"Right," Karyn said, climbing off of my bed and walking to the computer desk on the other side of my bedroom. She sat down in the chair and moved the mouse to deactivate the screen saver. Karyn got online and I watched as she entered several words into the Google search engine. Finally, after she'd looked at several pictures that I would have found rather enticing only a few minutes ago, she turned to me.
"Well, it's official," she said firmly, "Karyn Black is a lesbian." I simply nodded.
"Now what?" I finally asked.
"Well," she said, staring down at the stone. "I think we should make a couple more wishes, just to augment this one, and then I think we would see how it plays out over the next week."
I looked at her and nodded as she sat down on the bed again. "I have an idea," she said, holding the stone up again. "I wish," I watched her pause a moment, and found myself what new fresh horror she was cooking up behind those closed eyes. Finally, she continued, "I wish that while the previous wish was in effect, Jon and I were both open about our sexual orientation, and completely out of the closet." There was another flash of light.
"Really?" I asked, "You think that's a good idea Karyn?"
She just looked at me, the curious expression on her face framed by her long blond hair. "Why wouldn't it be? I mean, if we're going to do this, we might as well go all the way and get the full experience." She stood up again. "I mean come on Jon, we both already get picked on almost all the time. What's..." Her eye drifted toward my CD collection, and apparently ended her train of thought. "Elton John?" she asked, moving closer to my music collection.
"What?" I asked.
"I just didn't know you listened to Elton John," she said, "Or Celine Dion for that matter?" I stood up and walked over to her and looked at my collection. "The Soundtrack from Cats?" she asked. "Wow." I looked over the compact discs as well, almost as surprised as she was.
She shook her head, "Anyway, like we said, it'll all be over in seven days."
"I guess you're right," I told her. Truth be told over the last few minutes, I'd started to get over my initial fear and shock. Maybe it was just an effect of the wish, but coming to terms was getting easier. Karyn, on the other hand didn't seem to be having any difficulty with it. I knew for a fact that she hadn't been gay before, so I let that possibility drift away. Possibly she was just more open to the diversity of life than I was.
"I think though," Karyn said, "for maximum effect, I have one more wish to make."
Why was I still letting her hold that thing? "Are you sure?" I asked, "I mean, we've already changed things quite a bit, maybe we should wait and see how all of this pans out..." I remembered my thoughts earlier about trusting anybody with the stone.
"Just one more Jon, I promise," she said. She held the stone tightly again, and began to speak, "I wish..."
