Almost a year had passed since Jon had made his accidental wish for something interesting to happen—by which point he had, of course, forgotten all about it. In the meantime, Karyn and Jon tried experimenting with the stone, testing its boundaries and seeing what they could actually do with it.
They had quite a bit of fun with it as well but managed to add failsafes to the stone so that they could reset the wishes. For instance, last month, they had the cheer captain Sarah McMillan live her life thinking that she was Biff Meadows, the school’s quarterback and her boyfriend, and vice versa.
That gave them quite a laugh, seeing tough guy Biff prancing around in a cheerleading uniform while his girlfriend thought that she was the star quarterback.
It was the end of the day and Karyn was hanging out at Jon’s place like they usually did while they tried to think of what they could do next when Jon’s accidental wish finally kicked in.
Jon was sitting on his bed next to Karyn, tossing the rock in his hand, when suddenly, he blinked and turned towards her.
“Say, Karyn... What are you thinking of doing for your resolution this year?”
Karyn looked at him for a moment, surprised by the sudden question, and then shrugged her shoulders.
“Hmm, I’m not sure. I don’t normally put too much thought into it. They normally get broken by the end of the month anyway.”
Jon nodded, thinking of all the broken promises to hit the gym more that he always heard of.
“Well, I, um...” he hesitated. “I was, uhh, thinking of spending the year as a girl.”
Karyn was definitely not expecting that. She gasped and pushed herself away.
“Are you serious?”
Jon nodded. “I’ve actually been thinking about this for a while and... you know what? I actually want to go through with this.”
Karyn blinked. “Wow, Jon. This is a lot to take in. Since when have you wanted to be a girl?”
Jon laughed and shook his head.
“Oh, it’s nothing like that, Karyn. I just thought that it would be a good idea to see how the other half lived, you know.”
Karyn frowned. This was a rather unusual idea; her eyes darted towards the stone as she shifted in her seat a bit.
“Um, Jon. I don’t want to offend you or anything, but have you been making any wishes lately?”
He shook his head.
“Nope, none that I can think of. Why?”
“It’s just that this is a rather sudden and an unusual idea, don’t you think?”
Jon considered it for a moment but ultimately shook his head. “It’s a bit unconventional, I agree, but surely there’s no harm in me doing it is there? I thought that you would approve of it actually. It would help me understand you better.”
Karyn hadn’t looked at it like that. Sure, there had been a few times where they had disagreed on who had it better, but, beyond making any wishes regarding it, they never actually made any progress, so Karyn decided to change tactics.
“Have you talked to your parents about this?”
“I was going to but I wanted to see how you reacted first.”
“Oh,” Karyn replied, blushing a little. “Alright. I’m not against it, I guess.”
Jon smiled.
“Great, let’s go and ask Mom.” He grabbed Karyn’s hand and almost dragged her out of the room.
