Explaining the situation to his mother

John crept out of his bedroom, the house quiet as his father had already left for work, Johns heart was in his throat has he arrived at his old room, gently opening the door John walked into his old room. John scanned his room it looked exactly how he left it, he saw his old body lying on his bed, fast asleep, this was a surreal experience looking at himself from an outside perspective. As john walked up to his old body he stopped looking down he saw the charm, the entire reason this whole thing happened. Bending down John picked it up he went to put it in his pocket, however John was one of his mothers sundresses which did not have any pockets. 'oh right' John thought instead choosing to place it on his desk instead.

John shook his own body awake, this whole experience being so bizarre to him, "honey is that you?" his mother said, John cringing on hearing his own voice, it was like hearing his voice on a recording it was so bizarre. Quickly John's mother's sleepiness turned to full on panic as she saw her own face looking at her "WHAT THE FUCK" Sally exclaimed, "woah woah calm down mum it's me John" he replied trying to calm his mother. "John??? But you're me??" Sally began feeling more confused than she ever had before, "yeah I am and you're me" John said beckoning his mother to his mirror. "What?? How?? Why??" Sally stuttered looking at herself in her sons body. "I can explain everything" John said "just calm down", "ok" Sally replied trying to calm herself.

John sat on his old bed and explained the entire situation, from his weird interaction at the flea market to his decision to choose his mother at midnight believing it wouldn't work, he left out the fact that he had fucked his father for obvious reasons. Sally felt like her whole world had been upended, she couldn't believe what she was hearing magic was real and now she was in her sons body, she wouldn't have believed it if the proof wasn't plain for her to see. "Ok so how do we fix this?" Sally said desperately hoping her son had an idea, "well the charm works when rubbed at midnight so surely I just rub the charm at midnight thinking of you again and then we're back in our old bodies" John said unsure of whether that would actually work as magic wasn't exactly something he was familiar with. "Yeah that's how the woman said it worked right?" Sally said "surely that will get us back" she continued trying to convince herself more than anything, "we just have to live as each other for 1 day, we can do that".

"So what do I need to do? As you I mean?" Sally said filled with determination knowing she had to be her son for the day, "I have only one class today, it's a lecture in the afternoon, if you can go an make notes for me I would really appreciate it" John replied "what do I do as you?" he continued reversing the conversation to learn his role. "Nothing really dear, just make sure you cook dinner" Sally uttered, John had spent countless hours cooking with his mother growing up so following her recipes should prove simple enough, John was thankful his mother wasn't some brain surgeon or something as he definitely couldn't do anything like that.

With their roles set, John and his mother shared a breakfast giving each other tips on how to better pass as each other, eventually Sally got ready for class and taking John's keys drove away to attend. This left John alone in his empty house, 'what does mum even do all day?' John thought walking from room to room tidying up a bit his boredom beginning to set in.