Over the next couple days Brad and I were basically inseparable. He kept helping me try to recover some old abilities I had when I was 16. I still can’t read but I’m making progress in telling time. This body really doesn’t allow me to skip through milestones easily. All the new time spent with Brad made me feel bad for not spending so much time with him when I was the big brother.
Brad really shouldn’t have been doing this since I was supposed to essentially become him but Mariah felt bad and help cover for us. Lucas was a different story.
He constantly looked for subtle ways to tease me about my new body. I guess it was his way at getting back at me for calling him a leech. He often walked around the house in just underwear to show of his dick bulge. He even left a piece of chocolate in my back pocket once and tried to convince mom and dad that I shit myself and needed diapers.
Me and Brad went back to Larry’s for a check up. I failed the tests again but he did compliment me on my improved speech and being able to read a clock.
“Doctor, so is this body swap thingy still ewreverswible?”
“That shouldn’t concern you Brad.”
He patted my head.
“You and your family knew this procedure would be permanent. It’s best to not even think of yourself as anything other than Brad, it’ll only make it harder to cope.”
I nodded. Still, I felt something was off about Larry’s answer. It’s didn’t sound like he couldn’t swap us back, more like he wouldn’t. I wanted to ask more questions but I knew he would just shut me down again.
This time dad came with me and Brad. He looked concerned and Larry called him to his office.
Gloria was watching me and Brad in the waiting room while there were gone. I just had to know what they were discussing in there.
“David I gotta go potty! Pwease come with meee.” Brad looked confused so I gave him a wink.
“Uh ok bro.”
Brad managed to explain to Gloria that I had adapted really well to my new body but still needed help going to the bathroom and that I only let my “big brother” help me. She reluctantly let him take me alone.
“What is it David?”
“Bwad I need to hear what they’re talking about in there, I don’t trust Larry. This air vent is loose and the room is next door. Do you think you can give me a boowst so I can crawl and listen? Pwease?”
“Ok but let’s try to do it quick before Gloria gets suspicious.”
Brad help me up towards the loose vent. I barely manage to crawl through with my new small form.
I heard my dad sound very stressed.
“What do you mean you can but won’t?!” He said
“I never lied, when we started the experiment there was no way to undo the process. Only recently have we made the breakthrough but there’s... a catch.” There was no doubt that was Larry.
“What sort of catch?” Dad inquired.
“It only works between a subject that has undergone the process and one that hasn’t. There is truly no way to return either of your sons back to normal. The only reason I told you is because I’m obligated by contract to share all new findings.”
“So... they’re really stuck?”
“Unless you find some others willing to swap with them. Keep in mind the only reasons your children were experimented on in the first place was because of money. We won’t be paying anyone to participate in another swap procedure. However, if anyone does agree we will perform it.”
Dad began to pace around the room.
“But honestly, do you really want to give your children false hope? Especially poor David. He’ll miss his entire life just waiting for a donor to come along and even then who knows if it’ll be anything like his old body. Don’t make this any harder than it already is.”
I slowly backed out of the vent as I tried to process what I had just heard...