Simon finished his newly finished antidote and gave it to Jennifer to drink.
"Will this make me 15 again?" she asked. Simon's heart melted. She sounded so cute when she talked in her six year old whiny voice.
"No, but it will make you stop growing younger for about two or three days." he answered back. "By then I'll have the one that'll make you back normal." She nodded and drank the formula. He had been prepared for when she was going to shrink so he had bought clothes for her even if she shrunk into a three month old.
After three days he had still managed to keep Jennifer a secret, even when her sister Jenny came over the day before to see if she was staying with him. He made up the lie that Jennifer was going to have a few days alone and was coming home in about two week or less. Jenny was very naïve so she believed him and went back to her house.
"Jennifer, for some reason the antidote won't come out the way I want it to. You're going to stay with me and in three more days you'll be home for sure." Simon said slowly. Tears filled her eyes.
"But I don't wanna go home, I wanna stay here with you! Lillian and Max are 24 years old they have a boyfriend and girlfriend they don't care about me, and Jenny is always watching television, and Jenna has a fractured leg, they're all too busy. I love you, I wanna live with you forever and ever, you're the best thing that's ever happened to me, please don't make me go back home!" Simon's heart almost tore in half. He had never seen her cry in front of anyone before, and he never knew she felt that way about him. But then he remembered she was only six, she probably didn't even know what she was talking about. He gave her a hug, and was drying her tears when to his astonishment his door opened.
"WHAT THE HECK I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU NOT TO COME IN MY ROOM ALVIN!" Simon yelled. Alvin glanced behind Simon.
"Hey that looks a lot like Jennifer, only-" Simon cut Alvin off.
"GET OUTTA MY ROOM OKAY? AND THAT'S NOT JENNIFER IT'S, IT'S JANICE!" Alvin knew something was up.
"So Janice, where are you from?" Alvin asked her suspiciously.
"New York City."
"Isn't that were Jennifer's from?" he asked even more suspiciously. Simon pulled and his jacket collar. He wasn't that good of a liar, Alvin usually found out when he was lying. Finally he got so nervous he fessed up.
"Okay, remember that explosion? Jennifer accidentally knocked the formula I was making onto herself, which caused her to get younger. She's growing down faster than I can keep up with, so I gave her an antidote so she'll stop growing for a while."
"Um, I think it's wearing off. Look!" Alvin pointed at Jennifer, who had shrunk three times her size during their conversation. Simon guesstimated that she was about three years old now. Simon gave her more of the formula to make her stop shrinking for about one or two days. "Do you want me to help with her?" Alvin asked politely. "You look like you need a break." Simon objected at first, but finally he gave in. Alvin gave Jennifer some new clothes to dress in while Simon ate a snack.
"Do you want to play with a baby doll?" Alvin asked in a voice that adults use for all preschoolers. She rolled her eyes. Even though she was way younger didn't mean that she was going to play stupid preschool games.
"Nah, how 'bout we pway baseball or something." she suggested. Alvin said okay and they tossed the ball back and forth for a while. At one point, Alvin forgot how small she was and hit her on the face…hard. She started crying involuntarily so Alvin brought her inside and into Simon's room. Jennifer was embarrassed about crying in front of Alvin so she stopped crying as soon as she could. Simon got upset and started yelling at Alvin.
"Why'd you hurt her I should've knew not to leave her with you!"
"Simon…calm down." Alvin said cautiously.
"How can I calm down? She could have been seriously hurt!" Simon started yelling even louder.
"I've never seen you this protective of anyone this much." Alvin started whispering so Jennifer couldn't hear. "You really like her don't you?" Simon blushed a deep red color. He mumbled something Alvin couldn't hear. "I can't hear you." Alvin said in a mocking voice.
"YES, I DO, I DO MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD!" Simon blurted out. Jennifer was playing with a doll. Alvin decided to do an experiment.
"Nice boy doll, what's its name?" Alvin said reaching for it.
"Simon! It's name is Simon, pwease weave it awone!" Jennifer cried out. Simon smiled a little. It was cute the way she pronounced her l's like w's. Alvin grinned a big silly grin.
"So it is Simon." Alvin said, handing the doll back to her, She clutched the doll tightly, her knuckles turning white. She popped her thumb into her mouth and started to suck on it. Alvin smiled even bigger; he guessed she didn't suck on her thumb unless she was severely upset. Alvin tried comforting her and she kept pulling away. He sighed. "Look, Jennifer, I'm sorry. I just thought it was a little cute was all." Alvin said. She wiped her tears on her blue shirt she was wearing. He was sort of like Jenna, only Jenna was much meaner. She grabbed the doll from Alvin and popped her finger back into her mouth. "Do you wanna snack Jennifer?" Alvin asked hopeful that she would forgive and forget. She smiled and said yes. (Simon went downstairs to his basement just before Alvin took away the doll from her.)
"How about grilled cheese?" Alvin asked. Jennifer rolled her eyes and dragged her hand down her face.
"Pwease get away from the food. I don't want you poisoning us. Sit down." Alvin couldn't believe he was listening to a three year old. He gave her a pan and let her do what she needed to do. She made six sandwiches in five minutes. "Wet's bring some to Simon, he's been working almost all morning." Alvin agreed with her.
"This is the most I've ever heard you talk in my life."
"Well I love to cook and to eat, as soon as I get back to being Jennifer…" Alvin felt her body start tremble. He put the food tray down and held her in his arms. He didn't know what to say as she dug her fingernails into his shoulder while she cried. He saw Simon running upstairs to see what was wrong.
"Did she get hurt?" he asked frantically. Alvin shook his head and told him silently that she forgot who she was or something.
"Janice, you do realize you're still Jennifer, right? you're just wearing a disguise and getting use to the role." Simon said while wiping tears from her eyes. He smiled and kissed her forehead when she grinned.
"Do you love me Simon?" Jennifer finally asked. Simon opened his mouth to answer her.
Well that's the chapter. Sorry for the long wait.
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