And the contestant is...

Remember that challenge I issued a month or so ago, to take bad lines from SF submissions and turn them into something workable? I had one taker, and that would be Garnigal, whose entry was so amusing that I'm sure she would have smoked the competition, had there been any. As I promised (I know, it took me long enough), here 'tis:

'Something must have happened, since it's not like her to come back naked and not aware of anything.'*

Bob looked worriedly down the hall. His sister had stumbled into him on her way to her room,
clutching a blanket to her naked form and avoiding eye contact.

'Aww, I'm sure she's fine, Bobby. It's just a phase.'

He looked in disbelief at his stepmother, who was still engrossed in her Flare magazine.

'She was naked! She ran right into me and didn't say a word! That's not fine!'

'Bobby!' Leanne scolded, looking sharply at the ten year old. 'She's only two. When you are a baby, you sometimes go through those stages. I'm sure your father could tell us stories about you running around naked too.'

Bob decided not to make a big deal about it any more.

*Line from original SF submission