“Come on Wilkins! You can run harder than that” Dave Nelson put his hands on his hips watching his gym class students run laps for their end of the year fitness test.

Aiden Wilkins looked to his partner on the floor counting laps; as soon as he had 3 more than he had on his beginning of the year test, he quit.

The jocks continued around and around as he sat down.

“I just don’t get kids like you” Coach Nelson said shaking his head and not stopping.

“I don’t get guys like you either” Aiden mumbled under his breath “A grown ass man still obsessed with sports and making teenagers do things they don’t want to do”

His friend Liam chuckled and leaned over “We’ve only got two days until summer break…this is it for gym class anyway”

“I know that but you also know he lives around the corner from me on the cul-de-sac. I have to watch him jog every evening…sometimes he does it shirtless” Aiden said.

“Oh my God that’s awful! How have you not gouged your own eyes out yet?” Liam said.

Aiden laughed “I don’t plan on sitting on the front porch watching for him. I’ll be happy in the basement all summer long”

“Video games and Anime” Liam said.

“You know it…I’ve got to catch up on My Hero and there’s like 4 more I want to watch too. My Uncle is really into Game of Thrones and said I was old enough to start watching; he’s got all the seasons on DVD”

“Almost three full months ahead” Liam reminded him.

“And I probably won’t get to half of what I want to watch” Aiden said.

After class, Dave sat in his office working on his final grades. The next two days were filled with assemblies and not real school days and frankly, he wanted to be done as soon as possible.

He got to the last name alphabetically on his list “Aiden Wilkins…what am I going to do about you?” he chuckled and shook his head “Kid shows up every day and does just enough. If I give him shit, his Mom will be at my front door because I ruined his otherwise perfect GPA…pain the ass helicopter Mom”

Dave and his wife Erin had been neighbors to the Wilkins for 6 years. Just after they had gotten married, they had bought their house and noticed the family with two young boys; Aiden and Cooper, who were now 16 and 12.

Dave got Cooper “That kid would shoot baskets in the dead of night if they let him” he thought. He rarely ever saw Aiden out in the driveway with his younger brother though. “He’s a nerd” Dave summarized stating the obvious.

Every shirt Aiden wore had either Star Wars or Marvel characters on it. He was well known as the biggest Anime fan in the school and he had won every academic award there was. “Such a different lifestyle…like the polar opposite of my high school years” Dave thought. He thought back on his days on the Football, Wrestling and Baseball teams while still picturing the skinny and pale kid from his 6^th period class.

“Ah well…whatever” he said to himself and gave the kid an A. “Not my problem; kid can do whatever he wants”

Dave packed up and headed home. He preferred to not think about his job once he left for the day; his wife and 2 year old daughter were all he cared about once he got home so Aiden was forgotten.

Aiden just wanted to get through the next few days and start on his summer vacation. At 16 his Dad was pressuring him to get a job and he almost got sucked into working at the pool his Aunt worked at but mercifully by the time his Dad had asked about it, all the concession stand positions had been filled. “Dodged a bullet” he admitted to himself fully looking forward to keeping his own schedule which would generally mean going to bed at 4 in the morning and getting up at 3 in the afternoon.

It was only the second day of summer break when Aiden heard his Mom Heather yell out “Hey Aiden…do me a favor. We got a piece of mail for your favorite teacher haha. Can you run this over to Mr. Nelson?”

“Really Mom?” Aiden asked sarcastically “You can’t have Cooper run this over”

“Haha…I know you miss him” Heather teased and handed him the water bill.

Aiden sighed and rolled his eyes dramatically “yeah, sure, whatever” he mumbled and headed out to the garage.

He sat down on the bench and put on his black tennis shoes. He wore ankle socks, gray shorts to his knees and a black tee that had Boba Fett on it.

Aiden was tall and skinny at 6’1” and only 135 pounds. Thin arms and legs poked out under his clothes and his shirt would billow if the breeze took it. He had thick dark blonde hair that was cut short, large brown eyes and 3 marks on his left cheek that formed an isosceles triangle. His nose was long and thin and he had a relatively square jaw; wispy hairs poked from his cheeks and upper lip that might need shaved once a month.

Dave was cutting his grass when he saw Aiden walking around the corner and heading his way. He smirked and shut off the mower with 3 or 4 strips left to go and put up his hand in a friendly wave as he saw his now former student start up his driveway.

Dave Nelson was 32 and in contrast with his young neighbor, he stood 6’4” and weighed a muscular and toned 210 pounds. He was shirtless and in a pair of old black gym shorts and grass stained tennis shoes. His muscles gleamed with a layer of perspiration in the midday sun.

Dave worked out daily, running and lifting to stay in top shape. He had played college football at the Division 2 level but hurt his knee in his junior year ending his playing days. His love of the game continued as he coached at his high school as well as being the Phys Ed teacher.

He had dark brown hair and a full beard; his eyes, a shade lighter than Aiden’s were wide and expressive over a larger nose.

It was the physical comparison that really separated the two; Aiden, rail thin and Dave, toned and muscled as Aiden walked up with a blank expression on his face.

“We got a piece of your mail, my Mom wanted me to bring it over to you” Aiden said barely making eye contact.

“Thanks Aiden” Dave replied taking the bill from his hand “Great…another bill…you’re lucky you don’t have to deal with that yet”

“Yeah, I guess so” Aiden replied politely.

“I notice you don’t even have to mow your lawn. My Dad made me start when I was younger than your brother” Dave added.

Aiden shrugged again “My Mom and Dad are really picky about how they mow; it’s kind of weird really. I mow my grandparent’s lawn sometimes…”

“You got any big plans for the summer?” Dave asked as he put the bill down on the front stoop.

“We’re going to the beach; Hilton Head, in July for a week” Aiden answered.

“You’re so lucky and you don’t even know it” Dave said shaking his head “No responsibilities, no job, get to do whatever you want for the next three months”

Aiden didn’t know how to respond. He heard this line from adults all the time and never knew what they wanted to hear; was he supposed to feel guilty about sleeping in, should he apologize for being a kid?

“I’m just saying enjoy it…it won’t last forever. Even if you become a teacher, I have a summer job that I work too” Dave explained.

“Well you’ve met my parents’ right? Living with them is no picnic. If it’s any consolation, I can’t wait to get out on my own…be an adult and have some responsibilities”

Dave looked over at Aiden and smirked. A thought struck him “What would it be like if I were him?”

He didn’t know where the thought came from but his mind began to play it out quickly in his mind. He pictured Aiden’s friends, what he’d be doing all summer long and he found himself saying out loud “Sounds good to me”

“What was that?” Aiden asked.

“Oh…nothing…just my mind wandering” Dave said.

“Oh Okay” Aiden replied. For some reason a thought popped into his mind. He was repulsed initially and thought “Oh God why? No!” But his mind ranged back around to that original thought again “What would it be like if I were him?”

“I’d be into sports, like all the time…working out, playing golf, coaching; it sounds so foreign to me but on the other hand, I’d be an adult” he pictured Erin Nelson, she was quite attractive “But I’d be a Dad too…” his mind flipped back and forth before he thought “Why am I even thinking about this?”

“I just don’t understand a kid who spends all his time inside. So you really have no interest in sports?” Dave asked.

Aiden sighed “Well I don’t understand someone who makes sports their entire life. There’s more to life than chasing around a little ball or running full speed into someone else”

“I wish you could understand what I and a lot of other people see in them” Dave replied.

“Well I wish you could understand why I and a lot of other people don’t enjoy them” Aiden countered.

“I don’t think I’ll ever understand you though I wish I could” Dave said.

“I wish I could too” Aiden replied.

Dave coughed. Like the spit in his mouth suddenly dried up and a dry patch formed in the back of this throat. He bent over and walked to the stoop where he had a water bottle waiting.

Aiden looked around; something was wrong but it took him a second to realize it; the light breeze had completely stopped blowing and everything was still. His head began to throb and pound and his hands went to his temples as pressure seemed to build up. Just as he grimaced, the feeling broke.

Dave swallowed a big gulp of water and a sense of dread suddenly settled into his gut. He got a chill and his body broke out in goosebumps. Just that feeling hanging over him made him weary “What did I just do?” flashed through his thoughts loud and clear.

Their eyes met. Aiden cocked his head. He parted his lips about to speak but nothing came forward.

Dave stared back, a lump growing in his throat, a tingling sensation ran over him. Then, his eyes began to widen in shock and confusion. Aiden was growing.

Aiden felt a sudden surge of heat and energy rush through his body. His muscles tensed at first and then he got the strangest feeling; the feeling that he was somehow lifting and rising up. He looked down to the ground and his feet. He lifted them but saw that they were still planted firmly on the concrete driveway yet to his eyes, he was getting farther away from the ground.

Aiden looked up and over at Mr. Nelson who was just a few feet away. His mind fried trying to comprehend what he was seeing. Mr. Nelson was taller than him. He knew that to be a fact. He was looking him directly in the eye. The driveway was flat, they were on equal footing so “What…is…going on?” He asked very confused.

Dave had just watched Aiden rise up to equal in height to his own. He simply stretched out. His shoulders lifted, he got taller before his eyes, there was nothing else he could say but “I have no idea” in a shaky voice.

He felt nervous and confused all of a sudden, that sense of dread still had a hold of him. He recognized what it was for when he felt his stomach lift and flip and tie in a knot as he began to shrink.

Their eyes were locked on each other, Dave’s bearded chin pointed directly forward until he felt his stomach go off and he realized his chin and eyes were lifting up to maintain eye contact. Either Aiden was growing even more or “I’m shrinking!” his mind screamed.

Dave let out an undistinguishable grunt as he looked to the ground and his feet. His feet were planted but according to his eyes, the pavement was getting closer. He blinked trying to comprehend and by the time he looked back up and over at Aiden, he was about 3 inches shorter than the kid. About the same amount of height difference he had originally held over Aiden, Aiden now had on him.

Dave stepped back in shock “Did I? Did you? Why are you taller than me? Did we…did we just somehow switch heights?”

Aiden’s heart was pounding in his chest. He was as confused and scared as he had ever been in his life. He couldn’t understand or explain what had just happened. He looked down at Mr. Nelson who looked just as confused and scared as he felt. Mr. Nelson looked pale white, much paler than he usually looked. He thought it was from the shock of what they were trying to figure out but as he looked, Aiden could swear Mr. Nelson’s whole skin tone was lightening. It wasn’t just his face; it was his neck and bare chest too.

Dave’s head shook slightly back and forth in a “No” gesture as he took shallow breaths trying to calm himself “There’s no possible way I just shrank 3 inches…no way he grew 3…why would we swap height?”

He shuffled his feet and felt his sneakers shift and flop almost as if his feet no longer filled them like usual.

Dave looked down and looked closely as he lifted his left big toe. It came up well further back from the edge. He pressed his heel down and pushed his foot forward. His shoe visibly moved and he could clearly see a wide gap between his foot and the back of his grass stained sneaker.

A quick glance across and he thought he saw Aiden’s foot looking very smushed in his shoe. His toes looked outlined in the front. “What size show do you wear?” he asked Aiden.

“What? Why would you need to know what…?” Aiden began.

“Just tell me!” Dave said.

“I wear a 10…why?”

“I wear a 13…do your shoes feel tight?” Dave asked.

Aiden hadn’t even noticed or paid any attention to his shoes “Well now that you mention it; yeah they do” He looked down and noticed that they felt very tight and too small on his feet. He tried to lift up his big toes but they were all the way against the ends of his shoes and felt cramped up. “What’s going on?” he asked, his mouth dry.

Dave just shook his head “I don’t know…I honestly don’t understand anything right now I…”

Aiden furrowed his brow as Mr. Nelson just stopped and his jaw dropped staring back at him. He face was itching now like crazy and he began to scratch his cheeks and chin hitting growing stubble and hair all over.

“Oh No” Dave said barely above a croak.

Aiden’s beard was coming in. Dark and full in a matter of seconds it covered his cheeks, chin, sideburns and upper lip. Dave’s heart sank in recognition.

His hands shook as they came up cautious and slow to his own face, hovering as he felt small pinpricks break out across his cheeks, chin and upper lip. He could see Aiden’s expression of disbelief as he scratched his full beard but also at what he was seeing. Dave knew it. He knew what he’d find but he didn’t want to believe it. Finally his hands came down against his smooth soft skin, totally bare and incapable to growing a beard at this point.

His fingers held and pressed down then they moved frantically about rolling and running around his plain and very soft cheeks.

“Muh…Mr. Nelson…” Aiden said in a shaky voice.

Dave nodded looking slightly upward.

“Am I…are we…?” he managed to say.

Dave just continued nodding “I think so…”

“Oh Shit” Aiden said.

Aiden’s hair thinned and began to darken from his own dark blonde to brown. His forehead lifted up, his cheeks shifted outward and his nose began to grow larger. His big brown eyes lightened a shade but remained brown, his distinct pattern of marks on his cheek vanished. His ears shrank and shifted, his chin underneath his beard repositioned itself and his jawline strengthened.

Aiden’s lips tingled as they plumped up and spread out wider. His teeth, only recently freed from braces shifted again. They remained straight but widened as they took on a different shape.

He ran his tongue along the front of his teeth and then over his lips.

Dave watched as Aiden’s face turned into his own. It aged, features changed and shifted until it looked like he was simply looking in a mirror, the image before him was so familiar and yet, he knew.

Dave felt his lips tingle and thin and his teeth ached inside his mouth as they shrank and shifted, moving like liquid through his gums. His teeth slid into the places where his recently removed braces had placed them.

His bare and pale cheeks lifted up, a small triangle formed out of three birthmarks just below his left eye, an eye that was darkening and growing larger.

His chin and jaw shifted back, weakening even as his chin squared. His forehead shrank as his hair lightened to dirty blonde and thickened taking on a close cut.

Aiden’s eyes nearly bugged out as he watched Mr. Nelson’s face turn youthful and turn into his own face. His features just shifting along; his nose thinning, his ears growing larger. In a matter of moments, Mr. Nelson’s face had become his face. They were trading places.

“Am I going to be you?” Aiden asked “How is this happening?”

Dave cocked his head hearing Aiden’s voice. It simply sounded different, a bit weary, a bit older. It definitely wasn’t the voice he knew was Aiden’s. He was hearing his own voice coming from a different body.

Aiden coughed and cleared his throat.

“Oh Man” Dave said, his own voice sounding foreign in his ears and his head.

Aiden jerked hearing Dave speak. “You…you don’t sound right” he said.

“Neither do you” Dave said feeling his Adam’s apple become more prominent and his neck stretch out slightly longer all the while watching Aiden’s neck compress down.

Aiden’s eyes went nervously to Dave’s chest “Am I going to get that?!” he thought in a panic “How in the Hell is my chest going to turn into that?” He looked at the developed shoulders and arms of his teacher too “My whole world is changing! My body is becoming his and his is becoming mine! But that’s going to mean that I’ll be the adult…I’m going to be twice my age and he…he’ll only be half his. He’s going to be the skinny teenager. I’m going to be the married and built adult…oh shit…I’m going to be married and be a Dad…How the Hell am I going to do this?!” he thought.

“Calm down Dave” Dave told himself trying to calm himself down. It wasn’t working “I’m turning into a 16 year old kid! I’m physically changing bodies with one of my students! One of my nerdiest and weakest students! A kid completely and totally different than me in every possible way. I’m going to be him. I’m going to live his life…it’ll be my life and mine will go to him. He’s going to be married to Erin…while I’m over here turning into a kid who’s never had sex in his life, he’s going to get my wife and daughter. He’ll be the husband and Dad while I’m left as a kid half my age”

Dave looked over at Aiden’s physique “He’s so frickin skinny” was all he had time to think before he felt his muscles tighten. They began to constrict and then weaken and shrink down.

Aiden felt his muscles pulsate. They throbbed once, twice; paused and then a constant ticking began in them as they began to grow larger and develop quickly and distinctly. “Whoa” was all he managed to say as his shoulders began to lift up, his back and chest began to spread and his arms swelled.

Dave saw the shock on Aiden’s face almost like an electrical surge running through his body.

Their bodies began to switch. 75 pounds of mass and muscle began to transfer from Dave to Aiden.

Dave’s legs began to thin. His skin had turned paler all over as he took on Aiden’s lighter pallor. It made the dark hairs stick out even more on his skinny calves as his pale thighs shrank down leaving his gym shorts loose and drooping down.

To Aiden, it felt like he was hulking out. Muscles and weight and mass began to build up across his entire body. He got a quick thought of Steve Rogers getting injected with the Super Soldier Serum in Captain America as his muscles began to develop and grow.

10 pounds had swapped; Aiden up to 145 and Dave down to 200.

Dave’s mouth dropped open seeing Aiden’s arms begin to fill up his sleeves. He glanced down at his own and could already tell they were getting smaller.

Another 10 pounds swap; Aiden up to 155 and Dave down to 190. 

Aiden felt stronger already. His waistband of his drawstring shorts began to adjust outward as he reset his feet, still crammed into his too small shoes, to compensate for his growing thighs and weight. He can actually feel his arms beginning to swell and can feel the sleeves of his up until now very loose shirt, come in contact with his biceps.

Dave could see the obvious changes occurring in both of them but now he started to feel something else passing between them; confidence. Dave’s mind began to doubt. Insecurity began to creep in, feelings of being not listened to, not taken seriously, self-image issues “I’m even starting to think like a kid again” he acknowledged.

Once it started, it could only keep going; Aiden up to 165 and Dave down to 180.

“You’re almost my size” Dave said seeing Aiden continue to grow.

“I feel so strange” Aiden said “It’s like electricity running through me…my muscles are so tense and sore”

“It feels like you’re going through the most intense workout of your life” Dave said.

“I know right” Aiden replied. “I, uh…” he took off his shirt and dropped it to the ground at his feet “Holy shit!” he flexed his arms and chest in.

Dave couldn’t reply seeing the tan and more muscled chest coming onto Aiden.

As he watched, they swapped. Aiden was now bigger than Dave. He was taller and now, he weighed more and was more developed and built; Aiden up to 175 and Dave down to 170.

Dave looked down, his chest was noticeably smaller; his arms were slim and thin and his abs were coming in as well.

Aiden simply sensed his new dominance. Nothing had to be said, just a feeling passed between them “I’m not only bigger than him…I’m older too” Aiden realized. “I’m getting his knowledge, experience, education…everything is coming to me”

Dave’s mind was reeling. He blinked and tried to keep as much composure as he could. He felt everything slipping away from him. Not only his body, but his control, his own sense of self and foundation were leaving him as bare as his skinny bare chest. Knowledge was slipping away. He was feeling more and more like the kid in this scenario. A simple look at Aiden’s face showed his growing self-confidence.

The gap now grew wider; Aiden up to 185 and Dave down to 160.

“I haven’t been this skinny since I was a freshman” Dave mumbled, intimidated by the large and still growing man who stood before him.

Aiden didn’t respond, he closed his eyes and just let everything wash over him. The age, the maturity, the body.

The damage was done; Aiden up to 195 and Dave down to 150.

Dave was struck mute and paralyzed momentarily. His body quivered as it lost all discernable muscle definition and mass. He badly wanted to pick up the shirt on the ground and cover himself but he couldn’t move.

Aiden’s body went through a shuddering spasm. Hairs poked out of his chest now, thicker hair came out of on his forearms as the smaller details of their bodies transferred and swapped.

With a final major push, Aiden stopped growing at 210 and Dave stopped at 135.

Aiden stretched as his muscles finally relaxed. He bent back and forth working out his shoulders and back and chest while Dave could just puff out an exasperated breath and shuffle his feet.

Dave patted at his arms and chest now very bare, very pale and very, very scrawny. He looked up at Aiden, now bigger than him in every way, or so he thought.

As their hands changed shape, a bit more strength passed between them. Aiden’s fingers flexed out, his hands getting rougher, callouses appearing in spots, thicker veins came up across the back and then, he felt a small bit of weight on his left ring finger. Intrigued by the sun glinting off of it, Aiden understood he was now wearing a silver wedding band “I’m married!” he thought. “This is really happening! I’m married to Erin” he closed his eyes and tons of images of his wife flooded his memories. Dates, their wedding, her pregnancy, the birth of their daughter, so many little moments that make up a life together.

A void opened in Dave as he watched his hands slim down. His fingers and palms went soft, hands that had never done any hard work, youthful soft hands were now his. He slipped his left hand downward and felt his wedding ring slip and slide to his knuckle. In a panic, he lifted his hand up to keep it from falling off only to have his heart skip a beat when he saw his finger was bare.

“Where is it? Where did it go?!” he scanned the ground at his and Aiden’s feet looking for his ring thinking that it simply slid off due his thin fingers.

“Um…it’s right here” Aiden said holding out his hand and pushing on the back of the silver ring with his thumb.

Dave felt dizzy, now he was overcome with the reality of actually turning into a 16 year old kid “I’m no longer married…I can’t be…I can’t be a Dad…it’s impossible…Erin is 30…she’s…she’s too old for me?!”

Thoughts and memories left his mind in a rush and his jaw slowly dropped as he stared at Aiden.

Just as he was about to say something, a new and deep sensation pushed through his gut.

Aiden shuddered his big shoulders and looked down at his shorts “Oh…” was all he said barely above a whisper.

 It was the last thing on them that needed to swap places. From a physical perspective, Aiden was Dave and Dave was Aiden. Even their mental capacities were flipping bodies and along with knowledge and experience, now the physical embodiment of that was changing.

Dave felt a tingling in his testicles. His balls rose up tight and close for a moment before easing back down a bit although not as low as they usually were. They felt tighter too as hairs poked out changing their appearance even more.

His penis shrank down an inch even while flaccid and the girth went down just like every other part of his body, shrinking down to Aiden’s size. It twitched in his loose underwear. Dave now had a penis that had never even gotten close to going inside a girl. His knowledge and sexual experience vanished.

Now nervous and a bit helpless around girls and intimated by grown women, Dave was aware of his now crush on Erin. How he could see their front yard from his bedroom window and could see Erin out pulling weeds in short shorts and tank top…or the time she had played in the driveway with her daughter in a bikini.

Now his penis came to life, stretching out to its full 6 inches, throbbing and ready to go immediately.

He hadn’t spoken a word to her in over a year, he got too nervous when she would walk by pushing the stroller and he would simply smile and wave to her.

Aiden’s maturity level shot up through the roof. New responsibility levels sat upon his broad shoulders, knowledge and experience washed over him in waves. Additional memories and capabilities came to his mind.

His testicles tingled and lifted before descending lower adding additional heft in his tight boxers. His penis twitched to life adding a flaccid inch and additional girth, thickening up before an erection took hold and he rose to his full 8 inches, the bulge in his tight shorts very apparent.

Their eyes ticked down to the other’s crotch before slowly lifting back up to eye contact “I’m you” Dave said in a very shaky voice.

“And I’m you” Aiden replied more confidently. “You’re half my age…you’re just a kid again”

Dave nodded “You just doubled your age…you’re…”

“An adult” Aiden finished looking back down at his body and once again lifting his left hand to look at his wedding ring “I’m twice the age I was when I walked over here. I’m the adult now. I’m your teacher, I’m the one with a job, a car, a wife, a child, a mortgage, credit…a college education…everything that was yours is now mine. I’m David Nelson. At least to the rest of the world I am”

“I’m a kid…I can’t drive. I have to listen to my parents. I’ve got like 10 bucks in my room…I’m going to be a junior in August. I’ve got summer reading to do…studying for the SAT’s…my whole world has gone to that of a teenaged boy” Dave looked up in wonder at the man before him “We switched lives”

“That we did…not to be weird or anything but follow me for a second” Aiden waved him into the garage “We need to swap our clothes before someone sees us like this though”

Aiden took small steps due to the cramping of his feet in his shoes which were 3 sizes too small for him now.

And as soon as he hit the shade of the garage floor, he was kicking at the heels of his stretched sneakers.

Dave walked in and easily walked out of his tennis shoes. His bare feet looked very different now too. Softer and smaller and surprisingly narrow he looked over as Aiden peeled off his ankle socks revealing his broader and large feet.

They went behind the car and both pulled down their shorts and underwear. A brief moment of awkwardness and some blushing followed as they exchanged clothes and got redressed.

Dave had grabbed the black Boba Fett tee up off the ground and felt better once he was covered up under it. He noted that the shirt was just a large but they was plenty of room in it. He knew he had medium sized shirts at home he could still wear easily.

Dave used his dexterity to slip on his socks and shoes while Aiden slipped his feet into the worn out mowing shoes he should be wearing.

“If you don’t get home soon, your Mom will be coming over here looking for you. Tell her that we were talking and you’re going to help me out with a few odd jobs around the house this summer that way you can come over and it won’t be suspicious”

Dave just nodded taking his instructions.

“Tell her she can contact me if she has any questions. I know my number is in her phone from school. I’ll let her know that I need an extra set of hands to put up some drywall in the basement and it’ll be good for you” Aiden continued. “We need to stay in some sort of contact. I want to make sure you’re doing okay…I feel responsible for this…for you…I’ll help you out in any way I can okay”

Dave just nodded again “yeah” he replied softly. He rubbed his right arm nervously as he looked around thinking “I should get home” Memories of being even younger quickly crowd in. Numerous images of his Mom and Dad and brother filled his head. A quick shot of earlier in the morning came to him. Just shortly before Aiden walked over, Dave could now see it. His younger brother Cooper walking downstairs “It’s my turn on the PlayStation”

“No it’s not” he hears himself saying. He can feel the controller in his hand, can see the game in front of him.

“Yes it is” Cooper said coming up closer and making a reach for the controller in his hands.

“Knock it off jerkwad…I’ll let you play after I die” he hears himself say, he can feel the words forming in his head, in his mouth, Dave is fully living this moment, this memory, it’s becoming his.

The next thing he feels is a punch against his temple, hard and sudden. He jumps up and throws his controller to the couch but before he can retaliate, Cooper ducks under his arms, gets in close and shoves him in his chest which pushes him back awkwardly against the couch and he loses his balance.

Dave absent-mindedly rubs his knee. His Mom is coming down the stairs to flip laundry “Knock it off you two! No fighting!”

“But…” Dave stutters “He punched me and made me lose…”

“I don’t want to hear it Mister. It’s Cooper’s turn; you’ve been on long enough anyway. I’ve got an errand for you to run for me…”

It blurs and now he’s replaying his Mom handing him the water bill and telling him to take it over to Mr. Nelson and laughing about how he can see his favorite teacher. Dave can feel his sigh knows the eye roll as he puts on his shoes and walks outside hearing the lawn mower. He can see himself from his eyes as he walks over, all of it playing out like a dream up to their conversation just now their roles are already flipped. The memory cuts off just as he said “I wish I could too” and he hears the cough.

“Alright…you should head back” Aiden says bringing Dave back to the present.

“Yeah, um…I’ll check in soon” he mumbles.

“Please do” Aiden replies.

As Dave headed back down the driveway at the end of the street he sees a silver car turning in; Erin’s car; Lily will be in her car seat in the back. He looks back to Aiden who puts up a hand in a wave.

For a brief glimpse, Erin smiles at him as she turns into the driveway. She pulls up, he walks down and quickly crosses over heading to his own driveway. Dave walks into his house. His new life has begun.

Aiden smiled broadly as the car pulled in. Inside, he was nervous as Hell but he knew he had to act naturally. He had to act like Dave. Memories and emotions and just simple daily interactions were all coming to him but he was afraid it wasn’t going to be fast enough. Part of him was still, and always would be, Aiden the nervous little 16 year old kid trapped in this big body and this very different life he now had to live.

“I’m 16! Not 32…what am I going to…” he thought in a panic but when his mouth opened “Hey honey…did you get everything you needed?”

Erin turned the car off and got out. Aiden took in the sight of his wife. His wife. She got out “Yeah…luckily the Kroger had everything so I didn’t have to run around that much”

Aiden took her in this close up. Her toes painted bright red in her brown sandals, her long trim legs up to her denim shorts, her flat tummy and pert breasts in her yellow and blue top. Her face and hair as she leaned in and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. Her bangs gently brushed against his own forehead as they kissed and her ponytail bounced as she turned around.

Aiden was already opening the back door and unbuckling the car seat. His daughter put her arms out “Daddy” she said as he lifted her out and put her on his hip.

“Hey honey…were you a good girl for Mommy?” he asked her.

She nodded “Yeth” she replied and his heart melted.

He grabbed a grocery bag with his free hand and followed her in.

Aiden put Lily down on the floor by her toys and helped his wife put away a few things. Most items stayed out on the counter for the recipe she was going to make for dinner though.

“Was that Aiden walking by?” she asked.

“Yeah, they got our water bill so he ran it over” Aiden replied.

“Oh nice” was all she said about him and she moved on to a different subject.

“Let me go finish up the yard; I’ve only got a few more strips to go”

“Sure”

Aiden went back out “This has to be a dream” he said as he started the mower “This cannot actually be happening right now”

He easily walked back and forth finishing off his chore “This has to be the longest and most lucid dream I’ve ever had” he thought to himself. If he stopped and stood still, he could still feel his body growing and changing into this one. It was a feeling he didn’t think he could ever forget.

Deep down, it was a feeling he hoped he wouldn’t have to feel in reverse.

Dave walked into the Wilkens house. It was entirely too familiar to him. He walked into the kitchen a realized he knew where everything was kept. The door to the basement was closed and as he looked down the hall he knew Cooper was still on PlayStation.

His Dad was at work, his Mom was sitting out on the back deck reading a book and Dave looked at her.

Heather Wilkens was a teacher at the elementary school so Dave knew her from overall staff meetings, now, she was his Mom. He could easily picture her being his Mom. Memories of not even being up to her waist and holding her hand as they walked around Disney World.

He couldn’t picture her at a staff meeting any longer. He couldn’t picture his job really at all anymore.

Dave walked into the bathroom and shut the door behind him, locking it too. The house was quiet so he would hear if anyone was approaching the door.

He looked down at himself “My God” he said shaking his head “This has to be a dream. This can’t actually be happening to me” He pinched himself but all it did was hurt his arm.