"Yes... Okay honey... Yea I got it don't worry." Roger said to his girlfriend Laura on the other end of the phone. "I gotta go I'm next in line. I'll see you soon. Bye." Roger hung up the phone right as he heard the call for the next customer.
As he approached the young man behind the counter Roger smiled and said "Good morning."
Jon thought the man that had just walked up look pretty familiar. "Weren't you in here earlier?" he asked.
"Yeah, I guess I got my girlfriend's coffee order wrong. She always orders the same thing: 'Dark chocolate mocha with a single shot of espresso' but today I guess she wanted white chocolate, but of course she didn't tell me that, so here I am. I just wish I knew why she changed her mind."
Jon heard the man say the word wish but he hadn't actually ordered anything yet so it didn't really count as far as Jon was concerned. "So you'd like a..." Jon prompted.
"Oh, sorry. A white chocolate mocha with a single shot of espresso please." Only Jon heard the next thing that Roger said, "I wish I understood why Laura would change her mind about her coffee order."
Jon was fairly sure this was going to be one of the most boring wishes he'd hear all day, but decided to grant it anyway.
After paying and while waiting for his drink order to be filled Roger started to feel a little queasy. A sudden urge to throw up swept over Roger who quickly ducked into the mens' room and hung his head over the toilet. Nothing more than a little bile actually came up; for which he was thankful.
The nausea passed fairly quickly but not wanting to take any chances with being sick at work Roger called his boss to tell him he wouldn't be coming in. After he rinsed the taste of bile out of his mouth with tap water Roger stepped out of the mens' room just as Jon finished making his drink. "Have a nice day Sir." Jon called to Roger as he left.
Something seemed odd to Roger as he drove home to deliver the new cup of coffee to Laura. He couldn't quite put his finger on what it was though so he decided to ignore the feeling.
As he walked in the door he called out "Honey, I've got your coffee just like you asked." Not hearing a response he began to look around the house. "Laura? Honey, where are you?" Finally as he approached the master bedroom he saw her stepping out of the master bath. She looked a little ill so he was concerned. "Are you okay? Are you feeling sick?"
"Just a little. It's not too bad."
"I think I may have caught whatever it is to. I almost threw up at the coffee shop."
"I doubt it's the same thing."
"Why? What makes you think that?" Roger asked looking a little confused.
"Well I wasn't going to tell you until after I was 100% sure but I think I may be pregnant. I'm over a week late and we haven't been all that careful the last couple of months with using a condom every time."
Roger was a little shocked at first. His mind went blank for a second and he began thinking 'a pregnancy might explain why she suddenly wanted a different coffee flavor than normal.' A sudden realization hit him: he was going to be a father!
He smiled, pulled Laura into a tight embrace and whispered to her "I'm so happy. I love you." He kissed her before releasing her. "That is great news. We should do something to celebrate."
"We don't even know if it's true yet. Shouldn't we wait a little bit before we get too excited?" Laura cautioned.
"No way. I know in my heart that it's true and even if it isn't a little celebrating won't hurt anything. You think about what you want to do while I go to the bathroom real quick." Roger said stepping into the bathroom and closing the door.
He dropped his pants and underwear, sat down and peed while thought of what his and Laura's kids might look like. He hadn't stop smiling by the time he was finished peeing and wiping himself. He had his underwear halfway back up when he realized what he'd just done without thinking about it.
Roger looked down and for the first time saw what the wish that he didn't remember making had done to him. His normal male reproductive organs were missing, replaced by what looked to him like a woman's genitalia.
Roger didn't know it yet but he would soon find out that not only was Laura pregnant but so was he. Neither one knew what had caused the change but they decided that it didn't matter that much to them. They stayed together deciding that their love for each other was strong enough to survive a sudden change of gender.
They decided to get married and rushed through the wedding prep since neither one of them wanted their baby bumps to show in the wedding photos. They helped each other through their pregnancies which were relatively uneventful after Roger managed to convince people that he was still himself even if he had a woman's reproductive organs and was pregnant. They both delivered on the same day within minutes of each other. Both of the baby boys they delivered looked identical to one another.
One morning about six months after giving birth Roger woke up with a strange yet familiar feeling in his pant: morning wood. His male genitals had returned just as mysteriously as they'd disappeared. He smiled as he rolled over to look at Laura's sleeping form. He could hardly wait to show her what he had back. He was also eager to show her that he still knew how to use it.
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A small smile crossed Jon's face as the outcome of Roger's wish played through his mind. Of course what Roger hadn't discovered yet was that whenever Laura became pregnant he would also. They'd stay together for the rest of their lives happily raising their three sets of 'identical twins'.
Jon was glad to have a glimpse of the future happiness brought about, in part at least, by the wishing stone.
