"...why can't I find out what happened with this?" Jon took out the stone for emphasis. Or tried to. It wasn't in his pocket. He patted down his pockets. Still nothing.
"Jon," Karyn said, "don't tell me you lost the stone?" Jon was frantically fishing through his backpack. After literally turning it inside out he gave up, and ashen look on his face. Karyn tried to be helpful. "Where did you last see it?"
"In the music room. I made a wish to know what happened. I definitely had it then. But I don't remember even taking it out of my pocket to make the wish! Maybe someone stole it?" He gulped.
"Calm down." Karyn said, despite not feeling totally calm herself, even though she had reason to be. "Who would know you had the rock, what pocket it was in, _and *have the skills to pickpocket you without you noticing at all? Did anyone bump into you?" He shook his head. "Then we don't need to worry about that. You must have set it down without realizing it, or maybe dropped it on the way home. Leave your stuff here and retrace your steps. I'll go through it to make sure you didn't miss anything."
"Wait, Karyn, you should come with me. Maybe you'll spot it. And I need you to help me think of what to do about Jennifer."
"I'm sorry Jon, but I have lessons. My mom will be back in a few minutes to take me. If I just run off, she'll be worried sick. Then she'll kill me."
"Karyn, I can't believe you! The rock is missing and you'd rather go to lessons than help find it? What if someone else finds it?"
"Jon, I'm sure you'll find it without me, and I can't do that to my mom. I know you'll be fine. You're about to leave. Read the note." Jon was so busy panicking he had forgotten all about the note. Opening it, he read: You get what you're looking for. Calm down and think twice before using it, ok? "I sneaked a peak while I was waiting for you. I didn't know what it meant at first, but I get it now." she explained. He gave her an odd look. "She didn't tell* me_ not to read it!" she said defensively.
Jon started to leave, then turned back. "Wait a sec," he said, "why are you going to go through my stuff then?"
"Because I want to try to find your secret porn collection." she replied, rolling her eyes. "It's because maybe the way you 'get' it is for me to find it and give it to you. I'll check again to be sure you didn't miss it." And the sooner we find it, the sooner I can get back to normal, she thought. "So get going!"
