Leonard Drullers was once a fat nerd who wanted to escape from reality, to live in a virtual world where he could be the warrior that was but a phantom in his brain.
Then Kyla wished her mother was more like her, transforming Mrs. Leeson into her sister. Since the two girls needed a mother, Aunt Betty became the new Mrs. Leeson. But Aunt Betty was once Mrs. O'Brien, and her former daughter also needed a mother. So Mrs. Drullers became the new Mrs. O'Brien, and to compensate, Leonard got a hot mom.
In this new reality, his father had risen up the corporate ladder at McMillan Tech Industries, leaving Mr. Leeson and Mr. O'Brien behind in the dust. Mr. Drullers could and did have the woman he wanted: the woman who used to be Mrs. Taylor before Kyla's wish. For a few minutes this morning, Leonard was Len Drullers, with a male version of the good looks that had once been Jennifer and Sarah Taylor's. His classmates thought he was the hottest guy at Lake Point High. Then Lauren's wish had turned him into a three-hundred-pound blond hunk. He should've been happy, but he wasn't.
Len parked his sports car and walked straight to his locker on legs that were even thicker than the ones he woke up with. Girls were admiring him as usual. He ignored them. They wouldn't understand.
Len heard a "plunk" sound when he opened his locker. Something must have fallen out. He looked down and saw a metallic stone on the tile floor. It wasn't a diamond or anything valuable, yet it somehow appealed to him. He picked it up. With nothing but his problems on his mind, he whispered to himself, "I wish ..."
