“Oh I’m so happy you could make it home for Christmas!” Jen Evans exclaimed as she hugged her cousin Rachel. “I’ve missed you so much and so have the boys!”
“I’ve missed all of you sooooo much! You have no idea how much!” Rachel said feeling overwhelmed by emotion “I love college but homesickness is real”
“I can imagine! I know I couldn’t do it…that’s why I lived at home through college” Jen laughed “You’re braver than me; going all the way to Denver all by yourself at 18!”
Rachel Richardson beamed with happiness; it was her first trip back home since she had left for college in August. Her parents were working so she was being picked up at the airport by her cousin Jennifer whom she had idolized her whole life.
Jen had babysat Rachel when she was little so many times, she joked she was her second mother. Rachel had returned that favor by babysitting both of Jen’s sons every chance she got.
“Let’s get your bags loaded in and get out of here” Jen said popping the trunk of her SUV open “Are you hungry?”
“I’m starving” Rachel replied.
“The boys are in school and your parents won’t be off work for hours; why don’t we go to my house and we can catch up and I’ll make us some lunch” Jen said.
“That sounds amazing!” Rachel replied.
“Oh you painted the kitchen” Rachel said upon entering Jen’s house.
“Yep…just last month; I was tired of the old color. Jeff hated painting in here, bitched the entire time about all the trim work haha” Jen laughed as Rachel took off her coat and boots.
They had talked non-stop the entire drive home and their conversation hadn’t taken a break yet as Jen cooked and Rachel paced working out the kinks of flying from Denver to Boston. “I wish I could stay home longer than just a week” Rachel said at one point. “Like, if I could just go for the fall semester each year and then stay home in spring”
Jen cocked her head.
Rachel noticed the silence and saw Jen staring off “Hello! Did I lose you there?” she laughed.
Jen shook her head and laughed as well “I…I was just thinking about something…just something that popped into my head; it’s nothing”
Rachel resumed talking but Jen had gotten quiet “What if…should I bring it up to her? Would she laugh in my face and call me crazy?” she thought, her cheeks and ears burning.
“Hello!” Rachel said smiling “God did I lose you again? Whatever popped into your head is obviously important so you might as well tell me what it is”
Jen blushed and her mouth went up and down a few times “Ah, um…yeah fine but you’re going to laugh at me and call it stupid”
“No I will not! How could I ever…?” Rachel said putting her hands on her hips.
“Follow me” Jen said heading through the living room and down the hall to her bedroom. She pulled out a jewelry box from her nightstand and moved the top drawers aside until she got to the bottom. There, 2 silver rings sat.
“Oh those are so pretty” Rachel said.
“They are but that’s the least of why they’re impressive” Jen said “They’re magic”
“What.”
Jen took in a deep breath and nodded while smiling “I know it sounds absolutely insane but it’s true. Two people put on the rings at the same time and their bodies will switch. Then, you take them off until you want to switch back…put them back on and…” she shrugged “You’re back to you”
Rachel was dumbfounded.
“I’ve done it a bunch of times with Amy” Jen said causally mentioning her older sister whom Rachel was also close with “Going back to when I was 9 and she was 12. We freaked out so bad!” Jen chuckled at the memory of the two of them messing around in the attic on a summer day when their parents were away. “We screamed and yelled! I was wearing a bathing suit and when I changed into Amy I burst the shoulder straps clear out so I’m running around in a circle holding up this super tight suit and she starts crying because she thinks she’s going to be trapped as me and have to be my little sister…needless to say we took the rings off but put them back on like 2 minutes later and we swapped back. We figured out what we call the swap rings…” she shrugged again.
“That…that’s impossible” Rachel said.
“That’s what we thought too but it’s not. We’ve done it dozens of times…last time we did it was just a few weeks ago because we were bored. She loves getting to be taller as me haha” Jen said.
“And you mention this to me because…” Rachel said.
“Because of what you said back in the kitchen about wishing to get to stay here longer. You could if you changed into me. I could go back to college for you and you could stay here. You’re studying education which, um, as you recall was my major in college and one that I am currently using as my profession”
“But, but…” Rachel said.
“And now you see why I got so quiet” Jen said “Amy might be pissed at me for even telling you about these; the rings have been our secret for 30 years now but…I just had to let you in. I’ve honestly missed you so much. I used to get to see you like all the time and now it’s been 4 months”
“So you think if you’re me, you won’t miss me?” Rachel said, her big brown eyes wide.
“How could I miss you if your face is what I see in the mirror haha” Jen answered.
“But…you’d be a kid again…there’s 21 years difference between us; 18 to 39” Rachel said.
“I know, it’s stupid and silly, I knew I shouldn’t have mentioned it” Jen said putting the drawers back into her jewelry box.
“It’s not stupid” Rachel said softly.
Jen turned “You’re just saying that to make me feel better now”
“No…I’m actually thinking about it” Rachel said standing up on wobbly legs “But dang…it’s a lot to think about like how long would I stay. I’d be married to Jeff…what would that be like? Mom to Carson and Connor…I…it’s a bit much to think about all at once”
“I know” Jen said. “Why don’t you spend time with your parents the next few days, take it easy and relax. Then we’ll have Christmas Eve here like always, then, you don’t fly back until the 29th. We just need to decide before then”
Jen got up and walked back to the kitchen. Rachel watched her the whole way looking at her like she never had before. “What if that was my body?” she thought really looking at how she walked and moved; every facial expression she made, the way her hair lay, her hands, the outline of her toes in her socks and the way her feet landed as she walked. When she sat, how she crossed her legs, her slight double chin, the fact that she was 4 inches taller than Rachel and weighed more carrying a “Mom bod” and so many other things that she had always taken for granted.
Rachel now couldn’t think of anything but being Jen. How her voice sounded more nasally than hers and what would it sound like in her own head if that were her voice. How her nose was larger and longer than her own…it just went on and on.
Rachel did enjoy spending some time at home with her parents but by the time Christmas Eve rolled around, she knew what her answer was.
After dinner and after the kids had opened their presents and everyone was talking in small groups, Rachel got Jen’s attention.
Jen walked over “We’re going to do it” she said with a smile that just kept widening.
Jen grabbed her by the arm and pulled her a bit further away from the party down the hall “Are you serious?”
Rachel nodded slowly and confidently.
“You’re sure?!” Jen said her own smile spreading across her lips, her eyes lighting with joy.
Rachel nodded again “Yes I’m sure! Just tell me a time and I’ll be here!”
Jen hugged Rachel tight “Oh my God I’m so excited! How long are you thinking?”
“How long are you thinking?” Rachel countered.
“It’s up to you” Jen said.
“Then I’m thinking the whole spring semester. I was planning on coming home as soon as my exams were over in May but if that’s too long we could figure something out…” Rachel said.
“No! That’s fine! That’s perfect…yes…Yes! I’ll be you until May” Jen said. She pulled back and stood at arm’s length away from Rachel, her eyes scanned up and down “The day after tomorrow. Jeff is taking the boys to the movies the day after Christmas…they’re going to see the new Star Wars movie. Come over at noon”
“Sounds good” Rachel said glancing down the hall at the party. “Should we tell Amy?”
“I already did!” Jen admitted “She’s not mad at all…she’s super excited and I think a bit jealous haha”
Amy peered down the hall and tip toed her way over. As she got close, she saw the expressions on their faces “No…! You two bitches are seriously gonna swap!” she whispered and they nodded “God I am so jealous! I have always wanted to swap with someone else just to see what it feels like! You are so lucky!” she punched her sister playfully in the arm “The only one I’ve ever been is this one” she said to Rachel.
“What’s the longest you two were ever swapped?” Rachel asked.
“About 8 months back in like 97 and 98 right?” Amy answered.
“Yeah that would have to be; it was like 5 months in 01 so yeah…8 months” Jen concurred.
“She told me about the first time you two swapped” Rachel said.
“Oh God in the attic when she snapped her swimsuit and I started to cry because she was bigger than me haha” Amy laughed.
“Yep! That’s the one!” Rachel said.
“Well yours should be much smoother than that; you know it’s coming” Amy said.
“So, you two don’t know where the rings came from?” Rachel asked.
Both shook their head no “Nope…we found them in an old box and never told anyone about them until you” Amy said.
“We hinted at them with our parents but they never gave any indication they knew about them; they were in a box from our Great Aunt Catherine. Stuff from her house when she passed away; she never married or had any kids…” Jen said.
“Yeah, our Dad said he had only been to her house a handful of times and never past the living room or kitchen and bathroom” Amy finished.
“We should get back” Jen said.
“Just know that if you like this, I want a turn too” Amy said as she winked at Rachel.
By the day after Christmas, Jen was about ready to burst. The morning took forever but it was twinged with some sadness as she would miss her family while she was gone. She knew they would be in good hands though and she smiled as they headed out to their movie.
Five minutes later, Rachel pulled in.
Jen watched from the window besides her door and the skinny girl all bundled up against the cold made her way to the door. She flung it open just as she stepped up on the front porch and Rachel easily hopped in.
“Oh My Gosh it’s so cold out today!” Rachel said as she stomped the snow off her boots and removed her gloves. She unzipped her heavy parka and flipped the hood back to reveal her long brown hair held back by a thick black headband.
“Let me take your coat” Jen said as Rachel untied her boots and stepped out wearing thick socks.
She also wore black leggings on her skinny legs and an oversized gray sweater. At 5’4” and 115 pounds, she was tiny and the sweater, which was just a size medium, looked huge on her.
Jen just smiled hanging up the coat. She too wore thick heavy socks and black leggings but she had on a lightweight maroon long-sleeved top.
At 5’8” and 160 pounds, she wasn’t fat but she was more substantive than her young cousin. She had thicker thighs and just a little belly; she wore her “Mom bod” proudly as a woman pushing 40 in just a few months. Her hair was brown but highlighted with blonde and red streaks and cut into a bob just above her shoulders.
“So everybody’s gone?!” Rachel asked looking around. Her face was pure excited anticipation and she was up on her toes without even realizing it.
Jen nodded but couldn’t conceal her smile either “Yep; it’s just you and me here now”
“There’s so many questions…I can’t even get all of them into my mind at once” Rachel said.
“I know. This is huge but we have plenty of time to talk about everything. I have a lot of questions too” Jen replied. “But you’re obviously still up for it right?”
“Of course I’m up for it!” Rachel laughed “AH! I’m gonna be you…how insane is that?!”
“And I’m going to be you!” Jen said, her eyes crinkling down as her smile grew. “Can I get you something to drink before we start?”
“No…I’ll have something once I’m you” Rachel responded.
“I think you’re right…let’s swap and they we can talk” Jen said clapping her hands quickly and lightly together.
Jen led and Rachel followed to the bedroom where she closed the door and made sure the blinds were pulled.
“Now, first things first…I am not nearly as skinny as you and seeing as that is the only outfit I can walk out of here in…I don’t want a repeat of the snapped bathing suit” Jen said.
“Oh…OH!” Rachel said blushing. She bobbed her head in embarrassment “So you’re telling me to strip huh”
Jen laughed “Yeah, I guess I am”
“Ok then…” Rachel laughed again and lifted her heavy sweater up and off, her long hair flying away with static.
“Dang girl! You are skiiiiinnnnnyyyy!” Jen said seeing Rachel’s flat stomach and abs.
Rachel blushed again even harder. “Stop!” she said as she took off the white tank she had on underneath leaving just her bra. She sat on the bed and took off her heavy socks revealing tiny toes topped with light pink polish “Should I have taken off my nail polish?”
“Nope! Surprisingly enough; that swaps too” Jen said.
“Really?! I’m surprised!” Rachel said.
“Wait until our fillings swap in our teeth…now that feels weird” Jen said.
Jen began taking off her jewelry. Rings, bracelets, necklace and earrings all came out and she placed them on her dresser.
Rachel saw this and took her earrings out but she wore no other jewelry.
“Amy has doubled pierced ears and I’m just a single and my fingers look bigger than yours so better to be safe than sorry” Jen said “Don’t want to spend the rest of today trying to get rings off”
“True” Rachel said as she took off her leggings and laid them out on the bed.
“Do you want a pair of my panties to grow into?” Jen asked.
“Sure…we can do it like that” Rachel said.
“I’m a 36B bra” Jen said.
“I’m a 34B so not far off really” Rachel replied.
“Oh! Yeah…” Jen said going into her dresser and handing Rachel a pair a very light blue size 6 panties.
Rachel took off her size 2’s and Jen peaked at the number “Holy Shit! Haha! Size 2! And your leggings are too! I hate to brake this to you but you’re going up to a size 8…thick thighs save lives”
“Do you think I mind?! I wouldn’t be here right now standing here like this if I didn’t want to have your body instead of my own!” Rachel said.
She slipped off her panties and put on the loose pair that Jen had given to her. Jen slipped her top off and smiled looking down. She stood up straight and pulled her shoulders back to eliminate her stomach “See…just a little maneuvering and you can still have a flat stomach!” She laughed and leaned forward to show her slight soft belly.
“Nothing wrong with what I’m seeing” Rachel insisted.
“Well I think you’re lying but I appreciate it none the less haha” Jen said as she bent and took off her socks revealing the tattoo on top of her right foot and her plain toes.
Her other tattoo was on her right wrist.
She shimmied her hips and took off her leggings and laid them out next to Rachel’s on the bed “Just waiting for us to pick them back up and put them back on” Jen added.
“Do you still have those black heels you wore to the wedding last year?” Rachel asked “The open toed ones with the chunky heel?”
“Yeah” Jen replied.
“I love those shoes! I can’t wait to wear them!” Rachel said.
Jen put up her index finger and turned to her closet. In a few seconds, she pulled them out “These ones right here?”
“Yes! Those are the ones!” Rachel replied.
“These are actually an 8.5. I’m usually an 8 but somethings fit better the half size up” Jen said.
“And I’m only a 7! Sometimes I’m even a 6.5” Rachel said.
“Well your feet get bigger during and after pregnancy” Jen said “Mine did”
Rachel took the heels from Jen and looked them over closely. Only worn a few times, she could still see toe imprints that would soon be where her own feet would sit in these.
As Jen went to her nightstand and brought out the jewelry box, Rachel put the shoes down. She stood up straight and put her shoulders back and her chin up.
Jen hummed a little bit as she brought them out and held them in her hand.
“Does it matter which one?” Rachel asked.
“Nope” Jen replied as Rachel took one and held it in her right hand, her left hand stayed still with her fingers splayed waiting for the ring.
Jen took her own and smirked “On the count of three okay…One…Two…Three”
Jen pushed the ring down her left ring finger and saw Rachel doing the same. A warmth came off the ring immediately.
“Here we go” Jen said raising her eyebrows.
“Oh…Oh I’ve got this funny feeling in my stomach” Rachel said bringing her hands to her bare midriff “Like major butterflies!”
“Yeah, that’s the first sign…it’s working” Jen replied.
Rachel squinted and shut her eyes tight as chills ran up and down her spine and electric charges seemed to run down her arms to numb her fingers. She shivered “Ooooo”
Jen just smiled feeling her body begin to tighten. Her muscles tightened in her arms and her shoulders and back tensed up; for a moment she couldn’t move her neck.
Then Jen shivered and shuddered and began to shrink.
Rachel’s jaw dropped as she saw Jen drop. One second she was standing there and the next, she was shorter. Rachel had been looking into Jen’s eyes when they, and the whole rest of her body moved, becoming shorter and smaller and Rachel momentarily was staring at Jen’s forehead and hairline.
“Oop!” Jen exclaimed wobbling momentarily “That always catches me! You’d think by now I’d be used to shrinking! Amy’s only 5’2”…or so she claims…I personally think she’s 5’1” and I’ve measured myself in her body to prove it but she doesn’t like to hear that!” Jen laughed. She was still taller than Rachel for the moment but not by much.
“You just shrank!” Rachel finally managed to say.
“Yeah I did! Get ready…you’re in for a lot more than that” Jen laughed.
“Oh…Oh! OH!” Rachel said as she felt her chest rise like she was taking in a deep breath but yet it was something altogether different. Instead of exhaling and feeling herself go back down, she remained where she was. She was looking Jen directly in the eye now. She looked down to their bare feet and saw them both standing flat footed but they were now the same height.
“See! I told you!” Jen said as she felt her hair let go and begin to grow longer, brushing against her neck as it darkened and grew out.
“This is mind blowing!” Rachel said “Can I…?” her hand stretched out towards Jen’s growing hair.
“Sure! Of Course you can touch it!” Jen answered “Feels weird as it grows between your fingers”
Rachel giggled feeling Jen’s hairs growing and intertwining with her fingers “It feels like mine”
“It should! It is yours” Jen reminded her.
“But…”
“But look in the mirror” Jen said pointing to the mirror over her dresser.
Rachel turned and her jaw dropped again “Holy shit! I look different already!” Her cheeks had risen up high and round like apples, like Jen’s cheeks. Lines ran down the sides of her mouth and smile and laugh lines were etching in at the corners of her mouth and eyes. Her hair was beginning to lighten and show signs of highlights in it.
She could see Jen in her reflection. It was like a morph picture of the two of them combined; somethings reflecting Jen and others still looking very much like her own features.
Rachel’s wide eyes began to narrow as she developed Jen’s double lidded eyes and her big brown doe eyes became Jen’s light hazel eyes “Whoa” was all Rachel could say. She shook her head and looked away from the mirror feeling overwhelmed and a bit dizzy.
“You doing okay…not going to pass out on me are you?” Jen asked putting a hand out.
“No” Rachel was smiling. She took a deep breath and stood back up straight “Just having my mind blown! This is all…wow…”
“Trust me; I know” Jen replied smirking as she saw Rachel’s hair rising up and thinning out.
Jen’s mouth twitched and she felt a numbness hit her lips. She held still and concentrated feeling her lips plump and spread out. A half smirk lifted the right side of her mouth just before she felt her teeth shift in her gum line and she broke out in shivers “Oh God that freaks me out every. Single. Time!”
She turned to the mirror and bared her teeth. Her tongue separated the top from the bottom and ran over them “Nice though…I’m really starting to look more like you” Jen said as she noticed her cheeks were longer and sleeker and her eyes were looking larger and darker.
“Dang I look like a baby!” Jen said seeing all her lines and marks had vanished. “I usually get older in these swaps”
“I’m the one getting older this time” Rachel said as she felt her lips go numb and tingle. She pursed them down and when they came back out, they were thinner. “Oh…now I get it…” Rachel said as her teeth began to change. Her gums felt like semi-liquid as her teeth rearranged and reset in her mouth along with her tongue changing shape suddenly. She swallowed hard and coughed once clearing her throat.
Rachel looked down and brought her hand up to cover her mouth “Wow…that is strange”
She turned back to the mirror and was a bit stunned by just how much she now looked like Jennifer. Mouth, cheeks, eyes…little things like lines and birthmarks had changed and “My HAIR!” she yelled out grasping at the ends as it pulled up into a freshly cut bob just above her shoulders.
Her part shifted along with her forehead and hair line. Lines dug across her forehead as she furrowed her brow. Her eyebrows thinned out and lightened as well when she did it.
Blonde and red highlights streaked her light brown hair; Jen’s hair.
Jen picked up Rachel’s thick black hairband and put it on, pushing her hairline back and exposing a wider and smoother forehead and accentuating her ticker and darker eyebrows. She chuckled as she felt her slight double chin tighten up and her jawline shift.
Jen’s face began to shift to a more heart shaped face now that it had Rachel’s pointier chin instead of her usual oval face.
Looking in the mirror at both of them, Rachel was feeling like she was floating and having an out of body experience. Jen’s face was looking almost entirely like her own while her face was mostly Jen. The hair switching places only emphasized their changes.
Rachel’s ears began to burn and redden as they grew slightly larger while Jen, with her hair pulled back could easily see her own ears shrinking down smaller.
Rachel realized that all that was missing was their noses. Her hand went to it but before she could touch it, she had a feeling like someone had already given it a quick rap.
Rachel’s nose was long and straight and fairly flat but now it pulled up and out taking on Jen’s hawk shaped nose. That was all that was needed to transform her face entirely into Jennifer’s face. All trace of her own look was gone with the trademark and distinguished nose on her now.
She was so caught up in looking at her own; turning slightly to the side to get a profile look at it, that she missed Jen’s nose pulling back and straightening out into hers in return. By the time she looked over, Jen looked exactly like her in her face and hair. A spitting image down to the very smallest detail.
“Wow” Rachel said again as Jen nodded. “I mean I know exactly what to look for in that face and not a single detail was missed”
“That’s why it’s magic” Jen confessed. As she spoke, each word sounded slightly different. It began it her natural voice but by the second word, it sounded higher, then less nasal, then somewhat sweeter. She caught herself smiling realizing her voice was changing into Rachel’s.
Jen’s throat tickled and she could feel it tightening up as she smiled Rachel’s smile.
Rachel’s narrower eyes widened upon hearing Jen’s shifting and changing voice. Her mouth opened but nothing came out as her mind stopped her preparing her “This is gonna sound totally different” she thought and the voice inside her head sounded like Jennifer’s voice already. Her tone, her nasal voice even punctuated by her laugh in there.
“So I guess...HAHA…I guess it’s my turn to try out my new pipes. Ohmygod that sounds so weird! So different! It sounds even different in my head” Rachel rambled speaking with Jen’s voice.
“It sounds great from over here” Jen said laughing Rachel’s laugh “It suits you!”
“Yeah…It should!” Rachel agreed. “I mean, this is the voice that should be coming out of this mouth” she said as her neck shortened up and she felt her shoulders and back tense up.
After the initial tensing, they began to widen and spread out, shifting, she felt her bra straps slide out closer to the edges of her shoulders as her back softened.
Rachel’s sides softened and her arms began to grow. They grew longer and larger as some weight came onto them yet they didn’t yet sag or loosen to excess skin, just filled out more.
Rachel could tell her weight was increasing. She felt things getting larger or softer and her senses just confirmed her continuing changes to her body size and shape, her overall mass felt greater.
Jen again felt her muscles tighten as her shoulders rose up and in, her back lifted and tightened and her arms almost vibrated as they shrank down and trimmed down with youthfulness regained. No excess skin or fat could be pinched as ropy muscle popped out.
“Now it’s getting to the base” Rachel said looking down. Her skin tone was darkening as Jen was naturally a darker tone than her. Her skin was also aging. Showing signs of sun damage and just being 39 instead of 18 as the skin of her breasts darkened and slight lines and bumps appeared. She felt her breasts sag and weigh down, settling into her bra more.
Another shiver ran up her spine as her nipples changed. They perked up as they did, poking at the cups of her bra, now a size too small. As they rubbed, slight excitations ran through her body.
“Now this is different” Jen said feeling her breasts lift “Amy has bigger boobs than I do so this is a reversal from the norm”
Jennifer’s skin was lightening and clearing up as her signs of aging reversed. Her breasts perked up with a youthful vigor sitting higher in her slightly large bra. The B cup standard though still held as her nipples too popped out and rubbed. She ducked a finger into her bra and snuck a peak at them seeing a darker areola on a firmer breast.
Their changes were still working down their arms and as their forearms changed, Rachel felt an itch at her right wrist. She flipped her arm over to see the two intertwined hearts of Jen’s tattoo darkening into form there. A deep blue at first it darkened to black and she rubbed her fingers over it confirming it wasn’t going to just simply rub off; it was her tattoo now. “Cool! I always wanted some ink”
“Oh! Does that mean I can get you a tattoo while I’m you!?” Jen asked excitedly.
“Um, no. I don’t think so” Rachel replied.
“Dang it!” Jen snapped snapping her fingers. As she snapped, her fingers were changing. They were thinning out. Her palms and the backs of her hands thinned down and her nails grew out rounder and slightly longer. “Oh…look at that! I have your hands” Jen said in a very matter of fact tone.
“Oh…just like that” Rachel felt her hands puff up and her fingers thickened. Her nails came to more of a point while pulling back slightly shorter but still retaining some length to them. Rachel spread her fingers out then brought them down dragging them across her palms simply feeling how her hands felt now.
Rachel put her hands on her hips.
“Oh God you look like I do” Jen said suddenly “I stand like that all the time”
“Oh…I just…it just felt natural I mean” Rachel said looking down at herself as she realized that she was striking a trademark Jennifer pose.
As she looked, she bent down a bit further leaning forward. Her shorter hair brushed her ears but she was watching her stomach grow.
Rachel’s flat stomach and visible abs just simply gave way. The muscle tone was there one second and then, it was gone. Then her skin puffed up and spread out all while she watched with her mouth opening wider. A small pouch of fat built up and took shape “Ah!” she finally exclaimed as her hands went to it and began to play with it. She pressed it and pulled on it, squished it up and spread it out. “Belly”
“You’d find out eventually that unless you have a celebrity trainer that is gonna happen. It’s inevitable especially after carrying two kids”
“Oh I’m not upset…I get it. I’m just playing with it” Rachel admitted.
“Oh…Ok” Jen responded with a smile “Glad you’re enjoying it”
With her stomach growing, Rachel’s waist began to spread out as well and the loose panties began to tighten up and fit.
Jen, meanwhile, felt an abrupt tightness in her midsection. She had already lost weight with the changes that had already occurred to her top half but now, with her stomach sucking inward, about 10 pounds vanished in an instant. Her little pouch of fat just shrank. It got smaller and smaller on her until her skin smoothed out flat then, muscle definition popped out and Jen suddenly had visible abs.
“Oh My God! Never! I have never looked like this before” Jen said
“Well duh! You’ve never been me before” Rachel replied.
“I mean not even when I was 18 myself did I have a body like this” Jen countered plainly “You are in great shape!”
Rachel blushed feeling the heat in her high cheeks. She turned to the mirror and saw Jen’s smile smiling back at her. “Well it’s yours for now; take care of it”
“Oh I will! I can’t work out as much as I used to…my knees hurt too badly afterwards. I don’t have much cartilage left in either of my knees and they ache. I used to walk and run and workout a lot more than I can now” Jen admitted adding in a dismissive wave of her hand “But you’re going to find that out for yourself soon enough” she laughed as Rachel gave her a serious look. She couldn’t hold it though and broke back into a smile.
Now Rachel experienced her second height boost. As they looked at each other, looking directly eye to eye, she felt that inhaling feeling again and then, she rose up 2 more inches taller “Whoa hahaha! I’m taller again! Taller than you! I’ve never been taller that you! Even in heels I can’t beat you!”
“Well you can now…and in heels, you can put me to shame” Jen admitted. “I’m going to be just a little shrimp haha!”
“Hey now!” Rachel shot back with mock indignation.
As they were laughing, Jen got her wish. She tingled all over and then suddenly shrank down 2 more inches. “Dang it! Both times it got me!” she said now looking up 4 inches to Rachel.
“Wow…you do look short to me now” Rachel said.
Jen put her hands on her hips “I know…we reversed our height difference. I’m the 5’4” one and you’re 5’8”
“Oh I don’t mind this one bit” she said looking down “The extra inches also helps with the belly”
“Well yeah…taller gets to spread the weight out more” Jen said.
Rachel stood up as straight as she could and pulled her shoulders back “Oh yeah…looks like it’s gone!”
“But it’s not haha…it never goes away” Jen teased.
“It did for you” Rachel shot back.
Jen could only raise her eyebrows and nod “That it did” she patted her firm and flat stomach.
Rachel felt an odd sensation in her rear end. Her ass was beginning to grow. Jen had a decent ass for a woman nearing 40 but it wasn’t the round pert and rock hard one of an 18 year old. Flesh and fat built up and spread out. Dimples of cellulite popped out and her ass cheeks slid out filling up the larger panties.
Jen blushed.
Rachel blushed and dropped her chin as her hands reached back and began to grab and squeeze and massage what was now behind her; her behind. “Oh…” her facial expressions exhibited a wide range as she explored her dimensions.
Her hips slid out as well quickly brought out further by necessity. Her center of gravity shifted and she reset her feet.
“Maybe the less said…” Jen began.
“No…you’ve got a nice ass Jen. Just different than my own” Rachel said “Much more befitting your body, my body, like what you said about my voice; it suits me…it fits me better. I need it”
“Well if you put it that way…yeah, I guess so. Gotta have the entire package, It would look silly if you kept one thing to yourself” Jen said.
“Maybe like my fourth toe could stay the same and no one would notice but yeah, beyond something like that…” Rachel said. “Definitely need everything; besides, I really love your legs and can’t wait to have them”
“Really?!” Jen said a bit surprised “I think my thighs are big”
“No…they’re just right. Perfect for you…or for me as the case may be” Rachel said “At least I’ve always thought so. I think you simply rock your dresses. I’ve always wanted to look like you”
“Well…haha…I guess you’re getting that in spades. Like you never thought” Jen said.
“True…I really didn’t hesitate long once I really thought it was possible after you told me what could happen. I went through a bit of disbelief but then I thought you can’t be punking me, you have to be serious and then, I really didn’t hesitate with wanting to go ahead with it” Rachel said “I think this is gonna be fun”
Rachel’s thighs began to grow and fill out; they simply had to in order to keep up “Package deal” Jen said “I just can’t believe you wanted to look like me”
“Are you kidding me?! You were always my cool grown up cousin! I would be at your place and you’d be watching me and I’d always be trying on your clothes and shoes and playing dress up! Now! I get to do it for real! It’s my childhood fantasy! I always wanted to be you!”
Jen laughed and shook her head embarrassed but her big brown doe eyes widened as she felt her ass pop, lifting her up on her toes. “Oh!”
“See you can still be surprised by this too” Rachel teased.
Jen’s hands went behind her as her ass rose up, shrinking and firming into a tight, toned and rock solid little ball. Her hips shifted and slid inward and her thighs immediately began to narrow.
“Package deal right?”
“Yeah…um…it’s time I mentioned something that is going to feel really freaky because it’s coming up on us. I didn’t quite know how to explain this to you before…” Jen fumbled with her words.
Rachel did the math “Oh…yeah…”
Jen was already grimacing but her eyes were also fluttering.
Rachel pitched forward and grabbed the headboard of the bed to steady herself. The most powerful sensation she had ever felt just rocked through her. Ecstasy and electricity coursed through her turning her into a live wire. Every hair on her body felt like it was standing on end, spasms racked her frame as tingles emanated from her spine outward. Her knees were weak and shaking “Oh God…oh God!” she moaned hearing Jennifer making similar passionate and intimate sounds but suddenly Rachel couldn’t focus her eyes on anything. She closed them tight and grit her teeth. She so badly wanted to touch and rub as she felt her skin shifting and moving, her clitoris pulsated demanding to be noticed.
And then, they both exhaled and began to breathe again as the sensations began to ebb.
Jen blinked clearing tears from her eyes as she stood back up straight shaking her shoulders as she did. Her thighs continued to trim down and she focused her eyes on them. Watching as they slimmed, the skin tightening up and lightening in tone. Her knees popped and changed shape and her calves began to rise up; the muscles tightening as they slimmed and pulled up higher. “See…I can’t explain that out” she panted.
“Ohmygod you’re right…is it like that every time?” Rachel asked and Jen nodded. “That would be addicting in its own right…I’ve never felt anything like that before…ever”
“Nothing else is like it…not sex…nothing” Jen confirmed.
Rachel went through a variety of facial expressions as she regained her balance and focus as best as she could. Her inner thighs now touched and that’s what brought her back around. Her thighs were simply larger; there wasn’t loose skin or sagging, they were bigger and fuller.
“Now I feel it” Rachel said as an ache settled into her knees. She felt her knees twitch as the cartilage in them melted away, obviously plumping up Jen’s new knees.
Jen flexed her knees lifting her feet up “Feels good to me though…these young legs”
Rachel’s calves thickened as well into a more solid form all the way down to her ankles which also puffed out farther.
Jen’s ankles trimmed and looked bonier as all they had left to swap were their feet. Jen came around behind Rachel, taking a second to realize and adjust to both of their new heights. She put her right foot on the outside of Rachel’s right foot and then slipped her left foot between Rachel’s legs to be on the inside of Rachel’s left so all 4 of their feet lined up.
Rachel wiggled her long toes and giggled seeing what was happening; Jen’s bigger feet lined up next to her own about to switch places.
Jen smirked as the tattoo that took up much of the top of her right foot began to fade. In exact time, it began to appear on top of Rachel’s foot. Heart and swirly design lightened on Jen and darkened on Rachel until it had switched places on their feet.
Rachel’s feet puffed up and began to grow. Her heels spread out wider taking the rest of her foot with them. In conjunction, Jen's heels pulled in and her feet narrowed.
Rachel’s toes shortened even as her feet grew. Her nail grew out wider and a bit longer than her own as her light pink polish faded away leaving plain nails.
Jen’s short toes lengthened on her smaller feet and her nails shrank down shorter and narrower as the polish appeared on hers. In just a few short moves, their feet had switched and now they had the other’s body completely and totally.
Jen hopped back pulling her feet away surprised at how nimble and lightly she moved.
“It’s over isn’t it?” Rachel said “I feel like whatever was working through us…it’s gone”
“It does that yeah” Jen replied looking up feeling like a puppy moving speedily around an old dog who was slow in getting moving. Youthful vibrancy coursed through Jen like a sugar high “The tingle vanishes and I usually have a ringing in my ears that both just suddenly stop and I know it’s done”
Jen slipped the ring off her finger and held out her hand.
“Oh duh” Rachel replied. She took hers off and handed it over. Jen placed them both in the bottom of the box again “Until we need them again” she said as she shut the nightstand drawer.
Rachel took off her bra and simply stood there for a moment. Her breasts sagged a bit but not much, they were similar in size to her own but yet felt heavier.
Jen saw the discarded bra, took hers off and put on Rachel’s “Now that feels better” she said adjusting the straps on her shoulders. She next took off her size 6 panties and tossed them in the hamper and put on Rachel’s size 2’s. “God I’m so little!”
Rachel smirked and made her way to the closet.
“What are you doing?” Jen asked putting on the tiny black leggings.
“Playing” Rachel answered non-chalantly “I don’t have to wear what you had on…I have a whole wardrobe to choose from…I’m playing”
“Oh good Lord” Jen replied putting on the tank and big sweater. “Oh you cannot be wearing that later!”
Rachel had come out with the dress that matched the shoes from the wedding. A black sleeveless dress that stopped at mid-thigh.
Rachel smirked “I won’t be” as she put it on “Can you zip me up though?”
Jen did and Rachel soon sat on the edge of the bed slipping on the heels fastening the ankle straps and now standing another 3 inches taller. She put her hands on her hips towering over her old tiny self.
“Wow” Jen said a bit intimidated. She never felt like that when she swapped with Amy “You can really pull off being me”
Rachel strut around the room in her heels walking very naturally. Slowly but surely, things were coming to her; a confidence that only age can bring. She could tell her thinking and thought processing were changing and slowing down, maturing, and she wondered if the opposite were true for Jen, if she was feeling more impulsive and immature.
“I know I can” Rachel replied.
“I thought it was just because Amy and I were so close and knew so much about each other that we slipped into our new roles so easily but now…now I think the rings swap mental things too. Age and experience and confidence…I don’t”
“But I do” Rachel replied “I can feel them coming to me. That tingle; it’s still there but just inside”
“We’re going to be each other for real” Jennifer said.
Rachel nodded. She sat on the bed and crossed her legs. She tapped her dangling foot a few times and smiled “Gonna be easier than we even thought it would be. By the time you leave, you’re going to be entirely Rachel in mind and body”
“Just knowing that I used to be you” Jen said softly as it all dawned on her “And knowing that when I come back home we should switch back”
Rachel smiled and raised just her right eyebrow.
Jen had planned on going on and on and filling in every last detail but now she found she didn’t need to at all. All of Rachel’s life was just there for her now, it was hers. People, places, numbers, memories, all right there. Looking at Rachel she knew it was true for her too.
Rachel uncrossed her legs and unstrapped the heels and kicked them off. She laughed as she took off the dress and got dressed in comfy clothes all the way down to heavy socks to cover up her tattoo.
“I guess we don’t have to go over everything” Jen said as they walked to the kitchen.
“No…I can be you and you can be me…I know it” Rachel said “I still can’t thank you enough though for doing this”
“You…I should be the one thanking you! I’m trading the life of a wife, Mom and teacher for a college student for a semester…it’s like every old woman’s dream come true haha” Jen teased as they made themselves drinks, Rachel now drinking coffee and Jen having a Coke from the fridge.
A few hours later they had talked themselves out. Jen was eager to go and catch up with friends and party a bit before flying back to Denver and Rachel was looking forward to hanging out with the boys and relaxing on her Christmas break.
Jen got bundled up in her heavy coat and boots and they hugged for a long time “See you May”
“I’ll pick you up at the airport” Rachel replied.