"Zoe, luv, are you sure you're alright? You've been zoning out a lot today?" Carly asked her best friend as she sat down behind her little desk. "And your mind doesn't seem to be on the job. It's not like you to mess up a client's eyebrows like that, you're lucky Joanne forgave you." she continued.
"Sorry Carly, I'm just... feeling a little distracted today, I had a late night." Zoe responded, as Kay sat silently listening at the reception desk.
Of course Zoe had good reason to be distracted, since she was now imbued with a magical power after she read a paragraph from a supposed book on witchcraft that she bought at a flea market in town. Super strength? X-Ray vision? No... nothing like that, Zoe somehow knew that she now had the power to exchange people's body parts without them noticing.
She hadn't yet tried this power, and it was the temptation to do so that was keeping her mind off her usual job.
"You can get off home if you want, get some rest." Carly mumbled as she crossed her legs, reaching over to grab a nail file to neaten one of her french-tips. "I can manage the last few clients on my own, it's a slow afternoon." she said.
"I can stay and make the coffee if you want. It's hard to mess that up." Zoe smiled, as she took a deep sigh.
Right, how do I do this? Zoe mused, as her heart rate increased slightly. She couldn't believe she was thinking of using her two co-workers (her best friend among them) as 'guinea pigs'. Maybe just something small. Zoe thought.. focusing on Carly's stylish blonde hair and Kay's shoulder-length, permed, light brown hair. Zoe's eyes slowly widened when she saw Carly's hair begin to lengthen and grow considerably darker. Kay's hair meanwhile did the opposite...morphing into Carly's hair.
"It actually worked!" Zoe mumbled in shock.
"What was that luv?" Carly asked, oblivious to her sudden change in hair style and color.
"Oh, er... nothing." Zoe chuckled nervously, quickly concentrating on reversing the swap. She seemed relieved when her friends' hairstyles swapped back over. But that one little swap had set something in motion within Zoe. The professional beautician, mature woman and loving wife and mother - now had her mind racing with the possibilities that her nifty new power had opened up. Practise makes perfect I suppose. Zoe told herself, smirking as she looked over at Carly again.
But she stopped herself. No Zoe, don't mess with your best friend, at least not yet. There are lots of other people out there to practise on. Zoe shook her head. She gave it a moment's thought, then a grin set on her face. "Carly, do we still need some supplies from Wilkos? I can nip down there if you like. Since you're taking my clients off my hands." Zoe offered.
Carly nodded. "Ooh, good idea, er... I put the list on the table in the back I think." Carly replied. "Thanks luv."
"No worries." Zoe smiled, getting to her feet. She then pulled the bottom of her Beautylicious top down a bit and inspected her boot-cut trousers, before retrieving the list and exiting the salon. Her excitement grew with each step she took towards the store where Carly's mum used to work.
She knew she'd have plenty of people in there to mess with in order to hone her new power.
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