If the wish turns out different then you wanted, you can always use the next wish to change back, but you can't undo the final wish, understand?"I nod...ed again. "Yes, I understand, thank you."He smiled. "Have a pleasant birthday." He sighed. "It's been quite some time since I was eighteen, longer then I can remember. Farewell."I nodded and left. I kept staring at the watch the entire ride home. When I stepped inside, my mother, my best friend and younger sister were waiting for me. They had. Her mom says it’s justified after what she went through but I have little patience because she put herself in that situation. But that’s another story.“Meredith and Leah went off by themselves for a while and when they came back Meredith was a whole different person. She was silent the whole way home and wouldn’t even tell us if she wanted to stop for a Coke or something. When she saw you in the driveway she started crying. She really hasn’t stopped since. I don’t know what happened or what was. I called Cindy's mom and was going to give her a pieceof my mind and she explained what she was trying to tell you lastnight. You could become a very wealth young man if we allow you tobecome a model for Lush Cosmetics. She told me all about Cindy'smodeling assignments and how no one would ever know you were a boy. Shesaid the only time you would have to dress like a girl was when youwent on assignment for a job. All anyone would ever see would be yourface in the advertisements. She also told. We can stay within a day’s scooter ride of here, like we discussed.”“We can do that. I know ... we talked about places. There are some that YOU haven’t seen and I haven’t seen, and we need to see them together...”“So let’s plan.” ‘Plan’ in this case meant a mental inventory of what non-perishables were on board, what perishables we might bring, and the time we’d stay gone.“We’re not Columbus sailing for the Indies,” Josh laughs. “We dock the boat near a road, take the scooters to the grocery.