I woke up slowly the next morning, luxuriating in the warmth of the sunlight streaming in through my bedroom window. Wow, what a long day! I thought to myself. A glance at my alarm clock told me I was going to be late for school if I didn't hurry up. I yawned, stretched, and then hopped out of bed landing easily on all fours.
I strode quickly towards the bathroom to freshen up for school. As I did, I began to wonder. For some reason, waking up as a full leopardess hadn't surprised me as much as it should have. I shrugged it off and changed into my human form in order to take a shower. About halfway through the shower, I realized that "my human form" seemed to still be female. Well, no matter. Last night's study session had been fun, and Friday night promised to be even better! I just wish Karyn hadn't interrupted Mark and me last night. I'm going to have to make sure she's not there to mess things up again Friday night!
All of a sudden, I caught myself. What am I thinking?!?!
--THE PREVIOUS NIGHT--
Jonni's father dropped Karyn off at her house. After thanking him for the ride, she went inside and headed upstairs to get ready for bed. I guess my pre-bedtime routine is bit different than Jonni's! Karyn had to giggle to herself. Boy, was Jonni ever embarassed back there! It was only natural behavior for a were-leopardess. I mean that's what she is right now, after all.
I mean that's what HE is! Karyn corrected herself. Even she was beginning to think of Jonni as having always been a girl.
"I've got to stop doing that," Karyn said to herself. "JON has been my friend for a long, long time. JONNI is just a result of a few misguided wishes...and a few correctly guided ones," she added with a smirk. "But Jon is a human male, not a female were-leopard, although he makes a really cute one. And, of course, yesterday WAS a lot of fun. But it probably would have been even better if he would have just relented to some of his were-leopardess instincts. Maybe I shouldn't have interrupted him and Mark on the porch." Karyn eyed the stone she had set by the sink.
I shouldn't...but if I word it right...what harm could it do?
Picking the stone up, she began. "I wish Jon would remain Jonni, the were-leopardess, for an entire week. And I wish that she would begin to yield to some of her were-leopardess instincts. But," she amended, "after a week, I wish that Jon would once again regain control over all of his actions with no ill effects from anything he might have done during the previous week."
There. That ought to do it.
--BACK AT JON'S...ER...JONNI'S THE NEXT DAY--
After toweling off, I shifted back to my leopard-morph form. It really was much more comfortable like this during the time of the full moon. It was always tough to get through these few days in the lunar cycle. My leopardess instincts were always running on overdrive, and at times it became very difficult to control them. Last night was one of those times. Just thinking about Mark sent an electric thrill all the way down my spine to the end of my tail. Maybe he will ask me out again for tonight. He certainly seemed interested in me last night. And maybe Karyn won't be there this time to interrupt us.
