P14 AReg5
Billy left the store and headed back to the beach. "Wow," he thought. "That place is so weird, I forget why I even went in there." All memories of his brief life as a teen hottie dissipated in the hot sun. He made is way back to the spot on the beach he shared with the girls. Peter was talking to Jennifer...wow, she was stunning! He couldn't take his eyes off of her. He was beginning to have a hard time remembering just what his relationship was to her. He couldn't have been dating such a sexy, older girl. He didn't know how old she was, but she had to be older than 13. He saw Katie slouched over, asleep at the picnic table. She seemed to be mumbling in her sleep. Weird. He was relieved to see Peter run off to go into the water. With him gone, he would be able to talk to Jennifer at last.
Billy came up behind Jennifer, trying to think of something witty to say. He couldn't think of a thing! He saw Jennifer waving to Peter, and gulped. He started feeling shaky, and shy. Finally she turned to face him, and at first didn't seem to know who he was. Jennifer was a tall girl, a few inches taller than Billy, and breath-takingly beautiful.
"Uh....h....hello...um...uh...J.....Jennifer," Billy managed out with nearly Herculean effort. He blushed furiously, and his arms and legs were trembling.
"Why, hello," Jennifer responded. She didn't recognize Billy at all. Billy was still her trampy sister as far as she knew. The dreamkeeper alluded that he would return her father to normal if she let him into her dreams, and Billy was certainly not an adult man. Jennifer was amused that she was turning this young boy, whoever he was, to jell-o so easily. Look at him, too shy to even talk to her! Maybe it wasn't such a bad thing to live out your dreams. "Do I know you," she asked, teasingly.
"Um...oh, uh....y...yes...I mean...I mean no....I...uh...," Billy stammered. He was so hopelessly tongue tied he wanted to run away and hide.
"Well, is it yes or no," Jennifer said, playfully. She could see the boy sweating.
"Um....uh I ...uh...I think I've ..seen you around school," Billy managed to force out.
"Really? You mean you go to my school? You go to Central High?" Jennifer teased. She knew the boy didn't look old enough to go to her school.
"I....um, no...I guess I was wrong I thought....um...I dunno what I thought," Billy said, sort of feeling deflated.
"Awww.....come on, I was only teasing you. I'm SURE I would remember a boy as cute as you," she said moving a little closer to Billy. She stood very close to him now, and he could smell her sweet scent. His face turned beet red, and he felt himself starting to get very aroused. Jennifer put her hands on Billy's waist, feeling him tremble, wondering just how excited she could get him. She was enjoying this little game of hers. She looked down at Billy's shorts and saw his very obvious excitement. "You never told me your name handsome," she whispered into Billy's ear.
"B.....Billy," he gasped. At that Jennifer froze. She looked at his face very closely, and sure enough, it was Billy! Not her father or some high school kid or tart sister, but a much younger Billy. She wondered how young he was now. He didn't seem to remember who she was, only that he must somehow know her.
"Billy?! Don't you remember me? Don't you remember anything?" Jennifer asked.
Billy couldn't belive his luck! Ok, he was a little bit confused at the moment but obviously this girl is a close friend of his. His confidence began to grow, enough for him to speak anyway. "Uh...how could I forget you," he asked slyly. "Why, er....don't we go for a walk down the beach."
Groan! As if things were confused enough, her middle school father was now hitting on her! She felt guilty for teasing him like she was doing. "I think that's a good idea, Billy. We really need to talk about things. She walked over to the picnic table and shook Katie awake. "Try to stay alert, girl! I have to talk to Billy, you watch the kids for a bit, ok?" she asked, and Katie nodded sleepily.
Billy and Jennifer walked down the beach. He looked at her, so perfect in her string bikini. Her breasts so full, her long legs and her long golden hair. If only some of his friends from school could see them, he would be a legend! He cautiously took her hand, shaking with anticipation. Jennifer held his hand, and looked at him sweetly. The found a remote bench and sat down next to each other. For a few moments they didn't talk. All Billy knew was that he wanted to make out with Jennifer more than he ever wanted anything in his life.
Jennifer didn't know how to begin. She knew what Billy wanted, and it might be hard to get him to believe her explanations. But if she was ever to right her family, she had to start somewhere. Billy started playing with her hair, and put his arm around her. Pretty gutsy for a young kid, she thought. "Billy, I have a story to tell you that you might find hard to believe, but it is the truth," she began.
"Uh huh," Billy replied absently, leaning over and kissing the older girl's cheek.
"I know...Billy, lets ...play a game," she said.
"Ok..what kind of game," Billy said, hoping that it involved sex in some way.
"In this game, you pretend to be my father," Jennifer started. "I'll pretend to be your daughter," she said.
"How...uh, would we play it? And what do I get if I win?" Billy asked.
Jennifer looked at him and gave him a sweet kiss on the lips. "You get whatever you want, Billy," she answered. "I want you to really try to imagine yourself as my father, daddy," Jennifer said. "I'm your daughter...I'm your little girl, remember?" she asked.
Billy looked at her quizzically. "Of course I remember....um...princess," he said haltingly. Then he looked at the sexy bikini she was wearing. "Jennifer, you know I don't like you to wear stuff like that! You are practically naked," he said. Where did that come from, he thought.
"But daddy, I was just going to the beach with Katie, what do you expect me to wear, a parka?" she asked.
"No sweetie, of course not. But you could wear something a little less revealing," Billy said, believing it. He put his arm around her. "Come on, honey. You know your mother and I want you to have fun and we know that kids wear stuff like that these days but modesty doesn't hurt..." he trailed off.
Jennifer smiled. He really sounded like her dad again, even though he sure didn't look it. Billy looked shocked. He looked at his daughter...and down at himself. "Oh my god, " he said in disbelief.
"Still wanna make out, Billy?" Jennifer asked hopefully.
"Of course I do, Jennifer," Billy started. "With your mother, not with my daughter. My god, Jennifer. I remember now! That man in the shop! Your mother! I....I was a girl..." he gasped.
"Oh, daddy," Jennifer exclaimed, tears in her eyes. She hugged him and held him close. "You're back," she said with relief.
"We have to try to fix this, Jen. Last thing I remember I went into a room...I wanted to be your mother's age, or close to it...after that, everything is a blur. Where's mommy?" he asked.
"She's over there," Jennifer gestured in the direction of where they put their blankets down. "She's with Kayla," she added.
"Well, we have to talk to her," Billy said, getting up.
"Uh, daddy," Jennifer started. He obviously didn't know that Marcia was a good deal younger now. "I don't think we can count on mommy," Jennifer said. But Billy had already run off to their spot. Jennifer sighed and ran after him.
Billy's mind was a blur. How was it possible to be made younger? To be changed into the opposite sex and back again? Was the shopkeeper some kind of mad scientist, or wizard, or something else? At least he got his memory back and remembered who he was again, even though he didn't feel quite right. A part of him refused to believe he was really an adult with a wife and 2 children. It really didn't seem possible, and he had to try very hard to make himself remember that Jennifer wasn't his girlfriend or big sister but his daughter. When he got to their spot he saw Katie reading some papers at the picnic table and Kayla was building a sand castle with a little girl, but he didn't see Marcia anywhere. When he last saw her she was about 14 years old, he sort of remembered.
"Hi sweetie," he said sitting down with the girls. "It's me, Kayla. It's daddy," he told his younger daughter. Kayla laughed.
"Gosh, I can't keep up with all of this! Just a few minutes ago you were a teen girl! And you were really pretty! How did you turn into a boy again?" She asked. Marci giggled.
"How do you think? That guy in the weird shop, he just can't leave us alone," Billy said.
"You almost my age now, 'daddy,' " she said laughing.
"I most certainly am not," he responded. "I'm a good 2 years older than you at least," He said feeling triumphant. She looked at him and giggled. She twirled her ponytail a little.
"Whatever! But everyone knows that boys don't mature as fast as girls and so like when a girl is 11 she's sometimes like even more mature than a 13 year old boy," she said, laughing. Billy's head was starting to feel a little fuzzy. Like Kayla was as mature as he was! AS IF! She's like in fifth grade, an like he's already in middle school. He was already forgetting why he had run back here like he did, and was forgetting his conversation with Jennifer. He looked over at her longingly...she was sitting at the table talking to Katie. Kayla saw him stare and laughed.
"Just what do you think is so funny," he asked.
"Just look at you staring at them! Gosh Billy, what would they want with a little boy? I know! Maybe they can baby sit for you sometime!" She said, rolling on the sand laughing.
"I am not a little boy! I'm..." he started. "I'm too old for a babysitter and I'll have you know just a few minutes ago Jennifer let me kiss her," he said, remembering that part even as the brief recollection of who he really was steadily vanished.
"Oh, I would have liked to see that," Kayla said. She was laughing so hard there were tears in her eyes. Billy looked at her, and thought she was right about one thing anyway. At 11 years old, she seemed to be his equal. Maybe that's why the girls at school seem older even though they are his age. Girls mature faster. Gosh, how could even think of Jennifer sexually? She's like way out of his league; she must have let him kiss her just to be nice.
"Oh like you know anything about kissing," he teased. "Like a boy ever kissed you before. I don't think so," he said.
"Bet I know as much about it as you do," Kayla said making kissing noises.
"Do not!" Billy countered. Jeez, it was like Kayla thought she was just TOO COOL for words, he thought. He looked at her laughing...she was pretty cute in her bathing suit....even if it was a simple light green one piece. The little girl Kayla was watching continued to play with her pail and shovel. She looked at Billy and smiled.
"Do too! I bet you wouldn't know the first thing to do with a girl! I don't even know why you came over here, it's not like you knew what to do when you got here, did you? I guess you thought I would just stop what I was doing, and sit down right next to you," she said, getting up and doing just that. "And now what, Billy...hmmm?" she asked with a smile.
By now Billy was totally drawn in. Kayla was really, really cute, he thought. She sat so close to him that they almost touched. For some reason, he was starting to feel a little shy, maybe not as much as with Jennifer but then again she was a goddess. Kayla was only a kid, after all. She was practically flat, although he could clearly see the outlines of small breasts under her suit. What would she say if he put his arm around her? Would she tell him to go away? Would she like it? He pretended to yawn (that old move) and cautiously put his arm around Kayla.
"Kayla, you're a very pretty girl but I'm a little too old for you, don't you think?" he asked.
"No, Billy. I don't think that at all," Kayla said. "After all, I don't know how old you really are, and neither do you. We can only guess, right?"
"Uh....r...right," what she said seemed to make sense, but he thought he knew that he was 13. He was sure he wasn't any older than that.
"So like I dunno but you seem just like you're my age," she said, leaning over and kissing him softly on the lips. Billy held her close, kissing her back. As she kissed him, he was surprised by the taste of her tongue in his mouth...it felt good.
"You really haven't kissed many girls, have you Billy," she asked.
"N...no," he said, feeling very shy. He never has. How did she know?
"I can show you more about kissing if you want me to," Kayla said playfully.
"Really? I...I think I would really like that Kayla," he said, kissing her.
"Mmmmm....know what is funny? When you came running up to me and said you were my daddy," Kayla said, kissing Billy again.
"Oh...uh...that..I ...er...was just playing this stupid game with Jennifer and...uh.." Billy stammered.
"I just think that is the funniest thing I ever heard," she said playfully. "I think I have a better game to play if you want to," she said.
"Ok, cool!" Billy said getting really excited. "How do you play?"
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Jennifer ran back to the picnic table. She saw Billy run over to Kayla and Marci, relieved that he was in his right mind again. Katie looked tired, like she had just woken up...which of course she had. "How can you sleep at a time like this?" Jennifer asked, incredulous.
"It's part of my research, Jen," Katie answered in a matter-of-fact sort of way. "I saw him, you know. The dreamkeeper," she said.
"You have to stay away from him, Katie! He can get to you through your dreams," Jennifer gasped.
"I don't think he can, unless he's gotten to you in person first. I think that if you go into one of his rooms, you're his, and he can do as he pleases. I suspect he can also gain allies," she said, gesturing at Kayla, "if they are unsuspecting. One thing we do know is he can get to you if you walk into his shop and allow him to," Katie said, looking her friend up and down. "Talk about a makeover," she thought.
"I had to agree to something, Katie, to try to get him to get my family back to normal," Jennifer said softly.
"You call this normal?" Katie asked.
"It's getting there! Look, at least my dad isn't a tart anymore! I got him, well, closer to what he ought to be. The key is that he has to want to become his normal age. He didn't remember that he was my father, but I talked to him, and he remembered. He wants to get back to normal now. We might have trouble convincing mom, she may be too young to understand at this point. But daddy is trying, see," she said looking over at the two kids. Marci was busy playing in the sand, and Billy was sitting next to Kayla. Something didn't seem right, she thought. His body language was all wrong. Oh no.
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"Are you sure you want to play, Billy?" Kayla teased.
"Uh huh," Billy said.
"Ok...this game is kind of like the one you played with Jennifer, so it should be easy for you. I want you to close your eyes and relax," she said, in a soothing voice. Billy did as she said. "There...that's very good. This game is called babysitter. Isn't that a funny name?" she asked.
"Uh huh," Billy agreed.
"I think it is a very funny name. In this game, I will be the babysitter. I want you to try to imagine everything I describe to you. It'll be easy, cuz I'm just gonna describe what I see around us. See that little girl? I'm babysitting her. Her name is Marci. See? She's playing in the sand. Doesn't that look like fun?" she asked Billy.
"It sure does," Billy agreed.
"I know it does, Billy. It was very nice of you to help me baby sit for her," she said, kissing him. "I hope I don't get in trouble for having a boy with me while I baby sit her. Her big sister would get mad at me. She's sitting right over there, see? See those two teenagers over at the picnic bench?" she asked.
"Yeah," Billy said sleepily.
"The really pretty one is Jennifer, that's Kayla's sister. If she sees us kissing, we would get into a lot of trouble. How would I explain you being here? Kissing a boy while I was supposed to be watching Marci? I know! We can tell her that I'm babysitting you too," Kayla whispered.
Billy got a confused look on his face. "But...but that's silly. You're only 11," he started to say.
"I am a very mature 11 year old, Billy, don't you think?" she coaxed.
"Yes, very mature..." he trailed off.
"I mean, we're really the same age now, aren't we?" she asked, and Billy looked at her in his minds eye. She looked a little older, her breasts were a little bit more developed, now tighter against her swimsuit. "You just thought I was 11, and you just thought you were 13. Really, we're both 12, isn't that right?" she added.
"I guess we are...the same age..." Billy whispered.
"I think we used to be Billy, but don't you remember? Your big sister wanted me to baby sit you and little Marci, didn't she? You really are growing up fast, Billy. I can't believe you're already in fifth grade," she said. "Did you know that I just turned 13? And how old are you, Billy? I know you told me once that you were 13 and we were the same age, but I can tell you're much younger than that. Do you really think that you are 13?" she asked. "Come on, be honest."
"I....uh...thought I was," he said said to the older girl.
"But you aren't, are you? No way do you go to middle school," she said.
"No....I just turned 11," the now younger Billy said.
"I thought so. Now, why don't you help little Marci with her sand castle like a good big brother," Kayla said. Billy opened his eyes and did as Kayla told him to. After all, she was his babysitter.
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In his shop, the dreamkeeper laughed.
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To be continued