Well, there is this one thing...

There is actually one thing you've always wanted to try doing with invisibility. Something admittedly illegal, though not perverted. Something... that will probably render this whole story extremely dated.

You're going to sneak into a movie theater.

It's Saturday morning. You stuff the book and the key under your bed while Jordan is in the restroom. He's about to go out, for reasons you can't remember.

You hear the sound of a flush, and you quickly snap your fingers. Then you get onto the bed and strip off your underwear in a single motion. Up until yesterday, you would be mortified being completely naked around people, even if you were invisible, even if it were just Jordan. But after yesterday, you can't find yourself even slightly nervous. You're too confident in your invisibility.

The bathroom door opens. Jordan emerges. In about ten seconds, he grabbed and put on a shirt, then opened the door. "Later, bro!" he called.

You slip past him out the door before he can close it.

~+~

At the theater, you look at the available options. There are a couple action movies, one of which has a director you like. A really popular animated movie that you've already seen. The ninth sequel to an amazing movie that was already dead by the first sequel.

You stand just next to the line pondering your options when someone you recognize enters the line.

Tara is talking with someone, a girl you don't know, as they advance to the front. Without any other direction, you decide to follow them on a whim.

When Tara and her friend get into the theatre, you look at the sign to see what's playing. It's a film adaptation of the first book of a YA trilogy. Eh, why not?

You try to sit next to Tara and her friend, but you notice the seats fold down; you can't sit without someone seeing the chair move on its own. You look down and see the discarded lid of a soda cup. Yeah, you're not sitting on the floor either. So you stand throughout the film.

The movie isn't bad. Sure, it's a dystopian that uses dystopia just for the setting and plot, rather than using it to make commentary on the nature of present day politics, but the plot makes sense, the characters - heroes and villains alike - have depth, and the climax is, you're not going to deny it, awesome. That doesn't stop Tara from making the occasional wince and whispering to her friend about how a certain scene was "so much better in the book".

When the end credits arrive, you leave the theatre with the rest of the audience. When a person unexpectedly bumps into you, you wince. Oh, shit, oh, shit, they'll know, oh shit...

But the other patron doesn't even break stride. Of course, you realize. In a crowd, everyone expects to bump into people. Nobody would notice you if you just stick with the crowd.

To test the limits of the crowd, you bump a little into Tara's friend's arm. She doesn't notice.

You grin and position yourself around her. Without any idea of your presence, her hand makes contact with your dick a couple times. It's cold, but then again so are you. Dang A/C. With renewed energy, you allow your hand to slip under her skirt.

That gets her to look down, albeit only for a second before she concludes that nobody was there.

You smile and shake your head. It was seriously this easy? After your deliberate attempt yesterday met so many obstacles that you should've expected, today you just accidentally got contact without any issues at all?

For a moment, you wish you had thought of this yesterday. Then you ditch that thought; as unexpectedly difficult as yesterday was, you wouldn't trade it away. Whoever this girl - Tara's friend - is, she isn't Naomi, and that makes all the difference.

When you get back to your room, Taerius is waiting for you.

"You know, using the same power pervertedly twice isn't a get around," the demon says. "It doesn't give you a pass for your later powers."

"Yeah, I wasn't expecting any different. I didn't intend to this time. Just saw an opportunity and decided to take it."

Taerius grins, but something about his expression tells you he didn't plan this.

~+~

"Abusing his powers, breaking human laws, still being a pervert even when he knows it's unnecessary. Tell me again how you're going to win our bet?"

Xiq's eyes are triumphant.

"This is a long game. Trust me, by the time it all ends I'm going to win."

Xiq takes on a suspicious face. "You're not clairvoyant right now, are you?"

Taerius laughs. "You know as well as I that that's impossible in this situation. Nope, I'm just using what I know of human nature. Just sit back, watch, and be entertained, because you know that's what I'll be doing!"

~+~

Sunday night. You sit on your bed at four thirty. The key is on the book, which is wide open.

When the clock hits four thirty-seven, the words on the page change. Gone is the description of invisibility. In its place is a new power.