Joseph liked clowns when he was a kid, but now that he worked in a cubicle, and had a beautiful wife, he didn't have time for what he now
considered "kids' stuff".
This was a day just like any other for him. He was busy typing up this and that, and whatever else he had to do to keep his job.
He had been working for 2 hours, when one of his co-workers, Robert, came to talk with him.
"So," Robert started "another day at the old grind, huh?"
"Yeah," Joseph replied "2 hours down, 6 to go."
"You really should smile once in while," Robert said "It's healthy, you know."
"I'll smile when I'm done with these contracts." Joseph replied "You should probably get back to work before the boss sees you out here."
"Oh, lighten up!" Robert said "You know what your problem is, Joseph? You take things too seriously" As soon as Robert said that, his nose
puffed out into a big, red ball.
Joseph rubbed his eyes, then stared at him. "Uh...Robert," Joseph started "I don't know how to tell you this but... um..."
"I know," Robert said as his lips stretched out into a big, red smile "you want me to get back to work, right?" His skin turned white.
"That's not it, Robert." Joseph said as Rob's hair became bald on top with bright orange, curly hair on the sides and back.
"Then what?" Rob asked, as his shoes became 2 feet long. "It's just that you're...uh.." Jo said as Rob got fat, his neck tie became red with white
polka-dots, and he wore white gloves.
"Come on, Jo-Jo," he said in a goofy voice as his name tag changed from Robert to Bobby "You can tell me, I'm your best buddy!"
"You know what," Jo said "never mind." "Okie-dokie," Bobby said with a smile "but just remember that when you're ready to talk about it, I'll be
there for ya!" He then pulled a unicycle out of his pocket and peddled away.
Jo turned to Beth, a young female co-worker, who was staring after Bobby like he had been.
"Beth, did you see that?" he asked.
"Yes I did." she said, a bit nervous.
"Good." Jo said. "Then I'm not crazy. Why did he just turn into a clown?"
"Maybe it was something he ate." she said as her nose inflated into a pink ball. "It probably didn't agree with him." she said as her lips became
plump and pink. "I wonder what they were arguing about." she said as her skin turned white. "Oh well," she smiled as her hair became pink,
going into ringlets, with a big, white bow on top. "It was probably nothing important." She said as her breasts doubled in size, her hips widened
out, her shoes became 2 feet long and pink, her skirt popped into a pink tutu, and her name tag changed from Beth to Lizzie.
"Lizzie, er .. Beth," he stammered "You just became a clown too!"
"Hee,hee,hee" she giggled in a helium voice "You say that like it's a bad thing, Jo-Jo. I think Bobby is right - you DO need to lighten up.
Hee,hee,hee." And she cartwheeled away.
"I've gotta get out of here!" he said to himself.
He got his things, and ran out of the office. Everyone he saw on the way turned into silly clowns. He made it to his car when a female police
officer stopped him.
"Sir," she said "you haven't paid your parking meter. I'll have to issue you a fine!" "I'm sorry," he said "but I need to get home right now - it's an
emergency!"
"Look," she said "either pay up, or I'll have to -" "I'm sorry, ok?" he said "It'll never happen again. Just please let me go!"
"Well," she said as her nose became a pink ball with glitter "You look like you really didn't mean it," she said as her lips became pink "so I guess
I could let you off with a warning this time," as her skin turned white, blue eyeshadow appeared around her eyes, her hair became light blue
going into big ponytails, her breasts and hips doubled in size, her skirt poofed into a big, flowery miniskirt, and and her shoes became 2 feet
long and light blue "Just try not to do it again, kay?" she said in a helium voice.
"Got it," he said getting into the car "Bye." She happily waved at him as he drove off.
As he was driving, everyone he saw turned into a silly clown, and it wasn't just the people, but the buildings and the vehicles changed to to
become more clownish.
He got home, and shut the door behind him. He saw his wife Rachel watching the news.
"Hi," she said "You're home early."
"Never mind that, Rachel!" he said. "We have to leave town right now before we turn into clowns!"
"I don't think that will do us any good." she said looking at him worriedly "Why not?" He asked. "I've been watching the news," she said "and it's
happening everywhere around the world - not just here." He looked at the news and saw she was right.
"I'm scared, Joseph." she said "I don't want to be a clown!"
"I don't want to be a clown either!" he said.
"Let's go to the basement and hide." he said.
"For how long?" she asked. "I don't know." he said. Then his nose puffed out into a big, red ball. "Oh, no!" he said "Not me!"
Rachel's nose puffed out into a pink, glitter-covered ball. "It's happening to me too!" she screamed.
"Come on, Rachel!" Jo said "We have to fight it - we have to resist!"
Both of them struggled not to change anymore, but changes continued anyway.
Their skin became white, Blue triangles appeared under Jo's eyes, and pink eyeshadow appeared around Rachel's eyes, and her lashes became
longer.
"Urg! It's not working, Jo-Jo!" she said in frustration as she covered her mouth. "I... I called you Jo-Jo!"
"Fight it, Ray-Ray." he said as his lips became bright red and hers became pink and pouty "We can't lose to this!"
His hair turned blue and hers turned bright pink. "You just called me Ray-Ray!" she said as his hair curled into an afro and hers become a 70's
hairstyle with a big, white bow on top, with red polka-dots. "My name's not Ray-Ray, it's Ray-Ray, no, I mean Ray-Ray - no! Jo-Jo, I'm so sorry!
I can't help it!" She started gushing out tears.
He went to comfort her "It's okay Ray-Ray."
"Jo-Jo," she said crying "would you still love me as a clown?"
"Would you still love ME as one?" he asked gently.
"Yes Jo-Jo," she said as their ears each became half the size of their heads "I'll always love you no matter what!"
"Then I will always love you too," he said "no matter what."
"Oh, Jo-Jo!" she said sobbing as they hugged eachother, and then kissed eachother on the lips.
As they were kissing, Jo-Jo became very muscular, and his clothes changed: He now wore a blue shirt with big, white frills and red pom-poms
running down the front, baggy blue pants, and purple shoes 2 feet long. Ray-Ray's breasts became the size of bowling balls, her hips widened
to match her breasts, and her clothes changed: She now wore a pink dress with shoulder poufs as big as her breasts, white pom-poms running
down the front, a poofy dress skirt that came down to her knees, red and pink striped socks pulled up to her knees, and pink shoes 2 feet long.
When they opened their eyes, they saw the house and furniture had changed to become exaggerated and clownish, and they looked at
themselves, and finally eachother.
They stared at eachother for 5 minuets.
"So this is it." Jo-Jo said in a goofy voice. "We're clowns now."
"I guess," Ray-Ray said in a helium voice "but if everyone else in the world is a clown, then it's okie-dokie, right?"
They both smiled really big and broke into a fit of laughter.
"Well," Jo-Jo said in a goofy voice, "If it makes you feel any better, you're the most beautiful clown-woman I've ever seen."
"Aww, thanks Jo-Jo," she said in a helium voice, wiping a big tear from her eye, which made a loud splash on the floor, "and if it makes YOU feel
any better, YOU'RE the most handsome clown-man I'VE ever seen."
"Shucks," he said "thanks, Ray-Ray."
Just then, Jo-Jo heard a car-horn sound coming from one of his pant pockets.
"I'll get this." he said.
He took out his cell-phone. "It's a text message from my boss." he said.
"What does it say?" she asked.
"He found out from Bobby and Lizzie that I left work early," he said "but they told him how stressed I was, so he's giving me the rest of the day
off!"
"How nice of him." she said, relieved "I guess since he must be a clown now too, he understands. So what do you want to do with the rest of the
day?"
"Anything as long as it's with you, dear." he said. "So what do you wanna do?" she asked "Drive around and see what the world outside looks
like? Go out to eat? Or maybe," she said, giving him a seductive look "you wanna go upstairs and get comfy under the sheets with me? I'm ready
to be a mommy if you're re ready to be a daddy. So what will it be, my sweet Jo-Jo?"