It never occurred to Jon to question why he was getting dolled up for Karyn. It never even occurred to him that his behavior was strange. While he shopped, tried on, and even learned (he had never worn make-up, you know), his mind absently stuck to regular thought patterns.
What had happened to the wishing rock took up a lot of his attention, but other things as well. He thought about school for a while, homework he had to do, papers coming up. A hot girl in the lingerie store where he was trying on panties and bras led him to a quick fantasy involving him, her, and a kiddie pool of jello. He paused outside the video game store to look at the ads for upcoming releases.
He never clued into the fact that the clerks looked at him in shock as he tried on article after article, often laughing at him behind his back. He didn't catch the hot girl in the lingerie store staring at him aghast as he came out of the changing room to see in the full length mirror how his new stockings looking in his high heels. He never saw the boys in the video game store pointing and laughing at their friend Jon standing in the mall in a miniskirt and halter top.
Instead, after a brief stop in the men's room to apply his newly purchased make-up and apply his nail polish, he clicked his heels toward his car and sped off to Karyn's house to talk about the stone.
