Cathy decides to buy some blueberries from a strange woman on her way to a school open house.  But these blueberries might not have been worth the haste of the purchase.  (This story is currently in early access on my Patreon and will come to DA on May 6th.  There is also an exclusive second part to the story on my all-access tier.  It is my first story written with speech to text software.)

Cathy rubbed her eyes. "Will you please just spit it out, Beth."

             Beth grabbed Cathy's arm and shoved it in front of her face. "Look. Look at your body. Your skin is turning blue as well. There is something extremely wrong here." She took deep, long breaths. "Why is everyone's skin suddenly turning blue? What does it mean? Will it happen to me? Is this some new-fangled disease? What are we going to do?"

             Cathy looked at her blue arm in disbelief as Vanessa grabbed Beth by the shoulders and shook Beth. "Will you calm down? We will achieve nothing if we succumb to panic." Vanessa looked over at Cathy. "Now, can you please take that blue paint off of your arms? It was funny when Derek did it, but now you are just taking things too far. Look at poor Beth. Look at the panic in her eyes. Is this really worth it?"

             Cathy shook her head. "I didn't apply any kind of paint." She looked at her blue hands and felt her heart pounding in her chest. "I... I don't know what is happening to me." She gulped. "But I swear to you I am not doing this on purpose."

             Vanessa slammed her hand down on the nearby table. She raised her voice to the top of her lungs, "Then explain to us, Cathy, why you keep turning your skin blue? Look at your face. Getting it so dark and blue like that, if not a prank? I mean, even your hair is starting to turn dark and blue." Cathy grabbed at her curls and examined them as they turned from a golden blonde to a dark blue. "This is one crazy stunt, Cathy, but it has to stop now."

             Cathy took a deep breath in and out. "This is insane. How can my entire body be turning blue like this?" She suddenly bent over and held her hands over her stomach. "Ohhhhhh. My chest feels so bubbly all of a sudden."