"What?!" Michelle stared at me, shocked. "How did he...? That's impossible!"
"No! I saw the whole thing!" Steph insisted, taking a step towards her co-worker in fear. "He's... he's like... a wizard or something! He put a spell on you!"
"A spell?!" Michelle said whispered, horrified. "Wait, wait... is that why I wanted to give you my number, Joe?! You put a spell on me!"
It was clear the girls were becoming more frightened and angry, so I took a deep breath. "Hold on... I can explain."
"You'd better explain!" Steph barked. "You just turned my best friend into... into... a bimbo!"
"Joe..." Michelle looked hurt. "Why did you do that to me?!"
"Shhhh!" I wished they'd both stop and listen. Of course, suddenly, both girls blanked and stared at me, as if waiting. I could see the terrified expressions on their faces as they both realized they couldn't move or speak. Just stand there.
"I'm sorry. It was an accident." I said, pointing to the jeweled ring on my finger. "It's... it's this. It lets me wish, and it comes true. But I just got it and I don't really, like... uh, I'm not very good at it. I just wanted to get Michelle more tips, see, and it kind of did that to her on its own."
I sighed and looked up, seeing both girls still frozen in place. "Shit!" I slapped my head. "Sorry." I quickly wished they could respond again.
"Uh..." Steph blinked, wrapping her arms around her friend's side and clinging close in horror. "Okay. Okay... I'm sorry. I just..." She stared at the ring quizzically, and exchanged a nervous glance with Michelle.
"That's... kind of cool." Michelle whispered. "And... okay, I get it. You just wanted to be nice to me and get me more money tonight. That was pretty sweet." She offered a half-hearted smile. "But... Joe... that's kind of dangerous."
"I know." I agreed, wringing my hands nervously. "It's a lot of power for one person. I have to be careful with what I think and say."
"It's okay." Michelle approached me slowly, and took the hand with the ring in hers gently. "Does anybody else know about this?"
"Just... me. And you two."
"Hmmm..." Steph chimed in. "That's interesting."
"Steph?" Michelle turned, watching the much shorter blonde walk up to look at my hand.
"Listen... maybe you can make it up to us for turning Michelle into a big chested slut."
"I kind of liked the big chest. I think." Michelle blushed deeply and looked away.
"What do you have in mind?" I asked Steph, now grinning.