Tim blinked and looked around with confusion.
He was no longer in Paul's attic.
Instead he was standing in one of the downstairs bedrooms of the Hodgson home. The walls and carpet were a matching pastel shade of pink. Various dolls and stuffed animals were tossed about everywhere. A pink, canopy bed with ruffled sheets sat at the end of one wall.
Nervously, Tim looked down at himself, already sensing the worse.
He was now dressed in the clothes of Paul's sister Melissa – a fourth grader!
Tim still seemed to be his normal male self. But somehow all of Melissa's clothes had magically re-sized to perfectly fit him. He was wearing glittery, pink and silver t-shirt that said something about “Team Princess” on the front. He wore a simple black, knee-length skirt and had a pair of bright pink and purple striped knee socks on. His feet were clad in a pair of dark purple ballet flats.
As Tim examined himself in awe, he felt his hair brushing about his neck and shoulders. Tim had always worn very short hair... but now, his hair had sprouted out to the same long, middle-of-the-back length that Melissa wore.
Panicking a little, Tim ran to a bedroom mirror above Melissa's dresser. There, he saw the perfect reflection of Melissa Hodgson mimicking his every move. Although when Tim looked down at himself he saw his own, older male body, ridiculously dressed up like a girl... but when he looked into the mirror he saw an ordinary, normal Melissa Hodgson.
“This isn't really happening,” Tim said softly.