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quickly. “It would
be… difficult to explain.” She looked like she wanted to say more but left it
at that. Her answer was frustrating, but she was now staring at him. He felt
another rush from the attention. It had been a long time since such an
attractive woman, okay, any woman at all , had shown him this kind of
attention, and he felt himself getting a bit aroused. He shifted in the bed a
bit, surprised to find that he could move a lot better than before he slept. “Am
I making you uncomfortable?” she asked.
“No. Well, not really. I uh... well I... you see, I think
you are very attractive, and uh... well...” Now he was the one blushing, not
only because he was aroused by this complete stranger, but because he was
finding himself blubbering like a teenager who was trying to ask his dream girl
to the prom.
She was smiling at him, seeming to almost enjoy his
discomfort. “Relax. I’m not so attractive that you should be uncomfortable
around me, and besides, you have nothing to be worried about; you’re not so
ugly yourself.” She was trying to put him at ease, but once again Jack was
having a hard time controlling his emotions. He couldn’t seem to get
comfortable in his bed, and it felt like the temperature in the room had gone
up about twenty degrees. In his mind he was struggling to come to terms with
his behavior, but it was getting more and more difficult to think clearly.
He had never been a smooth talker around women, relying
mostly on decent looks and a steady confidence to help him score points with
the ladies. Even that confidence seemed to have failed at the moment. “Thanks,”
he said “but I don’t know what’s gotten into me lately. Oh, and by the way, you are that attractive.” He smiled nervously.
She still hadn’t stopped staring at him, but now her confidence
seemed to slip a little. She didn’t look quite as relaxed as she had a moment
ago. “The… uh… reason you are feeling so out of sorts is a side effect of the
whole growth process you have gone through the last seven weeks. Your body went
through puberty just recently, and the hormones that triggered the changes are
still raging in your system. You have this young body, and your mind and
memories don’t quite match. Being,” she seemed to search for a word “emotional,
is a perfectly normal response to the situation.”
The words took a moment to settle past the chemistry he was
feeling. Despite the maelstrom of emotion, anxiety, arousal, and confusion, his
curiosity grabbed hold of her words and the gears started turning at a furious
pace. “I’m not quite following you.” His mind raced, running back over his earlier
conversation. “You make it sound like I’m a teenager instead of a forty year
old man.” He had not seen himself in a mirror since, well, since before he went
in for surgery. Despite his earlier conviction that reversing the aging process
was simply not possible, he had to suppress the urge to look under the covers
at his body or even to just touch his face. Just a simple statement from this
complete stranger about hormones and puberty rang true and brought a thread of
doubt into his mind regarding what he knew couldn’t be possible.
Wendy sort of giggled, and in automatic reaction Jack
grinned like an infatuated schoolboy then caught himself and straightened out
his face, somewhat embarrassed both by his reaction and to his lack of
understanding. He tentatively asked, “You aren’t suggesting that what Teague
told me earlier about dying and being remade is really true, are you?”
She frowned, “I’m sorry, I was under the impression that you
understood. Perhaps I should go and leave this to Doc. I don’t want to cause
you problems and he is much better than me at explaining it…”
“NO! Um, I mean, please, don’t go.”
Wendy had tensed like she was going to stand up, but at his
quick outburst she paused and then settled back into the chair. The look of
concern on her face was more
be… difficult to explain.” She looked like she wanted to say more but left it
at that. Her answer was frustrating, but she was now staring at him. He felt
another rush from the attention. It had been a long time since such an
attractive woman, okay, any woman at all , had shown him this kind of
attention, and he felt himself getting a bit aroused. He shifted in the bed a
bit, surprised to find that he could move a lot better than before he slept. “Am
I making you uncomfortable?” she asked.
“No. Well, not really. I uh... well I... you see, I think
you are very attractive, and uh... well...” Now he was the one blushing, not
only because he was aroused by this complete stranger, but because he was
finding himself blubbering like a teenager who was trying to ask his dream girl
to the prom.
She was smiling at him, seeming to almost enjoy his
discomfort. “Relax. I’m not so attractive that you should be uncomfortable
around me, and besides, you have nothing to be worried about; you’re not so
ugly yourself.” She was trying to put him at ease, but once again Jack was
having a hard time controlling his emotions. He couldn’t seem to get
comfortable in his bed, and it felt like the temperature in the room had gone
up about twenty degrees. In his mind he was struggling to come to terms with
his behavior, but it was getting more and more difficult to think clearly.
He had never been a smooth talker around women, relying
mostly on decent looks and a steady confidence to help him score points with
the ladies. Even that confidence seemed to have failed at the moment. “Thanks,”
he said “but I don’t know what’s gotten into me lately. Oh, and by the way, you are that attractive.” He smiled nervously.
She still hadn’t stopped staring at him, but now her confidence
seemed to slip a little. She didn’t look quite as relaxed as she had a moment
ago. “The… uh… reason you are feeling so out of sorts is a side effect of the
whole growth process you have gone through the last seven weeks. Your body went
through puberty just recently, and the hormones that triggered the changes are
still raging in your system. You have this young body, and your mind and
memories don’t quite match. Being,” she seemed to search for a word “emotional,
is a perfectly normal response to the situation.”
The words took a moment to settle past the chemistry he was
feeling. Despite the maelstrom of emotion, anxiety, arousal, and confusion, his
curiosity grabbed hold of her words and the gears started turning at a furious
pace. “I’m not quite following you.” His mind raced, running back over his earlier
conversation. “You make it sound like I’m a teenager instead of a forty year
old man.” He had not seen himself in a mirror since, well, since before he went
in for surgery. Despite his earlier conviction that reversing the aging process
was simply not possible, he had to suppress the urge to look under the covers
at his body or even to just touch his face. Just a simple statement from this
complete stranger about hormones and puberty rang true and brought a thread of
doubt into his mind regarding what he knew couldn’t be possible.
Wendy sort of giggled, and in automatic reaction Jack
grinned like an infatuated schoolboy then caught himself and straightened out
his face, somewhat embarrassed both by his reaction and to his lack of
understanding. He tentatively asked, “You aren’t suggesting that what Teague
told me earlier about dying and being remade is really true, are you?”
She frowned, “I’m sorry, I was under the impression that you
understood. Perhaps I should go and leave this to Doc. I don’t want to cause
you problems and he is much better than me at explaining it…”
“NO! Um, I mean, please, don’t go.”
Wendy had tensed like she was going to stand up, but at his
quick outburst she paused and then settled back into the chair. The look of
concern on her face was more
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