Wish Gone Wrong - Ending 3

We eventually decided on switching Danielle into Luke's body and Luke into my body. It was the closest we could come to bringing things back to normal for the three of us - Danielle would live a life a lot like her old one, albeit as the opposite sex, and Amber would keep living her own life in her own body. Even Amber, who was reluctant to drag Luke into our mess against his will, had to admit those benefits. The downside was that Amber and I would be related by blood, and she would be viscerally aware of it. She reaffirmed, though, that when she said she'd love me no matter what, she meant it.

Amber and I didn't want to give Luke access to our apartment once he got my body, but we couldn't just leave him homeless, so we convinced Danielle to put off the switch for a few weeks so she could move my body into a new apartment. She chose a cheap, cramped one about an hour's commute from my university. "Luke doesn't deserve any better," she said.

The rest of the "family reunion" wasn't exactly a relaxing vacation for Amber and me. I had to teach Danielle how to take care of my old body and impersonate me in my classes, at least for a few weeks, while I did my schoolwork remotely. At the same time, Amber was teaching me to take care of my new body - wash my hair, shave my legs, deal with my period when that came along. All the while, we had to pretend that nothing was up whenever Amber's mom was around.

There was no way I could do Danielle's job for long, and Amber wanted to stay in her graduate program, so we decided that I'd move back in with her, rather than her moving in with me. I vacated Danielle's apartment and sold all of the stuff that she didn't want to keep as Luke, and Amber and I convinced her to give the money to my body to cushion Luke's transition. Our cover story for all of this was that Brandon and Amber broke up, with Amber keeping the apartment, and Danielle decided she didn't like her job and wanted to spend more time with her sister.

One night, when Amber and I were both back at our apartment and my body was all moved into its new one, we finally made the wish on the statue. A few minutes later, we got a call from Luke's body claiming to be Danielle - just as planned. The new Luke later told us that the new Brandon called him to try and figure out what happened, but he just played dumb and called "Brandon" crazy, then hung up and blocked his number.

[Two side-by-side images. Left: Luke's body with a ghostly image of Danielle's face behind it. Right: Brandon's body with a ghostly image of Luke's face behind it.]

It's been a few months since then. There was no way I could do a job in Danielle's field, so I'm planning to go back to school to get my old degree back, and I'm searching for a part-time job to help pay for it. The new Luke has been calling and messaging us sometimes, and he seems to be getting a kick out of his new body, judging by the shirtless Snapchats with captions like "Can you believe Luke's abs are all mine now?" He's even found a guy who's into him, and they've gone on a few dates recently.

Amber promised to always love me, and though she couldn't promise to be physically intimate with me, she's been trying her hardest to become comfortable with it. She's told me about how she's trying to shift her frame of mind, see my body from a new perspective. "You're my girlfriend," she says to me. "Not my sister, my girlfriend. I tell myself that every night, when I look at you falling asleep next to me." We cuddle a lot. We hold hands sometimes, thought not as much as we used to. We even kissed a couple of weeks ago, and afterward, she told me she enjoyed it. She did close her eyes for it, but then again, so did I. I suppose it's just a normal kissing thing.

Amber may not be helping me explore my new body, but that doesn't mean I can't do it on my own when I have the privacy. Since this body is permanently mine and not the old Danielle's, I figure it's not cheating to stare at myself naked, fondle my breasts, or play with my new genitals. It took me a while to master masturbation, but considering I was born male, I'm lucky I ever got to experience these sensations!

There are other downsides to Amber's and my new relationship situation, of course. We have to hide our love from just about everyone we know, or disguise it as sisterly love. We can never get legally married. The two of us look different enough that it's not obvious to strangers whether we're sisters, but it's still a bit risky to hold hands in public, because of possible harassment from homophobes if nothing else. Amber is always happy to reassure me that it's worth it, though, and I'm happy to do the same.

[Image: Danielle's body.]

My name is Danielle Harrison. I have a brother-in-law named Luke, and a loving girlfriend named Amber. With them by my side (metaphorically, in Luke's case), I think everything's going to turn out alright.

THE END