"Psst! Jane!"
Hannah glanced around into a bright light. For a second she thought she'd looked into the sun, but she dropped that thought given she was inside. She squinted into the light, unable to glance away, and began to make out a small figure at its centre. A tiny young man that appeared to be... touching himself!
She'd just began to open her mouth when something hit her lips, a splash of hot, sticky mess. Her tongue darted out, magnetized. It tasted like cinnamon. And then, everything seemed to slow down, quieten down. Like she was inside some thick, fluffy cloud...
"Wondering why I called you Jane?"
The figure hovered in front of her, her eyes finally focused. He was maybe three inches tall, dressed in tiny pinstripe shorts and, for some reason, wearing glasses. A set of glass-like wings batted the air behind him. A fairy... up in the clouds...
"Jane. Plain Jane, get it?"
"I'm... not plain,"
The little guy chuckled, swooping in around her head. "Ha! Looked in the mirror lately, Jane? Average height, average weight, sad dank hair, dull brown eyes and β my, my β did you ever have a figure?"
She looked down, her body highlighted by the pure white surrounding her. He... he was right. She was plain. She'd always worried and yet...
"You dress boring and you live boring, Jane. So sad. 's why I've picked you, really,"
"For what?" she ask, lazily