Rick Moreland went out to the porch of his brother's house one afternoon to see what his nephew was up to and saw Caleb was adjusting a nice looking suit he was wearing while Caleb's girlfriend was wearing a nice short black dress.
"Hey there boy, what are you all dressed up and fancy looking for?" Rick asked his nephew.
"Oh, one of Gloria's friend's and her girlfriend are taking us out to eat at a fine dining restaurant, so: dress code." Caleb explained.
"Right, Gloria. Never did properly meet before hand. So, are you keeping my nephew in check here?" Rick chuckled.
"Well, he can be a bit much to handle sometimes...but I usually hogtie him to my side of things." Gloria said.
"That's a good one. So when's this friend of yours coming?" Rick asked as they suddenly saw a car approaching.
"Oh, that's my friend Jackie and her girlfriend, my aunt Ann, now." Gloria said as Rick looked to see two middle aged women drive up in a car.
"She's one of your friends?" Rick asked.
"Yep, magic rings. We can make ourselves older or younger whenever we like, like this." Gloria said as she used her magic to become a beautiful middle age woman while Caleb became a man looking closely like Rick and Jacob.
"Holy hell Caleb, you can really rock a beard." Rick complimented as the two of them said goodbye and went to their friend's car.
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Rick went back into the house to find his younger nephew, Connor playing a game with Spark.
"I am so gonna beat you this time." Connor assured her.
"Oh, I highly doubt it." Spark said.
"What? No way, there's no move you can do that will surprise me." Connor said.
"No?" Spark said as she flew from her controller and planted a kiss on Connor's lips then flew back to her controller as Connor was still flabbergasted as she beat him in the game.
"No fair, you know how I get when you do that." Connor said.
"I know, and I think it's cute." Spark said fluttering her eyes.
"Whoa! Since when did you two start dating?" Rick asked them as Spark and Connor looked at each other.
"A few days now." Spark answered.
"After my mom approved of it." Connor added.
"Because of a spell I did that she messed up which made her a teen and us adults and humans...and....you know what let me just give you the short version: Your nephew is dating a fairy, I'm in love, and I've seen what he'll look like as an adult, and he is hot!" Spark said.
"Spark..." Connor said feeling embarrassed.
"Sorry, got a little carried away again." Spark said as she sat on Connor's shoulder and gave a loving sigh.
She looked to see Rick still standing in the doorway.
"Do you mind? We want to be in private at the moment." Spark said as Rick backed away and closed the door.
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Rick decided to check in with his sister in-law to see what she was up to and came into another room to see Nina and some other women, who he guessed were friends of hers all looking to be college age rather than adults and they seemed to be playing some kind of card game where their ages changed.
Rick decided he didn't want to even know, and went outside again to find his brother outside on the porch watching the sky as the sun was beginning to set.
"Jacob, when the hell did you all change so much?" Rick asked as he grabbed a beer and began drinking it along with his brother.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Jacob asked.
"You, all of you guys. Caleb's dating a wizard girl who can change ages whenever she likes, Connor and Spark are an item now, and your wife seems to have friends who enjoy gambling their ages away." Rick said.
Jacob nodded, he had to admit, a lot of things had changed.
"I haven't really changed much." Jacob said.
"Bullshit. Every time I look at you and see where that arm of yours used to be, all I can think is: what happens when the next time, it's your head?" Rick asked worried.
"Well, I'm more or less retired," Jacob said as he took a sip of his beer. "It's a funny thing to see your kids grow up so fast before your eyes. Never thought I'd actually see Connor date a girl, much less it be a fairy."
Rick took a sip of his beer and looked again at his brother's arm.
"If you've got a question about the arm then go ahead and ask, don't stare."
"Which one of them did it?" Rick asked.
"The one called Ann or little Ann, whatever the hell you want to call her. That damned 8 year-old vampire." Jacob answered.
"God, that little beast, I remember you telling me about her."
"Yeah. It's a scary thing, I remember watching her pull my arm off and seeing the look in her eyes as she was doing it. With every second her smile turned into a grin as her eyes looked to have absolute joy in what she was doing. But that hasn't been the last I've seen of her." Jacob said.
"Nightmares?" Rick asked as Jacob nodded.
"No matter where I am in my dream or who I'm with, somehow, I end up by myself and she finds me and I'm helpless to do anything as she lunges toward me and the dream ends before anything else happens." Jacob said holding back his tears.
Both of them saw a car approaching as Rick looked to see it was Julia Harris making a late night stop to see Jacob.
"Hello there Mr. and Mr. Moreland." Julia Harris jokingly greeted as they both nodded.
"Hey, uh, do you mind if I stay out here to help with...anything you might need to do to check on my brother?" Rick asked.
"Not at all, I'd actually appreciate it." Julia Harris said as Jacob smiled knowing his brother was developing a little crush on Dr. Harris.