AN: Okay, first of all, let me explain the jewelry. Sabrina wears it until each phase is over, then it duplicates onto Puck. After all of them duplicate and everything is over, it is permanently etched onto their skin.

And, secondly, thanks to Scarlet Wolf for reviewing a lot. And thanks to Lara D for beta reading my story.

Enjoy!

Chapter Nine: Friendship (surprise, surprise! *sarcastic*)

The next morning I woke up to Daphne singing in the shower. Sometimes, I really hate being in the room next to the bathroom. Daphne is always singing and I always hope that she will take a shower at night. But, no such luck this morning.

Grumbling, I got out of bed and walked over to dress and get ready to leave the house. My guess was we were going to the hospital to tell Puck our new knowledge. I decided to get ready early, feeling too tired to come back up later and get dressed. I had spent two hours thinking about what the jewelry meant.

I opened my second-to-the-top drawer where my shirts stayed. I stared. Those were not my clothes. There were about ten different colored tube tops and all the other more normal clothes were skin tight, and I meant spandex skin tight. Surprised, I looked in the other drawers. They all had short skirts and short shorts. The jeans were skinny jeans and there were no more sweatpants or baggy sweatshirts. I looked at the hook on the back of my bedroom door and even the jackets there were tight. I literally, screamed.

Daphne had gotten out of the shower by now and gotten dressed. She came in, too calm, after she heard my shriek, drying her hair with a towel. "What's up?"

"What happened to my clothes?" I demanded.

"They've been upgraded." she simply stated. "Granny told me that I could help choose different clothes for you so that you and Puck can get through the stages quicker."

"So you decided to suffocate me in my own clothes?" I said, outraged.

"It's what all the other 14-year-old girls are wearing," she said, leaving the room after that.

Despite everything, I snorted. Yeah, except she forgot one thing: I wasn't "all the other 14-year-old girls."

I had no choice. Knowing Granny, she probably threw away all my clothes, trying to make everything easier and not wanting to risk Puck's life with anything. She was always business, business, business, taking everything seriously. I put on a light green tube top, since it was almost 80 degrees outside, and some black Adidas shorts.

I went downstairs and immediately decided to skip breakfast. It was something black that looked like dead kidneys. I wasn't gonna even ask. "I'm going over to Peter's," I called to Granny.

"Just be back by 9," she called back. It was 7, I had plenty of time.

It was about a 20 minute walk from my house to Pete's. There was a path through the forest that Granny approved of behind our house. I ran and it took me about 12 minutes to get there. I knocked on the door and his mom answered. She took one look at my clothes and raised her eyebrows. I sighed.

"It's none of my business," she said, stepping to the side to let me in.

"It was Daphne," I explained.

"Ahh." She understood. Anyone would when it came to Daphne.

I walked to Pete's room and knocked on the door.

He opened it, and the first thing he did was look at my outfit. I would never have worn anything that tight on my own free will, and everyone knew that. He wolf-whistled jokingly. I walked in, punching him in the shoulder as I passed him.

He closed the door and then turned around. "So what's with the new wardrobe?"

"Is it so not me that everyone has to ask?" I said, exasperated.

"Yes," he answered bluntly.

"Well, thanks," I told him sarcastically. "It was Daphne." He still looked confused. By now I was tired of using the "It was Daphne." phrase. At least school was over so that I wouldn't have to explain myself there.

I explained to him what I had explained to Granny, Red, and Daphne, and what Mirror had explained to me.

"So you're going to be hanging out with Puck a lot?" he asked, adding a touch of disappointment to his voice.

"I guess so," I answered.

"That can't be too bad," he said. "But you'll still visit me right?" he asked in mock-disappointment.

"Of course," I answered.

We talked like we used to before all the chaos with Puck.

I left at 8:40 and ran home, getting there with five minutes to spare. Daphne was in a mid-thigh length skirt and a nice shirt. Red was in jeans and a shirt, and I was wishing that I could fit into her clothes, but I was too tall. Red gave me a sympathetic look. Daphne looked at me and said, "You know, it wouldn't kill you to wear a skirt now and then, but, otherwise, I approve."

We got to the hospital at 9:15 and were only allowed into Puck's room one at a time. He was being cared by an Everafter doctor, but only Puck's magic would help him. For the time being, his leg was wrapped up and elevated.

Granny went in to talk to Puck before I went in. When I walked in, Puck looked exhausted, but saw me, and his eyes turned huge.

At least he knew the family well, "Daphne?" he asked.

"Yep," I answered.

"The Old Lady already explained everything to me, and said she'll come back and get you at 12."

I groaned. "Well, at least I won't have to explain everything again."

"So," he asked. "I just have one question. Will you give me the jewelry when we pass each phase, or will it magically appear?"

"It will magically duplicate onto you."

"Oh, well that's convenient," he said.

"Yeah, and after everything is over, it will imprint like a tattoo on our skin."

"Oh great," he moaned. "I'll always have something to remember me by."

If this was going to take up my time, I may as well have fun with it. I walked up to him and whispered in his ear, "Do you really want to forget me?" He was caught by surprise.

He whispered back, "Not as much as you want to not forget me." his lips touched my ear and I shivered. He got me back for that one.

After that we worked on the "friendship" part of the whole ordeal. We talked about what we got on our finals and our grades in classes. I got straight A's and he, of course, got straight B's.