As Jen raced out the door, she saw a young woman in a UPS uniform walking towards here with a package. 'Great, she'll need me to sign for it, I bet'.
"Good morning, hon, could I trouble you to sign for this?" The woman pushed back her cap. She was only a few years older than Jen, with strawberry blonde hair and green eyes.
Jen frowned as she saw the bus pull away. "I guess I might as well, looks like I'm going to be late."
"Ouch. Sorry about that."
Jen shrugged. "Not your fault. So let's see this package..."
As she took it from the young woman, their hands touched. Jen shivered, but thought nothing of it.
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After signing for the package, Jen walked back into her house. No one was home besides her, and with her car still in the shop, she had no way to get to school. "This sucks!"
Tossing the package onto the kitchen table, she tried to figure out how she'd avoid getting into trouble for skipping school again. If she could get there before second hour, she'd be ok!
Heading back out the door, she decided to see if her neighbor Carol was home. Carol had just been through a messy divorce with her husband, Stan, and she and her daughter, Katrina, been a frequent dinner guest ever since.
Ringing the doorbell, Jen was happily surprised when it was opened. "Jen? Shouldn't you be at school?"
Jen sighed and walked in, explaining her story to Carol. Carol had a fairly exotic appearance that Jen had always envied; her mother had been Japanese, and she looked all the world like an older version of Maria Ozawa.
"I wish I could help, but I really need to get this place in order, and Katrina is being a real handful."
Jen shrugged. "Oh well. Hey, I might as well help you, since I'm here."
"Could you? You're the best, Jenny!" Carol gave her a quick hug. Again, when their skin made contact, Jen felt a strange shiver, but didn't think much of it.
About then, Katrina came downstairs. "Jenny!" The girl ran into Jen's arms. Katrina was a very precocious nine year-old, the spitting image of her mother. She'd been hit hard by the divorce, and Carol had taken her out of school temporarily.
"I guess I'll keep an eye on Kat for you, Carol." Jen shivered a bit, and picked up her young friend.
"That'd be great, sweety. Katrina, you behave for Jen, ok?"
"I will Mommy!"
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Later that day, Carol's friends Helena and Jackie came over. Again, Jen was quite jealous of the older women; Helena was a former model, with long legs she'd kill to have. Jackie was, by contrast, a tiny woman, almost doll-like, and looked very cute for being over 30.
They were also lesbians, which Jen wasn't sure what to think about. They were very nice, and cool to be around, but she couldn't imagine what it would be like to actually have sex with another girl!
I mean, sure, she'd kissed her friends back in junior high, but that was as far as it had gone! Still, she gave them both a hug before deciding to head back home.
She didn't really mind so much when Helena gave her a peck on the cheek, but the minute Jen was out the door, she began to feel very strange, as her memories of the morning began to slowly return to her.
She rushed back to her house, and ran right to her room. As she closed the door, she could feel her body begin to change. "Oh no, it can't be true!"