"Fine, lets do this" James decided as he began to flick purposefully through the spellbook.
Nicola let out a mocking laugh at her friends words "I can't believe you are going along with this! Wait until I tell everyone you tried to put a magic spell on me. You'll never live this down"
"I'd suggest making her something that can't talk" Meredith winked at James. He smiled back and nodded. It had always been his instinct to try an incantation from the full animal transformations section and now he effectively had both women's permission to do so.
He looked at Nicola a moment, one hand resting on her hip, the other examining her fingernails as if to highlight her lack of concern and even boredom at the situation she was in. For reasons he couldn't explain or understand the thought of transforming this atteactive, assertive, ambitious young woman into a helpless dumb animal, at least temporarily, excited him greatly. He really hoped this would work and something in the confident body language of the spell books mysterious owner.
"Come on then, what are you waiting for" Nicola smirked "I still have opposable thumbs and I still seem to be able to talk"
"Ok, you asked for it" James replied as he confidently began the incantion to transform his annoying friend into a