As Alex was lost in thought, he was only able to sidestep the oncoming person at the last minute, most likely from the instincts he acquired from those self-defense classes. Unfortunately, his body was so wobbly that the sudden sidestep caused Alex to fall on the pavement.
The person, obviously in a rush, turned around to help him up. After a moment to recollect himself, Alex took a closer look at the person he just encountered. In front of him was his beautiful neighbor Selina Gutierrez. She just recently moved into the neighborhood, most likely for her work as a realtor agent. She was a lot younger than Alex's other neighbors, who were already married and had families of their own. But most importantly, Alex was captivated by her beauty. True to her age, she had quite a lithe yet athletic body, with curves and tones in all the right places. As she helped him to his feet, Alex felt a small tingling around his groin as he observed Selina's physique encased in her light grey suit and black heels. "Not now...," Alex thought to himself as he bit his lips in slight embarrassment.
"I'm so so sorry, Alex. Are you alright?" Selina's melodic voice sounded, breaking Alex from his little moment.
"Uh..yes, I'm fine. Thank you," Alex responded hastily, still aching from his injuries from before and dazed from his earlier daydream.
"Are you sure? Look at all those bruises across your face!"
"Oh those? It's fine. I got those from school." While Alex tried to sound nonchalant, he deeply resented saying those words, knowing the pain he had to endure.
"What are the school administrators doing these days?" Selina responded shaking her head. "Do your parents know about this?"
"Yeah, I was gonna tell them when I get home."
"That's good. Sorry, I have to get to a meeting soon. Catch you later!" Selina waved as she checked her wristwatch for time.
As Alex waved, he continued to be mesmerized by Selina, not just her appearance, but also her personality. Alex only met her a couple of times since she moved, but he could not help but admire that sweet personality of hers. It was surprisingly that she was still single...
A weird bump on his forearm caught Alex's attention, as he was reminded once again of the alien orb embedded into his body. Watching Selina getting into her silver Lexus, Alex considered testing the power on her. For a moment, he did feel guilty about using her as his first subject, as she had only been genuinely nice to him all along, but he also told himself that it would only be temporary and he wouldn't do anything extraordinary while in her body. Of course, that is assuming that this otherworldly power actually exists. If it was indeed an elaborate prank, Alex would end up looking stupid in front of Selina.
In the end, Alex decided to risk it, since the benefits of the power greatly outweigh the brief humiliation he would have to endure. And since no one else was in sight at the moment, Alex supposed that Selina would be his first 'guinea pig'. For all the self-convincing he had to do to overcome his guilt, Alex also felt excited, since he could have a chance to be someone else who wouldn't be constantly bullied, especially a pretty woman like Selina.
Alex walked up gingerly to the driver's side of the Lexus, waving his arms to get Selina to roll down her window.
"What's up?" she asked.
"You have some debris on your shoulder. Let me help you get it off," Alex replied as he placed his hand on Selina's jacket. "Here goes nothing..." Alex thought as he began to concentrate. "Think like the orb," he imagined, as Alex pictures his ball of consciousness moving from one body to another. In response, the orb slowly lifted out of his extended arm and made its way into Selina's open mouth as she gasped in surprise. As soon as the orb disappeared from view, Alex blacked out.
When Alex reopened his eyes, he realized that he was no longer standing on the asphalt. Instead, he was sitting comfortably in the seat of a car, with well-manicured hands on the wheel. As he breathed, he noticed that his chest was vibrating more than usual, particularly two blobs on his upper chest.
Just as Alex was about to reach for those new protrusions on his chest, he heard stirring outside the car. Peering out, he saw his own body regaining consciousness and steadying himself off the ground. To Alex, it almost felt like looking into a mirror, as that was the only time he would be able to see his own body. His body grunted as it stood back up.
"Are you ok....Alex?" Alex responded, hearing Selina's voice from his mouth for the first time.
"I'm fine. Sorry to bother you when you are heading out," his body replied sullenly.
As his body walked away, Alex was deeply saddened. The body's clothes were tattered with wrinkles, face battered with bruises, and spirit shattered with despair. If everything just happened as usual, that would have been himself. From this view, it was hard to imagine that anyone would be able to endure that kind of abuse.
Also hard to imagine was Alex's current state. He now felt revitalized, free of the pain he had just seen on his old body. It was like going back in time when the daily bullying did not exist, when school was actually enjoyable. Of course, this wasn't a reset for Alex, because he didn't feel like his usual self. For starters, his physical body feels unusual. Besides the new breasts he has acquired, Alex could also feel the bra constraining them underneath the white button-up shirt he was now wearing. A brief peer down the collar of the shirt revealed that the bra was black and lacy. Moving from the chest, Alex could feel his hair firmly tied in a bun in the back, his nose filled with Selina's sweet scent, and his lips glossed with applied lipstick. Below the chest, his torso was covered by the light gray jacket, more tightly than he would have liked. His legs were bounded together by Selina's matching skirt, covering to just above the kneecaps. This was the second most unusual piece of garment for Alex, as he felt so exposed whenever a draft blows up the skirt, as well as being reminded that his crotch was much flatter than usual. The rest of his skinny legs ended with the black stocky heels, putting his legs in quite an awkward position.
Alex was trying to process all these new inputs, as well as the fact that he just switched bodies, into his hot neighbor no less. However, Alex didn't have much time to ponder any longer, as he was interrupted by...