"Come in!" Jon calls out.
Slowly the door creeps open revealing Zoe, dressed in her usual school regalia; Bodice corset, lots of lace, tight dark jeans, and combat boots with large silver buckles. "Hey... I... Look sis, I wasn't trying to eavesdrop or anything, I just heard..." Zoe blusters for a few moments as the tension in the room amps up. "But, I mean with what I heard Sarah say yesterday and now..." Jon and Karen look back and forth at each other, then back to Zoe. "Look, I'm just going to say it because this has been a really weird day. Lot's of things are just off!"
She looks Jon squarely in the eye and declares. "Are you transgender? I mean. I never even picked up on it, but I guess it makes sense in a way." She holds up her hands. "I didn't even know Karen was born a boy until today. You always looked so good Karen! I mean it! And Aggie, if you want to be called Jon, I'm totally in support of that, and I just wish you'd told me sooner so I could help you out. You know you can trust me with any..."
The words pour out of the flustered girl until Jon shouts out and interrupts her.
"Zhoe! Hey, Zhoe. Calm down. It'sh ok, you're not going crazhy, and no I'm not transhgender. At leasht not ... exactly." Jon glances sleepily to Karen. "I may have forgotten to tell you that Zhoe heard Sharah'sh last wish; The one about you." Karen sits up taller, then nods.
"I guess we need to tell her then. Especially if it's messing with her life too."
Zoe's eyes dart between the two. "Tell me what?"
"Zhoe, closhe the door." Jon begins.
Slowly, with a lot of nervous pacing, and shouts of "What! No Way! That Bitch!" the story get's communicated to Zoe. Jon offers her the rock as he finishes the story. "I wash going to tell you later Zhoe, after we had shome time to figure it out... We jusht weren't exactly planning on all of thish happening."
The goth shakes her head. "I'm just trying to get over the fact that you were my brother... I mean, I remember doing everything with you." She shifts uncomfortably. "I mean girl you... But it makes sense!" She glances up. "Things were off, and I noticed they were off. Vacation photos, and who was friends with who... And who sits where in class. Really small stuff, but I knew something was wrong."
"That'sh how the shtone worksh."
"And Karen? Oh My God. I don't think I'd make it if I had to go through what you're enduring. You really were a girl, I fucking knew it! I know I'm just a freshman, but if you ever need anything, I've got your back."
Karen smiles sweetly. "Thanks Zoe."
"So," Zoe looks to Jon with purpose. "You're telling me that if I wish that everything were back to normal! ... it won't work?" She looks around as if expecting something to happen.
Jon laughs. "Very apparently it didn't work, and even if we had Sharah'sh permisshion, you can't undo wishesh. You have to reinterpret them."
"What if I wish that you didn't need braces?"
"Nope" Jon shakes her head.
"What if I wish that you both had the knowledge from this life?"
"Very useful, but Sarah would probably block it." Karen retorts
"What if I wish that I was the sexiest girl at school"
Jon chuckles and responds "Yeah, I think Sharah would have a problem with that one too."
"Well, what if I wish you were the school mascot?" Zoe asks giggling.
Jon just shakes her head again while laughing. "Give it back you weirdo. I've got enough on my plate without having to worry abou..."
It was at that moment that a flash erupted, forcing everyone to close their eyes for a blinking moment.
Immediately the mood in the room grew tense. When they looked around, not much had changed, but as the seconds ticked by, they noticed subtle differences.
There were pom poms hanging up above Jon's dresser, and her bed featured blue and silver throw pillows that weren't there before. A few pictures littered her desk that showed young Aggie performing acrobatics with some of the girls that were now cheerleaders.
A pit began to form in Jon's stomach as Karen exclaimed. "Jon! Your nails!" What he saw was very apparently a feminine display of school spirit that Jon never shared before. Each and every one of her nails were meticulously painted in a blue, white, and silver pin stripe pattern. Her toes, she realized were similarly painted in blue and white, but in a tie dye pattern.
As the moment of shock wears of Jon can only utter one thing.
"WHAT?!"
