After that I was a little more careful to keep control of the medallion, though I did let Penny use it often enough. It was just too interesting to ignore. Of course I made sure that I was back to normal for classes and had the medallion with me so that there weren’t any more unexpected surprises, but at nights Penny and I explored some of its possibilities. Brandon was a bit jealous I know, but he took it pretty well. Still, even though he pretended to be disappointed that I never agreed to try sleeping with him as a woman, I suspected that he really wasn’t that interested. After all, he knew just as well as I did that I was still not only a man but his best friend in reality.
I didn’t get around to going back to that Spells R Us to see about removing the ring for two weeks. And once I did, I looked all around the mall but couldn’t find any sign of the store. It was as if it had just vanished off the face of the Earth. Or at least off the face of the mall.
I’ve still never been able to get the ring to budge off of my finger, and though this disappoints me since I can’t share it with Penny, it also leaves me with a little thrill as well. At least I know that I’ll never lose it.