Mr Perkins strode round the corner...and saw Jessica beaming at him.
"Hello, sir!" she said in a loud, confident voice. "How are you?"
"Fine, thank you, Jessica. Back to class now. Have you seen Jake anywhere? I need to talk to him about bringing kids into school..." Jessica's mind raced.
"Uh, he's gone home, sir. His mom called and said he had to take Andy home. It's all been sorted out with the secretary." Mr Perkins was never going to buy this. "No need to trobule yourself with going all the way to the secretary, though," said Jessica hopefully. "I'm sure you have important things to be doing."
"Yes, Jessica. Yes I do. Like keeping students out of trouble." Jessica knew it was all lost. "I think you should escort me to the secretary...we can have a little chat on the way. I called Jake's mother a minute ago. Very intresting to learn that he has no little brother." Jessica was out of ideas. At least he hadn't seen Jake shrinking...
Suddenly, from insdie a side closet there was a loud bang, followed by furious muttering.
"I told you to stand still, squirt!"
"Me big boy! I do what I want!" More bangs.
"Stay STILL!" It was Jake's voice. Now it sounded more like a 10 year old's voice!
"NO!" screamed a second voice and there was the sound of struggling. A moment later the door to the closet flew open and Matt rain out, still wearing nothing but the Power Ranger underpants. He rain off down the corridor, closely followed by...Jake? He looked like a kid! His shirt was down almost to his knees and his pants were in danger of slipping off completely.
"Come back now you little brat!" yelled Jake in his now child like voice, but Matt was too fast and Jake was struggling to hold is pants up. Jessica almost laughed out loud. He looked so comical, a cute little kid playing dress up! Jake tripped over his too long pants and landed in a heap on the floor, dazed. Jessica clamped a hand over her eyes.
"What is the meaning of this, young man?" said Mr Perkins as he stared down at Jake. And Jake was indeed young...although hardly a man anymore.
"I...I..." sturtted Jake as he struggled to his feet, letting his sneaker, socks, pants and boxers slip off.
"Half naked little kids!" roared Mr Perkins, not liking this one bit. Matt peeped round a corner. Mr Perkins rounded on Jessica, red faced and very angry. Time stood still. Jake sunk a few more inches and looked about Matt's age.
"You no big boy anymore!" smirked Matt at Jake. Jake glared at him, but he was right. In a second he was younger than Matt and his shirt slipped right off his thin shoulders...exposing a cloth diaper! Jessica had tactfully shrugged at Mr Perkins in a non-commital way, and when Mr Perkins turned round it was in time to see Jake shrink into a mere toddler in a diaper!
"What's going on?" he demanded. Jake grabbed Mr Perkins trouser leg and offered him something. Mr Perkins quickly grabbed the cloth diaper with the medallion in it as Jake slipped completley into infancy and fell to the floor with a suprised expression.
Jessica smirked at Mr Perkins as his body began to tingle. Matt sneaked back round the corner and picked up baby Jake, craddling him in his arms.
"Me big boy now!" he said, smirking horribly.
The sound of a bawling infant echoed down the corridors of the school as Jessica watched Mr Perkins reaction.