“I didn’t pee-pee in my pants,” Rachel reminded them haughtily.
“Yet,” Megan snapped.
“Look, the point is we wouldn’t make it far without some adult intervening. This is America, people tend to notice unattended little kids out on the street.”
“So what do we do then?” Rachel sighed.
“We know that book caused all this right? So we get our hands on it again and find a way to fix things.”
The girls both nodded now, agreeing with Brian. “But where is it?” Rachel asked. “Remember we just left it out there in the yard. With all the pants tinkling and playing I forgot all about it.”
“Look, one of our moms will have taken it with the rest of our stuff, so whoever finds it first stash it somewhere until we can look at it together. We don’t want to cause any more changes now do we?”
Rachel and Megan nodded vigorously. “So what do we do till then?” Megan asked.
“Just keep playing along I guess. It’s not like we have much choice.”
“Yeah, but Brian…” Megan began, her voice quavering now. “There… there’s something wrong with me too. I really enjoyed that play place. I mean, it was fun going down that slide and climbing. I forgot how stupid I must look. I forgot I was dressed like a toddler. And then… and then… I didn’t even feel it. I tinkled in my pants and didn’t know till I felt it all over my pull-ups.”
Brian and Rachel shared concerned looks as Megan whispered her fears to them. “I know what you mean Meg. I thought I was just going to hide from Mommy in there at first. But then, when I got inside it something came over me. I don’t know why but it was just so much fun to play like a little kid. And… and I didn’t realise when I started to pee-pee either,” Brian admitted.
“This is all wrong. We’re mature young adults and we still have our minds right? We haven’t been changed into drooling idiots like our friends. So it is up to us to fix this thing. So let’s pull ourselves…” Rachel interrupted herself to yawn loudly, “… together.”
As though it were contagious both Brian and Megan began to yawn as well. “Why am I so sleepy?” Megan asked.
“Dunno, I think we all are. Think I’ll just shut my eyes for a sec,” Brian mumbled, cuddling his teddy closer and shutting his droopy eyes.
Rachel and Megan followed suit and within seconds all three were fast asleep, cuddled with their stuffed friends at four in the afternoon.