As anxious as I was to play with the ring, I decided to wait until the news came to actually try anything more with it. I was too worried about screwing up before then, and it was comforting that my target would be so far away.
Arnold came over, and we played some video games. He seemed a bit peeved, like he was expecting more from this gathering. He was especially peeved around 9:00 PM when the news came on and I turned off the game to watch it.
"Hey! We weren't near done!" he said angrily.
"Sorry, but the news is on."
"The news? What the hell?"
"Trust me!"
He groaned and slumped into the couch. He was my friend, but he was bigger than me and in decent shape, so he could still be intimidating when angry.
Laurn Wu and her co-host, news anchorman Brent Nimoy, were blathering on about the news briefs. I didn't listen to what they were saying. I just looked at Lauren intently whenever she was on screen.
As a test, I wished for her to sneeze violently. A second later, she did, catching Brent off-guard.
"You all right there, Lauren?" Brent asked.
"Yes, I'm fine..." she sniffed, fumbled with her papers and continued reading off news.
I grinned devilishly as I thought of the possibilities...