Tj and Jeff soon arrive at the park and head straight for the soccer field, “looks like we are the only ones,” Jeff says as he sees the empty field.
“Yeah, kinda weird,” Tj replies, “I thought for sure it would be packed. Welp… more room for us!”
“So, how should we do this,” Jeff asks as they head towards one of the goals.
“How about each of us gets ten tries to shoot goals,” Tj suggests.
“Okay,” Jeff says, “what happens if I win?”
Tj grins, “he… you won’t,” he says, “buuuut how about the winner gets a turn on that “game” of yours?”
“Well, then I have to try my best and win,” Jeff says, “because, you had your turn! And it would be so unfair if you get to go twice in one day!”
Tj grins, “well, IF you want to get the chance of using the “game”, I suggest you beat me!”
“Oh… I will,” Jeff replies, “so, may I shoot first?”
“Sure,” Tj says and takes his position in front of the goal, while Jeff set the ball down in front of him, “ready, Jeff?”
“Yeah,” Jeff says, the former 16-year-old now 12-year-old takes a few steps back, then dashes forward and kicks the ball as hard as he can.
The ball flies straight at Tj, but suddenly curves and zooms past Tj into the goal, “the freak,” the former 10-year-old now 14-year-old says.
“GOAL! YAY,” Jeff shouts.
Tj grumbles, “don’t celebrate to soon… twerp,” he says as he rolls the ball back to Jeff.
“Hey… I am NOT that small,” he says, but then he grins, “you know, Tj. Did you notice the way we are acting?”
Tj nods and grins himself, “I haven’t messed with out minds, BUT you are NOT acting like a 16-year-old, you are acting like your current age!”
Jeff nods, “yeah, the same goes for you,” he says, “you really are acting just like you’ve always been my big brother!”
Tj smiles, “I must admit,” he says, “it feels right in a weird way. I’m really enjoying being a 14-year-old”.
Jeff then gets a thought, “Tj?”
“Yeah?”
“I can tell that you’d love to stay 14 permanently,” Jeff says, “and I too would prefer staying 12, but you know that we can’t because of school and other stuff”.
Tj nods, “yeah, I know,” he says.
“But,” Jeff continues, “what would you think if we’d transform into these forms from time to time?”
“That’ll be great,” Tj says, smiling.
“And if we are in our real ages,” Jeff continues, “I… I wouldn’t mind you treating me as your “little brother” even then!”
Tj beams, “that’ll be fun,” he says, “hehe… calling my big brother a “twerp” when he 16 and bigger than me… hehe… that’ll be funny!”
Jeff snorts, “yeah, really funny,” he says, then he grins, “no, seriously, I wouldn’t mind!”
Tj smiles, “you know, Jeff,” he says, “I’m really enjoying my time with you. Thanks for trusting me and telling me the truth about the “game”. I promise to never tell anyone and I also promise that I won’t do anything without asking you first. Even though I am dominant and think it’ll be funny to humiliate you… I… I promise to not do that!”
“I trust you, Tj,” Jeff says, “and I promise to not do anything to you without asking!”
The two smile at each other then continue the game, in the end Jeff is the winner, scoring nine out of ten goals, while Tj only manages eight out of ten, “damn it,” Tj grumbles.
“Hey,” Jeff says, “it’s a close call! As I said before: with this body I am more flexible and can react quicker! I bet if we were in our normal ages, you’d have beaten me with 10 out of 10, while I might have only scored five goals!”
Tj chuckles, “you really think that,” he asks.
Jeff nods and smiles, “tell you what,” he then says, “when we are back to normal, why don’t we have a rematch and see if I’m right!”
Tj beams, “I’d love that,” he says.
Jeff smiles, “then let’s do that next weekend, okay?”
Tj nods, “okay,” he says, “let’s head home, after all you get to use the “game”. Have you any ideas?”
Jeff grins, “a few,” he says as they head out of the park.
“Oh,” Tj says, “do tell”.
Jeff grins, “nuh-uh,” he says, “you surprised ME, so I think it’s MY turn to surprise YOU with something!”
“Hmmm…. Okay, seems fair,” Tj says, grinning.
“You’ll love it, I promise,” Jeff says.
“Now I REALLY can’t wait to see what you have in mind,” Tj replies, Jeff simply giggles.