Category: The Link Exchange

Jenny dropped into the chair that Jason had just vacated, then slid the headband on. The device had a ratchet to adjust the fit, and she tightened it so that it was snug on her smaller forehead.

Tapping the interface on her iPad, Kelly asked, “Ready?” Jenny and Ryan each nodded, excited expressions on their faces. “Okay. Three… Two… One…”

Jenny suddenly felt disoriented. Her vision blurred and she was briefly out of breath. She closed her eyes, momentarily confused. When she opened them a few seconds later she had an entirely new perception. She felt stronger. Bigger. Taller. She turned to her right and with shock saw herself in the other chair, smiling back at her.

The headbands Jenny and Ryan were each wearing had small led lights that changed from red to green. Kelly looked up from her iPad with a proud smile. “Looks like we have a good link.”

“Hey!” Jenny heard a female voice – her voice – say, “Look! I have boobs!” followed by, “Holy shit, what happened to my voice?” and then, “Why do I suddenly feel a little drunk?” This was accompanied by laughter from Kelly and Jason. Incredible as it was, Jenny realized that Ryan was in her skin. He was delightedly staring at his chest. Jenny turned her eyes down at herself, then gasped with amazement at the sight of her own muscular build. She ran a hand over the hairs on her arm. It genuinely seemed like she was in Ryan’s body! “Oh my god! I can feel everything!” she exclaimed. Then she too laughed at the sound of her surprisingly deep voice. “This is unbelievable. Professor Finch is going to be a billionaire when this goes to market.”

Setting the iPad down on the counter, Kelly accepted Jason’s offer to refill her plastic cup with more wine. “Wild, isn’t it?”

“Understatement of the decade,” Jenny said, still incredulous. All of her senses were being experienced via Ryan’s body. She saw, smelled, felt and heard everything differently. It was thrilling. She noted that she wasn’t as tipsy in his body. Ryan easily weighed at least eighty or ninety pounds more than her, so she reasoned that his body had a higher tolerance for alcohol.

“Can we try standing up?” Ryan asked.

Kelly took another sip of wine. Watching linked people trying to walk for the first time was usually pretty humorous since their minds were not oriented to the new proportions of their temporary bodies. With the addition of the alcohol they’d consumed, it had the prospect of being downright hilarious. Grinning, she said, “Okay, but usually newbie linked people are pretty uncoordinated when they try to walk, or even to just stand. Jason and I will help steady you both. Keep your movements slow and gentle.” She stepped in front of Jenny’s seated body, and asked Jason to do the same for Ryan’s.

Ryan went first, standing up much too fast and then quickly putting his arm around Kelly’s waist as he wobbled on legs that were smaller than he was accustomed to. Jenny’s platform sandals didn’t help. “Whoa! I definitely see what you mean!” he said. Kelly nearly spilled her drink as she tried to brace him. She set her cup down next to the iPad, then used both hands to steady his swaying body. “This is so trippy!” he said. “I think these boobs are throwing off my balance!”

“Of course you would focus on breasts,” Kelly snickered. “But more likely it’s just a smaller body than you’re used to. Plus, the wine is making it even harder for your mind to process everything that’s happening.”

“I’ll stick with my boobs theory,” Ryan chuckled, which came out sounding like a giggle from Jenny’s body.

“Okay, my turn,” Jenny said. Jason stepped closer but she held up her hand and shook her head. “I got this,” she told him confidently. Slowly she got up from the chair. She felt like she was standing on a stool because she was almost as tall as Jason. She took a cautious step, then another. A gymnast since she was five, her mind was quick to adjust to the new paradigm of Ryan’s larger body.

“Very good Jenny!” Kelly complimented. In response, Jenny curtsied, being careful not to lose her balance. The sight of Ryan’s body dipping into a curtsey made the other three laugh.

“I think I could get used to this height,” Jenny said when she straightened up. “It makes me feel so powerful.”

“And I could get used to these,” Ryan said, cupping his breasts for a moment before Kelly swatted his hands away.

“You do realize that you are feeling up Jason’s girlfriend right in front of your fiancé, right?” Kelly said, putting her hands on her hips.

“Oh. Right. Sorry, but it really seems like these boobs are part of me.” He turned to Jenny. “My apologies if that was inappropriate.” He tried to imitate Jenny’s curtsy but lost his footing and ungracefully fell back into the chair. He struggled to stand again and needed Kelly’s help. Just when he had gotten back on his feet, the iPad started beeping.

“That’s the one minute countdown. The link will terminate in sixty seconds. You’ll both want to sit back down.”

“It’s been five minutes already?” Ryan protested.

“I can relink you for another five minutes after a required short break,” Kelly offered.

“Can’t you override it?” As Ryan asked, he reached to hand her the iPad. But his wide receiver hands, always sure and precise, were on the other body. His unfamiliar fingers fumbled, knocking over Kelly’s plastic cup. It spilled on the iPad. He tried to grab the iPad from the spilled wine, only to knock it to the floor. The screen cracked. The NEL interface that Kelly had been using flickered, strings of code flashing for a split second. Then the screen went blank.

Ryan and Jenny each shuddered, their eyes blurring as a warm tingling enveloped them both. Dizzy, Jenny somehow remained standing, but Ryan dropped back into his chair. Kelly saw the LEDs on both of their headsets turn off. She grabbed a rag, picked up the iPad, wiped it off and then unsuccessfully tried to turn it back on.

“Great. It looks like you fried my tablet. How am I going to explain this to Professor Finch when he gets back on Monday?”

“I’m really sorry I broke your iPad,” Ryan said.

Kelly slowly turned to Jenny’s seated figure. “What?”

“I said, I’m really sorry. I hope I won’t get you in trouble. I just couldn’t get my hand-eye coordination down. Or maybe it was the wine. Or both, like you said.”

Kelly’s eyes widened. “Ryan?”

“What?”

She froze for a moment, then grabbed the headband from his forehead.

“What’s the matter? I didn’t break that too, did I?”

“Ryan!”

“What’s the matter? Why are you freaking out?”

Kelly snatched the headset from her boyfriend’s standing body, then stepped back with a panicked look. “Which one of you is Ryan?” The seated girl’s body raised a hand. “And is one of you Jenny?” Her boyfriend, or at least her boyfriend’s body, raised a hand.

In unison, the four of them said, “Oh shirt!”

Ryan’s balance greatly improved once he kicked off the platform sandals he’d been wearing, though it made him feel even shorter. Kelly patted the bed and he plopped down next to her. She uncorked the wine they had shared earlier and took a drink. “It’s only the two of us now,” she said, tilting her head and smiling at him as she handed him the bottle. 

“Still no word from Finch?”

Without looking at her phone, she said, “No. We’ll just have to make the best of our situation, at least for tonight.”

Ryan took another swallow of the dry rosé.“I think I should hop in the shower and get ready for bed.”

“Babe, it’s only ten o’clock. We can chill for a while. Drink a little more wine. Relax together.”

“I know. But I’m not really sure what to do while I’m like this,” he said, gesturing at himself.

She nudged him, shoulder to shoulder. “Don’t worry. We can figure it out together.” She rubbed his leg reassuringly. “But go ahead and clean up. Maybe you’ll be more comfortable after you’ve checked out the real estate.”

“You don’t mind me seeing Jenny’s body?”

“That’s pretty unavoidable at this point. Anyway, it’s your body for now, babe. I can accept that and you should too. So I’m cool with treating it like you own it. Or at least are leasing it. And no, I don’t mind that my boyfriend has a sizzling female bod to check out, at least temporarily.”

“Thanks.” He had the urge to kiss her but was afraid it would be weird, so he just smiled, then went into the bathroom and closed the door.

After turning on the shower, Ryan began to undress. He looked at himself in the mirror and saw Jenny staring back. He felt a slight pang of guilt at the thought of viewing Jason’s girlfriend naked. But he couldn’t not look. Jenny was stunning. While slight in stature, she was finely toned, with perfectly proportioned breasts on a wonderfully svelte body. He removed his blouse, then surprised himself with the ease with which he reached behind and unhooked his bra. As he dropped it to the floor, he could feel the jiggling of his now freed breasts.Transfixed by his reflection, he cupped them, marveling at their softness. “Jason, you lucky bastard,” he said to himself. His touch kindled a desire between his legs that was more subtle and refined than he was used to. He unzipped his jeans. They were so skinny he had to wiggle and shimmy to get them down. Painted on jeans and confining bras – I have newfound respect for what women put up with to impress us. Then he slid off his panties. He already knew from his trips to the toilet that Jenny was clean shaven, but this was the first time he actually looked. Compared to the hairy, brash cock of his male body, he thought she was lovely. Lovely? Is that a word I would have used before? Are female hormones affecting my thoughts? Or is it the wine? He ran a hand down his flat stomach, then shuddered as he let his fingers delicately trace the folds of his pussy. This is… very nice! He wanted to insert a finger but paused, indecisive. Is that going too far? Would I be violating her? Reluctantly he removed his hand, then stepped under the water.

Showering gave him another chance to admire the sensuous beauty of his new body. So did drying off, and Ryan marveled at how smooth and flawless his skin was as he wiped himself. He tried unsuccessfully to tie up his damp hair in a towel -how do girls do that so easily?- so instead just combed out the tangles and let it fall around his shoulders. Dutifully he flossed, brushed, and took his pill. Kelly had been right about him checking out the real estate: he felt more comfortable now. If anything, he wanted to explore more of his new body. But he wasn’t sure what boundaries to set, and he had been in the bathroom long enough, so he wrapped a towel around himself and opened the door.

He was surprised to find that Kelly had finished the rest of the wine by herself. But he was even more astonished by how she was dressed: she had on a short, sheer light-blue babydoll nightie. It was semi-transparent and she was naked underneath. He had never seen her in lingerie before. She looked incredibly sexy. When he came into the room she got off the bed and stepped in front of him, showing off the nightie. He felt himself becoming aroused. “Wow!” he said to her. “Where did you get that?”

She smiled coyly. “Like what you see? I bought it at the mall. I was going to surprise you with it on our anniversary next month, but decided not to wait.”

“You look so hot,” he said.

She inched closer to him, ran a hand down his arm. “Thanks. So do you.”

He sighed. “Damn, I wish I had my male body!”

“I don’t.”

“You don’t?”

Her eyes traveled over him. “I like you just the way you are right now.”

That caught him totally off guard. “You do?”

“Well… almost.” She reached for his towel, pulled it off, then tossed it aside. He was naked, and she licked her lips suggestively. “Now I do.” She put her hands on his waist and pulled him to her so that they were pressed together. Then her right hand slid around and squeezed his ass. “I’m so turned on.”

He was stunned. “You mean you want to make out? With me? With me as a girl?”

“I don’t just want to make out.” She kissed him on the lips. “I want to touch you.” She slid her hand from his ass, back around his hip, until it was between his legs. He caught his breath. Then she whispered seductively in his ear, “And I want to taste you.” She gave him a much deeper kiss, her tongue teasing his.

When the kiss ended, Ryan saw the hunger in her eyes. Kelly was usually not aggressive. Was this from the wine? Alcohol had clearly lowered her inhibitions, but it was more than that. He remembered her comments about how hot he was, and then thought about the way she kept touching him in Jenny’s body. It dawned on him that she had been flirting. Did this mean she liked girls?

She kissed his neck while her fingers dwelled at the juncture of his legs, rubbing small circles that made it difficult for him to concentrate. She knew exactly where and how to touch him. He wondered if she had done this before. “Kell, I want to ask you something I never thought to ask before. Are you bisexual?”

Kelly smiled coquettishly at him. “Maybe tonight I am. Why don’t you lie down and find out?” He felt like he was in a trance as she took him to the bed, guided him to lay on his back. He was mesmerized, obediently following her direction. Without hesitation, she slipped off her nightie, climbed on top of him, and began to kiss him, her naked body hot on his. Then her kisses traveled lower. She took her time at his breasts, savoring them. He was amazed at how sensitive they were as she sucked them.

“Your nipples are hard,” Kelly observed. They were wet with her saliva. “Are you excited?”

“Very.”

“Good. Open your legs,” she instructed, and then her mouth continued its downward journey. When she arrived at her destination, she teased him by kissing his thighs and pelvis, the anticipation building the lust in them both until they were breathless with the need for more. Kelly was almost in disbelief that she was between the legs of such a beautiful girl and about to taste her. It had been her fantasy for so long.

“I’m going to do this,” she said, as much to herself as to him.

“Yes please,” he said.

And then she started. Her lips were centered on his clit. She licked slowly at first, then gradually increased as she sensed his urgency quickly rising. “You’re delicious,” she told him. He felt paralyzed by the sensations her tongue was causing. When she slid a finger inside of him, he groaned in surprise. “Mm, you’re so wet!” she said, a hint of pride in her voice.

Nothing in his experience as a man had prepared him for this. The pleasure was familiar and yet gloriously different. He was consumed by an overwhelming sexual rapture, and he wanted to prolong it as long as he could. But it ended much too soon, his passion rapidly swelling until he knew he had reached a point of no return. “I’m cumming,” he gasped, and Kelly began to lick faster. His back arched. He pressed her head between his legs, holding her mouth on him, and in response she drew his clit between her lips and sucked. He could feel his vagina contracting in spasms around her finger. The climax exploded outward, waves of pleasure washing over him, making him whimper while his body twitched. Just as the orgasm faded a second one crashed through him, as strong and wonderful as the first. When at last it diminished, he let go of her and dropped back into the pillows, exhausted