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Bedtime for Natty (1/1)

By: Cousin Mary (Jenkins)

Nat looked up at Nick and sighed, grateful the lab was empty, no one needed to see Nick's overdone theatrics. "Just drink it will you?"

Nick looked down at the faintly yellow tinged protein shake in his hand, Nat's latest creation. "What's in it?"

"Mostly bananas actually," Nat shrugged, "I want to see what happens if I up your potassium intake."

Nick still looked skeptical, but took a cautious sip. "Oh god!" He made a face and started to gag.

"It's not -that- bad!" Nat scolded, scooping the glass from his grasp she took a good hearty swig, "See? It's good!"

Nick frowned, but managed one more sip.

A few minutes later he looked at Nat and said, "I don't feel so good..." Suddenly he fell to the linoleum, unconscious.

"Nick!" Nat cried, dropping to her knees at his side.

Ever so slowly, Nick began to regain consciousness. His lashes flitted up, his blue eyes searching before focusing on her face. "Natalie?"

"Yeah," Nat smiled, "You had me worried there for a second Detective."

Nick smiled tenderly and raised a hand to brush a loose auburn curl from her face, he tucked it behind her ear. "Takes a lot more than a banana to kill me."

Nat smiled, whipping the last of her worried tears from her eyes, before helping him up to sit on the edge of the examination table, "So how do you feel?"

Nick seemed to consider that for a moment, "Odd."

"Odd?" Nat repeated, putting a hand to his forehead. "Oh my god Nick, you feel warm!"

Nick looked confused, his own hand lifted to the side of his neck. "Uh... Nat?" He grabbed her hand and moved it to his pulse point. There she felt the strong, steady beat of a mortal heart!

"Nick!" She laughed and threw herself into his arms, "I can't believe this!"

But all too quickly, Nick groaned and lay down on the table, he began to shake violently. Nat watched in horror as Nick's entire body seemed to shrink, his normally slightly curly hair went flat and straight... and seemed to sprout out from his entire body. Soon every limb was covered, and he was maybe one-third his original size.

He was also a monkey. A chimpanzee to be precise.

"Oh my god!" Nat took a step back in panic. She'd found the cure to vampirism, only to turn her love into an ape!

"But I drank it too," Nat frowned, "and I'm fine." Surely it couldn't be her fault! She watched as monkey-Nick stirred and climbed out of the too big clothes.

"OOO, oo, ah, Ooo"

"Well, at least you look happy." Nat sighed, watching monkey-Nick bounce up and down on the examination table. "But why did you change and not me? I drank it too."

Suddenly Nat's world began to spin, she had to sit down, and right then the floor seemed a perfectly good place for that. She had the strange sensation that she was shrinking and... well, then she too was a monkey.

"Oh hell!" Monkey-Nat cursed, (of course it sounded more like 'Ooo, wah, EEE')

The blonde chimpanzee looked at the auburn chimp and something clicked in the monkey-Nick's eyes. He leapt off the table and jumped up and down at her side.

"Nick," Nat tried to explain, "I can fix this, I know I can, I just need to get to the counter and..." She trailed off, it was pretty obvious monkey-Nick didn't understand her. As she watched the ape scratch his armpit with his toes, she realized that unlike her, Monkey-Nick had not retained his human intelligence. "Oh &*%&^%." She cursed.

"But still..." She mused, "You are sort of cute." The minute it was out of her mouth she was horrified. "Oh god! Monkey pheromones!" Her monkey-self was attracted to his monkey-self!

Suddenly Brick-monkey seemed to almost smile at her, and began chasing her around the lab. Around tables, over the desk, papers flying everywhere. And though intellectually she was appalled at what was going on, another, more primal part of her, was enjoying it. She let monkey-Nick catch her.

Soon, red hot monkey sex had broken out. Furry little limbs flying everywhere.

"This -cannot- be happening!" Nat shook her head, really upset about how much she was enjoying this.

Right as her climax hit... she woke up screaming.

"Nat! Nat! Are you all right?"

Nick, a non-fuzzy Nick, was standing over her! Nat looked around frantically, she was in the loft! It was video night! She looked over to see the end credits of King Kong playing on Nick's huge TV. A giggle escaped her. "I'm fine Nick, really, just a dream."

Nick didn't look too convinced, Nat watched his nostrils flare slightly, then he smiled a knowing grin, "Must have been some dream."

Nat blushed bright red, he could smell her arousal, how embarrassing!

"Wanna tell me about it?" He offered with an eye brow wiggle.

"No!" Nat yelped. Then when Nick sat back, looking a bit hurt, she softened her voice and promised, "Not right now anyway."

He smiled at her, "Can I get you something?" He brushed a curl from her face tenderly, "Something to eat maybe? You skipped dinner."

Right then, Nat's stomach growled. "Okay." She smiled, she -was- hungry.

Nick retreated to the kitchen, and moments later returned with something in his hand. "I don't have much," He apologized, "But how about a banana?"

Nat looked at the brown spotted yellow fruit in his hand and burst out laughing.

Nick looked confused, but then shrugged and sat down next to her again, pulling her into his arms. "Someday you're going to tell me about that dream aren't you?"

Nat looked at him thoughtfully for a moment, then answered with a grin, "Not on your life! I don't think you could handle it!" She giggled again, vowing to never tell, even as Nick tried to tickle it out of her.

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Yes, yes, that was sick, I know it. But the idea popped into my head and I -had- to share it. :) Comments to anteros@juno.com