"Oh my god, you're such an asshole."
"Come on I mean it. Maybe I should wish to be like Sarah too. We could all be busty cheerleaders together."
"I'm stuck with these, you realize." Karyn gestured to her bust, and shifted her shoulders to adjust the bra strap.
"And I'm still not convinced it was an accident."
Karyan gasped, then smacked Jon on the shoulder.
He just laughed, and took a sip of his coffee frappe. Karyn seemed less concerned with her drink.
"It hasn't exactly been easy you know. These things are heavy, not to mention I had horny guys ogling me all day."
"Are you sure you didn't want guys attention?" Jon teased.
"No!" She whined. "At least... not all of them..." Karyn started to play with her fingers. She bit her lip as she glanced up at Jon.
Jon was sipping from his drink again and looking around the cafe. Karyn sighed, and rested her chin in her hands as she leaned over the table. The girls lay heavily on the table beneath her frumpy sweater, taking a load off her shoulders.
It had been a fun afternoon. They wished up a stack of cash and had decided to kick around the outdoor mall on the rich side of town. After lugging around more and more bags of random purchases, they'd come to rest at a luxurious cafe and spent just shy of 20 dollars on just two drinks.
Jon's eyes were wide as he looked around the ritzy decor.
"Hey." Karyn spoke up. "Can I see the stone?"
"Only if you promise to be careful" Jon replied.
"Oh my god, Jon. I'm not going to do anything stupid. I've learned my lesson."
He sighed, glanced around conspiratorially, and put the red stone on the table.
Karyne grasped it and said, "I wish my bra were more comfortable."
Jon raised and eyebrow and chuckled.
"What?" Karyn retorted with a smirk. "I told you they were heavy." She craned her neck, and began to massage her shoulders. The straps were wider now, and perfectly adjusted to the contours of her body, the fabric and padding were soft, and the cups just the right size. Her torso and chest both tingled with relief and she sighed. "Wow... That really helped." She sat upright and turned in profile to Jon. "They look better too."
Jon glanced down at her chest, flustered, and looked away.
Come on you dork. Catch a hint. You're never this shy with those slutty cheerleaders.
Karyn put the stone back on the table between them and returned to silence. She started to sip at her drink, and Jon did the same. Both of their eyes were on the stone when they heard a loud catty voice across the room. Karyn rolled her eyes and the two of them looked over to the voice.
"Sarah." Karyn spat as she watched the girl and her friends snap photos of their drinks with their phones. "I'm so sick of her. She was even worse than the guys today."
"What? Why would she even care?" His voice laced with concern.
"I don't know, because I'm a threat now, I guess? I got the impression reality changed so that we have some sort of history."
Jon hissed. "She's always such a bitch." He eyes went down to the stone, and he smirked. "Maybe... we could fix that."
Karyn knew she should have said something then and there. God she knew that messing around like that was a bad idea, but at the same time, she'd been dealing with verbal abuse from that plastic instagram bitch all day. She felt nervous. She had experienced the consequences of her own misbegotten wish... But then, the idea of revenge just sounded so satisfying.
"So what?" Jen snapped. "Did you just come here to perv on me. Are you here trying to blackmail me into sex, or whatever?"
Karyn shook her head, coming to her senses. "W-wha!? No!" She was seated in a char in front of a makeup vanity while Jen was splayed out on her bed in an indignant posture, letting her robe drape in ways that practically invited lustful glances.
"Jen...I..." Karyn closed her eyes as she tried to think. More specifically she closed her eyes to remove the distraction of all of Jen's personal bits and bobs. She seemed frustratingly unashamed of her body, and worse still were the designer clothes and lingerie strewn carelessly about the room. The messiness and openness of Jen's demeanor and environment forced a degree of intimacy Karyn could barely endure. Her cheeks were no doubt brighter than a traffic light, but there was no stopping what she felt. It was a force of iron will to not do something very inappropriate. Karyn reflected on the irony of her ogling considering her protests last night, but then, that was the point of the wish wasn't it?
Karyn took a deep breath, then FORCED her eyes to glanceaccrossJensbust meet Jens gaze.
Jen seemed nonplussed and maintained a flat expression.
"This is going to sound crazy, but... I know about your pregnancy the same way I know that the father is Liam..."
Jen's face screwed up in annoyance. Fuck... Liam? He was just a one night thing How could Liam have... Wait a second. how did Carol know about Liam?!
"What the HELL?!" Jen interrupted her. "Were you perving on Sarah's summer party? How the fuck could you know about that?"
"I wasn't! I promise! I-I didn't even know she had a party! Let me finish!" Karyn pleaded. "Look. I know this, and a lot of other stuff because magic exists, and you're in danger."
Jen blinked.
The earnestness in Karyn's eyes prevented her from dismissing her outright. The possibility of a threat gave her further pause. But as her mind rolled back to magic she huffed. "Oh my god. Is this some wiccan thing? So you're a dyke and a witch."
Karyn winced at the word. But both parties remained silent.
"Fine, I'll bite. So you, like want to read my palm or something? Why do you even care?" Karyn glanced at Jen's hands and wormed around in her seat. Jen smirked. "Awww. Am I your lesbian crush, and you're trying to look out for me?" She laughed. "That's so cute. I mean, Ewww No. But it's cute."
"No. You're not my c-crush... I mean look... I'm not even..." Karyn tried finish the idea. "Not even into girls" but the words got caught in her throat. Shaking her head, Karyn shouted. "That's not why I'm here. Just listen!" Karyn snapped. She sighed, and put her hand on her head. "Now that I know you're ok... more or less, Just listen to me. All I can tell you right now is magic is real. Magic is dangerous and you need to be very careful of Sarah."
"What? Watch your mouth, bitch, Sarah is like, my ..."
"BFF, yeah, yeah. I know." Karyn interrupted Jen with an exasperated sigh and smacked herself on the head. "Just be careful." Karyn stared, clearly wanting to say more, but sighed. "I'll go now, I need to figure some things out, but please just trust me. I'll be back when I can say more."
Jen crossed her arms and watched as the flannel dyke shuffled out of the room.
Outside the door Karyn closed her eyes and leaned back against the wall hopelessly trying to figure out what to do. She stood there for a long time when the door to Zoe's bedroom opened. Zoe crossed her arms, and put one foot in the hall.
"What's this stuff about magic?" She asked sharply.
Karyn blinked, eyes furrowed in confusion, then opened wide. "You know, don't you?" Karyn asked with a sly smile.
