As Sarah thinks of a suitable wish she looks down at her arm, noting the light skin tone, “I’ve got it!” she says confidently, “I wish I had a golden tan!” she states with a cocky grin, “If you give me a nice golden tan then I’ll believe you have magical powers” she adds.
“Ok then” you say softly with a knowing smile, you concentrate for a moment then say, “Done” Sarah instantly looks down at her arm again.
“Ha! Nothings happened! I knew you were messing around!” she stated looking back up to you.
“Don’t be so sure” you reply indicating her arm with your gaze, Sarah looked back at her arm and gasped.
“Oh my god!” she cried out in disbelief, “I’m getting a tan!” she added as her skin gradually got bronzed, as her skin quickly reached the desired level of tan you decided to add a little and did a literal translation of the wish, making her skin glow slightly with a golden light.
“There we go” you said, Sarah’s transformation complete, “One golden tan” you added with a smug grin. Sarah looked at her skin as it lightly shone with a golden light, barely perceptible but there nonetheless.
“It’s… its perfect” she said dumbfounded, “I’m sorry I doubted you” she added, tearing her gaze away from her arm and back to your eyes.
“Oh it gets better sweetie” you reply with a knowing look on your face.
“What do you mean by that?” Sarah asked slightly worried.
“Take a look down your top” you suggested lightly, Sarah pulled her top away from her chest and gazed down, then quickly let her top go and looked at you shocked.
“I… I have some serious tan lines!” she said shocked.
“Yep” you answered with a big grin, “I always figured you’d look good with some nice tan lines” you added as you wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
“Thank you James” Sarah said softly resting her head on your shoulder.
“What for?” you asked back.
“For sharing this gift with me” replied Sarah, “You could have done something mean to me when I didn’t believe you, but you gave me exactly what I asked for” she added as she looked up into your eyes with her big baby blues.
“Why would I want to do something mean to you?” you counter, “I love you sweetie” you add, lightly kissing her forehead, suddenly Sarah freezes.
“Oh my god!” she says sitting upright, her eyes wide open, “How am I going to explain this new tan to everyone?” she continues worry creeping into her voice, “Everyone is going to think it’s a fake tan from a bottle! Oh my god it’ll be so embarrassing!”
“Hey, Sarah, calm down” you say lightly grabbing her by the arms, “No one notices any changes I make unless I want them to” you reassure.
“What? Really? You mean people will think I’ve always had this great tan?” Sarah asks calming down.
“Yes, you’ll look you always have to everyone else, you’ll be “miss golden tan”” you reply.
“That’s, that’s good to hear” Sarah said softly, getting comfortable next to you again, “So you can do anything you want with this power?” she questioned.
“Yeah pretty much, I can do anything, have anything, create anything, change anything I want with just a thought” you confirm, “Why?” you ask unsure.
“Oh I was just thinking…” Sarah responded drifting off.
“Thinking about what?” you encourage.
“I was thinking that there are some people around campus that could do with being knocked down a peg or two” confirmed Sarah.
“Oh really?” you asked surprised, Sarah wasn’t usually the kind to hold a grudge.
“Only one or two” Sarah retorts, “You must think I’m so mean” she added.
“Well I’m surprised that someone as sweet as you would hold a grudge against someone” you say stating your mind.
“But they’re so mean!” Sarah stated, “Come on sweetie, let’s go sort them out!” she added with pleading eyes. |