Disclaimer: Yeah, I own this show…just kidding! I also don't own "Freaky Friday" which is obviously where I got the idea to write this.
And the Body Swap
Caroline eyed herself in the mirror. She fluffed up her hair and licked her teeth still feeling kind of apprehensive. Her shirt hanged weird because of her small boobs and she'd be lying if she said she was happy all the time. Even though she smiled a lot and tried to keep a positive attitude, it wasn't always smiling and rainbows.
Once she sighed and left the bathroom, she headed back to her table with her date, Kent. He seemed interesting enough and had a lot to talk about. Caroline didn't mind this, though. She also didn't mind the five-year age gap which one might not find too wide, but her dating history usually fell between the one to two-year gap. He mostly spent the entire night talking about his family. Although their date only lasted two hours, Caroline got to know a lot about his family, brief stint in prison, his hobbies and goals, and the fact that he had a three-year-old with a previous girlfriend. It wasn't that much of a deal breaker to Caroline. She loved children and didn't mind that much.
Near the end of their date, Caroline finally let her curiosity take over. She reached for a fortune cookie, cracked it open and read:
"Expect a different tomorrow."
Obviously tomorrow would be different. She rolled her eyes then popped the cookie into her mouth.
Max sighed as she got out of the shower. Her hands trailed down her body to her ass in her towel clad body. Sighing again, she turned her neck to look back at it. Even though she was always told she had a nice body, that didn't stop her from hating it from time to time. Her hips were big which made it difficult to fit into jeans and her boobs were huge which made her back hurt.
Seth knocked on the door impatiently waiting for her to come out. Max had to admit that Seth seemed like a nice guy. They'd only been going out for a few months now and he treated her okay, but she still felt like something was off. He was sweet enough, though. A change from her previous boyfriends.
She sighed one last time before coming out and true to Seth's nature, he surprised her with Chinese takeout. After picking at her noodles due to her lack of appetite, she skipped to the fortune cookie which said:
"A new you is more in reach than you think."
That didn't sound too bad to Max. Maybe a new her wouldn't be so bad. Just to see what it'd be like.
Caroline stretched as she leaned up out of bed. Her chest felt oddly heavy. She looked around to see, for some reason, she fell asleep in Max's bed. When she looked over; no Max.
Max rubbed her eyes as she started to wake up. Suddenly she felt about fifteen pounds lighter and her back felt relieved for the first time in a while. When she finally took in her surroundings, she realized she was in Caroline's bed. She jumped up and looked down.
Caroline came out of her room. They stood face to face with themselves.
"What fuck?" they both scream in unison.
"Caroline why are you wearing my boobs?"
"Why are you wearing my legs?"
Max effortlessly runs to the bathroom to look in the mirror. Her hair is short and blonde, he lips are thin and pink, her chest is small, and her hips are petite. Caroline shoves Max aside to get a look at herself. Her hair is long, brown and wavy, her lips were full, her chest is huge, and her body had curves.
"Oh my god. We're in each other's body's."
"How the hell did this happen?"
Caroline, in Max's body, paces back and forth in the living room with her hands on her lips while blonde Max sits on the couch.
"Okay, let's try to figure this out."
"Eh, I'm not worried," Max shrugs.
"Really? You're not freaked out?"
"Well, yeah, but maybe this could be fun," she reasons. "Being in each other's body's is kind of cool."
"Maybe you have a point," Caroline smiles. "I mean, I finally have boobs!" she grabs hold of them and squeezes.
"Having fun?" Max laughs.
"This is the best day ever."
"Wait a minute." Max stands up and starts pacing. "I just remembered I'm supposed to meet Seth's parents today."
"Ew, the bearded guy?"
"Hey, he's not that bad. He's actually kind of nice."
Something about Seth rubbed Caroline the wrong way. She didn't have to meet him to know she hated him.
"Oh, crap. I just remembered I told Kent I'd go on another date with him."
"When?"
"Today."
They both start to panic. Caroline goes back to pacing and Max throws her head back in irritation. "Okay, obviously we're stuck like this right now. So, I'm going to have to pretend I like Kent and you are going to have to charm Seth's parents."
"This is never going to work. They'll know something's off. We don't act the same."
Max pauses.
"I can act like you," Max says while pushing some hair back behind her eye. "Kent, great to see you again. Wow, you look so handsome in your high-end suit. Did I ever mention I went to Wharton?"
Caroline crosses her arms. "I don't act like that."
"Yes, you do," Max nods.
"Okay, I'll do you," Caroline adjusts her shirt. "Seth, have I ever told mentioned you have such a nice wiener? Want to go do it behind the pizza place on 5th avenue?"
"That actually wasn't bad."
Caroline yanks up the pants Max said she had to wear over her newly round ass. She liked the feeling of filling out jeans a little too much. Then she thought of having to sit through meeting Seth's parents and the moment faded. Caroline honestly was happy Max found a nice guy. She deserved it after all the losers in the past. Something about him rubbed her the wrong way. Sure, he has never met him, but still. It crossed her mind once or twice that the feeling could be jealousy. As she buttoned up her black shirt and put her bracelets on, she dreaded seeing Seth more and more.
"Caroline, hurry up! I mean…Max hurry up!" Max shouted from the living room. Caroline came out to see Max in a beautiful pink dress with her favorite cream-colored heels on.
"Damn, and I really that skinny?" she grimaces as she walks out. Caroline examines her body.
"Yeah. I'm loving my new legs," Max smiles. She looks at her own body. "Wow, maybe I should try lettuce."
"Are you crazy? I love having curves. Look at my butt." Caroline turns to the side to show Max her butt.
"Do I really have to wear this pink dress though?"
"Yes, you do," she nods as she puts on the pair of earrings she had in her hand. "I am also loving my new boobs. I want to keep them."
"So, we have to set some rules. Obviously no having sex in each other's body's."
"I'm begging you to rephrase that," Max cringes. "Max, you need to relax. And I need to get used to calling myself Max."
"Caroline, it's important to set boundaries. I know this is a foreign concept for you, so I'm willing to break it down for you."
"Ugh, stop making nerd stuff come out of my mouth!" Max shouts.
"Fine, free range? Whatever we feel like doing, we do?"
"Well, that depends…"
"On?"
"If you're going to act like a square in front of Seth."
"Only if you don't make me seem cheap."
"How dare you. It's called being fun. You should try it."
"I have to go, Caroline. Wouldn't want to keep Seth waiting."
"Same here, Max. God forbid Kent being stood up."
Max adjusts her dress for the fifth time since leaving the apartment. She's walking hand-in-hand with Kent and she was sure he could feel the sweat coming off her by now. Then she remembered she was in Caroline's body and relaxed a bit.
"Where should we go tonight, Caroline?"
"Um, how about- "
"I was thinking maybe the museum? I like it most when buildings have culture. The art in the room kind of speaks on its own."
"That could be – "
"Or perhaps we should go see a movie. There's a silent one showing at ten. It's in black and white, or course, but I thought a change up would be good. What do you think?"
"Sounds…"
"Caroline are you okay?" Kent asks tuning to Max. "Your hand is awfully sweaty."
"Um, I'm fine. Just a little- "
"Well, I'm glad your fine."
Max wondered how Caroline could put up with such an asshole. Did this guy have some redeeming qualities or something? What she saw in him was beyond Max. He was practically pulling her all the way to whatever the hell they were going.
"I didn't always live in New York, you know. I'm originally from Detroit. I flew out here for a new job and it grew on me after a while. The people here could be nicer, but the atmosphere makes up for it…"
"Yeah, I love living- "
"You know, I had this funny experience back in college where- "
"Okay, I have had it!" Max yells, dropping his hand. The two of them halt. Kent turns to face her again with an obvious startled look in his eyes.
"Caroline it isn't polite to interrupt people."
"Are you fucking kidding me? You've been interrupting me the whole time!"
"I have?"
"Yes, you have! How stupid can you be?"
"Stupid?" he chuckles. "Sweetheart, I went to Yale. I am highly intelligent."
"Yeah, you'd sure like to think so," Max bites. She throws up her hands in aggravation then starts to walk away.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"As far away from you as I can possibly get."
Caroline toys with her shirt once again as she stands in front of Seth. He told her to come over to his place first. Since they would only be eating dinner with his family, they had time to kill. As Seth stared into her eyes, Caroline could feel weirdly overheated. Not necessarily in a good way. In the let-me-runaway way.
Caroline smiles. "So, what did you have in mind?"
Seth leans closer about to put his lips on Caroline's when she steps back. She couldn't make-out with him in Max's body. It just felt weird.
"Maybe we should hold off on doing that."
"Come on. We had sex last night and you draw the line at a quick make-out session?"
Caroline almost gagged at the though of Max having sex with him. She didn't find him attractive; she really wasn't into beards and kind of felt jealous again.
"I just think we should until after I meet your parents. I want to be prepared."
"Oh, don't worry. They'll love you," Seth dismisses coming in hot again. He wraps his hands around Caroline's ass and pushes her to him. "You're so sexy," he breathes as he begins to kiss her neck. The prickliness of his facial hair sent an uncomfortable sensation rushing through her stomach.
"Seth, seriously."
Seth ignores her, and Caroline starts to panic. He squeezes her butt as Caroline attempts to pry him off her. "Seth, get off."
"Max, what's wrong? Why are you acting like this?"
Caroline exhales, trying to by time to think about what Max would say in this situation. She had to make this as convincing as possible. "I think I made it clear I don't want to do that right now." She finally pin-pointed why she didn't like him. He was way too aggressive.
"Babe, it's fine. I'll make it quick."
Seth backs Caroline up against the wall. His fingers begin to play with the first button of her shirt. Caroline grew furious by the second and just as he finished unbuttoning, she kicked him right in his nether region.
"Max, what the fuck?" he yells, clutching it.
"You're a fucking asshole, Seth."
Caroline begins to walk out of his apartment.
"Where the hell do you think you're going?"
"As far away from you as I can possibly get."
"So, I guess we're both boyfriend-less," Caroline plops down on the couch. "Sorry I kicked Seth in the crotch."
"Don't be. From the sound of it, he deserved it."
"Yeah he did," she chuckles.
Max plops down on the couch next to her.
"You know, I'm kind of glad I was in your body. If he had did that to you, I would have murdered him."
"I did enjoy ripping Kent a new asshole."
"How are we going to change back?"
"I have no idea."
The both sigh in unison.
"I do kind of miss my legs," Caroline admits. "And my back is killing me."
Max laughs. "I guess having curves isn't too bad and I can't believe I'm saying this but having small boobs sucks."
"Tell me about it," Caroline smiles. "I guess we shouldn't complain, or god knows how we'll end up next time we do."
"Agreed."
Max leaned in without thinking. Caroline followed suit and before they knew it, both were getting lost in the moment. Suddenly, their bodies jolted together with force. They broke the kiss then looked up.
"Ah, I'm myself again!" Caroline beamed, feeling at home in her own body again.
"My boobs are back!" Max exclaimed while clutching her chest.
"Quit rubbing it in."
An awkward silence hung in the air.
"That kiss…" Max started.
"It was…"
"Wow."
"Yeah, wow."
They both exhaled.
"What do we do now?"
"I don't know. You want to…get together?"
"Yes."
"Well, that settles that."
Caroline pushes her hands off her legs to stand up. "Good night," she salutes before heading to bed.
Max walks over to her room. "Night."
Corny, I know, but I couldn't help it. They're just so dang cute.
