This choice: Continue with Lisa in Heather's body • Go Back...Chapter #7Continue with Lisa in Heather's body by: CassieG   After taking both women down the hall and deeper into the building, Emma dropped Lisa off in a room that looked much like the exam rooms at a doctor's office.
"Lisa, I mean, Mrs. Rhodes," Emma said, gesturing to the exam table in the room. "If you'll have a seat here, one of our staff will be with you shortly. I'll make sure they bring your clothes as well so you can get dressed."
"Thank you," Lisa said. Taking a seat on the table, she waited only a few moments after the door closed before getting off the table and standing before the full length mirror in the room. The reflection that gazed back at her was a familiar one, she'd seen Megan's mom plenty of times, but it was a completely different experience seeing it from this angle.
Standing before the mirror, she took a close look at her face. The makeup was superbly well done, applied with a light hand that covered the minor imperfections of her skin without trying to build an artificial layer on top of it. Her lips were lush and full and covered in a deep red lipstick that matched her manicured nails. "I'm glad they thinned out a bit after she got the injections last year," Lisa said, running her new tongue over the lush lips. "She looked like a pucker fish for days until the swelling went down."
Hearing Heather's voice when she spoke still felt very strange, but she was glad that Heather had never been a smoker. She could only imagine the kind of voice she'd have if she had been. But Heather took good care of herself. She might have had a little work done, but she hadn't been hard on her body. Her face was aging gracefully, and her tasteful makeup allowed the faintest of wrinkle lines at the corners of her eyes to show. The cute, pert nose was an improvement over the crooked nose that Mrs Rhodes had been born to, and the absence of the slight bump at the bridge of her nose seemed to open up her face and allow for a better look at her deep blue eyes. The roots of her bright blond hair showed a darker, dirty blond, but here to she could see that Heather had only enhanced what nature had given her. She was a natural blond, just not quite as vibrantly so. "I guess I'll need to touch up the dye job too... that will be something new."
"I imagine there are going to be several new things for you to experience for the next few weeks," a soft female voice said from the doorway. "You must be Lisa," the speaker continued as she stepped into the room. "My name is Cynthia," she finished extending a hand.
"I'm Lisa, but then, you knew that," Lisa said, looking over the woman.
Cynthia was shorter, and for a moment, Lisa wondered how anyone who was an adult could be that short until she remembered that Heather was 5'10" and that meant Cynthia was probably only an inch or two shorter than Lisa herself usually was. Cynthia wore her flame red hair in a short pixie cut that suited her diminutive stature and petite frame.
"I know you've already heard it, but we really are sorry about this. I've just got a few questions to ask you, mostly to figure out how extensively the transfer worked, and then I'll help you get dressed and on your way. To start, why don't you tell me your birthday, middle name, and the name of your favorite teacher in school."
"Oh, that's easy. I was born May 25th, my middle name is Elizabeth and my favorite teacher in school was Mr. Stein."
"Okay, good," Cynthia said making a few notes. "When is your electric bill due?"
"Usually around the 15th of the month," Lisa said automatically. "But I always pay it by the tenth, along with the cell phone and water bills. Wait... what?"
"Hmm... We were a little worried about that," Cynthia said looking over the sheet. "Remember, part of the program is to give you the skills you'd need to live the life of whoever is renting yours. If Heather had been a mechanic, you'd know how to fix cars. But Heather wasn't a mechanic. She's been a stay at home mom since college. At home, she does most of the cooking, the shopping, manages the finances, volunteers...."
"So, you're saying I got her skills? But, it was supposed to do that right? So this is a good thing isn't it?"
"Well, yes, and no. Remember, this is uncharted territory for us. In some ways, it would be simpler if it was a 100% pure transfer of minds. But now, some of her is tangled up in you, and you're tangled up in her body.... It means we're going to have to be very careful about putting you back into your own lives. We'll know more once we find out if Heather still knows how to do the things you know now how to do. Normally, you'd gain those skills only as long as the spells and enchantments are active and you'd lose them once you're back in your own life... but if she's lost them and you've gained them, that's something else new. We'll just have to see." | Members who added to this interactive story also contributed to these: |
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