After they arrived at the mall, they parted ways. Zoe and Karyn went off in one direction and Jon and his "new" friends went off in another. Karyn seemed really pissed off that she had to go to the mall, but it seemed that Zoe was trying to make up for their wasted Saturday.
Jon wanted to find out more about his sister and Karyn in this new reality, but it might be hard to explain to his new friends why he'd suddenly want to hang out with a couple of Goths.
"So," Zelda said, when the boy Jon didn't know walked away and into a nearby store. "Did you bring the stone?"
"Huh?" Jon uttered, breaking out of his thoughts.
"The wishing stone. You know, the one that gave me these?" she asked, pointing at her chest. He didn't really notice it before, but now that he looked at them, her breasts did seem to be a little larger than they were in the previous reality. In this new reality, Jon must have shown the stone to Zelda, instead of Karyn. And Zelda made the same careless wish Karyn had. "I don't know how some girls put up with this," she said, squirming a bit. "Maybe you could wish me up some new bras."
It was strange. This girl, who he didn't know all that well (and even less in this new reality), just kept on talking, like the wishing stone was nothing but some ordinary object, to be talked about in everyday conversations. Of course, it was that way because she knew about the stone, much in the same way that Karyn had in the previous reality. But it was still strange.
"Jon, are you okay?" she asked, looking concerned.
He looked at her, then past her. Coming out of one of the stores was Pete Roberts, one of his friends from the previous reality. But this Pete was different, because he ...
