“Stefanie, don’t you dare…!” Emily shouted as she chased her sister down the hall, but she got to the door only to find Stefanie had locked her out. The water was already running and Stefanie was giggling inside in anticipation of her metamorphosis.
“Oh, jeez!” Emily said as she ran to the dry sink by the door and got an old sardine tin key that she used to open the locked doors of her apartment from the other side, just for such emergencies. She inserted the key and fumbled around with the operation, difficult enough normally, but even more so under haste and panic.
In the other room, Melissa looked at her reflection in the glass coffee table, noticing her mermaid features remained. Meanwhile, Emily finally got the door open and ran to her sopping wet sister, who was completely nude, beneath the shower running full force, pressing her legs together in an attempt to get them to begin fusing and looking between a hand mirror and at her fingernails waiting for any sign of change. There was none.
“Hey, what gives?” Stefanie said, “I want my sexy mermaid body!”
“Yeah, well I don’t want a sister who’s half-fish! Get out of there!” Emily growled, dragging her sister from the tub, wrapping her in a towel and escorting her from the bathroom.
“I think your curse is on the fritz, Melissa.” Stefanie said as she was sat by her sister in the chair farthest from the hallway and from Melissa’s lips.
“As much as I want to see Melissa back to normal, I’d rather not have you in her situation.” Emily said.
“I’ve been thinking it over, and I believe I know why Stef didn’t change.” Melissa said.