Scott, or rather the Scott girls, considered going outside, but they really didn't want to risk being recognized. Eventually, they compromised by going to the movies together--most of the time nobody could see them.
Scott #1 tried to snuggle up with Scott #2, guessing that Scott #2 wouldn't mind the attention. After a slightly embarassing moment when Scott #2 said "we can't do this," they ended up kissing. There was a bit of strangeness around the whole thing, but not as much as it could have been since they had already been far more intimate than that.
They arrived home without being recognized--at least, as far as they knew.
"You know, I don't know about that," said Scott #1.
"Oh, come on, it was fun," said Scott #2.
"Not that!" said Scott #1. "I mean the movie tickets. Movies are expensive enough and we had to pay twice!"
"Yeah, but we did get what we wanted. We used the medallion, we changed, we found out what it was like to be someone else. And we both got to go out with a gorgeous woman. You know, a day ago we'd have never even believed in magic."
"Yeah. So... how about a game of Doom 3? You know, girls never play that. Well, up until now."
The two were about as evenly matched in the game as possible. But they had to be very careful about the clock. A half hour before Scott's parents were supposed to get home, they undressed to their shorts, brushed their teeth (after an attempt to brush each other's teeth that didn't work well at all) and set their clock. Scott #1, the redhead, stayed in bed under the covers, and Scott #2, the blonde, hid underneath it, unseen.
Everything seemed to work fine. Scott's parents barely peeked into the room and didn't try to wake Scott, so they didn't notice Scott was now a woman or that there were two of him. At 6 AM, the alarm went off. Both Scotts, being light sleepers, easily woke. As Scott #1 got up, she reached under the bed to wake up Scott #2, accidentally touching a breast.
"Hey, watch it," whispered #2. "I'm awake."
"We need to change back," whispered #1 back. The early dawn light was plenty to see by, and she found the medallion just where they had left it, on top of their dresser. She carefully wrapped it up in one of their shirts first, just to be sure it wouldn't accidentally touch something else, then put it on.
"I can feel it!" said Scott #1.
Scott #2 watched as #1 turned into Scott--breasts receding, dick growing, hair developing on his body or shortening on his head. It was fascinating to watch, but she didn't come too close for fear of accidentally messing something up. Then Scott #1 took the medallion off his neck and handed it and the shirt to Scott #2.
Scott #2 put it on. She felt a tingle, just like the original change, but it stopped. "Something's wrong," she said.
"What's the matter?" said Scott #1.
"It's as if I started changing but it wouldn't take."
"That's strange... lemme check something." He picked up the instructions, which he had left under the medallion, and read through them very carefully. "Look... It says it won't work on a woman who's having her period. Are you having, like, cramps? Bleeding?"
"Yes, I was, I just thought that... Damn! You're right! I'm stuck as a woman until I finish this. I don't know anything about periods. How long is it supposed to last? I don't even know how far I was into the period to begin with. It could be over any minute now."
"Easy, easy," said Scott #1. "It's okay..."
Scott #2 grimaced. "You don't look so cute doing that when you're a guy. Anyway I gotta wait."
"Yeah... You need to try it every hour or so until it works. So what do we do in the meantime? Just have you hide until you can change back and hope nobody catches you? Should I try to tell Mom and Dad about the medallion, even though you can't prove that you're not some stranger? They might believe me anyway if I can demonstrate it on them. Or maybe one of our friends would believe you."
"Hmm..." said Scott #2. "I think I'm going to...."
