Slowly Jon turned to look at Tom... and Tom was now a girl. It was the most obvious way that Tom could get a peek inside the girls' locker room. A very Tom-like girl, in fact. She could have been Tom's identical twin sister.
Tom had already noticed something was wrong and dropped his test tube. But the full implications hadn't dawned on him yet.
"Don't yell," said Jon. "But you're a girl."
"I felt funny... so funny... It can't be! It jus can't!"
"Tom, don't panic, I can explain."
"This whole thing is impossible!" said Tom. But at least he didn't make a scene. "I'm balanced wrong, and my clothes are rubbing me differently, and I feel this pulling at my chest... how can a guy become a girl?"
"Look at it this way. You can go in the girls' locker room like you said. Nobody else remembers that Tom. You're now... whatever your girl name is. Do you have a driver's license or something with your name on it?"
"I have my lab notes," said Tom. "They have my name at the top." He opened his folder and got out the notes, reading off the name. "My girl name is Tamara. It figures. But what am I going to do?"
"It isn't permanent," said Jon.
"How can you know?"
"Because I just did it, by accident. You're getting your wish. Once you've been in the girls' locker room, I can change you back without contradicting the wish."
"Contradicting my wish?"
"I'd rather not say, Tom. Tamara. Meet me near the water fountain after gym class is over and I'll fix you up. In the meantime, well..."
"Well, what?"
"Enjoy the view. Oh, I wish you knew how to act like Tamara if you wanted to."
