...wished that she had the mind of a sixteen-year old.
Greta stopped and blinked. Then she shook her head and looked at me.
"I don't know what happened for a second," Greta said.
"It's the heat Greta. Don't worry. I'll get you a soda or something."
Greta touched my chest and smiled at me. "Thanks sweetie." She leaned forward and pursed her lips. I couldn't believe it. I was going to kiss her.Granted this was my fantasy; kissing Dr Von Hauser and in a way, that's what I was doing. But as I closed my eyes, leaned over and kissed her back, something was wrong. As beautiful as Greta is as a teenager, somehow it's not the same as when I was seeing the grown-up Von Hauser naked. Maybe it was the whole psychiatrist-patient thing. All I know kissing 16 year old Greta was not the same as kissing the 30-something year old Dr. Von Hauser. I wanted the older Von Hauser back.
Then something happened. I felt her lips leave mine, brushing up against my nose and to my forehead. I opened up my eyes and I found myself looking at Von Hauser's throat.
There was the now adult Dr. Von Hauser standing over me. She was back in body and mind and looking very, very confused.
Then, to make matters worse, people stopped and witnessed what just happened. They SAW a young girl suddenly grow up. Someone gasped and I heard more than one cry of "Oh my God!"
People gathered around us, mummering like some Greek chorus. I turned around and looked at all these faces and knew that this ring, these wishes were more trouble than it was worth.
But I had to fix it. That's all I seem to be doing, but I had no choice.