Both John and Ruth turned away from the mirror as soon as they heard Jamie's scream. Ruth immediately hurried over to see what was the issue, and as John turned back to the mirror for a short moment, the reflection was just of him. No clowns or circus surroundings.
Ruth ran in to see Jamie hiding in the corner of the bathroom. She didn't show her face, but the hands were not that far from her face, as if something was attached to it. "Jamie? Jamie, are you okay? ...W-We saw the mirror, it's pretty silly. We're s-"
Jamie jumped up, worried, but her appearance didn't show that worry. "Did you look like clowns?!"
Ruth was speechless. A smile was affixed on Jamie's face, but her eyebrows show a different story. Fear. Pure fear. Ruth covered her mouth in shock, and backed away a couple steps. Jamie was still awaiting a response. Ruth nodded.
"Ruth, the clown versions of us, the reflection is.... is gone...."
John stared at her. Jamie couldn't help but be ashamed of her new appearance as John ran in, but it didn't show. She just smiled. She couldn't help herself. She didn't want to... but did want to just the same... She felt something inside her wanting to just smile and laugh, giggle and guffaw, and the urge to resist was harder to keep. She managed it, but she didn't know for how long. "...how do we stop this? I don't want to be a clown! I was going to go out tonight, have a nice... catch-up... oh god, Annette... Annette will be coming over later on today! I can't be a clown! She'll freak! The sound of her crying will be heard all around town if she saw me like this!"
John and Ruth's eyes bulged with shock! John first spoke "When?! We need to stop this before she comes over! Or at least find a way to hide it!"
"Tonight. Around 8 or 9? I forgot!"
"How can you forget?"
"Oh, I dunno, maybe it's because I'M TURNING INTO A CLOWN!"
Ruth stood inbetween them, trying to stop this argument from becoming anything more. "Alright, okay, we need to focuzzzzzzz our effortzzzzzzz in zzzzzztop... why am I buzzzzzzzzzing? Why can't I zzzzzzzzzztop?! ZZZZZZZZZTOP!"
John looked at the two of them. "It's already started for us..."