Katie scanned the beach looking for someone new to experiment on with the ring. In her mind, she hadn't used it since yesterday at the mall (she had completely forgotten that not only had she used the ring on her mother, but she now thought her mother was her sister!)
Then it hit her: It was a weekday! There were no young people on the beach at all! The next youngest person was a guy in his 40s down the beach fishing. Then there was a group of women in their 60s sharing a blanket behind them, and two couples in their 50s under two side-by-side umbrellas nearby. The next youngest people were 20-year-old Kellie and 15-year-old Katie.
"Ugh, all these old people," Katie thought as she adjusted her bikini top, which was a size too small. "I wish they were all younger, then this place would be more fun."
And just like that, the ring began to work its magic. Although, because the ring had been damaged, Katie had already forgotten she made the wish, and reality began adjusting in her head. On the other hand, the older people were regressing faster than Kellie was regressing (and Katie was aging).
Meanwhile, 19-year-old Kellie sat up. It was a nice day and for some reason she just couldn’t pinpoint, she kept feeling more and more energetic. She decided she wanted to go for a walk. She looked over to tell her 16-year-old sister and her jaw dropped.
“Katie! What’s the matter with you!” she shouted.
“What?” Katie jumped up. Had she accidentally used the ring on herself? No, she breathed a sigh of relief, she was still 16, all was good.
“Why are you wearing that bathing suit?” Kellie asked. “It’s so small on you. You’re not 13 anymore, you can’t wear that old suit with boobs that big.”
“Oh, sorry,” Katie replied. “Hey what about you? You might have bigger boobs than ME, but that top looks too loose on you!”
“As if!” Kellie said. “Anyway, I’m going for a walk.”
As Kellie stood up to walk away, a small layer of belly fat grew ever-so-slightly on the curvier sister – when she grew up the first time, she really started exercising during the first year of college, and now all that work undid itself as her ab muscles slightly relaxed.
“Good riddance,” Katie mumbled under her breath. She was almost 17, she didn’t need a baby-sitter. Of course, she saw her boy crazy sister walk straight toward the dude in his 30s who was fishing down the beach.
“Tramp,” Katie mumbled.
“Excuse me, young lady,” said one of the women in the group of 50-year-old women sitting nearby. “Would you mind watching your language? We’re trying to enjoy our day.”
“Sorry ma’am,” the 17-year-old replied. She looked around sheepishly. Luckily it seemed the two couples in their 40s nearby hadn’t seemed to notice.
Katie sat back to relax. She really wanted to find the right person to try the ring on!