Retroactive Control
Chapter 3
Jeremy spent the rest of his shift testing out various changes with the device. By the time he got home around 7, he was eager to try the device out on his girlfriend.
He found Lisa studying in the living room, wearing her usual conservative clothes and light make-up. That was the first thing that needed to change. Click.
What a surprise. A year ago today, his girlfriend was studying in the living room, wearing conservative clothing. He clicked back a few more times to about where she started college.
She was studying with a bunch of people for some class she had freshman year. He had met one or two of the people she was studying with, and was struck by how young they all looked. Click.
“Lisa, you hate the way you dress now. As soon as possible you’ll replace your whole wardrobe with clothing that shows off your body as much as possible. You love to dress provocatively, and you don’t care that other people might look down on you for the way you dress. Also, you like to do your nails and wear heavy make-up any chance you get.”
Exit. Another massive headache hit Jeremy. When he was able to look around again, he was still in Lisa’s living room. Most of it was pretty much as he had left it, but Lisa’s outfit had completely changed. Instead of professional business attire, she was wearing a tiny white crop top that barely covered more than a bra and a pair of booty shorts. The bottom of her black bra was poking slightly out of her top, and her toned stomach and long legs were completely bare. Her make-up which had previously been subtle, now consisted of ruby red lipstick, thick eyeshadow and fake eyelashes. Her nails were longer than he had ever seen them and were the same shade of red as her lipstick. Most surprising (since he hadn’t give any commands regarding it) her beautiful red hair which she had previously worn in a bob, now reached halfway down her back. Jeremy couldn’t help but stare.
As he took her in, he started to the sorts of outfits she wore in this timeline. Miniskirts, tube tops, sports bras, daisy dukes. Jeremy felt like this was a change he wouldn’t be undoing for a long time.
She was still deep in her studies, and hadn’t really noticed him walking into the room. Jeremy got behind the couch and hugged her from behind, kissing her neck. “Hey babe, you look great as always.”
She leaned back and gave him a quick peck, before turning back around. “Not now, Jeremy. You know I don’t like to be interrupted when I’m in the middle of studying.”
“Come on, can’t you put up the books for one night and just have a good time with your boyfriend?”
Lisa glared back at him. “Unlike some people, I’ve got ambitions. I’m not content to just be a parasite on society.”
Jeremy’s face turned red. “Who are you calling a parasite? I work. I contribute my portion of the rent.”
“Jeremy, you’re 22 and you deliver pizzas for a living. Face it, you’re pathetic. Honestly, I don’t even know why I started dating you. With my brains and my looks I could have done a whole lot better than you!”
Jeremy was almost too angry to think clearly. Lisa had always nagged him to do something more than deliver pizzas, but she had never just exploded at him like this, had she? Memories immediately came to the surface of some pretty major arguments. Apparently, their relationship was much more strained in this timeline. This was a side effect he had not foreseen. He already knew this was a fight he didn’t want to be having, so he pointed the remote at her. Click.
Lisa studying a year ago. It felt like she was always studying. Jeremy loved Lisa most of the time, but he had to it they were a bit mismatched. He wanted to take a vacation from the nagging and the constant reminders of how inadequate he was. Maybe... maybe it would be fun to swap their roles for the night. He could be the driven, ambitious college student and she could be the unmotivated slacker. He could always undo the changes afterwards.
Jeremy clicked minus until he was looking at Lisa as a five year old, asleep in her bed. Click.
“Lisa, you don’t care about school. You don’t like reading. Your life’s ambition is to become a trophy wife, but in the mean time all you care about is having fun and doing as little work as possible to get by.” He ed from Jonathan and Jennifer that a major enough change could result in Jeremy and Lisa never crossing paths or not being together by the present day, so he added one more thing. “When you’re 21 seek out a boy named Jeremy Hall in your area and do everything in your power to get together with him and stay together with him.”
Jeremy clicked Exit, and felt an intense pain in his head as it filled with new memories. He looked around, and saw that he was again in the crappy apartment he had been in before he had ever met Lisa. Strange. But he supposed he had been the one to move into Lisa’s apartment, and if she wasn’t a serious student like in the original time line maybe her parents hadn’t been so eager to pay for her room and board?
“Lisa?” he shouted out.
A woman walked up to the door. She looked a little unsteady on her feet, but smiled a sultry smile at him.
“What’s up, stud?” she said.
She looked so different from the Lisa he had once known. Her breasts were bigger and more firm (clearly she had had some work done), her make up was much more intense, and her clothing was a skimpy thing that barely left anything to imagination. And that wasn’t to mention the several tattoos she now had here and there on her body.
Jeremy tried to how he had met her in this new version of reality.
She had approached him at the pizza place, and told him that she thought he was really cute. Then she had asked him out on a date. He had found her attractive, but had been a little dubious of dating someone so trashy. But she kept coming into the pizza place every day, and eventually he had relented and agreed to go on a date with her.
It had been quite the memorable date, she had invited Jeremy to where she worked (a strip club!), and after he had watched her dance, they had gone back to his place and she had slept with him. A few months had ed since then, and now she was still just crashing at his place. She had already been crashing on people’s couches before she met him, and his place was as nice a place as any for her to crash.
It was strange to see this version of Lisa. She had always been the more ambitious of the two of them—the ambitious physics student, with a future. While he was just the loser with a pizza delivery job that barely paid the bills. Honestly, he wondered what she had ever seen in him. But in this new version of reality, she was even more of a mess than he was.
Lisa’s new life was better than anything Jeremy could have planned. However, he knew he wasn’t done swapping their places quite yet. He pointed the remote at himself, and clicked minus a few times. Soon he was looking at himself as a sleeping kindergartener. Jeremy ed what he had been like back then—always bored and doodling, and not paying attention to a single word the teacher was saying. Jeremy gave a rueful smile. That pretty much had been his whole school career really.
Jeremy clicked the Command button, and told his younger self, “Study hard, and apply yourself in school. When you get to high school, focus on physics. Do everything you can to get into a college, and major in physics.”
Then he clicked Exit.
The pain this time as the new memories carved themselves into his brain was so great that tears started welling up in his eyes. But it soon subsided, and he looked around his new apartment. He had vague memories of when he had been living in Lisa’s apartment, and of living in his old crappy apartment, but this was closer to the former. It was more spacious than he expected, and was tastefully decorated and impeccably clean.
He strained his memory, and realized that he had indeed studied hard in this new reality. In this new version of reality, instead of blowing off school and peaking in high school, before becoming a pizza delivery guy, he had spent all of his spare time studying physics. He hadn’t done any extracurriculars in high school, and had hardly any friends and no girlfriends. In fact, he realized with embarasment that he still had never had a girlfriend. He was a virgin in this reality. Studying was just too important, and he didn’t have time for distractions.
That didn’t seem right, did it?
Shouldn’t Lisa still be around?
He wracked his memories, and ed his stalker. She just wouldn’t take no for an answer, despite him turning her down multiple times. She had approached him a few months back, and begged him for a date. He had given her one look, and decided he didn’t need a trashy girl like that in his life. He had standards. And besides, his physics course work wasn’t going to do itself was it?
Jeremy pulled out his phone, and strained to her phone number. He tried one number, and a man answered. Maybe it was from the wrong time line? Then he tried the other number he had a whiff of in his head.
“Hello?” Lisa answered.
“Hey, I’m sorry for calling you a stalker,” Jeremy said.
“Oh, Jeremy! I can’t believe it’s you. Are you ready to go on a date with me?” she said excitedly.
Jeremy felt a bit bad. The only reason she was obsessed with becoming his girlfriend was because he had commanded her to. That was the only reason she had sought out a random nerd her age. Still, he wanted to enjoy their new relative positions in this new reality.
“Yeah, how soon can you meet up?”
Jeremy looked around the coffee shop they had met up at, and he was surprised how awkward he was acting. If he strained, he could being a pretty outgoing guy who had had a few girlfriends in his time despite his dead end job, but if he didn’t focus on those memories from alternate time lines it was so easy to slip into the person he was in this reality, and that person was quite inexperienced.
“So, what made you, like, change your mind?” Lisa said cheerfully.
Jeremy had trouble looking Lisa in the eyes as he responded. “I’m, uh, that is... I’ve never had a girlfriend before.” Shit. Why had he opened with that?
Jeremy had wanted to lord his new position over this version of Lisa, the simple slutty stripper, but instead he was coming off as a total loser in a different way from before!
Lisa smiled at him. “Wow, like not a single one? Don’t tell me you’ve never slept with anyone!?”
Jeremy wanted to shrink into his chair. He felt so intimidated by the pretty girl in skimpy clothing leaning over the table.
“N-not really.”
Lisa giggled, and twirled her hair. “That’s crazy. I figured a cute guy like you would have women throwing themselves at him.”
“Well, I mean, th-that is, uh...” he sputtered. Why was he so tongue tied?
“Well, no matter. You’re lucky you’ve got a girl like me to show you the ropes. Plus, I’ve looked up our birth charts and we’re, like, perfect for each other. You’re my soul mate!” she said her face so very close to his.
Jeremy breathed, trying to calm the maelstrom of emotions he was experiencing. He decided to focus on the odd thing she had just said.
“Wait, are you into astrology?” he blurted out. In this new time line Jeremy was quite scientifically minded and he loved to mock all the woo woo nonsense people believed in. Come to think of it, hadn’t Lisa been the same way in the original time line?
“Yeah, believe me, I was totally skeptical about all of that as well, but it just, like, works, you know? Like, I’ve manifested so many things into my life, it’s kind of spooky,” she smiled and winked at him. “In fact, I manifested this date! You used to call me a stalker, and now look at us. I told you, we’re soul mates!”
Jeremy frowned. This version of Lisa was clearly head over heels for him—obsessed with him might be a better term, but she was just as hot as Lisa ever was (hotter because of her big fake breasts), and Jeremy still wanted to enjoy this little experiment.
“I’m more interested in physics than metaphysics, to be honest,” he mumbled.
Lisa tilted her head. “Oh, that stuff has way too much math and stuff. It’s way too boring! I’ve tried to wrap my head around it and its totes impossible,” her hand started stroking his arm. “You must be super duper smart.”
That was more like it. Jeremy had wanted to see more of the ditzy stripper Lisa had become, and this was it. He smiled, noting the contrast between this Lisa and the Lisa in his fuzzy memories. That Lisa had been straight-laced, ambitious and serious. She was witty and kept trying to convince him to quit his pizza job and go to college. This Lisa was about as far from that as she could have been. Her glazed, empty eyes betrayed how little this Lisa had cultivated her intellect, and her outrageous outfits were quite befitting her new profession.
Lisa purred and her head sailed past Jeremy’s cheek and went right up to his ear. She whispered seductively, “What do you say we leave this dump, and go back to your place. There’s so much I want to show you.”
Jeremy’s spine tingled at her words. He was only too ready to accept her offer. He threw some bills down on the table, and the two of them were soon off to his appartment.
“Wow, this is an awesome place you’ve got!” she said, when she got in. “Everything’s so fancy.”
“I take it you’re not used to fine art and such?” Jeremy asked.
Lisa giggled. “Hell, no! I’m mostly couch surfing these days, but this place is nicer than any of my friends’ places.”
“So, uh, what exactly do we do next,” Jeremy asked uncertainly.
“Well, why don’t you kiss me to start?” Lisa said.
Jeremy realized he had never kissed anyone in this reality. He felt so nervous. Why was he the one that had to make the first move?
Shaking, he stepped forward, and gave Lisa a quick peck on the lips.
“Not like that,” she said softly. “Like this!” She leaned forward, and pressed her lips against his.
The feeling was electric. Lisa’s lips were like honey to him, and he found himself holding her and kissing her back enthusiastically. He was surprised when he felt her tongue worm its way into his lips, but he quickly got over his shock and started kissing her back his own tongue exploring her mouth. It was kind of strange, but he liked it.
“Now, reach under my top, and play with my boobs,” Lisa said.
Jeremy’s eyes went wide. But he listened to her words. His hands clumsily slipped under her tiny top, and crept up to her breasts. When he heard her moan, he stopped, worried that he might have hurt her. But when he saw the look of pleasure on her face, he started rubbing them.
It was so weird feeling boobs for the first time. He liked it, and wondered why he had spent so much time focused on school when this was right there the whole time!
Lisa giggled, and led him back to his bed. She laid down, and dragged him on top of her.
Jeremy panted looking down at the woman beneath him. This was it! He was finally going to lose his virginity.
But he quickly started to freak out. What if he did something wrong? What if she ended up laughing at him because of his inexperience?
He climbed off of her.
“I’m sorry, I, uh, don’t know if I can do this,” he said.
Lisa’s skin was flushed, and it was clear she didn’t want to give up so easily.
“Why don’t I help make you more comfortable,” she said. “Do you want a drink of alcohol?”
Jeremy knew that in this reality he never really drank. Coffee and energy drinks were the hardest substance he used, and then only for late night study sessions.
“Uh, yeah, I think that could help a bit,” he said.
Lisa pulled a small flask from her bra and handed it to him.
Jeremy was shocked. This flask had been touching her boobs just moments before, and now he was just going to put his lips on it? But he untwisted the cap, and gulped down a mouthful of the strong liquor.
He sputtered and coughed from the burn, but managed to keep most of it down. Though he regretted not having a palette cleanser. He winced and drank down the rest of the flask.
“Oh, not all of it!” Lisa said.
“Wait, did I do something wrong?” Jeremy asked. “I’ve never really drank before.”
“Oh, shit,” Lisa said giggling. “You’re in for a fun ride.”
It wasn’t long before the hard liquor hit Jeremy like a brick. He looked blearily at Lisa and smiled.
“Can we kiss some more?” he said.
“Actually,” Lisa said. “Why don’t I show you what I do for a living?”
She got up, and pulled out her phone. She started playing a thumping club song, and began gyrating before his eyes. Jeremy was mesmerized by her movements. The old Lisa had never moved like this, but he loved the way she moved, emphasizing her amazing curves, skillfully using muscles she had never used in her past life.
Then she started to slip off her clothing. She made a great show of it, teasing Jeremy at every step, and leaving him wanting more and more.
First, she took off her top, and when her breast came into view, Jeremy couldn’t believe his eyes. If touching her breasts had been tantalizing, seeing them there, perky and fake was on a whole nother level.
Her hands crept down to her stockings, and she smiled at him. She turned around, and pressed her ass gently against his lap. She danced up against him, slowly removing her stockings and draping them over his shoulders.
She was so close he could smell her. Her scent was intoxicating, and when she turned around, and lowered herself to her knees, he was in heaven. She pulled down his pants, and smiled when his cock came into view.
“Wow, I’m not sure if that’s going to fit into my mouth,” she said iringly.
Jeremy shivered at her words.
“But I can just give you a titty fuck instead,” she said, squeezing her breasts together around his cock.
Jeremy let all of the amazing sensations wash over him. He was so turned on, and could hardly believe that any version of Lisa was capable of such ministrations. His inexperience betrayed him, and he was soon grunting as he came all over her face.
Lisa licked a bit of his cum, and smiled up at him.
“Did you enjoy that?” she said.
Jeremy nodded, unable to form words.
“Mind if I crash here tonight?” Lisa asked.
Jeremy collapsed back onto the bed, and Lisa took that as a yes. She hugged him, and smiled. She was a little disappointed that he hadn’t lasted that long, but she was eager for another tryst with her new lover.
Jeremy had intended to undo the changes to himself and Lisa that night, but he found that he enjoyed the new time line a little too much, and thought it would be fun to hang out there a while longer. Fuck, he loved this version of Lisa. Sure, she wasn’t much for intellectual conversations, but she more than made up for it with all of the crazy ways she knew how to move her body. She was like a sexy nymph, always ready for another go.
And he had to it he liked how much smarter and more successful he was than her.
Like, two days in he had been working on some calculus work, and Lisa had asked idly what all of it meant. He had preceded to try to explain finding the area under a curve for twenty minutes to her, and she couldn’t seem to grasp it.
Something did seem to click when he mentioned it had to do with motion like speed and acceleration.
“Oh my gosh,” she said. “Is that why we did graphs in middle school? I had no idea.”
Jeremy smiled. He could tell she still wasn’t quite getting it, but this was about as close as this version of her could possibly get.
The tables had turned. More than turned, considering that even when Jeremy was a pizza guy he still had been pretty bright. Not that he ever applied that intelligence to anything useful in the original time line. That said, there was something satisfying about fucking Lisa right after trying to teach her a little bit of physics she was utterly incapable of understanding.
After a few weeks in this time line, Jeremy became curious about the remote again. He realized that with all the physics he was studying, he might actually be able to make headway on understanding how it worked. Maybe he could even modify and improve it?