The Wishing Ring: Breanne Wants to Go Shopping

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. With a groan, Dave broke off his kiss with Jake (now Jacqueline) and got up to open it. "Oh, Breanne," Dave said, sourly. "What are you doing here?" *Breanne?* Jake thought. "I just thought I'd see if Jacqueline had some free time to go shopping with me." Without any hesitation, Jake heard himself say in his new female voice "Oh, I'd love to, Bree." "Well, actually, we're kind of in the middle of something here," Dave said, wanting to get back to making love to his girlfriend Jacqueline. "Maybe you could go shopping some other day?" Jake frowned. Was he actually saddened by the fact that he couldn't go shopping? He wished that he could regain control over his body. But even if he could voluntarily speak, his wish wouldn't come true. "But today's my birthday. I thought we could have a girl's night out," Breanne said. "Sorry. She has plans with me," Dave said. Breanne looked into the apartment, briefly, at Jacqueline, then back at Dave. "Fine. But I wish ..."