Alexa began walking back toward her locker. When she got there, she opened the combo lock, swung open the door, and pulled out her backpack.
"You're going in my bag," she said. She stuffed Jennifer's doll clothes into the bag, and was about to put Jennifer in, when she had another idea. "Actually... forget that. I've got something better for you. First you're going to need to be a little smaller. You're about 6 inches tall right now. I want you to be 4 inches."
Jennifer shrank again, to the size Alexa specified. "What are you doing?" she asked.
"You'll see. Now, here's the important part. I want you to grow a small chain from the top of your head, with a keyring at the end."
"You're turning me into a keychain!?" Jennifer protested. But the protests were futile; Jenny involuntarily sprouted a metal chain from her scalp, just as commanded.
"There now," said Alexa, clipping the keyring to her backpack with a safety pin. "Now you can be on the outside of the bag, and everyone will get to see you, but you won't get in trouble."
"I still don't like this, Alexa," said Jennifer. "Please, I'm begging you. Turn me back!"
"Not going to happen, so you might as well stop asking. Just accept it. It's only five hours-- and the school day will be over before then. I'm going easy on you, Jenny. I just... don't want to be the only one naked today. Okay?"
Jennifer sighed. "Alright. I guess I have no choice. If it'll make us even, I'll put up with it."
Finally Alexa was satisfied. "Thanks, Jenny. I'll take you to my house after the pep rally, so you won't change back in public."
"Pep rally?" asked Jennifer. "Fuuuck... that was today, wasn't it?" The cheerleading squad had practiced for the pep rally all week-- but in Jennifer's dismay, dealing with Kyle's curse, it had totally slipped her mind.
"Don't worry about it, Jenny. No one has seen you today anyway. I'll just tell the other girls you're sick today."
"No you won't," scolded Jennifer. "You're not going to be there either."
"Excuse me? Why not?"
"Because, Alexa," the doll explained, "Kelly's going to be there. Unless you want to do the same thing to her that I did to you, there's no way you're going to that pep rally. In fact, if you insist on finishing out the day, you might want to be careful, to make sure you don't run into her."
The realization struck Alexa hard. "Oh... oh shit... you're right. Well, what am I going to do? I can't just avoid Kelly forever! We're friends. We're both cheerleaders. We've got classes together. Sooner or later we're going to see each other."
"Which is exactly what that bastard Kyle was counting on."
"Damn it...," This certainly vexed Alexa, perhaps even more than being nude for a month. "What should I do?"