"This is a bad idea" I muttered loudly enough for both Zoe and Sarah to hear me clearly. We were nearly at school.
"I can't leave you at home, and I cannot take you to work with me." Zoe said, with a silencing glare towards Sarah. Both Sarah and I were in the back, and while I couldn't see Zoe, Sarah could, but I knew Zoe enough to know what she was doing, We all knew if Sarah had her way, I'd be in skirts right now, regardless of the fallout.
"What about getting me stupid boys clothes" I whined, wincing slightly. I knew even though I had been restored to my original age and gender, the mental changes were still affecting me. Plus, I had lost all my academic knowledge beyond middle school. I turned to Sarah and wondered how this would affect her social life, which surprised me. I'd never thought I'd be concerned about Sarah's social standing. The world would see me as Sarah's twin. Her ditzy, girly, male twin. This couldn't end well for either of us.
"See? I still think Anna..." Sarah protested.
"Girls! Enough! I mean...." Zoe said, exasperated.
"Sarah's right" I said, surprising myself. I mentally scolded myself. Here was my ticket to undo Karyn's stupidity and I was doing my best to throw it away. I just needed to keep my head down, wait for reality to readjust itself. and push myself away from girliness, not pull myself in deeper.
"Trust me on this. Who knows what butterflies will be released if I took you to the mall instead of school" Zoe said as she pulled up and unloaded us. Sarah got out of the car very quickly, but surprisingly, waited for me.
"Why are you waiting? I know you don't want to be seen anywhere near me" I asked.
Sarah scowled. "Its my fault you're in this situation, J, and if you're going to wreak my reputation, it will be on my terms, not yours or anyone else. Mine. Besides, both Melissa and Amber told me to bring my 'stupid brother' with me."
"O-kay" I said, wondering where this was heading. I didn't have to wait long before the two cheerleaders joined us. Neither said anything, but both were studying me, which was unnerving. I was worried; could they see I was dressed in Sarah's clothes. After a minute, Melissa turned to Sarah and said, "What do you think?"
"About what?" Sarah asked, genuinely confused.
"About the plan? Don't tell me you're becoming like J?" Amber added.
I turned to Sarah, equally confused. It was clear neither girl was here to ridicule me. They were genuinely being nice, despite a clear jab at my 'ditziness', a clear break from my pre stone interactions with them. Yet they were clearly up to something. The bell rang ,before I could get answers. We headed for class.
Over the morning, it started to become clear that there were several changes. The first was while Sarah was still queen bee, she was a different kind. A nicer one, but in some ways she was worse than the mean rich girl one she was before. While she was nice to everyone, there seemed to be an underlying edge. When Steve said during Drama, that I should be playing the girls' part, there was no laughter, no mocking from his equally dumb muscle friends. Instead, Biff gave Steve a almost horrified hiss. "Have you gone crazy? Thats Sarah's Donaldson's brother!" I wondered what could generate that kind of fear. The second, was the more obvious, that everyone saw me as a guy, though i couldn't tell whether anyone noticed my increasingly uncomfortable clothing. As drama finished, I stared down at my hands, trying to distract myself from the worry from the math class I'd soon have. Without warning, I watched pink polish materialize onto my nails...
