Dashing out the doors of the junior high, the 11-year-old Alicia headed toward a vast parking lot, hoping to lose Val amid the many cars. After 10 minutes of dodging, Alicia was at the mall entrance. Seeing Val charge from the lot, Alicia ran into the mall, looking for a place to hide. As she passed an English import store, she saw an old-fashioned pram parked in front of it. Still having a hard time concentrating on returning to 26, Alicia thought that the last place Val would look for her was in a baby carriage. She already realized that no matter what age she was, she had retained her adult mind. So she stared at a poster of an 18-month infant in the store window. Feeling herself getting smaller, Alicia grabbed onto the side of the pram and used a gymnastic move she knew to flip herself into the carriage. Inside the pram, she made adjustments in her wardrobe. The junior high uniform and girl's underwear vanished. Alicia now wore a Pampers disposable, and a pink baby shirt with matching botties. She adjusted her auburn hair to baby length. Alicia tucked herself under the knitted blanket, and for good measure began sucking on a baby bottle she had found in the pram. Nursoy formula! Tastes good! Suddenly, Alicia saw staring into her pram...
Tue Jan 11 15:27:30 2000