A different college life.

[Nightscream89]

So I was playing with this idea a bit.

A woman in her mid 40's has everything A great husband, a beautifull 18 year old daughter that is set to start college, an ambitious 20 year old son already 2 years into college, both studying locally so they live at home.

However one day her life changes, or well technically it ends. When a car is about to hit a 18 year old girl, she pushes the girl out of the way and gets hit herself, at the cost of her life. There she meets a devine being who looks at her puzzled. According to destiny she was never meant to save the girl. The being was there to collect the girls soul, not hers. However her body could now no longer sustain life. The being has a solution. The woman will continue her life, but as the 18 year old girl that she saved, since the 18 year olds soul has to be collected by the devine being.
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Now I realize this first part needs to be explained without too much detail because of the sites rules on pain and suffering, so I will probably do this as some flashback of sorts, leaving out any details that are against the rules.

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Thus her new life begins as a 18 year old girl starting college, much like her daughter. However she lives in the dorms, the girls beauty and cheerleading skills combined with her own intelligence and life experience makes her succesfull and popular. And gets her lots of attention from the college guys. Of course she enjoys being young again and indulging being the popular girl being coveted by handsome young men with great bodies.

But then she meets her own children, who start school late this year because they obviously just lost their mom, as she is assigned to get her own daughter up to speed with what she missed from school, they become best friends quickly.

Other stuff like what if her son develops a crush on her, she knows it's wrong but her new 18 year old body, with all the hormones racing has the hots for him too.
Visiting her best friends house, her own former home, meeting her husband, now a widower who is trying to move on from his wife's death. Of course she connects with him since her personality is so much like his late wife (because she actually is.).

I feel like this could make a great story. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

[Andreas_Kreuz]

Yes, interesting scenario. Afaik pain and suffering is not ruled out as long as it is not sexualized.

The interesting question is, in what way a 40 year old mind in a 18 year old body acts differently?

A nice subplot could be her getting back at her husband, whom she still loves. He mourns, but there is something about this 18yo girl his daughter brings home from college that reminds him of his late wife. So what do the children think as her dad and her friend start to date and get intimate.

 

[Rob_Royale]

I think it's a great idea and could become something very sweet. I'd avoid any sort of incest and make it a soul mate story.

 

[Andreas_Kreuz]

I'd avoid any sort of incest

I thought the same. Maybe the son tries to hit on this 18yo chick that he also feels a connection towards but she rejects him. And then he observes in awe as this girl manages to rekindle life's spirits in his father.

 

[Carnevil9]

I like it, but it sounds like almost too much plot for a short story. You could write it as a novel, or a series of chapters where each chapter tells one small part of the overarching story yet still has a bit of a satisfying conclusion.