “Something’s not right”
“Something’s not right” Kristen said aloud.
“No shit” Ashley said. “Stop the car”
Kristen pulled over fast and slammed the car into park.
Ashley unbuckled and spun in her seat bringing her feet up off the floor and to the side of her seat.
Kristen gasped at the sight.
Their eyes met “Holy Shit Ashley! Those…no…those…” she put her hand out and touched Ashley’s toes. “Your feet look like mine! They even feel like mine…your skin…holy shit your skin’s darker!” Kristen rambled.
“I know!” Ashley said wide eyed. She broke off her look with Kristen to concentrate on her feet again. Her toes were larger; wider and with bigger, thicker nails that were painted a bright coral color. Every nail was bigger, every toe was bigger. She flexed them up and down taking in how natural it still felt to move toes that no longer looked like her own. The skin on her feet was several shades darker and now had an olive complexion.
Her feet had also gotten wider and thicker all the way back to her heels.
Kristen reached down and pulled the bar beneath her seat all the way back, shoving her back and giving her more room to move. Being taller it was tighter confines for her to get her feet up into view.
Ashley sucked in air in a whistling sound at the sight while Kristen’s jaw simply dropped and hung open.
Her lip quivered as she tried to form a sentence.
“Uh” was all Ashley managed upon seeing her own feet on Kristen’s legs.
Kristen’s tan legs now ended in milky white pale feet topped off by skinny toes and dark purple nails. The line where the pale met the olive was moving though and not simply stopping at her ankles. Kristen grabbed her feet with both hands and squeezed them “They’re real” she said as she let go only to run her fingers over her shiny purple nails “My feet are different!”
“They…they’re smaller…like skinnier!” Kristen said.
“I know…they’re mine!” Ashley said “I clearly recognize my own feet and nails and…and…and my ankles are changing and my legs are getting darker now too!”
Ashley grabbed her left calf as it began to extend down, changing shape in her hand. A quick pulsation turned her calf into Kristen’s. Her skin continued to darken up to her knees and under her black skirt. She shifted in her seat as her legs began to grow longer. Her thighs began to thicken out fuller and rounder, tightening her skirt up as they transformed.
Ashley’s hands scrambled around, pushing and pulling at her clothes and her legs, kicking her feet as her legs continued changing. “No…what’s happening to me” she said.
Kristen’s skin continued to pale up her legs as they shrank down shorter and skinnier. The heft of her calves pulled back making them much thinner. “I’m getting your skinny little legs” Kristen said.
“You think my legs are skinny?” Ashley shot back.
“Yes” Kristen said frankly as she wrapped her hands around her calves easily lacing her fingers together. “You’ve got skinny little bird legs and now I have them” Kristen said. She lifted up her skirt as her knees got bonier and her thighs began to trim down. Her inner thighs separated as they tightened and shrank down under the coral colored dress.
Ashley’s shock was apparent on her face. Kristen wasn’t heavy but she did feel that her legs were larger now than ever before, curvier as opposed to her more lithe and athletic build.
Their eyes met and in a moment of fear, panic and confusion, they both screamed at the top of their lungs.
Meanwhile, their bodies just kept right on going, changing shape into the other’s body.
Ashley’s hips slid outward until they popped forward in a little jump move that shifted her in her seat. She felt herself lifting up even as her ass began to grow out larger and rounder than before. Her panties crept up her expanding ass cheeks until they did a quick slide right into her crack making her squirm even more and making her feel how her body moved; her hips swayed.
Kristen’s pale skinny legs poked out from her dress bottom. “That’s not me…that’s not my legs…” she said as she put her hands on her trim thighs “They don’t look right…they don’t feel right…” her hips pulled up and in
“Ah!” she let out a quick scream “Stop it!” she added as she slapped at her right hip. Her ass deflated down smaller. It was pert now instead of her usual rounder and more pronounced ass.
Kristen swallowed hard as her throat went dry. Her hands crept forward to her lap. She grimaced slightly as she felt a tugging sensation coming from her abdomen. She hadn’t chewed on her fingernails since she was 7 but suddenly she wanted to and her hand came to her mouth.
Kristen began to blink rapidly and her eyes fluttered. Her whole body jerked, her shoulders shot forward and she doubled over “Oh My God!” she said as she began to fan herself.
The car was still on and running and she flipped the air conditioning on high creating a cold blast of air inside the tight confines.
Ashley felt a similar warmth run through her body. Her chest turned bright red, her cheeks flushed and she tried to control her breathing as best as she could while a roiling sensation ripped through her.
She was mortified with embarrassment as she began to feel herself become aroused. She was getting wet, she could feel her body engorging and preparing. Her skin slipped and slid and shifted, her clitoris hummed, dared to be touched as it changed into Kristen’s. “Calm down” she told herself “Calm the fuck down” as she continued to concentrate on her breathing “You can’t do that here…you can’t do this”
She was hyperventilating, overcompensating and exerting all her willpower to hold back an orgasm that was seemingly on deck.
With a few flutters and spasms, her body began to ease up and relax as the changes moved on. Ashley held her breath as she watched Kristen finish her own fight.
Kristen’s eyes were shut tight as was her lips. She was tense and shaking as her body absorbed the shock of becoming another woman. Dull yet intense heat emanated from her abdomen as her skin shifted and slid. Hairs thinned and mostly vanished as moisture lubricated the changing parts of her. Her clitoris popped, so sensitive against her own skin as it moved and repositioned itself.
Her mouth went from dry to oversaturated and she swallowed as she felt her waist begin to move now. After several deep breaths, she shivered and opened her eyes. “That was so weird…my insides were all just like moving around on their own”
Ashley just nodded quickly and awkwardly “I think this is…this is…everything is changing”
Kristen looked down at the glowing ring on her hand “It’s this god damn ring. When they touched, it triggered something that’s making us switch bodies”
“This is impossible” Ashley said. “I’m not…how can this…I mean, come on”
Ashley felt her stomach and waist adjust in shape and size, coming in and making her back arch accentuating her curves and hips even more. She brought her hands down to them and pressed inward “Who are you? Fricking Jessica Rabbit with these hips”
Kristen’s stomach remained flat and her waist small but her chest and back straitened up into Ashley’s athletic build with much less curve. She stared down at Ashley’s small breasts before sneaking a peak at her larger ones in her low cut dress “I can’t believe I’m losing my body for yours”
“What’s that supposed to mean?! Am I ugly to you?!” Ashley asked.
“No…it’s just so different than mine”
“Tell me about it” Ashley shot back. “I never in a million years would have thought this possible, this is crazy shit like out of a stupid movie. Shit like this doesn’t happen in real life”
“Shit’s happening right now” Kristen said. “This feels so weird”
“What are we going to do?” Ashley asked. “My husband…I mean…”
Kristen shut her eyes again as her shoulders visibly shrank down and pulled in. Her hands shot to her breasts and she cupped them protectively. “Look I don’t know what size bra you wear over there but it looks pretty damn small. I’m a 38DD and…”
Ashley reached up and unhooked her bra.
“…Thank you if I’m going to need to wear your clothes and shit I don’t want it ripped out” Kristen finished.
Ashley nodded “Holy shit…38 double D…I’m a 34B…I shit!” Ashley felt her chest begin to wobble. Weight and mass began to build up and push them out, up and down all at once “OOOOOHHHH God…” She unbuttoned her top two buttons as well to make room.
Her shirt quickly grew tight but nothing tore as her cleavage became prominent and she nearly spilled out.
Kristen, still cupping her breasts began to squeeze as they shrank; deflating down from large and protruding to small and perky. Her dress slipped down with so much less keeping it up and she hiked it up even as she gasped at how her body now looked “I’m small!” she cried.
Kristen’s arms were exposed while Ashley’s were hidden in her sleeves as the changes moved there. They could both see their changing skin tones on their chests but now they followed them down Kristen’s arms.
Ashley’s arms filled out as Kristen’s slimmed down, their bodies turning more and more into each other than their own.
Ashley looked down at the dark skin on her massive heaving chest as she brought her hands up. The olive complexion spread down, coming out of her sleeves and changing her hands. Her fingers thickened slightly as her palms and backs widened. She flipped them and watched the lines on her hands twist and swirl into new patterns before turning them back to watch her nails and fingertips change.
“I’ve got your fingerprints…to the police…I’m you” she said as her purple nail polish lightened and turned coral. Her nails thickened and changed shape, her fingers quivering slightly from her frayed nerves.
“I already feel like I’m you somehow…I think it was when we traded…you know whats” she pointed to her lap. Kristen shuddered again making her dress droop again and she flashed Ashley with her own breasts.
Kristen saw her hands as she pointed and brought them back up to watch. Her fingers slimmed, her nails thinned, and her polish darkened from coral to purple atop her new fingers.
Ashley had a flash back to when it was just her feet that were dark and Kristen’s feet were so white; now it was their faces that stood out at the opposite end.
Before their features began to change, their skin tones began to flip. The color drained from Kristen’s face and her hair began to lighten and thin as well as Ashley’s face tanned and her hair thickened and darkened. “If only I could even just stay like this” flashed in Ashley’s mind “Keep something of my looks”
Ashley flipped down the mirror on her visor. Her hair was growing out and turning black as it went. She moved her face and saw her hairline change, shifting forward as her bangs swept aside exposing her forehead.
Kristen was watching Ashley change when she saw her motion and decided to do it on her side. She dropped the sun visor and opened up the mirror to watch her own face fade away and change into Ashley’s.
She took in the shock of seeing her own features with lighter skin. Her hair was thinning and layering down into Ashley’s style. Her light brownish blonde bangs filled in over her forehead and her eyebrows began to thin down and lighten drastically changing her looks. Her distinct brows were a pride to her and now they were gone, replaced by thin and frankly rather plain and average eyebrows.
Kristen’s eyes began to narrow. Her features were getting smaller as her eyes faded in color from deep brown to light blue. She blinked; her eyelashes thinning with each flip trying to adjust her eyes as her vision shifted and changed. She was now seeing the world through a different set of eyes and the shock was thundering.
Kristen felt her throat tighten and her ears tingle. She tapped the visor to bring the mirror down. She turned her head and watched her ears change shape, the folds of her earlobes shifting and sliding as they shrank down ever so slightly in size. Her large hoop earrings looked out of place.
Her long, sleek cheekbones shortened up and rose up round and high changing the look of her face. As her cheeks moved, they in turn lifted her jawline and pulled her chin up higher and rounder as well.
Her lips thinned, especially her top lip which also rose up higher in the middle. Her teeth shrank down slightly smaller inside her smaller mouth but remained straight and white at least just before her nose grew broader.
Ashley hair turned black and thickened as it grew out longer and it tousled itself into Kristen’s style as it went. Her eyebrows thickened and darkened to match her hair and skin. From light and thin to very bold and distinctive, her entire look was changing. She blinked her eyes as they darkened from light blue to deep brown, her eyelashes thickening as well.
Ashley’s nose trimmed and the base pulled in and popped ever so slightly upward as her high round cheeks streamlined out.
Ashley gasped as it also pulled her jawline out lower and longer and brought her chin to more of a point. Her lips plumped; her top lip filled in and out as her teeth grew larger in her mouth. She bared them to the reflection, showing their straight white strength.
As Ashley turned her face to the side, she caught a glimpse of her ear changing into Kristen’s and her jaw dropped once again. “Oh My God!” Ashley said in a very nasally sounding tone. Her hand slapped across her mouth upon hearing Kristen’s voice coming out of her body.
“Is that how I actually sound?!” Kristen responded in Ashley’s deeper voice. “There is no way I sound that high…that’s not what it sounds like in my head…but now this sounds totally different…I’m talking like you aren’t I?”
“I think it’s done” Ashley said cautiously. She saw the glow from the ring go out and the silver patina returned.
Kristen flipped out her thin light hair “What just happened? What are we going to do?”
“I don’t know…I…I can’t be you…you can’t be me. I’m not you!” Ashley said “I don’t know why I look like you now but I am not you!”
“If we tell anyone what happened though, nobody will believe us!” Kristen replied.
“My husband will. He’ll know that even though I don’t look the same, he’ll know who I am” Ashley insisted.
“Well I don’t have a husband or even a boyfriend for that matter” Kristen said.
“But like your parents would know” Ashley said.
“I’m more concerned about our boss” Kristen countered. “I can’t afford to lose my job”
“Why are you worrying about your job…you should be worrying about your body”
“Don’t tell me what I should be worrying about!” Kristen said. “We’re on the side of the road with cars streaming by us…we’re due in Springfield in an hour. We can’t just not show up”
“How can we actually show up?” Ashley said “You want to go on like nothing happened?! You…”
“We have to…like I said, I can’t lose my job. I have to pretend to be you and you have to be me…at least at work. I think it’s be wrong for me to go to your husband”
“You bet your fucking ass you’re not going home to Tony” Ashley said.
“You might want me there in the beginning to help explain” Kristen offered.
“You might be right about that” Ashley agreed.
“I’ll do it if you act like me at work and keep my job” Kristen said. “Until we figure out what happened, why it happened…how it happened and if we can reverse it”
“I’ll do your job and you do mine…” Ashley said starting to calm down and rationalize the situation.
“And I’ll go to your house tonight and we’ll both talk to your husband and you can…well…It’ll be weird but he’s still your husband and…even though it’s you, it is my body and if you were to…you know…with him…”
Even though her olive complexion, Ashley’s blush came out in full force. “Just no…not right now. I can’t even right now.
Kristen looked down at her sagging dress “We need to change clothes. We look ridiculous like this”
“I saw a sign for a rest area in a few miles” Ashley said “It should only be like 3 or 4 miles from here”
Kristen hiked up her dress, kicked off her ill-fitting flip flop and pulled out, driving as fast as she could.
“Slow down…I’ll get the ticket not you” Ashley said.
Kristen let out a nervous laugh, Ashley’s laugh. She shook her head, gesturing like Ashley would but neither of them realized it.
They got to the rest area and pulled in. Thankfully, they were the only car in the lot. “Give me your shoes” Kristen said.
“Oh…sure” Ashley replied grabbing her black heels off the floor and handing them over.
Kristen easily slipped her feet into the size 7s and carefully holding her dress up, made her way out of the car and into the building.
Ashley leaned over and grabbed the flip flops instead of the high heels in the back. She took small little mincing steps to not rip her clothes until she found Kristen inside. She unbuttoned her blouse and handed over her already undone bra before slipping out of her skirt and panties.
Kristen lifted the dress up and off and slipped easily out of her own bra and panties. Neither woman lingered long on their nudity, there was no time for that as they quickly redressed in the other’s clothes.
Once dressed, Kristen looked down at herself “This is so different…I’m skinny…I don’t have my curves”
Ashley did have curves now and her dress accentuated them “I would never dress like this on my own”
“Don’t I know it?” Kristen said looking at her old body enviously “I’m older too”
“I’m only 29…I’m not old” Ashley said.
“Well I’m 24 and 5 years is 5 years” Kristen shot back.
“Hey…you could have been on this trip with Sandy…how would like turning into her?” Ashley said.
Kristen just stared at the prospect of switching bodies with their 62 year old co-worker “Well, if you’re going to put it that way”
“Let’s just get going” Ashley said.
As they drove, they talked. They told each other as much about their lives and themselves as they could in the last 30 minutes of the drive.
Once in the parking lot, Ashley changed her shoes and rose up to 6 feet tall in her nude heels. She tugged at the hem of her tight dress and walked in.
“Hello, I’m Kristen Petrucci” Ashley introduced herself with a handshake. There was a Guestbook to sign at the front desk and Ashley signed Kristen name with her signature “I even write like her” she realized at how effortlessly she had reproduced her signature.
“And I’m Ashley Edmunds” Kristen added in with a smile. Their eyes met and in a look, they proceeded with their day.
“My feet are killing me!” Ashley announced once they were back in the car “God! Why do you torture yourself with those things!?” She popped her feet out and rubbed them, working on the red spots and her coral colored toes, flexing them out as she got settled in for the ride home.
Kristen started up the car and put the air on high “I’m so hot” she said fanning herself “I’m never hot”
“Well you are now” Ashley told her “You must have my body temperature cause I am always hot”
“I’m usually cold…I don’t know if I can get used to this” Kristen said.
Ashley shivered. The cold hot had initially felt great on her feet but now she was getting cold. “I don’t know if I can do this either”
They drove home telling each other more and more stories of each other “If we don’t swap back, at least we’ll know like everything about each other. Never thought I’d actually know everything about you” Ashley said.
“What do you mean by that?” Kristen asked.
“Well, we’re not exactly best friends” Ashley said. “We work together but you know, we’ve never hung out or anything”
“We could be friends” Kristen said. “You don’t come across as all that friendly you know. I hate to say that but since I’m you now, I think I can say that around the office, you’re kind of perceived as cold”
“A bitch huh” Ashley replied. “I knew it”
“Don’t get all mad and defensive about it. You’ve been invited out and you never come so…”
“So I don’t do things spontaneously okay. I…I like to plan and know a while in advance” Ashley shrugged her shoulders and looked out the window.
“We just thought you didn’t like us. Some days you’re all nice and others you’re not” Kristen told her.
“Well that’s just how I am I guess” Ashley replied.
A few minutes of silence passed “So how are we going to tell your husband?”
Ashley sighed “As honestly as we can. I just hope he doesn’t think I’ve lost my mind”
They went to the office to get Ashley’s car and she simply said “Follow me” as she got out and went to it.
Ashley was incredibly nervous as she drove home; she was nearly having a panic attack by the time they pulled into the drive.
Tony heard the car and another one but he was in the back of the house just bringing in the dog from going outside. He stepped into the kitchen and saw an odd sight. His wife was standing back by the door while her co-worker Kristen stood shaking and crying.
Zeus the dog ran right up to his master and licked her hand. His tail was down though as she smelled different to him. He was confused as he went back and forth between the two humans. Both smelled right to him so he knew to be friendly but he couldn’t decide who he should go to.
“Are you okay?” Tony asked the crying woman “Is she okay honey?” he asked the woman he thought was his wife. “Why is she crying?”
“It’s…muh…me!” Ashley sobbed out.
“What?”
Ashley sucked in her tears and swallowed trying to compose herself. “It’s ME! I’M YOUR WIFE!” she yelled.
Zeus scampered away and Tony just looked confused.
“Look I know this is all going to sound super crazy” Kristen started “But you need to listen to us because we are telling the truth. I look like your wife but I’m not her. I’m Kristen and she’s Ashley” she pointed to Ashley crying and bawling and sobbing.
“Some way…somehow…we switched bodies today”
Tony shook his head “This isn’t funny, what are you…”
“We’re not joking! This is the truth!” Ashley yelled at him. She stuck her right hand up “She had on this ring…there was a matching one…they touched and we started changing into each other. I sat there in the car by the side of the road watching my body turn into hers and hers turn into mine.
Kristen just nodded “It’s true…everything is true. I don’t know…I never meant for this to happen. I just thought the ring was cute”
“So what…am I supposed to ask you questions that only my wife would know?” Tony said.
“Your middle name is Peter” Ashley said “We got Zeus on August 23rd of 2015. We moved in here on July 9th of that year…the back bedroom was painted a shade of pink that you said looked like someone combined bubble gum and Pepto-Bismol. We have a joke about our neighbor Dan and the way he runs like George Jefferson walks…
Kristen just raised her shoulders “I met you like twice. I know I look like your wife but…” she nodded at the taller brunette.
Ashley kept on rattling off facts about their wedding, their dates, Tony’s childhood stories he had only told her until she finally said “And I know the one thing that only the two of us know. You know I’d never tell anyone else this” she leaned and whispered into his ear “I know that we’re the only two who know about September 16th of last year…the day we thought we were pregnant…but we weren’t”
Tony jumped back in shock. His eyes darted between the two of them “No?!” he said “That’s physically impossible…two people don’t just swap bodies?!”
Kristen and Ashley exchanged a look “That’s what we thought too until it happened to us”
“I can’t describe the feeling of physically changing” Kristen offered. “There were times when it tingled, time when it was pretty intense and most of the time it was just weird…like watching a movie. Some weird special effects. My skin getting paler…parts of my body just changing shape as I stared at them, even when I was touching them. I had my hand wrapped around my lower leg when it just moved on me”
Tony turned and walked to the living room and both women followed him in. He sat on the couch and Ashley sat down on the other end while Kristen sat in a chair a few feet away. He had a concerned look on his face “Is this permanent?”
“I don’t know” Ashley said and Kristen shrugged.
“Can you go to wear you bought the rings and see if they know anything about them?”
“I could do that…It’s McCartney’s…” Kristen began.
“The second hand clothes store” Tony replied.
“I think they’re already closed tonight but I can check tomorrow” Kristen said.
“Maybe I’ll go with you” Ashley said with a shrug.
“At least it’s Saturday” Tony offered.
“Um…if it is permanent, what will we do?” Kristen asked. “How am I supposed to live, how am I supposed to go anywhere when people already think I’m a married woman, I…”
“Let’s take this one day at a time” Tony said.
“Maybe it’s a 24 hour thing” Ashley said hopefully.
“Maybe midnight?!” Kristen shot back
“Or maybe when we wake up, we’ll be back” Ashley added “Do you want to stay here tonight?”
Kristen laughed “You don’t have any clothes that fit you here”
Ashley stared a second before she started to laugh too. “Oh my God…that’s true. I have this dress…”
Kristen picked up her purse and took out her phone. She texted a few people as Ashley and Tony whispered to each other on the couch.
“Are you okay?” Tony asked.
“No, I’m not okay. I’m Kristen for god’s sake” Ashley hissed. “I look and sound like her”
“But I guess it’s time to prove it’s what’s on the inside that counts huh” Tony said.
“You’d better! You need to be here. I need you now more than ever before in my life. Don’t you dare…” Ashley said.
“I will never leave you. You know that…I just…it’s going to take a minute to get used to this you know”
“Do I know? Do I know?! I have to see this face and body in the mirror and below me. I look down and all I see are tits! I hear her voice in side my head even when I think! My internal voice sounds like her…think about that. For you having to get used to it, multiply that by like a billion dude for me!” Ashley whispered harshly.
“We’ll figure it out. We’re going to be okay…no matter what. I love you and that’s all that matters. That’s what is important” Tony reminded her.
“Hey…let’s order in a pizza” Tony said to Kristen. “Then let’s drink until we figure this out”
“Sounds good to me” Kristen said.
“Hey…let me take you upstairs…you can change into something and I can find something too” Ashley said. “No reason to stay in dress clothes”
“What do you want on your pizza?” Tony asked.
“Peperoni and mushrooms” Kristen answered before stopping and looking a bit shocked.
“What is it?”
“I hate mushrooms. Why do I want them now?” Kristen answered.
“Um…” Ashley looked concerned. “We must have switched taste buds…that was my favorite pizza but when I heard you say it, I thought ‘gross…I hate mushrooms’”
Tony looked concerned too “I’ll just get cheese”