"What the?!?!?" was the first words that raced through Kelly's mind. Her own fate stared her in the face as she noticed how insanely hairy both Jen and Lisa were. It was so bad that their cleavage was almost entirely hidden under a matt of hair and fuzz.
Lindsey was horrified at what she saw. She could feel Jen's hairy arms squeezing her tightly, the hair scratching at her elbows. Even more horrified was she at the thought that it could happen to her. She hadn't been drinking too much of the milk, she tried to reassure herself. Maybe she'd be fine.
"Is that gonna happen to me?" Kelly asked.
"Yeah," Lisa replied. "That's what we told you at our first meeting."
Kelly sighed, wondering how long she had before she looked like them. She was aware of some hair on their hands and faces, but she wasn't prepared for what was now in front of her.
"You okay, Lindsey?" Jen asked, her voice genuinely concerned.
"Yeah," the small girl replied. She really wasn't. She was afraid for her own body, and afraid for her sister's.
Jen carefully whispered into Lindsey's ear while Lisa had Kelly distracted by answering her questions regarding the hair, "You're sister will need you, and you need to listen to her."
Lindsey nodded and pulled herself away from Jen, now officially repulsed.
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The girls got up Thursday morning, again having fallen asleep holding on to each other. The previous day had been hard, confronting Kelly and Lindsey like that. It was for the greater good, but it was humiliating at the same time.
"My shoulders are disappearing," Jen commented, noting that the hair on her chest was now engulfing her shoulders as well. As for the hair on her chest, it was definitely thickening as well as lengthening, and her bellybutton was now almost invisible.
"You both look fine," Andy replied, gently tugging on some of Jen's lower back hair. "By the way, Mom would like to see you guys after school today. She's trying to reason with the prosecutor to allow all the girls and their parents to sit in tomorrow afternoon, and she wants to know what you guys look like now before that time comes. Trust me, she won't freak again."
Andy grabbed the comb and started brusing the back of Lisa's next. "You forgot this part. If you let it go, it might start tangling up with your ponytail." She paused for a moment. "Is school going good for you?"
Both girls shook their heads.
"Don't worry about them. I want my sisters - yes, I'm including you, Jen - to hold your heads high and proudly. Be proud of what you are!"
Jen appreciated the flattery, but it didn't change the fact that you could hold your head high without attracting stares. Andy didn't have to go through it. Could she hold her head high? Probably, but there wasn't much Andy couldn't do, or so Jen thought.
The three got dressed and prepared for school.