The Elevator Hundred and Seventh Floor (Patreon)

Cardonali the magical imp was doing what he always did, he caused    trouble to others for his own amusement.  Cardonali had the ability to    put any thought into a person's mind and manipulate them as he wanted    to.  He stood unobserved or at least unacknowledged in the back of an    elevator waiting to see who would get in.

"Mommy, I don't want to go to dance."

"But today is the recital.  All your dance friends are counting on you.  Your other friends will be in the audience too.  You have to do it."

"But I don't want to."  This was a long time in coming.  Carolyn had displayed many warnings that she didn't want to dance in front of everyone for some time now.  But her mother kept her on track.  Now that the day of the big recital was here, Carolyn didn't want to dance.

"Listen, you owe it to your friends.  The dance needs eight dancers and without you, they will only have seven.  You not dancing wouldn't be fair to them."

"Mommy, then you do it."

Mommy and Carolyn had been practicing together for a long time now.  So much so that Mommy knew the dance as well as Carolyn.

"I'm too big.  I won't fit into your costume."  

Mommy wanted Carolyn to dance much more than Carolyn ever did.  It wasn't Carolyn's friends in the audience that Mommy was worried about.   It was her friends.  She got them to all get tickets to see her little girl dance.  They had to pay real money, it would be so embarrassing for Mommy if Carolyn didn't perform.  

Also, after the dance, all the girls were going to have a sleepover at one of the dancer's houses. Carolyn would be out all night.  Mommy and Daddy had a special evening planned for the night.  Carolyn wanted to spend some quality time with her husband.  There wasn't any way that Mommy would let Carolyn not dance.  It went like this, no recital, then no sleepover, if no sleepover then Carolyn would be home.  If Carolyn was home no special evening with 'Daddy'.  

No matter what complaint that Carolyn made, Mommy had a reason why she had to go through with it.

That is when Cardonali got involved, he swapped Mommy and Carolyn's bodies..

"What happened?" Mommy asked.

"It looks like I don't have to dance anymore.  You do."

"But I'm the mommy."

"Not anymore."

"I don't know the dance."

"I know you do."

Every argument that Mommy said, Carolyn threw back 'Mommy's' reason why she couldn't quit right back at her.

Carolyn would make sure that not only Mommy dance in the recital, but she would also attend the sleepover.  Carolyn, on the other hand, would have 'quality time' with Daddy tonight.

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