Andrew, or Andrea as she was starting to think of herself, slowly woke up, knowing that none of what she remembers is a dream, or parts of it are, or something like that. "I'm so very confused," she thought to herself, hugging the sleeping bag closer.
Breathing quietly next to her was Tanya and next to her was Jenny. Furthest away was Elizabeth, while Dani was asleep in her own room, as was Maria. Laying there on the living room carpet, Andrea tried to sort out her thoughts and figure out what was correct and what was nothing more then a dream, or possibly something to do with the new arcade in the mall only a couple blocks away.
Andrea's memories told her that Jenny, Tanya, Elizabeth, Maria and her sister, Dani, where all good friends of hers. She'd known Dani since first grade, had known she was really a she-male and it was through Dani that Andrea had met Maria, Dani's older sister. Years later, in junior high, the three girl's had met first Tanya and then Jenny, followed by Elizabeth. Now here she was, sixteen years old, and having a sleep over with her friends. They'd spent the night watching movies, talking about whats was cool and who was hot.
But in her mind, something told Andrea that she was really a boy named Andrew and all this was brought on by the use of two eggs he'd won out of a prize machine from the new arcade. Confused, Andrea slowly got up and stretched. Rolling up her sleeping bag, she made her way silently upstairs and into the bathroom.
There she used the toilet and picked up her jeans and shirt from where she'd left them the previous evening. Removing her pajamas, she put back on her clothes, folded up her pajamas and picking up her purse, proceeded back downstairs. Seeing everyone was still asleep, Andrea left a note for Maria, telling her she'd meet her later, and pulling on her tennis shoes, let herself out.
Home, Andrea noted that her mother was still asleep after working the night shift, saw that her sister Sahara was also still asleep, as was two of Sahara's friends, Beth and Pearl.
In her room, Andrea dropped her purse on the bed, ignoring the fact that it spilled, dumping along with the contents three pair of underwear. Stretching, she removed her shoes and throwing her pajamas into the hamper, began to pull from the closet and dresser clean clothes, which she threw on the bed.
Selecting a towel, washcloth and two hand towels, along with her hygiene supplies, Andrea headed for the bathroom, only to return in a couple of minutes for her bathrobe.
Inside the bathroom she stripped, briefly looked in the mirror and then began to run the water for her shower. Half an hour later, she stepped out of the bathroom, hand towel wrapped around her head and wearing the bathroom. Inside her room, Andrea sat down at her vanity and began to make herself up for the day.
Removing the bathrobe, she picked up a pair of underwear off the bed, asked herself briefly, "Why did I set out four pairs," and instead began to pull the underwear on.
They're white with images of pink mice on the front and Andrea notices that she has difficulty pulling them on. Sliding them upward, she thinks to herself, "I hope I'm not putting on weight," but they surprise her as it becomes easier and easier to pull them on. Underwear on, she accidentally turns to the mirror in her room and nearly screams when she sees the other person standing there.
Closer inspection reveals that it is in fact her own reflection and that somehow she has regressed back to the age of five. Looking down and then back up, taking in the fact that she now stands three foot six, Andrea wonders if what she remembers as a dream actually happened. Then she realizes that she is five again and determination sets in as she tells herself, "I must undo this," in a voice that surprises her.
Shaking her head, she tries to put on her teenage clothes, but then realizes that they're to big. Not liking the idea, Andrea decides to borrow her little, now big, sister's clothes.
Sneaking across the hall, she enters, glad that Sahara and her friends are such heavy sleepers. In her sister's closet, she finds nothing worth borrowing, though she is tempted to play with some of the costumes. Quietly closing the closet door, Andrea sneaks across the room to Sahara's pink and white dresser. Opening, she proceeds to take a pair of pants, a shirt with Angelina Ballerina on it and a pair of socks. Andrea is just about to leave, when she notices one of Sahara's nightgowns lying in a basket of clean laundry. Curious, she picks it up, notes the image of Barbie on the front, and borrows that to.
Back in her room, Andrea is just about to get dressed, when something compels her to put on Sahara's nightgown instead. Doing so, she suddenly feels really sleepy and picking up the stuffed Mer-fox that's laying on her bed, Andrea climbs in between the sheets. Within seconds she's fast asleep and wont wake for another two hours.