Checking the ingredients off out loud, one by one:
"Yohimbe bark, Brugmansia leaf, Uragoga viridis stem, Coca leaf, Gingko biloba, and Winter cherry ...check."
Stepheni closed the small metal infuser and dropped it into the teapot. She was biting her lip to try to stay calm and not look too eager for her return to her Grandparents living room. She didn't know what would happen, but just the idea was exciting enough to give her a little buzz as she brewed.
Joseph, sat patiently waiting for Steph, she had been pursuing him since he moved next door to her Grandparents a year ago. He was very shy and had liked her from the start, but he was just too intimidated by her edgy fetish look and broad sense of humour.
He always accepted Steph's invitations for "coffee" but only ever drank, make polite conversation and left quickly.
On the plus side, Steph's Grandparents had been getting regular visits every weekend and were glad when Steph agreed to look after the house while they did the Rhine river cruse for a month.
"Here's your tea."
Steph said with a smile and a faux submissive tone. Jo didn't even notice that there was only one cup.
"Urhm."
He didn't like the bitter taste. Steph jumped up and dropped two lumps of sugar in really hoping he would keep going.
"It's a family recipe... ...it's better with sugar though."
Urged Steph. Jo smiled and politely swallowed the rest of the cup...
"Another?" Steph asked hopefully.
"No thfanks. Thankfs, ak-hum, thanks."
Jo's slight slur triggered Steph's memory of the instructions and notes she found in the book of herbal love potions with no cover she had found in the attic of her Grandparents' house.
"Horse Root Tea – stallion stamina and wild rides... ...will induce swelling of the tongue and persistent erection... ...overcome with lustful vigour."
Steph guessed correctly the swollen tongue was a sign that the tea was working. Jo was feeling embarrassed over the stumbling words, all of a sudden he couldn't stop looking at Steph's chest. His embarrassment deepened when Steph asked:
"Are you staring at my boobs?"
Stunned and slipping into a haze Jo could not answer. He could not look away either...
Steph's tone got a little firmer as she pretended to be offended:
"Are you staring at my boobs!"
Jo let out a snort through his nose. Even if he could have formed the words through the rush of arousal and euphoric trance that the tea was inducing, his swollen tongue was so large he couldn't keep it in his mouth, let alone speak.
Jo nodded and Steph let out a chortle in delight.