"You'd better not," said Julie. "We're in enough trouble as it is."
"Huh?" replied Joseph. "What's the matter, honey?"
"I have to tell you!" she said. "I'd never keep anything like this a secret from you! But I'm so scared. Scared at what I'm feeling, scared at what I'm doing.... I need to fix all of this, but you deserve to know what's going on."
"Julie? What could be a bigger secret than a magic wishing stone?"
"My name's Jon. I wasn't your girlfriend or even a girl until a few minutes ago, and that's all because of a bad wish on the stone."
"Wha--? Julie, are you serious?"
"Of course I'm serious. You know I'd never lie to you. But this is all a lie.... What can I do?" Julie began to cry.
"Julie, don't cry. I have the stone. We need to...."
