Katie pulled away from John a little and looked down at his body. "Do you want to explore your new body a little?" She was curious what he looked like underneath the clothing. If he took it off now, he'd probably still stay a woman for five to ten minutes.
"I don't know," replied John. "I'm curious, but also anxious to change back to normal. I want to reassure myself that I still can and this isn't permanent."
"We've already seen your head change back, so we know it can be done. I know I want to stay like this a little longer. I definitely enjoy having less of a tummy without having to go to the gym." Katie rubbed her belly which was now perfectly flat. "My legs look great too, don't you think?"
"Yeah, they're amazing!" John sighed. "Okay, I'll help you get dinner ready and then I'll take this off before we sit down to eat. We wouldn't want to splatter spaghetti sauce on these. Considering my dress is cream colored, that's almost a guarantee. I always seem to get drip something on myself when I wear a white shirt."
Katie nodded. "Okay, that sounds like a good plan." She walked over to her bed and started folding up the shopping bags while John continued to look at himself in the mirror. Picking up the plastic bag which had the pantyhose, she felt a slight weight in the bottom corner. She opened the bag and pulled out what seemed to be a choker. Similar to the decorative jewelry on the headbands, it had imitation pearls and what seemed to be rhinestones which hid a clasp. She held it up for John to see. "Oh, the woman at the shop must have put this in the bag with the pantyhose. It seems to be a choker."
John turned and looked. "Oh, huh. Do you think she put that in there by mistake?"
Katie examined it in her hands as John walked over. "I doubt it. It was in the bag with the pantyhose she gave me. It clearly matches our outfits. She must have put it in there deliberately."
"Oh, that was nice of her. Going to put it on?"
Katie held it up to John. "I think you should. I have a feeling the shopkeeper knew exactly what would happen when we got back here and I have a sneaking suspicion she put it in here for you!"
"Me?! She knew I'd transform wearing this? How did she know I'd end up wearing this?" John motioned to his new body.
Katie raised an eyebrow. "I get the impression she's worked there for a long time and this isn't the first time someone has changed gender from something purchased at her shop. I bet once people discover what her stuff can do, she gets a lot of repeat customers."
"Yeah, I can see why! I'm kind of regretting not getting that suit she offered. Not for me, but for you!"
"You want your girlfriend to be a guy?" Katie asked.
"Well, no, but I'd like you to get the chance to experience the other side. It's only fair, right?"
Katie nodded. "Yeah, I am curious." She thought for a moment. "I'd really like to try using a urinal." She laughed and John joined in.
"It's really no big deal."
"No big deal? You don't have to sit your butt on a wet public toilet seat! Those things are so disgusting! I bet you've never had to try to do 'the hover' and keep your balance while squatting above the public toilet in a filthy stall." Katie clearly had some traumatic public bathroom experiences.
"Well, no. I can't say that I have. When I have to sit in a public restroom, I usually wipe the seat with a ton of toilet paper first though. If there's any backsplash..." John shuddered without completing his sentence.
"Ugh, yeah, gross..." Katie shook her head and the feathers on her headband swayed back and forth. "Anyway, enough toilet talk. Put this on."
John took the choker and wrapped it around his neck. He tried to fasten the clasp behind the fake jewelry, but had trouble.
"Here, let me help." Katie took her gloves off and reached up and fastened the clasp. She slid the choker so the jewel was in front and watched John's Adam's apple shrink before her eyes. "Okay, done!"
John smiled. "Thanks!" A confused look flashed across his face as he realized the voice he just heard was not his own. "Woah! Wow! It changed my voice! Testing, one, two, three." He tried speaking at different octaves. "Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do!" He smiled. "How do I sound to you?"
"Wow, John! That's amazing! You have such a nice voice. I bet you'd be great at singing." Katie stared at him. "Although, I guess I can't keep calling you 'John' anymore, huh? Do you have a preferred name?"
John thought for a moment...