"Josh? Why am I naked?" asked a groggy Rosalinde, bringing Josh and Ric back to the reality of the situation. Ric, thankfully dove with the book behind the couch as his sister-in-law came to the entrance of the living room. Frankie asleep in her arms, laying his head on her shoulder.
"Uhh... you thought we might save on the electricity bill if we didn't turn on the AC, Rosie. And I said if there was no AC we might as well be naked cause we'd just be sweating through our clothes all the time--and then we'd have to wash them more, which means... um, all the electricity we saved on the AC we'd just end up using for the washer anyway..."
"Oh... well, I give up, you win, turn on the AC--the last thing I want is us sticking to that linoleum floor out there--it hurts when you don't have clothes acting as a barrier. Good thing Ric's not home yet... I'm sure the last thing he wants to see is his big brother's dick at attention like that."
"Right," said Josh, surprised his impromptu lie worked.
Rosie then on her way to the stairs approached him, ran her fingers across his chest and said "Hurry up... and maybe we can give Frankie a hermanito or hermanita..."
Josh found himself intoxicated by the scent of Rosie and unable to take his eyes off of hers which dazzled with a particular kind of smirk that twinkled in them before she hurried up the steps, her backside bouncing in a noticeable way on the way up.
"That was a close one... Josh, I'm gonna have to really look through this book to find the spell, problem is, I don't know latin..."
"I do," he said, half distracted by thoughts of Rosie bouncing on top of him.
"You do?!"
Josh took a moment to register what he'd just said, was about to correct his answer when he found in his new memories, memories of high school latin, tucked neatly away in his memory.
"Yeah, I learned it in High School."
"You mean your fake past did... and how well did you pay attention when Rosie was sitting next to you in class?"
Josh blinked and suddenly the memories of Rosie sitting next to him in Latin class popped into existence. In fact it's how they'd started flirting... wait a minute, that's not what their past had been a few minutes ago. Something fishy was happening... it's almost like that alter reality spell made their reality open to suggestions on changes and alterations... shit. He had to get that book out of Ric's hands, for now... and figure out what alter reality spell was still in effect.
"Well, that's a whole lot more experience than what you have right now. Look, I'll take a look at the book, you go outside and come back in again, pretending like you just got home so Rosie doesn't think we've scarred you for life or something like that. We might be stuck with these new lives for a little while... best not make things any harder on us than they have to be."
Ric looked oddly at Josh, so Josh shook his head, took the book from his little brother's grasp and gently shoved him towards the door.
"Now Ricardo, while we're living."
Hearing his full name seemed to bring Ric back into reality somewhat and he nodded his head and... did what he was told. Suddenly Josh now remembered that whenever he needed to tell Ric that he was being serious and acting as his guardian, he had to use his full name, not just his nickname... navigating the tightrope that was being both brother and guardian was tough, but Josh was really getting a handle on it now.
Josh hurried up to the bedroom that he and Rosie shared, only to find her, not dressed but laying on the bed, still naked, with the overhead fan on. He dropped the book which bounced on the carpeted floor, and remained closed.
"I wondered how long it would you take to get the hint... don't worry, I put Frankie down for his afternoon nap... and with Ric out, we've got the house more or less to ourselves."
Josh was fighting every instinct that was yelling at him to go over and stop her talking with his mouth, and then show his appreciation with a nice massage before they concluded with perhaps giving Frankie a little sibling. Thankfully the sound of the front door slamming shut drew Rosie's attention.
"Drat... now we need to be quiet. Lock the door, honey."
Josh did as he was told and then he could no longer contain himself. He and Rosie began kissing and as he did, it went unnoticed by them both that the book that had fallen to the floor of the bedroom was now starting to give off a subtle glow, and as it did, Rosie and Josh became even less concerned with the world outside of each other. Soon he was exciting her, titillating her with the right touches and the gentle moves across her most sensitive parts, driving her wild until she was demanding that he fuck her, and he obliged. The book's glow seemed to intensify as he pumped in and out of her until they both orgasmed. In the aftermath of the bliss the memories that Josh had of the way things used to be, of his past life as Ric's little brother faded as this life, this happy but rough life being a young dad and guardian to Ric became the only memories he cared to remember.