Image by Jamie Vesta/Eve's Rib
Mikey started frantically searching for the rocks amongst the pile. Gina followed close behind, wondering what new game her best friend had come up with.
"Whatcha doin'?" she asked.
Mikey, realizing this would go faster if he had somebody helping him, said, "I'm looking for my lucky rock, would you help me find it?"
Gina smiled. Mikey described the rock to her, and she began looking for it. Mikey rationalized that since she didn't know the rocks' power, nothing could go wrong.
"Mikey," she asked as they searched. "Can you come over tonight? I wanna play dress-up again."
Dress-up? thought Mikey, then realized that the reason they had swapped underwear was because Gina must really love to play dress-up. "Yeah, sure." Mikey said off-handedly. Once he got the rock back, he could just wish up some excuse.
"Oh, Mikey, I wish we could dress-up at school like we dress-up at my house."
Mikey's eyes widened in horror as he heard the word "wish" and turned around just in time to see the rock that Gina held in her hand before there was a flash.
Mikey looked down in shock and embarrassment and saw he was wearing a frilly dress. And Gina saw she was dressed in typical boys' clothes.
"Mikey!" squealed Gina, happily. "My wish came true!"
It was then that some members of the class noticed how they were dressed and began pointing and laughing, calling their friends over to come and see what was going on. Mikey was about to grab for the rock, but he saw in Gina's eyes she had just realized what this seemingly ordinary rock was capable of...
