“Alright girls,” Kendra responded, “but I will be watching, and if I think Megan needs to go home, I will call Jennifer’s parents and find out what this is all about.”
The three girls knew they couldn’t let that happen as it would lead to uncomfortable questions. “We’ll take good care of Megan mom,” Denise promised.
“Good,” Kendra said sternly, ”you can start by washing that gunk off her face and getting her some proper clothes.”
“Right,” Denise responded as she picked Kelly out of her seat and carried her like a toddler with Jen right behind them.
“I’ll be downstairs if you need me,” Kendra called.
When the girls reached the bathroom, they were sure to check to make sure no one else was listening and to lock the door. “Put me down!” Kelly demanded as she squirmed in Denise's grasp.
Denise put Kelly on the ground, “sorry Kel,” she apologized, “I had to make it look real.”
“What do we do now?” Jen inquired.
“Can’t we just leave?” suggested Kelly.
“No,” Denise responded, “you don’t know my mom if we leave she’ll call Denise’s parents who will tell her that there is no cousin Megan and who knows where that’ll lead.”
“Most likely with us handing the Reducer to the authorities,” Jen prophesized.
“And with Kelly being poked in some laboratory,” Denise added.
“Or sent home at this size,” Kelly predicted thinking of Megan’s mischievous smile as she looked down at the tot-sized teen.
“Then we have no choice,” Denise reasoned, “we have to take care of Jen’s toddler cousin Megan until my mom backs off.” Denise pointed to Jen, “get diapers and my old clothes from the basement but don’t let my mom see you.”
“Right,” Jen responded as she took off.
Denise made sure the door was locked again before turning to her shrunken friend. “Look’s like you’ll have to play toddler for the night,” Denise told Kelly.
“You’re not going to diaper me, are you?” Kelly asked.
“Sorry, Kel,” Denise responded, “but we have to make it look real.”
“This is so unfair,” Kelly relented as she crossed her arms. Denise suppressed a giggle, “what’s so funny?”
“At least it will be easy for my mom to believe you’re a toddler,” Denise responded.
“Are you enjoying this?” Kelly demanded.
“A little,” Denise admitted. In response to the look, Kelly gave her she quickly added, “look, you have your little sister Megan and your baby cousin Sara, Jen has her little cousin Emily, but all I have is my brother, and he’s okay, but I’ve always wanted a little sister to dote on.”
Kelly sighed, “so I get to be your surrogate little sister for the night?”
Denise giggled and gave Kelly a tap on the nose, “exactly.” Denise reached for the bathtub and started running the water, “and right now we have to get wittle Kelly all clean,” she said, adding soap to the water for bubbles. “Now, are you going to take your clothes off yourself or does your big sister have to help you?”
Kelly sighed once more before stripping off her shirt, “you and Jen so owe me,” she told Denise as she took off her bra, “and no one will ever know about this.”
“Of course not,” Denise smiled, “we’ll have to pass your assets off as baby fat,” she added, referring to Kelly’s breasts.
“Hey,” Kelly responded as she did away with her jeans, “don’t think I won’t have some fun with this situation too.”