12/96

From: "Caitlin B."  

(by way of Caitlin Bestler)

Subject: SRU: Come To My Window



Here's my Spells R Us story from back in January.

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The old wizard cursed himself for his clumbsiness as he surveyed the

backroom. A powerful wishing powder had been spilled and now contaminiated

the entire room. Anyone having contact with it might have deep wishes

granted in unexpected ways. To make matters worse he sensed that a new

customer with some rather interesting potential would be arriving in

about five minutes.



Fortunately he had recently been saddled with a new employee, the son

of the Mall Manager. Unfortunately the woman was on to him, and was

getting quite specific about slowing down the rate of new Bimbos.



Of course, she didn't want to shut him down completely, after all

Bimbo's did buy more clothes at the mall than the typical teenage boy.



But she had insisted on some rather strong protection spells for her

son. No involuntary changes. No changes into animals. No changeing

into a Bimbo...



Which actually meant that the boy could clean up the room. He called

him back and explained that the room had to be mopped down thoroughly.

Fortunately the powder lost all effectiveness when washed with ammonia.



As he finished giving instructions the old wizard noticed that the lad

had a portable CD player and earphones. "Were you going to be listening

to that while cleaning?"



"Cut me some slack" Mel groaned "It's just a Melissa Etheridge album.

I mean even if a customer hears a peep through my earphones she isn't

exactly offensive. I leave the hard stuff at home."



"A wise choice,and generally there wouldn't be any problem" the old

wizard

assured him. "I actually listen to far more Pop music than you would

believe for an old geezer such as myself. But I really need to check the

titles and lyrics. Just to be safe."



The lad's eyes rolled as he handed over the CD and its Jewel case.  The

old wizard examined the title list. Several of the song titles suggested

risk for playing in a room contaminated with wishing powder: the title

track "Your Little Secret", "I Could Have Been You", "An Unusual Kiss"

and even just simply "Change". He should really read the entire lyrics,

but the print on the lyrics section was far too small.



"Do you know the lyrics these songs, Mel?" he asked.



"You mean like other than the chorus? Get real"



The old wizard ignored the unspoken "old geezer" as he considered

whether he had the time to listen to the lyrics himself - but no,

he had to get back to the front of the store as that he sensed someone

would arrive in just four minutes.



"Do any of these songs involve wishing for changes?" he demanded.



Mel screwed his face as he considered the odd question. "No, not that

I can think of, they're mostly about her singing about how much she

loves and needs her guy. 'I want to come over', 'I just want to touch

you', stuff like that."



"Very well, Mel" the old wizard handed the CD back. "But you really

should listen to *all* of the song. Finding meaning in the lyrics is

one of the great joys in appreciating music. And from the packaging

of this CD I'd guess that this 'Melissa Etheridge' puts at least as

much work into her choice of lyrics as into its dance beat."



"Actually it's Julie's CD" Mel explained. "I was going to return it

it to her after work. We'll be going ..."



"No need to explain" the old wizard interrupted Mel. Julie met him after

work each and every single day. Indeed it was a relationship that Mel's

mother must have approved of, for the second protection spell she had

insisted on for Mel was one to protect Mel and Julie relationship.



Just then that customer arrived and the old wizard was off to the front

of the store. Mel settled in and started cleaning the room while

listening.



As much as Mel would hate to admit it however, he was soon actually

listening to some of the lyrics. "I Want to Come Over" had always been

one of his favorites. Melissa sang so fervently about her secret lover,

and wanting to bring it out in the open. But he had never noticed the

part about "I know your friend, you told her about me". That was

strange,

why would this guy have another lover who he was planning on dumping,

and

yet have a platonic girl friend he could confide in. That's a lot of

women

for one guy to deal with.



But as he kept working that line of thought was lost and he was caught

up

singing along to the chorus



   I Want to Come Over, to hell with the consequence

   You told me you love me, That's all I believe

   I Want to come over



Mel sponged up the powder wondering what it was, and thinking wistfully

of the song. You couldn't listen to the song and not feel her deep

and abiding love for her partner. That was the only problem with his

relationship with Julie. That got along great, even had great sex, but

Julie just never showed any great passion for Mel.



He wished Julie could be as passionate for him as the singer was for her

lover in "Come to My Window."



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"Good work, Melissa" the old wizard replied while pondering exactly how

he

was going to explain this to her mother. At least the young woman before

him was a fine young woman. And while she had an attractive figure, she

could in no way be considered a Bimbo.



Indeed, her tastes in clothing were exceedingly practical and

comfortable

compared to the wizard's usual transgendered victims. However, he

doubted

the teen's mother would be appeased by her daughter's reasonable taste

in clothing.



At the very least his promise not to interfere with the relationship

with

Julie would certainly appear to be broken. The old wizard was equally

torn

between concern on how he would explain this to the teen's mother and

exactly how the protection spell could have failed.



Just then Julie entered the shop to pick up her friend. The old wizard

was mildly surprised that this was still a regular rendesvous. "You

two going to meet some boys together?" he asked to make smalltalk.



Julie rolled her eyes and stared deeply into Melissa's. She gave her

a gentle hand squeeze. "And they don't understand what they don't see."



Melissa responded quoting back knowingly "And they look through you and

they look past me."



"Pardon" the old wizard queried.



"Really" Melissa replied "I've been playing 'Your Little Secret' for a

few days now. You think you'd like learn at least some of the lyrics.

You can't appreciate good music unless you listen to the lyrics."

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