I woke up, “What a strange dream I had…” I muttered getting up.

“How did I even end up in my bed? I should get ready for work now. Heh, work as the new chairwoman!” I walked towards the toilet. 

“Why do I strangely feel… taller… and larger. And where did I get these clothes from?”  I sighed and opened the toilet door. I walked past the mirror, then took a few steps back. The room echoes with a loud shriek, coming from me. I breathe in and out heavily, looking at myself. A tall man with long hair that covered his eyes stood in the mirror doing the exact same expressions and movements as me. I remembered back to what Casper said in the dream. ‘You’ll just look very, very different, you’ll see when you wake up’. I didn’t think that’s what he meant! What am I meant to do as a boy?!

Ok calm down, deep breaths. In and out. I shrieked again. Don't worry this is all a dream inside of a dream. When I wake up everything will be alright… I ran out of the toilet. What should I do now? Call my mum? Call Jay? Call the police? All of these ideas were a big no-no. If I call my mum or Jay, they definitely would never believe me if I say I flipping died and then got revived but now I look like a boy. I can barely believe myself! If I call the police, what am I meant to tell them. To arrest a woman and a man who are probably not even human because they did some creepy shit on me that made me the opposite gender. No. One. Would. Believe. Me. They'd think I'm on drugs or something! Suddenly my phone rang. I looked at it, it was Jay. I hesitated then picked up. 

“Hey Mini, how are you!” Jay said. 

“Great.” I responded.
“What’s wrong with your voice? Are you ok, do you have a cold?” Jay asked. I cleared my throat. Of course my voice changed during my ‘resurrection’.
“Yeah, I think I have a cold. I’m gonna stay home today, actually.” I said, trying to make my voice as girlish as possible. 

“I’ll come visit you when I have my break.” 

“NO!” There was silence. “Um… You can’t visit me right now, my house is a mess right now.” I continued

“Your house is always a mess.” 

“It’s very, very messy right now. Plus this sickness...” I pretended to sneeze. “It’s terrible. You’re a doctor, I don’t want you to catch it.” 

“Alright then, I’ll… see you later.” Jay said. 

“Bye!” I hung up. I put my hands together and look up. 

“Lord, I know I haven’t been very religious but please, I beg you to help me get back to my original body. And if that’s not possible, please make someone understand the situation I’m in.” I prayed.

Someone knocked on the door. I stood up and slowly walked towards the door. I checked the camera. Oh no, it was my mum. “Mina, open up. I know you’re inside, the light is on!” My mum called out. I opened the door and smiled. My mum and her security guard were standing there.

“Hello, Mina’s mum,” I greeted.
“And who are you?” My mum asked. 

“I’m Mina’s friend.” I replied.

“Mina sure does have a lot of guy friends. What’s your name?” 

“Um…” I spotted a book called ‘Daniel’s odyssey’, “Daniel… yeah.” 

“Daniel? I’ve never heard of that name… So where is Mina?”

“Mina? Um… she said she went on vacation with one of her friends…” I lied. 

“You’re not her boyfriend or anything?” she asked. 

“You mean Mina’s boyfriend? Of course not!” I scoffed. 

“So what are you doing in her house?” she questioned, walking inside. 

“Um… you see… There is something terrible going on in my life so Mina offered me to stay here with her,” I lied. I had never lied to my mum this much in my life. 

“So when are you leaving?” 

“Soon…” 

“Soon as in when-?” 

“When my life gets a bit better. Would you like some coffee, miss?” I smiled. My mum turned around and stared at me

“I wouldn’t mind if she ends up being with you” she smiled.

“...Huh?”

“Well, for one, you are very handsome. You seem like a nice guy and extremely tall.” she explained.
“Thank...you?” The last thing I want is me being matchmade with myself.

She laughed, “I’ll let you stay here for another week.” 

“A week? Thank you!” I said.

“So where did Mina go without telling me?” 

“To… um... Tokyo…” 

“Tokyo? How random. Let me call her.”

“NO!” My phone started ringing. We both looked at it and I ran towards it. 

“Why is Mina’s phone here?” she asked. I declined the call.

“Um.. actually… she really does not want to be disturbed on this vacation so she bought another phone…” I lied yet again. 

“But… she could have just bought a new sim card?” She reasoned. 

“Exactly! But um… her original phone is a bit broken so she just decided to buy a new phone…” 

"She just decided to buy a new phone? Ok, um, when she comes back from her trip make sure to inform me first" 

“Of course!” I said and she turned around to face the door. 

“Let’s go,” she said to her security guard.

“Have a nice day!” I called out to them as they left.

 I quickly shut the door and sank to the floor. How am I going to lie like this  forever? I sighed. I had to find a job and a house in a week. How am I going to do this? But first I had to shower and get new clothes. I walked to the bathroom, I looked at myself and gulped. That was the new me. A man called Daniel. What a stupid name. I grabbed my toothbrush and started brushing my teeth, fiercely.  10 minutes passed and I was still killing my teeth with the toothbrush. I was so deep in thoughts that I had forgotten I was brushing my teeth. When I realised that I had been brushing my teeth for a while, I quickly stopped and sighed. My life had been ruined. Destroyed. Wrecked. Why? Because of that damn reviving perfume. Ugh! Oh no… oh no.... OH NO! I had to pee! I had been dreading this for so long.

STUPID PERFUME!