"I wish that I would forget all about this rock and that the rock would disappear to a pocket dimension until midnight on my 28th birthday."
Jon looked down, wondering why his hand was outstretched like he had been holding something.
"Oh well."
For the next 5 years, Jon worried about normal teenage boy things. School, girls, grades, getting into college. His relationship with Karyn nearly failed when she tried convincing him of some magical rock that had changed her boobs and hair, but it seemed like one day she just gave up trying. Jon and her briefly dated their senior year, but they were accepted to different colleges and cut off their relationship before long distance became a factor. Jon started at college, learning the finer arts of drinking, smoking, and all-nighters.
He graduated without too much difficulty, choosing to enjoy his time at school while it lasted and worry about real life when the time came. After college he traveled abroad to Vietnam and parts of China, coming home to try and find a real job. He ended up fairly close to home, in the big city about 2 hours away from his parent's house. He found himself a job at a coffee shop while attempting to figure out what he'll actually be doing with his life. In the meantime he drinks at little-known bars and drinks little-known beer with his friends, bikes in bike lanes, and watches too much Netflix.
It was during one of these series binges that Jon found himself alone in his apartment, his roommates out for the night. Just as the episode was ending, Jon felt a pressure on his hand. He looked... memories flooded... the stone!
