Jon wished he could be more surprised by the sight of Sarah leading a dazed looking Karyn into the lockerroom. But instead of her usual outfit she wore a short pleated skirt, strappy heels and a light pink blouse revealing a tasteful amount of cleavage – and after a moment Jon realized the reason Karyns face looked slightly off was because he had never seen her wear makeup before even a 'natural' style like this. Jon desperately wanted to help his friend (crush?) but despite mustering all his willpower the best he could muster was a mild “What did you do to her?”
Sarah laughed, and brandished an odd-looking gun that looked like something out of an old sci-fi movie. “The same thing I am going to do to you. ” she answered cryptically before shooting Jon right in the chest with a dazzling beam of golden light.
Before Jon could recover from the shock Sarah told him “ Now think back to the day you showed your friend that stone. “
And suddenly Jon knew what it was like heading across the school yard that fateful morning. He wouldn't pay much attention to the boys following him. They were like background extras in his life. As he'd walk he'd spot Karyn Black and himself in their usual spot. He'd probably shoot them an icy look. Karyn would be wearing her usual get-up of scruffy old slacks and her favorite worn old green jumper. Her short red hair would be in its normal unruly state. Too cool to own a brush, he guessed. Jon would look away for a moment, then look back at Karyn's perfect blond hair...so much like his, but with that annoyingly self righteous grin on her face as she spotted Jon. She was probably about to tell another “joke” at Jons expense. He was certain the two of them were the ones who started that rumor about Jon and the captain of the football team. That guy was an idiot and a jerk who thought that the head cheerleader came with the position, like the team jacket or something. And Jon wasn't that kind of girl.
He still remembered the original version, but now he also knew what that moment had been like for Sarah.
“See.” Sarah told Jon with a smirk “ Now you know how I really feel about you. I should thank you by the way, I got the idea for this ” she patted the gun “ from that dream you were you thought you still had the stone. A device that allows me to add or subtract experiences from the person I shoot with it, is really versatile. And the idea of making it understand verbal instructions... ” Sarah nodded with approval “ such a great feature. ” her fond smile gained a sharper edge as she continued “ Using it to make me unable to say no when the biggest dork in school asked me on a date and making me dress like I am hoping he'll fuck me by the end of the evening .... not as fun. ”
Jon gulped. He remembered that dream, or at least parts of it.
“Soooo ” Sarah added sweetly “ you can see how I might want some payback. And since Karyn kept insinuating I was a slut, I'd probably be doing her a favour by sabotaging her best opportunity to get her cherry popped. ” Sarah held up the gun to whisper “you don't know how to date Jon Gibbsonw ithout graduating high school first.” into the small embedded mic at the side of the gun before shooting Karyn in the chest.
“There! All done!” Sarah declared and patted Karyn on the shoulder the words seemed to snap Karyn out of whatever trance she was in, her eye focused on Jon then Sarah, Karyns face twisted into an expression Jon couldn't read, and her mouth opened as if she was about to say something but then Sarah cleared her throat “Off you go, sweetie. ” and Karyn turned without saying a word and walked out of the room. No. Not walked. Sauntered. Complete with flipping her blonde hair like she was in a shampoo commercial and adding a bit of extra sway to her hips.
From behind she almost looked like Sarah, or at least one of Sarahs cronies. Jon stared at the closed door even after Karyn had long left, wondering what Sarah had done to his friend.
“Well seeing you squirm is fun and all.” Sarah finally declared “But like I said, I'm not a monster and making you sweat any longer just feels petty. So relax, Karyn is safe. I'm not even the one who wished she'd dress like that. I even offered her a deal to mitigate that wish and go back to being a grubby little tomboy.”
“You see, I'm not the one who found the stone after you lost it.” Sarah continued as she walked into the showers once more, to return leading another person by the hand “ I trust you recognize the lucky finder? ”
