Waking the next morning, Lisa stretched admiring her returned teenage body. The last few weeks had been a nightmare, her teenage mind trapped in her 8 year old body. If Keiko hadn't purchased the Reset Watch who knows how long she would have been stuck like that.
"Morning Lisa."
Lisa turned, watching as a now 16 year old Keiko returned from the bathroom. Although the Asian teacher had not returned to her previous age yet, she seemed to be enjoying herself at 16 years of age. "Morning," Lisa yawned, easing herself out of bed. "How you feeling this morning?"
"Better than I have in years," Keiko replied with a smile. "No aches, no pains and the energy! My goodness Lisa I forgot how great it felt being a teenager!" Lisa smirked, appreciating Keiko's exuberance. For Lisa, she felt groggy, the hyperness of childhood replaced with a teenage malaise. While she felt groggy for Keiko, who had been close to 50 before this, it was a welcome burst of energy. "I'll take your word on it," Lisa grinned. "Right now I'm feeling a bit groggy."
"You'll see when you get older," Keiko giggled. "Now, how about some breakfast I'm starved." Lisa nodded, following her new friend as the pair rushed to the kitchen. As the pair entered the kitchen, Lisa's mother watched the girls with a small smile. She liked this new friend of Lisa's. Keiko was a polite, energetic, and surprisingly mature girl for 16. Watching the two teens, she hoped that Keiko would rub off on her daughter in a positive way.
Shaking her head, Lisa's mother sighed as she now made her way upstairs. In the back of her mind, she knew that these days were numbered. Lisa was getting older, in only a couple of short years she would be graduating high school and heading off to college. The idea of being an empty nester, of no longer having her daughter around, was sad. She had always gotten along well with Lisa but, she had noticed the girl becoming more independent, especially sonce gaining her license. "Kids grow up," she thought, sighing mentally. "They can't be children forever. You're just going to have to accept that."
Glancing into Lisa's room, she sighed as she saw the state of it. Obviously Lisa hadn't made her bed yet, the room looking as if a hamper exploded inside. True, she had seen worse but Lisa should know better especially if they had company over. Stepping inside, she now began to clear some of Lisa's dirty laundry, of only for today she would mother her teenage daughter.
"What's this?"
Lisa's mother now picked up a small watch, curiously studying tit. "A pocket watch," she said softly. "Why would Lisa have a pocket watch?" Looking over the watch, she could see a pair of timers like a stop watch as well as three different displays. "Days, months, years," she asked. "Why would this watch list that?"
A girlish curiosity now began to build inside Lisa's mother. Whatever this watch was, it was unique. With a trembling finger, she now reached out, pressing one of the timers before watching as the display began to go backwards.