Karyn was sure she was getting closer to finding Michelle. Michelle had fled to this mall with the Random Stone, and was somewhere nearby. Karyn was sure of it. The only thing Karyn wasn't sure of was how many wishes Michelle would make with the Random Stone before she realized it wasn't working like one would believe it would.
But Karyn knew Michelle knew the stone worked. It just didn't work normally. Unlike the regular wishing stone, the Random Stone didn't grant the wish directly from the wisher. No, it instead granted the wish to someone else within 50 feet of the wisher as if that person had been the one who wished it. How many wishes would Michelle make before she figured this out for herself? How many had she already made?
Karyn knew the only way to find out was to confront Michelle herself. And she was sure Michelle was nearby.
She looked through the area, and saw the nearby pizza place. She saw a familiar girl sitting at a table by herself through the entrance of the pizza place. She knew this was Michelle.
Karyn moved closer to the pizza place, determined to confront Michelle, when she was tapped on the shoulder. She turned around to see Biff Meadows smiling at her lovingly, holding a bouquet of flowers and a stuffed bear plushie. "Hey, babe." Biff said. "I'm glad you're here. Are we still on for that date this weekend?"
Date?, Karyn thought to herself. Since when was Biff her boyfriend? Biff Meadows was Sarah's boyfriend! Wasn't he?
Then she remembered Zoe's errant wish on the Random Stone. Karyn was sure Zoe didn't REALLY want Biff to be her boyfriend. She was just testing to see if the stone worked. Karyn had heard the wish, but she had forgotten about it in the excitement of chasing Michelle after Michelle stole the Random Stone. Had she not heard the wish, she would have thought Biff being her boyfriend was normal.
As it was, she was now stunned and confused, and not knowing what to say for a moment. What do you say to someone who remembers everything differently and is now giving you romantic gifts like flowers and a plushie as if he's your boyfriend?
Michelle, meanwhile, saw this, and saw her chance to slip away from the pizza place unnoticed. She walked right past Karyn, who was so distracted by Biff that she didn't notice Michelle had left the pizza place.
Michelle had only managed to get 20 feet away from the two of them when she ran into Sarah McMillan, Melissa Smith, and Jessica Davis. "Hi Michelle!" Melissa shouted cheerfully. "It's great to see you!"
Sarah smiled. "We just got here. We've got a lot of money. Want to join us on a shopping spree?"
Michelle smiled for a bit. Her friends were here. With them around, she didn't have to worry about Karyn coming and taking the stone away from her. If Karyn got away from Biff and resumed her chase, Sarah, Melissa, and Jessica would be there to help Michelle.
Michelle wondered if she should tell them about the stone. They were her friends, after all, and deserved to share in the wishes.
