"Mom!" yelled Jon as he ran into the house.
"Jon? Is that you?" Came an unsure sounding voice from up the stairs.
Jon ran up the stairs and found his mother in his room. She looked at him, shocked, as he came in. "Who..." she began, but she knew it was him, the likeness was impossible to miss.
"Mom, yes it is me. I know this is weird, but the proof is in front of you. You found the rock didn't you? The rock I got from Grandpa?" he gushed.
"I, er, yes." She looked down and pulled the rock out of her apron.
"The rock is magic. You must have made some sort of wish to do this to me. Now, I need to know exactly what you wished to cause this."
His mom seemed flustered. "I, just wished you were ten again, so we could have some of the old time back when you used to talk to me more. I never wished for this to happen!"
"It's okay, Mrs. M." Reassured Karyn, from the doorway. "You weren't to know."
Jon was still aggravated. "Was the the exact thing? I need to know the exact wording."
"I, um. It was that I wished Jon could be ten again."
Jon's heart sank. That was pretty specific. He couldn't be stuck like this, though, he couldn't, there was no way he was going all the way through puberty all over again.
"So you used my name?" She nodded. "Well, that's something, maybe." Jon sat on the bed and thought for a moment. "Right, we need to change my name."
"What?" asked Karyn and Jon's mom simultaneously.
"Look, Mom wished Jon was ten again, so if I'm not Jon anymore, then I should be able to be wished back to my right age." He explained.
Karyn nodded, thoughtfully. "Sounds, good. Certainly worth a try."
Jon smiled weakly. "Fingers crossed. Okay Mom, I want you to wish my name was different and that I was back to the correct age. That clear?"
She nodded. "I think so." She took the rock in her hand. "I wish Jon was now Cee-Jay and was seventeen again."
Jon looked up at his mom. "Cee-Jay? what made you choose that?"
She smiled. "I was what you would have been called if you'd been a girl. Short for Catherine-Jane, but I figured the initials would do equally well for you now."
At that moment, they all got something in their eye and blinked...
