As soon as we were alone, I turned to Karyn, and saw that although she had a mad grin on her face, most of it was forced. "Spit it out. I know you're enjoying this, even though you have to do it too" I snapped, though my voice made it sound whiny. Everything about my body seemed tighter, somehow. Whether it was another panic attack, or a sign I was going to undergo another change, I didn't know. in any case, I felt trapped, forced deeper into the life of a teen girl.
"Knowing that I will be seeing you in a cheer uniform is the only thing I'm finding enjoyable. Look at what your stone has done to me! I'm flat.."
"All the stone has done is made you a late bloomer. You'll get your curves back, Kar..." I soothed. I still didn't get why she was so sour about it. Karyn had always been a tomboy, and I knew she hated her wished up assets. Even though it did make her very attractive.
"Just shut up, Joanna" Karyn snapped savagely. "You don't get it, do you. I might be a tomboy, but I'm still a girl Do you have a clue about what the others are saying? Actually, I know you do! 'Know it all Karyn' is what your 'friends' call me. Of course I'd come off like that to a bunch of jealous airheads even if I hadn't learnt all that stuff, I don't know, like three years ago!"
"You've done?" I demanded, having enough of Karyn's self pity. "May I remind you that thanks to you, I'm stuck in bras and skirts, so I think, Ms. Black, you've got off lightly. You don't have to worry about changing further. How long do you think it'll be before I turn blonde myself? Or the dullness of the classes, which fyi I also have done, start to dull my mind? Wait, why did you say jealous?" I started to breathe heavier again, as my chest felt tighter, a sure sign I was hyperventilating again.
"Calm down, Anna. You want to know what I think? Even though we're both blame and hate the other for our changes, we're still friends. However, one of those two ditzes, I don't know which, is your bff in this reality, and she is pushing back on the intruder, me, who is trying to 'usurp' her." At this pint, Karyn had lead me to the nurses' station, so I remained quiet. No point in making them think I was insane as well as panicking, ditzy mess. Karyn did the talking.
"Anna got a little excited. Not sure why I was asked to take her here. Isn't it a little overcautious?"
"Not at all, Ms. Black" the nurse said, much to Karyn, and my, shock. "Shall I call Zoe?"
I looked at Karyn and shook my head. No need to get her involved too. Especially since Zoe would tease me even more than Karyn about cheerleading..
"No. I think Anna is calming down. I think she is nervous about our next class. We're doing cheer, and seems Anna is a flyer. So do you think Anna is up for it. though?" Karyn asked, offering me an out.
"Do you have your uniforms. Get dressed and then I'll make my final assessment" the nurse said, as she motioned for Karyn and I to move into a side room. Once alone, Karyn smiled, "You're going to be scrubbed out. You owe me."
"Huh?"
"Still, I'll get to see you as a cheerleader. Get dressed. We're both girls" Karyn said with a smirk, as she tossed me something blue. It was a cheer uniform,
