"BWAHAHAHAHAH!!! Oh, man, that was fantastic!" Jon said, collapsing to the ground again - this time in helpless laughter.
"Serves them right!" Karyn added with a giggle.
"Yeah," Jon said with a final burst of laughter. Then turning serious, he said, "Karyn, do you think we ought to try and change them back or something?"
"Them?!?" she snorted. "Forget it. Those four have always been bullies and punks!! Don't forget, they just tried to beat you up! No, this way, they can't hurt anyone else."
"I guess so," Jon agreed as he stood up. "But we better do somethng about Sarah, or she'll try this again."
"You're right," Karyn said. "But let's think it over."
They took a few minutes to work out the wording of the wishes they'd have to make. Finally, Jon held the rock and began.
"I wish that Sarah would forget everything she knew about the rock, and that she would feel gratitude rather than anger towards me for taking her test."
There was that imperceptable flash, and Jon and Karyn glanced away.
In her hospital room, Sarah was gloating over her revenge on Jon. Next, she'd confront him and find some way to retrieve that rock, and - and -
Her mind went blank for a moment. What was I thinking of?
Oh, yeah. Jon. Wow, I'm sure glad he took that test for me. And he even got me an A on it. What a great guy! I wish there were some way to get him to go out with me, though.
"Now," Jon continued. "I wish that the four girls who just left here would
forget about the rock as well, and that they and everyone who knows them would only remember them as the girls they are now rather than as the guys they used to be." Again, there was a flash...
A few blocks away, Lorraine Meadows heard a car screech to a halt in front of her house. Probably Benjamin and those "friends" of his! she thought. She loved her son, Benjamin "Biff" Meadows, but she knew he and his pals were problem children. What she didn't know was how to handle them. She peeked out the window to see - Girls? she thought. And all cheerleaders? Why would there be a bunch of...
She momentarily lost her train of thought. Then she smiled as the door flew open in a flurry of feminine squeals and giggles. "Hello, girls. How was cheerleading practice, Beverly, dear?"
"Muh-OOOMMMM!" Buffy shreiked as her friends began giggling again. "Like, you know I prefer 'Buffy'!"
"Finally," Jon said, "I wish this bruise on my cheek and my loosened tooth would heal up." Once again, he and Karyn were forced to glance away. When Karyn looked back, Jon's face was as normal as ever.
"So," Jon said with a smile, "Did we leave anything out?"
