"Whoa!" she said sarcastically. "Let me sit down and recover from the shock." Nick glared. "Sorry. Didn't mean to offend you."
There was silence.
"Don't you have to say something official?"
"Oh brilliant master, please tell me you grand wish so that I might grant it and make your life glorious." She sighed and glanced at the clock.
"I wish that Jenna will say yes when I ask her out."
"Yes sir. Wait-Jenna? You sure you don't want to reconsider, ya know sleep on it?"
"Isn't there some 'no questions asked' rule?" Nick asked. He had stayed up to wait for her and was cranky.
"Fine." She snapped her fingers. "Your wish has been granted."
Nick looked confused. "Shouldn't there be smoke or bells or something?"
"I'm sorry Nicky but everything you see in the movies isn't real," she told him, putting her hands on his shoulders. "I gotta jet. Hot date."
"Kay," Nick said. "Wait. How can you go on a hot date?"
"Nick, unlike you, my world doesn't revolve around you. I like to communicate with others."
"How?"
"For the time a genie is invisible/resting she saves up equal visible time. I've got 30 some years." She pointed at herself and the outfit and hair changed. "I was brunette when I met him," she explained.
"So who's your date with?"
"A guy."
"Name?"
"Jake. He's gorgeous."
"Why are you going out so late?"
"He's doctor. He had a late shift so I'm meeting him at the hospital and then we're going for breakfast. Don't wait up!" She was gone.
Rewind. Jenna. You ask: Who's Jenna?
Jenna's family is friends with the Carters and Nick has known her since they were kids. He's developed a crush on her in the past couple of months. Hathor doesn't like her because Jenna wants to be a lawyer and Hathor apparently had some bad run in with a lawyer.
PS. No offense to anyone named Jenna. All the Jenna's I've known are nice. It's just the first name that came into my head.
Chapter 12
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