Leah smiled as her long hair pulled back behind her, tight and slicked down tucking itself up into a bun at the base of her neck. No loose hairs fly away at all as here and there, a stray gray hair emerges and runs all the way to the back.
Leah smirked “Just do it” she said feeling her hands move against the counter. She looked down and saw her fingers thicken, her nails shifted wider and she stood up and back holding her right hand out in front of her.
Leah let her hand fall to her side and seeing her face in the mirror, her changes had been going on the entire time. She gasped seeing the middle aged woman looking back at her with her jaw hanging down.
“Whoa” Leah said in her dream as her body turned over heavily in bed.
She was taller, she was heavier. She was rocking a Mom bod.
Her features had sharpened and matured then aged. Lines etched into her forehead, along her eyes and all around her mouth.
Leah bared her teeth and saw her braces were long gone but as she squinted a bit, glasses appeared on her face.
She traced downward in the mirror before looking down at her larger chest. Her skin looked rougher on her chest. In the blink of an eye, her clothes changed to a simple white blouse and black pants. She couldn’t see her feet in the dream but she knew she was wearing shoes, some kind of a slip on by the feel.
Her hips were wide, she turned and looked over her shoulder at a large rear end.
When she looked up she was in the classroom again. She walked between the desks as students, her students, took a test on Chromebooks. “5 minutes left class” she said, the deeper voice echoing in her head and through the room.
Leah looked up, felt her breath catch in her chest, the room seemed to pull in around her and…
Leah woke up.
The house was quiet and still, she was lying flat on her back and she was afraid to move as she stared at the ceiling.
With just shifting her weight and raising her right shoulder, Leah knew something was different. Very different. It was taking an effort to move and sit up.
She swung out in a single motion throwing her covers off and small visions and sights began to fill in and create a picture.
Her sleep pants were stretched tight across her thighs and she felt them tight about the middle of her calves. She detected movement around her stomach. Her breasts swung and moved waaaaaayyyyy too much. “Oh God” she croaked running her hand over her tightly pulled back hair.
Her fingers stopped at her bun. They tentatively grabbed it and squeezed it. She stood up. Her feet hitting ground sooner than usual. Leah looked down.
Her clothes shifted and loosened and dropped, the bottoms getting closer to her feet. Her wider feet with thicker toes and red nail polish that looked like a pedicure had been done on. Leah put her hands against her mid-section and she ran her hands back and around and grabbed handfuls of flesh on her butt cheeks “I did it”
Leah allowed herself to be excited. She was happy. “I did it” she repeated. She was smiling as she opened her door. She stepped out and down the hall to her bathroom where she stepped in and stood before the mirror.
“Oh…my…God…” she laughed. Leah smooshed her face around playing with it and her body examining it. “Screw this…I’ve got to show Julia!”
She bounced and hopped her way down the hallway decidedly ungraceful, moving exactly like a 42 year old woman. She opened the door and all she saw was hair poking out from the covers.
The pile of black and purple moved a bit when she tore the covers off revealing skinny little Julia lying there. Julia grabbed at air trying to cover back up.
“Wake up sweetie” Leah whispered barely not laughing.
“Ungh…not now…” Julia said.
“I’ve got something to show you” Leah said in a sing song tone.
“What?” Julia said in an annoyed sleepy voice but she began to stir. She wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth, scratched the top of her head and began to turn over.
A single blink. A look of confusion. A look of recognition and understanding what exactly was going on and Julia shot straight up. Her face now going to an expression of utter joy, she wrapped her skinny arms around Leah’s neck “YOU DID IT!” She screamed in happiness.
Leah nodded, proud of her accomplishment “I did” she stated.
“Oh my God let me get a good look at you!” Julia said scrambling to her feet. Her whole head panned up and down “Wow” was all she said at first.
“Wow…you really do look old” Julia said smirking.
“Hey now little missy!” Leah replied putting her hands on her wider hips and setting her right foot out and tapping it.
“No! I mean that in the absolute best way! You totally look like you’re supposed to be 42” Julia answered.
Leah paused “How do you know I’m 42? You were 44? Wouldn’t I be…”
Julia shrugged “42 just came to me immediately”
Leah waved it off.
“Did you check everything? Like your room and shit” Julia said.
Leah immediately fired back “Watch your language” and both of their jaws dropped.
Leah didn’t say anything else. She stepped out into the hallway and stopped. Julia came out and stopped too “What?”
“That was my room” Leah said turning back around.
“No…I was just sleeping there” Julia said.
“And why do you think you should get the room with its own master bathroom?” Leah said. And as they turned, they saw the room they had just exited had completely changed into the room an adult would occupy. Leah nodded smugly as Julia sputtered “But…but…”
“But nothing young lady. Your room is across the hall. The smaller room. Where a girl your age belongs” Leah said.
Julia looked in and sure enough, everything she had come to know as hers was there now and in the master bedroom, they found Leah’s things. Now very mature and reflective of a mature woman.
They both went through the clothes and jewelry “Some stuff I recognize a bit” Julia said “but so much is all your own”
“The earrings are the same and other jewelry but my clothes are different” Leah said.
“Out of style but yours” Julia laughed.
Leah smirked as she went to the big bulky brown purse sitting next to the bed. She pulled out her wallet seeing credit cards and cash and, her driver’s license. “What do you know…I am 42” she said doing the math on her birthdate ‘Leah Marie Hendricks’ “Shit! I was born in 1977?!”
“Of course you were…Mom” Julia said going over and rubbing Leah’s stomach. “To think it was me inside you now!”
“No…let’s not do that right now” Leah said.
“What? Too weird for you? It shouldn’t be. It’s how this has to work” Julia said pointing between the two of them.
“Just…not now okay” Leah said turning around and dropping the extremely heavy purse back to the ground “What do I keep in there…it weighs a ton?!”
“This is sooooo trippy! I love it! I absolutely love it!” Julia gushed “I’m so happy and I’m so impressed by what you can do!” She walked over and crawled up on the bed just walking around on her knees “I mean, how many people could ever get to do something like this?! We’ve like, totally switched places! I was your Mom, now you’re my Mom! I’m a kid and just 2 days ago I was 44 and you went from 12 to 42 last night!” Julia dissolved into laughing and rolling around on the bed, her tiny and very smooth feet just bicycling at the air.
“And I can control it” Leah said. “I did this” she looked around proudly still wearing her too tight sleep clothes. She just looked at Julia for a moment who had lowered herself back down and was just sprawled across Leah’s Queen Size bed. “I’m an adult. I’m thhhheeeeee adult here” she said emphasizing their new relationship. “I control the money. I have the car. I have a house. I have a job…” she dug into the purse again ‘Leah Hendricks Faculty Truman Jr/Sr School 2019-20’ said the I.D. badge she pulled free.
“We have a full day to adjust to this and then tomorrow, it’s our new reality” Leah said as Julia’s whole face scrunched up in happiness and youthful joy.
“This is gonna be so sweet! Haha! I’m a kid and my Kid is my Mom and my teacher!” Julia said as she flung herself off the bed landing on her feet and running across the hall to get on her phone.
Leah just shook her head. A sense of calm washed over her even as her heart continued pounding about her new status and everything that came with it “How am I going to do this?” she muttered to herself even as she walked into her bathroom and shut the door behind her.
Leah examined her older face again. She undid her bun and let her hair loose running her fingers through it working it out and shaking her head. It wasn’t nearly as long as it used to be but it still came down to the tops of her shoulders.
“My skin feels so rough” she said running her fingers over the top of her chest. She took off her shirt and gasped “Look at the size of those!”
She laughed seeing her full naked breasts “Whoa!” she hefted them in her hands “I knew they were bigger but damn”
She could see her pooch of a stomach sitting below them but continued to focus on her breasts. Then it was time to deal with the belly. “So…I see you’ve grown too” she said to it as she ran the soft flesh around in her hands “Let alone your friend behind me who has totally let herself go”
Leah turned and took down her sleep pants. They were tight and it took a moment of effort to get over her hips and thighs. Her panties were stretched out and she took them down too with a deep breath and shut eyes.
Leah felt her ass jiggle and move. Too much weight sat back there; it threw off her whole center of gravity but she was getting used to it. She opened her eyes and looked. “Oh” was all she said. Again rougher skin awaited her. She moved her feet apart and put her hand between her legs for a quick exploration “Oh!”
Blushing she turned to her side and got a profile view, then more around and looked over her shoulder at her rear. “I guess I’ll get used to it” she said before turning back around and checking out her legs “Definitely the legs of a woman…I wanted curves and more and I got it” she said wiggling her pedicured toes around.
She turned on her shower and waited for it to get hot still watching her reflection in the mirror intently.
Leah took a very long shower. “Hmmm…Julia took a really long shower yesterday” she remembered.
She combed out her hair and took her time going through her clothes. She tried on a few things; the heels she recognized from her dream were quite snug and, she noted, now a size 8. “My feet grew”
She ultimately came down dressed in yoga pants and a hoodie with her hair down as she knew she had her own homework to do. Grading papers while Julia worked on her own homework still unshowered and dressed in her lounge clothes, Julia was folded into an odd position that only a kid could get into “Comfy” Leah asked.
Julia looked up confused “yeah…why?” she asked.
“Just seeing you sit like that makes me back hurt is why” Leah replied as Julia just rolled her eyes and went back to her screen.
Leah opened her work laptop and began to see who had turned in their assignments on her homepage. It did her heart joy to see that Sierra hadn’t turned it in yet, but she had until midnight.
A new paper came in and she smiled seeing Julia Hendricks as the submitter. “Thanks Honey…that’s my good girl”
Julia smirked across the room, closed her laptop and went to her phone without a word.
Their day passed and they got ready for their new lives the next day. “Anything you’re going to change tonight?” Julia asked hesitantly.
“No…no I don’t think there is” Leah replied as she caught Julia sighing heavily relieved.
That night, Leah didn’t even dream as far as she could remember once she woke up.
Leah shuffled to the kitchen in red and black plaid lounge pants and a black top in her bare feet to get her coffee, which is where she stood leaning against the counter when Julia came in “Morning Mom” she said getting down a bowl and fixing herself cereal.
“Hey Jules” Leah replied as she sat and checked out the news.
Julia ate in silence, waking up “I’m starting to feel a little bit nervous”
“Oh…I am too but yet, it’s like I know this life” Leah replied.
“Yeah, me too. I know all my friends, I know my teachers, I know my locker combination…I am this. Julia, the 8th grader”
“And I’m teacher and Mom Leah. I know what we…I mean, I did to us but this all is real now and our reality and our routine now too”
“So you ready to look at pictures of yourself pregnant; ‘cause I found some…” Julia began mischievously.
“No!” Leah laughed and put her hands down on the table “I’m going to get ready”
“Suit yourself” Julia said “You were really cute pregnant!” she called out loudly behind her.
“Shut up!” Leah replied going up the stairs.
Leah pulled her purse and her work satchel up onto her shoulder “Come on Jules…we’re going to be late”
Leah wore brown flats, tan pants and a burgundy top. Her glasses were on and her hair was in her bun and she was tapping her foot next to the car as Julia finally arrived.
Dressed in black combat boots, black tights, cut off shorts, a clunky belt, black t-shirt with a red and black plaid shirt thrown over it and her hair in a weird low ponytail that was off to the right hand side, Julia came down with her backpack never stopping before getting into the passenger seat.
Leah sighed.
She drove like an old pro to the faculty lot. Julia was gone in an instant, not to be seen again until 6th period. Leah headed to her classroom and settled in.
She caught glimpses of her daughter going between classes. She tumbled around inside her head as she began teaching kids who had been her classmates last Friday and eating in the faculty lounge was a trip. Hearing all her teachers, now her colleagues, swear and talk about all the kids was eye opening.
It was 6th period she was waiting for.
Julia came in with her friend Gabby; a girl that Leah had not really known at all when she was the kid. Sierra, Kayla and Megan all came in and took their seats and Leah bided her time.
Once the bell rang, she stood up “Welcome back; I hope everyone had a nice long weekend” she looked around “Sierra”
Her former bully looked very small and vulnerable now as she looked up from her seat with wide eyes. “I didn’t get your assignment on Lord of the Flies” she crossed her arms.
“It’s not my fault Ms. Hendricks” Sierra began “My computer was acting up and it wouldn’t take it”
“So you didn’t go to the library and get one of the school computers this morning. You could have signed in from there and sent it and let me know why…that I would have understood. In fact, Wendy in 3rd period had to do that exact same thing when her internet went down…do you need to sign in to my computer and send it to me?”
Sierra looked down blushing hard.
“If you turn it in by 10 tonight, I will only deduct 10 points” Leah said.
The rest of the class was staring and giggling as Leah turned her back and walked to the front of the class to start her lesson.
Julia came to Leah’s room after the final bell had rung. “Nice job on Sierra…subtle…I liked it”
Leah smiled “Thanks…I think I’ll grade hers harder than anyone else’s too. I already destroyed Kayla and Megan’s papers. They were utter garbage”
“I didn’t have any problems with them. They leave me alone. A few of the guys give me a hard time for not dressing like a fricking princess but…I don’t care” Julia said.
“Good for you” Leah said. “This actually might be easier for you than me”
Julia just nodded and walked up closer “So…this might not be the time to ask this, but, how long are you thinking about keeping us like this?”
“Why?” Leah asked.
Julia blushed “I don’t know!” She shrugged “I like it okay…”
“Well then you’ll be happy to hear that I don’t plan on changing anything about us anytime soon” Leah said as Julia smiled wide.
“I’d hug you but someone might see us” Julia said.
“Don’t worry” Leah whispered “I won’t ruin your reputation”
They settled into their routine through the rest of the week. On Friday night, Julia was on her Instagram when she started getting messages from Sierra. She ignored them but they had a definite bite to them.
Julia found herself walking in a field; high grass brushed her legs and wind blew through distant trees. A clock tower appeared before her with Tom Hanks standing by it “I’m dreaming” she said.
Julia stirred in her bed but remained fast asleep.
Dream Julia closed her eyes and found herself in the hallway of her school. Sierra was suddenly standing right in front of her “Hey freak” she heard. Sierra had a very pissed look on her face as she reached up and shoved Julia.
Julia took a step back seemingly in slow motion.
“How soon before you get into drugs? You fucking ugly ass teacher’s kid. Your Mom is a fucking bitch! I’m going to fail her class!”
“Not my problem” Julia replied. She repeated to herself “It’s a dream Julia, you’re dreaming, control it like Mom did”
She was shoved again “What…can’t you handle 8th grade? Is it too hard for you?” Julia asked.
Sierra folded her arms and stuck out her hip “What the fuck are you talking about freak?”
Julia focused on the bully. She was wearing a low cut slutty top and a skirt cut to her mid-thigh. She took a deep breath and concentrated “You should go back to kindergarten. Maybe it would help your attitude” Julia said and Sierra began to shrink.
Julia concentrated with all her might as Sierra’s blonde hair thinned and pulled into two pigtails. Her face rounded and all her features shrank, rounding into the puffy face of a little 5 year old. Her breasts disappeared as she shrank over a foot and half in height. Her clothes turned into a pair of pink pants and a Paw Patrol t-shirt.
Little Sierra was shocked and screamed and Julia woke up.
Julia sat upright in bed panting “Oh my God! That was fricking intense!”
Julia grabbed her phone partly out of fright and partly out of curiosity. She saw the comments were still there on Sierra’s profile so she didn’t actually turn her into a kindergartner. “Kind of relieved but kind of mad it didn’t work…but, it was just my first try.
Sierra wouldn’t mention the fact that on Saturday morning, she found a Paw Patrol t-shirt in her dresser after a really weird dream about being 5 again.
Julia came down and found her Mom lying on the couch with her feet up watching TV. “Mom”
Leah sat up “Hey hun”
“Um…have you been lucid dreaming lately?” Julia asked as she straddled a foot stool to sit down.
Lean licked her lips and cast her eyes down “Um…no. I haven’t been remembering my dreams this week. I’m sure they’ll come back though”
“Well let me tell you about last night…” Julia began.
Leah was thrilled and hugged Julia after she heard all the details.
“Practice it…hone your skills. I’m going to admit that once I changed; I haven’t really remembered my dreams and I was starting to worry that maybe we would actually be stuck like this” Leah said.
“But if I can control it…” Julia said.
“The power to change us back has shifted to you” Leah confirmed.
Julia nodded and her heart pounded in her skinny little chest.
“It’s a lot of pressure. I know. It was me” Leah said hugging her daughter.
“Are you still happy like this?” Julia asked.
“Oh Lord Yes!” Leah answered “It was just the thought of not having a way back…I’d still like to stay like this…if it’s okay with you that is”
“Of course it’s okay with me!” Julia shot back quickly and enthusiastically. “You think I want to go back to medical billing?!”
“No, I guess not” Leah replied.
“If you’re happy with being a teacher, then I’m happy being a student” she said.
“Then it’s settled. I think at least until the end of the school year” Leah said.
“Maybe until the end of summer” Julia cautiously threw out there “That way both of us get a summer off”
“I like the way you think honey” Leah replied.
As the last months of the school year went along, a few things changed. Julia was honing her skills as a powerful lucid dreamer.
They got a dog, a better car and a backyard pool.
Sierra got nicer. Every time she was mean to someone, she had nightmares that made her become a nicer person. She dreamt she was in kindergarten, that she was a baby, that she was a very old wrinkled up lady, that she was a slobby fat guy and one time, that she was a mouse.
That dream was very explicit. She saw herself shrunk down and chased around her house. She had woken up in her kitchen curled up against the cupboards naked and shivering. When she went back to her room, her clothes were in a pile in the middle of the floor, underwear still in the legs of her pants, shirt piled on top, almost like she had shrunk out of them and had to crawl out the leg hole.
The last day of school came and both were excited. “I get a summer off. I don’t care if I’m turning 43 this month” Leah laughed as they cleaned out her room.
“And I’m 15 now” Julia reminded her.
“So. You still can’t drive” Leah said as Julia stuck out her tongue.
“I could make it so you can’t either” Julia reminded her. “I could turn you into a 13 year old for the summer and just be your big sister”
“Nah. I’d rather read by the pool while you splash around with your friends” Leah said making Julia very happy.
“You’ve really taken to your age quite well Mom” Julia said.
“Thank you. I’ll take that as a compliment” Leah laughed “I like being in my 40s”
“It suits you” Julia said.
“Being a teenager really suits you” Leah replied.
“Yeah, I know” Julia shrugged “What can I say…I’m good at this”
“The possibilities are endless” Leah said.