Finally after what seemed to be hours of waiting the bus screamed to a halt outside the house.
"Go on" her mouther said gently steering Bets onto the bus "there's nothing to be scared of and i'l come and pick you up at 3 o'clock."
Bets clambered onto the bus with difficulty thinking to herself how high the steps seemed to be.
She looked up at the driver and saw that he was no other than the very fat man who they had met in the mall.
"Hurry up" he said "sit down, We don't want to be late on the first day of school." Bets obediently plodded to the back of the bus and proceeded to climb onto the back seat wincing slightly as her now sore bottom collided with the seat. Soon she realized that her legs were dangling of the seat without touching the floor. Either everything was getting bigger or she was getting smaller.
Looking around her Bets noticed several familiar faces around her, they were no other than April, Chastity and Diane. the three fellow sophomore students she had been at the mall with only yesterday, but they looked different somehow. they looked smaller and their feet weren't touching the ground either. in fact all of them looked several years younger, like she presumed they had looked like when they were 5.
"Hi April, Hi Chas, Hi Di" She called over "have you any idea what's happening to us?"
By the time the bus pulled up in front of the local elementary school between them the four girls had worked out that overnight they had gone from being 17 year olds at college to 5 year olds attending the first day of 1st grade.
Now the other children on the bus, who all incidentally were looking as confused as Bets and her friends had got off and were being shepherded into the school building by a stern but kind looking woman who was presumably the headmistress.