Karyn blinked, eyes furrowed in confusion, then opened wide. "You know, don't you?" Karyn asked with a sly smile.
"That depends. What exactly are you talking about?" Zoe quipped a sharp and skeptical expression on her face.
"I can't exactly say." Karyn shot back.
"Well then you can piss exactly off."
"Dammit Zoe. I literally can't say. And don't tell me to 'literally' piss off. If we're both talking about the same thing, then you know what I mean when I tell you. I. Can't. Say." She emphasized the last three words withy heavy punctuation.
Zoe pursed her lips and twisted her expression up before nodding, grabbing Karyn's hand and pulling her into her bedroom.
Karyn flushed at the touch. God why? I'm even turned on by Jon's kid sister? To be fair "kid" meant a year younger, but come on! Was this really how horny teenaged guys were? This had to be an exaggeration on the part of the stone. Or maybe it's just me. I'm just overreacting because it's all new to me, and I'll settle down after a little while, yeah... definitely.
Zoe plunged them into the darkness of her room. The sun was not welcome here, and Karyn's eyes had to adjust. Like Jon's room it was messy, but rather than being littered with name brand undies, and the meticulously nonchalant preppy fashion line up, Zoe's room was of a darker aesthetic. Karyn spied tapestries with astronomical pagan symbolisms, incense burners, posters and Vinyl's of old bands. Her eyes continued as she started to take in the chunky boots, the torn fishnet leggings, the stiff corsets. She groaned lightly. Why was this so hot? It didn't even make sense! I know how uncomfortable that shit is. A flash of that lace lined ribbing cinching Zoe's burst into her mind, and another surge of raw powerful emotion welled up within her. She felt full and desirous down there. A flutter passed through her lower tummy and warmed her whole torso. Was this all it took to cause an embarrassing boner for a guy? If nothing else Karyn now knew why teenage boys weren't allowed in girls rooms. The shower in the attached bathroom started, and Karyn restrained her thoughts to keep from imagining Jen naked. Wet... Soapy... Rubbing Herself.... Karyn CONSTRAINED her thoughts.
Zoe dropped Karyn's hand, much to the benefit of Karyn's blood pressure, and turned to face her. She was wearing an oversized cutoff shirt and athletic short shorts. Her pale legs glowed like moonlight in the dark. She seemed to ponder something then said.
"So we're talking about The stone?"
Karyn opened her mouth, closed her mouth, then opened it again. "If I could talk about it. I couldn't say."
"Wow... Someone really did a number on you, didn't they?"
"Yeah."
"Well, can you tell me who?"
"I can tell you to keep a close eye on Jon's friends. Sarah in particular."
"Jon?"
Karyn groaned and rubbed her temples. "Jen, I mean..."
Zoe left the moment empty as she considered what she just heard. "Wow... Do you mean?" Zoe nodded over to the occupied bathroom. "Jen used to be a guy?"
"Y-yeah." Karyn murmured.
"Wait, so then Jen really doesn't have the stone! She said something this morning about not knowing what I was talking about when I brought it up, but I just thought she was just hung over."
"I can't talk about it, but I think the only magic Jen believes in is horoscopes now."
"Oh shit... So it really is gone." Zoe stated, then sat down on her bed. "We've got to get it back."
"Definitely." Karyn nodded.
"So does Sarah have the stone?"
"I think you should keep an eye on ALL of Jon's friends."
"So you can't say, but not just Sarah?" Zoe asked.
"Exactly." Karyn agreed. She smirked. "You're really quick on this uptake. I was worried I'd have to convince people who didn't even know what I was talking about."
"Well. I've sort of been daydreaming about stuff like this ever since Jen got the stone. I mean, I trust her. Sort of. But I don't totally trust her, you know what I mean?"
Karyn just sighed. "Not really. Jon was really reliable with this sort of stuff. He would never abuse the stone." Her face pulled into a sharp scowl. "At least... He wouldn't unless he thought he was helping someone he cared about."
Zoe laughed. "That's hard to imagine. Jen, as a guy, and a nice guy at that?"
Karyn sighed, her tone sorrowful. "If anything he was a bit of a pushover, but he had a really good heart."
"Well, at least it's Sarah's one of them with The Stone." Zoe sighed. "Things can't be too bad if she's involved."
Karyn gaped. "What?! Mega bitch of Pinevale High? You think it's ok for her to have... to have... Well, you think she's ok?" Karyn blustered, struggling with some invisible constraint on her speech.
Zoe raised an eyebrow. "Well yeah. I mean, don't get me wrong, she's pretty vapid, but she's a lot nicer than Jen."
"Raaaghghh." Karyn shook her head. "It doesn't matter. I'll worry about that later. I guess that's just another change. Just be ready for a complicated situation that I can't talk about."
Zoe nodded as she processed Karyn's words, and contemplated her next question. "Can you help me get the Stone back?" Zoe asked.
Karyn thought for a moment, then shrugged. "Only peripherally."
Zoe sighed, then nodded. "Alright, well... We can't leave this situation hanging. You have a car, right?"
Karyn nodded.
Zoe got up, walked over to the bathroom door and started banging loudly. "HEY JEN."
"WHAT?" The fiery voice from the other side shouted back. "I'm hungover you bitch! What do you want?"
Karyn realized that her little erotic daydream probably couldn't have been further from the truth. In reality Jen was probably sitting in the shower half passed out letting water pattered across her body. Fuck all that seems just as hot. This libedo is getting out of hand.
Karyn is taking me to school today, Go whenever you want!" Zoe shouted back.
"Why the hell are you riding with lesbo?"
"Magic stuff!"
There was a pause. "You know what. Fine. I don't care. Don't let her point her phone at you."
Karyn flustered and whispered to Jen, "What's with this phone stuff?"
"You really don't remember?" Zoe asked.
"No!" Karyn insisted.
Zoe considered things for a second. "So...that must have been a wish, and you heard the wish?"
Karyn nodded.
"Man... You really pissed someone off."
"You have no idea."
"Alight, well, let me get ready, and then we can go."
Karyn stayed there in the room and Zoe stayed still too.
"Ok, If it's not obvious, get out." Zoe stated.
"Oh... Sorry, yeah." Karyn flustered, and left Zoe's room.
She trod heavily downstairs, a cascade of emotions rocking her shaky mind. First of all, she was horny. But after that, She was grappling with the increasing awareness she had of her new life, as well as the tentative hope she had at getting it back. Zoe was an unexpected ally, but Jon... Poor Jon. Her heart ached as she wondered how they'd bring him back, but took solace in the fact that, at least to her knowledge, no wishes prevented him from regaining his memory. She squeezed her legs together and groaned. Please just calm down. It's only been one morning but this was turning out to be a serious problem.
"Fuck you Tiffany! I'm not a lesbian."
"Oh yeah? I wish you were."
"Tiffany! What the hell is your problem?" Karyn screamed. She recoiled as if struck in the chest with a bat. She would have made a scene if there were anybody else in the cafe who could take notice of them. She didn't feel any different, but how could she even comprehend the effect such a wish would have on her life? "You can't undo wishes! You're ruining my life!" Karyn pleaded.
Tiffany cackled with the sort of glee that only comes from unrestrained malice. "Oh, well when you put it that way, I wish you were super gay, like, as horny as a teenaged guy levels of gay."
"Tiffany, please stop!" Karyn cried again. "We weren't even going to do anything to you! We were just trying to stop Sarah from being a bitch."
"And now I'm making sure you get what you deserve, you bitch!"
Karyn massaged her temples. "What we deserve..." She muttered to herself in disgust.
