"Maybe we should get cleaned up." Karyn looked at the time. "I know I do. I'm going to head back to my place to shower and change clothes. I'll meet you at Mark's?"
I blinked a little at the sudden change of conversation. Not really a bad idea, I mean I didn't want to ... Well, I didn't really care what Mark think, did I? Right? But I didn't want to be unkempt... Um. "Sure, Karyn." I looked at myself. "Showering with all this fur is going to be a nuisance, though."
"Silly. Just become human again." She added seriously, "And no wishes, okay? We really have to think this out!"
"Doh. Of course." I nodded. "No wishes. I'll see you at Mark's."
"Okay!" Karyn grinned and hugged me. I hugged back, though still a little non-plussed. She'd never really done that so casually before. Was she more comfortable with me like this? "Later!" Karyn walked out of my bedroom and I heard her going down the stairs.
"Now what?" I looked around my room, which was familiar and strange at the same time, then at the bathroom. "Well... I guess I get ready." I changed back to being a human... still female, then took a shower. It was a ... distractingly new experience. My body just felt different -- not bad, just different. Actually, it was kind of nicer, but I couldn't put my finger on why. I washed my new equipment a bit gingerly -- I didn't do anything more with it, but from the way things felt, I had to admit I was curious to how it would feel if I had more time. Getting dressed again was also different -- the bra took a couple moments to put on, once I chose a plain one -- it didn't look like I had anything particularly sexy in my wardrobe, but some of the underwear wasn't plain, either.
I hesistated over putting on a choker, but something the nurse at school had mentioned reminded me of something. I took one down and looked at it more closely -- it had my name, address, and phone number on it, and a short list of medical instructions in case I was unconscious. "Guess it's something folks wear in case they get in trouble while shifted all the way to their animal form," I muttered. It made a certain amount of sense. I sighed and chose one I had that was brown leather with some earth-colored beads and a pewter tag on it with the information. "Got to think of the next wish more carefully next time." I threw on a t-shirt and jeans and looked at myself in the mirror. Oh, heck. I did look cute. I wasn't as endowed as Karyn was now, but if it hadn't been me in the mirror, I'd have thought the girl in the reflection was pretty. I sighed. It wasn't like I was going to go make myself ugly! I experimentally shifted to my morphic-leopardess form.
Thanks to my earlier wish, my clothing adjusted for my tail. "Darn." I still looked pretty nice. I almost started to pose for the mirror but stopped myself. "Stop that," I growled and looked at the time. I had about half-an-hour before I had to leave -- I spent it looking through my room, finding old family photos and school yearbooks. Mom was definitely a were-leopardess, too. I found pictures of myself as a kitten and as a little girl! One was me, I guessed, standing over a dead bunny while a larger leopardess, mom, was licking my ears. It had a note on it saying "First hunt!" I put the pictures away after finding that one. "Everything is changed!" I muttered. "So very different now!"
I shook my head and grabbed my backpack. I'd just have to ride this out until I could figure out something safe to wish for! For now, though, I need to meet Karyn at Mark's for the date.
I mean, the study session!
