Swap Glasses: Anna & James

 

Anna walked into the office and looked down at the table, where a pair of glasses sat. She picked one up and looked at the side. It said, “Swap Glasses.” She looked over at Nick, who was looking at his computer.

“When did you get these?” she said, putting a pair on and looking in the mirror.

“Today. A prototype sent over by Elliot in Experimental Science. He wants me to test them for him.”

Anna looked at Nick and spoke.

“What do they do? What does it mean by ‘swap’?” she said as Barry’s assistant, James entered the room behind her.

“Hi, I have those files you wanted.”

Nick thanked him and took them from him.

“They apparently swap the wearers bodies. You and James should try them.”

Nick was now looking at the files and rubbing his chin as he read them.

James was now looking at the glasses and put the other pair on. They both looked at each other, and Anna pushed a button on the side of the glasses. A light started to flicker. James did the same, and his light started to flicker.

Suddenly, both lights went solid, and in an instant, the glasses had swapped their bodies.

James grabbed the long hair in front of his eyes as Anna felt her chest her now hairy, boob free chest.

“Oh my God!” said James as his hand grabbed Anna’s chest.

“I have boobs!”

Anna looked at him and then had a peek down the front of James’s trousers.

“There is no way. It’s so big!”

They both stood there exploring each other’s bodies, James exploring his new curves and Anna flexing her new muscles.

Nick looked up and rolled his eyes.

“If you are going to do that, can you do it somewhere else? I’m working. I don’t know, take the day as each other, but just be careful.”

Anna and James shook hands and both went their separate ways. They were both keen to explore the world as each other for the day.

James walked down the corridor, heading for Anna’s office. It had a lock, and he had some more personal exploring to do, but as he passed the break room, he saw Emma sitting at the table drinking a coffee while reading a book. She was so beautiful, and he had already tried it on with her, but she was not into him or any guys.

He carried on walking, and then he realised he was not a guy anymore. 

He walked into the room but stumbled a little. He was not used to the heels yet.

“You okay there, Anna?” said Emma, looking up from her book.

“Yeah, I’m good. How are you? What have you been up to lately?” said James as he poured himself a coffee and pulled up a chair.

“Well... I had a disastrous date last night. She was not at all what I thought. You’re being very friendly today, Anna. How are you?” said Emma.

James knew that what he was doing was very out of character for Anna. She was not that well liked around the office, as Anna herself was currently finding out.

Anna could not believe how popular James was. Even the guy who delivered the mail came up to chat like they were old friends. The embarrassing thing was, she didn’t have a clue what his name was. She never really took any notice. It was always come to work and work hard.

“James, what’s up, man?” said another person she had seen around the office but never spoken to.

Another person came up, and then, before she knew it, she and five other people were laughing and joking.

Barry, who was James’s boss, was part of the group, and he asked if he had gotten those files over to Nick.

“Yeah, I got them to him,” said Anna.

“Or did you give them to his assistant, Anna? I mean, she is such a jobsworth. She is no fun at all. I don’t understand why Nick hired her. Well, other than the fact that she is very easy on the eye.”

All the guys laughed, and Anna faked a laugh, but all she really wanted to do was thump this guy.

She then realised that it was not just Barry who had an issue, as one after another, they all gave their reasons for not liking Anna.

Afterwards, she went and sat at James’s desk and thought about what people had said about her. She had always just considered herself hardworking and professional. 

She sat there feeling a little glum when a woman appeared in front of her and again, she had no idea what her name it was the very bouncy energetic intern who had started a week before. She went all red as she said.

“Hi.”

She giggled like a schoolgirl as Anna replied,

“Can I help you?”

The intern’s smile dropped. Then, thinking that James was just joking around, she smiled again.

“Last night was so fun. Maybe we could go to lunch together today? I have 45 minutes, so do you want to?”

Anna’s default response to requests like this was no, but she thought, why not? She had just heard from people in the office how boring and unfunny she was, so why not go to lunch with a woman whose name she didn’t know and who she couldn’t stand?

“Sure, let’s go.”

The intern jumped in excitement and grabbed Anna by the arm James’s very strong arm.

As they walked down the corridor, the intern suddenly stopped, flung open the supply room door and dragged a confused Anna inside.

Back in the break room, James was laughing hard, as was Emma. Their chairs were closer now, and James was having great fun. He was flirting with Emma, and she was finally flirting back. Then Emma’s hand touched his, and they looked into each other’s eyes and leaned in for the kiss.

Meanwhile, Anna was very aware of what was happening in the supply closet as the intern kissed her and tried to take off the glasses, which did not budge. She undid his shirt and kissed his chest.

“Erm, should we be doing this?” said Anna, alarmed at what was going on. But the problem was that she was a guy now, and things were starting to stir in her trousers, which the intern was trying to take off.

Anna then saw a light start to flash on the glasses. At the same time, the intern had gotten her belt undone.

In the break room, as James closed in on the kiss, his glasses started to flash, and then the light went solid.

Anna suddenly found herself kissing Emma as she jumped back into her own body, whereas James had no idea what was going on as he was suddenly back in the supply closet with Britney, the intern he had spent last night with.

Anna pulled away and very awkwardly got up and apologised to Emma, who looked so confused. She headed back to Nick’s office, and he looked up. He was still working.

“You swapped back, then?”

Anna nodded.

About 45 minutes later, James arrived. He seemed very happy as he skipped into the room. Anna knew what he had been doing.

“You kissed Emma?” Anna said, but James reacted very differently.

“Well, actually, I didn’t. Plus, you’re one to talk. You were the one in the supply closet with Britney!”

Nick took the glasses off them and put them back on the charging stand. It took 48 hours for them to charge.

Both Anna and James returned to their jobs. James was so disappointed that he hadn’t gotten to kiss Emma or spend a little more time with Anna’s body, locked away in her office.

Anna, meanwhile, sat there a little depressed. She had learned that everyone hated her, and now Emma kept dropping into the office to flirt.

Elliot entered Nick’s office and saw the glasses charging.

“Who used them?” he asked Nick, who was still working hard.

“Anna and James. Think everything went okay,” he said very casually as he leaned back in his chair and stretched.

“Well, that’s good. Keep them for a while. I’m off on holiday, so at least I know you’ll keep them safe. See you later.”

Elliot left, leaving the glasses charging.

Nick got up and walked over to the charging stand. He picked up one of the pairs of glasses and smiled.

Maybe Elliot leaving these with him wasn't such a good idea after all.