Jon stepped into Zoe's new bedroom, and since he was invisible, she couldn't see him. At least for another half hour.
Zoe was sitting on the floor next to her bed, thoroughly engrossed in a new comic book. Her room had changed drastically, and was now littered with action figures, trading cards, video games, and comic books. Posters of metal bands were replaced with anime characters. Skulls were replaced with toy spaceships. And her previously dark and brooding self-portrait photos had been replaced with brighter ones, showing her in a junior soccer uniform.
Zoe herself had changed greatly as well. Gone were her thickly layered dark makeup and piercings. Instead, her natural light brown hair color was plainly visible, although it looked like she had barely bothered to comb her hair that morning, let alone style it. Her nails were no longer covered in black polish, but short and stubby, looking as if they'd been chewed on repeatedly (a nasty habit Mikey had donated to her). Her usual black corset and ripped skirt had been replaced by a blue T-shirt with an anime character on it and a pair of dirty jeans.
