"Of course I can" Emily replied. She had taken more effort to get to the edge of the bed and now she slipped her feet to the floor. She felt heavy. She felt good; better than before as she felt her big upper arms jiggling as she worked the zipper.
With her hips and ass, she set her feet wider and tugged her nightgown down over her belly. "Wow! That dress is soooo cute on you honey" Emily cooed as Cathy smiled and did a little curtsy. 
Emily giggled as she dug out the matching wedge heels. She perched on the edge of the bed and did the straps up to her ankle size.
"Oh...wait a sec" Emily hustled out of the guest room, her ass swaying as she went to the hall closet. Using her long, bony toes, she hooked onto her target.
Emily came back in carrying the expensive Italian leather heels that were bought in Miami.
Cathy gasped seeing them again. "Here. This is yours. I never wore them...I couldn't. They just...they’re yours" she said as she handed over the size 7 ½ heels.
"Awwwww….thank you. You could have worn them. You should have worn them. They're super comfy for a pair of heels!"
"Nah...I prefer my flats and sandals. Even when I had that body…these last 6 months I really haven't worn heels much" Emily said. 
"Oh not me! I will be wearing those; probably Monday for work" they exchanged a look and another laugh. "I'm no longer the puppeteer!"
"No...you can finally use your skills in real time. God I was so lost" Emily confessed.
"It's okay...I got this" Cathy assured her.
"Oh I know you do honey...you've got this so much better than I did" Emily replied.
After a few more minutes of talking, Cathy scooped up all the clothes that would be hers and tiptoed down to her bedroom. She put on one of Jim's t-shirts and slipped into bed behind him.
She wrapped an arm and a leg up over him; she couldn't get close enough. Just taking in his scent was intoxicating. He stirred awake and patted her hand.
Cathy kissed him on the back of his neck "Hey" she whispered.
"Hmmm" he replied but he turned over to face her.
Cathy had a mile wide smile on her face. She took his hand and put it between her legs. Jim's eyes opened. One, she wasn't wearing panties. Two, she was wet.
Cathy giggled and slid closer to him. His erection rose up between them. Cathy pushed him onto his back and was soon straddling him, riding him. She reversed and stuck her ass in his face which he grabbed and squeezed while she did most of the work.
Cathy couldn't get him deep enough. She wanted him in her so bad. She was afraid he would go too soon. His hands now went to her heels as he grabbed the soles of her feet. Cathy threw her head back; her long straight brown hair flew around as she built up a sweat. 
Her ass was slapping off his middle as she got into a deep stroking rhythm. It was too much for her to hold out. She rubbed her clit a few times and she felt it; her thighs clench, she arched her back, frozen as she came.
She tensed as she felt Jim go off inside her. The warmth, the feeling of it hitting inside, filling her up as she bore down in an intense orgasm.
She stayed for a minute catching her breath. She felt him shrinking down inside her, still twitching. She gripped his thighs and took several deep, satisfied breaths. Finally she got off him; grabbed his boxers and shoved them between her legs. She held them tight as she kissed him deeply.
She put her forehead up against his and they both just smiled at one another until Cathy giggled. She went to the bathroom to clean up, bringing Jim a wad of toilet paper first before she sat down "Thanks...I needed that" she told him as she stood by the dresser putting on a pair of panties.
"No problem haha" Jim replied "I'm here to help"
Emily woke up early the next morning and got ready. Her sister was coming over and they were going to meet up with some cousins of theirs that they hadn't seen in quite a while. 
Washing up, her body was a novelty again, it was fresh and exciting to be her again, to be older.
Older than Susan, much older than her niece.
She came out and found Jim and Cathy both already up. Jim was in the chair and Cathy curled up with her legs tucked up under her on the sofa. "Good Morning Aunt Cathy" Cathy said with a smile.
"Morning you two...I thought I'd be up first"
"Nah...couldn't sleep in" Jim teased "coffee is on"
Emily poured a cup and came in and sat next to Cathy. They shared a smirk as Cathy gave a little nod.
"Nice" Emily mouthed.
Emily adjusted her top, making sure her boobs were set as she sat back and slowly got onto her phone.
Cathy changed position and sat cross legged on the couch, her thumbs flying as she sent a few texts to friends; she was planning on getting together with her college friends down in Chicago in a few weeks.
Susan came in. "Mom! Good to see you" Cathy said, hopping off the couch and going over to grab a bag she had in her hand.
"Hey Sue" Emily called out with a wave from her seat.
"Glad to see you're ready to go Sis" Susan replied.
"Yeah...up and at 'em right" she got her boots on and grabbed her purse.
"You’re bundled up like it's winter! Florida has made you soft haha" Susan teased. 
"It's 65...that’s chilly to me" Emily defended herself as the two sisters headed out the door.
Emily and Susan were gone all day. Before they knew it, it was time for Emily to fly back to Florida. 
They said their goodbyes and made their promises at the airport. While tears were shed, both were quite happy to go their own way.
"An entire year at the shortest...maybe more" Cathy thought watching Emily head into the airport.
Emily, for her part, let out a huge sigh upon going through the doors. She shivered as a chill passed over her. Cathy had gotten her phone ready to be scanned on the app and she fumbled with her purse getting it out.
The plane seat was a tight fit for her but it felt great to get back to her Condo in Florida. Fall was coming on way too fast and Wisconsin was getting too cold for her already. 
The humid Florida air hit her and she breathed it in, relishing it.
There were dark clouds overhead though and a Tropical storm was coming in and going to bring a lot of rain the next 2 days. Emily didn't mind though, she just wanted to sleep and unwind for a while anyway.
Cathy, on the other hand, was raring to go. She wanted to be back in her office on Monday morning. 
The Italian leather heels came out and were paired with a white blouse and knee length pencil skirt. "It feels so good to be back"
She was much more assertive than Emily had been the last 6 months and it was quickly noticed and noted.
Emily did relax; so much stress left her over the next few days as she holed up in her condo decompressing from her time as "that young woman" as she started to refer to her old life.
She got back into meditation. She sat cross legged on her bed with incense burning allowing herself time for reflection and contemplation. Deeper she went into her trance and her thoughts.
"How did I get here? How did I truly get to a point in my life where being Aunt Cathy is preferable to being myself? How did her simple experiment to experience each other's life end up with both of them preferring the swapped side?" She thought.
She thought back to her childhood and the first things to come to her mind were visions of the 1960s. "Compartmentalize...not my childhood, MY childhood. Emily’s childhood" she has to stop herself but finally visions started coming to her.
Seeing Cathy in her mid 30s in the early 90s.
It was Christmas when she was 5. Polly Pockets toys...she went over and hugged her Aunt. Emily put herself back in that moment as much as she could. Cathy was already a familiar face; a few other very quick memories came to her when she was 3 or 4 and singing in the living room and her Mom and Aunt clapping for her.
Playing Chutes and Ladders with Cathy. Seeing her standing in the backyard watching as she ran through the sprinkler.
But that Christmas, she remembered hugging her. Physical contact. The smell of her perfume, the softness of her hug, the strength and sincerity of her hug. Putting her chin on her shoulder, getting tickled by her curly hair which was still its original auburn brown color.
Memories came faster now. Playing soccer and seeing her in the crowd. Swimming at the lake with her and every Christmas started to come up in longer snippets.
Emily always admired her Aunt. She was funny, loud, independent and free. Different from her Mom. They emailed each other starting back when Emily was 12 and first got email so they had always had a connection. A special connection.
Going deeper to what had been a forgotten memory and moment.
A night when Emily was 15 and upset at everyone and everything in the world. A bad day at school, a bad day at home and a stray thought "I wish I  could switch places with someone else!" This being in October of 2003, Emily had recently watched Freaky Friday in the theater. "Someone out of school and free…" and Aunt Cathy popped into her mind clear as a bell.
"Yeah...Aunt Cathy!" and she pictured herself waking up in her Aunt’s 44 year old body and better yet, her Aunt waking up as her.
She remembered playing it out that evening and the funny feeling that it gave her; a special deep seated tingling she felt when she thought about it.
Emily continued thinking back on interactions between them. Their talks during her college years, her dating life, then she remembered her wedding day with Cathy in attendance.
Cathy’s dress to the wedding was a turquoise color with matching shoes. Emily saw her out of the corner of her eye as she had walked down the aisle and she was in the front row. Standing at the Altar, holding Jim's hand…
Emily felt herself pulled out of the moment. She was no longer at the Altar. She was watching her own wedding from the crowd. From the front row. From the body of her Aunt.
Emily had often joked that her wedding was a blur to her; that she remembered very little of the actual details, that it felt like an out of body experience. 
Standing in the front row, she felt her large chest rising and falling with passing breaths. She felt herself shift her weight from foot to foot already dreading the decision to wear heels at her age. 
In the voice that she fully recognized as her Aunt’s internal voice from their swaps Emily heard "She’s so pretty up there...I wish it were me in her shoes" Then in their combined voice she heard "I wish I could trade places with her…"
Emily opened her eyes. 
She was in her condo, on her bed. She had been sitting cross legged for so long that her legs had fallen asleep. "Oh my God...we’re connected. She and I mentally swapped during my wedding ceremony...we've always been connected"
Emily struggled to get up and get feeling back in her legs. She took a break but then folded her legs back up and put herself back into her trance, but this time, she accessed Cathy’s memories.
She had total access now and total recall. She was 5 when JFK was shot. 11 when the Moon landing occurred. She went through High School graduating in the Bicentennial year of 1976. 
She went up to the late 80s when she became an Aunt. 
Now Emily experienced holding her infant self as Cathy, watching herself grow up and feeling her Aunt’s growing love and fierce protection for her. Cathy had always bonded with Emily.
The pride she felt watching her grow up, the way she cherished their time together, the joy she felt when Emily confided in her time and time again.
Now, Emily felt the crush Cathy had on Jim and she could feel her thoughts drifting. Cathy was retired now and bored and found herself daydreaming more and more about a second chance. Wondering what if she had taken a different path. A path of marriage and family.
It all came to a head in her mind at Jim and Emily’s wedding. She had read every book she could on Astral projection. She had gotten into herbs and potions. She took one before the ceremony not knowing exactly what it could even do.
Emily as Cathy experienced the other side of getting ready that day. Down to her putting herbs in a bottle of water and drinking it before she rode to the church with her sister and brother in law.
Standing in the front row, she concentrated. She felt an added presence to her body, in her mind her voice changed. Then, the next thing she knew, she was standing on the Altar, holding Jim's hands and looking into his eyes. "I did it!" She yelled with joy internally "I'm Emily!" 
She heard Emily’s voice, she could think Emily’s thoughts, she recited Emily’s vows, it was her who put her hand out and had the ring slid onto her delicate, manicured finger.
Emily was shocked. She was back in her body but she was there as Cathy, not as herself.
As Jim leaned forward and kissed her, she switched back. Emily was pulled back to her own body and Cathy was back in the audience, back in her own body.
From there she continued her research and explored ways to not only mentally swap places with Emily but physically swap as well.
Emily now possessed all this knowledge.
Emily blinked her eyes open. She wasn't mad at all. Their connection had always been deep. Only two people with such a connection could ever possibly swap. The potion they had used only had a 1 in 50 million chance of even working. The two people had to be special in so many ways to even try it.
"It worked because it was supposed to work. Our special bond made it work and it only strengthened that bond until it essentially flipped us" Emily realized.
She heard rain pounding against her roof and windows and she looked out at it "Wow" was all she could say.
Cathy immersed herself in Emily’s life. Work, time with her husband and girls, and everything that went with it. 
It had been 6 weeks since they had swapped. It occurred to her that she hadn't had her period since she had swapped back. She dismissed it for the time being but it gnawed at her each day that passed without a cramp.
After another 2 weeks, she discreetly stopped by a drug store on her way home from work.
She thought about it the whole drive home "What if I am pregnant? It's not out of the realm of possibility. It could just be a reset; swapping bodies has delayed it before. It has to play Hell with the body and the cycle...it probably also could play Hell with the effectiveness of birth control. I'd be happy. I hope Emily would be too. I dreamt about it. And, if I truly wanted to experience every aspect of What if...pregnancy has to be in there"
Cathy went to the bathroom and followed the instructions. 10 minutes later, she saw a + sign
She found Jim downstairs where he was working out. "Hey...you never come down here" he said as he stopped running on the treadmill.
"Yeah...um, we need to talk honey" she said softly.
Jim looked concerned "what is it?"
"I don't know how to say this other than just to come right out and say it...I'm pregnant" Cathy said. "I know I am on the pill but I haven't had my period and I just took a test and…" her voice began to shake and she was talking too fast.
Jim simply went over and hugged her. He held her and eventually whispered "I love you"
"I love you too" Cathy said.
"I know we weren't planning on this but it is great news. I'm happy...are you?"
"Yes! I was afraid you wouldn't be!" Cathy replied. 
"We joked about it and stuff but...yeah. it’s a blessing and it must be meant to be so"
"I'll make a formal doctor's appointment and make sure but…" Cathy started to cry tears of joy "I want this baby so much" she admitted. 
"So do I hun...so do I" Jim told her and they hugged again. 
Later that night she text Emily 'We need to talk' 
'What’s up?' came back.
Cathy took a picture of the pregnancy test and her phone went off ringing.
"OHMYGODYOUREPREGNANT!" 
As Emily screamed into the phone laughing and crying, Cathy held the phone out away from her ear.
"You’re loving this" she finally got a chance to say.
"Oh my God yes! I'm so happy and excited for you...you get to experience pregnancy and childbirth!" She laughed "I personally hated it but who knows...You'll probably love it" Emily said.
"I'm looking forward to it" Cathy admitted. 
"You should! You love when your body changes well get ready for some serious body transformation" Emily said still laughing.
The Doctor confirmed it and Cathy was set up on a schedule of Doctor's appointments. She watched her diet and took prenatal vitamins. 
Cathy was lucky in that her symptoms were mild. Cooking food smells made her sick but she never threw up...just gagged a lot. 
She found herself exhausted though and wanted to sleep a lot until she passed out of the first trimester.
At 12 weeks pregnant, they started to spread the news wider. With their daughters at 7 and 5, they had gotten rid of most of the baby stuff.
A bit of moving around and Jim was getting a nursery ready.
Cathy was working out in addition to maintaining her diet and was not showing yet, even though Emily insisted on a profile look at her belly every time she called.
Cathy felt great during her second trimester. Her energy returned, she didn't feel sick and at about 17 weeks, her belly started to pop out. 
Her little baby bump fascinated her and she found herself touching it, patting it, rubbing it, protecting it all the time.
It slowly grew bigger everyday. At 20 weeks, Cathy got her ultrasound that was able to detect that she was having a boy.
"It's a boy!" She called Emily immediately to tell her the news. Jim had been at the appointment with her so Emily had been the 1st person she called when she got to her car to drive back to work; even before Cathy called her Mom.
"Oh I'm so happy for you...I bet your husband is ecstatic!" Emily gushed.
"Yeah, he's pretty proud and happy to get a boy in the mix...so am I honestly. Daddy's little girl but a Momma's boy…"
"Little boys do love their Momma's" Emily laughed.
Emily’s memories of being pregnant felt far away but still a bit palpable. Once she concentrated on them, they became clear but her Cathy memories seemed closer to her, easier to access. 
"I can’t even picture myself as even being able to get pregnant, let alone want to be pregnant" Emily admitted. 
"It's weird isn't it? How this has really made us become more the other than our original self. I can’t picture myself past my mid 30s anymore except hypothetical scenarios thinking about how the kids grow up" Cathy said. "Even though I know I was you and you were me. I just…" Cathy shrugged and shook her head.
"I know. I have a hard time going back to that life. It's your life now. I broke it in haha like a pair of shoes but I really think it should be yours from now on" Emily said. 
"A year was going to be a long time anyway to be away and then try to go back to that with this…" Cathy pointed to her belly "I think it might be too hard for either of us"
"The connection will be between you and the baby...I had nothing to do with him" Emily added.
"If anything, we could swap for like a week as a quick vacation" Cathy replied. 
"I still can't believe that you're okay with this though...the years you gave up"
"For happiness. For peace. Don't worry about me. I know it sounds crazy but this was what I wanted. Every time I went back, I was miserable" Emily remarked. She was also continuing to study her potions and, well, she was keeping some future options to herself.
"I know that's what you've said and I believe you...I guess I'm just saying that in trades, I think I came out the winner" Cathy said. 
"Good. I'm glad you got what you wanted because so did I" Emily replied.
They ended their conversation soon after. Both women had a lot on their minds afterwards that played on them. 
But by the next day, they were back to texting in a light hearted manner and making comments on Instagram and Facebook. 
'Sorry I went a bit dark and deep last night Emily text
'Me too but our bond is so deep and unique there's nothing we can't talk about' Cathy replied. 
As the 2nd Trimester passed to the 3rd, Cathy really got to experience pregnancy on her body and mind.
Her little volleyball began to spread and grow bigger. Then, everything on her body began to grow bigger.
Her ankles and feet swelled up making all of the shoes tight and uncomfortable to wear.
Her hands and fingers swelled and Cathy couldn't remove her wedding or engagement rings.
"Every day Jim…it's like something new doesn't fit me every single day" Cathy said struggling to get her bra hooked. "God this is so annoying…" she muttered. 
"I brought down your maternity clothes" Jim said "I know you think they're ugly but, all maternity clothes are"
Cathy gave her husband a look of disgust. "I know...I feel like such a cow" 
She was already wearing a pair of stretchy leggings with extra paneling. Now she brought out a bigger bra and a blue maternity top. She muttered and mumbled under her breath the whole time.
Another few weeks and she caught herself looking at her ever growing ass in the mirror. "Shit...I look like my Aunt" she told herself as she stood before the mirror in just a pair of panties, granny panties at that.
Her thighs had thickened, her hips had spread and her ass had absolutely exploded. Her belly was huge and taut but she had rolls on her sides and her boobs hung down. "I wonder if she left me one of her nightgowns" she pondered as her due date approached. 
Cathy was always exhausted and wanted to nap. Her daughters were not allowing that. Everything ached. She waddled when she walked and she was losing hair. 
Every time she brushed her hair, she got a comb full. Stretch marks ran along the sides of her belly that stuck out so far ahead of her, it felt like it was announcing her entrance to a room before her.
The veins in her legs were prominently displayed. Her back hurt and her boobs ached, full of milk.
Cathy plucked a hair from her chin "just come out already" she pleaded with the baby inside her "I want my body back"
That night, she lay in bed on her side, the mattress holding up the baby for a bit when she felt some discomfort, then her muscles contracted. "Oh Lord" she said knowing her due date was 3 days away. 
Cathy had been both super excited about this and yet dreading it. She lay there, uncomfortable and wide awake as the time passed by as slowly as it could. Just about the time she was going to relax and brush it off as an isolated incident…
"Shit" she muttered as a stronger contraction hit her. It had been 20 minutes between them though so she knew she was in for the long haul.
Cathy grabbed her phone.
Emily’s eyes fluttered open when her phone went off. It was 3:00 in the morning '2 contractions, 20 minutes apart. It's starting' 
Emily smiled and started laughing as she swung her legs out of bed. She had flown in 2 days earlier and was staying with her sister just waiting for the day. She giggled as she went to the bathroom texting back 'Oh honey this is it! Relax as much as you can and breathe. We'll all be by your side' 
Cathy had woken up her husband by the time the response came back and had texted her Mom too.
"If I'm up, everybody is up" she told Jim as she waddled to the bathroom. Jim had to help her up but she wanted to shower before her long day.
Another contraction hit and she grimaced and bent forward clutching her belly. She froze until it passed. "Shit" she repeated as she wiped her brow.
Lathering up her belly, running her hands over her huge, taut, round stomach she thought "Going to get to meet you finally, hold you...who would have thought this would be happening to me. I'm supposed to be a 65 year old woman...but I'm not. I'm 36 and about to give birth in my 36 year old body"
She gave up trying to wash her feet today as another contraction hit. They were down to 12 minutes apart.
As she put on a pair of Jim's lounge pants and a maternity top, she could hear talking in the kitchen. "I can’t believe I'm going to be an Aunt again"
Cathy rolled her eyes and put on slippers; her Mom and Aunt had arrived to watch the girls.
Susan went to check on the girls and Jim went to get the car out. Cathy came around the corner and saw Emily smiling back at her.
"Oh my God...I can’t believe it's actually time" Emily said coming over to Cathy. 
Cathy teared up as she rose up on her tiptoes and they hugged. Cathy’s belly pressed into Emily’s belly and Emily’s unruly curly hair tickled Cathy’s cheek.
"Look at us huh...quite the opposite pair" Emily said.
"Well yeah but that was the plan originally. Aunt and niece switch places…" Cathy replied.
"We both know it was for the best and that we were always supposed to swap" Emily said. "And I'm glad it's you in those shoes and not me"
"I know honey...I know" Cathy said just as she seized up in Emily’s arms as another contraction rolled through her body.
"You sure you don't want to swap right here, right now for the next day?" Cathy said as she caught her breath. 
Jim came back in at that moment "Let’s go" Cathy said. 
"Keep us updated" Susan said as they left. 
Cathy put her hand up in reply.
Cathy squirmed in her seat through the drive. They got to the hospital and she was taken to her room and changed into her gown. 
Over the next several hours, the contractions got stronger and more frequent. She was sweaty and in pain as the nurses checked on her and even her epidural didn't help much.
The pressure shifted and dropped lower in her body and the contractions started coming like waves one on top of another.
Nurses and the Doctor came in and her feet went up in the stirrups. "Time to really bear down and push" Cathy heard.
Everything swirled around her in a daze, sharp pains and her own screaming and straining would wake her back up to a focused reality.
Cathy bore down and the pressure was enormous and then, it released. 
She felt the baby pass through and out of her and the whole feel of her body and nature changed.
Cathy fell backwards exhausted but smiling as she heard crying and nurses fussing over her son. Tears were flowing when they put him in her arms.
Jim took a picture on his phone and sent it out.
Emily cried seeing the picture. 
It took a few tries and a few more tears but the baby latched on and started nursing. She was still feeding him when everyone started to show up to visit.
Emily came in but stayed back as she was an Aunt and Grandparents were ahead of her in line to hold.
Cathy looked a mess but she didn't care. Her hair was sweaty and messy, her skin blotchy and her eyes bloodshot behind her glasses. To Emily, she had never looked better.
The baby was getting passed around and getting all the attention so Emily went to Cathy. She took her hands in hers and leaned down putting their foreheads together.
Their eyes met and a spark passed between them. Cathy’s lips parted as Emily’s eyes closed in earnest concentration.
A quick jolt ran through their bodies as their essences transferred from one to the other. Emily, wasn't longer Emily. They had traded bodies and now, they traded out their essential being with each other. Cathy was no longer essentially Cathy in Emily’s body; she was now fully Emily in mind, body and spirit.
And the same was true for Emily. She now possessed not only Cathy’s body, but her mind and spirit also.
Their swap was truly complete. Emily was Cathy and Cathy was Emily. 
Emily lay back in her bed as Cathy stood up, smiling down at her. "Wow" was all she could say.
"You did everything you could as Cathy living Emily’s life. Now it's time to truly just be Emily" Cathy said. "We both still know who we were and who we've become. Nothing changed about that, we just needed to swap the rest...that last piece needed to switch between us"
"Can we...can we still swap again if we want to?" Emily asked innocently; she no longer had any knowledge of the workings of their swaps. 
"Of course we can!" Cathy replied. She added a wink as other people were coming back to the bed.
Cathy was a bit awkward holding the baby, never having had kids of her own, but she got into it soon enough. 
The two women smiled at each other.
One year later…
"I can’t get enough sleep, I'm exhausted Aunt Cathy" Emily said as she chatted with her Aunt. 
"Well you need to say no every once in awhile" Cathy replied "I know you earned and wanted that promotion but taking it on right after coming back from maternity leave was probably too much"
"I deserved that promotion.. I still rub it in the dragon lady's face that I now out rank her" Emily allowed herself to gloat a bit "And Silver Juventas has become a huge hit! I have to work on the sequel"
"Even I read that…" Cathy blushed "Nothing at all appealing about that story line for either of us huh?" She joked.
Emily laughed. "Absolutely not! A woman in her 70s waking up in her early 20s...come on!"
"So far off haha!" Cathy joked.