Molly nodded but her smile faded. College. In her reality altering stupor she had forgotten that graduation was coming up very soon and that they would be expected to attend college. She really didn’t want to go, but Jennifer and Sarah seemed so excited about it. Molly just wanted a carefree life. Was that so much to ask?
She pulled her t-shirt off and un-hooked her bra but didn’t pull it off, instead she slipped her arms into the sleeper and then threaded her bra straps out from underneath so that she didn’t expose herself to her friends. She zipped up her sleeper and then, making a decision she wandered over to her bag and pulled out her reality altering device pressing the button.
“We are not graduating from high school to College. We are graduating from day care to kindergarten”
as an after thought she threw in
“It’s okay to play with toddler toys”
Molly grinned as the darkness faded. She dumped the device back in her bag and was about to zip it up when she realised her teddy bear was in there. She pulled the fluffy pink bear out and smiled at it’s smiley face. It had a zipper in its back so that a hot water bottle could be placed inside. Having a genius thought she pulled the small hot water bottle out and getting the device back out of her bag she stuffed it inside the teddy bear. It was a perfect hiding spot. She smiled at her cleverness.
“I can’t wait till we get to learn the whole alphabet. It’s gonna be soo cool”
Sarah gushed enthusiastically.
“And writing. I’m gonna write my name every day”
She traced her finger in mid air making swirls as she pretended to write.
“My mom is gonna be really proud of me”
Molly nodded as she listened and tried to picture her name written down. She found that she couldn’t quite get her thoughts around the names for each letter. It felt weird but in a good way. In an exciting fresh innocent way. She found herself giggling and both her friends looked at her oddly.
“Molly? What’s so funny?”
Jennifer asked Molly just grinned at her friend.
“i’m just really happy that tomorrow is one of our last days at daycare”
This seemed to be a good enough explanation for Jennifer and she nodded.
“Yep, no more baby stuff, we’re gonna be big girls”
The three teenagers snuggled down into their beds. Molly looked around the room which now had posters of kids cartoons on the walls and the shelves were scattered with kids story books and toys.
Her heart beat madly in her chest. This was the sort of thing she had always dreamed of. She felt at peace with herself, her carefree nature finally being realised in reality. She hugged her pink teddybear as tears of happiness trickled down her face. She wiped them away feeling a little bit silly.
Jennifer’s mom pushed the door open to see all three girls tucked in.
“Night girls, see you in the morning. You’ve got a busy day at daycare so sleep well”
Jennifer’s mom switched off the bedroom light.
“Nite mom” Jennifer mumbled. Molly was feeling her eyes grow heavy and even though she was unbelievably excited about tomorrow she soon drifted off into blissful sleep.