Three hours later and I still couldn't believe that the beautiful girl sitting next to me, my best friend since I was ten, was my wife. I bent over and gave her a quick peck on the lips. A bashful smile played on them, and she asked, "What was that for?"
"Just 'cause I can," I grinned back. We were still in our wedding dresses, enjoying our first meal together as a couple. We wore identical dresses, mine a bright hot pink and hers a vibrant light purple. The bodice was skin tight silk. I don't even have to say it was strapless, because like, no one ever wore a dress with anything about the bosom. Ever. '
It clung tight to our skin all the way down to our waists. Then, it immediately exploded out in a massive skirt. It was made a puffy, downy material that was amazingly soft to the touch. Our hands were encased in elegant, elbow-length lace gloves and each of the dresses was completed by a diamond bolero jacket.
Then there were the accessories. First of all, and most important, was the bouquet of huge, class colored carnations. But these weren't attached to the arm or anything. Each beautiful array was tucked into the cleavage revealed by our very low cut tops. They were so huge the topmost flowers were just under my chin, their overpoweringly sweet smell making me slightly light headed. This was a traditional accessory for any formal dress, because flowers represent fertility and fertility represents power.'
My perfect blonde curls had shimmering gold silk intertwined in them. My golden earrings, which dangled all the way down to my shoulders, were each an exquisite double spiral. I was also wearing a choker made of four strands of golden beads that met in the front where a golden pearl hug down. The last piece of jewelry was something that only I wore: a slender and elegant gold tiara held in place on my forehead by a handful of stray hairs. Although it wasn't big and spectacular, it clearly set me apart as the queen since I was the only one who ever wore any kind of headdress.'
Unfortunately, Karyn and I also had to suffer through heavy makeup. Even though our faces had a natural coloring to them, for a special occasion like this we had to really pop! For the past week we had been taking a pill that caused our eyelashes to thicken immensely and grow and inch longer. Our natural blushing cheeks had been enhanced and darkened. Our lips had been plumped up and thickened with repeated layers of lip gloss into two kissable curves.'
We were sharing throne that was somewhere between a love-seat and a normal chair, leaving us comfortably squeezed together. The small table in front of us was laden with every goodie imaginable. I took one of the dainty forks and sliced off a piece of the rich chocolate cake and presented it to her. She immediately parted her lips and let me slide it in. I thought her eyes might role back into her head as the powerful taste touched her tongue for the first time. "It helps if you drink some milk with it," I suggested, fighting back a giggle. I pressed the goblet to her lips and automatically took a drink.
Karyn snuggled her head onto my shoulders and lightly kissed my neck. "I love you," she whispered, the barest hint of seduction in her voice.'
"I love you too," I whispered back. I muzzled my cheek against hers, all thought of food forgotten. "I want to stay with you forever."
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When we finally retired to my, now our room after a bath in jasmine scented water, we found a massive stack of wedding gifts. Most of them were paintings or statues that would be put in the garden, or books that would be stored in the library, but one thing caught my eye. It was a small black box, and when I opened I found a large pink pearl resting on top of the note. It didn't say who gave it us, bit it did describe in detail the powers of the stone I held in my hand.'
We didn't believe it at first, but after Karyn jokingly wished for blonde hair and her light brown curls became golden blonde, we realized the power we now shared a room with.
We immediately realized that we found to protect it. Along with making it a part of my body and making it so that only the two of us could us it simply by touching my body, we also made everyone who knew about it before it came to us forget about it and destroyed any other similar stones.
We made it so that neither of us could say the word "wish" unless it was to make a wish where we had both agreed on the exact wording. We made it so that neither of us could even mention the stone if there was a chance someone else could hear about it. The last safety measure we put into place was that whenever we made wishes after that, we would gain the memories we should have of the new reality, but still remember the old one.
-End Flash Back
