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Thursday, August 4, 2022

… you are able to make a wish

Pauline doesn’t believe you, so before she can call the cops on you, you make a wish. Suddenly you are her, and she is you. She’s unaware of what happened, thinking she has always been your daughter. You take the notebook from her hands. 

She is 18 years old, but if you are going to be Pauline, you are not ready to have an adult daughter, so you make another wish, removing her shape shifting powers and turning her into a 5 year old girl again. “Mommy?” She asks you, “yes honey?” You answer back. “What’s for breakfast?” She asks, to which you respond “pan cakes, your favorite”. She smiles, “i love you mom”. 

Downstairs, you prepare breakfast for your two daughters, and prepare to take them to school. Then, you realize you don’t want to be a single mother. You look out the window, and see your noisy next door neighbor. He is 22 years old, lives alone, and is always throwing late night parties during weekdays. “He will do” you say. You make a series of wishes. 

The first, transports him into your living room, “what the hell? What am I doing here?” He asks. But before anything else happened, you transform him into a more suitable age and appearance. “Hey hello neighbor, how did i get here?” He asks you. But once again you make another wish. Suddenly, he is dressed in work clothes and is helping you with the kids. “Do what your mom tells you” he says. “Yes daddy” your eldest child says. He kisses you, and you kiss him back. Without the girls looking he even gives you a gentle smack. “Honey!” You say. 

He gets off to work, and you take your kids to school. They kiss you goodbye before jumping out of your car.  Life couldn’t be better. But you sure miss your shapeshifting powers. 

You wish…

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