Bright-white light blazed behind Cotton's eyelids. She must have fallen asleep baking in the sun. Thankfully, a cloud passed over the daystar casting a shadow over her as she rubbed her eyes. She tried to prop herself up but her limbs were about as compliant as warm cookie-dough. Flopping back down, she rested a moment, allowing herself to cool off some and then blinked open starburst eyes, staring at the white cloud-cover.
"What the...?" The sound of the man's voice caused her to bolt upright off the foil tanning bed with and audible *pop*. He stared as incredulously at her as she stared in disbelief at her own two arms, turning them back and forth. Her skin was now cinnamon brown.
Taking in her surroundings, she realized that she had been staring up at the kitchen ceiling, not clouds. A red ribbon was tied around her hair in a cute bow and her outfit was comprised of a taupe, cream-puff skirt with sugary thigh-high stockings to match her white gloves. A cropped, button-down top with short, baker's hat sleeves left her midriff bare, bejeweled with a single belly-button gumdrop.
This was one helluva fantasy, she thought! The man reached forward and plucked at a platinum-blond curl causing her to recoil and touch her own head.
"You're a real, live Gingerbread Woman!" he declared, awestruck.
Cotton sprung up onto the counter, out of his grasp, her corkscrew locks to bouncing around her face in unison with her swelling breasts. "Well then, catch me if you can!" She challenged. Kicking the cookie sheet onto the floor, she ran across the countertop, swiping a spatula from the batter-bowl as she went.
If the man was shocked, he recovered fast, spinning to cover the distance across the oven-warmed kitchen. He grabbed for her ankle but she slapped at his hands with the spatula and jumped down onto the floor. Cotton the Gingerbread Girl raced into the living room, running around in circles. Her feet pattered down the stairs, the sound of masculine boots pounding behind her.
"Come back here!" he shouted, but she had rounded the couch in the basement and was doing a very decent job of keeping it in between them. Several times his arm shot out to grab her, fingertips narrowly brushing the hem of revealingly short skirt. The sight of her lacey white panties stirred him.