After they got inside, Zoe spotted Athena, waiting for them, and hurried over. "You're looking different than yesterday," Athena said, looking Zoe over.
Zoe was taller than Athena now, when they'd roughly been the same height before. Her shoulders had broadened a bit, although neither Zoe nor Jon had been muscular before this, Zoe certainly looked good to Athena's eyes. "Since I can't do anything about it...I hope you like it."
"What about the clothes?"
"None of my stuff fits...I decided I might as well just give up and pull out of Jon's closet entirely."
"Why don't you just buy new stuff?" Athena asked.
"Well..." Zoe said. "I...think I should wait, because tomorrow anything I buy might not fit anymore." And Zoe felt...comfortable in Jon's clothes. She liked how Athena looked in a dress...but with her current physique...wasn't sure if she'd look ridiculous.
"Any other side effects?"
"No, I feel pretty good," Zoe said. "I'm more worried about the rest of my family."
Athena paused. Zoe was usually pissed off at one or more of her family members...Zoe's temper was one of her less attractive qualities. She wondered if this whole experience might have helped her control it, because she wasn't seeing any signs of it right now. She decided to change the subject. "Why'd you bring them along?" She asked, gesturing to where Mikey and Simon were wandering around together.
"Well, you won't believe this...the McMillans invited all of us over for a pool party...and you know the last thing I wanted to do was let a cheerleader make fun of me for this...and I already made plans with you."
"I thought Sarah had changed also..." Athena said.
"Yeah, but it's still...the McMillans. I can't believe Mom and Dad went over there."
Athena paused. "What?" Her father was right there.
"They took Karyn too. And Simon wasn't interested, so he and Mikey are going to wander around."
"Umm..Zoe...are you feeling all right?" Athena asked.
"Sure, why?"
"You just called your Dad Simon."
Zoe blinked, thinking about it. "I guess...he just...doesn't seem like 'Dad' anymore...you know, we were hanging around last night and actually having fun."
"What about Mikey?" Athena tested.
"Well, he's been in a bad mood since this all happened. I mean, short tempered, snapping at everyone....I gave him access to all my clothes...it isn't my fault he doesn't like anything I used to wear...I'm not sure why he's mad at me..." She trailed off. "Mikey's bad mood..."
"Yes...I guess you all got more than each other's junk," Athena said.
"Am I going to...become Jon? I mean...more like him than...me?" Zoe asked, worried.
Athena was worried about that too. "Do you still like me? I mean...Jon doesn't hate me, but..."
"Of course!" Zoe insisted. "Why wouldn't anyone, once they get to know you?"
She asked Zoe some additional questions. Many she answered as Athena expected, some not....and in a few places, she answered with something neither Jon nor Zoe would say. "I think...maybe you should ask those doctors at school...but...you know how when you take two colors and mix them together...and get a third color?"
"Yeah?"
"I think that's you. Someone mixed a bit of Jon into a bottle of Zoe and ended up with something new." She paused. "There's a lot more differences between you and Mikey, or Karyn and your dad...I wonder how they are doing."
"Maybe we should ask...but...I thought it was just going to be the two of us..." Zoe said.
"We have all afternoon..." Athena pointed out.
