"Shit!" Rick exclaimed. "We cant just leave him like this... Josh, quick" pulling Josh to back into the hall "we need to find a spell to make him forget this ever happened." he said in a low voice.
"no duh" Josh replied nonchalantly.
"you bwoys" a strange baby voice was emanating from the bathroom.
"god this is weird" josh replied. Rick quickly grabbed Josh by the arm, running down the hallway back into the room where the book was laying.
the two boys ran the book, flipping the pages furiously in an attempt to find a spell to wipe away his memory. in a couple of minutes they had found just the thing. "adgye nyst frome tencteh" Rick said aloud, aiming his words at the bathroom. It must of worked, for in that instant the high pitched voice which had been wailing the names of Josh and Rick, and hurling Spanish curses, had stopped. when they approached the bathroom cautiously, the baby looked at them wide eyed. "whats going on?" the baby said calmly, then trying to lift himself up, the tiny Mr. Mendes stumbled.
"ok, now we gotta change him back, or something..." Rick said, he was anxious to get things back to some-what normal, at least to the point where they wouldn’t have a talking 7 month old babies.
"how old should we make him?" josh asked in a whisper. "I dunno, what do you think?" Rick replied. "How about 20, then he can drive us places...."
"How can he drive if he looks 10 years younger than his license?!?"
"I dunno, but I’m sure he could drive us anyway"
"whatever, do you want him to be 20? really?" Rick asked. "sure!" josh replied. Mr. Mendes could be like an older brother that way... or something. Josh looked back at the book, studiously examining each spell, looking for something to change his age. "ah ha!" he exclaimed only a few seconds later. "asteah fortis hommin" "...twenty!" he then screamed aloud.
Baby Mendes had been oddly quiet all this time, sitting in disbelief. But now he felt a strange sensation. Growth. The baby Mendes was getting bigger, dark hair sprouting on his head. He watched his hands and feel grow, now able to stand, he stood, eye level with Josh's thigh.
"He’s turning into a toddler" Rick whispered in amazement. The boys stood there with their eyes wide as the now toddler Mendes turned into young boy of about 7. They could watch in the bathroom mirror as Mr. Mendes changed.
He grew and grew, expanding rapidly. The boy was naked, and growing older rapidly. Soon he was nearing the boy's own age. Mendes hit puberty. His hands and feet growing large quickly. hair began to appear between his legs, his maleness began to expand, and grow. He was now a young teenager, about 13, the same age as the boys. He was now about the same height, but quickly began to out-grow them, hair under his arms sprouted and thickened. His pubic hair grew thicker and leg hair appeared as he grew taller and taller. Hair sprouted around his navel and began quickly marching up his stomach, quickly thickening and darkening. His eyebrows thickened and became heavy. He looked now about 15 now, and hair appeared on his upper lip, then sideburns. He grew still taller, now a whole head taller than the boys, near to his original height. Mr. Mendes was quickly becoming a man. His voice had grown deep and masculine, hair was now sprouting on his chest and chin, growing across his face where his jawline had just grown more pronounced.
All the while Mr. Mendes had acquired a handsome physique, strong muscles had grown thick and visible on his chest, arms and shoulders. By now, he looked to be about 18, and he had a full beard, some chest hair, and his abdomen covered in dark hair, which extended all the way down.
"daaaayum!" Rick exclaimed half jokingly.
As he had grown older he had become more handsome and masculine in appearance. His full dark beard made him appear even older. He had stopped growing, and aging. His body was now 20 years old, hairy and completely naked.
Mr. Mendes spoke: "boys what is happening, was i an infant? What did you do to me?" Looking down he realized how naked he was. He screamed, placing his hands over his manhood, looking for a towel to grab. He found one sitting next to the tub, grabbing it, and rapping it around his legs "what the hell?!?" his deep voice had the familiar sound to it, but was still a little different from before.
Josh flipped back to the short-term memory spell and repeated it... a dazed Mendes looked on. Then he turned to the mirror he stared at his handsome young face.
"What did you do to me!" he said, "You made me young! Why am I standing here in the bathroom, why are you looking at me that way?!?!"
Mr. Mendes didn’t know if I should be angry or thankful. He loved the way he looked. He was young again!
"uhhh... I don’t know, you were taking a shower..."josh, trying his hands at making a feeble lie. Rick joined in "and then we found this book, and read it, and then we didn’t hear you come out for the longest time, so we came in" "yeah" josh replied.
"Boys? do I look different to you?"
"uhh, yeah..." Josh said nervously..
"oooook...." Mendes replied "could you give me that book? where did you find it?!?" still in shock. "uhh..." Rick was at a loss for words...