She felt her body shrink and her skin thin out until it was slightly thicker than paper. At this time she was lying face up on her desk, she couldn't move and could only see the cieling.
She saw her mother walk into her field of view and smile.
"There you are, I knew I was one short."
She picked her up in between two massive hands and carried her to the kitchen counter before dropping Gloria into a jar of other non inflated balloons.
Hours past before she came again and began running a hose into them, filling them with water. Gloria forgot that her brother was having his birthday party today and as one of his activities there would be a water balloon fight.
She was placed into a cooler of other balloons and carried out into her backyard. The boys and girls circled the cooler, clamoring for the balloons to throw at eachother. With a wierd bit of luck she was picked up by her brother and carried off to with him, he held her in his hand before chucking him at his friend Mike.
Gloria exploded onto mikes pants leaving water all over him. Latex scraps were spread all around the backyard that evening as gloria sat there waiting to be picked up and thrown into the garbage. She should have probably chosen better than she did.