"Could have been worse," Karyn said. "I could have wished that I was a cheerleader." The stone glowed and we both had an urge to look away again. If Karyn felt stupid about making her first wish, then she felt even stupider making her second one. She was now a cheerleader, one of the "popular" girls. She might even be one of Sarah's friends. That disgusted her. She may have turned into a cheerleader, but she still remembered the previous reality and her hatred for Sarah still remained.
"Here," she said, forcing the stone at me. "Take this thing back before I mess up even more." I took the stone and put it back in the box, out of harm's way.
"We could make some more wishes to try damage limitation," I said.
"No. At least not yet. Let me go home and sleep on it - on my back - and decide what's best. I don't think now is the time to be rash." With that she was up off the wall and walking away. "Meet me here again tomorrow," she called back, before she disappeared around the corner.
I looked down at the box and shoved it in my pocket. Then I looked around the now-deserted yard and decided it was time to go home. Tomorrow was a new day and there was only one way to find out what it would bring ...
