Jeff pulled his cell phone out of his pocket, heading outside. Living out in the country meant cell phone signals were weak, and he always... Jeff stopped, staring around. Instead of a two-story house in the middle of a crowded neighborhood, he had just walked out of an older ranch house with a big pasture, and a stable! Of course! His family had moved here when he was a little kid. But those memories were new, and he still had his old ones of living in the city. He'd set things up to alter reality but stay aware of the changes.
The phone jumped to three bars once he was outside, and he pushed the speed dial for Joe. The phone was a plain, oversized flip-phone, like old people used. His thick, hard fingertips and huge hands could not work a modern smartphone. Joe picked up on the second ring. "Yo, Stallion! Howze it hangin'?"
"Joe! You gotta get over here! I got this new program. It's the coolest thing ever! I'm twenty percent horse!" Jeff was so excited he had forgotten about the reality shift.
"Ummm, dude? I hope you aren't just noticing that. It's been, like, two years since you drank that equine enhancer. I told you then it was a stupid idea. Who knew something designed for horses would work on humans?"
"No! It wasn't..." Jeff stopped, suddenly 'remembering' that what Joe said was true. He'd drunk an experimental stallion enhancer genetic treatment meant for one of their horses when he was 14. "Uh, look. Come over. I have this intense new program to show you!"
"OK. See you in fifteen." Joe hung up.
"Jeff!" Turning, he saw his older brother Liam just inside the stable. "If you're going into town, bring back a dozen bags of bedding. Keys are in the truck." The 18 year-old was dressed in jeans and boots, with his chest bare and slick with sweat. It was his day to muck stalls and feed and groom the horses.
"I'm not going anywhere." Jeff shrugged. "Joe is coming over."
"Well, if you do go later, make a stop at the feed store. You'll be running low tomorrow." Liam grinned. "Besides, Mr. Laughton wants to talk to you about doing some TV ads for his horse products."
Jeff nodded automatically as his brother went back into the stable. Everyone knew he was part horse. He wandered over to the pasture, and three of the animals trotted over to nuzzle and lip at him. Mares. He flushed suddenly, feeling himself get hard again, and 'remembering' some rather intimate encounters with them.
Joe came sputtering up on the antique moped his dad had dragged out of the storage shed and fixed up for him. The ancient Motobecane allowed Joe to get out to the farm easily, and he was out visiting almost every day. He parked it by the fence and came over with a grin. "Checking out the girlfriends? When are you going to share with your best bud? I'm never gonna stop asking for that enhancer, you know."
The tall, lanky blonde punched Jeff lightly on the shoulder, his blue eyes twinkling. "Just think of the fun we could have as a couple of stallions."