Becoming young again

Jim looked at the quiz in front of him again, pausing only to make sure that the rest of the materials were set and loading on his computer. With the morning he was having, having spent a good few hours putting out yet another fire caused by a team member sending in the wrong files and nearly missing the corporate deadline, Jim felt little desire to do much else and told the rest of his team to take a slightly long lunch break. He had wanted to tell them to walk out and never return...but he didn't feel like firing people, not on a Friday of all days.

I'm tired of this shit, he thought quietly as the words on the page asked him yet another simple question, one that he wondered where exactly his heart and head would land on this one.

20.) IF YOU WERE A GIRL...HOW OLD WOULD YOU BE, HOW TALL WOULD YOU BE WITHOUT SHOES AND WHAT WOULD YOU WEIGH WITHOUT CLOTHES?(DON'T LIE)

"Don't lie..." he laughed softly before he looked back at his reflection in the mirror and sighed again. Being 31 had its privileges, he was making a good amount of money, happily married, had one kid and a loving husband. He also liked that he had no one hanging over his head, nagging him all the time, or even bothering to question him like his parents used to. Not that he hated his parents by any measure but the freedom of not having to answer to people about where he was going, why he was dressed the way he was, or even who he was meeting, that was nice.

Still, what woman liked growing old?

I would be 29 years old. Jim, as he looked at the paper, slowly began to lose the signs of aging, 2 years worth, until his face and body was a bit younger at 29 years of age.

I would be 5'6". His body slowly shrank down from it's nice height of 5'8" to 5'6", sans heels and shoes.

I would weigh 130 pounds. His body slimmed down to the appropriate weight and he ran a hand along his stomach and smiled. 130 pounds seems nice...but not for long...

***

James came home to a darkened house and as he set his coat on the rack, he looked upstairs first and smiled. His daughter, all of 4, was fast asleep with the barbie nightlight turned on. She didn't even stir as he gently stroked her hair and leaned in to kiss her on the forehead before slipping back out of the room and turning off the hallway light. The monitor was on and he knew they could hear her if she needed them, both of them were light sleepers.

"Hey..." he heard a soft whisper and he turned to spy Jim sitting at the computer, looking over the realtor report and smiling broadly.

"I take it good news?"

Jim leaned back into his husband's arms as the man came and placed his hands down and cupped his breasts gently through the robe he was wearing. "Yes on two parts."

"First part, I guess."

Jim pointed and smiled. "We got the house, we can close on it soon."

James nodded happily and looked at him. "And the second?"

"We'll be needing that third bedroom in about a year." He took his husband's hand and placed it on his belly.

James pulled him up slowly from the chair he was sitting in and pulled Jim in to a long kiss. "I love you baby..."

Jim smiled and pulled his husband back into the room and closed the door. The final question on the quiz appeared and Jim's answer was already written.

21.) IF YOU WERE A GIRL...WHAT WOULD YOUR NAME BE?