Chapter 1 – Prelude: Serena’s Problem

Hi, I’m Dave. You don’t know me, but there’s not very much to know about me.

I am an engineer, and I work in one of the most powerful companies in the whole world…no, I can’t tell you its name. I’m 25, and so I’m younger than my average colleague. I don’t know why they’re giving me a salary with more than 6 figures, but they say I’m pretty smart. I can’t complain.

During the interview, I underwent a strange test, and they said my IQ was 148. Not bad.

I’m not a beautiful guy, but I’m not ugly either. I’m 186cm tall (6,1ft) and I weight 82kg (180 pounds): I’m not the most muscular man in the world, or even in my neighborhood, but I feel like I’m pretty strong, since I like to go to the gym every once in a while. Anyway, considering how much I enjoy to eat good food, I have to admit that I’m a little bit chubby.

The few people who know who I am and what I do, look at me with envy and respect. But almost everyone likes me anyway, because I’m such a nice guy.

Although, I don’t care at all about all these people. Everything I care about is Serena, my love. We’ve been together for quite some time now.

We know almost everything about each other. Not EVERY thing…I can’t tell her about my job, I would put her in danger otherwise, and I could never do that to my Serena: she’s so fragile, and so shy.

I love when her cheeks turn red whenever I kiss her in a public place. I find it cute when she asks me to speak to the waiter in her place.

It’s ok to me: I could be the dominant partner, I could carry her with me in the most beautiful beaches you could find and I could pat my love on her shoulder to comfort her every time she feels shy. I could, but I don’t want to, because she hates all of this.

She hates when she can’t find the courage to stop the jock that surpassed her on the line. She hates when she’d like to make love to me, but, instead of seducing me, she has to make me notice it with her gazes. And she definitely can’t stand her job.

Indeed, she’s a cashier, and she has to say “hi” and to assist many strangers every day. When Serena first started this job, her plan was to overtake her shyness…but she failed. Now, every day is a challenge for her.

Many times she uses to say, as a joke “I wish I had your job, to work in your laboratory on my own, so that I wouldn’t have to speak with all those strangers everyday”.

I asked her to retire: we have a lot of money, there’s no need for her to work, if it’s such a pain. But she didn’t want to listen to me: “I wanna be an independent woman. I want you to know that I’m with you because I love you, not because of your money”.

She’s such a woman, my Serena.

Of course I know she isn’t with me for my money: we met each other when I didn’t even have my own home, while I was still studying. But I don’t want to contradict her: if she didn’t work, she would feel even more vulnerable.

I love my Serena, and I want her to feel good. Not just with me, but with herself.

She’s very beautiful. No, I’m not talking about her appearance: I’m talking about her soul. She’s so sweet, and caring, and kind.

Serena is not an ugly woman either. I mean, you could call her “tiny”…or “petite”, with her 158cm (5,2ft) height and her 47kg (105 pounds) weight, but that’s not a problem to me, since I’ve always liked short women.

She’s 22, but I guess that at our age, three years of difference are nothing. Her IQ is 105, slightly beyond average: I’m proud of her.

Her skin is very pale and smooth, as I like it. She has long straight brown hair and big brown eyes, that are covered by her nerdy eyeglasses.

She uses to wear conservative clothes, even when outside it’s hot…but I don’t mind to be the only man who has the permission to see her tender parts, and the only one she’s ever slept with.

She’s so submissive in bed, and, even if sometimes she reaches her climax, most of the time she doesn’t.

I asked her to be on top, to tie me up, to blindfold me, to…spank me, but nothing worked: she’s too shy for this stuff, and she can’t enjoy having sex as much as I do.

So, I’m Dave, and I’m very happy. But I wish she were just as cheerful as me. And, maybe, I have found a solution.

Well, the reason why I’m earning so much, and why I’m working at that powerful company is that I discovered…teleport. You can’t even imagine how many implementations exist for my discovery.

For instance, I invented a…body swap machine. I know it may sound absurd, but, really, I’m not kidding. At the beginning, I thought that our essence, our soul, was just the complex of all the electrical patterns running in our brain. So I first tried it on mice. I tough the first one how to pass a labyrinth test. It took me hours. Then I swapped him with another mouse. He was really disoriented, but he managed to pass the test right away. That was the evidence that I was right. Of course, I swapped him back: I’m not cruel, I’m a nice guy, but you already know that.

I could even teleport just a small part of their brain, the one where a specific knowledge is stored. All I need to do is to realize a PET (Positron Emission Tomography) of their cerebral cortex, to find where that specific knowledge is, while they’re thinking about it.

Slowly, I began human testing. Nowadays, it’s a common practice. Some powerful government comes to me, asking me to swap a couple of officers’s bodies, or to transfer some specific ability from one to the other, such as karate or even playing piano. It’s totally safe. Of course, it can be traumatic for some people, but that’s not my machine fault, and they are the one who come to me. Anyway, nobody got hurt in these first months of experiments.

By now, you’re probably wondering: “What does this have to do with Serena’s confidence problem?”. No, I cannot mind control my love, making her more confident. That’s because I don’t know how to transfer specific electric patterns yet: all I can do is to transfer a specific part of the cerebral cortex, or the entire body electric patterns. This includes the cardiac one, so my machine is not actually suitable for patients with a heart condition.

What I could do is to swap our bodies. Maybe, this way, living a few days as a big strong male, she could see that there’s nothing to be afraid of in this world, nothing I couldn’t protect her from. And, maybe, once she’ll accustom to this confidence, when she’ll come back to her body she’ll be able to enjoy her life like never before. That’s what I hope! In the worst case scenario, it would be an interesting experience for both of us.

It’s past midnight. I have a very fast mind, but sentimental problems are harder than scientific ones. Tomorrow, after work, I’ll meet my Serena, and I’ll introduce her to my solution to her problem.

Chapter 2 – Let’s Try

“Serena, my love” Dave says “welcome back home! How was your day?”

“I can tell you’re really excited today, Dave…I’m not. I’m actually really tired”.

“Is it the usual problem?”

“…yes” she answers, with a whisper.

“Don’t think about it! Let’s just enjoy our afternoon together!”

She lowers her head.

“I wish I could…but I need some hours to recover…”

Dave is worried. “What happened today?”

“…nothing”.

“You can tell me, you know that!”

“The usual stuff…” she answers, avoiding any eye contact. “…and, I had to help a group of girls. They chatted out loud all the time…and they were not saying nice things about me…”

“What were they saying?”

“…they said that I’m a frigid old lady, who doesn’t know how to enjoy life” she says, sobbing.

“They said…that I hide behind my glasses and my conservative clothes because I’m afraid of the world…”

“Oh, my sweet love! I’m so sorry that you had to bump into such evil girls!”

“They are actually…right. I can’t enjoy my life, even if I have you and everything, and my shyness is a barrier behind which I hide…” she continues, starting to cry.

Dave hugs Serena, while her tears pour on his shirt. “I thank you, because you opened your heart to me. You know that we don’t have any secret, and I’m honored”.

She now raises her head, facing Dave, with her wet eyes. “We don’t have any secret…do you really believe that???”

“Well…of course, why?”

“You…you’ve never even told me what you actually do for a living!!!” she continues, raising her voice. “How can you make so much money??? Do you build something for a drug lord or what? Tell me, if we really don’t have any secret between each other!”

“I…I don’t work for any drug lord…but it’s too dangerous to tell you about it…governments and stuff are involved…”

“I don’t care! Try me!”

“Ok, Serena…actually…I was going to tell you about it tonight”.

“Yeah, sure, and you even expect me to believe you…”

“I’ve never lied to you, so, of course, you’ll believe me!”

“I’m listening to you…”

“So…I may have found a solution to your problem…”

“Which one, of the many I’ve got?” she asks, almost laughing.

“…your shyness, your lack of confidence!”

Serena is now staring into Dave’s eyes, thinking ‘I wouldn’t believe anyone telling me this stuff…yet he’s Dave, he’s a genius…but, if he has really found a solution to my problem, why is he telling me this only now? Is it dangerous, a last resort? Or has he just discovered something new?’

Her head is full of questions, but she just asks “Let’s say I believe you…what are we talking about?”

“We know that you’re kinda a petite…fragile girl…” he says, pondering his words, in order to avoid hurting his sweetheart “…and I think that your problem descends from the fact that you’ve always been in a frail body!”

“…that’s possible…it’s true that I feel…weak” she answers.

“I think that, if you used a mighty body for some days, you could reverse these behavioral patterns, and you would become more confident!”

“That seems cool…but I warn you: I won’t assume any steroid to build some muscles! That’s dangerous stuff!”

“Ahaha…no, I’m not a chemist…”

“So…will you make me taller?” she asks, smiling. “I know it’s not possible…but you’re the only person I know who could actually achieve the impossible!”

‘The fact she’s saying will and not would means that she wants to do that! Even if she doesn’t know anything about it yet!’ Dave thinks. “Actually…yes!”

“Wooow…I’d really like that, but how???”

“I will…lend you my body!” David finally says, waiting for her reaction.

‘This seems crazy…is he bullshitting me? No…he would never do that’ she thinks, with a concerned face. “Are you talking about…body swapping???”

“Indeed I am” he says, while his heart beats faster. This is the point of no return.

“…that’s what my work is about! I discovered…teleport, and I use it to transfer human minds and other stuff…”

“You…you are telling me the truth, I can tell it from your face…” Serena says, bewildered.

“I am…so, are you willing to try it?”

“Excuse me if I ask but…am I your first guinea pig?”

“No, Serena, I would never do that to you! It’s an established procedure, I’ve been doing that for some months now!”

“Well…ok. My answer is yes. What do we have to lose?”

“Nothing” Dave answers, smiling. He has never been so close to solve his darling’s problem.

“Let’s go…by now no one should be at my laboratory, we can do everything we want to”.

Chapter 3 – Body Swap Machine

Even if they both seem calm, they’re not.

Dave hopes that this gender-experience won’t be traumatic for Serena. And she hopes that this will work. This has to work, because she’s never been so scared and embarrassed before.

As usual, Dave drives the car, and Serena sits in the passenger seat.

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“Here we are. This is my laboratory” Dave says, showing her his futuristic place.

The body swap machine is at the other end of the room. It seems composed by two nice armchairs, surrounded by thick glass. Above the place where the head goes, there’s an aluminum helmet, held up by a bunch of cables. Those cables connect each cabin to the other, and both of them to a workstation.

“I won’t ask you if you’re ready” Dave says “because you never will. Please, choose the seat you prefer”.

Without saying a single word, Serena sits on the right.

“I’ll now set a countdown of, let’s see…one minute should be enough” Dave explains. He, then, sits on the left.

10 seconds pass, and nothing happens.

After 30 seconds, the thick glass lowers, closing the front part of the cabin.

After 40 seconds, they can fill their hair raising, and their scalps getting hot.

“Don’t worry, honey” Dave shouts “the machine is analyzing our bodies electric patterns, then it will…basically swap us!”

As he finishes the sentence, the helmets start to emit some strange rhythmic buzzes.

Those buzzes intensify.

Dave’s hearth is beating faster. He’s seen this happening hundreds of times, but he’s never experienced it in first person.

A few moments later, he can’t hear or see a single thing. He can’t even feel his skin on the armchair. It’s like he has no body.

Suddenly, his sight and all his other senses return. He’s not in his body anymore.

It doesn’t matter that he expected this: the first moments are disconcerting. From this perspective, the laboratory, the cabin…everything seems so much bigger!

He wonders, as habit, precisely how much bigger the world now seems to him. Now I’m 158cm (5,2ft), while I was 186cm (6,1ft). Now, dividing the first number for the second one the result is….

He needs some time to find the answer. I guess the world is now bigger from this perspective by something like…20%? ‘Why did it take so much time for me to calculate it, and I can’t even tell the precise result?’ he wonders.

Again, he needs some time to answer his question. ‘Oh…right! I transferred my mind into this body, but not my brain, that powered it! Serena is smart, but she’s definitely not as intelligent as me…or, I guess, now she is…she won’t be able to access my memories and other stuff, because they require the right synaptic patterns and connections to work properly, but now she’s actually…smarter than me.’

Dave hasn’t lost his attitude: he’s always the thoughtful guy. But something catches his attention. ‘Oh my…so…this is what it feels like to wear eyeglasses. I can feel the heavy frame on my nose, and everything is blurred outside the lenses. I guess that’s why she always prefers larger ones’.

Instinctively, he watches down, and he founds Serena’s small B-cups boobs, her flat belly and her slender legs.

‘It feels nice to not be chubby anymore…at least’.

He raises his new left hand. It’s so tiny.

He touches his new face. ‘Wow…my skin has never been so smooth since puberty! I wonder if she’ll like my subtle beard…’.

While he turns his head, feeling his hair applying pressure on different parts of his shoulders, he notices…his old body, staring at him, smiling.

“What…” he says, but he’s surprised by the new sweet voice that’s coming out of his small tender mouth “…how long have you been staring me like that?”

“Ahahah…it’s been some minutes by now! It’s 6:30PM, I’m 18% taller than you and I love your brain!!!” Serena answers, smiling. “You’re so fun to watch, absorbed in your thoughts!”

“I was…elaborating…didn’t you?”

“Of course I did, but this…your brain is so fast, dammit! I won’t call you stupid…because I would offend my own self that way. My question is: why did this happen? Didn’t we swap brains???”

“No, we didn’t swap brains! We swapped electric patterns: there’s where our true self is!”

“I’m afraid I’m not understanding…” Serena comment, focused.

“You see…think about computers. You have a nice computer, but mine is one of the most powerful in the world. It’s like if we transferred every data and software from one computer to the other. Now, you still have your memories, your personality, your attitude and everything about yourself, but it’s like if you installed it on a more powerful PC!”

“Now I get it, it’s not difficult at all…at least with this brain!”

Dave smiles. “I can see you’re enjoying my body, and you’re already more confident. After all, I might have been right. So…do you wanna go back home?”

“I think this will be a wonderful experience for me, thank you very much my love!!! Sure, let’s go home!” Serena says, offering him the car keys.

“No, Serena: this time, you’ll drive!”

“But…”

“I won’t hear any excuses! Now you’re the man, behave like one! Now you have the control: by the end of the week, I’ll make you the most confident woman in our town!”

“I…I guess I could try to drive us home…just…I won’t go too fast…”

Chapter 4 – Who Is Smarter Now? (Sexual Energy)

Some minutes later, they finally arrive home.

Serena was driving definitely too slow, and everyone was surpassing her. But Dave didn’t feel like to scold her, because she already wasn’t at ease.

Once she parks the car, Dave looks at her.

“Come on, you have to open the door for me!”

“…why?”

“Because you’re the man now, remember? Actually, you’re the GENTLEman! Don’t you wanna continue our role-play?” Dave says, with a smirk on his face.

“Fine…you’re right…” she says, before opening his door and offering him her hand to get out of the car.

“Did you see?” Dave says, while entering their home “there’s nothing strange in you driving instead of me!”

“You were right…everything went fine…I was a little bit scared when that car surpassed me at the intersection…but it’s ok. With your strong arms holding the handlebars I felt like I was in control!”

“That’s because now you’re in control!”

“Yeah…whatever…” Serena says, not sure of her words.

“Speaking of this…how long do you think it’ll take me to get this…confidence? When can I go back to my body?”

“You’re already becoming more confident!” Dave lies, in order to encourage her.

“About the other question…let me see…today’s Thursday…I can skip work on Friday, then we can spend the weekend like this and change back on Monday dawn, before anyone gets to my laboratory…does it seem fine to you?”

“Wow…three days and a half like this…I wasn’t expecting this much…but it makes sense…you can’t change one’s attitude in one day”.

“You’re right…actually half a week is not that much either…but we’ll see how it went on Monday!”

“So…do you think that 3 days aren’t enough?” Serena asks, disappointed.

“Well…it wouldn’t be! But our brains have a special way to…let’s say…reprogram us!”

Serena is scared “aren’t you talking about mind control, are you??? I don’t want to have anything to do with it! Forget it!!!”

“No, my love” Dave laughs “I didn’t create anything like that…for now. I’m talking about plain standard biology influence!”

“…explain yourself!”

“Well…the most important functions in our brains are the one related to survival. Could you name one for me?” Dave asks.

“Of course…Food! We would starve to death if we didn’t eat anything!”

“Yes…but eating won’t get you more confident…on the contrary, if you get fat, you lose some self-esteem”

Dave now looks at his new flat belly, bringing both his hands to it “Luckily you definitely don’t have this problem, do you?”

“Ahahah…thanks Dave, I’m glad you like my body!” she says, while her new cheeks turn red.

“But I guess it wouldn’t be so bad to eat more than usual, now that I can, in your body…do I have your permission?”

“Fine, just don’t get me chubbier than that” Dave says, while laughing.

“Anyway, food is not the right answer! Can your new, temporary, beast brain find another answer?”

“Uhm…Sleep! You can avoid it for some days, but if you do that for a lot of time, you get crazy and you finally die!”

“Ok…but you don’t want to spend your half-week sleeping, do you?” he says, smirking.

“You’ve told me 2 of the 3 foundations of the human being, as Jean-Jaques Rousseau used to say…which is the third one?”

“I…I recall that you said something like this to me a while ago…was it…” her cheeks turn even redder “…Sex?!?”.

“Bingo! You achieved it! In order to survive, a human being has to pass his genetic code, not just his DNA, to his sons and daughters! And a little bit of satisfaction doesn’t ruin anything!”

“…are you really talking about having sex…like this?” Serena asks, lowering her voice, feeling really embarrassed.

“And what does philosophy have to do with my…problem?”

“Ahaha…sorry, I did a turn of phrase to say a simple thing…actually is not that simple, but with my brain you won’t have any problem to understand it…”

“Wait…one moment…but if you don’t have your brain right now…how can you still talk about such things being at ease?”

“That’s a good question! I can because I’m not learning new stuff, I’m just remembering old notions!”

“Does it mean…” Serena asks, with a big smile on her face “…that everything I’ll learn with your brain, I’ll keep it once I’ll go back???”

“Wow…that’s…that’s true! I’ve never thought about that…instead of passing karate abilities, we could just swap them and let one teach the other, so that no one loses any knowledge…”

“What are you talking about?”

“Nothing…just work”.

“Do you swap knowledge and abilities at work???”

“Well…we do that too…”

“How???”

“…first we do a PET exam, while the first subject thinks about something…then we teleport that part of his cerebral cortex to the second subject…”

“…but…why didn’t I get your knowledge with your brain? If all that we need is to teleport that part of the cortex…remember, I got your WHOLE brain!”

“I’ve…never thought about that…I tried it without swapping the mice bodies, and it worked…I don’t think I can teleport a specific brain pattern…so I guessed I was teleporting brain stuff…”

“Ahahahah…silly head! You were actually teleporting electric patterns! You were just seeing a specific window thanks to the PET exam!” Serena laughs.

‘What the hell is she talking about??? It’s so embarrassing to not be able to understand what she’s saying…’ Dave thinks.

But, instead, he says “Uhm…maybe…”

Serena gets closer to him, arching her back, in order to get to his level and to stare him into his new big brown eyes.

“You’re not understanding a single word I’m saying, are you?” she says, smiling.

“I’m sorry…I didn’t want to embarrass you…but now you’re actually understanding how I feel most of the time you’re talking about science stuff!!! I’m already feeling more confident, thank you! And I bet you excluded every person with cardiac problems from your experiments, because you were transferring their heart electric patterns too…ahahah…while all you needed was to restrict the operation to the head!”

“Uhm…I’ll work on this once I get my brain back…”

For the first time since the swap, Dave feels the need to go back to his body, and he wonders if this is going the right way.

‘I wanted to change her with sexual energy…but she’s more attracted to my intelligence…that’s not the way I wanted this to go! I’d like to see her more confident, especially in bed, but I don’t want her to feel smarter than me…I’ve always been the smartest person in the room in my whole life…this make me feel fragile…’

“Hey, Dave…” Serena says, staring at him “…you’re feeling embarrassed because now I’m smarter than you, aren’t you? I’m sorry…I just got carried for a moment…I was enjoying this powerful brain and I wanted to help you with your work too…”

She pats his new left tiny shoulder.

“Let me be the embarrassed one…you were talking about…sex…go on…”

“Uhm…ok…let’s go back to the previous topic…” Dave says, noticing how strong and heavy Serena’s hand feels on his shoulder now.

“I was saying…sex is the most powerful force in our existence! Everything that could increase your chance of transmitting your genetic code goes under a pathway of positive reinforcement, which is ruled by a powerful neurotransmitter known as dopamine”.

“Explain yourself, please!”

“It means that every time you’re doing something sexual, the dopamine strengthens that behavior! I think that, if we let you be confident in bed, your whole personality will become stronger!”

“Wow…that seems like a nice idea…I trust you…but…” her cheeks turn red again “…I…I don’t know if I could…do that…”

Dave places his new tiny hand on her muscle chest. “I know it might seem destabilizing…I’m not fond of it either…but I think this would be the best way to solve your problem. I don’t know if it could help you…but I’m willing to do this because I think that this is still my body, and so…try to look at this like a magnificent masturbation, ok?” he continues, smiling.

Serena seems surprised by his words. “I guess you’re right…this is kinda a masturbation after all…and we’ve done plenty of embarrassing…stuff…together…”

Her cheeks continue to blush…the life of a shy woman is a hard one.

“But…how could I ever be attracted to a woman??? I mean…I know I’m not an ugly girl, but I don’t feel aroused by myself!”

“You don’t need to be attracted to your own body to masturbate, do you?” Dave says, smirking and twisting his words.

Instead, he’s thinking ‘I feel scared too…but I’m curious at the same time. First of all, I want to give her pleasure!’.

He continues “I love you so much…that’s why I’m willing to do this, even if I’m as embarrassed as you are! I know that you…don’t usually enjoy when we make love…that’s because I don’t know much about female bodies, and because of your shyness…like this we could fix both of these problems! I know my body, so I know how to please you now, and I want to learn how your body is pleased too!”.

“I…” Serena answers “…love you too, very much, and I really appreciate you’re willing to do this for me…so, ok, let’s try it…”

“Hurrah!” Dave says, putting his hands on her broad neck.

“Shall we start with a kiss?”

“Why not?” she says, finally smiling.

Chapter 5 – Let’s Start With A Kiss

“I guess I have to start it…she’s the shy one after all” Dave thinks.

He gets up on his toes to reach her mouth, but he fails.

“Well…darling…do you remember that now you’re the big one? You have to bend your back!”

“Oh…sorry…” she says, trying to follow his instructions. Yet she’s visibly embarrassed.

“You know what? Let’s go sit on the couch!” Dave says, taking her hand with his tiny one and bringing her to their couch.

He sits on his usual seat, the one nearest to the television, and he smiles.

“Wow…this is so strange…looks at my feet! I’m able to touch the floor just with my toes!”

“And…why would you like it?”

“I…don’t actually know…it just feels kinda strange..and new” he says.

“But don’t change the subject, I’m waiting for you, my big man, ahahaha!”

After saying that, he waits for Serena to occupy her seat. Then he gets closer to her, but he stops half way there.

“You know what? I think it would be better and more comfortable if I sit on your lap!” he suggests.

“…why?”

“Because we want you to have the control, remember?”

“And what control is that if you’re on top?”

“…You will embrace me with your arms…and it will be easier for me to reach your lips…” he says, while sitting on her, like a…cowgirl.

“Good boy, now hug me! Aren’t you shy of your own body, are you???” Dave says, smirking.

Serena, anyway, is still trying to avoid his gaze.

Her boyfriend, then, decides to guide her hands to his back, rubbing her hair with his ones.

“Here we are, Serena. Close your eyes”.

Dave closes his eyes too, and he tilts his head to the right, like he usually does.

He can sense her heavy breathing.

And, finally, he kisses her.

At first, he just places his lips on hers. Then he instinctively moves away.

‘It’s so strange…I can feel her…my beard…it itches! My mouth is so small, and her nose is so big!’ he thinks.

“Open your mouth” Dave commands, and Serena obeys.

The second time, he opens his mouth too. He gets closer, and he puts the tip of his new small tongue in her mouth.

The feelings are different, but they know what to do.

A minute or two later, Dave lowers her arms through his back, without breaking the kiss.

“Serena, squeeze my butt”.

But, this time, she doesn’t move.

“Squeeze it, it’s soft!”

“But why…” his love asks, but Dave stops her continuing the kiss.

Finally, she starts to feel her old butt.

Dave is caressing her short hair with his left hand, and he’s fondling her deltoid with the other one.

‘Yes, my love, you’re getting the hang of this’ he thinks, while he feels his buttock being caressed.

After another minute, Dave starts to feel a growing bulge next to his belt.

He decides to say nothing.

Instead, he starts grind his pelvis to hers, and the bulge grows, and grows.

Serena’s touches intensify, together with her breath, and her hearth beating.

Suddenly, she stops the kiss.

She opens her eyes, and she stays still.

Dave understands that she’s close, and he increases the grinding.

A few moments later, she stops breathing, while her pelvis is slowly pushing.

He looks down at her trousers, and he finds what he was looking for: a wet stain.

Dave breaks the silence, smirking: “I hope you liked your first male orgasm, my dear!” Serena awakes from her unexpected experience, she looks in his eyes and she answers “OMG…you bet I did!!!”.

Chapter 6 – Order Me To Do It

“I think…I have to change my clothes…could you borrow me some of yours?” Serena asks.

“Ahahah…of course I will, I don’t think your clothes would fit you anymore! Let’s go to our bedroom” Dave answers, getting up from her lap and going towards their bedroom.

Serena removes all of her clothes, and Dave does the same, but she doesn’t ask him why…probably because she already knows the answer.

‘Men…they always think about sex…even when they’re not men anymore!’ she thinks, while they’re both naked.

“I’ll…uhm…wash my underwear…”

“No, you won’t!” Dave smiles.

“I will!”

“But…why? I know you are the reason I…get those underpants dirty…but we’ve always washed each one stuff”

“I know we’ve always split house chores, but since the objective of this half-week is to make you more confident, you’ll leave all the chores to me!”

“This doesn’t seem fair to me…don’t worry, it’s not a problem, I don’t think it would make such a big difference anyway. And I don’t want to treat women so bad…like before the ’68 movements and stuff…”

“It’s not fair, but it’s what I want, don’t think about it! I want you to have all the control you can!”

“But…”

“Shhh, my darling…” Dave interrupts her “…so, tell me, did you like your first male orgasm?”

“I…did…a little bit…” she answers, but her cheeks turn red once again.

“Just a little bit?” Dave smirks.

“Okay…I loved it!!! You know that, due to my lack of self-esteem etc. I find it hard to have orgasms…maybe, even if they’re so much different, a female orgasm is more intense, but it’s so hard to get there! In this body, instead, it just took some minutes, even without a direct physical contact! Thinking that you can get…there…like that, makes me feel…free!”

“Really nice, just like I expected! So…do you want another orgasm?”

“Wha…ehm…maybe the next time I’ll enjoy it again…”

“You are not answering my question: do you want it?”

“Well…yes…the next time…” Serena answers, embarrassed, in a low voice.

“And when will this next time be?” Dave provokes, with a wicked smile.

“I…I didn’t think about it yet…maybe…tomorrow…if you feel like it…”

“I’ll tell you this one rule: the next time is whenever you want it to be! I’m at your complete disposal, you just have to do a simple thing: order me to do something, or just…seduce me!”

“That’s…not that simple for me…you know that…you’re always the one who takes the drive…”

“And that’s why I want you to do that this time! It’s all part of my plan, trust me!”

“I do trust you…I can feel your plan is already working…but I don’t want to handle you this way! I don’t want to turn into a jerk…I just wanna be more confident!”

“It’s ok if I ask you to, isn’t it? You wouldn’t be a jerk at all: watch it from this perspective: you would do what I wanted you to do!”

Serena seems now worried.

“Are you telling me…that you have some kind of perversion…that you want to submit to your partner???”

“Ahahah…don’t be silly, of course not! Nobody likes to be treated badly, but it’s just for a few days and I’m liking our role-play, since I love to see you happy…because I love you!”

She’s now relieved.

“So…if I…wanted…ehm” Serena tries to say, while her heart beats faster and faster.

“What is that you want, my love?”

“Let’s say…a handjob…what should I do to get it?” she finishes, relieved and embarrassed.

Dave gets closer to her, placing on her side, and caressing her belly.

“You should just tell me to do it”.

“Ok…I guess…dear Dave, could you please…give a…handjob to me? Only if that’s okay, of course…”

“Ah, ah…this is not what I asked you!” he says, moving away from her. “I’ve explained to you that the dopamine will reinforce your attitude…do you want to develop a beggar attitude?”

She says no with her head.

“Good! Then, don’t ask me to do that, TELL me to do it!”

“Dave…give me a handjob, please…”

He lowers his head to her pelvis, without touching her penis.

“We’re almost there! Now, without the please part.”

“Give me…a handjob…”

“Almost…” he says, tickling her pubic hair with his fingers. “Now use a more confident voice”.

“Do I really have to do this??? This is so embarrassing…” Serena thinks, while she can feel her member starting to grow. “Give me a handjob!”

“Yes! Finally! That’s the attitude I was talking about! You definitely deserve a prize, my big man” Dave says, with his wicked smile.

He finally runs his slender fingers on his old penis.

At the beginning, it’s still pretty flaccid, but as he works on his well-known member, it starts to become more and more turgid.

“You know…it seems so big in your hands!” Dave says, continuing to stroke it.

“Ye…Yes! I’ve never complained about your size…”

“I can tell you’re liking this…can you feel your limbic system floating in a sea of dopamine?”

“What…I could be smart but I don’t know anything about this limbic system…and, right now, as you can tell, I’m a little bit distracted…”

“I mean…do you feel the pleasure?”

“Oh yeah, I do!”

“Then, simply, that’s it! Now you’re reprogramming yourself. If this time you’re getting pleasure, it’s just because you were confident. Then, the next time, it will be a little bit simpler for you to do the same!”

“I wouldn’t mind a little bit of confidence actually…”

“I know” he says, smiling.

Then he stops.

Serena stares at him, disappointed. But she doesn’t have the courage to scold him.

“Now I want to show you that if you do this yourself, it’s not as good as when I do it! Masturbate yourself!”

She feels embarrassed…but she really doesn’t want it to stop now.

So she grabs her new member, and she starts to stroke it.

After less than one minute she says “It…doesn’t feel that good…why?”

“Well, you could get better with some experience, but it will never be like as if a woman is giving you a handjob! That’s because of our proprioceptive system: you can actually tell that you’re the one who is touching it, and what would the point be if our brain rewarded us just because we’re wasting sperm?”

“Oh…that makes sense!” she says, happy to have learned something new, with her current rocket brain.

“And…if I wanted you to continue…should I…just…tell you to do it?”

Dave smiles, but he doesn’t answer.

“Okay, okay…I get it…continue the handjob, without any please or gentle words!”

“Ahahah, you’re getting the hang of it, nice!” he says, continuing what he had stopped.

“Now, did you notice that this gives you more pleasure than that time I was just grinding against your pelvis?”

“You know this body really well…actually, everything you’re saying it’s true”.

“That’s because there are diverse levels of pleasure. Remember, the ultimate goal of the nature of a male is to transmit his genetic code, and he does it impregnating a random woman…”

“What…what are you talking about??? I don’t want to impregnate you, and then carry that baby to birth…I’m too young for that!!!”

“Ahahah…you misunderstood me, this is the general rule, it has nothing to do with our situation…”

“Oh…that’s better…I’m listening”.

“So, the closer you get to impregnate a woman, the more pleasure you are rewarded with! In our case, when I touched you through clothes it was a nice situation, but it was nothing special. Now that I’m touching you with my bare hands, it’s definitely better. But you would experience much more pleasure if you penetrated my vagina!” he continues, noticing how embarrassed she is by her red cheeks.

“But don’t worry, we’re not there yet…maybe later we’ll be. There’s another step before actual sex…and it’s oral sex! The composition of the mucous membrane of the human mouth, indeed, it’s very similar to the one of the vagina.”

Serena is surprised. “Are you talking about us now? Would you really be willing to give me a…blowjob? Not that I’m not curious about it…but I don’t know…”

“I am! We want your limbic system to float in dopamine, so we want to give you the most pleasure we can! I’m not so happy about sucking a dick…but, again, this is like a magnificent masturbation…and I want you to succeed in this mission!”

“You got my attention…if those blowjobs are so great…I’d like to try one myself…after all I gave you plenty of them, it just seems fair for you to do that to me for one single time!”

“Come on then, tell me to do it!”

“Dave…” she doesn’t seem able to finish the sentence. Her breath grows heavier and heavier.

“…Yes?”

“Give me a blowjob…” she finally says.

“Not like this! If you truly want it, you have to pronounce those exact words: get down on your knees and suck my cock right now, you little slut!”.

‘I’m pushing this too far…but I’m having so much fun seeing her so embarrassed…and I don’t feel evil either, because I’m actually helping her!’ he thinks.

“I…I will never do that!!! That’s such a lack of respect towards women!!!”

“I knew you would have said something like that…ok then, I’m giving you a taste of what you’re missing” he says, bending his back, bringing his head closer to his old penis, with the will to lick it.

Dave can fell his new long hair getting in the way, so he moves them with one hand.

Without getting on his knees, he brings his tongue to her glans.

It tastes salty from the previous ejaculation.

He can smell the strong scent coming from there.

It doesn’t matter how well he knew that smell: being so close to it, makes it much more powerful. Or maybe it’s just that his smell receptors are now different, and more sensitive.

Dave strokes her shaft harder, and he goes down for a second lick.

‘Maybe it was not such a good idea…this is kinda disgusting…’ he thinks, while returning to the basic handjob.

“Ok then…we’ll continue with this…” he says, lost in his thoughts.

In the meanwhile, Serena is enchanted. ‘I’ve never felt that way in my whole life!!! OMG…I want it, I have to get it! I know it’s embarrassing…but he asked for it, he’s okay with it…and I don’t want to disappoint him…I wouldn’t disrespect any woman, since he’s still a man…’

“Dave…” she finally decides “get down on your knees and suck your cock!”

“I…what?” he answers, not expecting that kind of reaction.

‘Was it too much? No…it can’t be…he’s just testing my will: I’ll say it again!’ She thinks. “Didn’t you hear me? I said: get down on your knees and suck my cock!”

Dave doesn’t know what to do. He didn’t actually like when he gave his first cock-taste, but he doesn’t want to disappoint her. She’s trying so hard to follow his instructions.

And so he gets on his knees, and he obeys her.

This time is not a simple lick, but he has to take it all in his mouth.

Actually, he’s always thought it was easier than that for the woman. But his mouth is now so small, so that not much more than the glans is able to enter it, while Serena tries some small pushes towards his throat.

His sight is focused on her pubic hair.

He doesn’t really know what to do, so he just pushes his head forward and behind, while rotating both of his tiny hands on the remaining part of the shaft.

‘My knees hurt…I should get a pillow next time. Wait, what am I talking about??? I don’t want to do this again, I liked to grind against her and to give her the handjob, but I don’t want this…I’ll let her have the complete experience, so that there won’t be another time!’ Dave thinks, before he stops.

“Ok, Serena….wow I can tell you’re really liking it by your face…anyway, I want you to have the complete experience! Instead of keeping your hands on your hips, grab my head! Once you’re going to cum, don’t tell me anything, but just come in my mouth and order me to swallow, okay?”

“Fine, fine, whatever, just don’t stop!” she says, grabbing his head.

After less than a minute, she’s close.

Dave feels her penis twitching.

It stops for a moment.

Then, he can taste several drops of cum all over his mouth.

‘Eww…that’s disgusting…but it’s already starting to run outside of my mouth…if I don’t swallow this she’s going to think that she forced me, and she’ll stop improving…there’s no other choice, I have to do it…even if she forgot to order me to do it, I know she’ll like it!’ he thinks, while he finally swallows.

Serena offers him her strong hand, and she helps him to get up. “Thank you, my love. I’ll never forget this. And…maybe…once I’ll go back to my body, I’ll do the same to you…I know I never wanted to, but I’m already feeling more confident thanks to you!”

Chapter 7 – You Have To Look More Confident

They finally get dressed, and they both have a shower.

Neither of them explores their new body, because Serena is already satisfied, and Dave is still thinking about what to do next.

“Shall we go outside for dinner?” Serena suggests.

“Actually…I don’t think that would be a good idea!”

“Why? Nobody could tell you’re me and I’m you!”

“It’s not about that…you know, I was thinking about making some changes about your body and about your apparel…those would be drastic changes anyway, but it would be better if our friends didn’t see you like this one day, and a complete different person the next one!”

“Wait, wait…what are you talking about? What is that you don’t like about my body?”

“Nothing, my dear, your body is perfect! It’s just that…with a few changes you would feel much more confident, I mean it!”

“…what are you thinking of?”

“I know it might seem strange at first…but listen to me. I think you would have a more aggressive look without eyeglasses and with some piercings and tattoos…and don’t forget about your clothes: you should be proud of your body, and you should show it!”

Serena is getting angry.

“Do you want to turn me into a slut or what???”

“Of course not…I just think that if you had a more aggressive look, you’d feel less shy, that’s all!” Dave says, pondering his words. “You know what? I’ll let you see what I mean with this app I’ve installed on my tablet. It creates a 3D portrayal of your body, and it lets you choose what differences to apply, and what clothes to wear!”

“It seems cool…ok, I guess that’s no harm in some little fantasies, as long as I don’t get any ink on my skin!”

“I can’t promise that…actually, I’d like to see that happen!”

“Since all of your suggestions seemed to work till now, I’ll consider this one too…let me see”.

Dave taps on his tablet screen, and the app quickly starts: there’s no powerful tablet that money can’t buy.

At the center of the screen there’s a visual portrayal of Serena’s naked body. It’s pretty accurate, since it even shows her pubic hair.

“Wait…why is my body there?!?” Serena asked, annoyed.

“…I scanned it a few minutes ago, after my shower”.

“But…your tablet is not protected by any password! What if someone saw this app?! It’s so accurate that I look…naked!”

“You don’t have to worry, I’ll delete everything as soon as we’ll agree on these changes!”

“…Let’s do this quickly, then. So, what were you thinking about?”

“I would remove your eyeglasses, thanks to a laser eye surgery…”

“Why??? It sounds so dangerous! Couldn’t I just wear contact lenses?”

“It has some dangers, but it’s pretty safe nowadays, otherwise I wouldn’t even think about it! Trust me, your eyeglasses are so annoying, you will have a different perception of the world without them! And you’ll seem less…bookworm”.

“…I’ve never been a…bookworm. But since you point at it, maybe it’s better to avoid that kind of look…it doesn’t match the strong personality we’re trying to build for me. Ok, agreed, remove my eyeglasses…I guess money is not a problem for us. What’s next?”

“Speaking of lasers…I wanna have a complete laser hair removal! We’re in the 21st century…only shy girls still have a bush over their…tender parts. And, this way, you wouldn’t have to wax yourself anymore!”

“Wow…I actually kinda like this idea…but is it really necessary to remove my…bush? A lot of my friends still have it, and they’re not as shy as I am…”

“Agreed or not?” Dave asks, smirking.

“Couldn’t you give me some minutes to think about it? Once you’ll do that to my body, it’ll permanent!”

Dave makes some taps on the screen, removing all her body hair.

“See? It’s much better like this! What do you need to think about?! Come on, you have to be confident: agreed or not?”

“Fine…you can do that too…”

“Next, let’s talk about piercings. I wanna pierce your ears.”

“But they’re already pierced…and, anyway, I don’t use earrings very often!”

“From now on, you will. And I’m not talking about the two standard holes: I wanna pierce each ear at least two times.”

“I’ve never liked that kind of stuff…”

“Don’t you think it would let you look more aggressive?”

“Maybe it would…but 6 earrings are way too much, what do you think about 4? One more hole per ear?”

“…let’s do 5 then, 2 more holes on the right, and one more on the left, okay?”

“Fine…”

“Then…what do you think about piercing your tongue?”

“Absolutely NOT!!!”

“…but why? Think about how much fun we could have this weekend!”

“I said NO!”

“Ok…don’t think about it…at least you’re getting more confident…” Dave says, giving up the idea of receiving blowjobs with a tongue piercing…another thing he’ll never try out in his whole life, because Serena is the only woman he could ever be with.

“Why don’t we pierce your navel?”

“…isn’t it too much?”

“No, it’s not! I find it very sexy, you’ll see!”

“Okay then…it’s not permanent, so it’s not a big deal. Since we’re talking about piercing, why don’t you get a nose piercing too, for me?”

“No, I’d hate it”.

“Fine, fine…what’s next?”

“I think we’ve talked enough about piercings, because the eyebrows and the nipples ones seem too much to me too”.

“Then…will you get some surgery? You know, I wouldn’t mind to have a bigger breast and to remove my love handles…”

Dave smiles, recognizing the usual uncertainty on Serena’s face.

“No, my love. Your body doesn’t need any surgery! I love your perky boobs, and you don’t have love handles: you could even be a model if you wanted to!”

Her cheeks turn red. “I…could never be a model…even if I wanted too…I’m too short, and my innocent girl face doesn’t inspire any magazine cover…”

“All that matters is that I like you, and your body, very much!” Dave reassures her, kissing her beardy left cheek.

“Going on…you know that I love your pale skin, but why don’t we give it just a little bit of hue?”

“Ok…I couldn’t say no to anything, after those compliments…”

“Dammit, then, I should have saved it for the tattoos!” Dave says, laughing.

“Tattoo…s? Are we talking plural now?”

“Oh yeah, you can say that!”

“…I don’t think so, but I’ll listen to you”.

“Let’s start with this one on your wrist” he begins, showing her what he means on his app.

“No! I won’t get any tattoo in places people could see!”

“That’s not very confident of you…but look how beautiful it is!”

“No, please, not on my wrist…or on my forearm…I wanna feel free to wear a t-shirt without thinking that I’m showing any tattoo…”

“Alright, alright, that’s a lost battle…” Dave sighs. “What about the rear part of your neck? Do you like this one?”

“It’s still in a visible place…”

“What if we inked it on your shoulder?”

“It’s too big…”

“You’re being impossible…okay then, we’ll do this medium one on your left shoulder, agreed?”

“It’s a big step for me: this would be permanent…”

“You don’t have to worry about anything! You wanna be more confident, right? And can you imagine what kind of strong-girl-look this tattoo would emanate on the beach?” Dave smiles.

“Maybe you’re right…let’s do it…”

“Thank you! We’ll make a sexy little woman out of you!!!”

“…what’s next?” Serena continues, exhausted.

“I’ll pick this one for your right deltoid“.

“I told you I don’t want to have any tattoo in a visible place, and if I chose to wear a shirt without sleeves that would be visible!!!”

“You’ll be confident enough to show this, and if you don’t feel like it, you can always wear a t-shirt. We’re not inking your wrists and forearms, remember?”

“…I’m getting tired of this…okay, whatever…”

“Then we’ll get a tattoo on your calf! I find it very hot!”

“No! What if I wanted to wear a pair of shorts…or a skirt?”

“You never expose your legs…but okay…what do you think about getting one on your ankle?”

“Agreed. I could always cover it with socks”.

“Nice! Next I want you to have one next to your navel”.

“Come on…we’re already talking about three tattoos…that’s crazy! I have never had even one of them, and you haven’t either!”

“Ok…will you grant me the last one?”

“I’m listening to you”.

“I was thinking about getting a tattoo…in your…tender parts…maybe above your clitoris, where now the hair bush is, or on your butt…what do you think about it?”

Serena doesn’t answer. Instead, she’s staring Dave in his eyes, bewildered.

“So?” Dave asks again.

“I’m not some kind of prostitute, you can forget about it!!!”

“I didn’t want to offend you…I’m sorry…remember that I’m getting those procedures, piercings, tattoos and clothes for you, so I would never do anything I’d consider offensive for anyone, because I will be that person for some days! I promise you, I’ll go outside with you wearing the clothes I’ll choose for you, and with your tattoos and piercings! I wouldn’t want to embarrass myself, would I?”

“Okay, I accept your excuses. So, where do you want this fourth tattoo?”

“The wrist is out of reach, right? Because I really liked it…”

“I said no”.

“Then…why don’t we get one on the lower part of your back?”

“But that’s the spot where many…very open girl get a tattoo…I don’t wanna become that kind of woman…”

“You’ll never be like that! They use to get big coarse tattoos, but look at this one: it’s so tiny, and delicate…what do you think?”

“…okay, nobody is going to look at it anyway…I won’t either since it will be on the back…”

“Nice! Then we’ve come to a conclusion: I introduce to you the new Serena!” Dave says, pointing at the tablet.

“She has a perfect eyesight, her skin is less pale, she doesn’t have to wax anymore, she has four piercings (two on the right ear, one on the left one, and one for the navel) and four wonderful delicate tattoos (left shoulder, right deltoid, left ankle and back). Let me dress her with a pair of sneakers, a black t-shirt and a pair of jeans shorts. Let me paint her short nails black too.”

Dave finally looks at her, smiling. “Do you like her?”

“Is she…me? …I can’t even recognize myself…I mean, I can tell she looks like me, but she’s so confident…” Serena says, surprised. “I guess I like her…she looks gorgeous!”

Chapter 8 – Change In Tastes

“I’m happy you’ve agreed to the changes I’ve suggested” Dave says.

“I have to admit that you are still pretty smart, even without your brain…you always find a solution to everything…”

“Actually…I’ve planned this before the swap: your brain is nice and everything, but…”

“I know, I know, you don’t have to explain to me how powerful your old brain is!” Serena laughs, more confident than ever. “So, when are you planning to apply those changes? In reality I mean…not on that app of yours”.

“Tomorrow, first thing in the morning! It will take the all day long I guess…”

“How could you find an eye doctor, a beautician and a piercing-tattoo studio available with such a short notice?”

“I’ve just told you I have planned this! Everything it’s already been scheduled” Dave answers.

“Ah…I see. Speaking of money, I guess you’ve already told your colleagues that you wouldn’t be at work tomorrow…but don’t you recall that I have a work too?”

“Oh my…I completely forgot about that!!!” Dave answers, scared. “What can we do about it?”

“You know what?” Serena says, with belief “my boss always treats me without any respect, just don’t go! He deserves this!!!”

“…are you sure? He could get angry!”

“Let him be angry, I don’t care anymore!”

“Ahaha…fine, I won’t be against you just as you start to show your teeth!”

“Thanks Dave…speaking of teeth, you know I’ve never noticed how beautiful my teeth are? They’re so white, and straight…my skin is flawless, my nose is not crooked as I thought it was, and my hair is so silky!”

Dave blushes, without knowing why. “Well…you can see some things only when you’re far away from you…I’ve always told you: you’re a beautiful woman!”

“And you’re a beautiful man, my love!” Serena says, smiling. “And you’re a genius: yes, you really are!” she laughs.

“Thanks…I guess. So…how will you spend tomorrow morning? Will you keep me company?”

“Ehm…no, I won’t.”

Dave is surprised. “…but why? You know I’ll suffer a lot of pain, with the tattoos and everything…”

“Aren’t you feeling a little girl already, are you?” she laughs. Then she comes back serious. “I’m kidding…you know how much I love your brain…and this is my opportunity to learn a ton of stuff! I don’t usually study a lot, I’ve never been to college either, because I don’t find it very satisfying to study all day to not remember anything…but you’ve told me that whatever I’ll learn with your brain, I will keep it once I’ll go back to mine…so I wanna spend the whole day studying, if that’s ok with you!”

What does she want to study? And what’s so exciting about that??? But I guess I don’t actually need anyone to keep me company tomorrow…he thinks.

“It’s okay, you can study. We’ll see each other in the evening!”

“Thanks!” she says, cheerful. “So…I’m getting quite hungry…shall we eat something?”

“What time is it?”

“It’s already 10 PM!”

“Oh my…I’m usually starving by nine ‘o clock, but in your body I’m not hungry at all!” Dave says, feeling his flat belly again with his dainty fingers. “Yeah, let’s eat!”

Some minutes later, Dave decides to cook for both of them, since he promised Serena that he would have done all the house chores for that half-week.

He cooks an omelet for himself, and some meatballs for her.

“Such a nice smell is coming from the kitchen” she says “one reason you would be a great woman is your cooking skills!” she laughs.

Once everything is ready, and the table is set, they sit on their respective stool.

Dave can’t help but notice how short he is now, since he can’t touch the floor sitting on the usual stool. The table itself seems too high, and his small boobs bump into it whenever he tries to get closer.

Serena, on the other hand, is asking herself if they switched that room with the one of a child. Then she recalls what has happened just a few hours before.

Dave takes the first bite of his omelet. “Eww…this tastes horrible…maybe you should reconsider the compliment you’ve to me just a few minutes ago!”

“You’re…right…those meatballs taste like…well, let’s say they’re not good…” she agrees.

“This seems very strange to me…did you do something different from the usual?”

“No, I didn’t…ok, it’s harder to cook in this tiny body, I felt like the oil was splashing directly on my face…but I managed to do fine!”

She thinks for some moments.

Suddenly, she says “may I taste your omelet?”

“Yeah…go ahead” Dave answers, without understanding what’s going on.

She tastes it.

She opens her eyes wide, staring at him.

“This tastes wonderful!!! Go ahead, try my meatballs!”

And so he does.

“Oh my…they’re great…but why???”

“Can’t you see? Together with our bodies, we swapped our taste receptors!!!”

“Ah…that explains everything…” Dave says, perplexed.

“…what are you thinking about?”

“That’s nothing…”

“Don’t act like a woman now, just talk!”

“It’s embarrassing…”

“You can tell me! We’re sharing so much these days!”

“Ok…but don’t laugh at me…”

“I would never do such a thing!”

“Ok…I trust you…I…” he starts, embarrassed. “…I’ve already noticed that…when I was giving you that…blowjob…the smell of your…my penis, and of my cum, seemed really different from what I was used to…”

Giving how embarrassed he was, Serena decides not to point out the fact that he knew the taste of his own cum…after all she had tasted her vaginal fluids too once. Maybe there’s nothing wrong with it.

“Don’t worry…it’s okay. But why didn’t you understand right away why this food tasted horrible?”

“I…I don’t know…my brain is not as fast as it used to be…” he answers, lowering his head and covering his eyes with his long brown hair.

They spend the rest of the supper in silence.

After some small bites of his meatballs, Dave’s already sated.

Serena, on the other hand, gets up to take a couple bananas after she finishes her omelet.

“Okay, let’s go to brush our teeth! You don’t want to ruin my beautiful white teeth, do you?” she says.

“Of course not! Let’s go!”

Once they get to the bathroom, Dave reaches his usual toothbrush.

“Stop right there, my love” Serena says, smiling.

“This isn’t your toothbrush, is it? I get it, we kiss and everything, but everyone has his own toothbrush!”

“Oh…you’re right…” he says, putting down his old green toothbrush, for her small pink one.

“And you don’t want to use that mint flavored toothpaste too…you won’t’ like it!”

Without saying a single word, he uses her strawberry flavored toothpaste.

For the all process, Serena peeps at him.

Once they finish, she says “I can see you’ve lost some of your confidence…is the fact you’re now dumber the reason?”

“…yes…there’s no reason to lie: you would understand it anyway, with that new brain of yours…”

Serena bends her back, taking her eyes to his level.

She takes his chin between her thumb and her index finger, raising his head.

She stares into his sad eyes and she says “you’re doing so much for me, and I’m very grateful to you. I love you, and you know that! I want to prove to you that not everything about my body is dumb or fragile…there is some good stuff too!”

His girlfriend lifts Dave up in her strong arms, and she lays him on their bed.

“Do you trust me?” she asks.

“Yes…I do”.

“Then, don’t say a single word. Just relax. You’re going to have your first cunnilingus and female orgasm!”.

She opens his leg, and she slowly removes the trousers and the panties he was wearing.

She licks her fingers, before tenderly touching his clitoris.

Every once in a while, she lowers her index toward his labia.

When everything starts to become wet, she starts to use her tongue…and she inserts a finger in his vagina.

She can feel the inside of his vagina squeezing that finger.

She stops.

“Wait for me, I have to take something”.

When she returns, a small dildo, with the shape of a penis, is inside her hand.

“Wait…what?” Dave asks. “I’m willing to do stuff with you, but for your own good! This is…strange”.

“You won’t mind it in a few minutes, lay back and stay quiet” she states, smiling.

He feels so vulnerable while she pushes that dildo inside of him, licking his clitoris with unexpected expertise.

Slowly, Dave starts to feel a strong energy building, and building, inside of him.

He holds his calf above her shoulders.

He explores her hair with his fingers.

‘I’ve never felt anything like this before…’ he thinks. “Just don’t stop please, don’t!”

Suddenly, he can’t hear any noise anymore. The world means nothing to him. Time stops.

Serena can feel his gentle legs increasing the pressure on her shoulders. She can see his back arching.

When Dave opens his mouth, astonished, she understands that her mission is accomplished.

She waits for a couple minutes, then she asks him “So, Dave, how was your first female orgasm?”

“I…I…GREAT! It was majestic!”.

And so they hug each other, happy.

There’s, however, one small thing that unsettles Serena.

‘Why did I feel…aroused…while I was giving him that cunnilingus? Why did his…my penis become half hard? I hope that dopamine-reprogramming isn’t affecting me in other ways…we should be more careful. I definitely don’t want to change my sexuality’ she thinks. “So, how much time do you think you’ll need to make those aesthetic changes? Just one day doesn’t seem enough to me!”

“Don’t worry! Everything is planned! Indeed, I won’t be able to buy those clothes, but I’ll manage to do everything else! I just have to wake up early…so let’s sleep now!” And so, some minutes later, they fall asleep, worn out by the strangest day of their life.

Chapter 9 – Morning Wood

Dave wakes up, feeling his face blocked by something.

‘Oh, ok…now I remember: these are Serena’s hair…that’s a pity, I would have liked to rest a little bit more, but a long day is waiting for me, so I guess I should get up’ he thinks.

He’s still not accustomed to how big their bed feels now.

Indeed, he was used to reach its border with his feet, but now he can extend his whole legs without any problem.

With his new smooth skin, he can understand why Serena cared so much about using fabric softener when they washed their bed sheets.

Since Serena’s still sleeping, and so she’s not staring at him with an intrusive gaze, Dave is finally able to contemplate his new tiny hands.

‘Oh my…they look so sweet’ he says in his thoughts, while considering to apply that black nail polish they were talking about. ‘I guess I should serve her breakfast…I’ll cook some eggs and bacon with red orange juice…my favorite! She usually wouldn’t like such a heavy meal, but this time she’s going to love it!’

While Dave aims towards the kitchen, he decides not to wear slippers: he want to feel the floor with the sole of his foot.

About 15 minutes later, he comes back to their bedroom with a warm breakfast.

Regarding him, he just chose to eat a couple biscuits, since he’s still sated from last evening meatballs.

Serena’s still sleeping deeply.

“Wake up, my love” he says with a sweet voice, caressing her beard.

She doesn’t hear a single word.

So, Dave decides to remove the bed sheets from her body, in order to shake her a little bit.

Instead, he notices her…morning wood.

With curiosity, he slowly reaches it with his left hand, and he starts to feel it.

‘Well, well…I wonder in how much time she’ll wake up if I’ll work on this…’ he thinks, feeling the thrill of being caught red-handed by his girlfriend.

Sometimes, when the roles were reversed, he used to wake up Serena with some delicate touches. The roles change, but not the habits.

Dave spreads her leg, and he climbs up the bed, placing his knees between hers.

He’s so lightweight and delicate that the mattress almost doesn’t move.

He removes the lower part of her pajamas, and her briefs too.

There it stands, all erect, his old penis.

Dave’s still not accustomed to see it from this perspective. Again, it’s so big compared to his now tiny hands.

He grabs it, playing with his thumb on her frenulum.

He knows how sensitive that part is.

But she’s still sleeping.

He starts to masturbate her.

She continues to sleep.

‘Yesterday we understood that we have swapped taste receptors as well…so, I wonder, why did I dislike so much my penis flavor and smell? She used to say she liked it…was she lying to me?’ he wonders. ‘There’s no harm in trying it again, I guess. She’s still asleep, so I can stop whenever I want to’.

He bends his back, reaching her pelvis.

His knees are glad that they’re not on the floor anymore, like the previous day. He moves her member around his nose, trying to smell it.

‘Well…it’s a strong smell, and it’s completely different from what I remember, but I can’t say it’s revolting after all…’

Then, he decides to give it one more chance.

When he welcomes his swollen glans in his small mouth, he thinks ‘Uhm…I can’t say that I like this…but…let’s say that…if she asked me to give her a blowjob again…I could bear this duty. I can’t actually tell if she was lying to me or not, about this taste…’

He’s so lost in his thoughts that he doesn’t notice that his new vagina is starting to get wet.

Suddenly, a voice makes him startle.

“Look what we have here…I don’t know if I’m happier for this good smelling breakfast or for…the way you’re waking me up!” Serena laughs.

Dave stops, without losing the grip on her shaft.

“How…how much have you been staring at me???” he asks, uncomfortable.

“Just a few minutes, don’t worry!” she smiles.

“Uhm…” he blushes.

“It’s ok, Dave! There’s nothing wrong with this! You’ve always donated me…sweet awakenings!” she reassures him. “Just…I guess it would be better if we stopped here!”

“…why? Am I doing something wrong? Don’t you like this?”

“No, no!!! Don’t get me wrong…on the contrary, the problem is that I…I’m starting to like this a little bit too much…”

“What do you mean?” Dave asks, while he continues to masturbate her.

“…do you recall last evening? When I gave that…cunnilingus to you?”

“You bet I do!!!” he answers, with a smirk on his face.

“Well…while I was doing that…my…your penis got half hard…I believe I’m starting to develop some kind of attraction for my own body…your dopamine-reprogramming stuff is not working as planned”.

Dave unconsciously smiles. The idea of being desired by her, somehow, makes him feel beautiful, like never before. Maybe it’s because he KNOWS that the body he’s now wearing is truly gorgeous. Or maybe he’s just confused by all these changes in his life.

“Why the hell are you smiling???” Serena asks him, worried.

“Uh…” Dave looks for the words to say “nothing…I…was…thinking…Oh! This means my plan is working indeed! This attraction is just a side effect, but it’s a reversible one! What’s most important is that you’re becoming more confident!”

“…actually, now that I’m thinking about it, I’m already feeling less shy” she notices.

“Let’s make you even less-shy then” Dave says, trying to assume a sexy intonation.

He removes the upper part of his pajamas, showing the breasts he was not covering with a bra that night…that thing is too uncomfortable to wear.

“What the hell are you trying to do???” she asks.

“What would the fun be if I told you? Don’t you see I’m seducing you?” he continues, smirking.

“What for???”

He doesn’t answer. Instead, he continues to strip, leaving only his pants on.

Then, he climbs up on her, and he grinds his panties on the nude skin of her shaft.

“Dave…stop! I don’t want this!”

“Shhh, just relax, my love. I promise you’re going to love this. I’m going to make a man out of you”.

“DAVE! You’re worrying me!” Serena says, gasping, due to her now heavy breathing. “Are you developing that kind of…attraction too???”

“Of course not, silly one, I’m doing this just for you. Don’t you see my solution is working?”. ‘Well…maybe a little bit…but she doesn’t need to know this…it’s just until Monday!’ he thinks instead.

He moves his panties away from his vagina, and he starts to massage himself.

“Dave…”

He stops her words with a French kiss.

Serena’s smart brain explains to her that his boyfriend is lying. He’s feeling the same way. He likes it.

She realizes that this is a path they don’t want to travel on, but she can’t stop. Even the smartest woman (or man), after all, has some needs.

Dave grabs her penis once again. He raises his hips, placing it at the entrance of the body he craved so much.

Finally, he sits on it.

The time freezes, for both of them.

Serena can’t move. Until she raises her arms to his back, hugging him with all her newfound strength, feeling his soft perky breasts on her mighty chest.

They’re not kissing anymore. Their mouths are both wide opens, like their eyes.

Dave’s head is placed on her shoulder, while some locks of his hair go on her mouth. But she doesn’t care at all.

She slowly starts to push, raising her hips, rhythmically.

“This is…WARM…and TIGHT!!!” she screams”.

‘This is…I can’t describe…WOW!’. These are the words that fill Dave’s head.

His old brain would have warned him about the dangers of this behavior, but his new brain just wants to feel…happy!

After what seems an eternity, but it’s, actually, a few seconds, Serena stops.

She can feel his vagina squeezing her penis. He can feel her shaft pulsing inside his body.

Finally, she ejaculates.

They start to breathe again, spending some minutes in that same position, while her cum is slowly flooding out of his vagina, returning again towards her testicles.

They’re in heaven.

When his mind starts to return clear, Dave suddenly raises his head, staring into Serena’s eyes, worried. “You’re still taking the pill, right???”

Serena starts to laugh. “Of course I do, my sweet love” she answers, pushing his head back on her chest, and caressing his smooth pale back.

Dave, on the other hand, is coddling the hair on her forearm, while her leg body hair feel rough on his dainty thighs.

‘She really liked my…gift! She really likes ME!’ he thinks now, feeling reassured, and protected, in her strong arms.

‘I didn’t cum this time…but it doesn’t matter: it felt good anyway! She’ll learn to last longer time after time. Well…before Monday I mean. I wonder if she’ll like me even more once I’ll get those sexy clothes, tattoos, piercings and that shiny black nail polish…’

‘This is going down on a dangerous path…’ Serena’s thinking in the meanwhile. Yet, she smiles, savoring the power inside the act of holding his fragile boyfriend in her arms. ‘I guess we should enjoy this ’till it lasts!’

Chapter 10 – Detached

Finally, they decide to start their day.

Serena consumes her breakfast in bed.

In the meanwhile, Dave asks her “So, are you sure you don’t wanna keep me company?”

“I am sure, my dear! First of all, I need to take a shower, to clean up all the cum you let flow from your vagina to my abdomen” she laughs. “Then, I’ll study, to learn a lot of stuff, as I said! I’m also thinking about going to the gym…I’d like to try out your strong muscles, since I have the opportunity”.

“Ok…I’ll apply all those improvements to your body on my own…”

“Poor little thing…will it hurt?”

“Just a little bit…I guess. I’ve planned all of this: I won’t use the standard techniques…otherwise it would take me more than just one day for the eye surgery, the skin definitive hair removal, the piercings and the tattoos…”

“Which techniques are you planning to use, then???”

“I don’t actually know…but, in our, let’s say, group of colleagues, when we have to change the appearance of a government agent or other stuff, we call those professionals. So, it will be over before the evening. Everything has been paid up front.”

“You’re definitely being non-specific…but I guess you can’t tell me more of this group of colleagues.” Serena comments, intrigued.

“So, do they know about our…swap? Did you tell them you were going to have that procedures?”

“Of course not! Nobody knows anything, except us!!! I just told them that my girlfriend would have come to them!”

_____ _____ _____

Some minutes later, Dave is ready to leave their house.

He’s wearing a really conservative shirt that doesn’t show any cleavage and a pair of featureless trousers.

Serena helped him to wear a grandma-style-bra, since he’s still not accustomed to that kind of underwear.

Regarding his shoes, he chose to wear her training shoes. Yes, they’re not stylish, but who cares: there’s a long day ahead of him.

“Bye, Serena…take care of my brain” Dave says, kissing his love on her lips, while she’s about to open the first encyclopedia volume.

“It will be a pleasure! And you shall take care of my body! Remember, apply just the modifications we have agreed on!” she smiles.

_____ _____ _____

In such a petite body, Dave chooses to drive their car, in order to avoid any harassment on public transport.

Before turning on the engine, he checks his new documents: surely, he doesn’t want to be stopped by the police without his driving license.

“Serena Anderson, 22 years old, 5,2ft tall, 105 pounds”.

Dave analyzes the picture. There she stands, with a shy smile, big eyeglasses, pale skin and long brown hair.

“Nobody could discriminate her from me right now” he laughs, a little bit tensed…and thrilled, at the same time.

He extends his legs, but there’s no way he’s going to reach the pedals.

So, he has to move the seat. The rear-view mirrors too, as expected, has to be adjusted.

‘Oh my…I have a much smaller eye field from this point of view…I’ll have to be careful’ he thinks.

He finally fastens his seatbelt, feeling it applying pressure on his new soft breast and toned belly.

_____ _____ _____

Driving that same car is so strange now, but he manages to get to the eye surgeon.

“Hi!” he greets the secretary “I’m…Serena Anderson, I’m here for the laser eye sight correction”.

‘It’s so odd to pronounce these words…but I have to play the role…’

Some minutes later the doctor receives him in his studio.

“Hi, Serena! It’s a pleasure to finally meet Dave’s girlfriend! Don’t worry, with my new technique it will be fast and painless!”

“That’s a pleasure to hear!”

“Do you want some other procedures too, since we’re here? For example, I could change your eye color!”

“Could you really do that??? I’ve actually always to have a gir…ehm…to have blue eyes! Is it safe?”

“Of course it is!”

“Wow…anyway thank you…but I’ll stick to the plan for today!”

‘Serena didn’t agree to this, so I can’t do it…’

_____ _____ _____

A couple hours later, he’s at the beauty farm.

“Ms. Anderson, you’re welcome to our beauty farm! Everything’s already set for your permanent laser hair removal…but I’m sorry to let you know that our tanning lamp is out of service!”

“Oh…it’s ok…”

He feels embarrassed while he has to undress completely, in her presence.

The esthetician starts to shave him, in order to let the laser penetrate deeper in his skin.

“With the standard procedure, we would need more than one session to remove all your body hair, and you couldn’t expose yourself to the sunlight for weeks, but we’re years ahead of the competition with our brand new machine!” she says.

“I’m glad to hear that” Dave comments, still embarrassed.

“So you could go to the beach by Monday, if you wanted to! But I guess you can, since you don’t have any…financial problems…” the esthetician says, with a grin on her face. “I was wondering…how did you manage to get Dave??? He’s such a nice guy: he’s a genius, and he earns…a lot! I mean, you’re not an ugly woman…but you’ll agree with me if I say that you’re not…well…he could have almost any woman…oh…I’m sorry if I spoke too much…please don’t tell anything to him…” she continues, intrusive yet reverent.

Dave blushes. He should have been happy to hear those words about him, but he feels mortified by her words: Serena is much more than that.

“You know…I…Dave thinks I’m really beautiful, and sweet…and he knows how much I love…him too!”

While the esthetician is trying to fix what she just said, a ringtone comes from Serena’s purse.

“Oh…I guess your phone is ringing!”

“My phone? No…it’s Ser…oh, you’re right. Could you hand it to me?”

Dave answers Serena’s phone.

“Where the fuck are you???” an angry voice shouts.

“Uhm…excuse me sir, I guess you composed the wrong number” Dave answers, annoyed.

“Are you kidding me, Serena??? What’s all of this???”

“Ehm…who are you?”

“Did you hit a wall with your head or something? Hellooo, I’m your boss, remember? The one that gives you money”.

“Uhm…and what do you exactly want from me?”

“I’m getting really angry, dear Serena. First, you refuse to wear the clothes our store sells, because they’re too revealing, you assert. Now you’re not even coming to work. If you’re not here by the next half hour, you can consider yourself fired!!!”

‘Who does he think he is??? Nobody tells my woman what to do and what to wear! She’s too shy to confront him, but this is the end of this: she can’t become more confident if someone is undermining her self-esteem every day!!!’ Dave thinks.

He shuts the call down, and he adds that number to the black list, so that he won’t be bothered anymore by that idiot. They don’t need his money.

Dave continues to think about that call during the all procedure, wondering how to tell Serena that she’s lost her job, because of him.

The esthetician notices that he’s concerned. “I don’t wanna be intrusive, Serena…but I heard the whole call…I want to reassure you: you don’t need that job! If Dave knew about this, he would immediately tell you to find another one! After all, he could support you…financially speaking”.

‘And that’s why Serena didn’t want to leave her job. Everyone, now, will think she’s a gold digger…and that she doesn’t have any skill to find a better one. We’ll see…I hope she’ll be happy’.

_____ _____ _____

After the beauty farm, Dave starts to feel a little bit hungry.

‘This would be a perfect time to try out the croissants Serena loves so much! I wonder how they taste with her taste receptors!’

And so he gets to the nearest bar.

“A couple of croissant and a pear juice, please”.

He’s enjoys his meal, when a stranger sits next to him. “Hey, beautiful woman, how are you doing?” he says, confident.

Dave feels a shiver over his body. ‘Is he hitting on me???’

“Oh, you’re not answering? I like the shy ones!” he winks, while he reaches Dave’s shoulder with his hand.

He blushes. “Ehm…sir…please…I have a boyfriend…go away…”

“I’m not jealous, darling!”

“Please…”

The bartender notices the situation, and he stares at this jock stranger.

“Ok…okay…but you don’t know what you’re missing!” he says, finally going away.

_____ _____ _____

About an hour later, Dave finally gets to the piercing and tattoo studio.

There are four people waiting for him.

“Hi, you should be Serena, I guess. Everything’s set up. Please, tell us which piercings and tattoos you’d like to get”.

“Well…give me one moment” he says, while reaching for a piece of paper in Serena’s purse.

His memory is not as good as it used to be, so, in order to prevent any (this time permanent) mistake, he wrote everything they agreed on there.

“I want two piercings on my right ear, one on the left one and one on my navel. Regarding the tattoos, I’d like to get four of them: on my left shoulder, on my right deltoid, on my back and on my ankle. They have to be delicate, and the one on the back has to be really small”.

“Wow, we got a lot of work to do here! Dave told us we would have probably done more than just one tattoo, but we didn’t expect all of this. But don’t worry, he booked the whole studio just for you”.

Once Dave chooses all the piercings and tattoos, he lays on his back, half-naked, while 4 strangers ink and pierce him.

Finally, after more than four hours, everything’s done.

“You may look at yourself in the mirror now: it’s done!” the tattooist says, smiling, proud of their work.

Dave is left alone in the room, so he can check himself out. He looks at the mirror.

There she stands, a better version of his beautiful girlfriend, even more gorgeous than the 3D render they had realized the previous evening.

She still looks shy, but she looks strong too.

‘Oh my…I can’t wait to make love to my Serena again, once I’ll go back to my body! She’s so…wow!!!’ he notices, glad that his sexual preferences are still straight…at least part of them.

_____ _____ _____

‘I know it’s already late, and I’ll go shopping tomorrow, yet I’d like to buy a nice set of lingerie and some clothes to show off this renovated body to Serena in a proper way!’ Dave decides, looking for an open clothes store.

He finds it.

“How may I help you, miss?” the cashier asks him.

“I want to make my…boyfriend happy, and the clothes I’m wearing right now wouldn’t be up to the task. So, I’m looking for a nice set of lingerie, a pair of jeans shorts and a sexy form-fitting vest that shows my navel and my back”.

“Oh…” the cashier looks awkward…maybe women are not usually so direct about what they’re looking for.

“Which color would you like them to be?”

“I want everything in black! Oh…get me a pair of sneakers too, please”.

Some minutes later, the cashier measures his body and she brings him everything, so that Dave can put those clothes on.

‘Oh my…if Serena would have looked like this the first time we met, I wouldn’t have found the courage to introduce myself to her!!!’ he thinks, satisfied of the day he has just spent.

“Ok, miss, that will be 300$. Will you pay in cash or by debit card?”

Dave opens Serena’s purse. He totally forgot about this, since everything else on this little vacation was already paid.

He starts to get worried once he notices that her wallet just contains 40 bucks.

“I’ll pay by debit card, thanks”.

The cashier uses the debit card, but something isn’t working. “I’m sorry, miss…I’m afraid this card was blocked”.

Dave blushes.

It has been a long time since he has last thought about money stuff.

‘There’s no other way around this…I have to call Serena for help’ he realizes.

“Oh…I’m sorry about that…let me call my boyfriend…”

He takes her phone from her purse. It’s strange to look for “Dave” in her telephone book.

Finally, Serena answers his call. “Hello?”

“Hi S…Dave! I have a little problem…”

She’s caught by surprise by her boyfriend calling her with his name, but she asks, worried “What’s going on?”

“I need you to come here with a taxi as soon as you can…I’ll send you the address. I need my…your debit card to pay for some clothes…”

“You said you were going to do that tomorrow! And how did you forget that you didn’t have any money???”

“I…just forgot. Please, come here as soon as you can”.

_____ _____ _____

About 15 minutes later, she gets there.

Entering the store, she notices a really beautiful young woman who is chatting with the cashier. Her skin is pale. She has long straight brown hair passing her shoulders. She’s wearing a tight short vest, that lets everyone admire the small tattoos she has, the one on her back in particular. Her shorts leave all her legs exposed, and her black sneakers show off another tattoo she has on her left ankle. Serena checks out her butt.

Then, hearing her steps, Dave turns around.

“Oh…you’re finally here, thanks!”

Without the usual eyeglasses, with those sexy form-fitting clothes that show off a delicate navel piercing on a perfectly toned belly, Serena struggles to recognize his boyfriend. ‘He…I’ve never been so beautiful! If I just have known I could look like this, I would have done it a long time ago!!!’

Serena uses Dave’s debit card, and he inserts the safety code for her.

_____ _____ _____

Once they get out of the store, Dave hands her the car keys “it’s been a long day, take me home!”

“O…okay” she answers, blushing.

She remains silent during the entire travel to the parking lot.

“Ehy, Serena, what’s going on? Did I do something bad?”

“No, no!!! You did nothing bad at all…it’s just that…I feel…shy around you…like I’ve never been before…”

“That’s not what we wanted to achieve…why is that so?”

“You’re so…gorgeous, dammit!!!” she finally admits. “I can’t focus like this…”

Dave smirks. ‘Yes! My predictions were right! She likes me even more right now!!!’ “So, do you like these…changes and clothes?”

“You bet I do!”

“There’s something I have to tell you right now…”

“What?”

“You lost…your job: I did as you told, I didn’t go to work today…and your boss…”

“It’s fine”.

“…really?”

“Yes, it is. I’ve never liked that work. I accepted it just to preserve my financial independence…but I guess that would be pointless after all. Maybe I’ll get another job, one I really like”.

“It’s so nice to hear this…I was worried all day long…” he smiles. “So, will you drive me back home?”

“I…I told you I can’t really focus right now…” she says, lowering her head.

Dave reaches her member. As he feels it, he realizes it’s completely hard, as he expected.

He smirks “Well, last time you drove really slow, let’s see how much time will you take this time to take me home, if I promise I’ll let you play with these once we get there”. He raises his vest, showing her the nice lingerie he has just bought.

She starts the engine.

This time, the travel lasts just a few minutes.

Chapter 11 – We Shall Swap Something Else

They finally come back home, after a long exhausting day.

“So, how did you spend your day?” Dave asks her.

“It was great! One of the best days of my life! I’ve studied for more than 6 hours, learning all kind of stuff! And I managed to go to the gym too…I felt so powerful!!! Now I’m able to lift three times the weight I used to lift before….you’re so lucky!”

Dave smiles. “I think you’re the one being lucky today, look at this body!” he says, posing himself by profile, caressing his new navel piercing.

He gets close to her, and he squeezes her biceps. ‘Is it my impression, or her biceps seem to get bigger and bigger? Maybe it’s just that my hands are so tiny now…’

“Look what we got here! Speaking of powerful…I have not forgot my gratitude for these clothes you’ve bought to me. Do you wanna feel even more powerful?” Dave smirks.

Serena takes him in her arms. She shyly feels his bottom, blushing. “Actually, you bought them for me, with your debit card…”

“Shhh, you don’t wanna ruin our role-play, do you?” he says, reaching her tender parts. ‘I still know my body better than her. I could make her do whatever I wanted her to do right now…I feel powerful too!’

“Mmmh…ok, my sweet companion. I’m your big tall man, I earn a lot of money and I want to shower you with nice gifts!” Serena continues their role-play. Right now, she doesn’t care at all, as long as Dave gives her what he has given her that same morning.

“What’s my prize?”

Dave stands on his toes, kissing her on the lips.

He grabs Serena’s hand, tenderly pulling her towards their bedroom.

Once there, he tries to push her on their bed, but he fails.

Serena starts to laugh. “Are you really hoping to throw me on our bed? Didn’t you notice…”

“…lay down!” he interrupts her. “Right away!”

One minutes later, they’re both naked, gasping.

“Please, Dave…” Serena tries to say “…do that cowgirl thing again!”

“No!”

“…why? Pretty please!!!”

“No, this time I want you on top! I wanna try the missionary position from that perspective…” he says, trying to sound as confident as he could.

Serena doesn’t waste any time, and a few seconds later she’s trying to penetrate her old genitals.

“How do I…?” she asks, struggling to find the right position.

“Come here” he invites Serena, gripping her muscular butt with her calves.

He guides her to the entrance of his now wet vagina.

“Push” he asks.

And there she pushes.

And she pushes.

And she cums.

Dave is definitely not satisfied with her performance, but he remains silent.

“I…I’m sorry…this is so embarrassing…” Serena says, with a low voice.

“You don’t have to be embarrassed, I know what you’re feeling”.

“And I know what you’re feeling too…I’ve said this a lot of times to you: it’s hard for a woman to have an orgasm! Or, at least, it is for me…for the body you’re wearing right now…”

Dave cuddles Serena, trying to comfort her.

“Speaking of my body, you did a great work today! I really look gorgeous! Now I’m actually able to examine the changes, without…well…with less sexual pressure…” she comments.

“Thanks! Anyway, you know…I forgot to paint my nails for the full picture! I’m forgetting a lot of stuff these days…”

“Oh you’ll see, it’s a long boring procedure to paint your nails!”

“…it’ll be fun to learn it, at least the first (and only) time!”

Serena opens her mouth, surprised.

Dave recognizes that face, and he asks “Which idea has just come to your mind?”

“Oh…well…it may sound strange to you, but…what if we swapped…some knowledge?”

“What do you mean?” Dave asks her, perplexed.

“I mean…I could borrow you my knowledge about girl stuff: nail polish, high heels…and you could…borrow me the…sex knowledge…” she says, realizing how strange her proposal seems.

“I don’t think we’d need it…it’s just two more days in our respective body…”

“…I know, and I’d like to enjoy them fully! I…I’ll never learn how to please you in a half-week…but I’d like to do it…”

“Well…if it’s part of the solution to your problem…if it would make you feel more confident, I guess we could do it! After all, we have a teleport machine at our complete disposal” he laughs.

“I won’t mind to wear some heels too…you’re really short, you know…”

The fact that Serena greets that joke with a sincere laugh, lets Dave realize that his solution is working: she’s not so sensitive about her short height anymore. She’s getting more confident!

“But…it would be dangerous to do it tomorrow morning: someone could see us. I guess, if you wanna do it, we should go there right now!” he continues. “So, what are we waiting for?”

Chapter 12 – Knowledge Swap

They arrive to Dave’s laboratory.

He tries and reach his workstation, but Serena stops him: “Let me program it!”

“Darling, it’s not as easy as you might think!”

“Don’t underestimate me! I’ve got your brain now, remember? Trust me: I’ve studied your researches all day long!”

He doesn’t fully trust her abilities, but once he checks her work, he realizes there’s nothing to worry about: she has done her homework.

While Serena sits in the cabin, Dave pushes the button, taking her “female knowledge”.

Then, Dave takes his place, and Serena brings that knowledge to his mind.

A flash, and it’s done.

“Well, Dave, you saved yourself years of struggling! You now know a lot about females now…well, I guess it’s a lot, but I don’t actually remember any of that stuff at the moment…” she realizes, smiling anxiously. “That’s a strange sensation…”

“Don’t worry, my love, I’ll take good care of your female knowledge for these two days!” he promises.

“Well, it’s time to give you that…man-role-sex-knowledge you wanted! Let’s see what you manage to do with them!” he laughs, uneasily.

“Ok, let me set everything up…Dave?”

“Yes?”

“You have a strange face, is everything fine?”

“Yeah…I think so…”

“You’re not convincing me…what’s going on?”

“Nothing, really…it’s just that I have a little headache right now…”

“But you’ve never suffered from it, neither have I!”

“I…just let me rest one moment, okay?” Dave stutters, while the pain gets stronger and stronger. “I think…Serena…maybe something is wrong…”

“Is it getting worse???”

Dave doesn’t answer.

Instead he’s massaging his temples.

“Please, do SOMETHING!!!” he screams.

Serena suddenly realizes what’s going on.

“Dave, I got it! Your…my brain is too small for all that knowledge! It was fine until all of your mind was a whole thing, but the new abilities are like the final straw!!!”

“I can’t listen to you right now…make this pain go away!!! Hurry up, dammit!!!” he shouts.

“I…ok, I got this! I could transfer your knowledge to me, until we’ll find a solution…would that be okay?”

“WHATEVER! HURRY UP!!!”

“Okay, okay…give me just some seconds…I’m setting all up…”

Less than one minute later, Serena pushes the button, starting the 5 seconds countdown.

She sits in the free cabin.

Serena’s mind goes blank. Then a flash. She now feels something like a mind orgasm, accepting the enormous set of knowledge Dave had acquired during his whole zealous life.

Dave sees another flash, and, finally, the pain fades away. “Oh my…thanks, Serena! I was afraid I could…die!” he weeps. “How did you manage to save me?”

“…I’ve explained it to you before applying the changes, don’t you recall?” Serena asks, worried.

“The pain was too strong…I couldn’t listen to a single word you were saying!”

“Ah…”

“What’s worrying you? What did you do???”

“I…I took your gender-knowledge…and…”

“Ah, okay! You did the right thing! I guess you could have taken back your female ones for now, but taking my male knowledge seems a nice solution!”

“…that could have not been enough, because, you see, rghaergar qargrgwaergearg sergsaerg sdfgafgaergstagharg thaetha”

“Stop, Serena, you’re speaking gibberish!”

“It’s not gibberish at all! Just focus: stgstg sthstrhsrthyjuk gsaurbgioknsfg sdfgfdknksb! Lniosjetrng sgeirtjng sgdirjngis”

“Serena, stop with this nonsense!”

“Dave…I promise you I’m actually speaking about…science…about your machine…”

“I don’t believe you…why wouldn’t I understand you?”

Serena sighs. “That’s because, summarizing it up, I had to take your entire…culture”.

“Whaaat??? You…you know how hard I’ve worked my entire life for that! Give everything back to me!!!”

“Calm down, Dave…right now I can’t, because fargohnstrlh sthontrnb shfgjbfdg fdgf igsdbfgogohsb…”

“Again with that gibberish…”

“Uh…that’s frustrating…I guess I know understand what you were always feeling when you were trying to explain your researches to me…summarizing it up, again, my…your brain has just taken a strong hit, it needs some time to recover!”

“How much time???” Dave asks Serena, frightened.

“I’d say…a week, at least”.

“How am I supposed to stay a whole week like this? Without any knowledge of the world???”

“Don’t worry about it…I’ve placed my culture in your head, you can still live a normal life…you’re not some kinda of kid who still has to learn everything!”

“Oh…that would have been even worse…luckily MY smart brain managed to avoid that involution, but I have to work in the next week!”

“…I could do it in your stead…” Serena proposes.

“I don’t know about this…” Dave is starting to cry again.

“Dave, please…believe me, I didn’t want any of this! I’m just looking for the best way to fix our lives!”

“…I know…but…I didn’t point it out before, you’re still acting effeminate…I don’t want my colleagues to watch me like that…”

Serena smiles.

“We swapped our gender-related knowledge, remember? That means I’ll now spontaneously act like a true man, and you’ll act like a real woman!”

“This is frightening…how much of…”Dave” is still in me?”

“Well, getting closer to it, I would say you’re now 30% Serena, and 70% Dave! Don’t worry, you’re still you, it’s just that you could notice some slight changes in your behavior…”

“I see…I guess we can’t do anything else but to wait till next Friday then…” he says, with a low voice. Once they get home, nobody is in the mood for another intercourse.

Chapter 13 – Coping

The next morning, Serena is the one who wakes up earlier. “I’m so lucky to have him by my side: Dave’s willing to do anything for me!” she thinks.

She spends some minutes contemplating his boyfriend, who’s sleeping like an angel.

Finally, she decides to wake him up, caressing his cheek.

“Wake up, sleepyhead!” she says, with a tender voice.

“Uh…?” he answers, stretching his arms and legs after an intense night of sleep. “…what time is it?”

“It’s pretty late, actually! It’s 11 o’ clock!”

“Whoooa??? I’ve never slept so much since high school weekends!!!”

“Hehe, Dave, I guess that having an emptier head helps to live a cheerful life!” Serena comments, kissing his forehead.

“Uh…this may sound like an offense…to your own brain…but I’m actually feeling…more laid back!” he notices, without seeing it coming.

“So, what had started as a way to solve my problem, not only is definitely solving it, but it’s also giving you a nice vacation!” Serena continues, caressing his tiny left hand with her big one.

“Hurrah! A vacation seems nice to me!”

“Maybe we should do this more often! I can’t wait to do your work on the next week…and you deserve some free time for you!”

Dave smiles, reassured by her words, as he reaches her lip for a passionate awakening kiss.

After a few seconds, he stops. “Whoa…this is…”

“…more intense, yeah!”

“And why is it?”

“That’s because we swapped out gender-related-brain patterns, remember? So, right now, it’s not a positive reinforcement stuff: we’re really attracted by the other sex!”

“That’s strange…”

“Well…it’s okay since we’re in each other body. We should love one another, no matter what. Shouldn’t we?”

Without waiting for his response, she reaches his neck with his hand, while she leads his lips toward hers.

Serena slowly removes the lower part of his pajamas, and then she does the same with his panties.

“You don’t waste any time, do you?” Dave smirks.

But Serena is too busy to answer him. Instead, she brings two fingers to his mouth.

Dave knows he has to lubricate them with his saliva, and so he greets then in his mouth.

Serena reaches his clitoris, starting to massage it.

She’s not kissing his lips anymore: instead, she’s slowly kissing his neck, a thing that Dave loved to do to her. With her other hand, she feels his right nipple. It doesn’t take very long for her penis to become rock-hard.

“Hey, Dave, let me see how you manage to give me one of those blowjobs!”

Without waiting for his answer, she lays on her back, placing him at the top, recreating the renowned 69 position. This time, Serena seems to know what she’s doing.

As for Dave…he doesn’t. She didn’t use to give him many blowjobs, so the knowledge he passed him were similar to the one of a virgin. He doesn’t even know anymore which spots are the most sensitive ones.

“Serena…do you like it?”

“Don’t worry, just continue!”

“…answer me, please”.

“Actually…the previous ones were better…but this is not your fault: I get it! I’m always been way more prude than necessary…”

“And if I do this?”

“It’s ok…but you don’t have to worry: I’ll teach you!”

“What do you mean?”

“…if you learn how to give a good blowjob, I’ll be able to give it to you from the next week!”

“Ah…I didn’t think it like this…it’s a nice prospect…”

“Ok, let’s move to the real action!” she continues, putting him in a prone position.

There he stands, on his belly, with his head on her pillow, with his palms touching the bed and his legs placed side by side.

He feels Serena spreading his buttocks…and her member, lubricated by his own saliva, testing the entrance to his vagina.

He can’t help but notice that Serena’s shyness is practically gone: his plan was actually effective. That half-week would have been enough, and this “sexual therapy” is a really incisive one!

On his hand, he’s not been affected that much: he didn’t receive Serena’s low self-esteem. Instead, he’s feeling more…free! Without all those concerns, being loved and…craved by his partner…all of that is just great!!!

At every push he feels her whole weight spreading through the mattress, and the headboard gets closer.

Dave feels Serena’s breath getting stronger and stronger.

He can’t close his eyes, because he’s too surprised.

His first time as a woman was really good: it was a mixture of new emotions, of the satisfaction in helping and dominating his girlfriend.

His second time was not noteworthy.

But this time, his third time…these feelings are not new anymore, and he feels like he’s almost accomplished his mission. Definitely, he’s not dominating her. So…‘Why the hell is this so pleasant???’

Maybe this is what sex actually feels for a…woman.

At every push, the energy that’s spreading from his genitals to his whole body intensifies.

During the first pushes, Dave is just surprised, and he wonders what he’s feeling.

About a minute later, he’s biting his lower lip, trying not to moan too loud.

Around the third minute, he loses his battle, as he starts to moan, louder and louder.

Serena notices it, and she starts to laugh. “You enjoy being dominated, don’t you?”

“Ah…Aaahh…what?”

“Is this why you’ve convinced me to do all of this, isn’t it?”

“Ah, no…this is for you…!”

“Tell me how much you crave MY cock!”

‘What the hell is going on with her???’ Dave thinks, starting to bite his lower lip again. But, it doesn’t matter how hard he tries, the whole situation is turning him on even more.

“You give me no choice” she laughs, as she slips out of his vagina. “Now, if you want it again, tell me how much you want it!”

“Serena…you’re making me uncomfortable…”

“These are YOURS sexual desires, why are you complaining with me?”

Dave blushes. “Ok, you may be right…but if I’ve never acted like this with you, I find it disrespectful!”

“I’m done with restraining myself: I’m enjoying this, and, don’t lie to me, you’re doing it too!” Serena smiles, while she arouses him massaging his labia with her glans. “Pretty please…just say it, it’s our role-play, it turns me on!”

“Uuuh…ok…I love to have sex…”

“I’m afraid this won’t be enough!” Serena continues, arousing him.

“Okay, fine: I love your cock!”

“Good girl!” she congratulates Dave, as she puts everything back in its place.

“I’m not a girl!”

She ignores him, waiting for his moans to come back.

Then she smiles, proud of her work.

‘I have to admit that…his male-abilities are significant! This is much more satisfying than the last time!’ she thinks.

Serena observes his vaginal fluid wetting her shaft. Again, she feels proud.

She feels complete control over their intercourse, so much control that she can’t wait for Dave to experience his second orgasm.

Then, with composure, Serena cums too, filling her old vagina with thick drops of semen.

For some minutes, then, they just cuddle.

Dave looks up at her. “You know…I kinda envy you…you’ve just realized a sexual fantasy of mine!” he laughs.

“Oh yeah, it was great! Why haven’t you ever done that with me?”

“I didn’t want to be disrespectful, as I said!”

Serena smiles. “You liked it, a lot, didn’t you?”

“Yes…”

“So you don’t have to worry about disrespecting me…I mean, when we’re in our bed, because I like it: remember this once we’ll get back to our original bodies!”

Dave feels glad: he has just discovered another way to make her happy. Even behind those prude clothes, every woman wants to feel good with her man.

“Well, I guess I should have a shower…again!” he laughs, pointing at the semen flowing out of him, onto the bedsheets. “And we should clean our bed too!”

“We?”

“…eh?”

“You said you were going to do all of the house chores!” she laughs.

“Uh…”

“Don’t worry, I’m joking, of course I’m helping you, sillyhead!”

Dave smiles, without any concern.

He caresses her beard. “You know, Serena, now that you have my male-knowledge, you could fix your beard! You have no excuses anymore!”

“Yeah, that seems fun! And didn’t you have to paint your nails?”

“Oh, shit! Yes, and I have to buy you some new clothes too today! This time I won’t forget to bring my debit card…it was embarrassing enough last time!

“I guess you could grab a few clothes…but I don’t have too much space left in my closet…”

“No, I’ll buy a TON of them: we’re millionaires, remember? Donate all your old clothes to the charity!”

“That’s so kind of you…I don’t know, I’m attached to my current wardrobe…”

“You don’t have to worry, Serena: You’ll forget those ugly clothes in no time! I’ll buy the best ones in town for you!”

A sad smile paints on her face, while she recalls how many years she has dressed up like that. “Okay, my love. Thank you!”

“So, I guess you’d like to study again…”

“Actually…I already have to metabolize all this new knowledge you’ve lent to me, so I’m fine!”

“Then, will you take those clothes to the charity, while I buy the new ones?”

“Oh…of course…but don’t you think there’s too many of them?”

“You have strong arms now! But you’re right, maybe we should seek some help”.

They try to call Eric, Dave’s best friend, but he doesn’t answer.

“What about Veronica?” Dave suggests.

Veronica has been Serena’s best friend for a long time, since they have both lived in the same town, and they have known each other since primary school.

“Oh…yeah, I guess you and her have a good relationship: we could spend the afternoon together”.

Dave, then, calls her with Serena’s phone.

“Hello?” Veronica answers

“Hey, Veronica, how are you?” Dave greets her.

“Uhm…I’m fine! I find you happy, did you have…fun this morning?” she insinuates.

“Ahaha…you’ve guessed it! Anyway, are you free right now?”

“Yeah…the concert I had planned to go to was cancelled…don’t you recall?”

“Oooh…that’s true…so, Dave is going to buy me an entire new wardrobe, and I want to give to the charity my old one…”

“…and you’d like some company to buy them. Yeah, of course I’m in!”

“Actually…would you mind helping Dave to put my old clothes into the boxes?”

“Oh…okay. But may I reach you if we finish earlier? I’d like to buy something with Dave’s money too…”

“Yeah, why not? It shouldn’t take more than two hours to do that, and I’ll be out for the rest of the day!” “Great: we have a deal, then: see you later, sweetheart!”

Chapter 14 – Shopping And, Mostly, Veronica

Dave spends most of the day shopping.

This time, he remembers to bring his old debit card, so that he won’t have any problem.

His slender arms are too fragile to carry all those bags, so he decides to pay the mall courier to take everything to their home.

And that is the right choice, since there are a lot of new clothes to carry home.

Dave has lost the count of the money he has just spent.

Most of the new wardrobe has to follow a simple rule: it has to show off Serena’s new tattoos and piercings, together with her beautiful legs, arms and breasts.

But, since a woman sometimes has to attend to refined events, Dave doesn’t forget to buy some elegant dresses and shoes.

Such as the colors, black is his favorite one, but he realizes that Serena might prefer some pink, red and other vivid colors too.

Dave is surprised by how many knowledge he now has about that kind of stuff.

Then he recalls that Serena has been a cashier for some years!

He takes something for every occasion: lingerie, bikinis, sport bras, pantyhose, gym clothes, leather boots…

Dave is surprised as well by how well he manages to walk in high heels!

Of course, he doesn’t know how long he can hold up that pace, but he didn’t expect that familiarity, since Serena didn’t use heels very often.

The first purchases are a thrill: now he understands why women like that so much!

Then, the bore grows, and he finds himself like a cashier that is filling up some shelves.

Luckily, the afternoon, and his shopping, come to an end, and he’s ready to go back home, after something like 8 hours of walking, and walking.

But when Dave actually comes back home, he is not expecting what he finds behind their house door: Serena and Veronica, dancing.

“Uh…hey, guys? Is everything okay? Veronica, I was expecting you this afternoon!”

“Oh…Dave!” Serena shouts to him “Veronica taught me a lot of stuff today!”

“Wait…why are you calling me “Dave”, did you lost your head?”

“Oh…you don’t have to worry, darling, I’ll explain everything to you right away!” Veronica answers in Serena’s stead, with an evil smile on her face. Her hands are firmly placed on his girlfriend neck and arm.

Let’s rewind the time by 6 hours.

_____ _____ _____

“So this is the last box we had to get off the car!” Serena says.

“Finally! Those were the 2 most tiring hours of my week!” Veronica sighs. “But I’d do it all over again for my best friend!”

“Thanks!”

“You don’t have to thank me…Serena’s the only reason why I’m helping you today!”

“…what do you mean? We’ve always had a nice relationship!”

“Sufficient, at most…”

“…why???”

“Are you okay? Have you really forgot what you have done to me???”

“I guess so…”

“Unbelievable…how could you have forgot how much I loved you!!!” Veronica sobs. “And one day, you come to me, and you just say “I don’t know if you feel something for me…but I’m actually in love with your friend Serena.””.

“Ah…right…I love her very much, but we’re good friends, right?”

Veronica starts to cry.

“I still don’t understand why you chose her over me…okay, she’s my best friend, she’s adorable and I wish her all the good from this world…but she’s not ME!!! I’m much more beautiful…and don’t call me arrogant: I know how much the men drool for me! I’m very smart…not as smart as you, but I’m definitely smarter than her!!!”

Serena’s anger is growing.

On one hand, she feels sorry for her best friend, and she knows she actually cares for her. But, on the other hand, she can’t deny that Veronica is trying to steal her boyfriend!

“Get over it!” she shouts. “It’s been three years already!!!”

“Just tell me why, please…”

“I guess…”

“See??? You don’t even know how to explain that you chose her over me! Is it because she does make you feel safe, since no other men of value would steal her from you???”

“No…no…he prefers…I…” she doesn’t know how to answer, while suspicions are filling her mind.

Is this true? Did really Dave choose her because she was a safe choice?

For how much she tries to picture why Dave loves her, she can’t find many reasons.

Let’s check the facts.

Veronica is smart. After all, she has a degree in chemistry.

If Serena is beautiful, Veronica is astonishing. She’s one of those beauty that are, simply, too much. The ones that steal concentration from men. One of the women every man is afraid to ask out: many of them would find her too gorgeous, or, simply, too tall.

She’s, indeed, 5,8ft (177cm) tall, and she is definitely slender, even if she doesn’t lack any curve, also thanks to her C-cup breasts.

Her skin is pale, but it’s darker than Serena’s one, also because Veronica enjoys to spend some time at the beach on her free weekends.

Her hair is blonde and curly, and her eyes are green.

She doesn’t need any make up, but that eyeliner makes eyes stand out even more: her gaze is sharp.

She’s also a very caring and trustworthy woman, since she never sleeps with every handsome man she finds on her path. Anyway, we can’t assert that she’s an angel: she has, indeed, quite a lot of experience on this matter.

She could expose her body more, making every man-head turn along the day. Instead, she wears a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, but that’s not enough to cover her magnificent toned body.

Veronica could have been a model, if she just wanted to. Instead, she chose a hard-working life, doing what she loves.

Dave could have had her. He, instead, chose Serena.

‘WHY???’ this is the only thing she can think about right now.

While she’s lost in her thoughts, Veronica notices her slap of the tongue.

“He prefers…who??? Dave, are you okay, what’s going on???”

“I…nothing…”

“Serena seemed off too. Don’t lie anymore, I’ll ask once again: what’s going on???”

“I…” Serena starts to weep. “I don’t want to lie to you…but I can’t tell you everything…and you’re so mean to me…”

“What is that you can’t tell me?”

“…what happened…to us…”

Veronica reaches her shoulder.

“Hey…Dave…I’m sorry if I was too harsh…I just had to let off some steam…but you can speak with me, I’ll keep your secrets, I promise!”

“I can’t…”

“Of course you can, Dave!”

“STOP IT! I’M NOT DAVE!!!”

Veronica instinctively laughs, but when she notices that the eyes of the men in front of her are full of regret, shame and tears…she understands.

“…Serena?”

“Uh…” she mumbles, alarmed.

‘Oh fucking shit…why did I say that? If Dave knew…’ she worries. “Serena, what happened to you???”

“…there’s no reason to lie anymore…we have swapped…bodies…”

“How on Earth would this be even possible???”

“…Dave has built a machine…but please, PLEASE! Don’t mention it to anyone: promise me!”

“I promise, Serena, you don’t have to worry!” Veronica says, as she hugs her. “But…why did you do that?”

“…to make me more confident…”

“Wow…I can’t deny you’re too much shy…is it working?”

“Hehe…yes…” Serena stops to cry.

“Wooow! I’m really happy for you!!! And how did you manage to achieve this?”

“I’ll tell you since you’re my best friend…”

“…but all of this is top secret. I get it: please, continue!”

“I’ve experienced this…strong body…in every meaning…”

“You had sex???”

“…yes”.

“As a man???”

“…yes”.

“How was it???”

“It was…well…great!” she laughs.

“So, do you like women now? How is this possible???”

“It’s top secret, again…but his machine can swap…brain patterns too…and so we swapped gender-related knowledge…and culture too…”

“WAIT…do you mean you, in this precise instant, have all his knowledge???”

“…yes!”

“How does this make you feel?”

“…it’s great! I finally feel…free! And confident, and powerful…I’m not ashamed of myself anymore! Oh, it’s so good to speak about it to someone else, finally!”

“I’ll always be here for you, and you know it!” Veronica states.

“You have every reason to feel happy right now! Think about it: you’re a handsome, brilliant, caring, millionaire young man…what would you want more from life?”

Serena blushes.

At the beginning, she tries to find some leak in Veronica’s words. But, finally, Serena realizes she’s actually right. This makes her feel proud.

This is, finally, a happy life, one she has never had before.

But there’s a catch.

“You…you’re right…but it’s just for one week…”

“Why is that, big boy?” Veronica arouses her, pointing her index at Serena’s pectoral.

“…because we’ll swap back, of course. We accomplished our mission, I’m more confident now!”

“You’re more confident…NOW! But what when you’ll come back to your old cashier life? Trust me: in no time you’ll feel weak again, as you’ll come back to be the shadow of a great man!”

“We…we love each other…”

“NO! He doesn’t love you! You’re just a safe choice to him! No, this has to end. Don’t be his shadow: be that great man!!!”

“He…really loves me…” Serena states, with her mind full of doubts. “…and this doesn’t feel right…”

“Who cares what is right??? He has taken three years of your life, making you live in his shadow! This has made worse your lack of self-esteem!”

“…he didn’t…I’ve always had my work…”

“Your work? Really??? I don’t want to offend you…but WAKE UP! You can be happy, just do it: make this life yours!!!”

“I…it wouldn’t be right…it’s not right…”

“Wouldn’t it be right to feel…happy? Would it be right if you let this opportunity slip out of your hands?”

“No…no…why are you trying to convince me to do that? Is this some wicked plan to finally marry Dave???”

“Who said anything about Dave?” Veronica smirks. “Anyway, don’t think about it! May I ask you one simple question?”

“Okay…”

“Is he happy? Is Dave happy in your body?”

“Well…yeah…but only because it’s just for some days…”

“Another question: were you proud of your own body? Did it make you feel at ease?”

“…actually…no…I am…was too short…and fragile…Dave always says I’m truly beautiful, but I feel just…average!”

“Dave, instead, likes your body really much. Am I right?”

“Yes, he finds it…truly beautiful…”

“Don’t you see? It’s simple: let him keep it! He’ll live a happy life too! We’ll find him a work, an apartment, and he could find another boyfriend, if he wants to!”

“But I am his boy…girlfriend!!!”

Veronica smiles at her, caressing her arms, staring into her eyes. “Serena, you don’t have to do anything for him! Legally speaking, YOU are Dave Reed!!!”

“I am Serena Anderson…”

“You could be whoever you want to be, but, right now, legally speaking, you’re the most envied engineer of our state! You even have his knowledge: you could carry on his marvelous work! Think about how much good you could do to this world with that brain!!!”

“No…you’re not convincing me…”

“Serena, listen to me! You both are not the same anymore! Look at your ID card!!!”

Serena stays still.

Veronica, so, decides to reach for her wallet in the rear pocket of her trousers. “See? It says Dave Reed, 25 years old, 6,1ft. I don’t think any officer would disagree with this, and if your ex-girlfriend went to them saying that you “stole” his body…what could she ever do?”

“He’s not my EX-BOYfriend, and I won’t steal anything from him!!!”

Veronica is already satisfied with what she has achieved: once you manage to insert a doubt in someone mind, it will grow stronger and stronger.

And she definitely knows how to convince Serena.

“I’m sorry if I pushed you…you don’t have to decide right now: there’s a whole week ahead of us! Just think about it, okay? If everyone’s happy, no one gets hurt!”

“There’s nothing to think about…”

But Veronica knows that Serena WILL think about it, very much. “Okay…I didn’t want to put my nose in your own business. Shall we come back to your house?”

“Yes…let’s go back to DAVE’s house”.

_____ _____ _____

During their travel, Veronica can’t help but notice Serena’s shy looks to her body.

She smiles, realizing that her plan is working.

Once they get back home, Serena is the first one to speak. “So, are you going to help Dave to choose my new clothes?”

“No…I’ll stay here, with my best friend, who needs me!” she says, caressing her bicep.

“And what should we do?”

“Let’s just chat, like we always do!”

“About what?”

“I’ve got a few ideas…how are you two going in bed?”

“Ehm…” Serena blushes.

“Hey, we’ve always talked about those kind of things, and you’ve always blushed. So, where’s the problem?”

“We did great!” she smiles, persuaded.

“What do you mean by great?”

“…we both had an orgasm this morning! And we cuddled…it was so sweet!”

“Baby, there’s much more to sex than just coming!” Veronica smirks, squeezing Serena’s chest. “I could teach you a thing or two!”

“Wait…WHAAAT???”

“You said you’re going to swap everything back soon, right?”

“Yes…and so?”

“If I teach you something now, you’ll pass that knowledge to Dave once you’ll swap back: he’ll make you scream of pleasure, and you won’t have to humiliate him asking for more!”

“I…he’s good…”

“Mmmh…I want to try this good” Veronica says, while she lowers her hand to Serena’s abdomen.

“But wouldn’t you like him to be GREAT?”

“I…I don’t think one week would be enough for that…” Serena trembles.

“Let me think about it, you’ll see!” Veronica smirks, as she finally reaches for Serena’s pelvis. “Oh, oh…do you think I’m pretty?”

‘I…I don’t think I should do this to Dave…but she’s so damn hot, dammit!!!’ the new Dave thinks.

“I know you’re thinking Dave wouldn’t agree, but hear this: what if we had a threesome? I’ll teach him some stuff too, and he’ll definitely like that once you’ll be the one wearing skirts again. I assure you he’ll accept without a question if I’ll propose him to have that same threesome once he’ll be the man again!”

“Ahahah…If you’ll put it like that, he’ll definitely agree!”

Veronica sits on Serena’s lap, as a cowgirl. “I think you’re right. Could you ever say no to…this?” she says, as she removes her t-shirt.

She can feel Serena’s penis already rock-hard in her trousers.

“So…shall we wait for him? Should I text him?” Serena says, nervous.

“He won’t be here for the next 6 hours, at least. Don’t you think it would be a waste of our time?” Veronica arouses her, kissing her cheek, with her hand on her hair, getting closer and closer to her lips, kiss after kiss. “You know, we’re best friends after all! We share everything, we love and care about each other, let me care about you!”

“But…we can’t…”

“We can do everything we want to! And…” she lowers her head, with a planned shyness. “Please…will you help me? I know I’m pretty experienced…” she says, grinding her pelvis on Serena. “…but I feel alone…will you keep me company, just for this afternoon? Pretty please?” she begs her, unbuttoning her jeans.

Serena doesn’t know what to answer, since she’s surprised by her best friend’s words.

Veronica doesn’t waste any time, and so she soon stands there, naked, unzipping her best friend’s trousers.

Then she kneels, welcoming Serena’s new member in her mouth.

“OH MY…!!!” Serena shouts. “This is not even close to Dave’s blowjobs…”

“Don’t cum too fast, big boy! Let me take a condom. In the meanwhile, undress yourself completely, and lie on your bed!” she says, so confident that Serena, aroused like never before, can’t do much else than obey.

One minute later, the condom is already applied to Serena’s member. But Veronica has other plans.

She secretly bites it, between one blow and the other, ’till there’s a small hole right above the urethra. Serena couldn’t notice it, even if she wanted to.

At the beginning, she was staring back to Veronica’s green eyes, while she, with expertise, was managing to stare back while blowing her.

Then, however, Veronica invites her to close her eyes, “in order to fully enjoy the pleasure”…she says.

Veronica finally gets on top of her best friend.

Push after push, Serena loses her mind.

“Who is better? Me or Serena?” Veronica asks, with a seductive voice.

“Ah…what? I am Serena…and you’re better than me…Ah…I have to admit it!” she tries to answer.

“You look like Dave to me! Again: who is better? Me or Serena?” Veronica continues, stopping her hips. “Answer if you want me to continue” she says, bending her back to give a quick lick to Serena’s lips.

“You! You’re the best one!!!”

Veronica starts to move her hips again. “Yes, my big boy! Now, who would you like to spend your life with, Dave? Me or Serena?”

“What are you trying to do???” Serena answers.

“Wrong answer” the missed supermodel states, stopping her hips again. “Isn’t it simple? I’m a chemist, remember? I know Dave’s plan was to change your mind thanks to dopamine positive-reinforcement, and I’m doing this too! You’re going to fall in love with me, Dave!”

“You’re crazy!”

“No, I’m not! I’m just confident. And don’t you want a confident partner, my dear? That’s why you loved him! You were just looking for someone strong. Guess what: now you’ve found it!” Veronica arouses her, making slight moves with her experienced vagina. “So, again: who would you like to spend your life with, Dave? Me or Serena?”

“Ser…I mean Dave!”

“Uhm…okay…maybe it’s too soon…so, do you want me to continue?”

“Of course!”

“I’ll do it, but could you, please, just picture in your head how our life would be, together?” she says, restarting the intercourse where they stopped, without waiting for an answer. “Think about how beautiful it would be if you woke up, you did a work you love, you came back home to the most gorgeous woman you know. Think about our children…”

Serena can’t help but picture that life in her head. ‘What is she doing to me?’

Veronica intensifies her pushes. “Come, big boy, come!”

“AAAAAH!”

And she comes.

Veronica can feel Serena’s ejaculate in her vagina: mission accomplished.

She bends her back again, losing herself in a passionate French kiss.

“It would be beautiful to do this every day, wouldn’t it?” she smiles.

For the first time, Serena hugs her back, grabbing Veronica’s toned slender back.

Less than a minute later, she fakes a worried face: “Oh NO! Serena…I think you just…came into me! I’m not on the pill!”

“How did this happen??? We were using a condom!!!”

“Condoms break sometimes, you know…” Veronica says, letting Serena’s penis go out.

“Here, you see? Here’s where the condom broke!”

“Oh my…so you’re saying me you could get…pregnant???”

“Ehm…in theory yes, but don’t worry about it: what’s done it’s done!”

“Oh my…”

“Just tell me: how was it?”

Serena forces herself to not answer, realizing she’s playing a dangerous game.

Instead, she shows Veronica a full-teeth smile.

“I knew it!”

“Yes…yes…you know what you’re doing…”

“So…shall we experiment some more before Dave gets back? We still have some hours!”

“You bet I’d like to! What are you thinking about?”

“Do you have access to Dave’s special machine?”

“…yes, why?”

“I’m going to propose you something a little bit unconventional: could we temporary remove…your feelings for Dave?”

“You’re crazy…”

“I’m not, just listen to me! Let’s try this for just one minute: remove those feelings from your mind, and evaluate if you’d prefer to stay with him…or with me!” Veronica suggests, with a broken, fragile, voice. “One minute! And you’ll see you’ll have no doubts Anymore!!!”

“I…there’s no point in this! I would choose Dave a million time, because he’s my soulmate!!!”

“If that’s true, you’ve nothing to lose! Please, do this little thing for me…I’d do anything for you!”

“You said you wanted to have sex to me just to teach Dave’s mind how to act with me…but you were already planning all of this, am I wrong???” Serena notices, angry.

“No…this idea has just come to my mind! But I won’t lie to you: YOU are my soulmate!!! Why do you think we chose each other as best friends? We’d be a great couple! We are not lesbian, but now you’re not a woman anymore! You have the brain and the body of the man I used to love, and you have the mind of my best friend! Let me promise you this: I’ll make you happy!” Veronica says, caressing her hair. “Please…do this one experiment for me, will you?”

‘It breaks my heart to watch my best friend struggling so much…I have to end her sufferings, and the only way to do that is to try this experiment. Once she’ll see I won’t fall in love with her, she’ll understand that Dave is my soulmate, and she’ll live with it. I mean…she surely won’t have any problem conquering the hearth of every man she wants!’ Serena thinks.

“Ok…this is the only way to make you understand. Let’s go”.

_____ _____ _____

Once they get there, Veronica can’t contain her enthusiasm. “So, how are we going to do it?”

“It’s nothing too difficult…I’ve already mapped my whole brain, when me and Dave have swapped that knowledge. I’ll set everything up from the workstation, then I’ll start the countdown and I’ll sit in that cabin”.

“And, like that…your feelings for him will disappear?”

“They won’t disappear…I’ll change that brain electric pattern frequency, so that it won’t interact with the rest of my mind. I don’t want to backup my love on something that could be destroyed, so I’ll use my own brain for the backup”.

“Look how smart you sound, big boy!” Veronica comments, massaging Serena’s shoulder. “You know…now you’re actually 3 years older than me, doesn’t this sound exciting?”

“Whatever…let’s go over it…” Serena says, pressing the button and, then, sitting in the usual cabin.

This time, she doesn’t even notice the changes occurred. “This is strange…I haven’t felt anything…”

“Why is that so?” Veronica asks, worried for her possible future boyfriend.

“…maybe it’s because I didn’t remove or add anything…”

“So, did it work???”

“Uhm…I think so? I can’t really tell…”

“What do you feel for…Dave? You remember him, right?”

“Of course I do. Even if the memory and the emotional systems communicate, they’re divided: I do remember him…but I can’t feel anything…”

“Explain yourself!”

“…he doesn’t even seem a friend to me anymore…it’s hard to believe he was once my…love?”

“What do you feel for him now?” Veronica asks, thrilled.

“He is…a person I know, of course…but…he is, let’s say, like an…acquaintance?”

“This is great!!!” Veronica shouts with joy. “Do you wish to restore your love for him?”

“Uh…” Serena doesn’t answer.

She’s troubled. ‘Is it possible that I loved him that much? Just a few seconds ago?’

“I know what you’re thinking! In him, you saw just a strong brilliant man who loved you. Guess what? Now YOU’re that man! And here’s a strong, gorgeous, woman who…loves you!”

Serena smiles, not fully persuaded.

“Do you…feel something for me? Or did you shut down all your emotions???”

“Ahaha…don’t worry, I can feel anything, except for him…”

“So, does it still sound unreasonable to take this happy life for you?”

“…I…don’t know…he’s still a person, and a nice one, I guess…”

“But he’ll be happy too: we’ll make sure of that! You’re actually giving him a lot of gifts!”

“They wouldn’t be gifts…everything I have is his stuff…”

“NO: It’s YOUR stuff now! You’re Dave Reed, the brilliant engineer!”

“Uhm…how could I make him happy?”

“Give him a work, a house, a lot of clothes and…a life!”

“How am I supposed to give him a life??? He’ll just call me a thief!”

“…with a little help from your machine, maybe?”

“Explain yourself”.

“Make him forget about all of this! Let him accept his new life, like he’s always been Serena”.

“Hey, hey…you’re going too far: I’ve still not decided if I want to restore my love for him!”

Veronica takes some steps towards her.

She sits on her lap, and she passionately kisses her.

“You’re right, Serena. Tonight we’re going to pass some time together…and to have that threesome. Then you’ll decide who you want to be with: does it sound fair?”

“It does, to me!” Serena smiles, with her new hormones hitting her head again.

This time, with no regrets.

“Let’s go back home!”

_____ _____ _____

Once they come back home, Veronica doesn’t want to waste any time.

Indeed, she wants to gain land over her competitor.

Maybe, this time, 3 years later, she’ll win Dave’s hearth over Serena.

They kiss, and kiss.

They have sex, both in missionary and in doggystyle.

Every time, Veronica says “come inside me, big boy!”

“But you’re not taking the pill!”

“What does it change? We’ve already done this, let’s just enjoy our time together!”

The last time, she bites Serena’s hear, saying “am I earning some position over that Dave?”

“Of course you are!” she answers, hugging her stronger and stronger, feeling her compact C-breasts over her chest.

“Okay, we have to get up! He’ll come back anytime soon, and we don’t want to make him angry before you choose: he could be your girlfriend, we won’t treat him badly!”

“And what should we do while we wait for him?”

“I’ll teach you some dance moves!”

_____ _____ _____

Dave finally comes back home.

He could have never expected what he would have found behind their house door: Serena and Veronica, dancing.

“Uh…hey, guys? Is everything okay? Veronica, I was expecting to see you this afternoon!”

“Oh…Dave!” Serena shouts to him “Veronica taught me a lot of stuff today!”

“Wait, why are you calling me “Dave”…did you lost your head?” “Oh…you don’t have to worry, darling: I know everything!” Veronica says, with an evil smile on her face and a firm grip on his girlfriend neck and arm.

Chapter 15 – The Threesome

“You…you know?!?” Dave asks to Veronica, incredulous.

“Yes, Dave, Serena told me everything!” she answers.

“How could you do something like that???” Dave shouts at Serena.

“You don’t have to worry, Dave. Me and Serena have always been best friends, we’ve always shared everything!” Veronica answers in her place.

“I…I don’t know what to say…this is so embarrassing…” Dave continues, insecure.

“It’s not, Dave!” Veronica states, getting closer to him.

Since she’s 5,7ft, while Dave is now only 5,2ft, he feels intimidated by her presence.

He’s so accustomed to watch his girlfriend’s best friend from his 6,1ft, that it’s too strange to be able to look up at Veronica’s nostrils.

But, even from this perspective…she’s still gorgeous!

Dave doesn’t feel aroused by her anymore, in his current state. Yet, he’s still able to recognize her beauty.

“You know” Veronica continues “as she was saying, I taught a lot of things to her, this afternoon! I’m sorry if you were waiting for me at the mall, but we had a lot of things to do!”

“What kind of things???” Dave asks, worried, still intimidated by Veronica’s firm hand on his tiny shoulder.

“Dave, you see…” Serena finally speaks “…we did something you should now about…I know we’ve been in love for more than 3 years now, but…”

Veronica is alarmed. She sees where this is going, but, so far, she doesn’t want him to learn about the mental changes she herself proposed to apply to Serena’s brain, the changes that led her to reversibly shut down her love for Dave.

So, she interrupts Serena. “…yes, she’s telling you that we’ve experimented a lot of sexual stuff today!”

“I was not actually referring to…” Serena tries to say.

Veronica brings her index to her beautiful lips right away, to silence her possible future boyfriend.

Serena gets it, while Dave it’s too focused on elaborating what they’re saying to notice Veronica’s gesture. “You…you what???”

“We had sex, quite a lot of it! And blowjobs, handjobs, French kisses too…”

“Are you CRAZY or what??? She’s my girlfriend!!!” Dave screams.

However, with his sweet voice and his tender appearance, this declaration it’s not intimidating at all.

Veronica smiles, pleased. “I’m not jealous! And you don’t have to worry about this: we’re best friends! Think of it as we’ve had lesbian sex…or are you stating that you’re now really a woman, and that she’s truly a man?”

“I…” Dave doesn’t know what to say. He’s shocked.

“Actually, we have a proposition for you!” she continues.

“You??? Why are you talking like a couple? And why isn’t Serena speaking for herself???”

“Oh…I said “we” because we have already talked about it earlier, but let me see if she agrees with me” Veronica says, before whispering into Serena’s ear.

Dave can’t understand a single word they’re sharing.

“Hey, Serena, are you noticing who is the strong woman here, and who’s the child who is only good at screaming? Don’t you see how smart I am, while Dave doesn’t even notice that you’re seeing him as a stranger? Now, let’s have a threesome with him, and you’ll see who is able to truly satisfy you!”

She finally returns to speak out loud, so that Dave can hear too.

“So, what do you think, darling?” Veronica says, caressing Serena’s abdomen.

“What is this “darling” and whispering stuff???” Dave asks, even more scared. ‘Oh my…a woman has really a lot of power over the man she has sex with…and who knows how good Veronica is at that…’

“Are you sure, Veronica? Do you really want me to have sex with Dave…in front of you?” Serena asks her recent partner, ignoring her previous one.

“Yes, why not? I’m not jealous! And he’s a beautiful woman after all, even if he could never compete with that supermodel-like-body I have, and with my confident personality!”

“Oh…yeah, he’s beautiful! I wouldn’t mind to have a threesome with you both!”

“I know, I know: you’re a man, after all!” Veronica provokes her in a seductive smile, while she lowers her hand to Serena’s pelvis.

“What…what is going on???” Dave says, with a low voice, disheartened.

“Dave, sweety, we’d like to have a threesome with you!”

“A…threesome??? What if I wanted her just for me???”

“Oh, sweety…don’t be so selfish! You’d have accepted right away if you just were in her shoes! Would you prefer another man, instead of me, for this threesome?”

“What??? …NO!” he answers, even if the thought crosses his mind.

“So, you’ll listen to my proposal, will you?”

“…do I have a choice?”

“Don’t behave like that: just listen to me! What if, when you’ll go back to your body, we had this same threesome?”

Dave remains silent for a moment. ‘Oh my…I’m not aroused by her right now, but she’s…astonishing!!!’ he thinks.

“Dave, it’s okay to me! If you do this for me, I’ll do the same for you, if…ehm…when we’ll swap back!” Serena says, laughing, by now complicit with Veronica.

She’s really turned on by her doing in her tender regions. She can’t act differently.

Dave is too focused on considering this proposal to notice her “if…”.

“So, sweety? What could I do to convince you?” Veronica says, getting closer to him, and starting to kiss his neck, while playing with his breasts.

“Oh…”

“Remember: me and Serena have already had plenty of sex: you don’t have to be jealous either! And think about how many things I could teach you: those new skills would pass to Serena, so you have only stuff to gain from this!”

“Serena, darling, maybe he doesn’t like my touches enough: we need a real man: come here to help me!”

Once Serena lifts him up in her arms, carrying him to their old bedroom, Dave can’t refuse anymore, as the arousal starts to build inside his now defenseless body.

One minute later, all three of them stand naked, and the mattress seems a little bit crowded.

“Here, sweety, follow me!” Veronica says, as she kneels in front of Serena. “My darling told me that you don’t know how to please her: let me show you!” she continues, while she sucks on Serena’s dick with master expertise.

After a couple minutes of this show, Dave is highly embarrassed.

“Here, sweety, it’s your turn!” Veronica states, inviting him to grab his old shaft. “I know you want to!”

And so Dave obeys, starting to lick Serena’s rock-hard penis, lubricated by Veronica’s saliva.

“Oh…maybe…try…doesn’t matter” Veronica laughs. “Darling, are you liking Dave’s blowjob?”

“Oh…I don’t want to offend anybody…but…will you take his place, please?” Serena says, while Dave feels her cock getting flaccid for the first time since the swap.

He feels out of place.

Without any hesitation, Veronica starts to blow Serena again, returning her penis to the previous solidity.

“Did you learn how to do it, sweety? Now I’m going to show you how to properly ride a man!” she states, climbing on top of her lover.

Push after push, Dave is enchanted by Serena’s moans.

‘She’s never enjoyed so much our intercourses…’ he notices, realizing that, maybe, she’s finally…happy.

Veronica’s butt is so compact.

Her C-cup perky breasts are bouncing rhythmically.

Her blonde curly hair starts to get wet from her sweat. Still, even if her hair is now a mess, she still looks gorgeous.

There’s a hidden sexual power in her doing: she truly has the control now!

Veronica stops. “Are you already going to cum, darling? No, no, Dave deserves his ride!” she states, getting up.” Come here, sweety: have fun!” she continues, with an obliging smile.

Dave obeys, again.

The pleasure rapidly increases in him, and he starts to moan.

“Are you liking it already, sweety? Is it because you liked our previous show? Don’t worry: I’ll always give you permission to be fucked by my lover!”

“Ah…Ah…What??…Ah!” Dave tries to say, torn by what he’s hearing.

“Don’t lose your focus now: enjoy your ride!” Veronica says, reaching Serena’s mouth for a long, passionate, French kiss.

Serena’s cock doesn’t become flaccid this time, but she only has eyes for Veronica.

The two of them are kissing, with passion, while Dave clumsily rides his old body.

He can see their tongues touching, and he realizes that Serena hasn’t kissed him after that morning.

“I want a kiss too!” he says.

After a few seconds, Veronica gets up, cleaning Serena’s saliva from her lips with the back of her hand.

“Oh, how sweet you are! Of course! Please, Serena, could you kiss Dave? You’re already fucking him, it’s not a big deal!”

“…sure, come here” Serena answers, not particularly enthusiastic.

The kiss they promised him, it’s a quick touch of their lips.

Dave continues to kiss Serena’s lips, but she doesn’t even open her mouth, even if he clumsily sticks out his tongue.

“Okay, darling, now it’s my turn again!” Veronica states. “You’ll come too, don’t worry! Climb up on her mouth, she’ll give you a cunnilingus!” she orders, taking Dave’s place.

It doesn’t take him too much to have his third female orgasm.

It’s awkward, but it’s still great.

After some seconds, Veronica asks him “Ok, now that you’ve been satisfied, please lie on our side, sweety, I’d like to show you something!”

She continues to ride Serena with expertise, while she bends her back to stare her into her eyes.

“So, darling, now that you’ve had more time than enough to think, who do you choose to be your life companion?”

“WHAT???” Dave screams, alarmed, instantaneously forgetting his recent orgasm.

“Shut up, Dave, this is none of your matters!” she says, with an angry face, for the first time.

A moment later, she’s staring back at Serena’s eyes, with an angelic calmness “Do you choose me, my love?”

“YES!” Serena shouts.

“I can’t believe this!!!” Dave shouts, shocked.

“I don’t want to offend you, Dave…we could be friends, but she can give me the life I’ve never thought I would have, but now I desire!” Then, Veronica turns back to Serena. “Let’s leave the pleasantries for later, darling…if you want to claim me, cum inside me, once again!”

This time, Dave can’t find any word to pronounce.

Instead, he observes his old body grunting, before filling up her best friend’s vagina.

Veronica kisses her again, then she gets up, fully pleased.

As she’s dressing herself, with Serena’s cum running down her thighs, she says “Dave, sweety, dress up and come with us to the living room: we’ll explain everything to you!”

Chapter 16 – The Beginning Of A New Life

Some minutes later, Serena and Veronica sit on a couch, while Dave, scandalized, is staring at his foot on an armchair.

“I guess you’ll have a lot of questions by now, sweety!” Veronica says, with a warm smile. “I’m sorry if my behavior caused you some troubles, but you’ll see: in the end, everyone will be happy!”

“I don’t actually see how that would ever be possible after what’s just happened…” Dave whispers.

“You won’t see it, you’ll feel it! But let’s start from the beginning. I’ll speak to you with my heart wide open. You’ll surely recall that I had been in love with you, before you chose Serena over me” she says, placing her hand over Serena’s thigh.

“I loved you because you were brilliant, even more than me, and handsome! I liked your personality too, but this doesn’t matter anymore. It doesn’t matter because now Serena will keep your body, brain, job and life”.

“WHAAAT?!?!?” Dave shouts. “You can’t do that!!!”

“Oh, sweety, we can, and we will! Legally speaking, body swap is not a thing, so she’s now Dave Reed, with all respects!”

“No! No! Is this some kind of perverse revenge, because I chose her over you???”

“Of course not, sweety: I’m better than that! I’m also better than the old Serena, and your choice didn’t make any sense, but that’s in the past. Now, I just care about our happiness, and future”.

“You’re INSANE! We were happy…before you came here!!!”

“Enough, Dave. If you want our explanations and help, you have to listen to me. Otherwise you could just go out from the front door”.

Dave remains paralyzed, scared.

“Nice, you’re a smart woman, after all, even if, compared to us, you’re dumb as hell. But we’re not evil: we’ll help you! I know that right now you can just picture the bad side of this, but I’m asking you to trust us” she says.

Suddenly, the doorbell rings.

“Oh…who is this?”

Dave wonders, then he remembers.

“Oh…this is the courier…he’s taking here Serena’s new clothes…”

“You mean YOUR clothes ” Veronica laughs.

“Let me have a talk with him” she says, reaching for Dave’s old wallet.

Dave can hear some steps towards the door, then Veronica starts to speak again.

“Welcome, Mr. courier. I thank you for taking all of these bags here, but there’s a change of plans! Could you take them to this address?” she continues, showing him her smartphone. “Here are the keys. Then, put everything in my wardrobe, and bring here the clothes you’ll find there”.

“Excuse me…miss? Who do you exactly think you are?” the courier asks her.

“Ah, sorry, I didn’t introduce myself. I’m a lucky rich woman, and I’ll share my luck with you!” she says, handing him 500 bucks. “I know it’s already 9 PM, and you’re tired, but if you’ll do this by the end of today, I’ll give you another 1000 bucks. Would you like that?”

The courier is shocked: she’s proposing him more that his monthly salary.

“Of course, miss. I’m sorry for my previous misbehavior. I’ll put those new clothes in your closet, and I’ll bring the old ones over here, faster than light!”

Veronica smiles. “Thank you. We won’t probably be here once you come back. Leave those keys under the entrance rug, and put the boxes outside of our garage. Write here your bank account, and I’ll give you what I’ve promised on Monday, first thing in the morning”.

Then, she hands him her smartphone.

Once he types his bank account, she says “Bye!” and she closes the door.

Finally, she comes back to her seat.

“What is this clothes stuff???” Dave asks, addressing the elephant in the room.

“It’s simple, actually: I’m so generous that I’m gifting you my house!”

“Uh…thanks…but I live here!”

“Not anymore, sweety”.

Dave looks for Serena’s eyes, but she’s blank.

“How on Earth are you allowing this, Serena??? Answer me!”

“Well…Dave…” she looks for Veronica’s approval, and she receives it. “This afternoon we made an experiment: we removed the feeling I had for you from my mind. I thought it would have just taken one minute for me to restore them, but I actually…didn’t get why I should have done it!” Serena continues, staring at Dave’s sobbing face, without even blinking. “Right now, I don’t see why I should choose you over her…let’s face it: you’re just an average woman! Veronica, instead…she’s wonderful! She’s a genius, she’s gorgeous, she’s confident…and she loves me for who I really am, not just as a safe choice!”

“I…what are you talking about??? I love you too, you’ve never been just a safe choice to me!”

“No, of course, let me explain myself better: you’d be the safe choice right now, for me! I’m a brilliant engineer, I have a powerful body and, now, a perfect partner too! Yes, I could be afraid that she chose a man better than me…but there aren’t!” Serena continues.

“And I’d never leave her! She has all the things I love in you…and my best friend personality! This is just perfect!” Veronica confirms her words.

“I can’t believe this…” Dave weeps.

Veronica gets up, with an empathetic sad face. Maybe, after all, she’s human too.

She gets closer to Dave, and she massages his shoulder. “I know you’re depressed right now…but there’s a solution!”

“…what solution?” Dave asks, without raising his head.

“Let me check my email” she says. And so she does.

“Great, my lawyer has already written that contract I asked him while you were dressing! Let me print it, and then you could check it!”

Veronica goes to the computer room, already accustomed to her new house.

So, Dave and Serena are left alone, for the first time in that long evening.

“Serena…don’t you really feel anything for me anymore?” he asks her, with a low voice.

“No…you’re just a human being to me. I don’t want to hurt you! Trust me, we have the possibility to give you a nice life: you’ll like it, I promise. Just read the contract!”

“I understand…” Dave says, disheartened.

A couple minutes later, Veronica is back, with some stapled sheets of paper in her hands.

“Here it is: read it, while me and Serena will cook something for all of us!” she smiles.

And so they go to the kitchen, allowing Dave to have some time for himself.

At the beginning, he’s afraid to read it, and so he waits.

‘Oh…they’re probably cooking pasta…Veronica is a great chef…’ he thinks. ‘Her skills seem to never end…dammit! At least, my Serena will be happy, after all…’

He weeps, feeling lost.

A voice comes from the kitchen, sometime later. “Hey, sweety, the supper is ready! But don’t worry, take all the time you need: we’ll wait for you!”

It’s Veronica.

“Ok, let’s read this stuff…” he decides.

Dear Serena,

we (Veronica and Dave) are very sorry for your pain. Your relationship with Dave was great, and he’s always going to keep a good memory of it.

He’s now very happy, and we want you to be happy too: that’s why we’ll do all our best to accomplish this, since you’re such a nice person!

This contract has legal value. Once we’ll all sign this, by also putting our initials on every sheet of paper, it’ll be effective.

Here are the 3 points that compose the current contract.

First of all, since Veronica and Dave are going to live together in your previous house: Veronica will gift you her house, together with her car and everything is contained in those things. You’ll live there, for how much time you’ll like to, without having to pay any rent.

Since you’re currently unemployed, Dave will hire you as his personal secretary. Your net monthly salary will be of 2600$, since we think this sum will be more than enough to let you live a happy life.

With your work comes free healthcare and every insurance you may ever need.

You’ll have to work from 8AM to 2PM every day, from Monday to Friday. You’ll have a full month of holidays every year.

Of course, from now on, at work, you’re going to address Dave as Mr. Reed, or Boss, if you rather.

Given how much pain you’re feeling, we’re willing to provide you any therapy you’ll need to cope with your current life, and to be happy.

If you, Serena Anderson, will sign up this contract, you’ll accept all of the 3 points that compose it.

Attached, you’ll find every detail.

Please, sign on the bottom of this page, and put your initials on every other page.

Ending our contract-letter, we wish you all the best in this world, so that every one of us could have a happy life!

Kisses,

Veronica and Dave.

Dave finally finishes to read the contract.

They’ve been waiting for him for quite a while now, but he doesn’t care.

The decision he has to take, indeed, it’s much more important.

Finally, he gets up, and he goes to the kitchen. “Veronica…since I know you planned all of this…why are you addressing me as Serena?” he asks.

“Sweety, if you read the third point, you know we’re going to provide you therapy! This means you’ll swap the memories of your life, relative and friends with Serena. You’ll keep every memory regarding each other…I want Serena to keep her friendship with me, because every love story has its foundation on an unbiased friendship! And…I’m sorry, but I don’t wanna be your best friend” she laughs.

“We’ll also mental conditioning you to refer to yourself as Serena Anderson, a sweet, beautiful, average 22 years old woman”.

Dave doesn’t have the strength to answer anymore.

He forces himself to look up at Serena. His neck is by now sore, since he’s been looking up to people all day long. “Serena…do you really want this? Is our story really over???”

“It is, Dave…I’m sorry. But I promise we’ll keep our end of the contract. We could just kick you out of the window, but we won’t”.

As Serena says that, she takes the contract from Dave’s hand, and she signs it, under “Dave Reed”, also putting her new initials on every attachment.

Veronica does the same.

Then, she hands the pen to Dave.

“Dave…or Serena, I should say, I strongly advise you to accept this, ’till it’s available! I promise you that you won’t even remember why you’re now angry, and you’ll have a happy life, without any concern: you’ll finally feel free!”

Dave accepts the pen.

‘I…I don’t trust them, but there’s nothing else I could do. I just want this pain to end. And what if they really just kicked me out of the window??? I’m so petite…I couldn’t fight them…let’s sign this contract while it’s still available’ he thinks.

And he signs everything.

“Welcome to your new life, Serena” Veronica smiles, happy.

“Congratulations!” she says, before hugging her, like a caring friend.

Chapter 17 – Leave Out All The Anger

They sit to eat the supper that Veronica has cooked for everyone.

This one time, she lets Dave sit on his usual stool.

They stand there, in silence.

“This tastes good, Veronica” Dave says.

She pats him on his shoulder. “Thank you, sweety! We’ll invite you over for dinner sometimes!”

Once they finish to eat, Dave gets up to clean the dishes.

“Don’t worry, sweety! I’ll do it: you’re our welcomed guest!” she smiles.

Some minutes later, they’re ready to go.

Each one picks his seat in the car.

Serena drives, Veronica sits in the front, next to her, and Dave sits on the back, like a costumer who takes a taxi.

During the short travel, Veronica checks her smartphone, Serena drives, and Dave…thinks. ‘What will happen to me? What kind of life am I going to live?’

Some minutes later, they’re inside Dave’s old laboratory. Since it’s Saturday evening, no one is around but them.

“Sit here, Dave, please. I’m going to map your brain again: a lot has changed in your life since the last time you were here, and so your previous brain map could not be reliable anymore” Serena says.

He obeys.

Then, it’s Serena’s turn to map her own brain, again.

“Ok, everything is set up now. Which changes should we make to Dave?” she asks to her new woman.

“Until he’s going to see our story from this perspective, he’s going to live full on anger, and regrets. We have to remove all the feelings he has for you” Veronica suggests.

Dave stands still, listening, sit in his usual cabin.

“Then, we’re going to give him all the memories he needs to cope with his new life…this includes most of your past. He’ll remember your high school, friends and relatives, his work as a cashier…even if he knows that’s not the truth, it will help him” she continues. “I don’t want to force him to love us…but I hope he’ll let his anger go away, accepting our new reality”.

Veronica caresses Serena’s beard. “Regarding you, you’ll have to take his memories about work, colleagues, researches…and the ones from his past and social life too, in order to avoid any problem!”

“It sounds reasonable to me!” Serena comments.

Now, her lack of confidence is only in the past: she doesn’t have any reason to fear the world anymore.

“Do you think we could need to do something else?”

“Uhm…yes! Could you make him feel natural to address himself as Serena Anderson, a true woman? And maybe do the same to you?”

“Great idea! I’ll set everything up!” Serena answers.

While she’s setting the workstation up, Veronica goes next to Dave.

“Hey, sweety, how do you feel?”

“…could be better…”

“Speak to me, I’m here to listen to you!”

Dave is tempted to weep, but he doesn’t. “I feel…scared. I’ve spent 25 years to build my life…and everything is fading away…and I can’t do anything about it…”

“I see. Let me ask you one question: were you happy?”

Dave is surprised by her question. “I…I guess so…I had Serena, a great job…”

“But Serena is not with you anymore…and I think you’ve always done your job just because you felt like you had to use your brain well, for the whole world wellbeing! But now you don’t have to worry anymore: you won’t have all those concerns! Serena…or should I say Dave?…will take care of your job from now on, and you’ll simply live a free happy life!”

“I didn’t ask for this…”

“Are you telling me the only reason you decided to swap body with her, was to help her?”

“Of course!”

“Don’t lie to me…” Veronica caresses his brown hair. “There could have been many other ways to solve her problem! You could have just pasted someone else confidence in her mind!”

“I…actually she’s the one who discovered that use of my machine, and I would have changed her!”

“She’s changed anyway! So…do you see she will be great at taking care of your job?”

“She will, indeed…”

Now Veronica is caressing his cheek. “And didn’t you want her to be happy?”

“Yes…it was my main goal…”

“And you’ve succeeded! I solemnly promise you that I’ll take care of her, and I’ll love her, every single day!”

“I know you will…” Dave finally starts to cry.

Veronica hands him a tissue. “Trust me, sweetie, this pain will soon go away…”

Dave dries his tears, and he waits for Serena to finish the first task of her new job.

Some minutes later, Serena announces “We’re ready to go!”

She pushes the button, starting the usual 10 seconds countdown, and she sits in her cabin.

This time, she notices the changes: her mind goes blank, again.

A flash of light.

Then, her senses come back.

Veronica, excited, calls her “Serena, darling, did it work?”

“Yes, I think it did!” Dave answers in her place.

“Oh…muahahaha…yes, it worked!” Veronica certifies.

She sits on Serena’s lap “Dave…do you remember how we met?”

Serena thinks about it. “Of course…I was studying in college, and you had just finished high school. We met at the mall, when you gave me some suggestions to choose the right chocolate boxes for Serena, who I had just started dating!” she stops for a moment.

“Oh! These are Seren…Ser…Dave’s memories! This is so strange…”

Veronica smiles with all her heart. “Let me show you what’s not strange at all!” she says, while she gives her a passionate kiss.

Dave sits on the nearby cabin.

He observes them.

‘Wow…it really worked! I’m not…bothered by their affections!’

“I am Ser…my name is Serena Anderson!” he shouts.

Strangely, he feels…free.

Veronica turns in his direction.

“Hey, sweety, how are you feeling? Are you still angry with me?”

“No, I’m not! …I know you stole my boy…boyfriend and all…but, thinking about it, why should I even want that life?”

“Ahahah…you’re right!” she smiles. “Dave is not the woman you fell in love with! Actually…I think most of that woman is inside you now! So, I guess you’ll really love yourself starting today! That’s a luxury not anyone can afford”.

“Yes! He is actually 50% Serena and 50% Dave by now!” Serena confirms Veronica’s statements.

“And I can’t be angry with you guys…you were so sweet with me! You could have abandoned me…instead you gave me a house, a car, a job. At the end, a…life!”

“I’m happy to see you’ve realized it! We care about you, Serena! Aren’t you happy that you’re actually getting 3 more years of life, since now you’re only 22? Without considering that women usually live longer…my poor Dave” she laughs, looking at her new boyfriend.

“Wow, that’s true! I didn’t think about it. And it’s not just that…previously, I used to spend my afternoon and evenings studying. Now, instead, I’ll really enjoy my free time! I know I’ll have to work ’till 2 PM…but I’ll have the most part of the day just for me!” Dave realizes.

“Ahahah…don’t make me desire to come back in your body, miss!” Serena jokes.

“No, no: I’m keeping it!” Dave says, making a funny sneer.

He looks down to his flat belly, and he caresses it. “With your low hunger and your love for sport activities, it’ll be easy to keep this nice body this way!”

“I’ve never loved sport activities!” Serena says.

“Well, darling, now she does!” Veronica answers

“Wait…guys…did you do something to me? Did you mind control me?” Dave says, alarmed.

“No, sweety. I’d say that to you if it were true, you know I’ve always told you anything, even the harshest stuff. We did what we said we would have done: you’re just coping to your new mind! Without those negative feelings, you’re now free to analyze your new reality!”

These words reassure Dave. “Yeah…right!” he smiles.

“Thank you…for this life…” he admits, with a low voice.

“You’re welcome, sweety!” Veronica answers. “Maybe, we’ll even find you a cute boyfriend!”

Dave blushes. ‘Do they know somebody? Is he nice and handsome? No, no, don’t think about it…’ he thinks. “…I…I don’t know…”

“I get it” Veronica smiles. “You’ll be able to find plenty of guys on your own! I mean…you’re not even near to my beauty, but you’re a beautiful woman after all!”

A few minutes later, Serena and Veronica give him a ride to his new home.

Veronica raises her old rug, finding the key she said the courier to put there.

Once she opens the door, she pats Dave’s shoulders. “Welcome to your new home, Serena!”

Chapter 18 – Falling Asleep

Once Serena and Veronica go away, Dave is left alone in his new house, to his new life.

He checks out every room.

‘Wow…there are at least two weeks of food, nice! But I guess I’ll have to buy more fresh vegetables the next week…’

Next to the entrance, he finds the keys to his new car.

‘I should try it out!’

As he expected, he has to set the driver seat distance, and every rear-view mirror.

‘Time to brush my teeth…did she keep some toothbrushes as supply?’

Luckily, he finds a couple of brand new toothbrushes. Even if they just swapped out a lot of saliva during that threesome, he doesn’t feel like using her intimate stuff.

In the stock, he finds some tampons. ‘I guess I’ll need those too…actually I’m not that curious…’

Before going to bed, he decides to have a shower, to wash away from him the strangest day of his life.

Refreshed, he’s ready to sleep.

And so he does, without any problem, without any concern.

_____ _____ _____

Serena’s evening, on the other hand, is busier.

Veronica doesn’t waste any time before seducing her, again.

And she doesn’t oppose any resistance: why should she?

This is doggystyle-time. “Come inside me, big boy!” Veronica asks her.

“No, I don’t think so” she says, before exiting her vagina, and cumming on her butt. “From now on, you’ll either take the pill, or I use some condoms! We’ve already taken enough risks, I don’t want any children…yet”.

“Oh…I get it…sorry, it’s just a kink of mine…” she says, laying on her chest.

She caresses her abdomen hair.

“So, describe me, how is it to have sex as a man?”

“Uh? …easy: for what I can tell, every woman wants me” she laughs. “…putting the jokes apart, I didn’t have to learn anything, since he passed every skill-based knowledge to me…so I guess easy is the right word to describe it…”

“Which plans do you have for tomorrow?” Veronica asks.

“…I don’t have any”.

“I was thinking…this may sound strange to you…but…”

“What?”

“…would you…borrow me your penis?”

“Whaaat???”

“Come on…just for a couple of minutes…I’d like to feel what’s like for a man!”

“No, no…there’s no way I’m doing it!” Serena shouts, annoyed. “I don’t feel any desire to wear the woman role again!”

“Pretty please? I wasn’t talking about you!”

“Then what?”

“I could try it on Serena! Maybe we could even ask a pornstar to give her some knowledge on how to satisfy men…”

“Are you serious???” Serena reacts.

“Think about it! She’d become a master in pleasing me and you!”

“Veronica…he’s not a prostitute…”

“Well…we pay her, don’t we?” she laughs.

Serena sighs. “This is not going to happen, I’m sorry” she answers, with an angry face.

“But why? It could be fun!”

“Fun for who???”

Victoria remains silent, realizing she has just spoken too much.

“Well…I guess I’ll never know what it feels like…” she concludes, detaching from Serena, reaching the other end of the bed.

Serena sighs, again. “I don’t feel anything for that man, or woman. But this doesn’t mean I’m going to hurt him. Work is work. He’s my secretary, and I respect my colleagues”.

She tries to sleep.

One minute later, a phone makes a beep.

“Uh…I was just starting to fall asleep…is it your phone?” Veronica asks.

“Uhm…no, I don’t think so…”

“Well, it’s not mine, so check it out!” she orders.

Serena, then, gets up, to pick that phone.

“Oh…it’s from Eric”

“Dave’s friend?”

“Yes, who else could he be?”

“What does he say?”

Serena opens the message.

“Hey, Dave, I’m sorry if I couldn’t answer you this morning, but I didn’t hear your call…and then I forgot to call you back. But we could hang out tomorrow morning, does it sound fine? Or does my bookworm friend have to study again? :P”

“Ah…did you call him this morning?” Veronica asks.

“Yeah…Serena told me to do that, for that donate-clothes-to-charity stuff…”

“Was I your second choice, then?” she laughs. “At least, you chose me when it mattered the most!” she kissed Serena on her cheek, once she gets back to bed.

“Does it bother you if I spend the morning with him?” Serena asks.

“No, don’t worry! I guess I’ll just spend an insignificant part of your bank account for a full day at a premium spa!” she laughs.

“Ahahah…ok, go ahead!” Serena accepts.

“But…will you consider something?” Veronica continues, with an enticing voice.

“…what?”

“What if…someday, maybe on vacation…you swapped body with me?”

“…you are really obsessed with this man-body, aren’t you?” Serena mocks her, annoyed.

“I guess it’s a no…sleep tight, my big boy!”

And so they sleep.

For Serena, however, it’s harder than it used to be.

Thoughts run through her mind.

‘Why does she want to be me? …Is she really in love with me, or does she just want my money? No, no…what am I thinking about…she loved Dave even when he had no money…wait, he loved Dave, behind my back, behind the back of her best friend…does she love me, or she’s simply realizing her fantasies with Dave? And does it really matter, since I’m now only 50% Dave? This is so confusing…’

“OH MY GOD!” she shouts, waking up Veronica.

“Uh…Dave, what happened?” she asks, sleepy.

“This fucking brain just doesn’t want to shut up: let me sleep, please! Now I get what Serena was talking about! I wonder if he’s sleeping by now…”

“Oh…darling! With a great brain, comes a great amount of concerns!” Veronica says, with her seductive voice.

“How did Serena manage to sleep when she had it? We just…cuddled…”

“Let’s see if that works for you too!” Veronica says, placing her head on her chest. Slowly, Serena manages to fall asleep too.

Chapter 19 – Best Friends

Dave wakes up, late in the morning. “Oh yes, you could call this a nice night of sleep!” he says to himself.

After his breakfast, he wonders ‘How did Serena spend her time while she was not with me? Anyway…I guess I’ll just have a run! And later, maybe, my family will invite me for lunch!’

He manages, indeed, to realize his new projects, since they’re much easier to realize than his older ones.

_____ _____ _____

Serena, on the other hand, wakes up early, before Veronica.

She has a large breakfast, and she gets ready for her meeting with Eric.

Strangely, she knows exactly where and when the two of them use to meet, even if she’s never been there.

About an hour later, Eric greets him at their favorite coffee shop.

“Hey Dave, what’s up?”

“Eric…I’m great, how are you?”

“I’m fine, man, you don’t even imagine…remember that medical exam my sister had to do?”

“Yeah…so? Did you have the results?”

“Yes! And it’s nothing, she’s good!!!”

“I’m very glad to hear this!” she comments.

“Anyway, I could use my machine to cure a lot of that stuff…it sucks that it’s currently used just like a toy for millionaires…”

“Really, man…yesterday we had to celebrate! We’ve spent the whole day at the beach, with our family! …That’s why I haven’t answered you…I’m sorry!”

“That sounds great, Eric: you don’t have to worry at all!”

“So, why did you call me? Did something happen?”

“Nothing worth mentioning!” she answers.

“Oh…it’s better this than to hear bad stuff…and how is Serena?”

“She’s good! Actually, I think she’s really happy!”

“Nice! So, did whatever you thought about to solve her confidence problem work?”

Serena is shocked. ‘Does he know about Serena’s project? …no, no, he doesn’t…he said “whatever”…’

“Well…it worked, really well…” she answers, with a sad smile.

“That’s my genius best friend!” Eric shouts, giving her a high-five.

They stand there, silent, for a couple minutes.

“Hey, Dave…you seem a little bit off to me…is everything fine?”

“Yes!”

“Really?”

“Yes…”

“Uh…I don’t believe you…did what you were afraid of become true?”

“…what was that?”

“…you don’t recall our drunk conversation, do you?”

“Indeed, I don’t” she laughs.

“Well, you told me that you had this strange project to make her more confident, and that you were afraid she would have…left you…”

Serena is surprised by his words. ‘Wait…what? Did Serena consider this too in his plan???’

“Please, Eric, continue!”

“And you said that it was ok…you were afraid that she was with you just because you gave her the feeling of safety…and if that was the case, you would have been happy for her, because she would have found her happiness, even without you…”

Serena listens to him very carefully.

A tear starts to shape at the corner of her eye. ‘This is…this is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard…did he really love me so much? Was I more than just a safe choice?’

She stares at Eric.

Suddenly, she bursts to weep.

“Oh no, Dave…I knew it, dammit!!!” he pats her on her shoulder. “How did it happen??? That bitch…after all you’ve done for her!!!”

‘Bitch…??? Am I the bitch?’ Serena just can’t get angry right now. Instead, her crying intensifies.

Eric patiently waits for her to pour out.

After a couple minutes, she’s able to stumble again. “Act…actually, I left her…”

Eric removes his hand from her shoulder. “Whaaat??? Why on Earth did you do that??? What did she do to deserve this?”

“I don’t…nothing, she did nothing…” Serena answers.

Now, she stands silent.

Eric hugs her.

She hugs him back.

“Hey, Dave…I don’t want to push you…but you always know that, whenever you’ll be ready, I’ll be willing to listen to you!”

_____ _____ _____

The rest of the Sunday passes without any noteworthy event.

Dave spends her afternoon with Serena’s family, having a really nice day.

Serena comes back home, but Veronica isn’t there.

She is, indeed, enjoying her free premium spa-day.

Refusing to think anymore about her sentimental situation, she decides to study, in order to find some useful applications to Dave’s special machine.

Chapter 20 – First Day Of Work

Dave wakes up.

It’s quite early this time, thanks to his alarm clock.

He spends half an hour getting ready, caring about making a good first impression on his colleagues.

For his first day of work as Serena’s secretary, he chooses an elegant charcoal dress, that covers most of his body, except for the tattoo he now has on his right deltoid.

As for the one on his left ankle, it’s mostly covered by his stockings.

He chooses a pair of medium black heels.

Finally, he stands before the mirror.

Thanks to those heels, he’s still short, but he’s taller.

He smiles. “Hi gorgeous!”

He feels confident.

After 10 minutes of driving, he comes to his new work place.

He recognizes that place, where he’s been many times in the last days.

But, since his work memories were erased, he didn’t imagine it to be so crowded during a standard work day.

‘Luckily, no one here knows I was Dave’s girlfriend…that would be embarrassing!’

A mature woman, on her fifties, greets him.

“Hi, Ms. Anderson, I was waiting for you! It’s my pleasure to welcome you to our office. Let me show you your work” she says.

His work is pretty easy: he has to take Dave’s calls, keeping his agenda, and taking her meals from time to time.

‘I just have to do this for 30 hours per week…and they give me 2600$ a month, healthcare and assurance? This sounds wonderful!’ He couldn’t be happier.

During those first hours, he can’t help but notice that the looks of everyone are on him. ‘Veronica says that I’m an average woman…is any average woman looked with desire by every man, and with envy by every woman?’ he wonders, proud.

When lunch time arrives, he takes from the kitchen his old bodies favorite lunch, and he brings it to Serena.

He knocks on her door.

“Come in!” Serena answers.

“Hi, Mr. Reed. Here’s your lunch!” Dave introduces himself.

“Oh, wow! I love that!” she says, taking it. “Tell me, Serena, how is your first day going?”

“It’s great, boss, thanks!” he answers.

‘He actually seems pretty fine…’ she thinks, with a disappointed face.

“Please, Serena, close the door”.

Dave obeys right away, with the clanking that follow every one of his steps, thanks to his high heels.

“Is there something you’d like to tell me, sir?”

“Actually yes…it may sound strange to you, but…do you miss me?”

Dave smiles, without answering.

The answer is pretty obvious, and it’s a “no”.

“Thank you for your time, Serena, you may go now” Serena says.

She waits for him to go outside, and she grabs her head between her hands.

Strangely, she’s not hungry at all.

‘It’s painful to notice that he has accustomed so well to his new life. One day he’s in love with me, the next one I’m just his boss. This is so unnatural…And I wasn’t even in love with him when this happened, I wonder what I felt when the same happened to me” she thinks.

There, on her one, she doesn’t manage to work a single minute.

Her head is full of doubts.

While she’s thinking, her new phones beeps.

It’s Veronica. “Hey, big boy, look what I just bought for you! Kisses, Veronica”.

There she stands, in all her beauty, wearing a new pair of lingerie.

Serena feels her penis getting a little bit tense in her underwear.

But that doesn’t matter right now. ‘Did I choose Veronica…for this? Is it just because of my hormones???’

There, in that same room, Serena takes an important decision. ‘I’ll wait for everyone to go away, then I’ll restore my feeling for Serena: in the end, what do I have to lose? I just want to know if what I’m feeling for Veronica is anywhere near to what I used to feel for him!’

And so she does.

_____ _____ _____

Half of the afternoon has passed.

There’s no one in the building anymore.

Serena sets up the workstation.

She presses the button, for the umpteenth time, and she sits on the cabin.

10 seconds later, like when she had removed those feelings, she doesn’t see any flash or anything else.

But, this time, she definitely notices the change. “WHAT THE HELL DID I DO???” she shouts, alone, in that same building where everything started.

Chapter 21 – Just Ordinary Girl Life

A few hours earlier, Dave comes back home, after his first day of work. ‘Wow…I’ve never left work so early in ages!’

He removes his clothes and his medium heeled shoes.

He removes his elegant bra too, picking up the largest and most comfortable t-shirt that’s in his wardrobe. ‘Now I get why women prefer to stay without their bra at home…’

His foot hurt a little bit, so he massages them for some minutes.

In front of the bed where he’s now sitting, stands a mirror.

With a glimpse, he notices his bare legs, under the t-shirt that is the only piece of clothing he’s currently wearing.

A smile shapes on his face.

Dave gets up, getting closer to the mirror.

‘With my previous body, this mirror would have cut off my head. Still, now I’m able to admire my smiley face too!’

He runs his fingers over the t-shirts, feeling his belly.

‘Oh my…I should thank Dave for keeping this body so fit! I definitely want to keep it this way!’

A crack of sadness passes his mind, as he realizes someday he’ll get old, and he’ll lose those toned muscles. ‘Seniority didn’t use to scare me as much as it does now…’

He caresses his beautiful brown hair.

‘Well…at least I don’t have to worry about losing my hair anymore! And I’m 3 years younger…why do I care about aging at all???’ he laughs, becoming happy again.

He walks backwards and forwards in his large bedroom.

Or, at least, it seems large now, with his new petite body.

‘What should I do now? I have a lot of free time…’

“Oh, right!” he says out loud. “I’m gonna jog a little bit!”

Dave takes some of the sport clothes he has bought just yesterday, and he puts them on. ‘Still, I’d like to listen to some music! But I don’t have any headphones…’

He gathers his long brown hair in a ponytail.

He checks his purse, reaching for his wallet, and he finds his old debit card.

“I forgot to give this back to Serena…well, she won’t mind if I’ll buy myself a nice pair of Bluetooth earphones!” he laughs.

And so he does.

With his keys and Serena’s debit card in his hands, he reaches the nearest electronic store, where he buys a new pair of headphones and an armband for his new smartphone, that has the space to store both his keys and her debit cards, other than the smartphone.

As he straps the armband to his arm, he notices that it’s definitely too large.

“Sorry, Sir…it won’t fit!” Dave makes the cashier notice.

“It’s already been used, miss…I can’t exchange it for a new one” he answers.

“Pretty please?” Dave insists, smiling at him.

“Well…who cares! I won’t say no to a beautiful girl!” the cashier laughs, winking at him.

Finally, Dave’s able to do some jogging.

He opens Serena’s old music library. ‘Oh my…I forgot how bad her music tastes were…well, I’ll just listen to this, since I don’t have any time to look for my usual stuff!’

Serena’s music library, indeed, is full of pop music without any real significance, while Dave was used to listen to profound rock music.

Again, his renewed mind and brain betray him. After a few notes, he’s skeptical. ‘I didn’t recall her music to be…acceptable’.

Some seconds later, however, the energy coming from those simply notes increases.

He starts humming to the rhythm of those songs. ‘Time to run, baby! Let’s make a good use of this energy!!!’ he smiles.

Step after step, he notices that he’s not as fast as he used to be, because of his shorter legs. But, at least, he doesn’t feel so much fatigue.

The beating of his ponytail on his back, the sun that kisses his pale arms and legs, the bouncing of his breasts in his new sport bra, the smooth skin of his thigh that touches the other side respectively, the air that goes through that little nose…he just can’t help but love all those new feelings!

When he has to cross a road, almost everyone stops to let him pass.

And the looks, all that men that desire him. All those women so fit that he would have never spoke to them, are now running side by side with him.

‘I don’t have to wonder if they think I’m checking them out anymore!’

Step after step, he continues.

‘Anyway…I don’t get why they should mind…about other people…checking out on them…’ he blushes, just a little bit.

But none of this matters: another song, another step after the previous one, and he feels…powerful, yet free.

After quite sometimes, he’s still not tired, but he decides to check the time on his phone.

“Oh my…it’s already been an hour!” he says out loud.

An old man who was passing nearby, comments “It’s good for your health, go on!”

Dave smiles at him.

Then, he decides to come back home.

Once there, he wonders what to do with the rest of his day.

‘I think I’m gonna have a nice, long, warm scented bath!’ he decides, after finding Veronica’s perfumed bubble bath.

He waits for the water to reach an acceptable level.

Then, he enters the bathtub.

Dave lays his back on the clean porcelain, feeling his hair slowly getting wet.

A memory from Serena’s life comes to his mind, as it’s often happening to him today.

‘Uhm…maybe…should I redirect the warm water flow to my…tender parts?’ he thinks, blushing.

And so he does.

“This is not bad at all!” he shouts, since no one is listening to him.

He pinches his left nipple, noticing that his skin seems smoother than ever with some soap on it.

Slowly, he slides a finger in his…vagina, as Serena had done to him, and as she used to do in the memories he now possesses.

In and out, it doesn’t take him too much to experience another one of those orgasms.

‘Will I ever get used to this??? I don’t even have to bear my semen floating in the bathtub!’

Dave gets more and more relaxed.

‘Maybe…should I buy one of those vibrating dildos? Will it ever be as the…real thing?’

He thinks about his day and about his future, without too much pressure, stress or concerns.

‘It’s been a long time since I had enjoyed a simple day as much as this one!’

About an hour later, he emerges from the bathtub where he almost fell asleep.

‘Oh my…I feel so rested already! And I’ve always suffered from insomnia…’

While he’s looking for the hair dryer, he notices that the led of his smartphone is blinking.

‘Who is this? I don’t have many friends yet…maybe another of those spam emails? Dave used to give his email to every damn website…I should create another one from scratches…’

He startles when he reads…Dave.

“Hey, Serena…I’d like to speak with you…are you available tonight? Let me be clear…it’s not work stuff, you don’t have to see me is you don’t want to…but it would be really important to me, please!”

‘What does Dave want? Well, I don’t want to get my boss angry…and I have nothing to do tonight…let’s have some free pizza!’

And so, Dave types

“What about pizza? :)”

Almost immediately Serena answers back.

“I don’t think you’ll eat more than half a pizza, but that would be great! I’ll pick you at 9! …thank you”.

Chapter 22 – The Second First Date

Dave stands on his own, in his new house, wondering what to do next.

‘Is this a…date?! That would be strange…what does she want to talk about?’

Walking backwards and forwards across his living room, he tries to choose what to wear for the occasion.

‘Even if it feels good to…dress up, I don’t want to apply any fancy makeup or to be overdressed…’

Reaching his wardrobe, he opens its doors, staring at that mountain of clothes for some minutes.

Ultimately, he picks a pair of jeans, a basic black tank top and a pair of sneakers.

‘This will do it! It’s just a chat after all, and I don’t even know if I want to impress her’.

Regarding his makeup, Dave decides to apply just a little bit of eyeliner.

As he gets to the bathroom mirror, he can’t help but notice how natural it feels to do something he’s never actually done before: a few seconds later, the eyeliner has been applied just where he wanted it.

‘This woman-abilities she gave me are kinda useful! It’s better this way: why should she need them right now?’ he thinks, laughing.

Then, suddenly, he stops, staring at his reflection in the mirror.

‘I am so…cheerful: wow…I haven’t seen myself like that since the day of my graduation!’.

And Dave smiles, again.

He makes faces, checking that that is really his face.

By now, many memories in his mind confirm it, but it still feels odd to be…pleased by his own appearance.

‘I’ve always liked women with eyeliner! I’d like to apply some lipstick and mascara too, but I don’t want to give Dave a wrong impression…he’s with Veronica now, and I respect that. Besides, I definitely don’t want to lose my new job and life’.

It’s 8:30PM.

There’s still half an hour to wait for her, and, this time, the woman won’t be late.

Dave chooses to spend that time checking the photos on his smartphone.

He sits on his bed, and he doesn’t even notice anymore that he’s not able to touch the floor with his heels from that position.

Before opening the photo gallery, he decides to scroll Serena’s previous conversations: given how everything went, he’s definitely not invading her privacy!

Indeed, he doesn’t even need to open those conversations to know what’s there, with one exception: Veronica’s chat.

‘Oh…right, they didn’t give me any memory of their friendship…I don’t care, I’ll just delete this chat once and for all!’

And so he does.

It takes a couple of seconds for the smartphone to delete it.

‘How funny…it takes more to a smartphone to delete a conversation, than to Dave’s machine to delete my memories’ he laughs.

Finally, he opens the photo gallery.

Dave recalls almost every photo.

‘Oh…here’s when me and Dave went to that movie theatre…’

He scrolls, and he scrolls, while the time slips away, as it always does.

He doesn’t even notice that a car is approaching the entrance of his new house.

But he can’t ignore the sound of his doorbell ringing.

Dave puts his smartphone in his tiny pocket, finding it more difficult than expected. ‘That’s why women use purses! These jeans are so tight…and they continue to make smartphones bigger and bigger…’

Once he opens the door, Serena greet him with a bunch of flowers.

They are Calla Lily, being precise.

Dave doesn’t know why, but he knows how they’re called, and he’s mesmerized by their look and smell.

“Strangely, I don’t recall how these flowers are called (even if the florist told me a few minutes ago), but I know they are your…well my ex-favorites. Luckily, I was able to remember how they looked like” Serena says, with a reverential tone of voice.

“…they’re beautiful, thanks!” Dave replies, taking that bunch of flowers in his small hands, while he accidentally brushes against his boss’s big hands.

There stands Serena, definitely overdressed, with a beige suit, a white shirt and a beige tie.

Dave notices how enticing her smell is.

“Let me be clear” Serena says “…I’m not trying to manipulate you, bringing you your favorite flowers, dressing as you like, with your favorite perfume…I just want to show you that I…care about you…” she continues, lowering her head.

“Oh, it’s okay, you have nothing to worry about” Dave reassures her.

‘It’s so unnatural…he should be angry at me, he should hate me for what I’ve done to him…instead we’re just like two strangers chatting at the park…’ Serena thinks. She tries to smile. “Let’s go, a nice table is waiting for us”.

Dave places the bunch of flowers in a crystal vase, with a little bit of water, and he follows Serena, who holds the car door for him to take his seat.

Before starting the car engine, Serena turns on the car radio. “Here’s your favorite music, Serena! I don’t personally like this anymore, but I hope you’ll enjoy it!”

Dave doesn’t even answer her.

Instead, he starts humming, ’till he begins to sing, as some words begin to full his head.

Serena smiles, and she enjoys that atmosphere, even if the weight of the words she has to let out from her throat is enormous.

Once they arrive, Dave says “I don’t recall this place!”

“It’s a surprise, Serena! Wait for it!” she says, tasting that surprise.

After parking the car, they find an elegant waiter, on his fifties. “Ms. Anderson and Mr. Reed: follow me, please” he says, with a calm voice.

After a long hallway, they finally arrive to their table.

“Ms. Anderson, I’m glad to welcome you to our restaurant. We’re the only one in town that have just a single table, to give our special guests all the attention they deserve”.

‘Wooow…this restaurant will cost a fortune to book! How did she manage to get a table with such a short notice???’ Dave thinks, amazed.

“I’m ordering a pizza anyway!” he laughs.

“Ms. Anderson, our restaurant will be glad to serve you any type of food you’ll desire” the waiter answers.

“Take us two pizzas, then! And bring me a beer, and a coke for Serena. Thanks” Serena requests.

“No, no! I want a beer too!”

“…are you sure, Serena? If I recall correctly, you can’t drink a lot of alcohol…” she whispers.

“Yes, I’m sure!” Dave answers, out loud.

“Of course, Ms. Anderson. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll commission all your requests. There’s a bell on the table, please feel free to use it if you need something else” the waiter says, before going away.

Serena hold the chair for Dave, then she takes her seat. “It’s a pleasure to find you so happy…” she says, with a sad smile.

“I really am!” he answers. “But…you don’t seem at ease: are you okay, Dave?”

Serena ponders her words. “I…I’m not…but I have no right to ask you to listen to me…”

“I don’t have much to do before my pizza is ready: go on!” he laughs.

“First of all, I know you’re not angry with me…but what I did to you it’s just horrible: I want to apologize, with all my heart!!!” Serena says, while a tear runs on her cheek.

Dave reaches her hand to reassure her. “Hey, hey, it’s okay! Yes, I’m not angry with you…”

“I know, and that’s wrong: you should be, I’m a horrible person! I don’t deserve you…” she continues, starting to weep.

The waiter is taking the beers to their table, but when he notices that they’re in a delicate situation, he decides to take them later, together with their two pizzas.

Serena breaths, forcing herself not to cry anymore. “I won’t give the fault to Veronica…she’s used to take everything she wants from this world, and some men like that…” she continues. “…she’s beautiful, she’s brilliant, she really liked you…yet you refused her! You chose me over her!!!” Serena says, now staring at Dave’s eyes. “And that’s because you know how to see the good in people…and I don’t think Veronica is a good person at all…”

“I don’t know much about her…” Dave tries to comfort Serena.

“But that’s not her fault: it’s mine!!!” she continues, with a broken voice. “She is the way she is…but I should have appreciated what I had! Instead, I let her manipulate me…I thought nothing could have ever divided us, but I did that myself, inactivating my feelings for you…”

She’s staring at him.

“Wait…do you mean…you’ve reactivated them?” Dave asks.

“…I…I did…” she answers. “It didn’t take me too long to realize what I had to do…”

“…what did you have to do?”

“…first of all, I had to break up with Veronica. And so I did, before sending that text to you. She ruined my life, yet she doesn’t deserve to be treated without respect”.

“Really??? I’m sorry to hear that…how did she take the break up?”

“Well…she kinda expected it. She shouted a little bit, but she was almost happy when I promised her a couple million dollars to spend as she pleases…”

“Ahaha…you had quite the gold digger!” Dave jokes.

Serena laughs in her turn. “Yeah…but I’m not looking for a trophy wife!” her voice now appears more confident. She takes Dave’s tiny hands. “Serena…please, let me reactivate your feelings too!”

Dave stands there, in a dead calm. “No”.

“…no?!? Please, Serena…trust me…you’ll see!!!”

“It’s not that I don’t trust you Dave, but I won’t deny that your machine is too powerful! Every time I’ve use it, it has messed up my whole life. Now I’m happy, I really am, and I won’t change a thing about it! I don’t care about that anger, if it’s right or wrong. I don’t care about how I felt before: I know how I feel now”.

Serena looks at her foot.

She takes her head in her hands.

“What have I done???” she weeps. “Why did I do it???”

Suddenly, among that silence, Dave starts to laugh.

Serena looks at him, unsure.

“Hey, silly! I’ve never told that I won’t see you ever again: it’s just that, if you want me, you’ll have to know me, to seduce me, slowly, day after day!” he smiles.

These words give Serena her hope back.

That’s what she needed to hear.

“So…are you saying that I could have…a chance with you?” she asks, touched. “You might…but I’m not an easy woman!” Dave laughs.

Chapter 23 – Loneliness

Serena comes back to her house, the house she used to share with the love of her life, the man who protected her against all odds.

She heaves a sigh of relief when she realizes that Veronica, indeed, has respected her will: a condition for receiving those 2 million dollars was to never bother her or Dave anymore. And that included packing up everything she had, and going away without even saying goodbye.

Looking at herself in the mirror, Serena is surprised by the feeble smile that’s resting on her lips. ‘This house, my home, will never be filled with void until the slightest hope will warm my heart”.

That hope has a name, and that name is Dave.

It had been just a few days since their existences were revolutionized, but time is a relative concept: you may walk on the road of life for years without even knowing what you’re resting your feet on, and you may explore a whole new universe in just a few hours.

‘If that’s true, these last few days definitely feel more like a bunch of galaxies than like a creepy backyard’ Serena thinks, caressing her sparse short hair. ‘I’m the architect of my misery, and so I have no right to weep on anyone’s shoulder. Yet, is this really my fault? I won’t complain about my loneliness, but I have to ask myself: what brain could have ever withstanded such a fierce waterfall of dopamine?’

Indeed, after a series of unfortunate decisions she had made thinking with anything other than her new brain, Serena stands there, in front of a clean mirror, like a survivor who examines the legacy of an impetuous storm.

But that storm has passed, and it will never come back.

That same evening, indeed, Dave, still not accustomed to his new petite body, had easily fallen prey of those few drops of alcohol: Serena could have taken advantage of the situation, but it wasn’t physical what she was looking for.

‘I just hope Dave will let me restore his feeling for me. And if I won’t, I’ll never give up: cost what it may, I’ll conquer his heart. Like he had done with mine’ she thinks, while she puts a picture of them back where it was before Veronica put it in the bottom drawer.

With the only company of those sweet thoughts, Serena finally manages to fall asleep.

_____ _____ _____

“WAKE UP!!!” someone is shouting.

That sound is too close for one that’s coming from the streets, but there’s no one home with her. ‘What the heck…???’

“I’ve said: get the hell out of that bed, now!” that same voice continues to say.

As Serena slowly opens her eyes, her sight is still blurred.

“It’s already 5AM: we don’t have much time!”

‘Tall woman, blonde hair…Veronica hadn’t returned me her key, dammit!’ she finally realizes. “Wha…what do you want from me?”

“Did you really think I would have given up on you so easily?” Veronica asks her ex-boyfriend. “So smart, yet so dumb” she whispers.

“Whoa…stop there: what the fuck do you have in your hand???” Serena shouts, scared.

Veronica raises her gun, showing Serena that the safety is already off. “You don’t have to be afraid, but I’m not here to joke around” she continues. “Either you’ll take the keys of your car and you’ll drive us to your office, or there will be consequences!”

“Veronica, wait…this is crazy! We can still be friends…”

The angry blonde aims at the photo of Dave and Serena, and she pulls the trigger. She knew that gesture would have made Serena quiet. “Be careful to not walk on the broken glasses” Veronica turns back at her, finding an incredulous gaze. “As I’ve already said, we don’t have much time: your office will open in just 3 hours, and I don’t want anyone else but us to be there”.

Feeling powerless again, after a long time, Serena knows there’s not much she could do right now but to obey.

A few minutes later, they get to Serena’s company. It’s not something that happens every day to see a boss that enters his office…in his pyjamas.

Chapter 24 – A Matter Of Strategy

Serena carefully opens door after door, with a gun pointed at her chest.

“Be quiet and fast: I don’t want any undue attention!” Veronica orders her, in an imperious tone.

“Okay, I get that…but why are we here? What do you want me to do?”

“Love clouds out sight, so that we make some mistakes…”

‘I know that pretty well!’ Serena thinks. But, wisely, she doesn’t pronounce a single word.

“…but this time I can see clearly: it was a mistake to let you keep your memories about Serena!”

“No, wait…are you trying to let me completely forget about Dave???”

“Here comes the genius…”

“Please, Veronica: you said you love me, but if you changed my mind, I wouldn’t be the same anymore!”

“You’re goddamn right: you will be even better!” Veronica continues. “Now, set your damn machine and let’s get this over with!”

‘How the heck am I supposed to come clean from this nightmare?’ Serena thinks. “Wait, why do you trust me so much, after all I’ve done to you?”

“What are you trying to tell me?”

“I mean, you know that I don’t want to erase Dave from my memory, yet you’re going to let me set up the machine myself?”

“I can’t risk asking any of your colleagues about this! I’m already breaking the law, you know. So, yes, you’re going to do this, because there’s no other way, and you’re going to do this right, or…”

“…or what???”

“I’m not a fool: I realize that you care more about Serena now than you care about your own self. So, if you’re gonna screw this up, what makes you think that I wouldn’t do anything to her?”

“You’re kidding…”

“Am I? Do you really think that I was going to gift her my own house without keeping a spare key? That was all part of my strategy: now I know where she lives, and how to get to her” Veronica laughs. “You’ve got no other choice than to obey me: if you want Serena to be fine, you’ve gotta let her go!”

Serena hesitates. ‘Is she for real? Is this my best friend?’ she wonders. “Alright, let’s do this…so, do you want to check on me while I set Dave’s machine up?”

“Uhm…” Veronica stares at Serena.

“What?”

“…you might be right: I can’t trust you. Let’s shake this up a little bit: I want you to give me your knowledge about your machine!”

“Wait…if I did this, then I couldn’t do what you want me to. And how the hell could I work after that???”

“Don’t worry, I’ll give it back to you. Now: set this up to take your knowledge: I’ll just push the button”.

Serena sets the machine up. “Alright. We’re ready to go”.

“I’m not a fool, Dave! I’ve already seen your machine working, and this code doesn’t look like the one you had typed last time!”

‘Dammit…she’s tougher than I thought. I have to play along’ Serena thinks. “Alright, you got me…”

She types some code again, but this time she’s gonna tell the truth. “I’ve set it up like this: I’ll think about my machine, and this way I’ll let it map that part of my brain. When you’ll push the button, then, it will be…taken from me, and it will be stored, for you”.

“Great! But you won’t be able to type the new code once you’ll lose your knowledge: you need to set the next part too!”

“Wow, you sure are smart, Veronica! Maybe I was wrong about you…”

“You sure were” she laughs.

A few seconds later, Serena explains her progresses “You see this tab? It contains the code for the next part: make sure to not delete anything, or we won’t be able to restore it!” she looks at Veronica. “I’ll just have to hit ALT+TAB and the system will switch tab”.

“If I were the CEO of this company, I would definitely give you a promotion!” Veronica smiles. “What would it feel like to have me as your boss?”

That thought sends chills to Serena’s spine. “Honestly, I hope I’ll never find out”.

She finally sits in the cabin.

“Think about your machine, darling!” Veronica shouts. Then she pushes the button.

Serena looks blank for a moment.

“I guess you haven’t even noticed a single thing, am I right?” Veronica smirks, before hitting ALT+TAB.

“My janitors will be here soon: I guess we have to hurry”.

“I’ll take that as a yes. Okay, my big boy, let’s go on!” she laughs, taking Serena’s place.

Serena looks worried. “Are you sure your brain will be able to handle so much knowledge?”

“…what do you mean?”

“When I passed my female-related knowledge to Dave, his little brain got almost smashed up…that’s why I had to take his whole culture, to give him a little bit of relief”.

Veronica laughs. “Do you really think I’m that dumb? You won’t take anything from me! Just do it, I’ve already switched tab…since you’ve forgot everything about your own system”.

Serena stares back at her. “What would you have actually done if I hadn’t obeyed to you? Would you have…killed me?”

“Come on, that’s in the past!”

“Answer me!”

“Yes, Dave, I would have: I’m quite a possessive person, either you’re with me, or you’re against me!”

“And, tell me…where have you learnt to use a…gun?”

“Well, I’ve…”

Serena suddenly hits ALT+TAB and she pushes the button.

She walks towards Veronica. “How do you feel?”

“I…I don’t know. Wait…have you hit ALT+TAB? Why? And how were you able to recall that command???”

“They say that if I gave you a million bucks for not thinking about a white elephant, it’s proven that you’ll think about a white elephant”.

“…what does this mean?”

“Shoot me, Veronica. Come on, you have my permission”.

“Shoot…what is shooting?” she wonders.

“In your right hand there’s something black, can’t you feel it?”

Veronica looks at her right hand. “AAAH…what is this thing???” she asks Serena, while she tosses her gun to the ground.

In the blink of an eye, Serena handcuffs Veronica. Then she puts a piece of duct tape on her mouth.

“No, darling: no janitor is allowed down here. It’s just that I can’t bear your voice anymore”.

“Mmmmm! Mmh? MMMM!!!” Veronica tries to shout.

“Can’t hear ya. You know how smart I am, yet you’ve chosen to take your chances with me: it’s not that I’m that smart, Veronica, it’s that you’re pretty dumb! Surely dumber than my Dave”. Serena says, walking around Veronica, in order to vex her.

“The code was right, but I forced myself to focus on my smell: I breathed as hard as I could, to cover your voice, and to sniff my pyjamas. I’ve always liked that detergent…well, too bad I don’t know how it’s called anymore” she laughs.

“Then, with my knowledge intact, I’ve forced you to think about guns, and I’ve removed every related memory about that from you!”

“MMM! …mmmm…” “I’m not going to do anything to you. But I’m gonna call someone who will: we still have 2 and a half hours after all, haven’t we?” Serena smirks, while she picks up Veronica’s phone from her pocket.

Chapter 25 – New Problems, Same People

“Why have you done this? Why can’t you just leave us be???” Dave shouts at Veronica.

‘Us? There’s a us? This gives me hope to make up for what I’ve done…’ Serena thinks in the meanwhile.

Veronica stands there, tied to a metal chair, at 6 in the morning. She doesn’t get easily scared. “I will, Dave: please, believe me! I was just…desperate, please…”

When Serena’s call had woken him up, a few minutes before, Dave couldn’t believe his ears. ‘I’ve let Veronica do anything she wanted. I hadn’t even moved a single finger…and that’s how she repays me! Maybe this time I’ll move that finger…’

“How are WE supposed to believe you?” Serena interrupts the silence, highlighting the ‘we’ part. “Do you really expect us to just wish you a nice day?”

Dave walks back and forth, nervously, wondering what to do. ‘I don’t really recall when I used to love Serena, and this is her doing, but she’s a nice gal…’

Then, he looks at Serena. “…aside from all, what am I doing here? Why have you even asked for my help?”

“You used to say that a decision influenced by anger is never a good one” Serena sighs. “Right now, there’s nothing I’d like to do more than beating the hell out of her. But I was hoping…I know you have a better solution: please, share it with me!”

“You’re the one with the brilliant brain right now, do you remember?” Dave mocks her.

“And he…I mean she has just proved it, over and over…” Veronica states, reminding how pitifully she had just failed.

“You’ll speak when we’ll ask you to!!!” Serena shouts back at her.

For the first time since he has found her again, Dave is scared. ‘Is this how it feels for a petite woman to stand next to an aggressive man?’ “Serena, please, stop…”

“…what?”

“I’m happy you’ve finally found your confidence…but you’re scaring us!”

A drop of cold sweat runs on Veronica’s forehead.

Dave gets next to her. “Veronica…I may have thought about a solution, but you have to comply with me. Okay?”

“What are you talking about?” Serena asks him.

“I…we have some sedatives in that closet” he explains. “By now, you already know that we do all sort of things here, and sometimes we need to calm down people…”

“No! You’re not sedating me: over my dead body!!!”

“…Veronica, why are you still behaving like this? I’m trying to help you! You’ve already removed from my mind the anger I had towards you, and all I feel for my boss is a mild sentiment of fondness: I’m just here to help you, both of you!” He now turns back at Serena “You see, Veronica, I don’t want her to do something she could regret someday, something that would change her for good…”

‘Whatever I did, I could always remove it from my mind: nothing is irreversible anymore in my new world!’ Serena thinks.

Dave stares at her. “I know what you’re thinking: but what if human minds weren’t just a sum of electrical patterns? What if your doing left…scars, somewhere…” He shakes his head “No, I won’t let you harm yourself anymore!”

Serena’s eyes get wet. It’s good to feel…loved. To feel that someone cares about you. Even if that someone doesn’t even recall ever meeting you.

“That’s what we’re going to do!” Dave explains Veronica. “We’re going to make you forget everything from the last few days: you’ll wake up in your own bed, in some hours, and everything will be alright!”

“No, Dave: that would never work! She still has feelings for me, and too much has happened in these last days…”

“You’ve removed from me years of feelings I had for the love of my life…and you’re telling me you couldn’t remove just a few days from her head?”

“I…I’m sorry…I haven’t removed anything, they’re still there, we just need to reactivate them…”

“That will never happen: as I’ve already told you, IF I’ll ever be in love with you again, that will be because you’ll have earned it!” Dave shouts. “And I’ll never sit in that cabin anymore, never…” he now lowers his voice.

‘I don’t deserve that. I don’t deserve you, my love. But I want to earn your trust anyway’ Serena thinks. “Thank you, Dave. You’re right, as always: consider it done”.

_____ _____ _____

A friendship can end in many ways, but the one between Veronica and her best friend Serena ends with a simple text:

Dear Veronica,

I’ve thought for long about this: I need to end our friendship. You know you still have feelings for my Dave, and I just can’t live with the constant fear of losing him. I’m sorry, but I don’t want you to ever contact us again.

Have a great life,

Serena.

“Have you done it?” Serena asks from the bedroom door threshold.

Indeed, since Dave had no home after giving his back to Veronica, his ex-girlfriend has offered him her own.

“Yes” he smiles. “We won’t see Veronica anymore. She’ll be angry at first, but this is for her own good!”

“Great! I’ve brought you coffee…I know we’ve not slept much this night, but we need to go to work!”

“Thank you, it smells good!” Dave sips his coffee. Serena has made it just like she used to like it. “Actually, I have to sort a lot of stuff: I could use a day off! What does my boss think?” he laughs, amused by the bulge in Serena’s trousers. ‘I’m sorry, dear, but there’s no way you’re going to use that thing on me again! Although, I have to admit that it’s nice to feel…desired’. “Nope: we have something to do, and we need to do that together!”

Chapter 26 – A Change Of Direction

“Thank you all for coming today” Serena starts her speech. “In this room, we’re all men and women of science, and we’ve already proved multiple times what our brains are capable of”.

She stands up from her premium armchair. “The machine we’ve built here, the one we use every day, could easily become the most powerful tool in the hands of the human race”.

Dave looks around, unsure of what’s going on. ‘Why am I even here? I’m just her secretary now…”

“Still, I’m not satisfied. Every tool is just a tool, and it could be used for either good or bad stuff”. She gives a brief look at Dave. “So far, we’ve never thought about the implications of our doing”.

She nods. “Yes, I know what you’re thinking, and that was what I used to think too: but no, we’re not just scientists. What we do, has consequences, whether we like it or not”.

When Dave was the chief, he had never done similar speeches: that’s why his old employees start to worry about what’s going on.

“And I’ll tell you more: the smarter we are, the greatest are our inventions. Until now, we’ve never thought about ethics…”

“…boss, with all due respect, what are you talking about? We’re not breaking any law!” someone interrupts Serena. She doesn’t even know his name.

“Don’t get me wrong: I’m not just talking about being the good people! How much time do you think will pass until the government will come and steal everything we’ve built so far, if we’ll continue on this path?”

The irreverent employee keeps his mouth shout this time.

“If we want to survive, we need the support of the people!”

“But they don’t even know we exist!” a woman interrupts her boss.

“A boss’ duty is to look forward: they will get to know us, sooner or later. The only way we can control this, is to act in an ethical way: yes, there still isn’t any law that regulates what we’re doing, but that’s just because we’re already walking on the Earth of tomorrow!”

“And how are we going to be…ethical?”

Serena walks towards Dave, inviting him to get up. “During the last few days, I’ve had the opportunity to get to know Serena…”

“…what the heck is this??? For goodness sake, Dave, you can’t just fall in love with your secretary and promote her!” the irreverent employee interrupts Serena again.

Dave has just gone up, but she leaves him there, getting closer and closer to that man. ‘I can’t let him embarrass me in front of my own staff, dammit!!!’

She looks down at him, grabbing his shirt collar. “Listen carefully, you have to be very attentive from now on, if you wish to keep your dream job!”

Dave runs to them, shouting “Stop…Dave, please: his concerns are well founded. Leave him be, he has done nothing wrong! I don’t know what’s going on, but I don’t deserve any promotion…”

Serena calms down.

For a few moments, the silence reigns supreme in the meeting room.

Then, the boss starts to laugh. “Don’t you see, you all? Alright, I want to be transparent: I have a crush for her” Serena states.

She walks back and forth. “Do you know what she has done? She has refused to love me back!” she nervously chuckles. “She could have chosen a life of ease with a brilliant and handsome man, if I say so myself!”

A liberating laugh arises from the crowd.

“And now she’s even asking me to reconsider her promotion, defending a cocky stranger who has just humiliated her” she smiles. “All of this, just because she feels it’s the right thing to do”.

Serena comes back to her. “How many amongst you would have done the same thing?”

‘I wouldn’t, for sure…she’s just a dumb naïve grown-up girl’ the same woman of before is thinking.

“If you still can’t see the light that Serena emanates, you’re no more than a spoiled dumb average joe, and I don’t need you in my company!” Serena continues.

She raises Dave’s arm “From this day forward, Serena will be the head of our ethics committee. And my…associate!!!”

A thunderous applause washes away every doubt left, carrying that special meeting to its end.

Chapter 27 – Simplicity

A few minutes later, Dave and Serena are alone, again.

‘I was afraid this meeting would have gone even worse…but I managed to do what I had to do! I’ve changed so much, thanks to my Dave…yet, why is he still pensive?’ Serena thinks.

Her new business partner, in the meanwhile, is staring at his painted nails.

“Dave…what’s troubling you? Did I do something wrong?”

He doesn’t respond.

“Well, I know I’ve done all sorts of bad things. But I’m trying to make up for them!” she continues.

Dave finally looks up at her. “Do I really know you?” he asks her.

“…what do you mean? Of course you know me!”

“Are you sure? What’s the real reason behind all of this? Were you just trying to get yourself a new job?” he asks his ex-boss. “I realize I’m the reason why you lost your previous job, but that’s no reason to steal my company bit by bit…”

Serena is shocked. “Wait…do you want your body back??? I thought…”

“Be careful, someone might be eavesdropping us…”

She waits for Dave to explain himself.

“Answer me: is that the reason you’re doing this?” he asks instead.

“What? …no, of course not! I meant every word I said: you’re the best person I’ve ever met…” her eyes get wet. “…and I need you next to me. I need you to guide me”.

“Why is that so?”

“I…I’ve thought about the last few days, about what I’ve done to you…and I’ve realized that I’m simply not up to this. I may have your brain and knowledge, but I’m easily…susceptible”. She lowers her head. “I can’t do this on my own: I need you. The world needs you! Please, don’t leave me alone…”

A few minutes pass, while the overwhelming silence scratches Serena’s soul.

“I don’t want to go back…Dave!” Dave announces to his ex-girlfriend. “It’s true, I now have a simpler mind. But have you ever thought that simplicity might be the hardest thing to achieve?”

“…simplicity?”

“Yes, simplicity! My brain used to be like a forest in a continuous storm. Now, it’s like a clean…temple: everything that’s important comes right at my mind!”

Serena doesn’t understand his words yet. She hasn’t even noticed Dave has just called him by his old name, in private. “…is this why you’re so good at making decisions?”

“I don’t know if I’m good at that or not. What I know, is that our new life has the potential to make both of us very happy!”

‘I know I would, be happy, if I just had you…’ Serena thinks.

“I love to be a woman! I adore to be petite, and sweet, and…loved! Listen me carefully, because this is my final decision: from now on, I’m Serena, a woman. And you’re Dave, a man”.

Serena can’t help but being surprised, again. “I…I’m perfectly fine with this” she smiles. “So…are we just going to live each other’s life?”

“We’re not each other, not anymore: too much water has passed under our bridge!”

“…our?” Serena asks, hopeful.

“Yes, silly man: did you really think I would have let you go? I don’t need the help of our machine to realize what I feel for you!” Dave answers his ex-girlfriend. His…boyfriend.

On her toes, she finally kisses him.

Chapter 28 – The Swapper Co.

Much more water has passed under their bridge, a year later.

The new Serena has kept her promise of not letting her new Dave alone.

“I can’t believe you’re really carrying our child, my love!” Dave states, ecstatic. “And I can’t wait to know if we’ll have a son…or a daughter!”

This same afternoon, indeed, they’re going to know the sex of the next member of their family. 15 weeks have already passes, and all things have their time.

“Honey, what’s troubling you?” the future father asks his sweet wife.

She smiles. “Nothing, darling! It’s just that…we’re creating something that’s very important, you know?”

“Of course: a child is a great responsibility!”

“I’m not talking about that, silly!” the new Serena laughs. “Just one year ago, I would have never guessed in a million years that I would have become a…mother!”

She brings Dave’s hand on her belly. “In this world, in the world we’re building together, it won’t matter if our daughter will want to be our son, or vice versa!”

Dave caresses her hair. “Sweety, we’re just able to swap bodies and brain electrical patterns…”

“Think bigger! After all the favors we’ve done to the government of Fantasity, their doors are basically always open to us. We’ve got the money to research more, to hire new scientists from all over the world!”

“…what is that you want to discover?” Dave asks, puzzled.

“I have a dream. I’m dreaming of a world with less problem: everyone will have the body he, or she, desires. No more diseases, no more addictions, no more years of sacrifices to learn anything someone might want to!”

“And how exactly are we going to do that, my sweet dreamer wife?” Dave laughs.

“A wise man once used to say: start with what it’s necessary, continue with what it’s possible, and you’ll find yourself realizing the impossible”.

“A wise man indeed. And where are we going to start?”

“We need a new name for our company!” Serena proposes, excited.

“…uh? What’s wrong with its current name?”

“Names are important, they define identities. The current name is too…elitist”.

“What’s wrong with that?”

“Dave, listen to me: we’re going to change the world! The world is made of stories, and those stories belong to people, not to scientists!”

“I see. How are we going to call our company, then?”

“I want something simple: what about ‘The Swapper Co.’”?

Dave smiles. “Let’s write those people stories, then!”

They envelope each other with a warm hug, with the same warmth they’d like to spread all over the world.

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