Brenda was listening to the chatting of her friends Lisa and Jenny when she felt a strange emotion.
Boredom. What was the point of this endless, vacuous chatter? Jenny was launching into a description of an outfit she had seen and was planning to buy. Why should Brenda care? "Y'wanna go the arcade after class, play some Lazer Tag?" she asked.
"Duh, I'm going to get this outfit! Yeesh, Brenda, what's the matter with you?" asked Jenny.
"I gotta go" Brenda mumbled, then shambled off. Somehow her tread had gotten more heavy-footed. In class she slouched at her desk, rather than sit up straight.
What's the matter with me, she thought. Why am I acting like a guy?
Like a guy--OH NO--was the amulet still affecting her somehow? She inspected herself in the bathroom--after just catching herself before she went into the boy's bathroom--and saw that she was definitely anatomically female, but something felt kind of off. She scratched her crotch and belched.
Brenda couldn't work up the nerve to ask Brian if the same thing was happening, but on the way home she noticed how he kept smoothing his hair in a feminine way.
When Brian left the house to dispose of the medallion, Brenda decided now was the time to confront him.