The haze envelops your brain and you cuddle the plush skunk closer, pretending to be the stuffed animals mommy, waiting for you sister to answer your question. Her youthful face is mixture of joy and curiosity at what you've asked. Presently all that melts into elation as she says, "Oh, Thomas, that's wonderful. Would you really play with me?"
You're loosing yourself for some reason and you want to pull yourself back, but cannot. Instead you tell Steph, "I would love to. Can Miss. P.U. join us? Oh, and please call me Kim."
Jumping up, squealing with delight, she turns of the telly, takes your hand and leads the way to her room. There, she hands you a pink dress, a pair of pink tights and a pair of translucent wings. As you fight to regain your mind, Steph hands you the plush skunk and says, "Here is Miss. P.U. she needs her mommy Kim."
The sound of Steph calling you by a girl's name sinks your mind back and you pull off your shirt without really giving it a thought. The real odd thing is that none of this stuff should have fit, but you find that you can pull the pink dress easily over your head.
As you are about to pull on the tights, Steph says, "Wait a minute Kim," and hands you a pair of pink panties.
Normally the sight of all this pink would have really bugged you, but instead, you giggle and eagerly take the underwear from her and pull it on. Next you pull on the tights and seeing a pair of ballerina slippers lying nearby, pull those on and taking the lace, proceed to tie the slippers on and wrap the lace around your lower legs.
As you slip on the fairy wings, you glance at your sister and the sight of her naked nearly lifts the fog that has wrapped your brain, but then you see Miss. P.U. Cradling her lovingly to your chest, you prance over to the table, liking the way the fabric moves against your body and sit down at the tea table. While you wait, you start a pretend tea party with her. Presently your sister joins you, dressed in pink tights and a pink body suit.
The next hours are passed in girlish bliss as you first play tea party, next house and after that dolls. When it's time for bed and as your sister pulls on a nightgown and pull-up, you look at her and ask, "Can I sleep in hear with you?"
You sister, loving the attention you are suddenly showering upon her, eagerly agrees. Pulling on a pair of her footed pajamas, you turn off the lights in the apartment and jump into bed next to her. Snuggling up to Miss. P.U., comforted by the soft glow of your sister's night light, you drift off to sleep.
Your awoken hours later by the sound of a key being placed in the locking mechanism of the front door. Scared to move, you lay there as the door opens. Realizing that you are dressed in your sisters pajamas, sleeping next to her, you bolt out of the bed, grab the skunk plush and for some reason the fairy princess costume and duck out of Stephanie's room and into your room. Closing the door softly, you dump the clothes on the floor and jump into your bed, pulling the Hello Kitty sheet set over you head.
Seconds later you hear your door open as your mom checks on you and then leaves. Feeling lucky that you weren't caught, you get up and silently change into your normal pajamas, asking yourself, "What the hell is going on and why did I just spend the evening acting like a girl with my sister?"
Having no answers, you throw the footed pajamas and a fairy princess into your closet and climb back into bed. Sitting up because you've just laid on Miss. P.U., you grab the skunk plush and throw it onto your desk.
You’re awoken by your alarm clock and climbing out of bed, you stumble to the bathroom to take a shower; bothered by the fact that you’re still wearing Steph’s underwear under your pajamas. Afterward, you pause as you look in the mirror. Something looks different, but you’re not sure what. It takes you a moment to finally figure out that you've gone from six foot two down to about five foot eight. Bothered by this loss in height, you head back to your room to get dressed and head for school.
Steph either doesn't remember the night she had playing with you or she simply doesn't say anything. Weeks pass and your glad that you've had no more moments were your mind fogs over and you start acting girly. There's the odd thought or two, like when a guy passes you in the hall, you feel yourself getting an erection and suddenly you wanted to ask him to the November dance. Instead you close your eyes and count to ten and the moment passes.
Or this one time, you pass a girl in the hall and you can’t help but think, "Will I be that pretty when I grow up?" You count to ten, wondering what is happening.
And this one time, you are at the park and you need to pee really badly and rushing to the bathroom, you naturally ducked into the one that felt that you usually go in. The problem is that it’s the woman's restroom and as you try to leave, a girl from the junior high starts to enter. Hiding in the stall, you figure that you might as well do your business while you’re in here and pulling down your pants, proceed to pee sitting down. Luckily, you manage to sneak out with no one seeing you.
But the next big problem comes when you see a group of girls standing in front of a store, giggling and talking about something. Your mind fogs over and you find yourself wanting to go across the street and talk to them. Instead, you skip down the street and coming to a display that reads, 'Sign your daughter up for the Girl Scouts. She can become a Brownie by just filling out this easy form.' you stop.
Giggling, taking one of the forms and sitting down on the side walk, you begin to fill it out. When it comes to name, you put down 'Kimberly Patterson'. When it asks your age, you falter and then write down that you're two.
Dropping the form into the slot, you skip home. It is only when you reach the apartment complex that the haze lifts and putting the key in the lock, you ask yourself, "What have I just done?"