Perhaps Sonya was a bit friendlier to Elaine than the real Derek would have been. Derek was fairly sure that had she been in her real male body she would not have got off the bed and given Elaine a hug and said 'Great to see you again Mrs Shepherd'. Even Elaine seemed a bit surprised at the greeting she got. She gave Derek (Whom Elaine thought was her daughter) a startled look as the young man she had only met a few times gave her a squeeze, however Derek got the impression the greeting was more a pleasant surprise than unwelcome.
While the hug was happening Derek took the opportunity to casually place the collar on Sonya's dressing table. She hoped it wouldn't look out of place there amongst Sonya's brushes and lotions. She didn't want to draw attention to the item and the stupid dress she was wearing didn't have pockets she could place it into.
'How was your day?' Sonya enquired of her mother
'Very good, but it's nice to be home and able to get out of my heels' the woman replied. 'Sonya told me you are heading out to celebrate your mother's birthday. Wish her happy birthday from me'
'I will do exactly that' replied Sonya. Derek observed that Sonya's voice somehow sounded deeper than she expected. Indeed it was a rich deep voice that resonated very pleasantly to Derek's ears. Perhaps voices sounded different to different ears. Derek also observed that now standing Sonya wasn't any shorter than Mrs Shepherd, and this was despite the fact that Mrs Shepherd was still in her heels. This was surprising to Derek as Mrs Shepherd was a tall woman - not as tall as Sonya but with the 3 inch heels she was wearing would have been well over 6 ft tall.
'Will you be leaving soon? I only ask as there is a storm looming and I'd like to put my car away in the garage and yours is in the way' That made sense. Elaine had recently bought a new BMW coupe which was her pride and joy and Sonya had parked Derek's car in the driveway.
'Oh I'm so sorry! I didn't think' Sonya looked to Derek for guidance.
Derek got the hint 'We were about to go. The reservation is for 6.30 and you will need to go home and change first' She emphasised the word 'Change'
'Yeah! Nice to see you Mrs Shepherd. We'll go now and let you put your car away' Sonya continued. Derek found herself mesmerised by Sonya's voice. As a male he had often wondered how he had managed to land such an Amazon as Sonya, now she knew. And to imagine that she had always thought 'he' had a squeaky voice!
'Going now? I'll see you off before I change in that case' replied Elaine. She too had noticed "Derek's" deep sexy voice, she had underestimated this boy, well man really, he was taller than she had recalled as well. maybe he was a late developer. She approved.
They were following Elaine down the hall before Sonya recalled that the keys to Derek's car were in her handbag which she noticed Derek had forgotten to retrieve. Needing an excuse to get Derek to return to her bedroom, Sonya said 'Oh I've forgotten my memory stick. I've left it in your room' He tugged Derek's arm, indicating that Derek should return with him. Elaine waited at the door as the two teenagers returned to Sonya's room.
As soon as they were back in the bedroom Derek whispered. 'We can't change now it will take too long'
Sonya whispered back 'You need your handbag and we need to retrieve the collar. I assume that's where it is?' However as he picked up the handbag and handed it to Derek saying 'A girl always needs her bag' he observed the collar on the dressing table. 'And we will need this if we are going to swap back' He put the collar into his pocket.
From the door Elaine called out 'Are you two coming or not?' The two transformed teenagers hurried after her.