The Parallel Universe Experiment
*****
Dr. Andrew Bell has discovered a way to set up a boundary to a parallel
universe, in which he is female. He decides to cross the boundary and
explore. What could possibly go wrong?
*****
By the time I was in my late 20s, I was pretty pleased with how my
scientific career was going.
I had completed my Ph.D. in physics by my mid-20s, and was proud to have
the title "Dr. Andrew Bell." And then, I was lucky enough to get a job at
the same university. The university had got some extra funding and was
able to take on three recent Ph.D. graduates as Level 1 scientists: me,
Darren Parker, and Cindy Davison. The three of us had all gone through
the Ph.D. program at the same time, so knew each other quite well.
I was a lot closer to Darren than Cindy. We were best mates, but we were
very much an "odd couple." Darren was an extrovert and always chasing
women, with various degrees of success, though he never had a long term
relationship. While I badly wanted a long term relationship with just one
woman: Cindy.
I had had a crush on Cindy for the longest time, but had not really
gotten anywhere. I couldn't tell if that was because Cindy was rather
introverted too, or because she just wasn't interested. Fortunately,
Darren had told me several times that Cindy was "not his type." And I was
pretty sure he was telling the truth, because while Cindy was well
proportioned and had an extremely pretty face; she was fairly short,
quite unlike the taller, thinner women Darren always chased. So I didn't
have to worry about Darren making a move on her.
In fact I was hopeless with women in general, and had never had a proper
girlfriend. I had also never had sex. I told Darren I wanted to wait
until marriage, but that was all a bit theoretical, since I had never
been in a situation where sex was a possibility anyway.
Not only was Darren a bit wild when it came to girls, he was a bit wild
in general. He once boasted that he had contacts at the nuclear materials
lab, and that he could obtain nuclear materials for me if I ever needed
them. At a price, of course.
And that created a dilemma for me. I did indeed have an experiment idea
which needed plutonium. But I didn't have the seniority to requisition
it, and I didn't have the private funds to buy it, not even from Darren;
because I knew Darren would want to be paid well to take such a risk. So
all I could do was make calculations about what it would do, and bide my
time, until hopefully I received a grant so I could buy some of this
precious plutonium.
So why did I want plutonium? It was to do with the theory of inter-
universe quantum entanglement. Now ordinary quantum entanglement itself
was well established: two quanta of energy (quanta is the plural of
quantum), separated by distance, somehow interfering with each other. Our
university was a world leader in this field, and had its own quantum
entanglement machine, which we scientists could use for experiments.
But far more controversial was the theory of inter-universe quantum
entanglement: that there are parallel universes, and that it was also
possible to have entanglement between quanta in different universes. More
controversial still was the theory of a quantum entanglement boundary:
that this quantum entanglement could set up a boundary between these two
parallel universes, a boundary which was theoretically possible to cross.
But despite some experiments giving some very strange quantum
entanglement results, no one had ever managed to set up a boundary to any
supposed alternate universe.
That is where my idea came in. Perhaps it was crazy, but such a far-out
theory would need something crazy to make it happen. My thought was that
alternate universes have alternate people, or alternate versions of the
same people. Therefore, human DNA would have to be part of the quantum
entanglement prism. The trouble is, any time you create a new quantum
entanglement prism, you need plutonium. And if I could not afford to pay,
how would I ever convince Darren to sneak me some plutonium?
My chance came when Darren, Cindy and I were being reviewed for promotion
from Level 1 to Level 2 scientist. I was quietly confident that I had
published enough research to qualify, and sure enough: I did get the
promotion. But I admit I was a little surprised when Darren did as well,
especially when Cindy did not. I always thought she was a far more
diligent scientist than Darren. How did he put out enough work to get
that promotion?
The answer came a few weeks later, when I was reviewing some of his data
for my own work. I realised he had made a mistake. After 2 days of
checking that I was right about this, I finally convinced myself that
there was definitely a mistake in Darren's work. So I approached him
about it.
To cut a long story short, Darren eventually admitted to me that he had
faked some of his results.
I was taken aback. In response, I tried to convince him to voluntarily
admit he had made a mistake. Because for a scientist, mistakes in
calculations happen, but to fake results is almost unforgivable.
But Darren refused. He said there was no way he could do that without
making it fairly obvious that the mistakes were deliberate.
So what should I do? Should I report his mistakes, and ruin a friendship?
Or not report them, even though pointing them out would help enhance my
standing as a diligent scientist?
After returning to my office and pondering for a while, I realised I
could turn this to the advantage of both of us: I would promise keep
quiet about it, if Darren got me a small sample of plutonium.
To my surprise, he immediately agreed. He was very prompt about it too. I
don't know what his connections were, but 2 nights later he arrived at my
apartment, and delivered me the plutonium in a radiation proof box.
Darren tried to find out what I was using it for, but I was evasive. He
knew it was so that I could build my own quantum entanglement prism, but
I didn't want to tell him the application I had in mind. Partly because I
didn't want to be laughed at, because parallel universes are very much a
fringe theory.
So the next Monday, I got ready to test my theory. I needed human DNA,
and of course, the easiest human DNA to obtain was my own. So I peed into
a flask, and took it to the lab. A couple of hours later, using it with
the plutonium, I had created my own quantum entanglement prism.
But would it work?
Because I was so nervous that I might be wrong, I booked the quantum
entanglement machine for the last session of the day, when it was very
unlikely that I would be seen. Of course, no one is allowed to open doors
while an experiment is in progress anyway. But still, I felt comfortable
doing my experiment when fewer people would be about.
*****
So at 5pm on Monday night, the time slot I had booked the quantum
entanglement machine, I walked down to the quantum entanglement lab,
carrying my prism.
After several tries, suddenly it worked.
I knew immediately that something had happened. There was a thin film of
green light right down the centre of the room. I was on one side of this
film of light, and on the other side of the film of light was the other
half of the room - or so it appeared.
Now, according to my theory, this film of light was the boundary to the
alternate universe, and on the other side of this film I was actually
seeing how the room looked in this alternative universe.
But nothing looked different: that is, the other side of the room looked
just as it did before. But my theory was that something about me was
different in this other universe. So how could I test this?
Suddenly I realised I hadn't brought anything to push across the boundary
to test it! After a few moments' thought, I decided a shoe would do. So I
took off one of my shoes, and began to push it across the boundary.
It looked different... or so I thought. As I slowly pushed the shoe over
the boundary, it seemed to change slightly in its shape and size. It
seemed it was a little smaller and narrower, and had a more "elegant"
style. Or was I imagining it?
Anyway, after it was about halfway over the boundary, I slowly pulled it
back, taking care not to cross the boundary myself.
I looked at the shoe. Well, it didn't seem to be changed or damaged in
any way. What else could I test?
So I took off my watch and put it on the floor, and slowly pushed it over
the boundary.
This time the difference was clear: as I pushed it over, the watchband on
the other side was far narrower, about 1/3 of the width.
It looked like... surely it couldn't be... a women's watchband?
I pushed it a bit further, and the watch face did indeed look like a
petite women's watch. But how could I know for sure? I pulled the watch
back, and had a little think.
After a bit more thought, I took out my wallet. I pushed the wallet over
the boundary, and as it crossed, it began to turn into a purse.
By now, it was clear that the person in the other universe was a woman.
But who was she?
Then I realised how I could find out: my University ID card. So I took
the ID card out, and slowly pushed it just over the boundary.
I couldn't believe my eyes. As I pushed the card over the boundary, the
photo and writing changed. The photo of me was replaced my a photo of a
young woman. The name changed from "Dr. Andrew Bell" to "Dr. Andrea
Bell."
A female version of me??
My ID card didn't have a birth date, but then I realised my driver's
license did. So I got a pen and pulled the ID card back over the
boundary, and pushed the driver's license over instead.
The same woman was in the photo, again called Andrea Bell. Her birth date
was the same as mine.
Wow. An alternate universe, with a female version of me.
Now, perhaps I should have stopped there. But I couldn't help wondering:
was there any way to see her directly?
So far, everything I had pushed over the boundary had come back
undamaged. Could I put a part of myself over the boundary?
But what if it went wrong? Was there a body part I could afford to
damage?
I decided that the little finger on my left hand wasn't too essential, as
I am right-handed. So tentatively, I put my left hand near the boundary,
and slowly slid it to the left so that my little finger crossed the
boundary.
It was hard to tell, but the finger looked a little smaller, and the
fingernail looked neatly trimmed. I pulled my hand away from the
boundary. There were no ill-effects: there was no pain or obvious damage
to my little finger, and if it had looked smaller over the boundary, it
was now back to its normal size.
It was time for something bigger, and since my left shoe was still off, I
slowly pushed my left foot over the boundary.
Now the change was definite: my large foot in a black sock was replaced
by a slightly narrower foot, in a light grey sock with pink dots on it.
Wow, this sure appeared to be female. Was there a way to be even more
sure? I pulled my left leg pants up to just below my knee, and pushed my
left leg a bit further. It sure appeared to be shaved, like a female leg.
I retracted my leg, and again saw my normal hairy leg.
I pushed my leg back over the boundary, and this time, reached over with
my left hand. Then I had another idea. I brought my hand back and re-
attached my watch. Then I reached over again. Whether or not it was a
smaller hand - it certainly looked like it - it had the thinner, feminine
watch attached to it.
With my left hand and left leg both over the boundary, a cautiously
touched "my" leg with "my" left hand. My leg felt smooth and hairless.
Wait, I thought, that isn't right!
I thought I was just seeing a projection from another universe. So with
my hand and my leg still in my universe - even though I couldn't see them
- I should be feeling my male hairy leg, even though all I could see was
a female hand touching a female leg. If I was seeing a female hand touch
a female leg, why was I able to feel it?
What was going on here? Was this more than a projection? Was I feeling
sensations from this parallel universe?
But then, I thought, it might just be a powerful optical illusion. I see
a hairless leg, so I feel like I am touching a hairless leg. I closed my
eyes and touched again. It still felt hairless.
Was I just imagining the lack of hair, even with my eyes shut? Or was
this something even more dramatic than I had imagined: that when I
reached into the alternate universe, I was experiencing the sensations of
my female equivalent?
Then I realised, with trepidation, that there was only one way to know
for sure. Only one way to feel, and be sure I was feeling a female body
not a male one. That one body part which is unmistakably male or female.
It seemed risky, but nothing had gone wrong so far. Everything that went
over the boundary, including my hand and leg, had come back unchanged.
So, after double checking that no one could see in the door, I removed my
other shoe and my pants, so all I had on below the waist was my
underpants and socks. Then I sat on a wheeled chair, leaned back, and
slowly began sliding the lower part of my body across the boundary.
As I began sliding, and my legs went over the boundary, hairless legs
appeared on the other side of the boundary. As I got further in, past my
knees, I stopped and looked. The thighs seemed wider, and had quite a
different look to mine. They certainly looked like female thighs. Again I
touched my legs, and again they felt hairless, and also felt quite a bit
softer and fattier than the thighs I was used to touching. So, they
really did seem to be female sensations. But were they?
I paused for a few moments. I was pretty sure what I was going to see,
but had to gather myself and prepare for it.
I slid my lower waist across the boundary.
And there, as I had been anticipating, was a very unfamiliar sight. As I
pushed my lower waist over the boundary, my underpants - with the outline
of my male parts inside them - changed. In their place I was looking down
at a pair of pink panties, hugging my crotch, leaving no possible room
for any male equipment. I was staring down at a female crotch.
Presumably, the crotch of my female equivalent, Andrea.
As I stared in wonder, I could tell that I was getting aroused. Of
course, no erection appeared inside the pink panties I was looking at.
But what was stranger was, the arousal felt different to how it usually
felt. I could tell I was getting excited, but I could not sense the tell-
tales signs of an erection beginning.
Nervously, I reached a hand down and touched the front of the panties,
and felt something completely different from every other time in my life
I had reached down there.
There was nothing. At least, nothing sticking out. Just a flat, smooth
crotch. In fact, I felt two puffy outer labia, with a slight vertical
indent between them. It confirmed that I was touching a female vulva
though the panties.
But as I felt around, I became aware of the sensations coming from my own
crotch. My groin area could feel my hand touching myself, but my penis
could not feel a thing.
It was as if my penis wasn't there. Combined with what I was feeling with
my hand, I really did feel like it was my own vagina, and I was feeling
it.
The sensations were too much. I withdrew my hand, and then slowly slid my
chair backwards.
Then there was another surprise. As my lower body emerged, I saw that I
had a raging hard erection. Suddenly the feelings of being hard came to
me, and I could feel my erect penis straining against my underpants.
This was so strange. Not only was I feeling and sensing a female body,
but my male body was getting an erection without me knowing. Yes I had
been aroused as I saw and felt a female groin, but the sensations were
very different to hardness. They were... something else.
But those sensations had got me curious, so I pushed the chair forward
again, and again saw my underpants replaced by pink panties which were
flat at the front.
This time, I put my hand inside the panties. Any possible doubt it might
be illusion, was now gone. I felt around, and instead of a very erect
penis, I felt an opening. As I pushed a finger inside it, I could tell it
was quite wet inside. Yes, my finger was feeling inside my own body!
Feeling around a bit further, I could feel something really sensitive. It
felt like the tip of my penis. I guessed, correctly, that it was my - or
Andrea's - clitoris.
I was now getting incredibly aroused, but thought better of it and
stopped. I realised that if I kept touching, an orgasm might not be far
away. And presumably, an orgasm would mean my male self having an
ejaculation. I did not want to have to explain that mess.
But still I was curious. If that is what a vagina felt like, could I also
experience what breasts felt like?
So I leaned further back, and inched the chair further forward. I didn't
want to put my head over the boundary, because who knows what that would
do. But I got far enough forward that I could just make out breasts on my
chest. I gave one of them a little touch, and sure enough, it felt soft.
I withdrew again, and again returned to my male self. I was still
incredibly aroused, but relieved to see I hadn't shot my load and made a
mess.
I decided... I wanted to take the plunge, and explore this properly. I
had established that parts of me could go over the boundary with no ill-
effects. And I had also established that whatever went over the boundary
had female feelings. So it was time to go right over.
Just in case it went horribly or even fatally wrong, I spent a few
minutes writing in my notebook, describing what had happened over the
last few minutes. Of course I left out the sexual arousal part, simply
noting that I could see and feel female genitals inside female panties,
yet it felt that it was my body inside them.
Then I was ready. Slowly, I once again slid the chair forward. As before,
smooth hairless legs appeared. Then a female crotch inside pink panties.
Then breasts appeared on my chest. And finally: I took a breath - like
going underwater - and pushed the chair a little further forward, taking
my head over the boundary.
I looked around. Well, I was alive! That was a start.
I looked down. I was indeed in a female body.
I gave the breasts a proper feel. As before, they were soft; and stranger
still, I could feel my hands touching them: they were part of my chest.
Yes, I had breasts.
I felt my groin again, and again there was unfamiliar feeling of no
penis, just a vertical indent.
I had done it. Somehow, I was in the body of a female version of me.
I reached back for my wallet and cards, which turned into a purse and
cards as they crossed the boundary. I double-checked and it was true:
apart from the change from Andrew to Andrea it was the same name, same
birth date, and I was working in the same research lab. Even the address
on the driver's license was the same.
This really needs more exploration, I thought. I should check out how
similar Andrea's life is to my own. And the only way to do this is to
leave the lab.
But I could not leave the machine on. So to do this, I must be Andrea at
least for overnight.
Dare I do it?
I decided I could handle it. Obviously I would have to pee sitting down.
But otherwise, our lives seemed to be similar enough. So I had to do it.
Both "for science," to see how similar Andrea's life was to mine; but
also to satisfy my curiosity: what was it like being a woman?
I slid the chair back to the male side, and checked the booking sheet.
There was a free session at 11.00 the next morning (Tuesday). That would
be perfect.
So I gathered everything of mine I needed - my pants, shoes and notebook
- and slid back to the "female" side again.
I looked down again. Without even touching, it was obvious from my pink
panties, and the way they hugged my crotch, that I was female again.
I pulled the pants on, noting how different the cut was. The pants pushed
up tightly against my groin, though of course with no discomfort, because
there was nothing there to squeeze.
OK, this is it, I thought. I reached for the machine - which was right in
the middle of the green boundary, so was accessible from either side -
and turned the machine off.
The film of green light went away, and everything else looked the same. I
was a woman, Dr. Andrea Bell, standing in the lab, with my shoes off.
I put my shoes on, and had a think about what I would do. I wanted to
find out as much as possible about this universe - if that is what it was
- to see what differences there were, except for the obvious that I was
female. I already knew that I had the same birth date, lived at the same
address, and had the same job. So these universes appeared to be very
similar.
The other thing was, I would have to act like Andrea as much as possible.
I couldn't have people suspecting what I had done, because who knows what
that could lead to. At the very least, I would lose my "scoop" as the
first person to discover a parallel universe.
Well, this is it, I thought, as I rubbed my unfamiliar groin once again,
then headed out the door of the lab. I am a woman called Andrea Bell for
the next 18 hours. This is sure to be interesting!
*****
I left the lab and headed back to my office. Gary, one of the senior
researchers, passed me in the hallway.
"Hi Andrea," he said, as if nothing was unusual.
"Hi Gary-" I said back. I was taken aback by my voice. Of course, it
should have known that my voice would be higher, but it was still a shock
to see hear it.
As I got a bit closer to my office, I saw Darren outside his office, two
doors down. I smiled and waved a quick, "Hi," as I went into my office.
My office looked almost entirely the same as before. Then I noticed
something different: a little funnel sitting in a corner of the desk.
After a few moments, I realised that it must have been so that female me
could give a urine sample. "Well, that's one difference between these
universes!," I smiled to myself. I gave it a little look; it seemed to be
washed clean.
The next thing I noticed was that my pin-up board looked different.
Instead of photos of me holidaying or partying with Darren, there were
photos of a woman - presumably me - holidaying and partying with Cindy.
Apparently, in this reality, I was best friends with Cindy instead of
Darren.
The photos made me realise I still didn't have a good idea of what I
looked like. So I put the prism in my storage cabinet, and went down the
hall to the women's toilets.
*****
The first thing I noticed was that the layout of the women's toilets was
different. There were no urinals, of course, only stalls; and the colours
were a light pink instead of blue. But also the mirror and basin area was
a little longer. This suited me because I wanted to take a good look at
myself.
My face was very much like my male face, though rounder and with softer
features, and of course no stubble. You could tell that I was from the
same family as my male self, and there was quite a resemblance to my
sister. My dark, straight hair was a little past shoulder length, held in
place by some hair clips.
I couldn't get a good feeling for my height from looking in the mirror,
though I already knew, from when I walked past Gary, that I was shorter
than I had been. Still, I seemed to be fairly slim and tall for a woman,
slimmer than either my mother or my sister. As far as I could tell, I was
definitely taller than my mother, and probably taller than my sister as
well.
Another thing obvious was the redistribution of body mass. My shoulders
were much narrower, while my hips were wider.
Then of course there were my breasts. I had already had the strange
sensation of feeling them before, and now I felt them again. As far as I
could tell they were fairly average sized, perhaps even smaller than
average, but they seemed well in proportion to my slim build.
In short, I looked like an attractive professional young woman.
Finally, I went into a stall to look at myself "down there." I pulled my
pants down, and again looked at those pink women's panties, completely
flat at the front. Then I pulled the panties down, and looked in
amazement.
My pubic hair was almost entirely shaved, giving a good look at my vulva.
Instead of seeing a penis there, as I had every day of my life, two outer
lips were in its place, parting slightly to show the opening to a vagina.
It was not a surprise, but still a shock, to see this vertical opening in
place of my penis.
I touched the lips, and they felt rather like my scrotum, except not at
all saggy, and of course no testicles inside. I felt around, and it was
kind of nice, though probably not any more nice than stroking my dick as
a male.
I sat down and peed. It was a bit of a surprise to feel it come out so
low down, and found I had to wipe. This is quite a bother, I thought, as
I wiped up.
I figured I had done enough exploring for now. I left the women's toilet,
and went back to my office.
*****
As I walked out, I saw Darren again.
"Hi Darren," I smiled.
"Hi Andrea. How'd that lab session go?"
"Oh good, really good," I said in my still-unfamiliar high voice.
"So... are we still on for tonight?"
'Uh-oh I thought, what was this about?' I thought. "What do mean?" I
asked.
"Dinner at your place!" he said. "Isn't that what we usually do Mondays?"
"Oh yeah, I forgot."
"Well, should we go in 10?"
So a few minutes later, we were walking out together. To surprise, he
held my hand as we walked out the doors to the car park. Then he turned
and gave me a hug.
"So... see you at your place." And gave me a kiss on the lips.
I was stunned. Was I his girlfriend?
I mean, it sort of made sense: in my reality I am his best male friend,
so here I am his best female friend.
I decided I could not afford to give away that I wasn't really Andrea. I
would have to act the part.
*****
My car was same blue hatchback I was familiar with, and it was even
parked in the same place as I had parked it that morning, as Andrew.
I had previously seen that my driver's license showed the same address as
Andrew's. So I drove to the same address, hoping it was still my flat.
Driving after suddenly becoming female is a strange experience, because I
found myself concentrating and forgetting my body was different. Which
made it all the stranger when I stopped at traffic lights, remembered
what had happened, looked down, and saw I had breasts. Yes, I am doing
everything I normally did, despite being female.
I arrived at my apartment block, and everything looked familiar. I walked
up, and tried the key in the lock, and sure enough, it opened. It looked
very slightly different, though I couldn't put my finger on why - perhaps
it was a little tidier - but it was otherwise the same apartment.
A couple of minutes later, Darren knocked on the door, and I let him in.
He welcomed me with another kiss.
So Darren made dinner while we talked and half-watched the TV that was
on. As far as I could tell, everything about my apartment was how I
remembered. Also, on TV, everything on the news and sport seemed to be
the same as the universe I had known. Same politicians, same sports
teams, same current events. It really did seem that the only thing that
had changed was my gender, and my relationships with Darren and Cindy.
We continued to chat during dinner. It wasn't hard to keep talking,
because I knew Darren well in my universe. As he did with the male me, a
lot of the talk turned to sport. I wasn't sure what to do to avoid giving
myself away: I didn't want to show sport knowledge which Andrea wasn't
meant to know, but I also didn't want to be ignorant of something Andrea
actually knew. Because what if I say I'd never heard of a certain
sportsman, when Andrea had really talked about him the other day? So I
tried to stay a little non-committal when we talked sport.
After dinner, we settled on the sofa in front of the TV, and Darren made
us coffee.
A minute or so later, Darren put his arm around me, and leaned in for a
kiss.
Of course, since I was meant to be his girlfriend, I returned the kiss.
It wasn't like the peck on the lips in the car park, this was a proper,
passionate kiss. And it was strange, to say the least. I was a virgin,
and hadn't even kissed much. But one thing I'd never done is kissed a
man. Kissing a male face, with stubble on it, was strange, though not
unpleasant.
Darren began to run his arm down my arm, and I found it quite soothing. I
was beginning to enjoy cuddling Darren.
Then I felt ran his hand across my chest, and I found that even more
soothing. It was exciting, even.
So it took 15 seconds or so to realise that he wasn't just rubbing my
chest, but he was rubbing my... one of my breasts!
It was pretty obvious where Darren was taking this. But I had never had
breasts before (obviously), and I was enjoying this new feeling of having
my breasts rubbed, perhaps enjoying it a bit too much. I heard myself
make a few high-pitched sighs.
After a little while, Darren also had his hand stray to my legs a few
times. And then a few minutes later, I felt a hand on my stomach. Before
long, that hand was slowly going down towards my lower abdomen.
Now, as a male, of course being touched in the lower abdomen is really
sensitive, and my instinct as a male would have been to draw away. But as
a female, all my sensitive parts were inside. So initially, just like on
other parts of my body, it was just soothing.
Then I realised what was happening: he wasn't just rubbing my lower
abdomen, he was rubbing my genitals! This could only be leading to one
thing. Was I ready for that?
But as he rubbed more, I could feel the excitement build.
And so, almost before I knew it, Andrew was unbuttoning my pants.
"Should we go to the bedroom?" He smiled.
Well, I've gone so far, I can hardly say "no" now, I thought. Evidently
Darren and Andrea were sleeping together. This was going to be
interesting, I thought, because as a male I was a virgin. But much more
than that, I was incredibly turned on and excited, so much so that I
surprised myself with my answer,
"I thought you'd never ask!" I purred.
So he led me by my hand to the bedroom, and we embraced again as we fell
onto the bed.
As my male friend, Darren had told me that he always keeps a condom in
his jacket pocket. And sure enough, I saw him take one out before
discarding his jacket. This was actually quite comforting, for two
reasons. First, it meant I couldn't get pregnant, so I was free to
experiment. And secondly, strangely, it somehow made me think that Darren
was trustworthy: he was a man of his word; when he told his buddy he used
a condom with girls, he really did.
As we lay on the bed, he put his hand inside my panties. He kept rubbing
me down there, and I got more and more excited. The feelings were
building, like an erection. Of course nothing was getting erect. But I
could feel the excitement building and, as if the day wasn't strange
enough, I could tell as he felt around that I was getting wet.
He gradually undressed me, and when he finally pulled my panties off, I
was ready. I did realise it was strange. All those years I'd been
wondering what it would be like to put my penis inside a woman's vagina;
and now, instead, my first sex would be having someone else's penis
inside my vagina.
Darren pulled his underpants down, and I gasped. As Andrew, I had been in
a change room with him, and knew that he was a little larger than me. But
I had never seen him erect. It was huge - much larger than my erection
ever was! Would it really fit inside me?
He slipped on the condom, and smiled.
Darren continued teasing me, touching me around my vagina, until I was
even wetter. I was so aroused, that any masculine thoughts were long
gone. I wanted to be his woman. I wanted him inside me.
Finally he started to push his penis in. How can I describe it? It is
like the tip of my penis had opened up, and he was pushing up inside the
tube inside my penis.
And although I wanted it, I started to feel pain. As he pushed inside me,
it began to hurt.
"Ow," I said in my high pitched voice. "It hurts. Perhaps go slower."
Darren slowed a little, but it didn't stop hurting.
"You weren't like this last time Babe," he said.
"I... I don't know what's wrong," I said. Which was certainly the truth!
I didn't want to give away that I was really a guy called Andrew and I
had no idea what I was doing, and yet I had to let him know that
something was not quite right.
Despite my pain, Darren gradually pushed all the way in. Soon after, I
could feel him spasm and ejaculate, and begin to go soft. Although I was
disappointed that I hadn't reached a climax, I was relieved; because as
he went softer, it began to hurt less.
Darren pulled out and then took the condom off. I just lay there, a
little disappointed and still in a little pain. But I tried to put on a
happy face. Hopefully he didn't realise how much it had hurt.
He leaned in and kissed. "Maybe next time Babe. I'm sorry it hurt for
you. You're so sexy, I want to make it as good for you as it is for me."
I decided there was no point acting hurt, because I didn't want to give
away who I was. "That's ok Daz. I got really close. And it was still
good."
Uh-oh. I called him Daz, the nickname I sometimes used for Darren.
Hopefully Andrea sometimes used it too. In any case, Darren didn't act
like anything was amiss.
He stood up, looking at my naked body. "You can lie like that as long as
you want!" he smiled. "But I guess we both have work tomorrow."
I took that as a hint that he wanted to go home, which was a relief. He
got dressed, and I forced myself to give him another kiss goodnight.
After he left, all sorts of thoughts went through my head. Apparently sex
between Andrea and Darren had happened at least a few times, so why had
it gone so badly for me? Has Andrea only just started having sex? I'd
heard that it can take a few times for a woman to really enjoy it.
But almost worse than the pain, was the horniness. It was so frustrating
to get that close to a climax, not orgasm.
So I began rubbing myself down there again, where Darren had. It was
good, but not great.
I tried putting my finger inside, and found what I had when I first
explored my female genitals: my clitoris. After a few tries, I worked out
that stroking it in a certain way didn't just feel good - it felt
amazing! Why hadn't Darren done that?
I continued to stroke my clitoris, and the feelings built. The pleasure
was increasing, certainly getting further than Darren had got me.
And yet, I couldn't quite get to a climax. So I closed my eyes, and let
my mind wander. And my mind soon drifted to the sight of Darren's erect
penis. Despite the disappointment of sex that night, I so badly wanted it
inside me again...
And as I thought of his magnificent hard penis pushing into me, my orgasm
finally came, washing over me. It was the familiar feeling of pleasure I
got from a male orgasm. But it seemed to go longer: it just went on and
on!
And soon after I fell asleep, finally satisfied.
*****
I woke up in the morning to my alarm, in my familiar room. But something
was different, what was it?
Wait, did yesterday really happen?
Slowly, I pushed my hand down towards my groin. As it got to where my
penis should be, I felt... nothing.
I felt all around between my legs, around my groin, but it was true. I
didn't have a penis.
It really had happened. Somehow I had crossed over to an alternate
universe, and I was in the body of Andrea Bell, my female equivalent in
that universe. More bizarrely, I was the girlfriend of my best friend
Darren Parker, and we had had sex.
As I woke up more properly, I remembered that I had booked the lab for
11.00 that morning. Then I thought back to last night. While it was
interesting experiencing sex and masturbation as Andrea, I really needed
to be scientific today, and find out as much as I could about the
similarities and differences between Andrew's and Andrea's lives, before
crossing back into my universe.
So first thing, I got up and had a shower. Showering as a female was
different, and kind of interesting. I felt the urge to pee, and amused by
myself trying to aim at the drain, and failing badly. Fortunately the
shower washed the water off my leg. Really, do women have to through life
like this, with no way to pee except sitting, I thought.
I resisted the urge to pleasure myself again in the shower. Actually,
drying myself was more stimulating than showering, as I had to rub my
boobs, and thoroughly between my legs, to dry myself. Drying between my
legs was strangest feeling, rubbing back and forth with nothing in the
way. It was a little erotic, but again I resisted the urge to take it
further.
I got into my underwear. The bra took a little work. The panties were
easy, of course, but again I couldn't get over how they pressed snugly at
the front, with my genitals not pushing out at all.
I got dressed more or less how I had found myself yesterday: in a fairly
conservative blouse that looked just like the one from yesterday; and the
same pants and jacket as yesterday.
As I ate breakfast, I looked over my social media. What surprised me is
that there was no mention of Darren, and certainly no hint that I was in
a relationship with him. So was our relationship new, or secret, or both?
The other main change from "my" universe, which I had briefly noticed
yesterday, was that I appeared to be quite good friends with Cindy. In
fact, many of the updates of me hanging out with Darren on a boys' night
out, were now replaced with Andrea hanging out with Cindy, on a girls'
night out.
Otherwise, everything about this universe seemed to be the same as the
one I knew. All my family was the same, nothing about my other friends
was any different. And a more thorough reading of the news confirmed what
I had noticed last night: that all events in the news seemed to be no
different from the universe I was familiar with. It seemed to be an exact
copy of the universe I knew, with the single exception that I had been
born female, and my relationships with Darren and Cindy were different.
When I got to work and studied my work files, I did notice one other
difference though. I was no longer promoted to Level 2 Scientist! In my
universe, Darren and I had been promoted, but Cindy had not. But here,
only Darren had been promoted, but Cindy and I had not. This was unfair!
My publications and performance were exactly the same: the only
difference was Andrea is a woman. So that was why Cindy had not been
promoted in my universe - or this one, for that matter - because she is a
woman too! It did occur to me that, in addition to a groundbreaking
discovery in physics, I had also discovered irrefutable proof of sexism
in the workplace. But still that was cold comfort. Mostly I was furious
on Andrea's and Cindy's behalf.
I went to get my morning coffee at the office tea room. As I was coming
back, Cindy saw me, and followed me to office.
"Hi Andrea!"
"Hi Cindy!"
"I missed you last night."
"What?"
"At the staff club. You should have been there." She dropped her voice.
"There was a hot guy from the Maths department there. Peter. You should
have been there. I got all flutters. I could have used a wing woman."
"So it went nowhere?"
"No, unfortunately. But I couldn't stop thinking about him... when I lay
in bed when I got home!"
I smiled.
"But anyway, where were you? I thought you were going to meet me there?"
Not knowing whether Cindy knew about our relationship or not, I just told
her straight out, "I was at my place with Darren."
"Darren! You can't be serious! I thought you hated him!"
I thought quickly, "Well, he's not too bad."
"Not too bad! After what he's done! What's got into you?"
I could hardly ask her what he's done, because presumably whatever it
was, Cindy knew from me telling her. So instead I said, "Look, I think
he's ok."
"I don't know what's got into you, girl! But it's your choice. I just
hope you didn't take things far."
I blushed and looked down.
"Andrea! I can't believe it! I thought you were saving yourself for
marriage!"
I was stunned. But I should have realised. As Andrew, I had told Darren
that I wanted to wait until marriage, or at least until I was sure it was
the woman I wanted to marry. So it made sense, in this parallel universe,
that Andrea had said the same thing to Cindy.
I guess that is also why sex hurt a little - it must have been Andrea's
first time!
I tried to think of something plausible to say, "I... I just couldn't
resist him. And... it was a fun experience, I've got to admit."
"Your choice," she smiled, "I'm just surprised it was Darren, after all
you've said about him."
I gulped. Again, I wonder what I had said about him. I smiled an awkward
smile.
"Well, I think I've decided he's not so bad... obviously."
Cindy sighed, and returned to her office.
*****
After what Cindy had told me, I realised I should not have slept with
Darren.
Then, to at least minimise any damage, I decided I had to tell my female
self what I had done.
So before heading back to the lab to change back, I wrote a letter to
Andrea.
"Dear Andrea. I should let you know that I slept with Darren last night.
Sorry if this causes problems. Andrew."
I sealed it in an envelope, and put it inside her notebook, just jutting
out so I knew she would see it.
*****
Then, it was time to change back. I took my prism to the lab, put it in
the quantum entanglement machine, and started the machine up. After some
fiddling to get it right, I saw the green film of light appearing again
down the centre of the room.
I got on the wheeled chair, took a deep breath, and slowly slid through.
I looked down: I could see a shirt, without breasts. Further down, I
could see dark pants, no longer hugging my groin tightly.
To confirm, I felt my groin. Yes! I have changed back, I smiled.
I stood up and looked over the rest of my body, and I was clearly my male
self again.
There was no need to spend any more time in the lab, so I shut down the
quantum entanglement machine, took out my prism, and went back to my
office.
*****
But a surprise was waiting for me. In the middle of my desk, was the
notebook, just like I had left it for Andrea. And there, for me, was an
envelope jutting out, just as I had left for Andrea.
I pulled it out and, sure enough, it said "Andrew" just like I had
written "Andrea."
Nervously I opened it, and read:
"Dear Andrew. I should let you know that I slept with Cindy last night.
Sorry if this causes problems. Andrea."
*****
Well, I wasn't expecting that!
It sort of made sense though. In my universe, Darren was my best friend
and Cindy was the girl I liked. In the other universe, Cindy was my best
friend and Darren was the guy I liked. So if me-turned-Andrea was able to
sleep with Darren, where Andrea was unwilling to, it made sense that
Andrea-turned-me was able to sleep with Cindy, when I was unwilling to.
And with all that, it made sense that Andrea wrote a note to me, almost
identically worded to mine to her.
And yet, there did seem to be a difference. According to Cindy in the
other universe, Andrea had hated Darren. But here, I never hated Cindy -
quite the opposite. I'd just been unable or unwilling to strike up more
of a friendship; out of fear she would say no.
In retrospect, I should have thought about this difference more. But
instead, the idea of sleeping with Cindy clouded my judgement. All I
could do was marvel at how Andrea-in-my-body had slept with Cindy; and
how I desperately wanted to do the same.
*****
Later that day I walked past Cindy's office. Since no one was around, I
thought I'd take the plunge, and I walked in.
"Hi," I said.
"Oh hi handsome!" she smiled.
"So, umm..." I began, realising I hadn't planned what to say at all. "Do
you... do you want to do go out for dinner again tonight."
Her smiled turned to a frown. "I thought you said you visited you mother
on Tuesdays!"
"Oh yeah, sorry, I forgot." (While thinking to myself: either Andrea sees
Mum more than I do, or she was lying!)
She continued to glare. "How could you forget? It was one of the big
things we talked about."
"Well, you could come too."
"What!" she practically shouted. "What has come over you? You assured me
you we could keep our relationship secret from family for a few weeks!
Why the sudden change?"
"I, err..." I struggled.
"Look, I don't know what's come over you! I thought I got to know a
really sensitive man, who listens to me. Now I'm beginning think you were
saying things just to get me into the sack!"
"Look, sorry," I said, "I'll talk to you later."
I went back to my office. That really could not have gone worse if I
tried!
*****
Later in the day I tried to speak to Cindy in the tea room, but she
walked out without saying a word.
So I spent the rest day making sure I had noted everything, then did some
other work, and went home, frustrated.
The next day, Wednesday, I tried to talk to Cindy again, but she just
turned her back on me.
How could I repair our friendship?, I thought. How could I know what to
say to Cindy to fix this? (And by "fix this" I was thinking, "How can I
fix this so Cindy will sleep with me?")
As I thought, I decided I knew what the problem was. The trouble was: I
had no idea what Andrea-as-me had said to Cindy. It sounded to me like
she had built on Andrea's existing friendship with Cindy in her universe,
and sex that night had flowed naturally from it.
I would have to find out what they talked about. But how?
After thinking for a while, I got a crazy idea. I could become Andrea
again! And leave another note for her, asking her to write about her
night with Cindy.
Come to think of it, if these universes are mirrors of each other, maybe
Andrea was having the same problems with Darren. Maybe I would need to go
across and write to her what I did to let Darren seduce me. (Though it
didn't seem like I had done much, except let him invite himself to my
place).
It turned out the lab was all booked up that day, so I booked it for next
day, on Thursday. I also booked a session for the day after that, the
Friday, so that I could change back after one day and night as Andrea.
Now looking back, I should have realised that our universes were not
quite mirrors of each other, and the fact that Andrea had hated Darren
should have been a warning that a few things were different, possibly
significantly different.
But I think my judgement was clouded. Mostly because I was desperate for
things to be set right so I could experience sex with Cindy.
But the truth is that I also I wanted to experience sex was a woman one
more time. It probably sounds strange, but you must remember I had been a
male virgin, so that sex as Andrea was the only sex I had experienced at
that stage. And even now, back as a man, I couldn't shake the wondrous
feeling of Darren's hard penis pushing inside of me, and my tiny clitoris
rubbing against him. Even though it had hurt, I wanted to experience it
again, hopefully this time with an orgasm.
Either way: in my eagerness to have sex - both as a man, and as a woman -
I ignored the red flags.
*****
Anyway, the rest of Wednesday passed without much happening. Cindy
avoided me as much as possible, and otherwise work continued as normal.
On that Wednesday night, I wrote a letter to Andrea, for her to read once
we changed universes. I explained to her what had gone so badly with
Cindy, and why I needed her to tell me what they had talked about, so
hopefully I could rescue the relationship. (Of course, this was just
being selfish, I just wanted to experience sex with Cindy!)
I also wrote out, as best I could, what had happened with Darren, so she
could hopefully sort things out with him. So it turned into a rather long
letter.
The next morning, I left the letter to Andrea inside my notebook, and
again went into the lab with my quantum entanglement prism.
I started up the machine, and I soon adjusted it so that the thin green
film of light was the dividing the room, just like the two times before.
I first put my left hand through and, sure enough, on the other side of
the film of light I could see a feminine hand wearing a feminine watch.
So yes, the quantum entanglement was working again.
With that, slowly I slid the chair over, into the female-me universe
again.
A quick look down revealed I had changed. First I put my hands to my
chest, and again felt the strange feeling of soft breasts. Then I put my
hand down below, it again felt that strange feeling of a smooth groin,
with no penis there. Yes, I was Andrea again.
As on Tuesday, there was not much else to do in the lab. So I shut down
the machine and walked back to my office.
On the way back, I saw Darren walking the other way. "Hi Darren." I
smiled, as I thought again of what we might be able to get up to to that
night.
*****
When I got back to the office, as expected, there was an envelope from
Andrea in my notebook. But I got a shock. Instead of the long detailed
letter I had written to Andrea, her letter to me was short and to the
point:
"Dear Andrew,
I know this is not you fault, but you should not have slept with Darren!
He has been sexually harassing me, and I have been avoiding talking to
him, except when I have to. Whatever you do while you are here, please do
nothing with him romantically; in fact, if possible, do not talk to him
at all.
Yours Sincerely, your female analogue, Andrea"
I put the letter down.
Well, there goes any possibility of sex with Darren.
In fact, as I thought more, there goes any reason to be in this female
reality at all.
I looked at the clock. I still had 20 minutes of lab time. Why don't I
just reverse it? I have no reason to be here, and I don't really care if
my chances of sex with Cindy are ruined. I just don't want to stay in
this female-me universe and mess anything else up.
So I grabbed the prism and hurried back to the lab. It was still free, so
I had my chance. I plugged in my quantum entanglement prism, and started
the machine up.
No green film of light appeared.
I tried several things, but nothing worked. What was going on? Was it
because, in my universe, Andrea-as-me had not decided to come back to the
lab?
Whatever the reason, it wasn't working, despite me trying all sorts of
things in my remaining lab time.
So when my time was up, I went back to my office; resigned to spending at
least one more day as Andrea.
*****
I tried to spend the rest of the afternoon working, but it was hard.
Every minute or so, it was hard to avoid thinking "Wow I'm a woman," or
looking down at my breasts; or, most of all, it was hard to avoid
reaching down and finding that alien feeling of nothing but smoothness
between my legs.
Unable to concentrate enough to do any "real" research work, instead I
spent time looking through my administration and financial folders. It
confirmed what I thought: Andrea was equally as good a scientist as
Andrew, and had published the exact same papers Andrew had, but had not
gotten the promotion when Andrew did. It did not seem to have had a
significant issues on finances: my bank balance was very slightly lower,
probably because of the recently missed promotion; but everything else
about my life and my monetary assets seemed to be the same as they were
for Andrew.
Eventually, it was time to go home and made myself dinner.
I put on the TV and found my basic interests hadn't changed: I still
enjoyed sport, and didn't seem drawn to watch any stereotypical female
programming.
As I sat alone on the sofa, my hand drifted to my crotch, again and
again, because I could not get over the feeling of it being completely
smooth, with no penis anywhere. Gradually my feelings went from wonder
and shock, to feeling around and beginning to arouse myself.
So I decided to go to bed and pleasure myself as a female one last time.
So I got undressed, and lay back on the bed, completely nude.
I admired my breasts, and gave them a gentle feel, marvelling at how soft
they were. As I felt them, I began to get the beginnings of arousal, as I
had the other night with Darren.
Then I felt below, found my clitoris, and began rubbing it. But wonderful
as it felt, I couldn't get past a certain point.
I tried to think of sex with Darren the other night. But now that I knew
he had been sexually harassing Andrea, and presumably the other night was
just opportunistic sex on his part, I felt repulsed, and I could feel my
arousal subside.
It was too hard. I couldn't reach orgasm without thinking of sex, and I
couldn't think of sex without thinking what Darren had done the other
night.
"This would be so much easier if I had my penis," I thought, as I looked
down at my pussy. "This little clitoris is at least as sensitive, but
it's so much harder to get myself the whole way."
After a few more minutes rubbing myself and getting nowhere, I gave up. I
got up, and put on panties and a nightie. I cleaned my teeth, sat down
(of course) to use the toilet, and went to bed.
A frustrating end to a frustrating day.
*****
On Friday morning I woke up, though this time I remembered what had
happened. A feel down at my groin confirmed I was still female.
I didn't see the point of getting to work too early, so took my time
getting ready. I had a shower and washed my hair, and then it took
forever to dry. Then it took some time getting dressed, with the infernal
bra taking several minutes to get right. Finally, when I had to quickly
use the toilet before leaving, I was reminded - once again - that I had
no option but to sit.
Then when I walked to the car, I heard a wolf whistle from across the car
park. Was that really necessary, I thought? Can't I just go about my
daily business, and go to work without being harassed?
I hadn't been promoted, masturbation was difficult, getting ready took
forever, I had to sit to pee, and random men were wolf whistling at me.
The novelty of this female body was very quickly wearing off.
I drove to work, and arrived about 9.30, in time for my 10.00 booking at
the lab. It would be a relief to be male again.
So 10.00 rolled around, and went to set up in the lab. I turned on the
machine...
... and pretty soon realised something was wrong.
Whereas yesterday the quantum entanglement prism was starting up
properly, but not setting up a boundary; today it just wasn't starting up
at all.
I checked the voltage level, and my worst fears were confirmed.
The prism was low on power. It needed more plutonium.
So I tried a few different things for the next quarter hour or so, but
eventually I ended my lab session early. There was nothing else for it: I
would have to ask Darren for some more plutonium.
Hopefully, with sex a few days ago, and the smiled hello I gave him
yesterday, Darren would no longer think Andrea hated him. Otherwise I
would be really stuck.
*****
So after a half an hour or so pondering, I saw Darren walking past my
office. I decided there was no point delaying this.
"Darren, could you come here?" I called out, in my still-unfamiliar high
voice.
Darren backed up, and walked back into my office.
"What is it, Andrea?"
"Could you shut the door please? I want to ask something."
Darren gave a strange look, but complied, and shut the door.
"I was wondering, Darren. Do you... do you think you would be able to get
me more plutonium?"
Darren paused for a few moments, looking down. Then he looked up, with a
smug smile.
"No, I don't think I can do that any more."
"But what about... our arrangement?"
"What arrangement?"
"That I wouldn't tell anyone about you faking results."
Darren folded his arms and gave a wicked smile. "I never faked any
results."
"But I have evidence that you do!"
Darren paused for effect.
"Not in this universe you don't... Andrew!"
I was stunned. He had called me Andrew. What was going on?
"Yes. I know that you are Andrew, I know about parallel universes, and I
know what you have done."
I was still to stunned to speak.
"As Andrea, you really were getting annoying. First rejecting my
advances, then threatening to report me for sexual harassment. You
probably thought blackmailing me was a master stroke, but all it did was
make me stalk you more closely. I mean really, you work in quantum
entanglement, and you ask me for plutonium? I work in this field too, you
know. I'm not stupid. I pretty quickly worked out that the reason you
wanted plutonium was to make your own quantum entanglement prism."
"So I searched your office, and found you had been reading papers on
quantum entanglement between parallel universes. Not a very nice thing
for me to do, but then, you WERE trying to blackmail me."
"And then suddenly, right after using the quantum entanglement machine,
your personality changed and you got really friendly with me. I wasn't
sure if you had done a parallel universe jump or something else, but I
knew you had changed as soon as you agreed to go on a date with me."
"And as an added bonus, I finally got to sleep with you!" He smiled.
I was too shocked to say anything. Darren continued:
"The other mistake you made was leaving your quantum entanglement prism
in your office. So last night, I used it myself."
My jaw dropped.
"I passed notes back and forth across the boundary to my parallel self."
Shoot, I thought to myself. That was so much simpler than doing the body
swap again. Why didn't I think of that?
Darren continued, "I learned about the parallel universes. And between
me, and my dual in the parallel universe where you are male, we worked
out what you had been doing. And because you were friendly to me again
yesterday, I knew you had crossed the boundary again."
"But there is a big difference. In your universe, Andrew Bell was
blackmailing me over some sort of faking of results. But here, in THIS
universe, there was no faking of results. Instead, you got the plutonium
by blackmailing me over sexual harassment."
"But I doubt those claims will stand up anymore, now that you've gone and
slept with me. I even made sure you got caught on security camera letting
me hold your hand and hug you, when we left on Monday night. As far as
the security cameras are concerned, you don't have a problem with me
anymore. Plus, I spoke to Cindy this morning, and she said the same
thing."
I was still too stunned to speak.
"So that's why I let your prism run out of power last night, and why I'm
not giving you any more plutonium: it's better for me this way - in both
universes. You can't remember how I sexually harassed you. And over in
the other universe, the former Andrea knows nothing about me faking my
results. So it's a win-win for me."
"I suspect it's also a win for the former Andrea. Because she is male,
she is a Level 2 Scientist. Plus I suspect she, or should I say he, is
rather enjoying regular sex with Cindy."
"Even if you get the plutonium some other way, I can't imagine the old
Andrea wanting to go back to his old life, with less career prospects,
and no romantic relationship."
"So enjoy your new life as Andrea. If it's any consolation, you've got
far and away the tightest pussy I've ever screwed... and I'll be more
than happy to do it again!"
And with a smug smile, he walked out the door, leaving me to contemplate
my new life as Andrea.
*****
Darren was right. Years have passed, and I never managed to set up inter-
universe quantum entanglement again, even when I was finally senior
enough to requisition my own plutonium. I think it is because my life no
longer closely parallels Andrew's, so our universes are no longer
parallel. I am female, for the rest of my life.
Not only am I stuck as Andrea, but I also lost the chance to publish an
incredible scientific discovery. All because I tried to use it for sexual
gratification.
Being female... well, I am finally getting used to it, but it's hard.
Every morning when I sit on the toilet, I look down between my legs, and
I am reminded of how I have lost my manhood, forever. I am reminded again
when I shower, when I get dressed, when I speak in my high voice, when I
struggle against the glass ceiling at work, and when men try to hit on
me. Of course I am especially reminded once a month, and that also
reminds me that I may get pregnant one day.
I guess being female is not bad in itself, and 50% of the population are
born female and are used to it. But because I have lived both male and
female lives, I appreciate all the little advantages there were to being
male.
So this is a story of a great scientific experiment, which went badly
wrong. I wanted too much to experience sex in different ways, and it
clouded my judgement. The moral, for anyone else smart enough to set up
inter-universe quantum entanglement in the future, is to be careful about
that parallel universe. It might be appealing to cross over to it, but it
is not always easy to cross back.
*****
(Epilogue)
Since first posting my story, a few people have written to me, concerned
that I am unhappy as a woman and only looking at the downsides.
Let me assure you that I am ok. My scientific career is a continual
struggle against the glass ceiling, but I will manage.
Darren was eventually caught faking results AND sexually harassing a
young female scientist, and lost his job. Not before he messed up my
life, but oh well.
I have continued the old Andrea's friendship with Cindy. Remember Peter
from the maths department? I was a bridesmaid at Cindy's wedding to Peter
a few weeks ago. And though it goes against my old male instincts, I've
got to admit I looked really pretty in my bridesmaid dress.
I have dated a little, though I am saving myself for marriage again. But
don't worry, I have well and truly worked out female masturbation by now.
In fact the female orgasm is the one advantage of having a vagina!
That doesn't outweigh the sexism, the sitting to pee, the periods, and
everything else. I miss my penis, though I am resigned to never being
Andrew again. But I will make the best of it: 50% of the population
manages without a penis, so surely I can too.
The End