Yes/Chad/Something wonderful
There is no other explanation. It has to be you. Somehow, you are making the girls act strangely. This is . . . wonderful. The possibilities are endless. Managing the house will be a lot easier with a power like this, no doubt. Maybe it could even work with Dana. You could get her back, make her put out . . . or even better you could get revenge! The question is how are you doing this? You try to think back. The first time it happened was when you were leaving the gym-
"Come on Emily," yells Gwen, "I'm hungry down here. You don't need to stay in the damned shower forever." She groans, folds her arms and plants her face in them on the table. "Boooored."
"Come on Gwen," you say, "it hasn't been that long. Don't you think you're being a little too impatient?"
The look crosses your sister's face again, and she says, "Ugh . . . Yeah, I guess your right. But man do I hate just sitting here!"
There it was again. You said she was being impatient, and she agreed with you . . . which is very much out of character. Lets see the first time was when you left the gym. You asked Emily if she was ready to leave, and she said yes even though she wasn't really ready. Then you asked her if she forgot something, she agreed, but seemed to not know what it was that she forgot. Next was . . . hmmm . . . oh yeah! You said something about god forbid she should forget her cell phone, and she seemed to take it quite literally . . . until you reminded her it was just a saying. Then you asked Gwen to stay and eat with the family, and she agreed, and just now you told her she was being impatient, and she agreed again. Apparently when you say something is true, the person believes you. But you have to test it.
"Gwen," you say, "you're really a sweet girl." That is one hell of a test, because she is anything but sweet.
"Whatever, poser," she says as she rolls her eyes.
Okay, so you aren't quite there. Time to review again. You asked if Emily was ready to go. You asked if she forgot something. You said god forbid she should forget her cellphone . . . no, it was a question, you said right? afterward. Then you reminded her that it was just a saying. How did you phrase it though. Yeah . . . you're pretty sure that was a question too. Gwen's changes were questions too. Maybe it only works with questions? Test number two.
"Do you need a hug?" She hates hugs, so this should go poorly.
"Yeah," she says, "I think I could use one." She stands up, throws her arms around you and gives you a long-lasting familial bear hug. You're so surprised that it takes you a moment to hug her back.
Suddenly the door bursts open and in comes a thoroughly dusty young girl that you can barely make out as your sister Bree, accompanied by an equally filthy polar bear of a dog. Frosty the dog is looking more like Cocoa the dog at the moment. You break your hug with Gwen as Bree exclaims, "What's for dinner?"
"Woah," you say, "you two are filthy. There is no way I'm letting you eat until you have a bath."
"But I'm huuuungry," pleads Bree. Gwen seems agitated as well.
"No, young lady. Up to the bath, and take the giant dustball with you." You let out a sigh. "I guess I need to give him a bath too."
"Frosty can take a bath with me!" says Bree.
"No way," you reply, "there's barely enough room in the tub with Frosty by himself, and with both of you the water would turn to mud in seconds. Up to the bath, I'll be up to take care of Frosty in a bit."
"Oookay," she says before running up the stairs with Frosty.
"Well, under the circumstances, I guess we shouldn't wait dinner. You can take your sandwich and go if you really want to Gwen."
"Finally," she exclaims, taking her sandwich and jumping on her board. "I'm out of here, poser."
Well, Gwen's gone, and you have a lot of work ahead giving your dog a bath. Maybe you should put off testing your new powers until later.
What do you do?