Before revealing her wish, it’s important to have a look inside the mind of Ellie.
It’s true, James and Ellie had dated when they were 12 and it had ended pretty quickly. But neither one of them had understood what relationships really were at that age.
Over the years since, both had dated a string of people. Ellie, for her part, while she wanted to date attractive guys, had recently realized what else she’d been looking for: a guy who could be her best friend, could tease her but knew when to stop, who was compassionate and gentle yet also internally strong and intelligent.
In short, she was looking for a guy like James.
When Ellie recently started dating Seth, she’d thought that he could be that to her. But seeing James now, the same guy he’d always been inside, but now a muscular hunk like Seth, she realized that here was everything she wanted.
So when her turn came to wish, she said, “I wish that James was my boyfriend instead of Seth.”
James reddened and started to question her, when suddenly he was overtaken by new feelings: love for this girl and a horny need for sex in this new, more masculine body.