Jon tried not to let his distress show, even though his wishing stone had just come alive and given his whole family hairstyles identical to Sarah McMillan's.
"How was your day kiddo? Anything eventful happen?" he heard his father ask.
"Eh, not r-really..." Jon managed to spit out, while trying to focus on the plate in front of him rather than everyone around him. It was even tougher because, instead of his mom's beef stroganoff, all he could really smell was the flowery conditioner and hairspray that kept Sarah's mane shiny and beautiful - now wafting off of four different people.
At least the conversation was still normal. Dad wanting Mikey to pay more attention to school work than video games, Mom admonishing Zoe for even thinking about getting a tattoo or another piercing.
That is, until the topic of hair came up.
"Ugh, I really need to book an appointment before my roots start showing again," his dad said, in a completely different tone than before.
"You're so right. Maybe Jennifer can get us in this weekend? Need to be ready for prom hair season!" Mikey chimed in.
"Yeah. And I'm sorta feeling like changing up the color," Zoe added.
"I know what you mean," his mom agreed, "Though I can't imagine being anything but blonde."
"Well then we'll just have to go even more blonde. I saw ScarJo looking super-platinum and it was the sexiest she's looked in a long time." The family nodded in agreement, golden locks bouncing around their shoulders.
"So who wants dessert?" his mom asked, with the tone of the conversation returning to normal. Jon declined as politely as he could manage and stumbled up the stairs back to his room.
"What the fuck are you doing?? Fix this now!" Jon gasped in a half-hush, trying not to raise his voice.
"Relax. You can yell at me all you want, I made it so nobody can hear us." the Stone Imp replied.
"THEN FIX THIS!!! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING TO MY FAMILY!?!?"
"Woah. Okay, let's calm down a bit. I'm just trying to give you what you want!"
"But I don't want this! You're just messing with them."
The Stone Imp nodded. "Yeah, I guess you're right. And now that I know what 'fun' is I'm really starting to have a lot of it."
"Well I'm not!" Jon said, exasperated.
"Okay, okay! Well, if not her hair, what is your favorite feature on Sarah?"
"What, so you can give them all her boobs or something? No way. I'm not playing that game."
"Oh, you're no fun. But you'd better pick something, or I'll pick for you..." the imp started tapping its tiny stone foot impatiently.
