"Brad." It sort of came out without even thinking about it.
"Why, dearest Bradley? Not a bad idea. You have his number, don't you?" She grinned.
There was something cold and violent about that grin, and Kyle felt himself shiver. "How
did you know?"
"Eh. You were thinking to curse him. Actually, you should probably share your plan with
me. How were you going to get the power back from me?"
Kyle felt trapped. How the hell did she know about that? Jennifer had decent grades, but
he'd never thought of her as smart. Jenny, on the other hand, was extremely cunning. He
decided to come clean...after all, she still had the gun.
"I thought you'd come begging me to change you back. I was going to tell you to curse
Brad. If he says Dare, you dare him to transform me into Brad. If he says transform, you
turn him into me."
Jenny raised an eyebrow. "So...either he gives you the curse, and you become Brad....or he
gets turned into you, so he naturally comes looking for you."
"It's not a perfect plan, but either way, I get the power back."
"But why would you want to be Brad?"
Kyle blushed and looked away.
"Ohhh....I get it. Because I like Brad. You figure that would make me like you. Then you'd
transform or dare me...and what, make me into your girlfriend?"
"...I know, I'm pathetic."
"Yeah, but it's ok. I'm actually flattered, Kyle. Well, I am. Jennifer would be horrified, she
doesn't get you. But to be honest, you're actually kind of cute, and if you turned into Brad,
I'd shoot you."
He blushed again. "Uh...me? Cute? Don't play with me, Jen."
"I'm not. The guys pick on you because, deep down, they're threatened by you. The
reason girls don't give you the time of day isn't because of your looks. It's because you're
different. You're smart, and you like different things. Sports, popularity, that's not
important, you live in your own world, and...I want you to listen to me very closely..."
He looked at her, and was suprised to find that there was a softness in her eyes that hadn't
been there before.
"Your world is the better one. The real world is hard and cruel, Kyle. Look what it did to
me."
Right then, Jenny seemed so vulnerable. Kyle's heart melted, he wanted to hold her, tell
her it was going to be alright. But before he could move a muscle, her demeanor shifted.
"Ok, that's enough of that crap. So we'll modify the plan. We still want him to come after
you, so I'm going to tell him that I'm your little sister. He's too stupid to remember you
don't have a sister. So whatever we do to him, it has to hit him where it hurts...his damn
male ego."
"What are you going to do, Jen?" Kyle was finally starting to realize that his "prank" had
created a monster. A monster he'd do well to be wary of.
"Wait and see. Give me the phone and his number. This is one call Brad will never forget."
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Brad was a little worried. He hadn't seen Jennifer all day. The other guys kept asking
about her, but it wasn't his status that he was worried about. They'd had sex last
night...and he'd been a little rough about it. Ok, more than a little. He'd kinda sorta
forced himself on her...but she liked it! She didn't say no....
"Fuck...is she going to say I raped her?" He'd tried calling her, but no answer.
Then his phone rang. He hit "talk" and answered at once.
"Hey Jennifer? You ok?"
He heard a young girl giggle on the other end of the line. "Sorry, Jennifer isn't here."
"Who is this?"
"Oh...hi, I'm Kyle's little sister. Um...transform or dare?"
"What the...?"