"I'm white!" shouted Jackie. She covered her mouth with her hand and felt her lips. They were thinner now.
Other students ... white like me, thought Jackie ... stared at her. Why would she loudly state the obvious in a school hallway?
Jackie walked quickly toward the nearest bathroom. She wanted to run, but she also didn't want to attract any more attention. She looked at herself in the mirror. She was a perfectly normal, pretty Caucasian girl with naturally wavy brown hair plus some blonde highlights. Her blue eyes lacked epicanthal folds and were slightly closer together. Her nose was narrower with a sprinkling of freckles that spread onto rosy cheeks. Her mouth was a bit wider over a more prominent chin. She was somewhat more buxom and curvy and several inches taller, able to see Karyn eye to eye. Despite all these differences, she still resembled Yuki ... though no one remembered her old self anymore.
Jackie pulled her school ID out of her wallet. The photo in it matched what she saw in the mirror, though of course it looked a bit sillier ... but not because of her new ethnicity. ID pictures always looked bad, no matter how much reality changed. The real surprise was her name. She whispered it to herself. "Jackie Madison."
Where had she heard that last name before? That Japanese boy Meshida Jun popped into her mind for some reason. Why'd she reverse his names? He was Jun Meshida ... June May-shee-dah ... she pronounced his name with an American accent now. Her accent.
Her memories flooded her brain, washing away an already vague image of that foreign boy. She had been blonde as a baby - Mark and Linda Madison's first child. She had grown up in Lake Point with her best friend Karyn Black. They did everything together: school, Girl Scouts, church. Yuki had been an atheist, but the seeds of faith had been planted in Jackie. Although Jackie would never be a Nadine Ferguson, she did believe. She prayed that God would help her understand what was going on. She didn't expect any miracles, any instant insights. Nonetheless, she'd appreciate any help at this point.
Meanwhile, Karyn was waiting for Jackie outside the bathroom. Just as Karyn was about to enter the bathroom to check up on Jackie, someone bumped into her. It was ...
