All of Carl's muscles had relaxed, and he lay with his eyes clenched shut.
Riki walked to the bed and stroked his chest. "I think our boy needs to get used to it, sugah. Whyn't we let him alone so he can calm down," she said.
Sharon sighed, wrapped her arm around Riki's neck, and handed the crystal over. "That's no fair," she said, "I mean, he got to do stuff to us all quick and stuff."
"I know it, baby, but he's not gonna take it as well. Best to keep it slow."
Riki stroked Carl's face gently. "LeBron, honey, listen to Mama. Just take yourself some time. You Mama's property now, but I gonna take good care a' you. Just don't do nothin' dangerous for yourself and come to school tomorrow. I promise everything gonna work out in time. Just sleep tight tonight."
He exhaled through his teeth, a bit of water in one of his eyes.
"Shh... Quiet now, honey. Give Mama a kiss."
She kissed him softly on the forehead, then on the lips, passionate but soft. When they untied the bonds, Carl curled up sideways around his new breasts, and they tucked the covers over him. After dressing, Riki wished them to her house. It was 9:45, perfectly in time for her curfew.
After the front door was shut, the girls headed up to Riki's room.
"Riki, 'dat you, girl?" her mother shouted from her bedroom.
Riki poked her head in her mother's door. "Yeah, Mama. Sharon's staying the night. That okay?"
"Yeah, thas' okay. Y'all want somethin' t' eat?"
"Nah, Mama, thanks."
"A'ight. I'm goin' ta bed. Night."
"Night," Riki said, closing the door.
Sharon looked a bit relieved when the door was closed, and lowered her purse to reveal the bulge in her mini skirt. "I don't know how I'm gonna hide this thing," she whispered, "it's, like, huge."
"I know," Riki whispered, winking. "C'mon, let's get cleaned up."
As they stripped their clothes off in the bathroom, it quickly became apparent that Sharon couldn't fit in the shower next to Riki's wide body. Riki pulled the crystal out of her purse. Her body went from fat to full-figured. She was still a whole lot of woman, but the cellulite smoothed out, and she built muscle tone under the incredible curves. As soon as the crystal stopped glowing, though, she felt a pushing sensation in her hips and ass as they expanded outward again. It was smooth and toned, but it was proportionally bigger than any they'd ever seen before, pushing out like a shelf from her back.
"I guess I'm always gonna to be a 'fat assed sista,'" Riki said, sighing. When she looked up, though, Sharon was staring at it, biting her lip. Putting a hand gently on Riki's shoulder, she bent her over the sink, and began stroking her from behind. When she entered, both girls gasped. Later, Riki held Sharon and let the hot water wash over them.
"You think Carl's ever going to get used to being a girl?" Sharon asked.
"He don't want to get used to it sugah, not down deep. He didn't know what he wanted when he made me 'all freaky in bed,' but the rock did. Tomorrow, he gonna look just like he does now but as the best baller on the girls team. They gonna think he's some kind of Sasquatch dike, and all the boys gonna laugh too. And when he gets used to it, I'll do somethin' else."
Sharon shivered, even in the heat. "That's, like, pretty nasty Riki."
"Girl, you know I'd never do nothing like that to you. You just wait to tomorrow, though."
Riki thought about it, even as they lay in bed. She could tell herself that Carl deserved the cruelty, that he wanted it anyway, but basically she would inflict it because it turned her on. She could have changed her mother back, or given Sharon back the intelligence she used to cherish, but she kept putting it off. What had the stone done to her? Could she even trust herself with the power anymore? As she fell asleep, she wondered what the new day would bring.
