"I can't believe you're wearing girl's panties," Joseph said. "Why would you do that?"
Jon was sure he wanted to keep his magic stone secret. As a result, he couldn't reveal that after changing his entire lower half to a girl's, the stone had also changed his entire stock of underpants to the girls' variety. Instead he simply stated, "It fits."
"Lemme see," pressed Joseph, then he led Jon into the boys' washroom. It took Jon a moment to find his zipper, which was now on the side of his pants, but eventually he showed Joseph the low-cut narrow waistband of his silky white lace panties.
"Dude, those are hot!" Joseph exclaimed. "I'm sorry I was ribbing you before. I wish I had the guts to wear panties like those."
"Why would you?" Jon asked.
"Well, uh, I got sexchangitis the same day you did," Joseph admitted, his voice suddenly higher. "It affected me in the same way as you. I'm over it now but that doesn't mean I can change back. I never wanted to be a girl, or even half girl. I'm ashamed to let people know."
"You look about the same," Jon observed.
"Yeah, well, I'm wearing a girdle to hold in my hips and butt, and over that I'm wearing a jock strap with a sock stuffed into it. If I try to speak in a deep husky voice, it comes out almost like it used to. My mom bought me the girdle and she wrote a note that's keeping me out of gym. It's all so stupid, though. What are we going to do, dude?"
"Do you know anyone else with the same problem? What are they doing?" Jon asked.
"Well, here comes Keith from the wrestling team. Look at him," Joseph suggested. Then Jon watched as Keith strode by looking as he always had from the waist up, but wearing a pleated polyester skirt and flat pumps below. He'd apparently shaved his legs, too.
"Hi guys," Keith greeted them in a voice somewhere between alto and soprano, then he entered a stall and closed the door.
Moments later a girl named Nicole, who Jon had met once or twice before, calmly entered the boys' room, walked up to a urinal, unzipped her fly, and relieved herself. On her upper half she wore a baby blue ribbed tank top and a bra that clearly showed though. Below she had slim hips, a pair of tight denim shorts, white sneakers, running shoes, and hairy legs.
"C'mon," Jon finally urged Joseph. "Unless we get some different clothes, people are going to think we look ridiculous."
