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Loving Me, Loving You By Mr. Ram Julia Ohara was fuming, She'd just found out that, 'That buffoon', Andy Flarity, had also applied for the position as Dr. Hickenlooper's research assistant. 'He'll probably get it too,' she thought, 'he's lucky like that, damn it!' Andy, on the other hand, was only mildly concerned when he saw that Julia had also applied for the assistant's position. He thought that Julia had an excellent chance at being picked for the job. Luck had nothing to do with Andy's academic success, he worked just as hard as Julia did, he just made it seem easy. Professor Dr. Irwin Hickenlooper, reviewed their applications for research assistant. He knew both of them, as he was faculty advisor to both of them. He knew that Julia and Andy were brilliant, both graduated at the top of their classes in high school and college. They had each excelled in the Biochemistry masters program at the university. Each one would make an excellent assistant. Maybe, if he could juggle the research grant just right, he could have both as assistants, the project would definitely benefit. Dr. Hickenlooper hoped that their professionalism would be stronger than their mutual animosity. Andy and Julia met when they started the masters program at State University. They immediately became fierce rivals for the top grades in the biochemistry department. Both candidates wanted to study with Professor Hickenlooper, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, for his breakthrough research that allowed the Neural Interface to be invented. The Neural Interface allowed users to link their minds directly to a computer, without a physical connection requiring surgery. They impressed the faculty, in the department, with their dedication and with the speed in which they accumulated credits towards their master's degrees. Now, they were both doctoral candidates vying for the much coveted opening as Dr. Hickenlooper's research assistant. Julia and Andy were from families who had immigrated to the U.S. many generations ago, Her family from Japan, His from Ireland. Neither of them knew any more about their families ancestral culture than any American who is far removed from their immigrant forebears, though Andy could do a passable Irish brogue. Julia, was a very pretty, petite woman with long black hair that she always pinned up. She wasn't what most would call a fashionable dresser, favoring loose fitting slacks, and oversized sweaters and sweatshirts. She claimed that she didn't have time to be chique, but the truth was that she was shy, and didn't want attention from boys, it's not that she didn't like boys, it's just that they might distract her from her studies. Her dark eyes would flash with impatience, over the tops of her plastic framed 'Buddy Holly' glasses, at people who's actions she considered 'silly'. Intense and serious minded, she had a need to prove herself in everything she did, she had to be the best. She was so focused on her work, that people thought she was antisocial, though she really wasn't, she just had her priorities. She didn't suffer fools, and though Andy Flarity was certainly no fool, he didn't endear himself to her, with his casual attitude and annoying comments. Andy, was tall and gangly with wild, wavy reddish-brown hair, a bushy untrimmed beard and pale blue eyes that seemed to have a mischievous twinkle in them all the time. He was smart and he knew it, he didn't have to prove it to anyone. He was always successful at everything that he tried, and he simply accepted that. Sure, he made mistakes, 'but that's how you learn', he'd say. Andy always had an easy smile on his face, as if he found the world greatly amusing. He was a favorite with girls on campus, and his natural charm was such that most didn't care that he wasn't exclusive to any one woman. He was well liked for his sense of humor and his willingness to help others. He thought that Julia was a 'tight ass' who cared more about her studies and her research than living life to its fullest. When he found that his odd sense of humor rubbed her the wrong way, he took full advantage of it, he loved the reactions he'd get from her for some of the goofy comments he'd make. He thought that it was especially funny that she never realized that if she would show no reaction to his antics, he'd stop them. Maybe, he thought, she liked the attention. When Dr. Hickenlooper received his research grant, he saw that he had been awarded enough funds that he could hire two research assistants after all. He hadn't been able to decide between Flarity and Ohara. Now, with the grant approved and the money available, he could have them both as assistants. When Julia received the letter from Professor Hickenlooper inviting her to his office to talk about his research project, she knew that she had the assistant's position. "Ha! Take that, Flarity," she said, pleased that she had beaten him for the position. After reading his letter from Dr. Hickenlooper, Andy was glad that he got the appointment over Julia. He hoped that she could find another project to apply for soon, so as to continue her studies. Julia was surprised to see Andy walking up the corridor to Dr. Hickenlooper's office. "What are YOU doing here, Flarity," she scowled. "O'Hara! What a pleasant surprise, I'm here to congratulate you on you appointment," said Andy, figuring that somehow, Dr. Hickenlooper found the money to hire both of them. "That's o-HAR-a, she corrected him for what seemed like the millionth time, how did you find out," She demanded. "I got a letter too!," he smiled, waving the letter at her, "It looks like we'll be working together." "Oh God," She moaned. "Aw c'mon, It'll be fun!" laughed Andy. She just rolled her eyes and looked away. Professor Hickenlooper walked to his office, he smiled, pleased to see his two new assistants were early and waiting outside. "Julia, Andy! It's good that you're early, something's come up and I have to hurry off, but as you've probably already guessed, I'm able to hire both of you." He went into his office and picked up two thick three ring binders and handed one to each of them. "Fill out the forms and read the rest, it describes the goals and details of the project. It's good to have the two of you onboard! I'll see you tomorrow morning at eight and answer any questions you may have." He then pulled the door closed, locked it and left. Andy and Julia stood in the hallway looking at their binders. Andy said, "Care to have a celebration dinner?" "I think not," Julia replied coldly. "OK, See ya tomorrow!" Andy smiled. They walked off in opposite directions. .... In the next few weeks they both worked very hard, cleaning out the lab of its previous project, procuring equipment, and setting up the new lab under Dr. Hickenlooper's direction. Both had ideas that streamlined the way the project could be done and Dr. Hickenlooper gratefully incorporated these ideas into the set up. Julia kept score on how many ideas of theirs Dr. Hickenlooper used, Julia was pleased that she was ahead, though it was because she had argued against one of Andy's ideas that, she thought, was actually quite good. Over time, Julia and Andy came to respect each other's abilities. Their feelings for each other moved away from 'open dislike' and more towards 'tolerate'. They even started to play racket ball together, as they had the same work hours, they were at the gym at the same time everyday. He won most of the games, because his reach was longer and he could move across the court in fewer steps. But, she was very good, as she was in most things, and she gave him a good workout. "If I had your reach, I could kick your ass, on the court," she said. "BS, I'm still a technically better player," he said, knowing that comment would get under her skin. "How about a different game?" she asked. "You name it!" he answered, smiling at her pluck. "Ok, Basketball!" "O'Hara! You're more than a foot shorter than me, how do you expect to best me at basketball?" "I'm good at it, that's how! I played in high school and I could beat my brother's in three out of five games of one on one! "OK, when?" "How about after work tomorrow?" Alright, that's fine with me, be ready to get your ass wupped!" The next day in the gym they played one on one. Her long shots were deadly accurate. But as long as he stayed close to her, she couldn't get a shot off and, of course, she didn't have a chance of stuffing the ball. He beat her pretty badly. After the game, she said, "Swimming!" "Huh?" "I said swimming, I can swim faster than you!" "Aw knock it off O'Hara, you can not, look at me, I span nearly two of you and if I just FALL in the pool, I'm already half way across!" "Be at the pool tomorrow, after work." "OK, but don't say I didn't warn you!" Andy was impressed with her swimming, she actually kept up with him at first, but she couldn't compete with his long easy stroke. She simply tired and fell behind. "You know, you're pretty good, for a squirt, if we were evenly matched, you might almost beat me!" "If we were evenly matched, I'd kick your butt, beard boy." "Beard boy? You don't like my beard? I'm crushed, I grew it just for you O'Hara." Andy was loving this, she was trying to provoke him, as he did her, but it wasn't working. Then he had an idea. "You know? Maybe there is a way." "Oh, come on, how could there possibly be a way for us to be physically matched?" she asked. "Virtual reality games" "V.R.?" After a seconds thought, she discounted the idea. "That's way out of our means, just a few minutes would cost what we make in a month, there's no way we could afford that!" "I know some grad students here who have put together a budget version, they've come up with a way to grow a temporary organic computer in an aquarium. It contains enough nutrients to last a few days and they don't have to have the expensive life support system that the commercial systems have. It's great for a few hours of gaming. They sell time on it to hard core gamers and people who want to experience lifelike virtual reality at low cost. They can program it for anything you want. When it dies, they grow a new one!" They've been making money off of it, to fund their research, they're talking about marketing a commercial version." "How expensive is it, can we afford it?" Julia was interested now. "I gave them a lot of surplus equipment from the previous project, that we had to dispose of when we cleaned out the lab. It was just what they needed, so they owe me." The chance to prove once and for all that she could beat Andy in a physical contest was too good to pass up. "What do we have to do?" she asked. "Let's go see them," said Andy. .... Andy's friends, Geoff and Igor met when Geoff, a computer science major, had to find a roommate or loose his apartment, he couldn't make the rent on his own. Igor answered Geoff's ad. It was a perfect match. Igor was a biology major who's specialty was organic processor production and architecture. Instead of growing an organic computer from animal tissue, which required an expensive lab and life support system, he had modified a strain of yeast by splicing animal nerve tissue DNA to it. He could actually grow a brain in a jar. It didn't look like a brain, but it behaved like one and could be used as a super fast, high capacity, organic CPU just like the ones used by the military, corporate and university mainframe computers. Geoff wrote the software that allowed it to operate. The only drawback was that the brain was short lived, they could feed it oxygen, but they couldn't add nutrients to it after it was structured. Their organic computer only lasted a couple of days, and degraded from lack of nutrients. But it was enough for them to carry out their research. They sold time in the V.R. environment to fund their project. Geoff and Igor's V.R. environment was gaining popularity at the campus, by word of mouth only. It took some shuffling of their calendar to fit them in, but as Andy pointed out, they owed him. Geoff scheduled some time for them, Friday afternoon. Friday, Andy and Julia went to Geoff and Igor's apartment for their competition. "What exactly do you have in mind?" asked Geoff. "We want a sports environment, with a selection of one on one sports, and a way to choose which sport we wish to play." said Andy. "No problem, I have something here for commercial V.R. that I got off of the internet. It works great here, I use it myself." said Geoff "We want identical avatars, We're comparing skills not physical strength, but the avatars should be suited for the game we are playing," said Julia. "Hey, you're making it easy for me, it's all in the program," said Geoff. "What do we have to do?" asked Julia. "Just lay back in the recliners and let us attach the neural interface to the back of your necks and we'll be ready," said Igor. They had modified some military surplus neural interfaces for their purposes. "What happens now," asked Julia. "We cut and paste your minds into the organic computer, your autonomic systems are left behind for life support. When you are finished, just step into the elevator at the virtual sports club, push the up button and the computer cuts and pastes you back into your head. It's easy, we've done it hundreds of times with no problems, I'll be watching everything from right here," Geoff gestured at a large monitor at his work station. They sat in the recliners, they let Igor stick the neural interfaces to the back of their necks. Geoff entered their preferences and fine tuned their avatars. As soon as they got comfortable, Geoff started the program. There was a momentary feeling of falling and then they found themselves in a modern looking sports club. Andy looked at Julia and laughed, their avatars weren't exactly identical. Julia still looked like Julia, sort of. She looked to be about six feet tall and was heavily muscled. For modesty, she wore a bikini which covered her avatar's nearly non-existent breasts. Her hair was cut in a brushy flat-top style, that suited her Asian features well. He looked at himself, in the mirror that covered the entire wall. He looked different also. He was precisely the same height and build as Julia except he wore a Speedo swim suit rather than a bikini, his hair was crew cut and his beard was neatly trimmed. A voice came from the club's PA system, "Do you approve of your avatars? I thought you'd like to at least resemble yourselves. Those bodies are otherwise identical in performance capabilities." "Mine's alright. Julia, what do you think?" Julia was flexing her arm muscles and looking very surprised, "Yes, yes, it's fine." she said absently. Andy laughed again, her voice sounded like her regular voice, it didn't match her muscular body. "What do you want to try first, Julia?" asked Andy. "Basketball," she answered. They really were evenly matched. After many sets their score was even, sometimes he won sometimes she did. They played tennis, and racket ball, they swam and ran foot races. They even tried wrestling, Andy pinned her the first few times but she was a quick study and soon all they could do was draw. At first, the competition was brutal, but after a while they each realized that they couldn't beat the other, they were both very smart players. They continued to play, but it was just for fun. They started trading good natured insults and laughed at each other's and their own mistakes. They gained new respect for one another. He found that she had a playful streak and she saw the serious concentration that he could exhibit when pressed into a corner. Igor monitored the vital functions of the players real bodies and the health of the organic processor. The organics were getting towards the end of their useful lives but he was sure that they had enough time for the two tenacious competitors. Andy and Julia had been in V.R. for a few hours. Geoff and Igor were getting tired, since everything had been going well for so long, the decided to take a break and get a cup of coffee, before calling them out of VR. While they were in the kitchen, one of their regular gamers, a sophomore named Kevin, let himself in the front door, hoping to get some V.R. time due to a cancellation. He recognized Andy and Julia right away, he'd had them as teacher's assistants in chemistry lab and was familiar with their competitive relationship. Kevin checked the monitor to see what they were doing and he wasn't very surprised to see them playing one on one basketball as muscle bound avatars. He snickered at Julia's choice of avatar. Seeing an opportunity for a really radical practical joke, he unplugged their neural interface connections and switched them around, then he sat down and waited for Igor or Geoff. Geoff and Igor weren't surprised to find Kevin in their front room. He showed up all the time hoping to get a little V.R. time. Kevin's parents were wealthy and Kevin was always happy to pay for a few minutes here and there between regular appointments, he spent more time in V.R. than any of their other customers. Igor checked the status of the organics health and told Kevin, "Not today Kevin, these processors are about at the end if their useful life," he turned to Geoff and said, "You should call them out about now." Geoff keyed his headset and said, "Time to wrap it up guys, come on out." In the game, Julia and Andy were again locked in a firm draw, neither could out score the other. Upon hearing Geoff's voice, they stopped playing. Andy extended his hand, saying, "You're every bit as good as you said you were, I'm sorry I doubted you." Smiling, Julia took Andy's hand and accepted his apology. He really wasn't such a bad guy, she thought, His easy manner and ready smile weren't weaknesses after all. She thought that maybe life would be less stressful if she tried to be more like him. As they walked towards the elevator, for extraction, Julia said, "Thanks, that means a lot to me, especially coming from you. I'm sorry I've been such a bitch." "Hey, no harm done," said Andy. They stepped into the elevator and Julia pressed the up button, they felt that feeling of dislocation. As soon as Andy opened his eyes, he knew that things weren't quite right, His vision was a little unfocused and his body felt... odd. He rubbed his eyes and squinted, he was sure that he had been wearing denim bib overalls when he came in. Now he was wearing khaki slacks and a brown sweater. He remembered that Julia had been wearing a sweater and khaki slacks that day. Andy quickly realized that they had been uploaded into the wrong bodies, but how? He looked at the table alongside his recliner, and saw Julia's glasses, he put them on and things came into focus. Julia felt strange, she felt like she was too long, among other things. Her feet hung way over the foot rest of the recliner. She opened her eyes and turned her head, she saw another woman in the chair next to her, she was putting on her glasses. The woman looked familiar, then she realized why, it was her! She looked at her hands and saw Andy's big mitts. "You've put us in the wrong bodies, you morons!" Julia yelled, she cleared her throat, here voice was weird, She tried again, "Put us back this instant!" This time her voice sounded a little better, but not right. Kevin laughed and slapped his knee, Julia's voice at first sounded just like Andy's, only madder, then she sort of coughed and started talking in a falsetto. Geoff and Igor looked at each other in surprise and then looked at Kevin. "Did you fuck with the interface leads you little shit?" said Igor. Kevin was still laughing, he nodded and pointing at Julia, he said in a high voice, "Put us back this instant!" he broke up into laughter again. "You're a fucking idiot, you could have killed them!", Geoff snapped. "Aw c'mon, I was careful!" Kevin defended himself, "I made sure the connections were tight!" "Get the fuck outta here," said Igor. "But," "OUT!!" Geoff assisted Kevin out the door, telling him, "If you mention a WORD of this to ANYONE, you won't see another second of VR again!" He turned to Julia and Andy and said, "I'm really sorry, guys." "Can you put us back now?" asked Andy, he cleared his throat and coughed. Igor looked at Geoff and shook his head. "Not today," said Geoff, "The organics are about done for, you guys were in there for a long time! We will have to grow a fresh one ." "How long will that take?" Julia asked, her voice starting low and ending comically high. Igor said, "Usually about five days, that will put us at Thursday and then we have to structure the organics, the soonest we could swap you back is next Friday, sorry!" "Stop trying to make your voice sound normal to yourself, go with the tone that comes out first." suggested Geoff. "That's a week!" said Julia, her voice finally sounding like Andy normally sounded. She cleared her throat. "Sorry," said Geoff Igor peeled the neural interfaces off of their necks and helped Julia and Andy stand up. Standing, Andy looked up at everyone, he felt small and vulnerable, he pushed those thoughts down and focused on his friends. "We'll get started on those organics right away," said Geoff. "Igor, more brains!" Geoff pointed to the small bio- lab at the end of the room. Smiling, Geoff said, "Since we met, I've always wanted to say that to him!" Igor, picked up on the horror movie reference and continued the joke and said, "Yesh Mashter," as he limped, dragging one foot, to the lab to prepare the nutrient necessary to start growing the new organic. Andy chuckled, a little hysterically, at his friends antics. The silly joke relieved some of the tension he was feeling, it came out a giggle. Geoff looked at the switched pair and shrugged his shoulders. Andy looked up at Julia and said, "Let's go and let them work." Julia said, "But," and gestured to her self, and then to Andy. "We'll just be in their way," he turned and walked to the door, needing to move, to do something other than just stand there. Julia, flustered and not knowing what else to do, grabbed her purse and followed her body out the door, tripping on the threshold on the way out, 'These feet are enormous!' she thought. Andy turned to see if she was following, and saw... himself, standing outside the door, looking at his feet, nervously clutching a purse. He walked back and gently took the purse from Julia's hands and said, "You better give that to me, you look silly with it." On their way to the street, Julia said, "What will we do now?" Andy replied, "I live only six blocks from here, let's go to my place and figure that out." Julia followed Andy up the street. .... Andy's apartment was in an old, but neat, one story building. They walked to the door and stopped. Julia waited for Andy to unlock the door. Andy said, "The key is in your left front pocket, the top is painted red." Julia reached into her pocket and took out a ring of keys, one of which she recognized as a key to the lab at work. She saw the red painted key he was talking about and pushed it into the lock and opened the door. The apartment was a typical small, cluttered college bachelor's apartment, it was furnished with old, but sturdy furniture. There was a stack of empty pizza boxes on the floor at the end of the kitchen counter, as well as a dozen empty beer bottles. There were book cases stuffed with books and there were books stacked on top of one another on any available surface. "Sorry about the mess, I wasn't expecting company," Andy apologized. He picked up a stack of books from the kitchen table, they seemed oddly heavy, and started to put them on the top of a tall book case, he saw that there was no way he could reach the top shelf and set the books back on the kitchen table. "We can sit in the living room," he said. He plopped down into his favorite chair, and invited Julia to sit on the couch. His chair didn't feel right, he couldn't get comfortable. His feet didn't even reach the floor, when he sat back in the chair. He realized that it was because his chair didn't fit his current body. He scooted to the edge of the chair, put his feet back on the floor and looked at Julia, she looked nervous and confused, she kept looking at her hands. "How are you doing?" he asked. "I don't know, I guess I'm still in shock. You seem to be taking this rather well, how come?" "I'm freaked too, but there isn't a lot we can do about it. But I know those guys and if they say they can put us back in a week, then in a week we will be back in our own bodies. I'm not worried, I just see this as a very odd learning experience." "What about school and work, what should we do?" Julia asked. I don't see a problem there, We both are studying and working at the same place, same subject. I think that the more pressing question is where do we sleep? Would you be more comfortable at your place or here? Julia thought for a second and said, "Here I think, there are no clothes that will fit me now, at my house." "I agree, let me clean up here a little, I'm a little embarrassed to have company when the place is such a mess." Andy got up and went to the bedroom and started straightening things up. While Andy was out of the room, Julia took the opportunity to check out her body. She touched her crotch, and thought that it felt like there was a lot of stuff hanging out right there, she wondered if she could get used to having that between her legs for a week. She felt her face and pulled at her beard. On the wall near the front door was a mirror, she got up, feeling clumsy and ungainly. She looked at herself in the mirror. It was strange to see someone else's face in the mirror, especially a bearded male face. She opened and closed her mouth and made some silly faces, it was as if she was remote controlling someone else. Julia looked at the ceiling, it seemed closer than she was used to. She reached up and put her hand on the ceiling, she had never been able to do that before. Again she looked at her hands, they were so large, she couldn't get over it. Andy went to his bedroom to put fresh linen on the bed, He stripped the sheets off of his mattress and found that he had to walk around the bed to pull the fitted bottom sheet from the mattress instead of just leaning across the bed and pulling it free. He stuffed the sheets into the clothes hamper, as he turned to leave the room, he saw his reflection in the mirror on the back of the door, Though he knew what to expect, he was still unnerved, there was Julia's image looking back at him. All he could do was stare. Slowly, he raised his hands to his breasts and cupped them in his small hands. Then, he looked at his hands, turning them over, marveling at how delicate they looked. He reached down and felt his crotch, that is what really drove home his situation, he had to get moving and not think of it. He turned and went to the linen closet for some fresh sheets, they were on the top shelf of the closet and he couldn't reach them. Andy went to the living room to ask Julia to get them for him, but when he saw her making faces in the mirror, he didn't want to embarrass her and decided to get a chair to climb up on. After cleaning up the bedroom, he went to work on the kitchen. It was already pretty clean except for the pizza boxes and some dirty dishes in the sink. He put the pizza boxes in a large garbage bag and rinsed the dishes and put them in the dishwasher, the counter top seemed high to him, he thought that he hadn't been this small since he was a kid. Wiping off his hands, he walked into the living room and said, "Do you want to go get something to eat before you show me where you live?" "Ok, I am feeling pretty hungry, where should we go?" "That depends on where your place is, we can eat on our way there." They decided on an Italian restaurant near Julia's apartment. Andy had to ask Julia to slow down a little as they walked to the restaurant, she was used to walking fast, as she was always keeping up with taller people, now with her new longer legs, she was moving rather quickly. Andy almost had to run to keep up. Julia apologized and slowed her pace. At the restaurant, they were seated right away, they ordered a large pizza. Over dinner, they discussed what they were going to do on Saturday. Though they weren't expected to work in the lab on weekends, Julia had planned to work on the project there anyway, and Andy regularly worked on his dissertation in the library, weekends, they decided to continue with their previous plans. "What about the Dean's dinner, tomorrow evening?" asked Andy. "It's a couples only affair and I don't know anyone to invite, so I didn't RSVP," said Julia. "I did, I had a date, but she was called out of town this weekend, we could go together," suggested Andy. "I don't know, I don't have anything nice to wear, I mean, you don't have anything nice to wear. Aw heck, you know what I mean! What'll I wear!?" "I have a three piece suit that's just right for the occasion, You can wear that." Andy suggested. "You don't have any nice outfits, in your closet, I could wear, for the dinner?" He continued. "No, I don't have much of a social life, I didn't think it was necessary," said Julia, "Besides, I hate to shop for clothes, I never know what to buy. Do we have to go?" "Schmoozing with the profs and other doctoral candidates can help make valuable connections for later in your career, who knows who you might meet at one of these things who might be helpful later. We don't have to go if you're uncomfortable, I mean, in the current circumstances, it's entirely understandable." "No, you're right, We should go, but what will I... I mean.. you wear?" "If you don't mind, I can take care of that, I don't mind shopping. I've never shopped for a dress, I guess it'll be another new experience." "Ok", said Julia, relieved to be reprieved from clothes shopping. Andy was a little surprised that he was stuffed after two slices of pizza. Usually, he cold finish a large pizza by himself. Julia easily finished the rest of the pie. The waiter brought the check, Andy started to reach for it, but the waiter put it on the table next to Julia. Andy was a little surprised, not getting the check, but the waiter probably thought they were a couple on a date, and he was the woman this time. They split the bill and the tip. They decided that it would be best if he kept her purse, credit cards and I.D. and she kept his wallet etc., they figured they could settle up any spending they did after they switched back. After leaving the restaurant, they walked to Julia's place. Julia lived in an old Victorian mansion that had been converted to apartments. Unlike Andy's place, her apartment was as neat as a pin, everything was in its place. "Wow, this is really nice!" said Andy as he looked at the huge gas fireplace and varnished mahogany mantle piece." "Thanks, I was lucky to find it." said Julia. She showed him around the small apartment and picked up a few things she thought she might need the next day. As she was about to leave, Andy said, "I don't take any medication, just vitamins, do you need to take any medication?" "Oh, yes!" Julia went to the bathroom, Andy followed her. She reached into the medicine cabinet and handed Andy a flat, round plastic pill case. "Birth control pills?" said Andy "It's not what you think," Julia said, a red flush spread across her bearded face, "I take them to delay my period, I just skip the placebos and I can go for months without a period, If I stop taking them for three days my period will start. I can choose when I menstruate. Don't forget to take one every morning or you will have a period and believe me you won't like it!" "Is that safe?" "Yes, lots of women do it, I choose to menstruate about every three months, though I've heard of women who go much longer between periods with no ill effects." "Is there anything else?" "No, that's it." "OK, I'll see you tomorrow evening. Where do you want to meet?" asked Andy. "I'll pick you up at six. That's what the guy is supposed to do right?" she smiled. Andy laughed, "You're relaxing a bit that's good! Yeah, six is fine, see you then." As Julia walked 'home', she was a little wary. A lifetime of being a small woman had conditioned her to avoid walking alone at night and she was apprehensive of walking the approximately two miles to Andy's apartment. Then she realized that she was now a large man, over six feet tall. There was little danger for her in this town. She felt better about the walk, though she couldn't really shake the uneasiness. As she walked, she could feel her 'privates' slapping against her upper thighs, she tried to adjust her crotch, but it still felt very strange. It was difficult, but she tried not to think about the odd feeling. "Maybe Andy's idea of just following their regular routine was a good one," she thought, "The week will be over before I know it." Julia opened the door to Andy's apartment. As she entered, she smiled and put her hands on the ceiling. She still could hardly believe she could do that! Her first task was to go to the bathroom, she had been holding it for the last mile of the walk. She turned her back to the toilet, undid her overalls and started to sit, then she remembered that she didn't have to. She turned around and carefully reached through the fly of her boxers and gingerly took out her penis, pointed it towards the toilet and let go. The stream didn't go where she expected and she peed on the back rim of the toilet. She quickly redirected the flow towards a stray piece of toilet paper in the bowl which she playfully chased around in circles until she ran out of pee. She undressed for bed, and naked, looked through Andy's dresser drawers looking for pajamas to sleep in, finding none, she decided to sleep in tee-shirt and boxer shorts, but first she took the opportunity to examine her new body. She looked at her reflection in the mirror on the closet door. She saw a shaggy looking young man with long arms and legs and nicely defined muscles. She tried some body building poses and was surprised when she saw her muscles 'pump up' just like a body builder. She knew that Andy worked out, they frequently worked out together, but she didn't expect this! After Julia left, Andy decided to go to bed, It wasn't real late, but he had a long day planed, if he was going to do some research at the library and shop for clothes. Andy always showered before going to bed, so he undressed in the bedroom in preparation for a shower. Removing the bra was a great relief, it had been very tight, making his breasts seem smaller than they were. He hefted his breasts, they were much bigger than he remembered. With her loose clothes and tight bra, he'd always thought that she was small breasted, even in the swim suit they didn't seem this big, they weren't huge, but they were much more than a handful. There was a large armoire in the bedroom instead of a closet, it had an oval, beveled glass mirror on the door. He looked at his reflection. He didn't understand why she would want to hide a body like this. He reached back and removed the clip from his hair and shook his head, his hair came tumbling down past his butt, to the back of his knees. "Wow, that's a lot of hair," he said as he ran his fingers through it to smooth it out. It'd felt heavy, now he could see why, he couldn't reach the end of it with his arms fully extended. He gathered his hair up and pushed it all behind his back. He looked at his reflection again. He tried some sexy poses, he looked over his glasses and wet his lips, The instant he lowered his glasses, he couldn't see anything clearly, he pushed them back up. "Why did she have to get such clunky looking glasses?" He tried out a few more poses, he reached down and put his hand over his Mons-Venus, it was soft, very warm and completely alien to what he was used to having there. He went to the bathroom to take a shower. Now bra-less, his breasts swayed and bounced with every step, reinforcing, the strangeness of the body he now wore. The bathroom had a very large claw foot bathtub with a fancy shower curtain around it. It didn't look like the curtain was used very often, it was too nice. He thought that maybe a bath would be just as good. As he waited for the tub to fill he snooped around Julia's bathroom cabinets, in one drawer near the sink, he found a small contact lens case and a bottle of contact lens solution. I'm wearing these tomorrow," he promised himself. There were brushes and combs for that long hair, but very little makeup. Every other woman's bathroom he had seen had all kinds of mysterious jars and tubes of makeup scattered around. Andy cleared a spot on the steamed up mirror and examined his face, his complexion was flawless. "I guess she doesn't need much make up," he said to himself. He checked the bath and saw that it was full. After turning off the water, he slowly lowered himself into the hot water, as his skin became used to the temperature. He relaxed against the sloping back of the tub, his feet were nowhere near the other end of the old, oversized tub, he was used to having to scrunch up in a bath in order to fit. Andy thought that if they made bath tubs bigger he might learn to enjoy baths when he got his body back. He found that the tub was large enough, and Julia's body small enough, that he could lay on his back and almost float in that tub, with his butt just touching the bottom of the tub, it felt wonderful. Andy relaxed in the tub until the water began to cool, he reluctantly decide to finish his bath and get to bed. While washing, he found out a couple of things; it took a long time to wash all that hair and Julia was a virgin. After getting out of the tub, Andy realized that he'd made a big mistake in washing his hair. He tried to get it dry but it held a lot of water he finally gave up and settled for damp, the tangles seemed hopeless, he wrapped a towel around his hair and went to bed. Julia woke up and was momentarily confused at her surroundings, then she remembered yesterday, sighed and got out of bed and went to the bathroom. It was after she was finished peeing, that she remembered that she could have stood up. She put on some sweat pants and a zippered warm- up jacket as the morning was a little chilly. She padded into the kitchen to make some coffee for breakfast. After looking around a little, she found the coffee and filters and started a pot. While waiting for the coffee to brew, she fixed herself a bowl of cornflakes. She had two bowls, she usually wasn't very hungry in the morning, and was surprised at her appetite. The cold cereal chilled her a little and she pulled the zipper of her jacket up as she walked to the coffee pot and caught her beard in the zipper. She didn't notice until she tipped her head back to have a drink and the zipper pulled on her beard painfully. She almost spilled the coffee at the sharp pain. She set the cup on the counter and struggled with the zipper to get unstuck, after a few painful tugs, she finally freed herself. "This beard has got to go!" she said to herself. She found some scissors in a drawer, walked to the bathroom and went to work on her beard. She found a disposable razor and finished the job. She left a large handlebar moustache at first, but decided that she didn't like it. Then she tried different styles each smaller than the last until she was down to a Charlie Chaplin moustache, she finally shaved that off also. Examining her work in the mirror, she wondered why Andy grew a beard in the first place, underneath all that hair was a handsome face. Andy woke up when he rolled onto his hair and pulled it painfully. The towel had come off in his sleep and his hair was a tangled mess. He looked blearily at the room, and found Julia's glasses, things came into focus, he hopped down from the bed and made his way to the bathroom. He stood in front of the toilet and sleepily scratched at his crotch for a few seconds, then he woke up enough to realize who and where he was and turned around and sat. After using the toilet, he felt wet down there, 'no drip dry for me' he thought as he dabbed himself dry. He found a scrunchie by the sink and put it on to keep all that hair out of his face, he looked down and saw the container of birth control pills and remembered to take one. Andy fixed himself his usual breakfast omelet and found that he couldn't finish it. After cleaning up the kitchen, he dressed and started to brush and untangle his long hair, an hour and a half later he had it looking OK. "This long hair has got to go!" he said to himself. ... Julia looked through Andy's clothes, she always thought that he was a shabby dresser, with his bib overalls and high top Converse sneakers. She found that he actually had nice clothes and chose a blue stripped button down shirt and khaki slacks. She slipped on some loafers and headed out to the lab. On her way to the campus, Julia passed a barbershop and decided to finish up Andy's make over. She had the barber cut her hair short. She was very pleased with the results. ... Andy looked through Julia's closet, and saw that she was right, when she said she didn't have anything nice to wear. Everything was more of the same slacks and shapeless shirts and sweaters that she usually wore. The glasses were bothering him, they kept sliding down his nose and he thought that they looked dorky. He spent about a half an hour trying to put the contact lenses in his eyes. After he finally got the first one in, the second one was much easier. Andy looked at the clock, between messing with his hair and putting the contacts in, he had pretty much used up the morning. He decided to blow off his research at the library and work on getting ready for the Dean's dinner, he thought he had a long way to go. Andy took a bus downtown. The bus was crowded, standing room only, it was strange to him to be so small and be lost in the crowd of bodies. His first stop was a hair salon, unlike a barber shop, he found that he would need an appointment, fortunately, there had been a cancellation, but he had to wait about an hour. Andy picked up a magazine and looked through it. He wanted a very short hair style. He saw models, with short hair, that looked pretty good to him and he dog eared the pages so he could find them again to show the stylist. Then, he saw a photo of an Asian model, she was gorgeous! The model's hair was about shoulder length, longer than Andy wanted, but it looked real good. She was wearing a classic low cut, 'little black dress' that came to mid thigh and black high heeled pumps. "That's the look I want. I'll have to find a dress and shoes like that." Andy thought. He was relieved to have an idea of what to buy, he'd been slightly worried about shopping for women's clothes after telling Julia he would do it, now he had a plan to follow. The stylist liked Andy's choice, and suggested that as there was so much hair, would he like to donate it to 'Locks of Love' a group who made wigs for children with cancer. Andy thought that sounded real good and said OK. Leaving the salon, Andy smiled and shook his head. All that hair had weighed a lot, he was glad to be rid of it. ... Julia spent the day in the lab. As it was Saturday, she didn't see anyone else she knew. She took advantage of her new strength to rearrange some heavy equipment and furniture that they'd been meaning to move. After she was done, she had just a little time for other lab projects. and soon it was time to go home, Andy's home, and get ready for the Dean's dinner. ... After Andy got 'home', He tried on the outfit he'd bought. He found that the black pumps were a little difficult to walk in, so he left them on and practiced, after a while he thought that he had walking in heels down well enough. Julia arrived promptly at six o'clock, and knocked on the door. Andy answered the door, ready to go. He was wearing a long coat over his new outfit. "What did you do to my hair!" they said in unison. "It was waay to long!" They said, again, at the same time. Hey! I don't look half bad without a beard," Andy said. He stepped back for a better look at Julia. Wow, I, er, You look real nice! Julia smiled at the complement, and looked over Andy. She reached over and held a few locks of Andy's much shorter hair and sighed. "As a child, my mother never let me cut my hair, she said that I'd thank her for it one day, I just got used to having really long hair. I've thought of cutting it, I just never had the nerve, it looks very nice. Are you wearing makeup?" "Yeah," Andy blushed slightly, "a cosmetics company was giving free makeovers at the store where I bought the dress, they were so nice, I bought some stuff from them." "Let's see the dress." Andy opened the front of the coat. Julia gasped, "Wow, I... You're beautiful! I'm way too shy to wear something like that." Julia felt an odd stirring in her pants. Quickly changing the subject, she said, "C'mon, I've got a taxi waiting", and offered her arm to Andy. Andy buttoned the coat and took Julia's arm allowing her to escort him to the waiting cab. Julia opened the near door for him and helped him in, then went around and got in the other side. Julia gazed at Andy and thought, 'I never looked that good!' "So, where to now, sir?" asked the cab driver. Julia didn't say anything. Andy, smiling, said, "He's talking to you, SIR!" Her reverie broken, Julia stammered, "I- I don't know where the dinner party is taking place." Andy told the driver, "Marriott hotel please." and they were on their way. A hotel employee checked off 'Andy Flarity and date' in the guest book, and they entered one of the hotel's private dinning rooms. They checked their coats and got glasses of wine at the open bar. Schmoozing didn?t go as planed, no one recognized the handsome clean cut young man and his gorgeous date, and the switched pair were both a little too nervous to interact with others in their unaccustomed bodies, so they talked with each other mostly. Usually, their conversations were a series of pointed barbs, but tonight, feeling strange and alone, they talked about themselves. Maybe being in unfamiliar bodies made them want to talk about their lives, their hopes and dreams, to reaffirm their identities to themselves. Andy laughed at Julia's stories of growing up, the only girl, with two older brother's. For some reason Julia seemed so much more interesting tonight. He thought that Julia really looked handsome in the three piece suit, and shaving the beard and cutting 'his' hair had really made her look sharp, he thought that, maybe, he should have done that long ago. Julia was amazed at how much Andy's parents 'indulged him' as an only child, and was a little envious at his childhood, unencumbered by noisy siblings. At one point in their conversation, Julia put her hand over Andy's, to emphasize a point. Andy drew in a quick breath and Julia promptly removed her hand. Andy had been surprised that he liked Julia's touch and put his hand over Julia's, he was surprised to notice a warmth and moistness between his legs, and his nipples seemed to tingle at Julia's touch. He supposed that, as he now had Julia's female brain, he was now reacting emotionally as a normal woman would. Julia couldn't get over how sexy Andy had made her body look. She would never have gone out in public in such a low cut, short dress, but she couldn't deny that it looked very good. Her eyes kept drifting down from Andy's face to his cleavage, Julia found that she was getting aroused and was glad that she was sitting, so that no one could see it. The couple didn't get a lot of networking done that evening, they had eyes only for each other. They weren't recognized by any of their colleagues and were left to themselves. After the dinner, they took a taxi to 'Julia's'. Julia had intended to drop off Andy and go back to Andy's apartment, but Andy invited her in for a nightcap. They hadn't had a lot of wine at the dinner but they were feeling very relaxed by the time they settled in at Julia's. They opened a bottle of wine and sat in front of the gas fire place, Andy reached up and kissed Julia, that was all it took to crack the rapidly weakening emotional barrier between them, they embraced. Neither of them had ever had feelings this strong for anyone else before. The next morning, Andy woke first, she looked over at Julia and smiled, she felt wonderful. Andy's heart seemed to swell with love at the sight of Julia's sleeping form. They'd spent much of the night making love and fallen asleep in each others arms. She was a little sore 'down there' but that, she figured, was because she'd just lost her virginity, for the second time. Andy sat up and put on those clunky glasses, slid her legs over the side of the bed, she sat there for a few moments, waking up and looked past her breasts at her dainty feet hanging about six inches from the floor. She didn't really feel small, except at odd moments like this, or yesterday on the bus, when all she could see was people's backs. She hopped down to the floor and went to the bathroom, stood in front of the toilet a moment, then put the seat down, turned and sat. After dabbing herself dry, she got up and looked in the mirror, her makeup was all smeared so she washed her face, put the contact lenses in, it was easier this time, and swallowed a birth control pill. There was a short, shear, robe, on the back of the bathroom door, she put it on and looked in on Julia, seeing that Julia was not yet awake, she went to the kitchen to make breakfast for him. The smell of bacon woke Julia, he stretched and smiled. As a woman, Julia had masturbated to orgasm, but last night was so different, the feeling of urgency, the building of sexual tension and the sudden release were incredible. Julia pulled on some boxer shorts and a tee shirt, he felt uncomfortable to have his chest bare, and went into the bathroom, sat and peed, he was finished by the time he remembered that he didn't have to sit. He splashed some water on his face and was surprised at the rough feeling of his unshaven chin. Entering the kitchen he stopped in the doorway and looked at Andy, standing at the stove cooking. She smiled and thought to himself that he had not ever felt love for another like he felt that moment for Andy. He stood there in the doorway and took in the vision that was Andy, the sun shown through the kitchen window, back lighting Andy, making the shear robe almost disappear. Julia thought to himself that as much as he was enjoying the view now, he would have to be careful about wearing that robe in front of others, when he switched back to her own body. Andy heard a sigh from behind him, smiled and turned to see Julia leaned against the door frame with a goofy smile on his face. Andy grinned broadly, turned and ran the few steps to Julia and embraced him. Even with Andy standing on tip toe, Julia had to lean over to reach Andy's lips for a good morning kiss. After a long passionate kiss, Julia turned to go back to the bedroom to get dressed, but Andy grabbed his hand and pulled him back. "Let's eat first, breakfast will be cold" They sat at the table gazing at each other over their breakfast. Their eggs were cold by the time they ate. After breakfast, they showered together, apparently, the shower curtain was functional as well as pretty. Seeing the glasses and contact lens case on the counter, Andy asked, "How come you don't wear your contacts?" "They're too hard to put on, and I don't like to touch my eyes." "Why did you get them then?" "My mom talked me into getting them. You LIKE them?" "They were hard to put on, at first, but I practiced with them, and it's no trouble now. You should try them, when we switch back, they're more convenient than those clunky glasses" "I dunno, I'll think about it." They spent most of that Sunday in and out of bed, making love, snacking when they got hungry, and exploring their new bodies and their different sexuality. ... Dr. Hickenlooper noticed that the tension that normally filled the lab, was absent that week, things seemed to go much smoother, he was pleased that his assistants were finally co-operating, they seemed to anticipate each others needs. He smiled, pleased with his decision to hire both of them. He'd thought that they would eventually get along, if they worked together long enough. He was also happy to see that they had taken an interest in their appearances, both had taken to dressing much more fashionably. All that week the couple were rarely apart. They worked, ate and slept together, they just could not get enough of each other. They knew they were in glorious love and they reveled in it. ... Friday, Igor called and told them to come over early Saturday morning, the organic computer would be ready. Andy and Julia had been so involved with each other that they'd forgotten their appointment with Geoff and Igor. They'd made plans for the weekend, and rented a car for a trip to Andy's parents beach house, but as they would be switching back in the morning, this was only a minor hitch in their plans. Their true love was, after all, pure and inviolate... wasn't it? Geoff answered the door and was surprised to see the differences in Andy and Julia. Instead of the shaggy, frumpy couple of last week, there at his door was a very stylish young couple, he almost didn't recognize them. "We're all ready for you, just lay back in the chairs." said Igor. "We'll use the same program. Just get into the elevator, when we tell you to and push the up button, like last time." called Geoff as he sat at his keyboard. Igor stuck the neural interfaces to their necks and settled them in the chairs. Geoff started the program. Andy and Julia felt that strange disconnection and found themselves back in the virtual athletic club lobby. They were in the same avatars as they had last time, Andy had the bearded 'Andy' avatar, and Julia, the bikinied 'Julia" avatar. 'We're halfway there." said Andy. "O.K. Guys, get in the elevator." Geoff's voice came through the Athletic club's P.A. They stepped into the elevator and pushed 'up'. Andy could feel his feet hanging out over the end of the recliner's foot rest and knew he was back in his own body. He opened his eyes and looked for Julia, looking to the right at first and then when he realized that he was now in the other chair, to the left. He saw that Julia was just sitting up, she had her hands on her breasts. Julia opened her eyes, Andy had been wearing the contacts all week so she didn't have to put on her glasses. She sat up in the chair and felt her breasts shift, Andy hadn't put a bra on that morning so she jiggled a little, she put her hands to her breasts because it felt so odd. Geoff asked, "How do you feel?" as Igor removed the neural interfaces from their necks. Andy answered 'Fine' and cleared his throat, Julia did the same. After only a week, their own voices seemed alien to them. Igor asked, "you sure?" "I feel alright, Julia, you OK?" Andy said as he stood up, he felt big and clumsy. Julia got up from the chair and rolled her head around, then her shoulders, this set her breasts to moving and she again put her hands over them again. She quickly put her hands to her sides and blushed. "I'm OK!" she snapped and started for the door. "I guess we're good to go?" asked Andy. Geoff and Igor both nodded. "Thanks, we made plans for today so we gotta go." said Andy, and followed Julia out the door. As soon as the door closed behind them, Julia punched Andy in the shoulder. "Ow!, what's that for?" "That's for not putting on a bra this morning!" "Hey, you didn't mind it all week." "That was different, I'm more shy about this body than you were. You were all ogling me when I held my breasts!" "No we weren't, we..." Andy saw he wasn't going to win this one and let it drop. "Let's get going, the car's packed and we can make it to the beach by noon, if we leave now." Andy changed the subject. Andy drove, and Julia kept up a steady stream of driving instructions; Speed up, slow down, was that a cop? At first Andy thought it was funny, but it began to wear, even on his easygoing nature. He didn't say anything to her, but he was glad to finally pull into the driveway of his family's beach house. Both their dark attitudes changed as they took in the view of the little cottage on the beach. It looked like a Thomas Kinkade painting, set in a shaded hollow with a white sandy beach in the background. Andy had always loved that house. "Oh Andy, It's sooo cute!" Julia gushed. They settled in, and made lunch with the groceries that they'd brought with them. Afterwards, they went for a walk on the beach. As romantic as the whole situation was, they both felt that they were only going through the motions. A certain spark was missing from their relationship. They held hands, laughed and hugged, but the passion wasn't there. They wanted it and they pretended that they still had it, but it was gone. That night, they tried to make love, but it was only sex. Julia was a little anxious, as it was her first time, in the body she was born with. But Andy's vast experience with women, including his week as a woman, helped to ease Julia's apprehension. They both climaxed, and it was fun, but it wasn't the same. The next morning, Andy cooked breakfast, Julia sat at the kitchen table and Andy served her. They talked about last week, and agreed that whatever it was that they had was gone, but that they could still be friends. They packed up their things and went back to the school early. The trip home was quite, they were both lost in their own thoughts and a little in shock at the radical change in their relationship. Andy dropped Julia off at her place, returned the rental car and walked home. That night was the first time they had spent apart in a week, both of them grieved for their lost passion After the weekend, Professor Hickenlooper noticed that his assistants weren't nearly as productive as in the previous week. They seemed to be just going through the motions. They had arguments, though they still had lunch together. He also noticed that they had each stopped dressing as well. Andy no longer wore his bib overalls, he seemed to prefer jeans, and tennis shirts Julia, however, had gone back to her loose sweaters and slacks. She was also wearing her dark framed glasses again. Professor Hickenlooper, just shook his head and hoped that whatever it was that was going on between them would resolve itself. Julia buried herself in her studies, something that had worked for her before, when life threw her a curve, though she couldn't seem to get anything done to her satisfaction. Andy immerse himself in the dating scene, he dated a different girl almost every evening. Some he bedded, some he didn't. Still, he couldn't recapture that feeling he'd had with Julia, that spark. What was it about being in each other's bodies that had caused them to mesh so well? Andy wondered. He stopped the womanizing, as that wasn't easing his sense of loss. One evening alone, Andy showered, shaved, and put on the suit that Julia had worn to the Dean's dinner. He didn't have a date that night, He just put on the suit to try and figure out what it was that had attracted him to that figure in the mirror. He looked at himself and saw... himself in a suit, though it did bring back nice memories. He decide to go for a walk and think. Andy didn't have a destination in mind, but after an hour and a half of walking around, he found himself in front of Julia's place. Shrugging his shoulders, he thought to himself, 'as long as I'm here, maybe we could just talk.' He knocked on her door. Julia opened the door, she was wearing that little black dress, the shoes and no glasses. Her eyes widened at Andy's choice of clothes. "It looks like you were trying to figure it out also." said Julia. "Come in." she stepped back to let Andy in. Andy walked to the couch and sat down. Julia followed, her arms crossed protectively over her cleavage. She sat in a chair facing Andy, her arms still crossed, then she sighed and put here arms down. "Well, it's nothing you haven't seen before." "We were in love, I've never felt anything like that before!" said Andy. "Yes! it was incredible!" agreed Julia. "There was some connection that we had while we were switched, I don't know why we lost it when we switched back, It doesn't make sense!" I miss it! I really miss it!" Julia sobbed. "Me too! What are we going to do?" "We could switch again, and see if we get it back?!" "You sure? You don't mind wearing this ugly mug?" He smiled. She nodded, "It's not like we can't switch back again, if the spark isn't there. And you're not ugly, you're just not my type." And what is 'your type'? "If I could answer that, I wouldn't be thinking of switching bodies with you again." she smiled. ... When they asked Igor about it, he said, "You know, Geoff has written software for just that! We're dying to try it out!" "We can do it right now, If you want." said Geoff Andy and Julia looked at each other and nodded. "Ok" said Julia. Igor gestured to the two recliners. They sat down and Igor, again, attached the neural interfaces to the backs of their necks. They laid back in the chairs. "Ready?" asked Geoff "Yeah." said Andy. "Yes." said Julia. They could see Geoff push the enter key, the room seemed to jump to one side about three feet, it was a bit disconcerting. Andy felt the strange but familiar feeling of being in Julia's body, sort of small, soft and jiggly. Julia had been wearing her contacts, so he could see clearly, he looked over at Julia. Julia was looking at her hands and shaking her head. Igor took the neural interfaces from their necks, and helped each of them to their feet. "How was that?" asked Geoff, smiling. Andy said, "I liked the athletic club and the elevator better, that was like a very short, fast carnival ride!" Julia added, "It WAS a bit sudden!" Geoff frowned thoughtfully and said, "Maybe some kind of virtual buffer space would ease it a little, do you think?" "It might help." agreed Andy, Julia nodded. Igor sat at his computer, "When do you want to switch back? I'll get you on the calendar." "Let's leave that open." said Andy as he picked up Julia's purse. Igor looked a little surprised but said nothing. Geoff said, "Just call us a day ahead when you decide t