I sipped on the glass of sweet, rich red wine you poured into a glass for me. You sipped yours. We let only the soft sounds of the wind blowing throug... the trees and the clinking of our dishes be the only sounds around us. We didn’t speak at all. As we finished the last of our meal, you cleared all of it off of the blanket, and put it into the basket beside us. Leaves drifted from the trees above and landed on the blanket. We laid back on our elbows and looked up at the fall trees. I remember. The bottle of wine slowly emptied as we talked, and our hands touched, sliding up and down each others arms and across the warmth of our legs, kisses punctuating the pleasure we felt in those caresses. The wind had freshened as the sun dropped out of sight, and Holli asked if we could take a sail out toward the island. I eagerly complied and pressed her into service as first mate, casting off all lines and motoring out of the marina before hoisting sail and silently cruising the sound, the. "Say your name." Sam," I said."Your full name." Samuel Isaac Smith," I said."Good," he smiled. "And I am Daniel Ray Chase, and I am the master ofthis stone." The stone's glow seemed to increase."Then what does that make me?" I asked."Well, the guy I bought this off of said that the stone's power wasspecifically limited to transformation. I am the master, so you arethe...transformee I guess." So I just gave you the power to change me into what?" Anything," he smiled."What?!" I stood up, but he. "Well Kathy, Megan, I have some news that you, especially you Kathy, that might interest you. I don't know if Jason has said anything, but that Labor Day fuck fest we had, things went a little south. When Jason and I were in the bedroom, the condom broke, and I am three weeks late. I suspected it, but I bought a pregnancy test kit and it was positive. I am almost a month pregnant."Kathy smiled and gave her sister a hug. "So, it worked."Karen looked at Kathy confusingly. "Worked, what worked?".