Jenny nearly screamed in pain. Childbirth was a painful enough experience, but she had to focus and stretch to remember that she had a job to do as well. She had the oil on her hand, now she needed to spread it on her back where the straps had been. She raised her hand to slap it onto her lower back but instead she slapped it onto her bulging belly. The pain was unbearable.
"Uuuughhhh...AAAAHHH!" Jenny screamed, half out of pain and half of surprise.
She could see the baby's head pop out. A wrinkled, red face with its eyes closed. Jen was in such agony and so surprised, she didn't realize that she needed to spread the oil. Finally, when she could see the neck and shoulders, she rembered her job. Unfortunately, she had to pour out some more oil because she had accidentally spread her oil on her belly.
"I have to-ARGH!-get this thing off! The baby-UGH!-is halfway out!" She clenched her teeth as she spoke to herself while unscrewing the cap of the oil. She could feel the baby's hips coming along. Just as she got the cap off the oil, the baby's legs and feet slipped out. The baby was born. Jen's belly had deflated. It was too late to use the oil.
Still holding the cap to the bottle, Jenny closed it. There was no use in spreading it now. She closed her eyes and turned to look at the baby. HER baby. Upon opening her eyes, she saw that the baby was a mermaid. It was a girl and it was starting to cry.
Relying on instinct, Jenny lifted the baby to her swollen breast and fed it. She was so tired, she didn't notice her stomach start to swell. She blacked out just before Arthur burst through the door. The last thing Jen felt was a pressure on her stomach. Everything went black.
When Jen woke up, she was in the lagoon in her room.
"I wonder how I got here." She thought.
Pulling her sore and exhausted self out of the water, she saw that she was still a mermaid. She found a note on the bedside table. It read:
Dear Jenny,
Be careful with those costume extensions from now on. I'm not scolding you, just warning. It's completely fine for you to wear them and the costumes themselves, that's what they were made for. But just be aware of what you're dealing with. If you're wondering what happened after you blacked out, I entered the room because I heard your screams. I saw what had happened and knew what I had to do. I grabbed the oil and set it next to me. By the way, if you put on a pregnant belly and have a baby, a few seconds later, you will become pregnant again. If you put on the 6 months, you can wait 3 months to have the baby and a few seconds after its born, you would become 6 months pregnant again. Unfortunately, you picked the nine months and that one is set to 'a few minutes before birth'. So, once you had the first baby, you fainted and then you had a second and third baby while I was trying to take care of the first baby and spread the oil. Just after the fourth came out, I managed to use the oil and get the costume off. Don't worry about the babies, they're off somewhere safe. I've given you the day off, as you are probably still sore and exhausted. If you want, you can play with the costumes or come downstairs anytime. I'll most likely be in the dinning room, the lounge room, my study or my bedroom. Have a nice day off!
-Arthur
"Oh, that's nice of him!" Said Jenny.
She kind of wanted to try out more costume extensions, dispite what happened.