Suddenly, I started hearing a tinny recording of "Never Gonna Give You Up" playing. My first thought was, "Am I being Rickrolled?" It took me a second to figure out that it was the ringtone of a cell phone sitting on the mahogany table next to me.
I didn't recognize the number on the interior display, but I flipped it open and answered anyhow. "Hello?"
It was a girl's voice. "Henry? This is Julia Taylor -- I think." She was one of the cheerleaders, I realized, and she sounded worried.
She continued, "I got your number from the student directory. I know we've never really talked before, but I noticed you were at the prom last night, and I know you're a pretty smart guy, and I didn't know who else I could talk to about what happened."
"Let me guess," I said. "You've changed."
I heard a sigh of relief. "Oh, thank God. My parents thought I was crazy when I tried to tell them what was going on. I mean, I woke up and looked like I came straight out of a porno magazine, and we were living in a mansion, but nobody thought anything was different!"
I was a little bit relieved to hear that Caroline and I weren't the only "victims." I said, "Same here, except my parents are out of town. Caroline and I woke up, and everything started changing. Actually, it went in a few different waves, but it seems to have settled down -- we haven't changed any further in the last, uh, two hours or so."
"You and Caroline woke up together?" Julia sounded a little incredulous at that. "Hmm, is she still there? Can I talk to her?"
I nudged Caroline, who sat up, her breasts -- and the diamond rings that pierced the nipples -- bouncing in a very pleasing manner. "It's Julia Taylor," I said, handing her the phone.
From that point, of course, I was only hearing Caroline's half of the conversation. "Hello?...Not right away, but the changes started after about five minutes...Ha, yeah, I guess that's how I'd describe myself...No, Henry looks like Dave and Adam did last night - - he's got a hot body, but he's got hair and makeup straight out of the '80s...No, I'm at Henry's house, or at Henry's mansion, now, I guess...I don't know, I haven't checked...Just a second, I'll ask him."
Caroline put her hand over the bottom of the phone and asked me a question...