"Jeremy?" A voice rang down the hallway.
"Yeah Mom?" Jeremy yelled back without looking up from his comic book.
"Where did you get that bottle of lotion in your bathroom... the one one with no label?" Suddenly Jeremy was paying attention as the voice grew closer, his mother coming toward his room.
"Uh, I... I'm not sure, you know how I am with labels, I peel them off when I'm bored, but I don't read them." It was true, Jeremy couldn't remember where the bottle came from, but what made him uncomfortable was that he knew that it wasn't filled with just lotion."It's probably something from the dollar store, I don't think it's very good," he finished lamely as he began to formulate responses to the questions he was afraid his mother was about to ask.
Arriving at the open door, Abby Lerner leaned on the door frame and looked at her 18 year old son. "You know, at first I thought the same thing. I used some of it about a week ago after the bleach I used to clean your shower made them feel dry and it was sticky and kind of unpleasant. But, later that night I noticed that not only had those dark spots on the back of my hand disappeared, but so did a scar I have had since before you were born! The scar is still gone, but I noticed the dark spots were coming back. To test it, I only put it on one hand this time, and, well look."
Jeremy's mother stepped into his room holding her hands side by side. As she got closer he noticed that the one on the left looked startlingly younger. Part of Jeremy felt a little shock at knowing what his mom had been rubbing into her hands, but he had to admit the difference in her hands was incredible. Jeremy didn't say anything as he stared.
"I know! Isn't it amazing? My hand hasn't looked that young since I was 25," Jeremy's mother said."Would you mind if I took the rest of the bottle?"
"No, I don't mind, I guess, go ahead." Jeremy was relieved that his mother wasn't there to ask awkward questions.
"Thanks honey," Abby said as she stepped into the bathroom and grabbed the bottle of lotion. "I'll grab something to replace it for you the next time I am out."
"OK, Thanks mom." Jeremy took a deep breath as his mother moved down the hall, relieved the conversation had not gone in the direction he had expected. He was in the bathroom a few weeks ago, using the hand lotion as teen boys do when he suddenly he realized he didn't have any tissues or towels in which to catch the results. At the last second he took the top off of the lotion and pumped a load of jism into it. After putting the lid back on and giving the bottle quick shake he had forgotten all about it until his mother started to ask questions. Who knew that the lotion would turn out to be something special?
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A couple of weeks later the mystery cream came up again. "Honey? That lotion I took from your bathroom the other day, where did you say you bought it?"