Karen often hang around your place, you guessed she just didn't like being around her family. Sometimes she'd even be there before any of you were up, having a cigarette outside until one of you let her in. Sometimes she's open the gate to the yard and play with Jake. Today was one of those mornings, so you let her in, not something you usually did.
"Everyone is still asleep," you informed her. "Though I'm glad you're here, there's something I want to show you." You led Karen to the Garage and showed you your machines.
"Another invention to torment your sister with, huh?" Karen asked slightly amused. She found your inventions to be fun. She also enjoyed looking after Erika while you tried to undo whatever it is you did to her but that's only when things went wrong. Though she'd never tell Erika that and when Erika was around she'd was very aggressive with you.
"I had thought about it," you admitted. "But lately we've not been getting along, she's actively out to get me now." Karen raised her eyebrows in question. "She's been using my favourite cereal, and wasting it on purpose, hiding my things, purposely interrupting me in the middle of games."
"I wonder why," Karen chuckled with sarcasm. "So if you're not going to use it on her, I assume you want to use it on me?" She gave you a look of distrust. "What does it do?"
"It's a body switching machine, we each go into a pod and come out in the other person's body," you explain as you check the machine over.
"Wow, I'm surprised," Karen struggled to contain a grin of amusement. "So you want to be a girl huh? Is that why you're always experimenting on your sister, are you jealous..." she teased.
"No!" You protested too quickly. "I mean, I am curious but it doesn't mean I want to be one, especially not Erika... or you," you tried to defend.
"But you admitted you thought about using it on Erika and you invited me to see it before anyone else, you even told me what it does. 'We each go into a pod and come out in the other person's body' those were your exact words." Karen walked up to you, she was a tall woman, taller than you, which given how she looked and could behave you found her intimidating. "Oh don't worry, I'm willing to let you use me as a test subject, especially if it saves Erika. I just want you to hear you to tell me the truth, why do you want to be me?"
"I just want a good day with Erika," you began. "We used to get along so well, the first few experiments she even volunteered for. But I over stepped and ruined our relationship but I still can't help experimenting on her. You're her best friend, she looks up to you like a big sister. I want to feel that again," you confess. Karen places her hand on the pod and backs you up to it as she stares you down.
"The whole truth," Karen instructed. "Why do you want my body?"
"Because..." you froze. "Because you're intimidating and I find that kinda hot. Admittedly I'm not fond of yours or Erika's punk styles but I also remember how you looked before it." Karen still wasn't letting up. "I used to find you attractive and used to think about you, before you adapted this style."
"And...?"
"And I am curious about what it's like to be a woman..." you finally admitted.
"Was that so hard?" Karen tapped you on the face with her hand as she climbed into the pod. "Better get this over with before I come to my senses," Karen instructed as she closed herself into the pod.
You took a deep breath and tried to calm down and entered the other pod a split second later you were a tall punk girl with blue hair.
"Wow it actually worked," Karen exclaimed as she patted your body down, she paused before she got to your crotch. "One day, that's all you get, unless we both decide we want to do this longer. You are to treat my body with respect, no sex and no alterations, though you can take out my piercings and change how I dress. But you better be quick on the bra. As this is one day, no showers and keep toilet breaks to a minimum," she instructed. "I'll do the same, though I just need to figure out what to do with my day."
"Fine.." you adjust to walking in Karen's boots and try not to touch her breasts, at least while she's here. The stud on your tongue feels weird as you talk. "Though we're not telling Erika about this," you tell Karen trying to imitate her attitude, you fail.
"Doesn't that defeat the purpose though? How are you meant to mend your relationship with Erika if you don't tell her it's you?" Karen pointed out.
"Yeah but this would freak her out more..." you countered.