At lunch, Noelle looked around for Ashley, and found her sitting by herself. She went to sit down across from her, and noticed her hair was mussed, her clothing somewhat distressed, and she was sporting a black eye.
"Ash, what happened?"
Ashley sighed. "Debbie Russel happened. She and one of her goons jumped me, dragged me into an unused room, and while the goon...I think it was Helen Nash...watched the door, Debbie...she made me take my clothes off, and she tried to kiss me!"
Noelle felt a wave of anger wash over her, but Ashley reached out and held Noelle's hand. "Shh, babe. It's ok. We fought a bit, I got a shiner, but you should see what her curse did to her!"
Noelle looked around, and found Helen Nash and a few of the other bully girls...they were gathered around a forlorn looking freshman girl. She was fairly pretty, and wearing clothes much too large for her...her eyes widened as she realized who the girl was. "Holy shit, she looks like a freshman!"
"Yeah, it was worth getting beat up for. If she does it again, she'll be back in junior high. She lost muscle and size quick, that curse is no joke." Ashley managed a grin.
"Well, let me fix you up..."
Ashley held up a hand. "No baby, don't. I'm going to use this to get some sympathy. Hey, I haven't seen Diane anywhere, you have got to see her in action, she's awesome!"
"Yeah, you said that. Well there's Brianna and Cass...oh..." Noelle blushed and looked away. She just saw Cassidy plant a kiss on the cute girl.
"What, what is it?" Ashley turned. "Aww...they look good together. Best wish ever."
"That reminds me, I did something evil to Mr. Conners, I think I did cross a line."
"Mr. Conners? Not Miss Conners?"
"Oh shit, I must have forgot to wish that you'd remember." Noelle then explained who Mr. Conners had been, and what she'd done.
"Oh wow, I mean, I remember Miss Conners, she's really pretty, and very sweet. I wouldn't want to change her back, but yeah, maybe locking someone into another life like that...is kind of bad. I think we need to reconsider what you did to Tim and Adam too."
Noelle sighed. "I'll go find Miss Conners. You think if I just made her forget she'd been a guy that would be ok?"
"She sure seems happy...yeah, do that. Maybe that's also crossing a line, I don't know. But anything has to be better than the state she's in now."
Noelle stood up. "Ok Ash, I guess I'll see you later." She couldn't bring herself to look happy.
Ashley smiled. "Just think of it this way, your reward just got better."
Noelle blushed and nodded before turning away.
After finding Miss Conners (Noelle realized she had no idea what her name was- it had been Neal), Noelle decided to just go to her locker rather than back to the Commons, when a shy brunette walked up to her.
'excuse me...noelle..." She mumbled softly.
Noelle blinked. "Adam?" She hadn't gotten a super good look at Adam after she'd changed him- but here was a girl with long brown hair, large hazel eyes behind glasses, and a light dusting of freckles over the bridge of her nose. She was wearing a very modest dress, and it wouldn't take much for her to go from pretty to WOAH, if she only had an ounce of assertiveness.
"...it's amanda now..."
Noelle sighed. "I'm sorry Adam, I shouldn't have done what I did to you, I'll change you back."
Amanda shook her head violently. "no...no...don't..."
Noelle blinked. "Huh?"
Amanda was blushing, and she wrung her hands. "...i'm happier this way."
"Really? Are you sure?"
Amanda nodded. "...yes..."
"Oh. Um, well, hey, about Bobbi Prince..."
Amanda's whole face lit up. "She's so wonderful."
Ack! Noelle had just chosen Bobbi as the girl she felt other girls would most likely have a same sex crush on. "You should know that you only feel that way because of me."
Amanda seemed to consider that. "I don't care. I love her."
"Well, uh...is there anything I can do for you?"
"Tim..I mean Tina...contacted me. She's scared. I think she's happier with what you did, but I won't be sure til I meet her in person."
"Oh. Well, you let me know, ok? I'm sorry even if you're ok with this. I went too far."
Amanda shrugged. She didn't disagree, but it was hard to argue 'hey, you shouldn't have turned into a girl who likes Bobbi' when you were happy to be a girl who liked Bobbi. "...there is one thing..."
"The shyness?"
Amanda frowned a bit. "...it's not so bad...but it is hard to talk to people. But I think Bobbi likes that I'm shy."
"Oh you got it bad. Do you want me to get you and Bobbi together?"
Wasn't THAT a question? "...I want to be with her but...not like that. I know...it's stupid and impossible...but...I want her to love me because..."
Noelle pulled Amanda into a hug. The other girl stiffened, but then relaxed. "I'll do this then. I wish that if it's possible for Bobbi Prince to fall in love with you, she'll let you know by the end of the day. That way you won't be pining after something impossible."
Amanda looked sad. "...i should thank you...but...it's going to hurt when she tells me she doesn't feel that way. At least the hope of that dream felt good." Then she fled from the area, tears in her eyes.
Noelle felt terrible.
She then...