Love is Always Write Anthology Volume 6

thought.
    Sighing he turned back to the sink and the mostly clean... "Is that what I think it is?" He gaped at what appeared to be– he bent down for a closer look– shriveled up cucumber skin?
    He picked the tongs back up, and used them to hold the now-green thing under the running water. Turning the water off, he held the tongs up and turned to Jared.
    "Tell me it's not–" he started to say, but stopped as he stared at the still-crying baby. He watched in astonishment as Jared's head grew three times its current size, until Alex was staring at his lover's face, and the whining turned into high-pitched talking.
    "–can't do it! You already cleaned up most of it! Why do I have–" Jared stopped talking, his eyes widening. He looked down at himself and Alex adjusted the new weight on his hip. Suddenly, Jared's ass filled his palm and his penis pushed against Alex's waist as he grew into himself.
    Alex stared at the half-baby, half-man that filled his arms.
    Jared looked up at him, eyes revealing that he was a little scared. "What's happening?!" he screeched, and Alex wished he had his hands free to cover his ears.
    A loud pop sounded and Jared wrapped his long legs around his lover's waist. Soon his arms followed around Alex's neck and a long torso pushed into his side.
    Alex looked down at eyes that were squeezed tightly shut, and then down at a body that was very familiar. A body that he knew better than his own. Then he looked back at Jared's face and frowned. Releasing Jared's ass, he ducked his head quickly, and watched as Jared fell to the floor with a satisfying smack that made Alex grin.
    "Ow! What the heck was that for?" Jared's grinned up at Alex. "Hey! My voice is back."
    Alex nodded, enjoying the lyrical quality to Jared's voice. In the end, it helped to soothe his frazzled nerves. He wouldn't tell Jared, but Alex hadn't been all that certain that he would change back. Hell, he didn't even know why Jared had changed back.
    Whatever had happened, he was simply grateful.
    Of course, now he had a lover to deal with. Alex looked down at Jared. A soon-to-be-punished lover.
    He couldn't have stopped the smirk that jumped to his face even if he had wanted to.
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    Hours later, with a clean kitchen and a properly punished boyfriend, Alex couldn't help the satisfied smirk currently gracing his face. Grinning, he turned and pulled the panting mass of sweaty man into his arms, resting Jared's head on his chest. For a while, they just laid there, the only sound in the room the rhythmic pattern of their breath.
    After a few more minutes of quiet, Alex couldn't help his curiosity any longer. Rolling Jared back on the bed, he leaned over him, smiling at the disgruntled look aimed at him.
    "I was comfortable, you know," Jared mumbled.
    Rubbing soothing circles on Jared's firm chest, Alex waited until the man was relaxed, his eyes drifting closed. "I was wondering..." he started.
    Jared's eyes snapped back open, staring at him suspiciously. "What?"
    Sliding his hand down, Alex played with the small indent on his lover's stomach, causing said male's body to shiver slightly. "Just what were you trying to do earlier?" he asked after a moment.
    When Jared didn't answer, Alex lifted his head, confusion washing over him when he spotted the scarlet blush slowly spreading from Jared's cheeks down his neck and onto his chest.
    "Baby?" he questioned. "What were you trying to do?"
    "Umm..." Averting his eyes, Jared mumbled his answer too low for Alex to actually hear.
    "What was that?" He grinned.
    "I umm...saw this thing, you see. On the internet. It was, uh, a–"
    "Just spit it out already, Jared."
    "A penis enlargement spell!" he squeaked out.
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    Outside, people passing by the sun-warmed house stopped and stared as the roars of laughter drifted out to the street.
    THE END
    Author bio: H. A. Caine remains in her hometown of Brooklyn, New York. She has hopes of becoming a great writer and one day opening her own bakery. She even has the name and layout already decided. Currently, she has self-published From Love & Pain on Smashwords. Among other writing projects, she is working on her first series, Boys in Love . The first book, Letting Go , will be available later this year.
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A MAGNETIC COUPLE DILEMMA
    by Naaju Rorrete

    A black and white photo depicts a lonely man sitting with his knees drawn to his chest on a desolated area of shoreline. He sits a few feet away from a leafless tree which is