Allegra had just expected Derek to get a phone number and come back. Looks like he and the guys were bonding.

Allegra took the time to go to the kitchen to refill the smoothie jug. When she came back, Derek and the Blue Man Group reject were still chatting.

That was fine. Allegra lay back, put on her shades and just relaxed. She would have drifted off to sleep if Derek hadn't come back to announce his success.

"Congratulations, you stud," Allegra congratulated him. "I wonder if anything will come of it. Any interest?"

Allegra, herself, had no interest in the guy. She didn't want to seem racist, but blue guys just weren't her thing.

Now it was her turn. "I'm feeling pretty daring," she smiled. 

Derek playfully rolled his eyes at Allegra's compliment and sucked down his smoothie. She must've got more when he was performing his dare. "I'm guessin' I'm a friend? Who knows? I don't even know hold old he is. Probably should've asked that."

"Let's see..." So Allegra wanted a challenge? He could do that. He could make her wish come true.

"I dare you to give someone a random power." This was also Derek's way of seeing Allegra's power work first hand.

"So, are you interested in him as more than a friend?" Allegra asked. "Or at least a fling?"

Allegra did not find the blue guy attractive at all, but everyone had their tastes. There may actually be people that had a blue skin fetish but as far as she was concerned....ewwwww!

Derek seemed to be thinking hard of a dare for her. "I'm pretty fearless so you better think hard," she warned him. "Unless it has something to do with bugs, then I'm turning it down." Allegra smiled. She was the queen of Truth or Dare. Nothing was going to shock her.

"I dare you to give someone a random power."

Her eyes widened in fear. "I can't do that," she said. "It's dangerous. I can't just walk over to them and use my powers on them. For one, they're not expecting it and for two, I don't know what power I'm giving them."

She was ready to reject this dare but she felt Derek's eyes piercing her and egging her on.

"Ok, I can use my power on you if you're up for it," she said. "DocProf told me my power won't kill anyone, but it's pretty unpredictable. It's my dare, but you're the one who will be taking the risk."

The African American mutant raised his eyebrows. "Fling? Oh, no. I don't do flings. I also don't, y'know do it on a first date," Derek shrugged his shoulders. He felt like it was important for him to have a little bit of morals concerning his romantic life, "though he is pretty cute. I'll probably end up textin' him."

"...Sure. I'll be the object of the dare," Derek placed his drink down before standing up and looking down at Allegra. He smiled kindly at her before closing his eyes folding his arms over his chest.

"Maybe I'll get cool ice powers or be able to breathe underwater."

Allegra was glad that Derek certainly wasn't a male slut. He had morals.

"I'm that way too," she said. "I mean if I ever got a boyfriend. I don't think I'd want to even on the fourth or fifth date or later. I mean, I'd want to but I'd really want get to know him before jumping into it. I want there to be romance and respect and understanding and...well....love."

She shook her head. "I'm so old fashioned, aren't I? No wonder I don't have a guy." 

Why did dating seem so easy for Derek and most of her other friends? Allegra was 15 and had never had a boyfriend. She felt like such an old maid.

"Okay, well you asked for it," Allegra said. She focused on Derek then was then surrounded by a green glow while Derek was surrounded by an aura of red.

"I think it's done," she said. "Do you feel any different? Are you okay?"

She was wishing she could take it back. She had no idea how her power would affect him. At least he looked like himself and didn't seem to be in any pain. That was good.

Derek shook his head, "I don't see it as old fashioned. I just see it as a good thin' 'cause I'm the same. No good-good until like the third date." Derek grinned a bit and smiled over at his friend.

Derek didn't notice the glowing until he opened his eyes to look at Allegra. She was surrounded by a red light while he was surrounded by a green one.

"Oh, night, I love gre--." Derek stopped talking and acted like he was having a seizure. After ten seconds of that, he...died. After those thirty seconds of that, he gasped and woke up. He was now in a new body.

"...What the," Derek looked at his hands, then his...hair, "...how do I look?"

“So glad you see waiting as not old fashioned,” Allegra smiled. “I just wonder if most guys feel that way.” Allegra almost went into the whole laundry list of why no guy would ever be interested in her but she stopped herself. Today was supposed to be a day of fun and relaxation. Allegra didn’t want to prove that she was the most emo cheerleader in history.

Allegra was glad that her power didn’t give Derek any physical mutations. She had once turned someone into a human volcano and she didn’t want that to happen to Derek. But what happened was worse. Much worse. She ended up killing him.

“Derek. Are you okay?” Allegra asked as he started to go into convulsions. She knew that when someone is going into a seizure not to stick anything in their mouths or force them to do anything. Just guide them away from danger and make sure they don’t hurt themselves. But by the time Allegra got over to Derek he had already fallen to the ground. She eased his fall but it didn’t do any good.

He was dead.

“Oh my god! No pulse! Derek! No!” She looked over to where the blue guy and his friends were playing. “Someone help!” she cried.

DocProf had told her that her powers couldn’t kill anyone. He also told her that when someone was killed while using her powers, Allegra could die too but she didn’t feel anything. Perhaps that was just if that person was killed by an opponent. But she wasn’t supposed to be able to kill anyone with her powers either.

"How do I look?"

“What?” Allegra asked. Derek was gone and in his place was a …..woman?

One of blue man’s friends whistled. Derek had only been wearing his swim trunks and now this girl (!) was half naked with the trunks in danger of slipping off.

Allegra covered her/him with her towel. “Derek, are you okay? You are Derek, right?”

"...Am I a girl?" Derek asked looking up at Allegra. He slowly stood to his feet, "this is...this is..." he looked over his shoulder at his butt, then back at Allegra. "Am I at least pretty? Where's my phone?" He patted his pockets for it until he saw the phone sitting on the table next to his smoothie. Derek then went over to grab it to look at himself. "I am pretty!" He explained with a wide smile on his face. He turned to look at Allegra again. "This is pretty cool!" His voice even sounded different. He could get used to this. Though, there was something missing that he didn't want to live without.

"Yeah, you're a girl," Allegra said. "And just a few seconds ago, you were dead. Are you okay?"

Derek seemed to be as he looked himself over. "Am I at least pretty?" Such a Derek thing to say!

"Yes, you're pretty," Allegra said. "Way prettier than I am. Gorgeous even. Do you have any idea how worried I was?"

Derek was really enjoying this. "I guess I finally found a way to make you straight," Allegra smirked. "So you're cool with me keeping this going?"

Derek laughed a bit at Allegra and turned to look at his friend.

"It just feels...weird being a girl. I'm shorter and have a higher voice," he looked at his nails, then down at his body. He was about to say something else, but was cut off by another seizure.

The twenty year old stopped shaking and dead again. Soon his body changed back to normal. With a gasp, he sat up, "...that could be useful later for a few minutes."

"I imagine it does feel weird," Allegra laughed. "I can't imagine what it would be like to be a boy. I mean to have that thing between my legs 24/7. I don't think so."

Derek seemed like (s)he was doing alright. "Here, sit down," Allegra said. She led him/her to the beach chair but (s)he started convulsing again. Allegra held his/her body up as (s)he slumped into unconsciousness and then to death.

"Someone call DocProf," the blue student shouted.

"No, he's okay. I think," Allegra answered. Derek was himself again. She set him gently on one of the chairs. "Derek, please tell me you're okay. You were dead."

"Really?" the blue student gasped. "Dude, what was it like being dead?"

"I was dead. Thankfully I'm not anymore," Derek chuckled a bit. He did feel a bit woozy, though and decided to take a couple of sips from the smoothie he had. Derek looked over at Allegra and was about to say something when the blue guy that was talking with earlier came over.

"I-It really, really weird," he answered moistening his lips. He studied the blue guy and found that he was blushing. He quickly looked away and turned his attention to Allegra. "These smoothies are good." He said nervously. God, he was such an idiot sometimes.

"Weird?" Allegra asked. She was interested now. "Did you see a tunnel of light or angels or anything?"

She saw Derek blushing and grinned. She got an idea that Derek was either going to thank her for or kill her. "Hey, I'm gonna get us more smoothies," she said to the blue skinned mutant. "Do you mind watching over Derek until I come back."

She went to make more but took her time. She came back with two pitchers, extra cups and a lot of curiosity as to how the two boys were hitting it off.

"Nope, just...blackness. That's all. I didn't see anythin'." Derek covered his face with his hand before sliding it down and letting it plop down on his thigh.

What? Allegra was leaving? Oh, no, no. She couldn't do that! He gave her a look before turning his attention toward the blue guy in front of him.

"...Hi." He greeted with a bksuhed face.

Allegra was fascinated to learn about Derek's near death experience but she was frightened too. She had actually killed her friend. That wasn't something she could just let go. She hugged him tightly. "I promise never to do anything like that again," she said. She was more freaked out about her power than ever.

"Just relax and I'll be right back," Allegra told him.

She made sure Derek was okay then ran to the kitchen.

"You really died?" the blue guy asked again. Like most people, he never knew anyone that had died and come back to life before. "Did you feel anything? Was it creepy or peaceful or anything like that." He nervously twisted the piece of paper with Derek's number that he had given him.

"My name's Doug by the way.  Hey, can I ask you something personal?"