A Better Solution Than Divorce

by Jennifer Allison

  

part 3

  

Jennifer

When my brother Dean came down to breakfast Monday morning I couldn't help notice the outline of a bra underneath his shirt. Even at my junior high school I had heard of the punishment the Barkers imposed on my brother. I totally agree with their decision.

As far back as I could remember my older brother has made my life miscible. I just wish there was some way for Dean to live in my shoes for just one day. I knew if he understood what it mean to be a girl it would make both of our lives much easier.

So I did what any girl would do to a first time bra wearer. As Dean sat down I reached up and snapped his bra strap.

"Jennifer!" said my mom. I knew she wanted to sound as if she was scolding but she just couldn't make herself do it.

"I just wanted to be the first. Dean won't be able to count the amount of times some one will snap his bra even just today." To rub it in a little more I offered. "Dean, I can offer you a pair of panties to match you bra if you want to wear them too."

I wish I had a camera for that Kodak moment.

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Dean

Just as Jennifer predicted, it seemed like every girl wanted to snap my bra. There were twenty girls on my school bus and everyone of them did it.

At school it was no different except for the snickers and giggles behind my back after I walked past. I found a tampon taped to my locker, with these words. 'Does Dean need one of these?' Underneath it read 'Nobody knows for sure.'

Mr. Brown had also told me the night before to report to his office before my first class, just to make sure I was wearing the bra. At this meeting he told me the penalties for being caught with out the bra.

"For the first time being caught I will add 1 day to your punishment. If there is a second time I will add two more days and if there is a third time I make it six more days. If you are caught a fourth time, Demented High."

That is how my week went. By Wednesday it had become second nature to put on the bra. Also by Wednesday I was wearing MY bra around the house after school. To my amazement this didn't bother my parents one bit, what's more they seemed to enjoy the sight of me wearing a bra.

To tell you the truth I was thinking about being caught without my bra so I could wear it more.

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Helen

Friday was the day we decided to tell Dean and Jennifer about Dr. Knox's program and our decision to join the program.

"So Dean how did you like wearing a bra?" I asked.

"To tell you the truth mom, I sort of like it," Dean admitted.

"So Jennifer, what did you really think about your brother wearing a bra?" I asked. I figured the answer to this question and Dean's reply could make our decision on them switching easier.

"It was fun knowing Dean had to go through some the stuff that a girl has to go through," Jennifer replied.

Richard then asked the most important of our lives. "We have sort of a way out question to ask, but we want the truth. Have you ever thought of living in each others body?"

Both of them sat stunned. But I could tell that they were thinking of their answer.

Dean finally broke the silence. "Yes, I have."

Jennifer then said, "I have dreamt of it but I know that could never happen."

"If there is way would you do it?" I asked. "I mean actually live in each other body for a month."

"Why are you asking all these weird questions?" Dean asked.

"The reason why we are asking these questions is that your mom and I are planning to switch bodies for six months. We just thought that the two of you might like to see what it is like to be the other."

"Are you kidding? You are really planning to switch bodies," asked Jennifer. "I wish I could."

"Yeah, I would like to see what is so great about being a girl," announced Dean. "But why do you want to know?"

"You both know we have been having problems lately and we have been seeing someone about them," I told them. "Dr. Watson told us we were about one step away from a divorce. We both begged him to help us not take that last step. Dr. Watson sent us to colleague of his who has a program. Her program provides for a mind switch so the two people can see what it is like to live in each other's shoes for a month."

"You said six months earlier," Dean reminded.

"Your mom and I will switch for six where most of other participants do it for one month. You see, when we are in this program we will have to live out west in a certain town that knows about the program but maintains the secret because it is quite beneficial to the town.. My job during the switch is to be the town's doctor while their doctor is on maternity leave. To save the townspeople the discomfort of having their replacement doctor switch identities after a month your mom and I decided to stay switched for the whole six months we are there." Richard told the kids.

Dean then surprised me by asking. "Could Jennifer and I switch for six months too?"

"I would like to do it for six months too," said Jennifer.

"Are you sure the two of you really want to do this?" I had to ask.

"Yes I do. As you could tell I ended up liking the feel of a bra," Dean confessed. "I would like to see what it feels like to actually have breasts to fill out a bra."

"I am sure, too," said Jennifer.

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Richard

I didn't waste anytime. I called Dr. Knox at her home and got her answering machine. "Hilllery, Richard McLean, I called to let you know my family wants to join your program. I have started the ball rolling at the hospital. They told I should be cleared for my leave of absence two weeks from today. Also my son and daughter also want to join the program for the entire six months that my wife and I are on it."

As I hung up the phone I had a brilliant idea.

"The four of us need practice being the other," I said. "So why don't we start a little early."

"What do you mean?" asked Dean.

"We switch places starting right now." I explained further. "We can't do it at work or school but we can do it here at home. When we are home my name is Helen and I am your mom. Hellen, you are Richard and you are dad and so forth."

"Brilliant idea, it will give us all practice being the other person" Dean commented.

So that is how it went for the next two weeks. As soon as I walked in the door till I left the next morning I was Helen. With all the duties and responsibilities of being the woman of the house. Since I was already dressing the part of the wife in bed I started dressing the part when I came home. After seeing me dressed up as mom Dean and Jennifer started to dress accordingly. The girls taught we boys the proper way of doing things feminine and we taught them everything masculine. We boys had to learn the right way to apply make-up and how roll up our hair in curlers as well as the proper way to sit and to smooth out our skirt without even thinking of what we were doing.

There was only one thing the girls refused to discuss or even talk about, PERIODS.

The girls explained their refusal by telling us they had discussed the matter but despite us being their husband/father and son/brother they simply felt too uncomfortable talking about periods with a male. They did reassure us they would discuss the issue after we made the switches. Dean and I accepted their decision.>

Helen also had no problem getting a leave of absence from school. Mr. Brown didn't like the idea of losing one of his best teachers, but the thought of losing Dean for six months made up for the lost of my wife.

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Amanda Blaylock

Ever since I heard Dr. Knox might have a replacement for my maternity leave I had been on pins and needles. This friendly western town needed a competent doctor. Finally I received a call from Hillery Knox.

"Amanda, good news, Dr. McLean just called to let me know he and his wife want to participate in my program." Hillery Knox announced.

"When can he get here?" I eagerly asked.

"He will begin his leave of absence at the hospital two weeks from today," Hillery explained. "Plan on another week to do the switch and get them out there."

"Great, I'm glad he decided to come," I said. "I have looked over his resume that you have sent me. Since I'm a general Practitioner and with Dr. McLean being a Pediatrician, he is exactly what this town and I need.

"Also the McLean kids will joining the program," Hillley added. "Could you please ask your kids if they'd help out Dean and Jennifer?"

"I'm sure my kids would love to help out. Thanks for Heads up," I said. "Good-bye."

"Talk to you later," Hillery said in closing.

My announcement of a pediatrician taking my job while I was on maternity leave was soundly accepted at the next town council meeting. Being the only doctor in a town of three thousand with the next nearest doctor being 75 miles away the council had been worried that a replacement wouldn't be found in time. You should have heard the noise when I also informed them that a high school teacher with at least fifteen years of teaching was also coming in the deal.

Then I asked my kids to help Dean and Jennifer adjust to their new surroundings.

"Sure mom, I will do all I can," said my sixteen year-old son, Anthony, who used to be my youngest daughter Susan.

"I'll help Dean with his adjustments of being a girl," said my thirteen year-old daughter Janice who had tried Dr. Knox's program but decided after a month being a boy wasn't her cup a tea.

My ten year -old daughter, Susan, was disappointed that there was no one coming that was her age. Before the switch, Susan had been such a tomboy. W>hen Janice decided to switch back with Anthony, who wanted to stay a girl, Susan eagerly stepped forward. So Janice got what she wanted as did Anthony and Susan.

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The Movers

"You know that is one strange family that we are moving," Al said to his partner Bob.

"It took you a long time to notice. I knew something was strange when I noticed the cut of that boy, Dean's, jeans," said Bob. "They are low rider cut jeans and the only people I've ever seen wear them are girls."

"I noticed that too and I smelled perfume on he and his father," said Al. "I can't believe a doctor would dress more like a woman than a man. Heck, the wife and daughter dress more masculine than the men in this family."

"But you didn't see what I saw," said Al."

"What was that?" asked Bob.

"The doctor is wearing panties underneath his pants. I saw the lace waist band one time as he bent over to pick up something," replied Al.

"Did you also notice that the boy was telling us what stuff of his sisters to pack and ship out West and which stuff to go into storage." asked Bob.

"It sure is strange but I am telling you one thing," said Al. "We are getting paid twice our normal rate for this job, so I am just going to play deaf, blind and mute."

"Just like Sgt. Shultz on Hogan's Heroes. I see nothing, nothing," said Bob who replied in an exagerated imitation of good old Shultzie.

 

End of Part 3

 

Answers to come questions raised by one of my readers.

Dean wore his bra in the inside just like any normal girl would. Since the whole student body knew the only way he was allowed back in school was only if he was wearing a bra. So I had Dean's bra being snapped just like any girls when she first started wearing her training bra.

Demented High School - Is high school where all of the problems students are sent. The bullies, the drug dealers any student bringing any sort of weapon on school grounds all the rest who just don't give a damn about anybody else. What I tried to bring across any student attending Demented High would not be allowed into college.

That is why I had Dean decide shovelling shit wasn't something he wanted to do all his life. This way he would accept his bra punishment instead of Demented High

  

  

  

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