Jon was beginning to have the involuntary reaction that most teenage males would have to being hugged by two pretty girls about his own age, and was a little glad when they let go of him. "Girls," he said, "I guess I am, but..." What could he really say?
"Oh, come on, Mom, don't be embarrassed" said Carol. "You're our mother. It's okay for us to be friendly to you. Besides, we've seen you for a minute in our entire life."
"That's because your entire life is less than a week," said Jon. "And physically, you're almost my age. I know I'm your mother, but how can I be a good mother to someone who I could just as well be dating if we weren't related?"
"You are a good mother!" exclaimed Kathy. "You taught us all we know. You provided for us. You used your stone to do it, but does it really matter how, if you did it?"
"Well," said Jon, "Besides, I'm not even a woman."
"You were enough of a woman to give birth to us!" said Carol.
"But that was just temporary..." said Jon.
"You have your stone. It's only as temporary as you make it.
Then Kathy began whispering something to Karyn. Karyn smiled a little bit, and Jon began to feel a little apprehensive at his friend and his daughter talking girl talk to each other.
"Jon," said Karyn, "remember how we started making wishes, and I wished I could control who you didn't want to be?"
"Right," said Jon. "And I had made a wish about being who I did want to be, so your wish affects mine. I don't see where you're going with this...."
"I think you know where it's going" said Karyn. "I don't really need to say this out loud, Jon, but I'm sure you don't want to be a man or a boy, and you certainly don't want to be non-human."
All of a sudden Jon realized that that was indeed true. He didn't want to be a man or an animal, so of course he wanted to be a woman, or at least a teenage girl. Jon vaguely realized that Karyn made him desire that, but he didn't mind at all. And now that Jon wanted to be female, he grew breasts, his penis receded, and his whole body transformed until he really was female. Jonnie's clothes stretched and moved until she was wearing a blouse and skirt. Her resemblance to her daughters was even stronger now.
"Thanks Karyn!" said Carol. "And Mom, I'm glad you're a girl like us now! We hardly get to see you. Why don't you spend some time with us? Please...."
"But what can I do?" said Jonnie.
The response to that was another whispered conversation between Kathy and Karyn, until Karyn made a suggestion.
"Jon... ni" said Karyn. "You're pretty good at cooking. I'm sure you still are as a girl. Why not show your daughters how to cook something? They know some basics because of your wish, but there's a lot more they might like to know."
"Or we could go to the mall!" said Carol. "There are a lot of things we need to buy. We don't own any CDs, and we could use some more clothes... I'll tell you what, we can even get some new clothes for you. As a present for our Mom."
"Or we could go to the movies as a family," said Kathy. "We've never seen any movies. Ever!"
"Or you could help us with our homework" said Carol. "You're a year ahead of us, Mom, so you've done it all already. We know you can help us!"
"Or..." said Kathy. "There's so many things! It doesn't matter, we just want to do some things together."
"Well, er... sure, girls" said Jonnie. Sticking her hand into her pocket to touch the stone, Jonnie said "I wish that nobody will care or even notice when I'm missing because I'm spending time with you. Okay, girls, let's go and have some dinner, and then we can...."
