Karyn went into Jon's room to think of a wish about him. What attributes about him should she change? Maybe something with his family, or how he was raised... She knew Jon was pretty close with his dad. They did quite a lot of the usual "guy stuff", fishing trips, sporting events... He had taught Jon how to throw a ball, and Jon had helped his dad fix up a couple old cars over the years. He even wore a lot of his dad's old clothes, his favourite being his dad's old football jersey from when he played in college. But he wasn't that close with his mom... His older sister Becky, though, was the opposite. Close with their mom, but not so much with their dad. Karyn knew what to wish for.
"I wish that when Becky was born, her parents wanted a boy so they raised her as one. Her dad took her on fishing trips, and sporting events, taught her how to throw a ball and fix up cars. She was never allowed to do girly things and was raised to basically be a 'nice young man'."
Now for Jon.
"I wish that when Jon was born, his parents wanted a girl so they raised him as one. His mom took him clothes shopping and to the hair salon, taught him how to cook and sew. He was never allowed to do boy stuff and was basically raised to be a 'nice young lady'."
"Finally, I wish that all of Jon's and Becky's possessions, including clothes would swap with each other."
There was a flash. Karyn was about to inspect the room when there was a knock on the door.
"Hey, Karyn, hurry up, I wanna guess what you changed!"
It was a girl's voice, Becky... How did she know about the rock? Wait! Karyn didn't even think of that, the rock was now owned by Becky, who was now basically living Jon's life. Karyn opened the door to see her, wearing exactly what Jon had been wearing, their dad's old football jersey and jeans, her large braless breasts bouncing as she quickly ran into the room and shut the door.
"Hey, Becky, where's Jon?" Karyn asked.
"Jon? Why do you want to know where he is? He's probably out with Jim."
Karyn laughed as she realized Jon was now apparently dating Becky's boyfriend. She decided to quiz her further.
"Becky, why did your parents raise you as a boy and your brother as a girl?"
"I don't know, I never thought about it much... Jon was always into girly stuff, so my parents just went along with it. I was always into guy stuff, so there you have it. You'd never catch me wearing a dress or anything girly, and I sure as hell wouldn't wear a bra. I don't how Jon and you girls could stand those things."
Karyn giggled a little. In the other reality, Becky was pretty girly, usually wore dresses and skirts, only rarely wore pants. She quickly thought of a wish to show Becky what she had changed.
"Becky, could I look at your family's photo album?"
"Uh, I guess so, does it have something to do with the wish?"
"Maybe..." Karyn teased. Becky went to the hall closet, grabbed the album, and handed it to Karyn. Karyn held the rock in one hand and the album in the other and said, "I wish this photo album would turn into the photo album of the old reality."
There was a flash. Karyn handed the book back to Becky, who flipped through it. She recognized all the pictures from before, only now Jon and Becky had apparently been swapped in each of the pictures. "What the hell?" exclaimed Becky as she saw some pictures from her cousin's wedding. "I wasn't a bridesmaid at that wedding, Jon was!" She flipped through more pages and came to a photo of Jon at the homecoming dance, posing with a girl. "What? I took that girl to homecoming, not Jon, and why is he wearing my suit?" After a while, she started to think it was funny, thinking Karyn had just changed the photo album as a joke.
"All right, ha ha, Karyn, you can change it back now. Although I might save this photo of Jon in swim trunks, ha ha, he'd never go swimming without a bikini top."
Karyn decided to bite the bullet and said, "I wish Becky would remember the old reality."
There was a flash, and Becky screamed, "Oh my God, Karyn!"
And at that exact moment across town at a restaurant, Jon, wearing a little black dress and heels, his long hair in a ponytail, on his date with his boyfriend suddenly remember an alternate reality he had never known, and promptly fainted.
