No More Annoying Leg Hair!

Chapter 5
Waking Up

Chapter Description: Sammy waking up to a new perspective.

She remembered thinking the light was really bright as she started to open her eyes. "She’s waking up", she heard a voice say. "Let me talk to her", another voice said, she thought it sounded like John. She was confused and exhausted, but at least she felt warm. She had that feeling she always loved, the feeling of being wrapped in a warm towel after a good, warm bath and steamy shower.

"Sammy, honey, can you hear me?", the voice asked. Sammy nodded. "Good, it’s me, John", he told her. "What happened?", she managed to ask. "Well, the procedure went well, at first. There were some complications, but the good news is it looks like you are healthy. They’ve tried to reverse the light’s effect, but so far we’ve been unsuccessful", he explained.

"What’s...what’s wrong with me?", Sammy asked, still unable to see much of anything.

"Well, it’ll be best if I show you", he told her. Suddenly, Sammy felt two hands go underneath her arm pits and lift her up. The blanket, or whatever it was, was still wrapped around her body. As he carried her, her vision was slowly coming back to her. She could feel each step as he walked. It was like she felt really high up in the sky. "Sammy, are you able to see yourself?", he asked her, calmly.

With almost perfect timing, as John stopped in front of a mirror, her vision returned to almost normal. She couldn’t believe what she was looking at. She was barely two feet tall, wrapped in a blanket, and held by her boss, soon to be boyfriend. Sammy was now nothing more than a baby.

"Wahhhhhhhhhhh", she cried, "No! This can’t be happening!". John just held her close, unsure what he could do for the little woman. "Did this happen to anyone else?!", Sammy asked through her tears. "No, it just happened to you honey. It worked perfectly on everyone else. The workers are still trying to figure out what happened to you and reverse it. They said the only explanation is if somehow your skin and body absorbed the light and it regressed all of you, not just your hair molecules. They’re still trying to figure out how this is even possible", he told her, only making her more upset. Not only was she now roughly the age of a 1 and a half year old, but they had no idea how or why this happened, or more importantly, how to fix it!

"The good news is, we got approval to go into more testing", John told her. Sammy stopped her crying and looked at him, how could he think of the product at a time like this?! She was now a freaking baby! "You’re worried about the device?! Look at me, John! Aren’t I more important? And how did you get approved? Didn’t you tell them one of the testers regressed into an infant?!", Sammy yelled, if her arms weren’t pinned in this blanket she would have punched him!

"Well, we may have left out your testing", John explained. "What?! So no one knows what happened to me?!", Sammy was furious! "Honey, we can’t tell anyone what happened. They would shut us down for good and then how could we find a way to get you back to normal? Plus, with the exception of your little ’incident’, everyone else is extremely happy with the results! It was successful on women testers with their leg hair and it worked on removing men’s back/shoulder hair, as well as reverse some balding! And look at you, we have the potential for true age regression! Sammy, we have an incredible, billion dollar product on our hands here", John explained to the little baby in his arms.

Sammy started yelling back at him, trying to kick and punch her way through the tightly wrapped blanket. He didn’t have the heart to tell her that he could barely understand her. Most of the words she tried to say just sounded like baby talk. He placed her back down and picked up his phone and dialed a number. "Don’t worry Sammy, I’ll make sure we find a way to get you back to normal, and even if we don’t, I’ll make sure to take care of you", he told her as he kissed her on the forehead.

"Hello? Is this the Nanny/Babysitter Services? I’m looking for a long-term, live-in nanny. Yes, that’s right, it’s for my new baby daughter. Money is no issue. Also, can I request her to be a wet nurse?", John asked. Sammy’s eyes got big as she heard that last comment.

As John got off the phone, she couldn’t help but think that her wishes had, in some weird way, come true. She had met the man she was supposed to be with, only he was destined to be her Daddy instead of her husband and she would never have to deal with shaving stupid hair again, or at least for another 10-15 years. That is, if she ever grows up again.

"’Have skin as smooth as a baby once again’, what a slogan", John thought to himself as he watched Baby Sammy close her eyes for a nap. He hoped the agency would send someone over soon, he could tell the little makeshift diaper they wrapped her up in was already wet.