Lisa and Ty entered the dining room, and found Diego and Maria already seated and waiting for them. As Lisa sat, she said, "I'm sorry we've kept you waiting, mother."
Ty said, "I apologize as well," and sat.
"It's fine," said Maria. "We havn't had to wait long. Please go ahead and help yourselves."
They ate fairly quietly. Although Lisa was glad she and her double had succeeded at getting Ty back, the experience had been quite disconcerting. She'd had a great time until she discovered that her double, Ty changed to her form, was no longer Ty at all. And getting Ty back required doing a way with a copy of herself. Granted, the copy had only an hour of unique experience, but it still seemed wrong.
They'd both agreed to do it, though with some reservations, each worrying that she might be the one to disappear. What a mindfuck.
The various extreme transformations they had done since she met Ty had all been kinky and exciting, but kept causing scary problems. How many more extreme transformations could they try before they'd get into a situation that they couldn't fix? And this latest problem was apparently just due to a poorly worded wish. It brought to mind the classic horror short story "The Monkey's Paw". She would have to have a serious discussion with Ty this evening.
For his part, Ty was even more worried than Lisa, as he had no idea what had happened. Lisa said she'd explain later, and he was impatient to find out, but they couldn't discuss it in the presence of Lisa's parents.
"You two seem fairly somber tonight," Diego said. "Is something wrong?"
"Oh, no, we're fine," Lisa said. She felt bad saying that to her father, as it was a half-truth at best. They were back to normal physically, but mentally? "I guess I'm just not feeling particularly talkative tonight."
This didn't do anything to alleviate Diego's concern; if anything, he sensed the evasiveness and started to worry. "If there's ever anything either of you need to talk to someone about, remember that you can always talk to your mother or me."
"Thanks, Dad," Lisa said, realizing that she had failed to put his mind to ease. Great, now she had even more to worry about.
Ty felt like he was in over his head. He didn't know what had happened to himself. Had something happened to Lisa? And what did Diego know about it? He tried to change the subject. "This sure tastes good, Maria!"
"Thank you!" she said, with a big smile. After dinner we're going to watch a new police procedural. Would you two like to join us?"
"Sure," said Ty. "That sounds interesting." He did like that genre, but he really wanted to talk to Lisa alone, ASAP. But he also didn't want to run upstairs instantly after dinner, to avoid giving Diego any further reason to think there was a problem.
Lisa said, "Yes, let's do that, though since it's a school night, Ty and I shouldn't stay up too late."
"That's a good girl," Maria said. Lisa wished she felt more like she deserved such praise. She felt like she should be proud of herself for solving the problem, averting disaster, but somehow she felt shame for worrying her father, then not being fully truthful with him.
Ty was starting to wonder whether he should make an excuse and go home. But no, he thought, that would only worry Diego even more. Though if Diego thought he and Lisa had a fight, that might actually smooth things out.
After dinner, Ty and Lisa cleared the table and washed the dishes. Ty whispered to her, "What's going on?"
Lisa whispered back, "Shhh... later." They joined Lisa's parents in the living room to watch the show.
Ty put his arm around Lisa, and she kissed him briefly, and leaned against him to struggle. At least I'm not in trouble with her, he thought. Or not too much trouble, anyway. He tried to pay attention to the show, which did seem interesting, but he was too distracted wondering what had happened with his failed transformation and passing out. He knew he mist have been unconscious for nearly an hour. If Lisa couldn't wake him, why hadn't she gotten her parents involved? Or called for paramedics?
Partway through the show, Ty realized that he no longer had a womb, or womb tongues, or any of Lisa's or his own marbles therein. Nor could he feel any of his marbles in Lisa's womb, or anywhere else. He'd had all that just before trying to change, so if the changed failed, why didn't he still have them? What had happened to the six Lisa marbles that had been in his womb? He considered transforming himself to have the womb, tongues, and maybe some of his own marbles again. But no, given that his last attempted transformation had gone so far awry, he needed to wait until he had some idea of what was going on.
After the show, Lisa said, "If you'll excuse us, Ty and I are going to my room."
"It's early yet," said Maria. "Wouldn't you like to watch something else? You and Ty can choose a program."
"No thank you," Lisa replied. "Ty and I are going to talk about some of our future plans."
"That's good," said Diego. He was curious, but expected that he'd hear about any important decisions.
"Good night," said Maria.
"Good night, and thanks again," said Ty. The two of them headed upstairs.