So far Jon had only ever told Karyn about the stone. But he wondered if he should let his boyfriend/girlfriend know.
Jon had never had experience with a magic stone before this. But he had seen or read a lot of things where some character has a secret power, reveals it, and things don't go well. It was sort of like an episode of Smallville. At least the stone had a ready-made way to undo that--he just had to wish the memories away.
"David, come on," he said. "I need to show you something..."
"All right," replied the boy/girl. "You sound a little weird, Jon. Like me when I have to tell people that I'm a girl from here down." He moved a hand to his waist for a second.
"Aw," said Jon. "Everyone knows that anyway. Especially when you're wearing a thong. And toenail polish. What I need to tell you is really serious. I wish we're sitting down and eating a popsicle right now."
Abruptly Jon was sitting down right next to David, leaning against him. His legs and David's smoother and curvier legs were stretched out. Each of them was holding one stick of a two stick popsicle and licking a side of it, their faces almost touching. David let out a little yelp and let go. "It's like someone pushed me down!" he said. "But without the pushing. I just went from standing up to sitting down. Oh my god, this is majorly scary."
Jon leaned over to kiss David briefly, and then said "Don't worry. I have complete control of it. It's a magic item I inherited from my grandfather."
"A magic item? Really?"
"It's just like Sarah thought I had, except she doesn't remember it any more. What else could do this? I figured it's finally time to tell you." He didn't mention that he wasn't sure whether to leave David knowing. "It has limits, though. It can only work so far away... I couldn't write my name on the moon or wish that I'm president. And it can never reverse wishes. If I say 'I wish we're standing up' we're still not. But we can still stand up by ourselves."
"And one magic thing did all that?"
"Not a 'thing', a stone," said Jon. He held up the stone for David to see. David reached for it and Jon playfully held it back. "Careful," he said.
"I just wanted to try it," said David.
"It's very dangerous," replied Jon. "Was there anything in particular you wanted to wish for? How about putting a penis between your legs, just to see?"
"You know better than that, Jon. I'd rather keep my body like it is. There's only one way I want a penis between my legs, and it isn't as part of my anatomy."
"I'm sure I can arrange that," said Jon. "But that's not a wish."
"No, it isn't," said David. "But how about this for a wish...."
