They all exchanged wary looks before their eyes returned to the book. “Do you think…” Brian stammered, “Do you think it could have caused this?”

“How could a book do this?”

“How could anything or anyone do this? I think we are beyond the realm of the normal here. And this is the only constant between last night and today that I’ve seen yet,” Brian answered.

“Where did it come from anyway? You’re sure you found it in the library Brian?”

Brian looked guilty, his eyes on the grass as the girls stared.

“Well Brian?”

“I… I did find it in the library. But, when I looked in the back, it didn’t have a library card or a bar code or anything. So I just took it,” he admitted.

“Well that’s just great! A book has ruined out lives, that makes this all so much better, knowing what caused it,” Rachel mocked sarcastically.

“We should destroy it,” Megan breathed.

“No, that could make things worse,” Brian said.

“Worse? How?! I mean, so the book is all about how much adulthood sucks and how great being a kid is right? So now it changed us into little kids, saved us from adulthood. Well I’ve got news for it. Being a kid sucks! I hate this!” Rachel roared.

“We all hate this Rach,” Brian reminded her. “None of us likes being kindergarteners for God’s sake!”

Brian had barely spoken the words when he let loose a horrified yelp and threw the book on the grass between them.

“What?!” the girls shouted.

Brian looked at them with terror in his eyes. The colour had drained from his face. “It… it was like something inside kicked at the cover, trying to get out.”