Susannah loves being Helen

To say that Susannah was enjoying working behind the bar in her daughter's body would be an understatement. It had been quite a few years since she had done it, the responsibility of balancing the books and managing the business side of things had prevented her from just being able to pull pints for customers. With her daughter's lithe body, Susannah was able to easily whizz around behind the bar. She even found herself flirting with a few of the male patrons, much to Helen's chagrin.

"You're enjoying this, aren't you?" Susannah jumped at her own voice, forgetting her daughter was in the pub too wearing her body.

"Maybe!" Susannah chirped, turning to face Helen. The pub was thinning out now after last orders were called a few moments earlier.

"Well I'll leave you to send everyone home," Helen said, seeing her mum was in her element. "I'm still getting my head around this paperwork!"

Following her daughter's instructions, Susannah went around the pub to let everyone know they needed to drink up and leave soon so they could close the pub. It was Sunday so most people had left already and only the truly committed drinkers remained. A small group of men in their thirties were particularly **** to leave, and Susannah struggled to get them to listen to her in her daughter's smaller body.

"Haven't you got homes to go back to?" Susannah chided.

"Of course we do!" the boldest of the group slurred. "Why don't you help me get home? I'll make it worth your while."

Susannah resisted the urge the slap the man and rolled her eyes. "In your dreams," she replied. "Please leave now or I'll have you barred!"

"Whatever!" the man huffed as he was led out by his slightly embarrassed companions.

With the last of the patrons gone, Susannah moved on to collecting the empty glassed and wiping down the tables. She skipped around the pub and almost collided with Helen as she was entering the main bar area.

"Still having fun?" Helen said, shaking her head.

"Youth really is wasted on the young," Susannah laughed in response. "Have you finished with the weekly paperwork?"

"Thankfully," Helen sighed. "At first it all looked like gibberish, but once I got used to accessing your memories it all became a lot easier."

"Fancy being me for another day then?" Susannah asked sweetly, fluttering her eyelashes.

"Absolutely not! Especially after what you got up to with Adam. You slept with him right?"

There was a long awkward pause following Helen's rather direct question to her mother. Susannah didn't know what to say to explain things to her daughter. She had totally lost control of herself in the moment, and realised now fully the implications of what she had done.

"I'm sorry, darling," Susannah said sullenly. "I don't know what to say-"

"It's fine," Helen cut her mother off. "You were in my body and had my hormones flooding through you. Besides, Adam has no idea it was really you."

"That man really is clueless!" Susannah agreed with a laugh. "You really don't mind then?"

"I honestly don't know," Helen admitted, throwing her hands up in the air. "This whole day has been so weird and I just want to get back to being me."

"Fair enough," Susannah said. She put a motherly arm around her daughter to comfort her. The swapped pair laughed realising the absurdity of the situation. "Let's swap back for now then and we can experiment with the spellbook's magic some more another time. Actually!" Susannah paused, raising a finger in the air as if she'd thought of something groundbreaking.

"What is it?" Helen said, her tone not hiding her concern at what her mother was planning.

"Why don't I borrow the book for tomorrow? I've got the day off and can read up on some new spells. You can have a day of normality and let me know when you want to try some more magic out. How does that sound?"