Tom slipped one red sock onto his left foot. Kate then immediately placed the shoe over that foot while Tom put the other sock on his right foot. Kate had no trouble fitting Tom’s dainty feet into the shoes. They were very loose. For good measure she tightened the laces as much as she could. She then switched to the right foot and did the same. Tom remained seated on the bed. Kate was kneeling on the floor and watching his feet.
The shoes still looked very loose. Kate asked “Are you feeling any tingling?”
“Yeah it’s quite strong. Stronger than before”
“That’s a good sign” Kate said. “I can’t see anything happening here yet”
“The tingling is in my chest. There is nothing in my feet”
“We just have to wait. Tell me when the tingling in your feet starts. I’ll time it”
“Kate this isn’t good. I’m growing breasts!” Tom was sounding panicky once more
“We have to be patient Tom. I warned you the progress would initially be upwards. Are you feeling anything in your feet?”
“Take the shoes off Kate! It’s not working! All the tingling is still in my chest!”
Kate had been focusing on detecting the first changes in Tom’s feet. For the first time she looked up at Tom’s chest. There were two unmistakable bulges under his shirt. She was in a dilemma, there was obviously a lag time. She glanced at her watch. It had been two minutes since she had put the shoes onto Tom.
“No tingling yet?”
“No. Get them off!” Tom screeched in a high pitched voice. He pulled his foot from Kate’s grasp and hurriedly kicked it off. He didn’t bother undoing the laces but the shoe was so loose that it didn’t matter. He then did the same to the left foot, then reached down and pulled the socks off both feet and flung them across the room.
“Now we are going to have to start again said an annoyed Kate. You needed to be patient”
“Kate it wasn’t working. Look at me! Listen to me!”
“You sound like Kerry”
“That’s because the changes have got to my neck! My Adam’s apple is gone!” He was feeling his throat
Tom was right Kate realised. His neck was smooth. It certainly explained Kerry's voice.
“It’s still tingling” Tom moaned as he felt under his chin. It took about another minute for the tingling to stop. Only then did the changes stop.
Tom moved back to the mirror and examined his face. The change in skin colour was around his jawline. The face was still his, but he had a whiskerless chin. He began unbuttoning his shirt. As he did he revealed his now totally female torso. He had Kerry’s breasts. He took off the shirt totally. The changes had also spread to his shoulders which had noticeably narrowed. His upper arms down to the top of his biceps were now very much Kerry’s.
“I’m sorry Tom. I thought you would revert” said Kate. She began to sob. Her silly birthday present had changed her husband into her sister-in-law, now she had made it worse. Would she ever get her husband back?
Tom didn’t know what to do. He hugged his sobbing wife to his bare, newly endowed chest. He found tears forming in his own eyes.